Rosehill College
| Rosehill College | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
| 5 Edinburgh Avenue, Papakura, New Zealand |
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| Coordinates | 37°04′35″S 174°56′05″E / 37.0764°S 174.9346°ECoordinates: 37°04′35″S 174°56′05″E / 37.0764°S 174.9346°E |
| Information | |
| Type | State co-ed secondary (Years 9-13) |
| Motto | "Together we provide an environment for personal excellence" |
| Established | 3 February 1970 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 102 |
| Principal | Sue Blakely |
| School roll | 1901(February 2017) |
| Socio-economic decile | 5M |
| Website | rosehill-college.co.nz |
Rosehill College (RC) is a co-educational state secondary school located in Rosehill area of the Auckland region. Rosehill College was established on Tuesday, 3 February 1970, and is now the largest secondary school in the area.
Located approximately 30 minutes south of Auckland CBD, on the southern edge of the Auckland metropolitan area, the college admits students residing on the western side of the Southern Auckland Railway Line in Papakura and caters the Rosehill, Pahurehure, and Opaheke area as well as students from surrounding rural areas including Te Hihi, Karaka, Drury, Ponga, Runciman, Ramarama, Ararimu, Kingseat, Waiau Pa, and Clark's Beach. The campus is also situated next to Rosehill Intermediate.
When the school opened on Tuesday, 3 February 1970 the population consisted of only 180 students, and 9 teachers. As the Papakura area was overtaken by Auckland's urban sprawl the school's roll increased exponentially.
The school was officially opened by Mr. A Campbell, who was the mayor of Papakura at this time, and previously worked as Principal of nearby Papakura High School.
The school has a number of classroom blocks, typically consisting of a series of connected buildings. A Block is surrounded by the hall, offices and staffroom, while X Block backs on to the field, split into soccer and rugby sections. Rosehill also has a library, astroturf and a heated swimming pool.
Rosehill College, like most New Zealand state secondary schools was built between 1960 and 1970, was built to the Nelson 2H common design plan. The Nelson 2H is distinguished by its two-storey H-shaped classroom blocks, with stairwells at each end of the block and a large ground floor toilet and cloak area on one side. Rosehill has two of these blocks: C block and S block. B block was also originally built to the Nelson 2H common design plan, however the top level was badly damaged by fire arson circa 1995. The block underwent substantial repair and was transformed into a more modern single level technology and science block.
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