Welcome to
Taradale Intermediate
Te Kura Takawaenga o Otatara
T.I.S. - The place to be!
THE GREAT HOME LEARNING DEBATE
Like every school we are debating the merits of Home Learning and the impact that it has on families. A community survey re Home Learning will be coming out shortly. If you would like to look at some of the background to this debate please click here.
Charter 2012.pdf Link to TIS Charter
TIS_REPORT.pdf Link to ERO Report
Taradale Intermediate is a specialist school for the emerging adolescent, the 11 - 13 year olds of this world. This fact makes our school a special place as our programes, our activities and events are geared specifically for this age group. To quote Professor James Beane "... adolescence is an absolutely critical stage of development. It is a time of increased social awareness, dramatic physical change, a deepening sense of values, growing independence, and increasingly complex cognitive capacity". This website will give you an informative insight into our world - students, parents and staff.
Taradale intermediate is located in the most beautiful suburb of Napier - tree lined streets, parks, streams and wonderful assets such as the surrounding hills, river, walkways, marae, wineries and shopping area. Our students mostly come from this neighbourhood but also from across Napier. Including our 5 main contributing schools students may come to us from up to 20 different schools so we are always a diverse, interesting and exciting school community.
Our school motto "Seek to Achieve" is at the heart of our endeavours as we challenge all students to be the best they can be - through academic challenge, sporting activity, cultural action and service to our school and local community. This is expanded on as you explore this website.
We welcome all visitors to our school - parents, relatives, locals and visitors to Hawke's Bay. Please feel free to contact us with any queries or requests for further information.
Phone: (06)8447264 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (06)8447264 end_of_the_skype_highlighting
Fax: (06) 844 6822 Email: admin@taradaleint.school.nz
Regards
Dennis Coxon
Principal
"Intelligence is knowing what to do when you don't know what to do" ..... Piaget (adapted)
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit" ........ Aristotle
Remember - being stuck is OK, its what you do about it that counts!
Student Successes: Check out these video links!
Last May 100 of our students were involved in the Hawke's Bay Stage Challenge performance at the Opera House in Hastings. The video is now available by clicking the link below. http://www.globalrockchallenge.com/#!1911
2011 our Kapa haka group of 70 participated in a festival in Hastings. A fantastic performance all round. Check it out below (we're about 7 minutes in): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f92tI3YbfXU