Year 7 & 8
Our Powerpoint from our Year 7 / 8 Open Night
The Year 7 / 8 Learning Team strives to provide a supportive environment for early adolescent students, which enables them to develop their academic skills, key competencies and cultural abilities in preparation for secondary schooling and life beyond.
Roles in the school
- School council leaders
- School assembly leaders
- Buddy class
- Kapa Haka leaders
- Road Patrol
- Environmental Group
- Librarians
- House Captains
We have a focus on
- Inquiry learning – encouraging decision making and information literacy skills
- Numeracy – including integrated maths
- Literacy – reading for comprehension and understanding as well as speaking with confidence
- Integrating ICT into programmes where applicable
We offer
- Many musical opportunities – Orchestra, Senior Choir, Vocal Group, Jazz Band, School Production
- Technology at Hillmorton – textiles, woodwork, metalwork, home economics as well as additional classes in subjects such as computing, drama, visual art and science
- Hagley Sport – a weekly competition over winter
- EOTC – Taumutu Marae / Wainui / Sailing / Ski trip (every second year)
- K.I.C.K.I.T. – opportunities to experience a wide range of sports in the community
- Languages – introduction to either Spanish or Japanese
- A range of competition opportunities – Cantamath, Jump Jam, BP Technology Challenge, Blue Light(Police confidence competition), Kid’s Lit, Science Fair
- Extension classes using outside providers eg: Science Alive
- Young Writer’s Workshop
- Young Leaders’ Conference
- ICAS Competitions (Computers, Science, Writing, Spelling, English, Mathematics)