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Tauranga Boys’ College International
What is special about Tauranga Boys' College?
- Excellent Outdoor Education and Sporting opportunities - learn to scuba dive, climb, sea-kayak and kite-surf!
- International Students attend an Adventure Camp, a Ski/Snowboard Trip and numerous day trips to fantastic local locations like the geothermal and Maori wonders of Rotorua and a tramp to the top of Mt. Maunganui.
- Dedicated to guiding ‘boys’ aged 13-18 to be ‘Good Men'.
- Located in one of New Zealand's safest and sunniest Cities (3rd sunniest City in 2007).
- Excellent value for money.
- Graduating International Students have progressed to University in New Zealand, Australia and the USA.
- Specialist English language courses with small classes (Foundation English, IELTS and SAT preparation classes).
- World-Class teaching and facilities. A muilti-million NZ$ Youth Theatre opened 2008.
Located in the beautiful Western Bay of Plenty, Tauranga Boy’s College is a state funded and approved high school near the central city. Established in 1958, its’ current roll of 1600 caters for young men aged between 13 and 18 years. It has a fine academic history and offers a wide range of sporting and extracurricular activities. Tauranga Boys' College has a long association with students from all over the world and regularly facilitates international sports and cultural exchanges. Currently there are 30 international students from a wide range of countries and have established sister school relationships in Japan, Taiwan, Thailand and the United Kingdom.
Students are Homestayed with local families. Transport can be arranged from Auckland International Airport or the local Tauranga Airport.
Tauranga Boys’ College is a member of Education New Zealand and Education Tauranga.
For more information please contact Gerard McGrath, Director of International Students at g.mcgrath@tbc.school.nz or visit our website.
Director of International Students
Tauranga Boys' College
664 Cameron Road
Tauranga
New Zealand
64-7-578-4029 ext 871 (ph)
64-7-578-4853 (fax)
www.tbc.school.nz
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Outdoor Education
Outdoor education is an integral part of the senior curriculum and provides students with an exciting range of opportunities and activities. Established in 2000, the outdoor education programme is essentially the study of adventure pursuits, development of inter-personal skills and personal qualities that builds confidence and skills.
Students take advantage of Tauranga’s unique location which is surrounded by mountains, native bush, beaches, and rivers to pursue activities such as sea and river kayaking, scuba diving, rock climbing and skiing.
Students can gain internationally recongised qualifications through the New Zealand Qualifications Authority and a variety of professional organisations.
The course is divided into 3 years and levels but depending on age and experience students can enter at any level. This course has a large practical component and students should have a reasonable level of fitness. Students also have the opportunity to partake in the many outdoor and sporting opportunities that exist in the region including one of the best surf beaches in New Zealand, fishing, white-water rafting and caving.
Tauranga Boys’ College is a proud supporter of Outdoor Education New Zealand.
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Level 1 Health and Outdoor Education – ODE1
- Experiencing outdoor education activities and their effect on well-being.
- Rock climbing, Kite surfing, kayaking.
- Social responsibility. Adventure based learning.
- Performance of a skill. Bouldering/rockclimbing.
- What factors affect the learning of physical skills
- Coastguard ‘Day Skipper’ experience
Level 2 Outdoor Education – ODE2
- Sea Kayaking
- Adventure based learning
- Bouldering and top rope climbing
- First Aid
- Kite Surfing
- Scuba diving
Level 3 Outdoor Education – ODE3
(Students have potential to gain NZOIA Instructor Qualifications at this level)
- Sea Kayaking
- Diving Advanced – Open Water Certificate
- Environmental/Tourism Studies
- Mountain Industry Training Camp. Snow skiing and boarding
- Rock Climbing
- Advanced Kite surfing
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