Principal's Message
Kia ora koutou, Namaste, Talofa Lava, Konnichiwa, Ni hao, Kia orana, Malo e lelei, Chao, Hallo, Zdravstvuite, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Salam, Suostei, Hola, Annoyong Haseyo, Caio, Nei ho, Suoday, Ni sa Bula, Kamusta, Xin chào, Gutentag, Bonjour
Here we are halfway through Term 3!! A lot has been happening politically in education over the last few weeks around maths which has raised a lot of discussion nationwide. As teachers and school leaders, we come to work each and every day to support your children to succeed. Students in our country are among the best in the world for creative thinking, achieve in the top dozen countries in reading and science, and score above the average of other OECD countries in maths.
New Zealand teachers are among the best educators in the world and are sought after globally because of their skills and expertise. What we know from our own experience and the research is that every child is unique. The work of a teacher is to use a whole kete of skills and expertise to personalise the learning that will best meet each child’s needs. The Luxon Government is fast-tracking a new math curriculum into schools next year. However, a standardised, narrower approach to teaching and learning is not consistent with expert advice about how we improve math teaching – and could make it harder for us to meet the diverse needs of students.
The real crisis we are facing in our schools is not teaching and learning, but a crisis of funding and resourcing along with constant changes before we have had time to consolidate our learning as well. A major barrier to us meeting the needs of every child currently is the lack of resourcing for learning support. We always pledge to do our best to support the learning of all of our tamariki but we ask that you support our call for funding increases in education so that there is a teacher aide in every classroom and more specialist staff to support our tamariki. If you’d like to know more about these issues, or ways you can support your child’s learning, please talk to your child’s teacher. You know your child best, and as partners we can work together to ensure your child experiences success.
Ngā mihi
Mauri Ora
Tumuaki Sharon
Here we are halfway through Term 3!! A lot has been happening politically in education over the last few weeks around maths which has raised a lot of discussion nationwide. As teachers and school leaders, we come to work each and every day to support your children to succeed. Students in our country are among the best in the world for creative thinking, achieve in the top dozen countries in reading and science, and score above the average of other OECD countries in maths.
New Zealand teachers are among the best educators in the world and are sought after globally because of their skills and expertise. What we know from our own experience and the research is that every child is unique. The work of a teacher is to use a whole kete of skills and expertise to personalise the learning that will best meet each child’s needs. The Luxon Government is fast-tracking a new math curriculum into schools next year. However, a standardised, narrower approach to teaching and learning is not consistent with expert advice about how we improve math teaching – and could make it harder for us to meet the diverse needs of students.
The real crisis we are facing in our schools is not teaching and learning, but a crisis of funding and resourcing along with constant changes before we have had time to consolidate our learning as well. A major barrier to us meeting the needs of every child currently is the lack of resourcing for learning support. We always pledge to do our best to support the learning of all of our tamariki but we ask that you support our call for funding increases in education so that there is a teacher aide in every classroom and more specialist staff to support our tamariki. If you’d like to know more about these issues, or ways you can support your child’s learning, please talk to your child’s teacher. You know your child best, and as partners we can work together to ensure your child experiences success.
Ngā mihi
Mauri Ora
Tumuaki Sharon
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