Centre History

Prior to moving to the 28 Bayview Terrace site, Clayfield Pre-Prep was located under a hall opposite the St Columb’s Anglican Church in Victoria Street, Clayfield. 

 

The children were very happy in the kindergarten space they had however it was felt by the Committee at the time that it would be good to move to larger, more permanent premises with better facilities and more space for the children to run & play outside. 

 

Through fundraising in the community and utilising funds previously saved by the kindergarten, the property at 28 Bayview Terrace was bought in 1962.  The original house on the land was a Queenslander with 4 flats which the Committee felt would be ideal for a double unit kindergarten.  The 1300+ square metres also meant there was ample space for the children to run and play outdoors.  There was more fundraising undertaken by the Committee to purchase everything needed to operate a wonderful kindergarten for the local children and it continued to operate here until one Sunday night in December 1969, the kindergarten building unfortunately burned down. 

 

Luckily the kindergarten was insured so the Committee was able to build a new Centre – this is the building we currently use today. 

 

Mr Peter Dowling, who was a kindergarten parent at the time and also an architect, kindly volunteered his time to design the current building.  The children attended a make-do kindergarten in a local church hall until the new building was built in 1970 and commenced operation in February 1971. 

 

The new Centre was officially opened on 19 June 1971 by Mr John Murray MBE MLA.  In 2007, the Centre became a Pre-prep when the Queensland Government introduced the Prep year in primary schools under the current school system.

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We would like to thank the past and present Centre Committees, families and friends who have contributed to making the Clayfield Pre-prep Bayview Terrace the wonderful Centre that it is today.