Learning gives students the power to direct their future. We provide a learning environment that encourages success. Wairau Intermediate School’s learning and teaching programmes are designed for:
• flexibility
• Individual student’s needs
• scaffolding to further learning opportunities
Wairau Intermediate School is an internationally respected, research led school recognised for its excellence in teaching, learning, creative work, assessment, and administration.
Programmes cater for:
• a range of academic levels of students
• consolidation, extension and enrichment
• Values students and staff.
• Provides opportunities for all students to fulfil their potential.
• Promotes the personal skills to develop as a whole person - socially, emotionally and intellectually.
• Pursues quality through the development of independence, co-operation and consideration of others.
• Develops a sense of community through inclusion, respect and acceptance.
• Fosters a collegial, caring and safe environment that provides first class amenities for academic, physical and social development.

Wairau Intermediate School has an information technology rich environment with all children having ready access to state of the art computers through computer pods in every syndicate, a central computer suite and computers in every class space (one computer for every two students overall).
All children have safe, fast access to the internet and access to data projectors and mimios (interactive whiteboards) in every classroom.

Highly trained teachers provide learning experiences in food technology, wood technology, metal technology, visual arts, music and drama. All children rotate through these areas over the course of the year.
Extension classes are also offered in technology for pupils identified as having ability in these areas. Modern, attractive, well resourced technology rooms offer an environment that fosters learning and gives a huge variety of hands on experiences.
Students at Wairau Intermediate have the opportunity to represent their school in nearly 30 different sports. Our astroturf courts have added a new dimension to our training facilities and are also available to our contributing schools to use for team practices.
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We have a school bus which travels from the Unsworth Heights area - North Star No. 053 in the morning only. We have also recently been allocated a new school bus which travels to and from the Bayview area in the mornings and afternoons - Birkenhead Transport No. 073. For a map of the new school bus route. Click here
Billets Wanted!! An ex-teacher of Wairau Intermediate School, Harold Pearce, now teaches at Hastings Intermediate School and is bringing a group of his sports academy students to Auckland and is hoping to billet the students during their stay in Auckland. They arrive on Wednesday 30 May and leave on Monday 4 June. If you are able to have one or two children to stay with you during this period, please contact the school office on 410 7805.
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