COURSES OF STUDY

Baradene College is an academic College where achievement at the highest level is valued, and the diversity of student ability is acknowledged.

CURRICULUM GOALS

Baradene College is committed to:

•     Meeting National Curriculum goals and objectives and giving due recognition to New Zealand's dual cultural heritage.

•     Offering its students a broad general education which will enable them to specialise later in the fields of their choice.

•     Providing holistic courses of study that educate the students academically, spiritually, physically and emotionally.

•     Embedding in all its courses of instruction the philosophies of Sacred Heart education.

•     Ensuring that courses of study at each level will allow every girl to develop her talents as far as she is able.

•     Putting in place programmes that will assist individual students to overcome their difficulties.

Subjects Offered – Please see the annual Curriculum Booklet which can be downloaded from the Resource Options on this page.

Baradene College runs a Learning Centre which specialises in assisting our girls with their difference learning needs, whether that is GATE (gifted and talented) or specific learning difficulties, for example, dyslexia.  Year 9-13 Deans are involved in the academic coaching of their respective cohorts.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

All students in Years 7 to13 have at least two and a half hours of Religious Education in classes per week.

In Year 11, students have an opportunity to participate in the Social Awareness Programme for one term. This comprises community visits and an interesting array of speakers from areas of need such as the prisons. This programme relies heavily on parental support for transport.

Students in Years 11 to 13 are offered Achievement Standards.  These are internal assessed.