Academic Programme for Schools

One option for groups attending Bay Light is for the students to work on an academic programme in the morning and then have a variety of activity based afternoons. The academic morning would encompass one of our cross-curricular projects that will be completed in the week, marked and feedback given. Following is details of the projects and the titles available. Please ask for more details.

We also recognise the importance of NEG 10 (MOE) in all we do, and Bay Light is able to fully address this learning with groups.

Respect for the diverse ethnic and cultural heritage of New Zealand people, with acknowledgment of the unique place of Māori, and New Zealand's role in the Pacific and as a member of the international community of nations.

Project description and options.

A project-based curriculum treats the investigation of a topic as the basis for learning. The projects are based on the national curriculum. Within each project, all of the Learning Areas are included and the students have the opportunity to direct their own learning and work to a depth and breadth that is difficult to achieve within a traditional structure. Their learning skills (e.g. goal setting, planning, investigative research, presentation, computing, etc) are enhanced, as are their thinking skills (e.g. metacognition, evaluation, synthesising information, etc). Support and feedback provided.

  
  Year 7
  Year 8
 
  Architecture
  The Human Circus
  
  Great Books
  Narrative Poetry
  
  A Language & Culture
  Language of Music or Movement
 
  Plants
  Human Beings
  
  An Artist or An Era
  An Ancient Culture
  
  Production & Inventions of the Past 
  Change through Technology
  
   New Zealand: Places and People 
  The Oceans
  
  Animals
  Great Scientists

  
    Year 9
  Year 10

    Flight and Space
Statistics

  New Zealand Writing
Shakespeare

  Maori or Pacific Island Language and Culture
Advanced Language & Culture

  War
Reactions

  Archaeology
Film or Director or Genre 

  Production of the Present and Future
Business in Action

  A People or Country or Time 
Law and Culture

  Sport
Machines

Typical Week

All groups visiting can customise their week with us with the average week looking like this. A group may decide not to do the academic work and have more activities and this is also an option.

There may be some variance on base pricing depending on the activities chosen for the afternoon programme.

Activities for the afternoon can include

· Waitangi (all groups must do the Waitangi visit)

· Sailing

· Pompallier House

· Russell museum

· R Tucker Thompson

· Project Island song

· Bush walk

· Marsden Cross

· Kayaking

· Mountain biking *

· Matauranga Maori Cultural Programme

· If you have a specific focus please ask as there are plenty of local options we can customise.

*May incur additional charge