Gisborne Intermediate Explained

Gisborne Intermediate School
Motto:Hold your head high and walk with pride
Type:State Coeducational Intermediate
Principal:Mr Glen Udall
Roll:
Address:Roebuck Road, Gisborne
Coordinates:-38.6628°N 178.0116°W
Website:gisint.co.nz
Decile:4
Moe:2566

Gisborne Intermediate School is a co-education public intermediate school in Gisborne, New Zealand for students in Year 7 to 8.[1] As of 2016, the school had a roll of 590 students.[2]

History

Gisborne Intermediate School opened on 20 May 1940 with a school roll of 440 pupils and F. R. Slevin as headmaster. Slevin resigned in 1945 and was succeeded by R. McGlashen.[3]

In 2014, the school underwent a $2.3 million upgrade as part of the New Zealand Ministry of Education's Building Improvement Programme which included the construction of a new music suite with an outdoor performance area.[4]

School organisation

Gisborne Intermediate is divided into four education teams. They each have their own individual colour and are named after local Gisborne rivers. The teams are: Taruheru (Green), Waipoa (Red), Waimata (Yellow) and Turanganui (Blue). These teams each have their own team leader. Gisborne Intermediate also use these teams at school events such as their athletics, swimming sports, cross country etc. Each team gets rewarded a certain number of points for participating, place getting and good behaviour.

Notable alumni

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gisborne Intermediate. Education Review Office. 28 May 2016. 22 October 2013.
  2. News: Dalrymple. Kayla. Zoning shuts 17 out of Gisborne Intermediate. 28 May 2016. The Gisborne Herald. 19 January 2016.
  3. Book: Mackay. Joseph Angus. Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.. 362.
  4. Web site: Gisborne Intermediate undergoes $2.3m upgrade. Nikki Kaye MP. 28 May 2016.
  5. Web site: Alan Thompson – Tairawhiti Legend of Sport. Sport Gisborne. 28 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160810190931/http://sportgisborne.org.nz/links/COMMUNITY_SPORT/Legends_of_Sport/Alan_Thompson. 10 August 2016. dead.
  6. Web site: Graeme Hansen – Tairawhiti Legend of Sport. Sport Gisborne. 24 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160810223924/http://sportgisborne.org.nz/links/COMMUNITY_SPORT/Legends_of_Sport/Graeme_Hansen . 10 August 2016. live.
  7. Web site: Maz Quinn – Tairawhiti Legend of Sport. Sport Gisborne. 28 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160810155548/http://sportgisborne.org.nz/links/COMMUNITY_SPORT/Legends_of_Sport/Maz_Quinn. 10 August 2016. dead.