Principal Chris Gunn describes the new amenities as a "cutting edge first for Dannevirke".

Gone are the dark, dingy, box rooms and unappealing toilets and in their place a state-of-the-art modern learning environment, funded by the Catholic Schools Board.

The new learning centre cost $650,000.

The traditional teacher's desk in the front of a classroom is gone.

"The role of the teacher has changed," he said. "Teachers now work alongside pupils and don't stand in front of them."

With large, angled interior glass doors from both rooms opening into a break-out room for collaborative work and a designated art space, choices are endless.

"Each pupil has a pigeon hole and they take their resources to where they want to learn,".

Source

• Hawke's Bay Today
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