Junior School Welcome Centre / Transport Plans

CAMPUS UPDATE

Junior School Welcome Centre

Our new Junior School Welcome Centre is coming to life! This ambitious project is seeing our old Junior School reception area transformed into a welcoming and contemporary space built with students, parents and staff front of mind.

The site was one of the original Lockwood buildings from Kristin’s foundation years that also housed administration offices and the staffroom.

In recent years the building has been in need of some tender loving care and the Kristin Board saw an opportunity to create a new building that would provide a welcoming reception area for parents, multi-use places for staff and student small-group learning, as well as social spaces for staff.

Design work for a refurbishment was undertaken through 2020, with a business case gaining Board approval in May 2021. Building costs were confirmed by the Board and the building consent was approved by Auckland Council in September 2021. Demolition of the old administration building was undertaken late last year, and initial construction started over the Christmas break.

The project is progressing well – it is on budget and on schedule for completion by the end of 2022. All going well, we’ll be celebrating the opening of this centre in time for the start of 2023.

TŪRAMA – OUR COVERED MULTISPORT CENTRE

Our new Tūrama facility has proven to be a valuable addition to our campus, and we were delighted when this new building was one of the Gold medal winners in the Education category, and the winner of the Value Award for projects of $1-$3 million at the recent Commercial Project Awards in Christchurch.

TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT PLANS

We are focused on making further changes to improve traffic flows through the Kristin campus. After several years consulting with Auckland Council about access for our school from Bass Road, we have achieved agreed conditions that will allow access through the gate. Before this happens, there are some roading changes to be designed, certified and constructed. This is a very positive outcome, and we will let you know, nearer the time, when the gate at Bass Road will be open for you to use.

We are planning changes to our bus bay area to improve safety. A proposal for the development of a new bus bay facility at the front entry of our school is currently at the design stage, and would then require Board approval. The aim of this new bus bay is to:

– Stop buses coming further into our campus – Allow buses to have a more direct entry and exit point – Keep bus access close to the entry on Albany Highway to encourage student use.

This will be a purpose-built bus bay that will include shelters. Our plans for a new bus bay follow improvement works completed last year, including providing a new sealed car park opposite Little Doves and a double exit lane to improve egress from Gate 1.