| Botany Downs Secondary College | |
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| Location | |
| 575 Chapel Road, Botany Downs, Auckland |
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| Information | |
| Type | State co-ed secondary (Year 9-13) |
| Motto | "Maximising achievement through intellectual growth". |
| Established | 2004 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 6930 |
| Principal | Mike Leach |
| School roll | 1792 |
| Socio-economic decile | 10 |
| Website | bdsc.school.nz |
Botany Downs Secondary College is a coeducational secondary school in Howick, Auckland, New Zealand. The school is governed by a Board of Trustees. There are approximately 1800 students along with 140 permanent teachers.
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The logo design uses the circles of the Beta and Delta characters from the Greek alphabet.
The Whanau system in BDSC is designed to create a 'family' atmosphere; a "home away from home". It encourages a sense of a community based learning environment.
Whanau name (colour) - Whanau Leader
At Botany Downs Secondary College ICT is an integral part of the life of the school, for the teaching and learning programmes, administration and communication with our parent community. Training is ongoing for all staff and students to make the most of the developing technologies. Students have individual access to the network, with copy and print capabilities.
All classrooms in the College are connected to the school network. Staff have both cable and wireless access to the network to enable staff to move freely, creating truly flexible learning areas. Access to the Learning Management System(LMS), the college intranet, gives students and staff access to learning resources and school information from within the college and from home e.g. lesson handouts, powerpoint presentations, assessment calendar and assignments.
A feature of each Whanau is the IT pod situated on the ground floor. Each computer pod has 12 computers, in addition to the computers in the general classrooms, and the Study Centre. The second floor specialist areas have 12 computers in the Breakout area. Interactive Whiteboards and data projectors add a new dimension to curriculum delivery in the classroom.The school's Daily Notices are streamed into and displayed on plasma screens in each Whanau Commons.