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A summer singing sensation The Ashburton Trust Event Centre was invaded by British music thanks to the Summer Singing School on Saturday.
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School rolls boom BY RUBY HARFIELD
ing roll, with principal Chris Murphy finding roll numbers increasing dramatically Mid Canterbury school rolls each year. are expected to continue to The year will start with 290 increase this year. students and is expected to Burgeoning rolls have end with about 350. been an issue in the district From the beginning of for the past few years with term one two classes will some school having to resort be based in the library until to using libraries to teach. new classrooms have been Ashburton Borough School, which has received Sam Winterbourn completed. Having new classrooms approval for four new classrooms, will start the year on 430 stu- will make a huge difference for the dents, 20 more than the beginning of school because it has been difficult trying to fit everyone in, he said. last year. “We’re using every space we can.” Principal Sam Winterbourn said they While Mt Somers Springburn School’s will probably get about 60 new entrants throughout the year, putting numbers roll has not increased too much, the up to nearly 500. They ended last year on number of juniors had. Principal Brent Gray said they will be 470. Methven Primary School is also get- starting the year with 85 students as opting new classrooms due to its expand- posed to about 78 at the beginning of RUBY.H@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ
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last year, but they will have a new entrant class, a Year 2 class and a Year 3 class. In previous year they had a Year 1-2 class and a Year 3-4 class. Mid Canterbury’s two high schools will not reach high roll growth until the students, who are making the high numbers, reach college age in a few years. Ashburton College principal Grant McMillan said he expected their roll to stay the same for a few more years. They usually start the year with a higher roll number but as students leave for work or other study, it drops. Mount Hutt College principal John Schreurs said their roll of about 480 has been the same for the past few years. Due to roll increases at Mid Canterbury primary schools several will be getting new classrooms including Hampstead School, Methven Primary School, Rakaia School and Ashburton Borough School.
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