Fairfield School, Dunedin
| Fairield School | |
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| Address | |
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10 Sickels St, Fairfield, Dunedin | |
| Coordinates | 45°54′02″S 170°23′29″E / 45.900647°S 170.391515°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Primary and Intermediate (Year 0-8) |
| Motto | Independence through Responsibility |
| Established | 1872 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 3736 |
| Principal | Andy Larson |
| School roll | 306 |
| Socio-economic decile | 9 |
| Website | www.fairfield.school.nz |
Fairfield School is a Primary and Intermediate school in Dunedin, New Zealand. It was established during the late 1800s in the suburb of Fairfield by William Martin. It is situated on Sickels St, a small culdesac near the State Highway 1 motorway.
The school has 11 full time teaching staff and 5 part-time teachers, plus numerous other staff i.e. teacher aides, secretaries, librarians. It has a thriving music programme run by Alison Tay, a specialist music teacher who as well as teaching the curriculum music takes the Orchestra and Recorder Ensemble. The school also boasts several top sports teams, a choir, rock band, gifted education programme and a theatre sports group.
The recorder ensemble recently performed at the More FM 'More Wedding and a Funeral', in which a prize pack containing a wedding and a funeral was given away (the catch being the couple selected to get married had no say in anything, and it was all done by voting on the More FM Website)
The school has restricted enrollment to a limited geographical zone to reduce class sizes.
It has a healthy eating policy that rivals most other schools in Dunedin.
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