"I'd encourage people to come in and have a look. Once they get into the school they can see it's a beautiful school."
Strickland said, with a maximum of 45 students, the school promoted a whanau environment.
"No child gets left behind. Relationships are important and the learning opportunities. We give as many things a go as possible."
Wendy Hulse-Schwartfeger teaches from new entrants to Year 4 pupils and said the school was a "wonderful workplace".
Hulse-Schwartfeger regularly brings her dogs Max and Charlie to the school for the pupils to read to.
"There is some research that suggests that children reading to dogs provides a safe and non-judgmental audience. My golden retriever is particularly calm and gentle and is a captive audience to my 5-year-olds who are very shy when talking out loud to a group," she said.
Hulse-Schwartfeger said she had seen a once shy boy read to her dog animatedly. The animal also teaches empathy and how to be around animals.
Billie-Lee Browne is the school's senior teacher and said there was a big difference between Rotorua Seventh-Day Adventist and other schools and it was family-oriented.
She said the children were nurturing and kind to one another.
About the school
Principal: Lanea Strickland
Location: 3 Tilsley St, Glenholme.
Type: State-Integrated, Years 1 to 8, co-educational
Roll: 41 (in July 2017)
Gender composition: Female - 43 per cent, Male - 57 per cent (In December 2015)
Ethnic composition: Maori - 62 per cent, Pakeha - 1 per cent, Other - 37 per cent (In December 2015)
Motto: Building for eternity
