Options

The aim of the options programme is to offer students a wide range of learning options with curriculum based tasks that are at a high interest level. During 2008 the school ran eight option programmes and provided the following:

Morning – Day 3
  • Drama and Theatre Sports
  • Audio Visual and Role Play
  • Beekeeping
  • Choir
  • Computers
  • Cooking
  • Cycle Skills
  • Digital Photography
  • Animal Care
  • English in Action
  • Fabric/Sewing
  • Fun with Maths
  • Japanese Extension
  • Language Extension
  • Leadership          
  • Maths Problem Solving
  • Maori Arts/Crafts
  • Research Skills
  • Animal Care and Training
  • Boys’ Haka and Taiaha
  • Technology Challenges
  • Te Reo Maori
  • Woodwork
  • DARE to be You
  • Inquiry Learning
  • Writers’ Workshop
  • Art
  • Boys Stuff
  • Cooking
  • Crafty Ideas
  • Computers and Internet
  • Cricket Skills
  • Drama
  • Fabric/Sewing
  • Farming
  • Fun with Maths
  • Girls Stuff
  • Horrible Histories
  • Kapa Haka
  • Learning to Swim
  • Learning Experiences Outside the Classroom (LEOTC)
  • Mountain Biking
  • Squash
  • Puppet Making
  • Sports Alive
  • Woodwork
  • Wearable Arts 
The costs of the options programme are funded through parents’ payments of the school activity fee.