Principals Welcome

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC" TEXT="#080000" background="0bdb85a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Wairoa  College</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wairoa College"><B>home</B></A></div> <div> <B>Principals Welcome</B>   |   <A HREF="calendar.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About us">About us</A>   |   <A HREF="mission.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mission">Mission</A>   |   <A HREF="contact_us.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us">Contact Us</A>   |   <A HREF="member_list.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Learning">Learning</A>   |   <A HREF="related_links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Archives">Archives</A>   |   <A HREF="students.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Students web">Students web</A>   |   <A HREF="guestbook.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Guestbook">Guestbook</A>   |   <A HREF="whatsnew.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Whatsnew">Whatsnew</A>   |   <A HREF="member_3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="International Students">International Students</A>   |   <A HREF="radio.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Radio">Radio</A>   |   <A HREF="chatroom.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chatroom">Chatroom</A>   |   <A HREF="junior_school.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Junior School">Junior School</A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#888888" TEXT="#080000" background="0bed2d03.jpg"> <div> <IMG SRC="076be9b0.jpg" border=0 width="190" height="155" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Principals Welcome</I></div> <div> Kia Ora</div> <bR> <div> Welcome to the Wairoa College website.</div> <bR> <div> Wairoa College is a Form 7 - 15 community high school.</div> <bR> <div> Wairoa College had entered a new and exciting era from January 2005 with the expansion to include Years 7 and 8.</div> <bR> <div> We have condensed our school mission to “Success for All” as an indicator that our focus is on raising educational achievement in all areas of school life: academic, social, sporting and cultural.</div> <bR> <div> To achieve this, we have implemented a number of initiatives: Literacy Across the Curriculum, Gateway, Asdan, Eliminating Violence, Health Promoting Schools and a Homework and Study centre, staff and student mentoring programmes and the “1st XV” programme (the first 15 and the last 5 minutes of each lesson are to be interruption.- free to increase the focus and quality learning time.)</div> <bR> <div> Wairoa College is also developing learning pathways for Maori students and others with a desire to learn in an immersion or bilingual context.</div> <div> Our focus on increasing student engagement in learning has also led us to explore interactive technologies as aids to learning.</div> <bR> <div> Wairoa College prides itself on a warm and friendly school climate where staff, students and the community are developing a stronger partnership in the interests of better learning.</div> <bR> <div> We offer an up-to-date holistic education. We` are modernising our buildings with the changes and will shortly have state of the art technology facilities and some brand new classrooms. Combined with attractive grounds, the building modernisation will ensure the best possible physical environment for our staff and students.</div> <bR> <div> Enjoy our website and share in our successes as we prepare our students for the challenges ahead.</div> <bR> <div> Naku noa</div> <div> <B>B J Simpson</B></div> <div> <I><B>Principal</B></I></div> </td> </tr></table></body>