The programme champions modules that encompass such attributes as food and nutrition, and fitness tests.
"It's not just about sport but the whole package," says Demanser-Wilson, mindful it is equally capable of helping children's career path.
Primarily children put their hand up to engage in a code but there's a philosophy of helping "transfer those skills to something different".
"We put some of them into a skiing team this year and others into tennis," she says.
Some children harbour ambitions of becoming officials, refereeing school matches during lunch breaks and then taking a stride higher to put it into practice in Spooner Shield matches.
Like other intermediate schools, Taradale Intermediate is akin to an airport transit lounge for pupils who are contemplating the excitement of leaving behind the primary years as well as taking in their stride what the high school will offer.
Consequently an improved performance and a smorgasbord of different codes offer them better credentials to make quality choices.
"Quite often when they go to high school they are too scared to try other sports," says the teacher who pupils call "Ms DW or Ms D-Dub".
However, it adheres to a strict American University scholarship system of maintaining top academic grades to remain in the sports matrix.
"Some of them put their hand up but are not focused in learning so they have to be up to scratch in their studies."
Perhaps a good indicator of whether Taradale Intermediate's programme will find traction with the children is reflected in the success of its competitors at the week-long NZCT Aims Games, which ended in Tauranga last week.
Swimmer Kaitlin Cotter returned with gold medals in the 100m and 50m breaststroke events.
Cotter then joined Olivia Gray, Sophie Forbes and Matthew Sexton to clinch silver in the 200m medley relay.
Sexton won bronze in the 100m backstroke.
The school's hockey team claimed bronze.
Ollie Marshall won silver in the year 7 boys' crosscountry event and Jacob Young got on the podium for bronze in badminton.
Cotter was 13th in the year 8 girls' crosscountry 3km event but the 12-year-old hastens to stress it was an undulating and arduous course boasting a field of 150 runners.
The daughter of Dominie Creswell and James Cotter is a good snapshot of enjoying myriad sport. She is a Bay under-13 hockey representative midfielder, thanks to mum who is her rep coach.
Dad's a premier club cricketer with Sharpies Driving Range Taradale CC but the daughter's interest doesn't extend to the summer code.
However, the electronics whizz becomes "the taxi driver" in winter for his daughter with mum at work.
Cotter's eight-session swimming lessons with Napier Aquahawk swim coach Mike Lee drop to four in winter to enable her to attend hockey training.
"I didn't expect to win," says Cotter who finished fourth in her breaststroke events last year at the Aims Games.
She attributes training harder, sheer determination and a growth spurt to reasons why she was the best this year.
Swimming, she suspects, provides the foundation for fitness in crosscountry, which also rubs off on hockey. It is something she took to as a toddler.
Cotter was second at the swim nationals earlier this year in her breaststroke events but the winner was a year 9 Aucklander.
PE and maths are her favourite subjects at school. She is hoping to attend Napier Girls' High School next year.
