Vision and Values
Through community consultation meetings, questionaires, speaking with staff and students we have a school vision statement which our local
kaumātua has translated for the school
“A safe, collaborative environment connecting learning today for a successful tomorrow.”
“Every Student Matters. Every day Counts”
Values
In consultation with our students, whānau, staff and community we have created a set of values that we agreed were important to us. The Values are to be woven into our curriculum and staff and students are encouraged to demonstrate these qualities in their daily life both at school and beyond into the community, and be able to reflect on them in order to have an understanding of what they look like in practice.
These Values listed above can be linked to the Key Competencies in the New Zealand Curriculum. As part of the classroom learning programmes staff will endeavour to make relevant links and references to both School Values and Key Competencies in an effort to ensure that our students hear the words and understand what they ‘look like in practice.
- Of who I am and where I come from
- Of my work and my attitude
- Of the choices I make
- Be willing to try new ideas and new experiences
- Listen to other people’s opinions
- Take safe risks
- Of myself and others
- Of my belongings and property
- Always aiming for excellence and give 100%
- Get involved and learn everything I can
- Be passionate about my learning and my life
- Be responsible for my actions and words and make good choices
- Know what my roles and responsibilities are
- Knowing when to ask for help
- Being organised and ready for learning
- Make good decisions about my work
- Have a vision and a direction for our life
“Key competencies are the capabilities people have, and need to develop, to live and learn today and in the future”
“TKI / NZC online”
The five New Zealand Curriculum key competencies are:
- Thinking
- Using language, symbols and text
- Managing self
- Participating and Contributing and Relating to others