Te Hīkoi will provide a learning programme for Year 9, 10 or 11.
We offer the learner an opportunity to continue their education in a different learning environment.
The learner is placed accordingly by Te Hīkoi staff.
Te Hīkoi is the place the learner will attend while being supported to re-engage with learning and build aspirations. The focus of the programme is to manage:
- Attendance and Engagement
- Academic Achievement
- Personal and Relational Skills
- Provide a safe and healthy learning environment
- Mentor and set goals with learners
- AltEd pick learners up from home eacvh morning and deliver back in the afternoon.
- Re-engagement back into secondary school, further education or training or, where appropriate, employment, through a planned approach.
On the programme, learners are expected to:
- Attend regularly
- Be punctual
- Develop a positive attitude to learning
- Improve their reading, writing and math skills
- Behave appropriately
- Work towards a transition plan to move back into mainstream school, further education or employment
Cellphone Policy 2024 / Vape Policy 2025
Under Government regulations aimed at improving learners’ learning across Aotearoa New Zealand, from 1 April 2024 Te Hikoi will not allow cellphones to be used during the school day. This includes at Course, Trades and on school trips outside the classroom.
Our full policy is here.
In New Zealand, all schools are legally required to be smokefree and vapefree, meaning vaping is prohibited on all school premises, both indoors and outdoors, at all times.
