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Exemption from Classes
Attendance at school is a legal requirement for all students. For students to achieve to their potential, they need to be in school and in class. Except in the case of sickness or a family emergency, students must attend all classes. Parents or caregivers intending to take students away from school for non-approved reasons are required to gain permission from the Principal.
Student Support
The college provides a wide range of programmes to support students during their time at the school. These include:
• Tutor Groups
• Academic Mentoring
• Vertical Deans who accompany their group of students through their time at the college • A full-time guidance counsellor
• A doctor and nurse
• A Learning Support Centre
• Peer support
• A school careers advisor
Students meet the Senior Leadership Team, their Deans and their Tutor on the rst day of the school year.
Community Support
We appreciate the great support that we get from our parents, caregivers and whānau. Our students thriving, achieving all that they are capable of, as well as enjoying their time at school with their peers is best obtained through a strong partnership between home, the school and the student. In this way the student has a powerful support network focused on them. This can only lead to a settled, engaged and successful time at school.
Thank you for being part of the Tauhara College Community.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How is the school day organised?
At the start of the year you will receive a personalised, printed timetable that shows all of your learning sessions, when they will happen during the day and where they will happen. This will also show you who your teacher is for that learning session. You will also be given a personal Kamar log-in and password so that you can access your timetable and other details online.
• the school day begins at 8.45am and ends at 3.15pm
• you will meet with your Tutor class at the beginning of each school day
• there are ve learning periods during the school day
• each learning period is 60 minutes long
• each day there is a half-hour morning interval break and a 50 minute lunch break • most courses have four learning periods during a week
• there is a Principal’s Assembly every two weeks and a Levels Assembly every two weeks
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