School Charter
Mission Statement
A community of confident, connected, actively involved, lifelong learners.
Confidence as a learner comes through self-knowledge - knowing your strengths and weaknesses and understanding how you behave in a variety of circumstances. Behaviour learning and leadership development are both along this continuum. Confident learners know how to manage self. (Key Competency: Managing Self)
Connected learners are those who use their self-knowledge to build effective relationships. Connections are local, national and global using communication that can be face to face, in groups and on-line. Connected learners know how to relate to others. (Key competency: relating to others)
Actively involved learners participate in and contribute to a wide range of pursuits. (Key competency: participating and contributing)
Life-long learners are competent at using language, symbols and texts in everyday life. They use a wide range of thinking strategies. (Key Competency: Using language, symbols and text and thinking)
Vision Statement
Engage! Grow! Inspire!
Charter Goal 1: Engage!
Engage students, families and community members through:
- open and effective relationships
- participating in local, national and global comtexts
- the use of appropriate technologies
- relationships with Ngati Toa, contributing and receiving schools and cultural and community groups.
Charter Goal 2: Grow!
Growing independent,
collaborative learners who are:
- self-motivated, engaged learners both students and adult
- equipped with the values to behave ethically both now and in the future
- thinking and reflective learners who relate well to others, and problem solve
- able to transfer sills across a wide range of contexts
- increasing their skills in te reo and their understanding of tikanga Maori
- progressing in their achievement against national standards
Charter Goal : Inspire!
Student learning is inspired through:
- innovative learning environments and teaching practice
- the provision of learning spaces which are safe, flexible, welcoming to children, ergonomically designed, future proofed, energy efficient and surrounded by attractive grounds.
Values Statement
We believe the norms of caring, fairness, honesty, protection and respect will give us the school that we want. Our community is underpinned by these norms.
2011's Charter
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