Prospectus
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Welcome
Macleans is relatively new, but since its founding in 1980 it has es
-tablished a deserved reputation for high performance in the core business area of academic success.
This is complemented by a highly prized value system based on the unique whanau house concept, and the active support of an ex
-tensive programme of co-curricular activities. We constantly take pride in the excellent calibre of our staff, and the professionalism and support of our Board of Trustees.
Macleans College has a student roll representing in excess of 50 nationalities. The diversity and energy of this truly international community of students and staff helps make the school dynamic and always interesting.
The school offers its students a number of curriculum assessment and qualification pathways, and we are now a truly international school as a result.
We are all very pleased to be part of Macleans College and with our basic values constantly tended and enhanced, we try to en
-sure that this is a school that is willing and able to innovate. It is a school that offers our students and staff a myriad of opportunities and one all of us can be proud to be a part of, including you, our newest students.
B J Bentley MA
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Macleans College warmly welcomes all our new students
and their families and we hope this is the beginning of a
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Maclean Family Motto
The official emblem of the school, worn on the students’ jerseys, incor
-porates as a centrepiece a castle from the Maclean family crest and is set against six waves. The waves sym
-bolise the physical setting of the school. The emblem represents the Macleans’ philosophy of basing school values on the best of the old and the new.
Introduction
Macleans College was opened in 1980 by the Governor General, Sir David Beattie, with a roll of 199 students. The school is co-edu
-cational and was the first S80 or whanau house school built in New Zealand. It now has a roll of over 2500 students.
Each whanau house comprises a large building with a variety of teaching spaces and a commons area which acts as a social space. The whanau is an extended family of approximately 300 students which operates as a mini school within the larger school.
On arrival at Macleans College a student is placed in a form class. That form class is assigned to one of the whanau houses. The students remain in that form class and, therefore, in that house for the duration of their time at the col
-lege.
To deliver quality education and development
opportunities to the young people of our
community, ensuring that they receive excellent
preparation for ongoing education, acceptance of
social responsibilities and work in an
international environment.
The Vision for the School
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“The Board maintains a balanced view of achievement, and
encourages high levels of participation and achievement
in co-curricular areas. Student involvement in voluntary
and service programmes is encouraged and celebrated.”
Education Review Office
Macleans College has three guiding principles and values:
• Delivery of Quality Education
• A Belief in the importance of Co-curricular Activity
• The Whanau House System
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Foundation Stones
• Maintenance and enhancement of Excellence
• Our students reaching their highest potential
• Hard-working classroom atmosphere
• Up-to-date curriculum
Macleans offers the NCEA at all levels and the CIE or Cambridge International Examinations.
A number of our students are regularly top in the world and New Zealand at IGCSE AS and A levels.
Our students regularly win NCEA Premier Scholarships and Endow
-ments to enter top NZ and overseas universities.
Over the last two years, top New Zealand school in the Cambridge International Examination.
Over the last seven years, top New Zealand school in the NZQA Premier Scholarship with seven awards.
On average 91% of Year 13 students gain university entrance. One of the two biggest providers of first year students to the Uni
-versity of Auckland.
Results in the NZ external examinations regularly place
the school in the top 10 in New Zealand and Macleans is
the top co-educational college.
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Delivery of a Quality
Education
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Delivery of a Quality
Education
Learning pathways are a feature of the Senior School:
• NCEA (National Certificate of Educational Achievement)
• CIE (Cambridge International Examinations) Special abilities learning programme Years 9-10 Special programmes for Learning Support
• ESOL
• Reading Tuition
• Study Centres
• House based peer and after school tutorials
• Additional Mathematics
• Year 9 and 10 core Mathematics and English Year 12/13 Vocation Studies
Including
• STAR (Secondary Tertiary Alignment Resource) Courses
• Gateway (work experience programme)
“The high standards of student achievement, and the
positive, respectful tone of the school, noted in the 2003
and 2007 ERO reports, continue to be features of this
multicultural secondary school.”
“The board of trustees places a high value on,
and supports, sporting and cultural endeavours.
