Marriene Langton Principal/Tumuaki

Marriene Langton Principal/Tumuaki
Welcome back to a new year in our lovely kura. Our goal is to be a locally based school that partners with and is supported by our local community. Everyone who knows us and the last 2 decades of the school's history remarks on the exceptional local community who are a central point for our development and growth. The community is changing in terms of housing and we are now part of the intensive housing projects that have developed across Christchurch City since 2011. We thrive on our close relationships with whanau and local organisations who want to be a part of our journey as a school. Generosity is the key word that we see in action every day to make life better for our tamariki. We do have high expectations for learning and behaviour. Our achievement data over the past few years has been amazing and this is a direct reflection on the relentless work of our kaiako to deliver great teaching programmes every day. Our teachers work closely together and they cross check planning and data. That's why we made it to the Gazette in 2024. We are child development/attachment based and our staff is well trained in how children's brains develop and how we can build amazing relationships with the children in our care. There's a lot of laughter and fun in the classrooms (and in our office with The Fab Five) every day . Please make a point of stopping for great coffee on Friday mornings and take the time to connect with other parents. Haere mai. Welcome to our little corner of paradise

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Joshua Foundation Leadership Training

































Learning how to be a leader is a tricky business.

We asked Chris Alan to take our year 6 students through the Joshua Foundation Leadership training programme.
The children are learning about the art and science of leadership.
They are discovering about leadership and team work the hard way through practical challenges and problem solving.
In some groups everyone wants to be a leader and instead of evaluating the best solutions, the loudest voice is getting to choose. The results range from frustrating to very funny!
Knowing your own strenghts and weaknesses and encouraging the strengths in others is not as easy as it seems.
Today there were opportunities to learn to plan and strategise-tomorrow the fun begins with challenges in the pool as well as tasks to be completed off the ground.
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