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

Thursday, May 12, 2016

Wai Mokihi Clean Up. May 06 2016

Sjaan and Scott Bowie led the charge in showing our children what it means to be kaitiaki. Our local stream once had great significance to local iwi and was the waterway where Maori floated rafts loaded with kai down stream to gathering places. This stream was once rich with kai moana and the banks f the watrways had lush plantings.
Sjaan's job is to investigate the quality of the waterways in Canterbury. Over that week  Sjaan and a team of volunteers collected over 20 tonnes of garbage from the Wai Mokihi and other local water ways leading to the Opawaho. Shame on us that we are losing what was once taken for granted.
Thank you for the commitment of locals, our children and parents, especially Shaan and Scott and community groups who made a commitment to restore and regenrate a valuable resource.
Some children had never seen or touched an eel before. There are short and long finned eel in our stream and they are on the endangered list.
Great job everyone Tino pai.
















































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