Sliding doors

By Lia Bichel
THE doors at Greenslopes Primary School will close for the last time this month, and past teachers and students reunited on Saturday to celebrate its history.
About 500 people took part in a special event to celebrate the past, speak about their memories and discuss the future.
School council president Belinda Diamond, who has been at the school since 2005, organised the event.
“The number of people who showed up at the event is a testament to how important the school was for many people,” Ms Diamond said.
A time capsule which was stored in the school wall in 1987 was opened at the celebrations.
Ms Diamond said the time capsule was created to celebrate the school’s 25th anniversary and was meant to be opened in 2012.
“Because the school is closing this year, we decided to open the time capsule earlier,” she said.
The time capsule contained notes of aspirations, videos and other gadgets.
“Everyone had a laugh when we read the notes. There were people that said they wanted to be spacemen and robot builders, then others who wanted to get married and have kids,” Ms Diamond said.
Greenslopes Primary School first opened in 1962. The school, which has 119 students, has recently merged with Lyndale Primary School to become Lyndale Greens Primary School. All students will be moved to Lyndale’s site from next year.
“I think everyone is quite excited about the future prospect,” Ms Diamond said. “I think it is going to be a great opportunity for the children in terms of what the new site has to offer. There are new state-of- the-art buildings and opportunity for more programs. It will benefit both students from Greenslopes Primary School and Lyndale Primary School.”
Lyndale Primary School Principal Victoria Golding will be the Lyndale Greens Primary School Principal.
Ms Golding attended Saturday’s event and said she enjoyed speaking with teachers, students and their families and looked forward to next year.
“We have had extensive preparation for the merge,” she said. “We spoke about it on Saturday and the move seems to be well-supported by parents, students and the community.”