TOUR 10 - NEW PRIMARY BUILDS IN THE EAST

Travelling to the East where the Earthquakes caused significant damage we will visit Rawhiti school which  is a brand new school created from the merger of three former schools post quake. It was opened in 2015. Marshland School used to be a smallish country school, it moved premises to a new subdivision and increased its role size considerably. Both schools teach collaboratively.

RAWHITI SCHOOL

Architect: John Sofo from ASC Architecture
Type: New Build

Rāwhiti School exists because of the earthquakes that devastated the eastern suburbs of Christchurch in 2011, resulted in the merger of three of the local primary schools in 2015. The teaching pedagogy incorporates the principles of trauma-informed practice, Mindfulness, and the Calming and Coping strategies devised by Dr Kathleen Liberty. They operate a Concept Curriculum that has strong links to their local environment. Other schools have visited Rāwhiti to get good ideas about school landscaping. 

MARSHLAND SCHOOL

Architect: Stephenson & Turner
Type: New Build

Marshland School moved into its new site in January 2016 in the new Prestons subdivision.  The student roll has steadily increased since 2015 when it was around 200. With Stage 2 of the school build, they are now able to cater for 500 students and have the infrastructure for 650 students in the future. Each learning hub joins on to a large purpose built technology area or Maker space.  All of the learning hubs are configured as 2-year level groups within each hub, teachers are working collaboratively in teams between 4 and 6 teachers.