Tahuna Normal Intermediate School
| Tahuna Normal Intermediate School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
|
31 Auld Street, St. Kilda, Dunedin | |
| Coordinates | 45°54′14″S 170°31′02″E / 45.904018°S 170.517192°ECoordinates: 45°54′14″S 170°31′02″E / 45.904018°S 170.517192°E |
| Information | |
| Type | State Intermediate (Years 7, 8), co-educational |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 3839 |
| Principal | Tony Hunter[1] |
| School roll | 476[2] (November 2015) |
| Socio-economic decile | 8[3] |
| Website | tahuna.school.nz |
Tahuna Normal Intermediate School is a school for Year 7 (Form One) and Year 8 (Form Two) students, based in Saint Kilda, Dunedin, New Zealand. It is located near Saint Kilda Beach. It has a Principal: Tony Hunter, Deputy Principal: Roddy Scoles, 22 teachers, teacher aids and Dunedin College of Education student teachers. It has a compulsory school uniform policy and most students are aged from 11 – 13 years.
Most subjects are taught by class teachers. Four kinds of technology are available to study; Woodwork, Design Technology, Food and Art. Technology lessons occur for four consecutive days every second week. During non-technology weeks a class may be assigned to do receptionist and rubbish duty.
Compulsory Subjects
At Tahuna Normal Intermediate School students have the choice of joining:
- Orchestra
- Multicultural group
- Basketball teams
- Netball teams
- Dance groups
- Choir
Each week, if a child has done excellent school work or has been helping their teacher with classroom duties, they may be given a Blue Card Award (4 are given Per week). This is an acknowledgement of appreciation or achievement from their class teacher. Previously, upon receiving seven blue cards, the child receives a Bronze card, which allows him/her the privilege to go to the front of the school canteen line during lunch hours. Seven more Blue Cards produces a Silver Card, and seven more still produces a Gold Card. After you have your Gold Card every extra 7 blue cards gives you a "Bar" for instance 28 blue cards gives you a Gold Bar and 35 gives you a Gold Bar Bar.
The new system grants you a values band such as Respect Responsibility Cretivity and Success every 5 Blue cards.
Every Friday afternoon Tahuna has sports options and students can choose one sport they like for each season. Available sports include: Badminton, Running, Cycling, Power Walking, Dance, Padder Tennis, Rippa Rugby, Tae Kwon Do, and Golf as well as sport options Tahuna students also get to have an elective such as robotics, archaeology, cartooning, wearable art, sculpting, Chinese, French, Extension Maori and lots of others
The school year starts in February and ends in December after 392 half days.
Notes
- ↑ "Tahuna News" (PDF). Tahuna Normal Intermediate School. 18 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
- ↑ "Directory of Schools - as at 01 December 2015". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
- ↑ Decile change 2007 to 2008 for state & state integrated schools