Our Vision
Our students are powerful learners who seek, use and create their own knowledge. They are committed to academic excellence, and are well rounded individuals who are ready to take their place in, and contribute to society.
Understanding, using, and creating oral, written, and visual texts of increasing complexity is at the heart of English teaching and learning. By engaging with text-based activities, students become increasingly skilled and sophisticated speakers and listeners, writers and readers, presenters and viewers.
Literacy in English gives students access to the understanding, knowledge, and skills they need to participate fully in the social, cultural, political, and economic life of New Zealand and the wider world. To be successful participants, they need to be effective oral, written, and visual communicators who are able to think critically and in depth.
By understanding how language works, students are equipped to make appropriate language choices and apply them in a range of contexts. Students learn to deconstruct and critically interrogate texts in order to understand the power of language to enrich and shape their own and others’ lives.
Currently, English is compulsory for students in years 9-12. Our courses in Years 12 and 13 are university endorsed and all courses in year 13 (including the Scholarship English class) offer a pathway to further tertiary study, or the trades.
Success in English is fundamental to success across the curriculum. All learning areas (with the possible exception of languages) require students to receive, process, and present ideas or information using the English language as a medium.
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