Many students achieve at regional and national levels in
a range of pursuits.”
Education Review Office
Ethos of the well-rounded student/citizen acore belief of the school.
Co-Curricular Groups
Sport: Aerobics Athletics Badminton Basketball Chess Team Cricket Cross Country Cycling Equestrian Football Golf Hockey Martial Arts Mountain Biking Multi-Sport Netball Rowing Rugby Swimming Table Tennis Tennis Touch Rugby Water Polo Underwater Hockey Volleyball Weightlifting Yachting Academic: Australian Maths Challenge Computer Club Eton Mathematics Competition Geography Quiz Team International YoungPhysicists Tourna
-ment IT PAL Tutors Language Competitions Mathex Competition Maths Olympiad Junior Mathematics Competition Programming Club Science Club Subject Tutoring Musical: Senior Orchestra MSO Intermediate Orchestra Senior Concert Band Intermediate Concert Band Stage Band Junior Stage Band Chamber Orches
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Chamber Ensem
-ble SATB Choir Combined Senior/ Junior Girls Choir Boys Choir Jazz Combo Barbershop Girls Chorus Cultural: Art Competition Blood Donor Christian Group Creative Writing Club Debating Teams Duke of Edinburgh Scheme
Environmental Group (The Wombles) 40 Hour Famine Interact Club Librarians Painting Group Rock and Roll Dance Club Theatresports School Guide Speech Competi
-tion Speakers Club Stage Challenge Technical Crew Young Enterprise Team Intercultural Club: African Club Arts and Crafts Club Asian Club Ballroom Dancing Chinese Flag Dance Chinese Girls Dance Chinese Chess Club Filipino Club French Club Fundraising Club German Club Indian Club Intercultural Choir Japanese Club Kia Ora Club Korean Club Korean Dance Korean Drums Lion Dance Malaysian-Singapore Club Media Affairs Middle Eastern Club Spanish Club United Nations Club
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“The whanau house system continues to be a strength of
the school and provides students with a sense of
belonging and a family atmosphere, together with many
opportunities for leadership.”
Education Review Office
The Whanau House
System
The whanau house is an ideal framework for providing an effective environment for learning and growth.
• It reflects the distinctive character of the person it is named after
• It creates an element of competition
• It provides incentives to do one’s best, to make the most of talents
• It promotes opportunities for personal development Each student is placed in a form class in his/her year level in a whanau house.
The whanau house offers, fosters and encourages:
• An extended family of students and staff
• Values, social interactions, leadership opportunities, group loyalties and mutual support
• A feeling of belonging and self esteem, where the students feel accepted and valued
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There are two types of enrolments:
• In Zone
• Out-of-Zone
Enrolment packs are available from the main office or downloaded from the school website.
In Zone
Automatic entitlement to attend the school.
Out-of-Zone
Selection is by ballot.
The Ballot
Drawn under police supervision.
Each year level is balloted separately in the following order:
• Current siblings
• Past siblings
• Children of past pupils
• Children of staff
• Others
The Ranked List
Successful applicants are notified by letter.
Unsuccessful applicants also receive a letter with their place on the waiting list.
Successful applicants must accept in writing or they forfeit their place.
The school periodically goes back to the ranked list as students leave or withdraw.
Enrolling a Student
General information on enrolling a student, enrolment forms, enrolment schemes and zones, prospectus, option selection sheets and course selection guides
List of Inzone Streets The Whanau House System
General information on the Whanau House System, links to House websites School Uniform
General information, elements of the uniform, photographs, garment options, stockists Students
Information on stationery, exams, option choices, curriculum, careers, term dates Faculties and Advisory
Contact details for Faculty Heads, Student Advisory Services, links to Faculty websites (contains course outlines and requirements) Co-Curricular
Information on the importance of co-curricular, groups/activities offered, links to co-curricular websites New Zealand Qualifications Authority
University of Cambridge International Examinations
www.macleans.school.nz
Batten House Hillary House Kupe House Mansfield House
