TE TIPUA SCHOOL
VISION : Inspiring confident, caring learners to strive for excellence
Mission: "Pursue the highest peaks" - whaia te taumata
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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