Student Engagement
There are many opportunities at our school for our students to engage and excel within and outside the classroom
It’s all about you, our Rangatahi.
You are our leaders of tomorrow and Mountview is here to support you through positive experiences that compliment your classroom learning.
We are a values based learning community. Our WHAIA Values embedded and celebrated throughout school life and these will guide you along the way in the classroom and outside the classroom,
Sports
Mountview represents on the sports fields and courts across a variety of disciplines, from netball to touch rugby to field hockey and basketball. Mountview students also proudly participate in the Interschools for athletics and swimming. Our Mountview athletes are always highly regarded in the area of performance and sportsmanship.
Runanga
This is a leadership group of Year 7 and 8s students that contribute to the decision making in the school. They perform important roles and learn new skills whilst doing so in addition to being positive role models for the younger students. Students are invited to give expressions of interest as to why they should be considered as Runanga members.
Kapa Haka
Our students perform at the Ngati Tuwharetoa Taiopenga Festival held in Taupo at the Events Centre in September every year. Students from across the school have the opportunity to join the group. Training by professional Kapa Haka tutors as well as impressive dedication by the students always makes for an exceptional bracket by our school.
School Camps
Our students enjoy a variety of school camps and day activities. We give a variety of choice to ensure that every student can attend these programmes.
Kids Greening Taupo
We are a Kids Greening Taupo school and our students have the opportunity to be involved through their Student Leadership Group and Ranger Programmes.
Whaia Te Mana
Our Year 7 and 8 students participate in the Whaia Te Mana programme with the NZ Police and Youthtown where they build fitness, resilience and learn about personal wellbeing.
Road Wardens
Students can train to be a Road Warden at our school. This is a position of commitment and leadership and our Road Wardens take their role very seriously.
Tough Guy Tough Girl
Every year we send a group of resilient students across to the Tough Guy / Tough Girl Challenge in Rotorua. Their skills, fitness and determination are tested and the students build confidence through their success at this event.
Wearable Arts
Our students engage in the annual Wearable Arts event held at the Great Lake Centre. They have the chance to design and make their own unique outfits using a collaborative/team approach in our technology suite.
Rūmaki
Mountview School offers Level 1 Rūmaki education from year 0-8.
The whānau Rūmaki is a philosophical representation of identify that encompasses the well-being of the child as he or she develops mentally and physically through life. It also has a spiritual element that culminates generations of knowledge and wisdom that has been gifted by our tīpuna.
Te Maunga I kitea is seen as an opportunity to enhance and enrich Te Reo Māori me ōna tikanga through a medium that is relevant and authentic to our Tamariki and whānau. It is through these beliefs and principles that the mana whenua and its rich history are acknowledged and recognised as the wharoa to learning.
Whānau wishing to enrol students in Māori Medium classes follow the school policies to do so. Each request for enrolment will be taken in consideration of a range of factors as per below.
It is ideal that children enrolling as new entrants must have attended Kohanga Reo regularly for at least two years and/or there is a significant adult who is fluent in Te Reo Maori or Maori is the first language spoken in the home
Children must have a significant understanding of spoken Māori commensurate with the level of instruction in the classroom. An oral language test will be administered to ascertain level of understanding.
Children enrolling other than as new entrants must have had bilingual class experience at their previous school and a significant understanding of spoken Māori or have attended Kura Kaupapa and/or Rūmaki classes.
The school reserves the right to relocate a child to mainstream after enrolment if the level of understanding is such that they are identified as not being able to successfully receive instruction in te reo Māori and whose achievement therefore is likely to be hampered.
Any relocation required should be done within two weeks of enrolment.
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