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If you are looking for a school in New Zealand that can offer you a great education, combined with participation in outdoor education and adventure activities, you will be coming to the right place if you choose Darfield High School.

 

  Darfield High School, Oxford Area School and Kaiapoi High School have combined to offer ODENZ students an exciting programme of trips and activities in November/December. Our aim is to provide maximum fun, adventure and challenge at a very affordable price. Places are limited to a maximum of 16 students and applications should be received by the Director of International Students at each school no later than October each year. Costs will depend on the number of students participating.  

 

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Darfield High School is located 40 kilometres west of Christchurch City near the magnificent Southern Alps. Our students and their families enjoy a rural and outdoors lifestyle, being close to numerous skifields (including Mt Hutt), golf courses, rivers, forests and lakes. Christchurch, the largest city in the South Island, is a vibrant, metropolitan city and all its amenities, including beaches, theatres, parks and world-class tourist attractions, are easily accessible.  So you can have the best of both worlds!

 

  Go to the Outdoor Education
page for more info
   



Curriculum subjects include French, English, Geography, Classics, the Arts and Music, Science, Physical Education, Mathematics, Economics, Technology, ICT and Japanese. Darfield High School also has a Rural College for students wishing to pursue an agricultural/farming based career. The school has audiovisual facilities for distance learning. We encourage all our students to reach their full academic potential.

Our Outdoor Education Department is staffed by well-qualified and experienced people who love the outdoors and the challenges that abound.  Darfield High School and Oxford Area School, which is 25 minutes away, offer individual and joint programmes. These include Outdoor Leadership, Rock Climbing, Kayaking, Adventure-based Learning, Tramping and Mountaineering, Mountain Biking, Skiing and Snowboarding, Equestrian and Golf. Darfield High School opened its professional Rock Climbing Wall in June 2007.  You can also attend school camps in a leadership role and experience many other activities including canoeing and windsurfing.

Our Outdoor Education programme is supported by the International Department which offers day and overnight trips to Christchurch and around the South Island.

All international students live with carefully selected local families. We have families in Darfield itself as well as in the wider area. Depending on availability, students may choose a farm-based and/or lifestyle homestay or to live within the township.

 

Contact: Judy Lindsay
  Director of International Students
  Phone: +64 3 318 8411
  Fax: +64 3 318 8543
  email: international@darfield.school.nz