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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
Nora Kogel - Germany, August 2012 - May 2013
I absolutely enjoyed my time at Horowhenua College! I don’t want to leave all the friends I have found here and my lovely host family. From the first day I felt welcomed at the school. Awesome teachers, nice staff and very friendly and outgoing students all made it easy for me to join in the everyday school life at Horowhenua College. The school offers many activities that make it easy to get to know new people and it is great fun. Because of the encouraging coaches and the amazing team spirit, I even got to participate at the Canoe Polo Nationals. But the most important contribution to my wonderful year in New Zealand was my host family. They became like a real family to me and I love them a lot. Through them I got to try many new things, eg Tae kwon Do, a sport that the whole family does. That was a lot of fun. From the beginning of my stay they included me in their family life. For my first holiday with them they took me to Christchurch which was a great trip and spending national holidays like Christmas with them was an awesome experience which I will never forget. I will definitely stay in touch with them and I am already looking forward to them visiting me in Germany. I have had an amazing year in New Zealand and will start saving up for my flights to come back! Thanks to everyone who made it such a great experience. » View all testimonials
