Taieri College
| Taieri College | |
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| Address | |
| 3 Green St, Mosgiel 9024 New Zealand |
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| Information | |
| Type | Co-ed state secondary, year 7-13 |
| Motto | "Transforming student's lives" |
| Established | 2004 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 495 |
| Principal | David Hunter |
| School roll | 1021[1] (March 2016) |
| Socio-economic decile | 7O[2] |
| Website | taieri.school.nz |
Taieri College, formerly called The Taieri High School and, prior to 1956, the Mosgiel District High School, is a co-educational state school in Mosgiel, Dunedin, New Zealand.
In 2003 a review of the schools on the Taieri Plains by the New Zealand Ministry of Education proposed that the high school would merge with Mosgiel Intermediate School (est. 1973) to become Taieri College from 2004. Because of this merger, ready-made classrooms were built for the intermediate students, as well as a second technology block. The roll expanded to over 800 in its first year, compared with the former high school's number of under 650 students.
Classrooms
In 2005 it was announced that more classrooms were to be built as well as refurbishment of present classroom blocks. In 2006 the roll exceeded 1000, making it one of Otago's largest schools. Zoning has been proposed to cap or maintain future numbers, as classroom space is becoming limited, even though a new two-storey classroom block, G block, has been completed.
Famous alumni
- Ian Foster - Assistant All Black Coach World Cup Winner 2015
- Adam Hall (alpine skier) - Winter Paralympic gold medalist 2010
- Steve Hansen (CNZM) - All Black Head Coach 2012 - World Cup Winner 2015
- Colin James - political journalist
- Peter Johnstone - All Black, 1949 -51. Undefeated as NZ Captain. Taieri Club ground is named after him
- Michael McGarry - All White. Capped 54 times. 12 Goals. 1986 - 1997
- Barry Milburn - NZ Test Cricket Wicketkeeper 1969. 3 Caps
- Dean O'Brien aka "Mr Yipadee" - Children's entertainer and musician
- Bob Reid - Drummer with band, The Knobz.
Class Blocks
In the school, there are a number of blocks, each containing class rooms;
- Music/Drama block (Music, Drama, Dance)
- A block (Administration, Computing, Careers, Commerce),
- B block (Science, Mathematics),
- C block (English, Mathematics, Science)
- D block (Art,Food and Nutrition, Workshop Technology - Wood and Metal, Graphics, Textiles),
- G block (Social Studies, Languages, Computing lab),
- I Block (Physical Education)
- Formerly the AV Theatre (International Students)
- Murdoch Wing (Horticulture, Agriculture,Learning Support/Special Needs, Computing, Health).
- Te Kainga-"The Homeplace" (TK) block (year 7 & 8)
