{"id":1123,"date":"2022-10-03T07:29:31","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T07:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.mtaspiring.school.nz\/?page_id=1123"},"modified":"2024-05-07T14:44:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T02:44:58","slug":"hostel-programme","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mtaspiring.school.nz\/hostel-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Hostel programme\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1123\" class=\"elementor elementor-1123\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5080d43 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-items-bottom elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5080d43\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-154d049\" data-id=\"154d049\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2304f4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2304f4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 25-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">HOSTEL PROGRAMME<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-de9f3d4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"de9f3d4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5889b1f\" data-id=\"5889b1f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29a44be elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"29a44be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.21.0 - 25-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Each year, our nationally recognised Year 13 Hostel Programme brings students from all over New Zealand to our school to experience semi-independent living while undertaking a life skills and outdoor pursuits programme and completing a full academic course of study with students at our school. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ae3e75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9ae3e75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Accommodation<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15f11f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15f11f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The hostel is a well organised, supervised environment where students cooperate and learn to live together in self-contained villas of six in a simulated flatting situation. The hostel is co-educational, but each villa is segregated. Life skills are taught at the hostel and overseen by the hostel manager and assistant manager. Students share responsibility for budgeting, shopping, cleaning and cooking within each of the flats on a roster basis. The hostel staff assist the students with meal planning, budgeting and provide support when necessary.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14a0938 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"14a0938\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Outdoor pursuits<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1088121 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1088121\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Outdoor pursuits is a major focus of the hostel programme and in addition to taking the college Outdoor Pursuits course hostel students are also involved in a full-day outdoor pursuits programme at the weekends which includes adventures to some of New Zealand\u2019s most remote and iconic locations. This programme is designed to be experiential, allowing students to challenge themselves and develop new skills they can use both at school and in their future lives. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6a3df8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f6a3df8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Essential life skills<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7aff2e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7aff2e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The hostel programme offers students many opportunities to learn about themselves and others through carefully guided and meaningful experiences. The safe and controlled challenges of the Outdoor Pursuits programme provide an excellent physical balance to the demands of completing an academic programme at school. The hostel programme helps young people to make the transition from home to taking care of themselves by allowing them to develop the essential life skills they will need for independent living. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c74653d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c74653d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Making connections<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d211cb9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d211cb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The programme is an opportunity for the hostel students who come from all over New Zealand to make lifelong connections and friendships with other students on the programme while also connecting them with local students and making enduring friendships with people they might otherwise not have met.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ebcb021 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ebcb021\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-95bea7d\" data-id=\"95bea7d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2c6c74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e2c6c74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to apply<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48d6e01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"48d6e01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Application forms for the 2025 Hostel Programme will be published on this site before the end of May. To register your interest in the 2025 Hostel Programme, please <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1t5_Drcvg_J0IUTBZ-rgcDB7grte7babO_nuDkxp4Pbk\/edit?ts=652324dc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">complete this form<\/a>&nbsp;and we will&nbsp;email you as soon as the forms are published and the application process opens.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8057f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d8057f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Applicant criteria and selection process<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3db99a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3db99a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The process for entry to our Hostel Programme is via application with 30 places available for students in Year 13. Our selection is based on, but not limited to, the following selection criteria:\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">willingness to take on new challenges, a \u2018can do\u2019 attitude\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">willingness to get involved at school and outside school\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">self-motivated and independent\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">good behavioural record\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">good academic attitude\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">fit and healthy.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;font-size: 1rem\">The application process comprises receipt of a personal letter and CV from the student, an interview with a member of our school\u2019s senior leadership team, a confidential reference from the school dean, latest school reports and results, and a medical.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Each member of the selection panel of five senior management staff considers each application individually and then the panel meets to discuss the applicants. Their decision regarding which students are offered a place is made at this meeting and <\/span><b>is final<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d6bd593 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d6bd593\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6e49db9\" data-id=\"6e49db9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed2eb96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ed2eb96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">More information<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6d81eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c6d81eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please contact Jo-Anne Cooper\u00a0<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">tel: +64 (0) 3 443 0499<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">email: <\/span><a href=\"mailto:learn@mtaspiring.school.nz\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">learn@mtaspiring.school.nz<\/span><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\/*! 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