What is The Wolves Lair Programme?

The Wolves Lair Programme provides students from Year 8-13 with an opportunity to develop, plan and pitch their enterprising ideas to a panel of Wolves. The site endeavours to create authentic and collaborative learning opportunities and develop strong partnerships between the wider business community and secondary schools throughout New Zealand.

Outcomes

Authentic Learning Opportunities

Students are provided with the opportunity to develop REAL ideas, knowledge, skills and attributes for a REAL purpose. The Wolves Lair supports a wide range of curricula subjects allowing teachers in any discipline (English, Social Sciences, Maths, Technology, Media Studies and the Arts) as well as Accounting, Economics or Enterprise to pick up the Wolves Lair resources and use in class.

Schools communities and organisations to work in partnership

Schools have the flexibility to design a learning programme that meets the needs of their specific context and to engage with local entrepreneurs and build ongoing partnerships.

Engagement with the current curriculum

This resource is underpinned by the values and key competencies that drive the New Zealand curriculum and have associated teaching and learning resources that we know help raise student achievement.