"Ko te kai rapu, ko ia te kite - He who seeks will find"

KapaHaka

The curriculum offered at Queen Charlotte College enables every student to participate in the seven Essential Learning Areas of the New Zealand Curriculum Framework in order to gain the knowledge and understanding needed for a broad and balanced education. They provide the context within which skills, attitudes and values are developed. The Essential Learning Areas are Language and Languages, Mathematics, Science, Technology, Social Sciences, The Arts and Health and Physical Education.

National Certificates and examinations are available at Years 11, 12 and 13. We prepare our students for qualifications at all levels and we are proud of their achievements.

Where it is appropriate senior students are encouraged to follow multi-level courses of study. Acceleration of the very able is identified and in all subjects extension is encouraged.

Subject combinations are arranged to suit the majority of students. Courses will run provided there are sufficient students to form a class and that the requested combination of classes can be timetabled. If the class size is uneconomic it may be possible for students to be enrolled with the Correspondence School.

On occasions subject choice can also be expanded by joint enrolment with the Correspondence School. In the past Accounting and Languages have been studied in this way.

As far as possible we operate a homeroom for Year 7 and 8 where one teacher teaches more than one subject. This is an attempt to ease the transition into secondary school so students feel comfortable and gradually adjust to the more diverse secondary timetable.

As we are constantly undergoing self review, and the New Zealand Curriculum Framework is progressively being introduced, the curriculum is subject to change.