Health Bridging Certificate (Level 4) Off Campus Students

Dates and venues for compulsory block courses

Semester Two: Monday 22 July - Friday 29 November 2024

Mid-semester break: Saturday 28 September - Sunday 13 October 2024

  • There are three block courses per semester
  • Block courses will start at 9.00am and finish at 4.00pm each day
  • You are required to be available for the entire time, (unless studying part-time, and then you only need to attend the scheduled times for the courses you are enrolled in)  
  • Attendance at all block courses is compulsory, unless a medical certificate is produced.

Semester Two Block Courses

 

 


North Island
– Whitireia Community College, Porirua

 

1

Saturday 27 July

(All new Health Bridging Students: 9am-12pm)

New Student Induction

We will meet at the carpark ‘Entry 1’ off Wineera Drive (See Map) at 8.50 am

9am-12pm

 

 

 

Lunch break

 

12-1pm

 

Building Communication Competence

1pm-4pm

 

Sunday 28 July

Skills for Successful Tertiary Study

9am-12pm

 

Lunch break

 

12-1pm

 

Intro to Careers in Health

1pm-4pm

 

Monday 29 July

(All prospective Midwifery students only for this day)

1 day: 9am-4pm

 

2

Saturday 7 September

Intro to Careers in Health/Building Communication Competence

9am-12pm

 

Lunch break

12-1pm

 

Building Communication Competence/Intro to Careers in Health

1pm-4pm

 

Sunday 8 September        

Bioscience

9am-12pm

 

Lunch break

 

12-1pm

 

Skills for Successful Tertiary Study 

1pm-4pm

3

Saturday 16 November

Intro to Careers in Health/Building Communication Competence       

9am-12pm

 

Lunch break

12-1pm

 

Building Communication Competence/Intro to Careers in Health

1pm-4pm

 

Sunday 17 November

Bioscience

9am-12pm

 

Lunch break

12-1pm

 

 

Skills for Successful Tertiary Study

1pm-4pm

 


South Island
– Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin

 

1

Monday 29 July

All prospective Midwifery students only

Meet on the 6th Floor of H Block, outside lifts at 8.50am

1 day: 9am-4pm

 

Tuesday 30 July

New Student Induction

(All new Health Bridging Students: 9am-12pm)

Meet on the 6th Floor of H Block, outside lifts at 8.50am

9am-12pm

 

Lunch break

12pm-1pm

 

Intro to Careers in Health

1pm-4pm

 

Wednesday 31 July

Building Communication Competence

9am-12pm

 

Lunch break

12pm-1pm

 

Skills for Successful Tertiary Study    

1pm-4pm

2

Monday 9 September

Building Communication Competence/Intro to Careers in Health

9am-12pm

 

Lunch break

12-1pm

 

Intro to Careers in Health/Building Communication Competence     

1pm-4pm

 

Tuesday 10 September 

Bioscience

9am-12pm

 

Lunch break

12pm-1pm

 

Skills for Successful Tertiary Study   

1pm-4pm

3

Monday 18 November

Building Communication Competence/Intro to Careers in Health

9am-12pm

 

Lunch break

12pm-1pm

 

Intro to Careers in Health/Building Communication Competence

1pm-4pm

 

Tuesday 19 November

Bioscience

9am-12pm

 

Lunch break

12pm-1pm

 

Skills for Successful Tertiary Study   

1pm-4pm

 

 

Please note that while Semester 2 officially starts on Monday 22 July, there is nothing you need to do in those first few days before attending the first block course. All the info you need to begin study will be given to you at this first block course.

 

 

Part-time Students              

 

Students studying part-time will be required to attend block courses at the relevant times their courses are scheduled.

Please check the timetable above to see when the courses you are enrolled in are being taught.