Localised Curriculum

Whaia te Ara Auaha: The Teaching and Learning Pathways of Our Marautanga-ā-kura

Our journey to shape our Marautanga-ā-kura began in 2009. Over many years we have revised and re-created a metaphor that enables tamariki...

A Catalyst for Change

What started you on this journey? Joining the Longburn School Waka as the Principal in 2010, the year that National Standards were...

How to make our School Values drip from the walls?

I believe a schools vision and values should be alive to you within the first few minutes of entering a school. I feel this is a...

All aboard the Mana Rail! How innovative curriculum overhaul is empowering learners

Tokomaru School Mana Rail Development What started off as a need to have a catchy name for the many great things we do at Tokomaru,...

Transforming School Culture: The Empowering Journey of Tokomaru School's Learner Pathway

Tokomaru School Learner Pathway Journey A teachers’ individual Teaching As Inquiry behaviour management project that was driven by poor...

Developing a localised curriculum

In 2020 we began developing a localised curriculum for Opiki School, following MoEs requirements. Initially we worked together as a...