Every student is rostered on to be one of the three cooks every two weeks. Evening meal prepared by the students. Living with seven other people can present many challenges for the students. They learn to communicate, co-operate, deal with conflict, care, tolerate, trust and be sensitive to others. Students are very busy at Tihoi and time management, punctuality and organisation are all skills the student must learn.
Boys are responsible for their own housekeeping.
Students are encouraged to share in the decision making of the school and each week there is a formal social education period where they work in house groups and cover methods of dealing with social situations, learn conflict reolution skills, develop assertiveness and leadership skills. The academic programme is integrated with the outdoor and social programmme wherever possible. The students cover the four core subjects mathematics, english, science and social studies. All complete a first aid, bushcraft, and a language and craft course. Class sizes are small and computers are utilised.