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Oruaiti School Vision Statement!
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Our vision is for pupils to become caring, confident
and responsible active seekers of knowledge and
skills in preparation for higher education and adult
life.
MOTTO
Caring
Confident
Responsible
SHARED MISSION STATEMENT – linking our motto
to the Key Competencies
Caring: (Connected, Relating to others)
For the children to value and respond actively and
appropriately to others, showing respect for the
disciplinary framework of the school, cultural
difference and endeavoring to care for our
environment.
Confident: (Thinking, using language, symbols and
text)
For the children to develop critical thinking skills
to enable themselves to become seekers, users and
creators of knowledge, striving for personal
excellence.
Responsible: (Managing Self)
For the children to be aware of the effect their
actions have on others, applying practiced
strategies to make appropriate choices, setting high
moral standards for themselves and being reliable
and resilient in all aspects of their lives.
How we plan to develop our vision
We will develop connectedness and relationships with
others through:
Our Virtues programme, our healthy relationships
topics, the Kiwi Can programme, our Anti-bullying
approach to behavior modification. Participation in
sporting events which will highlight participation,
fair play and good sportsmanship and through
parental support of the above programmes and the
school’s disciplinary framework.
We will develop confidence, thinking skills and
using language symbols and texts through:
Teaching higher level thinking skills using Thinking
Hats, Blooms Taxonomy, Thinkers Keys and our Inquiry
based learning model. The children will be taught to
research, compare and apply knowledge.
We will develop managing self skills through:
Goal setting, teaching that focuses on learning
intentions and the achievement of them, children
monitoring their own progress, our Virtues programme
and our reward and discipline systems. |
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