Welcome
This website is designed to give you an insight of what happens at
Whakatane Intermediate,
what we believe is important and how we go about providing a high quality education for the Year 7 and 8 students who attend this school.
Mission Statement
"A friendly, caring school with quality learning and quality behaviour that respects the needs of the individual student in the spirit of partnership between the school, caregivers and the community."
Recognised as proven providers of high quality education for the emerging adolescent.
- Small class sizes (25 per class) for optimum teaching and learning
- Top quality teachers commited to providing the best possible programmes for the emerging adolescent, along with a large number of support staff
- High quality and varied technology, arts, sports and cultural programmes
- High expectations for academic achievement
- Nurturing of diverse talents and recognition of personal achievements
- Challenging students to strive for and achieve individual goals
- Part of EHSAS Cluster- "Extending High Standards Across Schools" - where staff undertake professional development focusing on "best practice"
- The school has a strong relationship with internationally acclaimed educators
- Excellent Education Review Office Report 2008
- Relationships - Student/Teacher. These are a real strength of the school and were the topic of our address to the recent
4th International Middle School Conference in Adelaide
