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High Expectations
Albany Primary School enables and empowers everyone to achieve individual excellence.
· High expectations are set and inherent in everything we do.
· Progress is celebrated.
· A school culture of intrinsic motivation is created.
· APS Behaviour expectations are based on ‘Teaching for Positive Behaviour’ and ‘Restorative Practice’.
· REACH values are woven throughout learning and explicitly taught.
· Learner agency underpins our practice and maintains a focus on passion driven, genuine context enabled learning.
Coherence
We help all students build the capability to use pathways to enhance learning across the curriculum.
· Knowing where we are, where we came from, and where we are going.
· Making links across all areas.
· Width, breadth and depth through all learning opportunities.
Learning to Learn
At Albany Primary School learning looks like; making meaning, developing understanding and creating new knowledge.
· Albany Primary Skills Progressions are evident and interwoven throughout planning and implementation.
· Explicit teaching of the language of the learning (Refer to the language of The Effective Teacher at Albany within job descriptions).
· We encourage self-reflection, goal setting and next learning steps.
. Students engage in Learner Focused relationships where teachers model the effective language and strategies to support independence and ownership of learning.
Future Focus
Albany Primary School students are provided with opportunities to become globally connected and socially aware.
· Students are provided with opportunities to think critically about local, national and global communities.
· Leadership and responsibility is fostered.
. There is an intentional focus on real world problem solving through a technology lens.
Inclusion
At Albany Primary all students have equal opportunities and differences are recognised.
· Children from all cultures participating and contributing.
· Everyone takes an active part within the classroom and wider school setting.
· Specific needs are catered for through tailored programmes.
Cultural Diversity
We do recognise, respect, accept, include and celebrate the cultures in our classrooms, school and community.
· Greetings, displays, songs, signs in different languages.
· Connections through literature choices.
· Acceptances of all differences occurs and students are encouraged to be curious and make connections with others.
· Active encouragement of students to share their cultural backgrounds.
Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi partnership)
We demonstrate commitment to tangata whenuatanga and Te Tiriti o Waitangi partnership in Aotearoa New Zealand.
· Understand and recognise of the unique status of tangata whenua/mana whenua in Aotearoa New Zealand.
· Understand and acknowledge the histories, heritages, languages and cultures of partners to Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
· Practise and develop the use of Te Reo and tikanga Māori.
Community Engagement
The Albany School Curriculum is meaningful and authentic, providing opportunities to link the wider community and whānau.
· Open communication and collaboration with the wider community.
· Multi-level partnerships are developed.
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