Year 7 & 8 Programme

At Te Tipua we have a unique Year 7 and 8 programme which is a special programme carefully planned for this age group of students.  We work in conjunction with four other country schools. A specialized Year 7 & 8 teacher is employed to take this programme.  Travelling to Te Tipua is easy as we have a bus with stops outside Valley Takeaways & Glendu Road Tennis Courts.

Activities include :- 

• Making new friends with other students from country schools.

• Deep Cove camp

• Careers camp including guest speakers talking about their careers.  Students stay at Unicol & explore both the Polytech & University

• Guest artists e.g painting, carving Oamaru stone

•  Learning 

• Learn other  languages:  french, Spanish, Maori, and Japanese

• Life education Bus

• "Choices" programme run by the Police

•  Team building activities

• Easier transition for students to secondary schools as they have made friends with the other country schools students

• Attend Young Leaders Day in Dunedin

• Digital Coding

• Science Experiments based at St Peters College

• Four days each term

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