Subject Specific Page
Information on specific subjects and examples of student work in those subjects is listed on these pages. All work is the students own and so must be treated with the appropriate copyright rights.
English
English is the study, use and enjoyment of the English language and its literature. It encompases oral, visual and written forms of communication and explores different audiences, purposes and text forms. Understanding, using, and creating a range of texts of increasing complexity is at the heart of English teaching and learning. More...
Food Technology
Students have the opportunity to study Food Technology thoughout all the college levels. Students study towards a range of achievement and unit standards. Students are encouraged to use the design and make process. More...
French
Bienvenue to the French department. French is offered from year 9 to year 13 at Wairarapa College. During the course we not only seek to communicate in French but to develop our understanding of French culture, including food, music, fashion and film. More...
Hospitality
Year 13 Restaurant
Hospitality is offered to year 12 and 13 students. We are able to offer a range of achievement standards and industry based unit standards from the Hospitality Standards Institute.
Year 13 Students run a restaurant for 3 nights towards the end of the course. They plan the event, take bookings and then carry out their plans to present food to paying guests.
Science
Experimenting
Science is compulsory at Year 9 through to Year 11 it then breaks up into the individual disciplines of Physics, Biology and Chemistry. With the new curriculum, changes were made to the existing schemes of work.
The main change was to move to a more thematic based approach to teaching the knowledge component. In these themes we have intergrated the science skills through the "Nature of Science" strand of the curriculum.
Social Studies
The aim of Social Studies is to foster independent learners who are well-informed and active citizens.
Students are assessed twice a term in Social Studies. They are assessed on their performance in the Inquiry for each unit and they are also assessed on their Learning Journals. More...