1. WAITUNA CREEK SCHOOL
“ LI N K I N G THE PAS T, BU ILDING THE FUTURE”
Waituna Creek W A I T U N A
School Whanau Achieving Innovation Thinking United Nurturing Aroha
Values Excellence
Community Sense of
Work Ethic Independence Confident Inclusiveness Honesty Respect
Consultation community
Positive attitude Individuality Work ethic Trust Responsibility Humour
Priorities Sharing
NZ Curriculum Actively Life Long Life Long Confident Life
Connected Confident Connected
Vision Involved Learners Learners Long Learners
T r e a t y o f W a i t a n g i
NZ Curriculum Community High Coherence
Future focus Learning to learn Future focus Inclusion
Principles engagement expectations Inclusion
C u l t u r a l d i v e r s i t y
Innovation,
NZ Curriculum Community and Inquiry and Diversity Ecological Integrity
Excellence inquiry and
Values participation curiosity Equity sustainability Respect
curiosity
NZ Curriculum Participating Using language,
Thinking Participating and Relating to Relating to
Key and symbols, and text Thinking
Managing self contributing others others
Competencies contributing Managing self
Learning Areas Literacy and Numeracy are given high priority - our learners become literate and numerate in order to apply skills across all curriculum
areas. E-learning supports quality teaching and learning
Pedagogy At Waituna Creek School we foster children’s learning by:
- having a nurturing and positive learning environment
- meeting individual needs and encouraging success for all
- building confident, willing learners who use knowledge to make a difference
“We stand on the shoulders of those who came before” 1