 Although enrolments declined, from 976 in 1951, to 563 in 1973, smaller classroom sizes meant new additions were still required.In 1951, of land was removed from Gregory Park and added to the south end of the school (the site of the tennis courts in 2017).By 1951, palm trees existed along the school's rear boundary with Gregory Park, and there were also mature trees along the northern end of the Bayswater Street frontage, and one at the south end of the school near the Haig Road pedestrian crossing.