Senior Curriculum overview

SENIOR CURRICULUM 

Year 11 students (Te Punga - Year 11 Certificate) must study English, Mathematics, a Science and three other subjects.
Year 12 & 13 (NCEA Levels 2-3) students study six subjects - English and Mathematics are recommended. 

TEACHING AND LEARNING AT TAURANGA BOYS’

Tauranga Boys’ College follows the general framework of the New Zealand Curriculum (NZC), which specifies eight learning areas: English, the Arts, Health and Physical Education, Languages, Mathematics and Statistics, Science, Social Sciences, and Technology. The learning associated with each area is part of a broad, general education and lays a foundation for later specialisation. 

UNIVERSITY STUDY 

Tauranga Boys’ College has strong relationships with University of Waikato and offers a range of Level 100 (Stage 1) papers, from these universities as part of our accelerated learning programme.

Students in Year 13 who have already achieved excellent grades at NCEA Level 3 can study Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Statistics, and Philosophy. These subjects are either taught by staff from the college under license from Waikato, or are delivered online with staff acting as tutors.