Participating TeleOlympics97 Schools NAME OF SCHOOL: Reporoa College
NAME OF CONTACT PERSON: Mr Rex Wood
EMAIL ID OF CONTACT PERSON:rmwood@wave.co.nz
SCHOOL MAILING ADDRESS:
Box 16,
Reporoa 3292, New Zealand.
APPROX. NUMBER OF STUDENTS COMPETING: 60
AGES AND GRADES OF STUDENTS COMPETING: 9-12 years old. Form 1.
DESCRIPTION OF SCHOOL:
Reporoa College is a small, rural public school in the centre of the North Island in New Zealand. School hours of attendence are from 8:45am - 3:10pm. The college is a co-educational school catering for pupils from 10- 18 years of age (Form 1-7). The school teaches a wide range of subjects and the two classes involved will compete on a grass field during their physical education period.

The school site is 6.82 hectares in area and has within its boundaries tennis/netball courts, one rugby field, one soccer field and one hockey field. The classrooms are divided into six main blocks. There are 23 teaching spaces and four resource rooms, including seven free-standing classrooms.

There is a full size swimming pool complex, and a modern gymnasium with an excellent supply of Physical Education equipment. These facilities, along with a well stocked library, are available for community use as required.

Other facilities within the College grounds include a Confidence Course, Artificial Cricket Wicket, two practice concrete pitches, Music Rooms, Canteen, Stationery Store, College Hall, Music room and Changing Facilities.

There are a number of constraints on the College, mainly due to its location. One is the heavy dependence on bus transport. Over 90% of students travel to school by bus, and the school requires bus transport for most education activities outside the classroom. Some students send two hours a day on the buses, as some families live in isolated places.

SPORTS AVAILABLE AND TEAMS REPRESENTING REPOROA COLLEGE:
Athletics, Tennis, Swimming, Rugby, Netball, Field Hockey, Squash, Badminton, Equestrian and Cricket, Cross Country and Triathlon. Rex Wood Reporoa College.

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