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November 5 2014
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Rolleston Christian School’s recently appointed principal Liz Horn is looking forward to kicking the new school off next year with a fresh focus on some old style values.
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The school, which opens to students from Year 0 to 6 in early February, will teach traditional Christian values using a collaborative teaching model. “I’m really looking forward to getting the school culture developed from the get go,” Ms Horn said. “We want to build a culture with Christian values, where students have an outward focus and at the same time develop themselves as unique individuals.”
Ms Horn said the school is halfway through the building process. “The classrooms are really smartly designed. They have sliding doors, so they can be opened up to cater for times when you want a big learning space, or closed off into smaller rooms for quiet learning times,” Ms Horn said five teachers will be employed initially. They will work collaboratively so that students are
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taught by more than one teacher, while still having a home room. With 70 people on the books having expressed interest in the school, Ms Horn hopes the school will open next year with around 100 pupils. With the current building design they can accept 150 students and have a total roll cap of 300. Ms Horn said the school hoped to one day cater for students to Year 10.