Curriculum

• Drama
• English
• ESOL
  English language learning and teaching
  English as a second language , English for speakers of other languages and English as a foreign language all refer to the use or study of English by speakers with different native languages. The precise usage, including the different use of the terms ESL and ESOL in different countries, is...
  
  
• Health/Physical Education
  • Food Technology
    Food technology
    Food technology, is a branch of food science which deals with the actual production processes to make foods.-Early history of food technology:...
    
    
• Humanities
• Languages
  • At all grade levels, Māori
    Maori language
    Māori or te reo Māori , commonly te reo , is the language of the indigenous population of New Zealand, the Māori. It has the status of an official language in New Zealand...
    
     language courses are offered, with emphasis on developing confidence in speaking Māori and on an appreciation of Māori culture
    Maori culture
    Māori culture is the culture of the Māori of New Zealand, an Eastern Polynesian people, and forms a distinctive part of New Zealand culture. Within the Māori community, and to a lesser extent throughout New Zealand as a whole, the word Māoritanga is often used as an approximate synonym for Māori...
    
     and values. Students can learn European languages
    Languages of Europe
    Most of the languages of Europe belong to Indo-European language family. These are divided into a number of branches, including Romance, Germanic, Balto-Slavic, Greek, and others. The Uralic languages also have a significant presence in Europe, including the national languages Hungarian, Finnish,...
    
    , in particular French.
  • Annually, two students participate in a Foreign Exchange Student program for eight weeks.
• Mathematics
• Music
• Science
• Special Programs
  • works with The Guidance Network
  • GAT Programme
  • practical skills for living and working. (Employment Skills, Core Skills, Future Directions and Social Development).
  • The Learning Centre for special needs
    Special needs
    In the USA, special needs is a term used in clinical diagnostic and functional development to describe individuals who require assistance for disabilities that may be medical, mental, or psychological. For instance, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and the International...
    
     in literacy and numeracy, has a very low Student/Teacher ratio.
  • TVAEC (Thames Valley Alternative Education
    Alternative education
    Alternative education, also known as non-traditional education or educational alternative, includes a number of approaches to teaching and learning other than mainstream or traditional education. Educational alternatives are often rooted in various philosophies that are fundamentally different...
    
     Centre) is an off–site provider of education in Paeroa
    Paeroa
    Paeroa is a small town in New Zealand, in the northern Waikato region of the Thames Valley. Located at the foot of the Coromandel Peninsula, it is close to the junction of the Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers, 20 kilometres from the coast at the Firth of Thames...
    
     for special needs students from 3 local high schools. It is managed by the Administration of Thames High School.
  • GATEWAY work-based learning programme
  • Distance Learning
    Distance education
    Distance education or distance learning is a field of education that focuses on teaching methods and technology with the aim of delivering teaching, often on an individual basis, to students who are not physically present in a traditional educational setting such as a classroom...
    
     for tourism, early childhood education
    Early childhood education
    Early childhood education is the formal teaching and care of young children by people other than their family or in settings outside of the home. 'Early childhood' is usually defined as before the age of normal schooling - five years in most nations, though the U.S...
    
    , art history
    Art history
    Art history has historically been understood as the academic study of objects of art in their historical development and stylistic contexts, i.e. genre, design, format, and style...
    
    , classical studies
    Classics
    Classics is the branch of the Humanities comprising the languages, literature, philosophy, history, art, archaeology and other culture of the ancient Mediterranean world ; especially Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome during Classical Antiquity Classics (sometimes encompassing Classical Studies or...
    
    , French, Pharmacy, Journalism, Philosophy, Māori and agriculture.
    • the Correspondence School
      The Correspondence School
      Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu or Te Kura is New Zealand's largest school with around 25,000 students enrolled each year, from early childhood to secondary level. It is headquartered in Portland Crescent in Thorndon, Wellington...
      
      
    • the Open Polytechnic
    • Otago Polytechnic
      Otago Polytechnic
      The Otago Polytechnic is a public New Zealand tertiary education institute, centred in Dunedin with campuses throughout the region of Otago including Cromwell, Wanaka and Queenstown....
      
      
    • Travel Careers and Training Ltd.
• Technology
  • Graphics
  • Workshop Metal
  • Wood Shop
    Vocational education
    Vocational education or vocational education and training is an education that prepares trainees for jobs that are based on manual or practical activities, traditionally non-academic, and totally related to a specific trade, occupation, or vocation...
    
    
  • Electronics
  • Automotive
  • Furniture Making
  • Fabric