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Outdoor education is an integral part of the senior curriculum and provides students with an exciting range of opportunities and activities. Established in 2000, the outdoor education programme is essentially the study of adventure pursuits, development of inter-personal skills and personal qualities that builds confidence and skills.
Students take advantage of Tauranga's unique location which is surrounded by mountains, native bush, beaches, and rivers to pursue activities such as sea and river kayaking, scuba diving, rock climbing and skiing.
Students can gain internationally recongised qualifications through the New Zealand Qualifications Authority and a variety of professional organisations.
The course is divided into 3 years and levels but depending on age and experience students can enter at any level. This course has a large practical component and students should have a reasonable level of fitness. Students also have the opportunity to partake in the many outdoor and sporting opportunities that exist in the region including one of the best surf beaches in New Zealand, fishing, white-water rafting and caving.
Tauranga Boys' College is a proud supporter of Outdoor Education New Zealand.
Level 1 Health and Outdoor Education - ODE1
- Experiencing outdoor education activities and their effect on well-being.
- Rock climbing, Kite surfing, kayaking.
- Social responsibility. Adventure based learning.
- Performance of a skill. Bouldering/rockclimbing.
- What factors affect the learning of physical skills
- Coastguard ‘Day Skipper' experience
Level 2 Outdoor Education - ODE2
- Sea Kayaking
- Adventure based learning
- Bouldering and top rope climbing
- First Aid
- Kite Surfing
- Scuba diving
Level 3 Outdoor Education - ODE3 (Students have potential to gain NZOIA Instructor Qualifications at this level)
- Sea Kayaking
- Diving Advanced - Open Water Certificate
- Environmental/Tourism Studies
- Mountain Industry Training Camp. Snow skiing and boarding
- Rock Climbing
- Advanced Kite surfing
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