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SCHOOL CULTURE AND CLIMATE
- Shared commitment to raising student achievement levels in Literacy & Numeracy
- Distributed leadership
- Collegiality & collaboration
- Shared pedagogy among staff
- Teachers as learners
- High levels of accountability
- Working in partnership with our parent & wider community
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
- Student achievement focused
- Data driven & needs based
- Formative and Summative Assessment
- Purposeful & timely feedback
- Key Competencies
- Fairness and equity
- Teaching to meet diverse needs
- Clear expectations
- Parental involvement
- Behaviour management through an emphasis on the positives
OUR TEACHERS are
- Committed to meeting the learning and development needs of the emerging adolescent
- Part of a Professional Learning Community & Network
- Skilled Literacy and Numeracy teachers
- Experienced in teaching 11-13 Year olds
- Understand and are responsive to the needs, abilities and experiences of this age group.
OUR STUDENTS are encouraged to
- Set goals to achieve their potential
- Be life long learners
- Seek family and whanau support
- Develop a strong 'home room' culture of learning, tolerance and support
- Build positive relationships
- Be environmentally aware
STUDENT SUPPORT
- Student Council
- School Counsellor
- Public Health Nurse
- Resource Teachers of Learning and Behaviour
- Resource Teacher of Literacy
- Special Education Needs Coordinator
- Teachers as advocates
OUR CURRICULUM
Core-Literacy (Reading & Writing), Numeracy/Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Health & Physical Education, Te Reo Maori
Technology-Fabrics, Food, Hard Materials/Woodwork, Computer Studies
The Arts-Visual Arts, Music, Dance, Drama (with a biennial major production)
Our teaching & learning resources are age-specific for Years 7 & 8.
THE EXTRAS
- After School Activities
- EnviroSchool
- School-Wide Opportunities Programme
- Inter-Intermediate Sports
- International competitions (ICAS)
- Music Tuition and School Band
- Programmes to meet diverse needs - Extension, Special & Moderate Needs
- Languages-French, German, Japanese, Spanish
- Camps/Education Outside the Classroom (EOTC )
- Careers education
- Socials and mufti days
- Biennial school major production/musicals
FACILITIES
- An excellent Library
- Challenge Playground
- Newly refurbished Technology Centre
- Specialist Art, Music & Computer Rooms
- School Marae
- Multi-purpose rooms for meetings, dance and drama
- School Hall
- School van
 
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