Teacher in Charge: Mrs N. Muschamp.
This course is designed to support students to develop the skills and habits needed to reach success - both in school and beyond. Course work will focus around the school’s core values – Compassion, Courage, Curiosity and Community.
Skills included in the course are: identifying and managing stress, time-management strategies, planning and goal setting. These are essential skills for success at school, in the workplace and throughout daily life.
Improving functional literacy and numeracy and preparation for achieving the CAAs is part of this course.
The course includes unit standards which contribute to the NZQA L2 Certificate.
Term 1
Unit Standard 12355
Describe stress and ways of dealing with it.
Unit Standard 12352 Describe aspects of one's own whakapapa, heritage, and cultural identity
CAA preparation
Term 2
Unit Standard 10781
Produce a plan for future directions
CAA preparation
Term 3
Unit Standard 7117- Develop strategies to enhance own learning
Unit Standard 7118- Manage own learning in a programme
CAA preparation
Term 4
Study skills and organisation
Completing Unit Standards.
All assessments will be completed in class throughout the year.
We aim to enable every student to have the course that they prefer, however, some courses have limited places or pre-requisits that may restrict the student's choice.