Linwood Avenue School opened for teaching on 11the April 1928 with 6 classrooms. Because of a rapidly increasing roll several  “open air classrooms “ which were in fact marquees were added. During the winter months these open air classrooms proved unsatisfactory for both teachers and students and two new rooms were built in response to parent dissatisfaction.

In those first early years the Education Board provided only the basics. The school grounds were paddocks and despite the hard economic times that were prevalent in the 1930s the school committee and parents got involved in working bees and fundraising to develop the school grounds and gardens.

The Depression of the 1930s closed two of the four training colleges for teachers and the school starting age was put up from 5 to 6. Classes of forty or more were common place and many teachers lost their jobs.

It is indicative of the strong community spirit that even in these dark times the Linwood Avenue School committee decided to proceed with the building of an assembly hall. Finally in 1938, after much fundraising the hall became debt free and still exists to house assemblies and community groups today.