To keep pace with continued demand for places and the changing needs of students and their families, the Saint Kentigern Trust Board, has delivered the Shore Road Master Plan.
Confirmed in 2018 and completed in 2023, it is one of the largest project ever undertaken by Saint Kentigern.
A new Girls’ School and Preschool, a dedicated Senior Boys’ block, and a Specialist Facilities building for use by both primary schools, are now open on their Shore Road Campus in Remuera.
New Girls’ School
The magnificent new Saint Kentigern Girls’ School fronting Shore Road was completed in the first half of 2022. Four years in the making, the new School is custom designed for girls’ learning. The building’s open and friendly layout fosters connection and encourages collaboration, providing an inspiring environment for the girls to explore and learn.
The new school has 19 classrooms with each syndicate having a dedicated floor and library, linked by a multi-purpose atrium. The classrooms are connected by collaborative learning spaces and there are music and art studios throughout the building.
Macky Senior Boys’ School
The new Macky Senior Boys’ School, which features three levels of spacious, technology-rich, and flexible learning areas was officially opened for the Years 7 and 8 Boys’ School students in February 2022.
The Macky Senior School houses 12 new classrooms, collaborative learning spaces and a wide atrium staircase that doubles as access between floors and seating steps which can be used socially or for teaching, group gatherings or class presentations.
The classrooms are just a corridor away from the Specialist Facilities, enabling easy movement between classes for the boys when attending their arts and creative technology lessons.
Specialist Facilities
The new Specialist Facilities, which share the same roofline as the Macky Senior Boys’ School, were completed and occupied at the start of 2022. This shared centre of excellence provides significant new amenities for scientific, artistic (visual and performance), and technological (food, hard and soft materials) learning.
Based on a rostered timetable, Boys’ School and Girls’ School students take turns to learn a variety of specialist subjects with specialist teachers in well-equipped teaching and learning spaces.
This dedicated annexed building has Food Technology and Dance and Drama rooms, Hard and Soft Materials rooms, three Science labs, two Design classrooms, three Art studios, three Music spaces and three Music rooms. Each floor offers breakout and presentation spaces away from classrooms.
New Preschool
The Preschool moved to their brand new Shore Road premises in January 2023. With stunning viewshafts to Hobson Bay and the Hauraki Gulf the new Saint Kentigern Preschool is nestled in a tree-encircled location at the western boundary of the Shore Road campus.
This beautiful new Preschool is a distinct, circular-shaped building. With a central playground and learning spaces built around it, this single-storey building is designed to provide a secure and active environment that eases movement and encourages exploration and connection for Saint Kentigern’s youngest students. The building sits unobtrusively within the existing mature trees and vegetation and is the final piece of the Trust Board’s Shore Road Master Plan.
Saint Kentigern College - Pakuranga Campus Masterplan
A review and refresh of the Concept Master Plan developed in 2018 is progressing well with the first phase of two, stakeholder engagement, completed. Work has commenced on phase two.
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