Bayfield High School, Dunedin
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| Bayfield High School | |
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| Motto | Quality Education in a Caring Environment |
| Type | Secondary (Year 9-13) |
| Year established | 1961 |
| Address | Shore Street, Dunedin |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Principal | Mike Beagley (Acting) |
| School roll | 761 |
| Socio-economic decile (10 is highest) | 8 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 382 |
| Website | www.bayfield-high.school.nz intra.bay.net.nz |
Bayfield High School was established in 1961. It is a high school in Dunedin New Zealand and is located on the corner of Musselburgh Rise and Shore Street, adjacent to the Otago Harbour. It currently has around 800 students. Bayfield is one of the few co-educational schools in Dunedin.
It has a special needs center called the Support Centre for pupils who have learning disabilities and behaviour problems. It also has an anti-bullying policy and learning to learn curriculum. There are five houses with approximately 160 students in each house.The houses are Anderson, Begg, Herron, Ross and Somerville. All houses except Herron are named after the founding fathers of the district; Herron is named after the first principal Jack Herron. Each house has 5 tutor groups with a tutor teacher and associate teacher. Each house has a dean that looks after the house.
The school is well-known throughout the local community for having a strong music department. It has performed in the wider school community, and in 2006 the school Orchestra, Jazz Band and Madrigal Choir flew to Sydney, Australia to play in the Sydney Opera House with a company called United World Concert Tours. The Colorado Springs Youth Symphony and the Honolulu Community Concert Band, from Hawaii, also performed.
Bayfield's canteen was in the Otago Daily Times on the 27 April 2007. The canteen was run by some students of the school, who aimed to make the canteen more healthy: “We’re trying to bring in healthier food — sushi, wraps, filled rolls, soup and salads. We’ve already started to phase out some of the fatty foods like chips and lollies because we want to be healthy. We want to make our name as the healthiest canteen in Otago.” The canteen is no longer run by the students.
[edit] Notable alumni and staff
- Danyon Loader, Olympic Gold medallist
- David Bain, awaiting retrial for murder
- Len Cook, National Statistician of the United Kingdom
- David Benson-Pope, Politician, is a former teacher of the school.
