We aim to increase the pupils' proficiency in all aspects of language so that they are both skilled and sensitive senders and receivers of language. To achieve this aim a wide range of activities are introduced. Information technologies such as word processing, video, microfiche, tapes and radio are used. A wide range of skills from the media to the study of literature and poetry is taught in our English classes with Media Studies being offered as an alternative or complementary subject to English in Year 12. In the senior years at Wairarapa College, Maths splits off into a number of options including Maths with Applications, Calculus and Statistics.
Applied mathematics is structured to help students who are finding the usual curriculum difficult.
Science Science is a core subject which aims to develop an inquiring mind and the attitudes, skills and knowledge for exploring and interpreting our surroundings and to prepare students for a society which depends on both the products and processes of science. As with the other core subjects, science breaks off into distinct areas in the senior years, as shown below. Human Biology is an alternative to repeating School Certificate Science in Year 12. Alternative Science is a non-School Certificate class intended for students who would find the SC class difficult. However, it is based on the SC Science curriculum to enable some students to attempt SC Science in two years.