Empowering every child to learn, to contribute and to grow with God and each other.
Tangata ako ana I te kāenga te tūranga kit e mare tau ana – A person nurtured in the community contributes strongly to society
Our Place Goal
Create a school environment that enables curiosity, creativeness, independence, inclusion and belonging.
Our Initiatives
1a Classroom Environments that support curiosity, creativeness and independence using the principles of universal design.
1b Playground environment that supports real world experiences of the NZC Key Competencies.
1c Redefine the ownership of playground space to encourage curiosity, creativeness, independence, inclusion and belonging.
How will we know we have been successful?
1a Kaiako and tamariki use school environmental spaces to support learning through allocation of spaces, physical accommodations and universal design.
1b Tamariki use school environment to challenge themselves, interact with peers and build meaningful social connections.
1c Established processes to promote shared ownership of school environment for play and learning.
He ranga tā matawhātai, he rangi tā matawhānui – A person with narrow vision has a restricted horizon; a person with wide vision has plentiful opportunities
Our Practice Goal
Deliver a Localised Curriculum which draws on our unique character and community to enable tamariki to take ownership of their learning and be agents of change.
Our Initiatives
2a Student Agency
2b Localised curriculum development and graduate profile
2c Staff professional development in areas of localised curriculum, culturally sustaining practices and digital technologies
How will we know we have been successful?
2a Tamariki can identify their achievements on CMcK’s learning pathway and make choices that support their learning.
2b Whānau can articulate CMcK ‘s curriculum and know where their tamariki is achieving on CMcK’s learning pathway.
2c Kaiako can articulate and deliver CMcK’s curriculum, promoting achievement for all, using appropriate professional and cultural knowledge.
Inā kei te mohio koe ko wai koe, i anga mai koe I hea, kei te mohio koe. Kei te anga atu ki hea. – If you know who you are and where you come from, then you will know where you are going.
Our People Goal
Goal: Empower our tamariki with a strong sense of self, sense of our school community and connection to their cultural identity.
Our Initiatives
3a Development of tamariki personal hauora backpack of tools for life
3b Enhance the cultural identity of our tamariki through visual representations and community events.
3c Raise our school profile
How will we know we have been successful?
3a Tamariki have a sense of self, sense of their own achievements and a suite of tools to use to promote their own hauora.
3b Visual cultural representations and School Cultural Calendar being used within school curriculum.
3c Strong school identity within the wider community.
Na, ko te wahi e whakaminea ai te hunga tokorua, tokotoru ranei, he whakaaro ki toku ingoa, kei reira ahau kei waenganui ia ratou – For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
Our Presence Goal
Goal: Strengthen our faith journey by developing partnerships between our tamariki, whānau and parish.
Our Initiatives
4a Build whānau connection to Ōtari Parish
4b Staff professional development in the area of Religious Education
4c Religious Education curriculum at centre of localised curriculum
How will we know we have been successful?
4a Whānau identify as members of the Ōtari Parish.
4b Kaiako can confidently deliver Religious Education and promote our Special Character.
4c Whānau understand how the Religious Education underpins CMcK’s curriculum.
