Welcome to Brooklyn School

Brooklyn School is a state, co-ed, full primary school catering to students from new entrants (five year olds) through to year eight (twelve year olds). There are between 390-450 children on the roll each year. Staff, Board and parents work closely to provide a safe, supportive, stimulating learning environment for children.  

Brooklyn School is situated in the suburb of Brooklyn on the hills above New Zealand's capital city, Wellington.  To get to the school from Wellington City, drive up Brooklyn Road from Willis Street and turn left into Washington Avenue.  The school's main entrance and office is at 58 Washington Ave.

The school is structured into four syndicates. 
          Tui       (New Entrant - Year 2)
          Kiwi      (Year 3 and 4)
          Takahe (Year 5 and 6) 
          Moa      (Year 7 and 8).

Brooklyn School has an enrolment zone.  To check if an address is within this zone go to www.schoolzones.co.nz/enrolmentzones. You can contact the school office by phone on +64 4 389 6758 and by email at
office@brooklynprimary.school.nz

 

Hear about Brooklyn School

Brooklyn school curriculum

Since 2004 Brooklyn School has been developing a school curriculum called CHaOS.
CHaOS stands for Children Have Ownership of Schooling. The following video introduces the seven pillars  of the CHaOS model. For a detailed outline of the model visit the CHaOS section of our site here.
   

(Click the image to play CHaOS intro video)

Brooklyn school digital media and collaboration space

Hey! is our students' digital media and collaboration space. From time to time students post examples of their work and collaborate in this space. Feel free to have a look. You can even provide them with feedback if you like. Visit the space here.

The swell network

In 2007 the eleven schools in the South Wellington primary schools cluster (including Brooklyn School) entered into a partnership with the New Zealand Ministry of Education as part of the 'Extending High Standards Across Schools' initiative. Over four years the cluster will work together on a project to establish the swell network of learning communities as a vehicle for raising the tide of achievement in South Wellington schools. Find out more about the swell network here.

The digital opportunities research project

In 2005 Brooklyn School entered into a partnership with the Ministry of Education and Hewlett Packard New Zealand Ltd to explore ways in which pen based computing can be used to enhance learning. This project has been further extended by the awarding of a Technology for Teaching grant from HP (one of 13 awarded in the Asia Pacific region in 2007). Find out more about this project in the research section of our site here.

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