Welcome to Ta Ara a Tawhaki - Year 7 and 8

We have five homeroom classes, co-located in Mangapouri, that provide a secure base and strong relationships for our ākonga in Years 7-8. These Year levels work largely independently of the main college timetable, participating in House activities and school assemblies and working with senior student class buddies. 

There is a strong focus on Reading, Writing, and Mathematics, with 15 hours per week dedicated to these. The balance of the programme includes Technology, PE, and project-based learning, through which ākonga will be encouraged to explore other aspects of the curriculum, such as Technology, Science, Social Studies, and the Arts. 

Term 1 strongly emphasises building relationships and developing the collaborative and blogging skills needed to work successfully in teams. From Term 2, ākonga will expand into thematic units common across the five classes, and will begin to work on cross-class collaborative projects.

See Mrs Megan Nelson-Latu for enrollment information.