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Tramping trip
Outdoor Education is a subject that uses the medium of the environment to develop a students performance skills and personal attributes. Many of the activites involve working with others in challenging situations to promote personal growth.
The school is well placed geographically to use some of the wonderful natural resources in the Horowhenua region specifically the Tararua ranges, Manawatu River and local mountain bike tracks. As many of our locations for practicals are close to school we feel we offer a very practical course at all levels of the curriculm. We do use other locations around New Zealand for specific trips. The school is fortunate to have a 11m high indoor rock wall, an outdoor swimming pool and are fully resouced for all outdoor activites on offer.
The department is also extremely fortunate to have highly qualified staff that hold Nationally recognized qualifications in a number of key outdoor areas. The school has been recognised for it's excellece in our programme especially in relation to safety by gaining the externally moderated qualification Outdoors Mark August 2011.
Outdoor Education units contain both theoretical and practical components and are assessed in class and out in the field.
• 33 metre school pool • 11 metre indoor rock climbing wall • A class set of road and mountain bikes • A class set of white water and sea kayaks • All tramping/camping equipment
Rob Cox - Teacher in charge of Outdoor Education NZOIA - Rock One, Bush One, Seakayak Guide First Aid - Medic First Aid
Marika Holloway - Teacher
Lars Riemann - Germany, January to July 2014
My name is Lars Riemann and I am from Germany. My 6 months at Horowhenua College have been great. The students were always friendly and helpful as well as the staff. I really enjoyed the different subjects in comparison to Germany, eg. Outdoor Education, where we did several kayak trips and tramping with two nights in the mountains. The Art and Graphics subjects helped me to improve my skills for my art class at home and one of my best decisions was to join the Senior Mixed Hockey Team of the College. Through this I got even more involved in the school and their activities. It was great fun, and we have actually been quite succesful. The canoe polo, which I tried at the beginning was something new for me, as well. Over the time I made some really awesome friends, and I hope we will still stay in contact, when I'm back in Germany. » View all testimonials
