King’s Christian College opens campus at Pimpama

THEY might only be aged eight or nine, but the senior students at the new King’s Christian College campus at Pimpama are already taking their roles seriously.

Minister Kate Jones will officially open the King's College northern campus at Pimpama the school has years prep- 3, and each year will add an extra grade. Year 3's Ayla Garaty (front) and her classmates celebrate the opening. Pics Tim Marsden

THEY might only be aged eight or nine, but the senior students at the new King’s Christian College campus at Pimpama are already taking their roles very seriously.

The Year 3 students will continue to be the oldest students on the grounds as enrolment grows.

Ayla Garaty said she and her 11 classmates were already speaking at assemblies and buddying-up with Prep students since classes began in January.

“We will be the oldest every year we are at school and that makes us very excited and happy,” she said.

“It is up to us to be the leaders and we are already learning how to be role models, peacemakers and how to speak nicely to others — and at events.”

Education minister Kate Jones opened the campus at Pimpama yesterday.

Education Minister Kate Jones officially opened the campus yesterday, which currently caters for Prep to Year 3 but will add a new grade every year.

Year 3 students Josh Day and Ayla Garaty outside the school.

“Pimpama has been identified as a major growth area of the Gold Coast and I think King’s has built right on the cusp of when the area needed another school,” she said.

Principal Rees Davis said the school held a meeting with the Block Grant Authority yesterday to discuss the next stage of development.

Work on the initial $9 million project was finished in November.