School timetable

Rolleston College learners attend four lesson blocks each day, and we use a 6-day timetable. Learn more about the 6-day timetable here.

On Wednesdays, we start at 9:15am so our teaching staff can undertake more professional learning and development as we extend to become a two-campus school, and finish early so our learners can participate in the Christchurch town sports competitions.

The lesson block times are listed below.


MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday
Block 18:50am to 10:05am8:50am to 10:05am9:15am to 10:15am8:50am to 10:05am8:50am to 10:05am
Block 210:10am to 11:25am10:10am to 11:25am10:20am to 11:20am10:10am to 11:25am10:10am to 11:25am
Interval11:25am to 12:00pm11:25am to 12:00pm11:20am to 11:50am11:25am to 12:00pm11:25am to 12:00pm
Block 312:00pm to 1:15pm12:00pm to 1:15pm11:50am to 12:50pm12:00pm to 1:15pm12:00pm to 1:15pm
Lunch1:15pm to 1:55pm1:15pm to 1:55pm12:50pm to 1:20pm1:15pm to 1:55pm1:15pm to 1:55pm
Block 41:55pm to 3:10pm1:55pm to 3:10pm1:20pm to 2:20pm1:55pm to 3:10pm1:55pm to 3:10pm


Five-block days

Sometimes, to accommodate celebrations or other school events, we follow a five-block day timetable. These are notified in the Lancewood newsletter ahead of time.

The five-block day times are listed below.

Block 1: 8:50am to 9:50am

Block 2: 9:55am to 10:55am

Interval: 10:55am to 11:20am

Block 3: 11:20am to 12:20pm

Lunch: 12:20pm to 1pm

Block 4: 1:10pm to 2:10pm

Block 5: 2:10pm to 3:10pm


We follow the five-block day timetable on days with learning conversations, but on days with morning conversations, we lose block 1, and on days with afternoon conversations, we lose block 5.