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Rangitaiki Independent School |
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Curriculum |
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The New Zealand Curriculum is taught at all levels with an emphasis on Literacy and Numeracy.
EOTC Education outside the classroom is a vital and stimulating part of the school programme. Children are introduced to the challenges of the environment, they are taught the skills for coping with the outdoors, developing further strengths and abilities and increasing self-esteem.
School camps and day trips ensure that children grow to value the uniqueness of New Zealand’s natural heritage and to understand the need for conservation. All Education Outside the Classroom is closely linked with the curriculum.
The Arts The Arts are a major component of learning at Rangitaiki Independent School. Children are exposed to all areas: · Arts Intensive Week: Arts Intensive Week is a very exciting week of the year. Children leave their regular class work for a week and participate in an arts rotation where they create some absolutely fabulous results. Until now Arts week has comprised mainly of visual art (clay mugs and boots, led-light glass creations, pastels, culturally-based creations, artist studies and computer animation and creation). This year Art week will combine all art strands. · Specialist Teachers: Rangitaiki Independent School regularly invites specialist artists to come and share their knowledge with the students. We always have fabulous results! · Music Programme: Many of our students are involved in the concert band with Alison. Students can choose to learn trombone, cornet, saxophone, clarinet, flute, drums and bass guitar, and have lessons with Alison at school. On Thursday afternoons all the instrumentalists get together in their Concert Band and practice their fantastic music. We also have an awesome Rock Band! |
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Physical Education and Sport Students at Rangitaiki Independent School have many opportunities in the area of Physical Education and Sport: · Swimming: All students participate in intensive swimming lessons, two afternoons a week in Terms 1 and 4. · Top School: Schools around the Eastern Bay go head to head with each other in the Top School Contest. This is a very prestigious interschool competition, hosted each year by a local school. Participants train hard to win the highly coveted prize of Top School. The competition combines teamwork, managing self, physical agility and endurance. Each year a team of students is selected from our senior school to train hard and battle in the competition. |
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· Productions: The whole school is involved in Production fever in Term 4. Our school productions take place every two years. Our last production – Little Stars – took place in 2009 and was a take on the popular idol shows on television at the moment. · Workshops: Students often attend workshops for all areas of the arts, especially dance and drama. We frequently have visitors who visit to teach us about these areas and allow us to interact with them as they perform. |
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· Specialist Teachers: Specialist teachers regularly visit school and give the students extra skills and tuition in sports such as golf and cricket. · Sports Teams: Students are given opportunities to join school sports teams to play soccer and netball. · Interschool Competition: Students have opportunities to take part in interschool swimming, athletics and cross-country competitions. · Electives: Sports make up a big component of the elective activities we have available for the seniors – surfing, motocross, squash and croquet are all popular choices.
Rangitaiki Independent School is working hard to become a sustainable school and to ensure our students play their part in caring for the environment.
Information and Communication Technology Rangitaiki Independent School is very well-resourced with a full-time Information Technology specialist. We have interactive whiteboards and technology resources are excellent. The computers are networked in all rooms, the ratio is 1 computer to 3 students.
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