TOUR 9 - EASTSIDE EARLY ADOPTERS
While most schools in Christchurch are innovative in their practice, Haeata is a brand new community campus catering for Years 0-13 learners who self-direct their learning, they view themselves as pioneers in Education. Watākari School was one of the first schools built post-quake and was teaching collaboratively in large open spaces. The East of Christchurch was the area that had the largest disruption from the quakes and a lot of the area was ‘red zoned’ which meant the land was deemed unsuitable for housing.
HAEATA SCHOOL
Architect: John Sofo of ASC Architecture
Type: New BuildHaeata School was built as a Public Private Partnership School. It is the amalgamation of 4 schools that were open before the Earthquakes. There are two learning communities (hapori), years 0-7 and years 8-13. There is also a bilingual unit. Haeata are at the forefront of personalised collaborative learning, it pushes the boundaries of traditional thinking about schools.WAITAKARI SCHOOL
Architect: ASC Architecture
Type: New BuildWaitākari School was created in 2014 following the merger of Burwood School and Windsor School and built on the Windsor School site. The Kaupapa panels outside the main entrance honour the proud history of Burwood and Windsor Schools. The learning studios are large and have break out spaces and specialist spaces.