Upper Hutt College
Upper Hutt College is a state co-educational secondary school located in Upper Hutt, New Zealand. The school day runs from 8:40 am to 3:15 pm, and students attend five one-hour classes per day. Form classes are attended for 20 minutes each day, and are formed by a vertical form system which means students from every year level are placed in the same form class to encourage social growth between year levels throughout the school.HousesThe school is divided into four houses, each who have received their name from a famous New Zealander as voted by the student body in 2004. Each house also has their own set colour which is used at house events e.g. Athletics Day so each student can comfortably represent their house, and it also encourages artificial division within the school. Blake (Sir Peter Blake, Red) Hillary (Sir Edmund Hillary, Yellow/Gold) Jackson (Sir Peter Jackson, Green) Te Kanawa (Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Blue)SubjectsThe mainstream subjects are English, Mathematics, Science, Health, Social Studies and P.E. These subjects are compulsory for Year 9 and 10 Students. Other subjects include: Accounting, Art, Biology, Calculus, Chemistry, Classical Studies, Design, Drama, Economics, Electronics, English (internally assessed), ESOL, Food & Nutrition, French, Furniture Making, Gateway, Geography, Graphics, History, Hospitality & Catering, Human Biology, ICT/Computing, Japanese, Maori, Mathematics Applied,Mathematics unit-standard,Materials Technology, Media Studies, Metalwork, Music, Outdoor Education, Painting, Photography, Physics, Retailing, Sports Performance, Statistics, Textiles, Tourism, Transition.
