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

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

School Gardens




Our school caretaker Bill has planted and maintained an orchard, native gardens and the children's vegetable garden over many years. He has a large area to maintain.


The orchard has raspberries,blueberries and fruit trees.


This year the vege garden had potatoes, yams, carrots, spinach and cabbage.


I love getting out of the car at the start of the day at school and taking a quick stroll on the orchard and vege side. It calms the soul and reminds me about the lovely environment our school is in. If the worst happened I guess we could harvest tea and dessert from our own little patch of paradise. This year Bill is planning to compost and we will use the compost to condition the soil, feed the plants naturally, build our worm population and to keep moisture in the soil and save on water use.

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