The BFD | The School Omicron Can’t Disrupt

Mt Hobson Academy
Alwyn Poole

As articles like this are quickly multiplying …

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/covid-19-omicron-outbreak-school-teachers-infected-with-covid-omicron-cases-expected-to-spike-this-week/NWTWUZTKZN2OYFX5O3YARE2XHI/

… there is a very good alternative to guarantee families a high quality and disruption-free year.

We have had a long term plan to provide better education provisions to families throughout NZ. The quality of our schools in Auckland is simply undoubted. MHAC will be a part of positive, long-term, systemic change.

There is more information here:

https://www.mthobson.school.nz/mha-connected

The staff we have been able to recruit are world-class and we have a teaching/learning programme to match.

Day-To-Day for Our Full Provision.

Year 1 – 4: A varied and productive day for children with a strong focus on literacy, numeracy, arts and movement. Programmes will be significantly individualised and have strong interaction between teachers and parents.

Year 5 – 6: An academic morning that is more home-room teacher based than the Year 7 – 10 classes. New projects are being written at this level for 2022. The afternoon will be activity based around Arts, Music, Languages, Movement, Community Learning and Community Service.

Years 7 – 10: The academic morning will be 8:30. – 12:50 (with breaks). During that time each student will have an hour for independent/project work and three direct instruction classes from English, Maths, Science, Social Studies, Technology. The classes will be varied with plenty of student interaction and a very good mix of activities. These classes will be delivered by subject specialists.

The Arts & Activities afternoon (1:30 – 3pm) :

Music
Art
Health & PE
Community Learning
Community Service

Years 11 – 13

Students at this level work through a full provision NCEA Level 1 – 3 programme. They do so with the full support of Dr Knox and his in-person team at the Mt Hobson Academy on Queen St.

For Our 2nd Option – The Parents Overseeing Daily Teaching and Learning with Our Resources.

For parents of Year 1 – 10 students who have the time and skill set this can be a very good option. The students will be enrolled with MHAC. One important aspect to note is that we need to monitor and evaluate curriculum delivery to meet our Ministry obligations as a fully registered Private school.