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New Zealand Curriculum

The New Zealand Curriculum outlines the principals, values and key competencies that guide practice. Is is these principals, values and competencies that guide our school in the design of implementation plans across the eight essential learning areas. The New Zealand Curriculum specifies eight learning areas essential for education in our school;

Science
English
Health and Physical Education
The Arts Social Sciences
Mathematics and Statistics
Technology
Learning Languages

The core values reflect those stated in the New Zealand Curriculum. These values are deeply help beliefs about what our school community feel is important and desireable. These values enable us to live together and thrive in a diverse, democratic society in the twenty-first century.

The Key Competencies, many of which are reflected in our '5 Keys to School Success' are the capabilities people need in order to live, learn, work and contribute as active members of their communities. These competencies develop over time, shaped by interactions with people, places, ideas, and things. The New Zealand Curriculum identifies five key areas for development:

Managing Self
Participating and Contributing
Using Language, Symbols and Texts Relating to Others
Thinking

Students at this school are challenged to develop their competencies in contexts that are increasingly wide-ranging and complex