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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
Kristina Gedde - Norway, July 2013 to July 2014
Hi I am Kristina, I have been studying at Horowhenua for one year and have enjoyed my time a lot. I have realized that going abroad is a really strange thing to do. It is strange because you leave everything and everyone known behind. Because you turn your life upside-down in an instant. Because you go to school without having a reason to do good but try to learn only because it is boring not to. Because you live in a family that you have never met before, but become a part of it after a not very long time. Because when your new life is not new anymore and you have found new people and places to care about, you have to leave it all again and go back to the place called home that might not be as familiar as it used to be. But I guess life in general is strange and I think that the choice of going to Horowhenua and New Zealand has been one of the best and biggest decisions in my life. It is one of the first big decisions I have made on my own and it sounds a bit superficial but going abroad for a year changes you and really gives you a different perspective on the world. » View all testimonials
