Taieri College
| Taieri College | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
|
3 Green St, Mosgiel 9024 New Zealand | |
| Coordinates | 45°52′33″S 170°21′07″E / 45.875818°S 170.352083°ECoordinates: 45°52′33″S 170°21′07″E / 45.875818°S 170.352083°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Co-ed state secondary, year 7-13 |
| Motto | "Transforming student's lives" |
| Established | 2004 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 495 |
| Principal | David Hunter |
| School roll | 1021[1] (March 2016) |
| Socio-economic decile | 7O[2] |
| Website | taieri.school.nz |
Taieri College, formerly called The Taieri High School and, prior to 1956, the Mosgiel District High School, is a co-educational state school in Mosgiel, Dunedin, New Zealand.
In 2003 a review of the schools on the Taieri Plains by the New Zealand Ministry of Education proposed that the high school would merge with Mosgiel Intermediate School (est. 1973) to become Taieri College from 2004. Because of this merger, ready-made classrooms were built for the intermediate students, as well as a second technology block. The roll expanded to over 800 in its first year, compared with the former high school's number of under 650 students.
Classrooms
In 2005 it was announced that more classrooms were to be built as well as refurbishment of present classroom blocks. In 2006 the roll exceeded 1000, making it one of Otago's largest schools. Zoning has been proposed to cap or maintain future numbers, as classroom space is becoming limited, even though a new two-storey classroom block, G block, has been completed.
Famous alumni
- Adam Hall (alpine skier) - Winter Paralympic gold medalist 2010
- Ian Foster - Assistant All Black Coach World Cup Winner 2015
- Michael McGarry - All White. Capped 54 times.12 Goals.1986 - 1997.
- Steve Hansen (CNZM) - All Black Head Coach 2012 - World Cup Winner 2015
- Bob Reid - Drummer with band, The Knobz.
- Barry Milburn - NZ Test Cricket Wicketkeeper 1969.3 Caps.
- Colin James - political journalist
The 1960-65 Taieri High School Reunion 2013 biographies
- Peter Johnstone - All Black,1949 -51.Undefeated as NZ Captain.Taieri Club ground is named after him.
- Holly Robinson - Paralympian, London 2012. Finished 7th in Javelin. Silver Medallist, Javelin, 2013 IPC World Championships.[3]
- Dean O'Brien aka "Mr Yipadee" - Children's entertainer and musician.
Class Blocks
In the school, there are a number of blocks, each containing class rooms;
- Music/Drama block (Music, Drama, Dance)
- A block (Administration, Computing, Careers, Commerce),
- B block (Science, Mathematics),
- C block (English, Mathematics, Science)
- D block (Art,Food and Nutrition, Workshop Technology - Wood and Metal, Graphics, Textiles),
- G block (Social Studies, Languages, Computing lab),
- I Block (Physical Education)
- Formerly the AV Theatre (International Students)
- Murdoch Wing (Horticulture, Agriculture,Learning Support/Special Needs, Computing, Health).
- Te Kainga-"The Homeplace" (TK) block (year 7 & 8)
References
- ↑ "Directory of Schools - as at 18 April 2016". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 2015-04-19.
- ↑ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ↑ "Kiwi Paralympic javelin thrower claims silver". Fairfax New Zealand. 23 July 2013.