Achievement
Sportsmanship: Libby Van de Ven
Year 6 Academic Achievement: Antonin Ribet
Tikanga Maori: Ngahuia Holmes & Angel George-Waterhouse
Sportsmanship: Patrick White
Citizenship: Summer Berry
Year 5 Academic Achievement: Luke Collins
Citizenship: Danielle Vaughan
achievement
/əˈtʃiːvm(ə)nt/
noun
1.a thing done successfully with effort, skill, or courage."to reach this stage is a great achievement"
2.the process or fact of achieving something."the achievement of professional recognition"
Achievement is not confined to one measure of success. There are many ways to achieve and in line with our vision of "Growing Good People, Growing Good Learners" we celebrate achievements on many different levels.
2023
Te Wāhanga Tuatahi - Term 1
2022
Te Wāhanga Tuatoru- Term 3
Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori - Māori Language Week
Our kaupapa i tēnei wiki for te wiki o te reo Māori was to give out our "Ka Pai" cards to students and teachers who were overheard speaking te reo Māori.
Our students were delighted to come and pick from some amazing resources (te whānau o Angel Waterhouse-George - she's got a whole plan for you with her taonga...can't wait to see what you can achieve together) and our senior student leaders popped in to pick out some winners from the teachers.
Congratulations to Mrs Edwards, Mrs Lidgard, Whaea Cindy, Whaea Rach, Mrs Matchett and Mrs Berry - prizes for you.
I want you to look at the pile of nominations. These came from your children who heard their kaiako speaking te reo Māori and wanted to affirm them for it. One little guy said (after someone else in his class gave me a piece of paper for their teacher,
"You know, she kōrero Māori ALL the time"
We are proud of all our kaiako and tamariki and their amazing mahi that continues to normalise and celebrate the taonga that is te reo Māori. Ka rawe tatou!
Rehikoho koutou mā!!!
I tēnei wāhanga, i te wiki o te reo Māori, i tū te puehu i Whangamatā i ngā mahi haka o ēnei taniwhā
o Te Kura o Te Whanganui o Hei!
E poho kererū ana mātou!
This term, in Māori Language Week, these students represented our kura at Te Rangatahi o Te Tara o Te Ika Kapahaka Festival in Whangamatā!
We are so proud of you all!
Te Wāhanga Tuatahi - Term 1
This has been the term that has felt like a year, with many disruptions for whānau, students and teachers. And the ongoing uncertainty with Covid has increased anxiety levels for all of us. We have been really impressed with how our students have demonstrated resilience over this time and focussed on what they can control - their behaviour and their learning.
We would like to particularly acknowledge our Year 6 leaders and road patrollers over this time. They have stepped up to provide activities which have helped us maintain a safe environment when our staffing numbers were diminished because of Covid. A special mention needs to go to a couple of superstars - Patrick White and Aine Hamill who came to school to do their road patrol, even though they were learning online from home. Kai pai tō mahi kōrua. Ka rawe! Patrick and Aine were awarded a KAURI certificate for Unity at our zoom assembly this morning and Hunter McDonald and Ariki Jacobs were awarded certificates for Achievement. Hunter and Ariki have worked hard on developing their "being ready to learn" skills and we are so proud of them.
Zip lining - Gondola rides for Windy in Rm 33!!!
Check out these you tube clips:
Liam, Barnaby, Marlon and Jaxon gondola for Windy - https://youtu.be/u96DqZjocus
Grace and Charlotte gondola for Windy https://youtu.be/W7cu3MPmxYo
Reef H, Brax and Ansh gondola for Windy https://youtu.be/2MMQrWYJ4-4
Nia, Neela and Jessica gondola for Windy https://youtu.be/zsXKUD8wR-8
Sunny Libby Jayde Sophea Gondola for Windy https://youtu.be/dAPJAB9AhTQ
Ryan and Kees and their gondola for Windy https://youtu.be/i_BMo9lNu8Q
Congratulations to M1's Top 3 Reading Challenge winners!
2021 Snapshot
When people talk about achievement data they generally want to see graphs and other “hard” data about student’s marks. You will see below some of that, but we are also wanting to share with you the other successes that we think tell the story of success in our Primary Years 2021.
6 or more zoom assemblies that allowed us to keep our connection to each other when we had to keep our distance.
16 new entrant students who supported our Lifers Tribute
149 students who participated in the Whakamana Programme
3 students who spoke at a public meeting about the importance of our oceans
13 sports records broken
2 students who competed at the Thames Valley Speech competition
26 boys and 37 girls who were able to be seen by our counsellors - and provide a total of 359 sessions.
83 Dr Seuss books given to Year 6s to commemorate their time in the Primary Years.
22 Year 6 leaders who have done an amazing job, providing support and encouragement across the Primary Years
37 children who earned the right to the movie treat at the end of the year for leaders and road patrollers
52 Year 6 students who are achieving at or above the expected level for reading AND writing (only 3 of this cohort knew ANY of their alphabet when they started!)
Charter Goal : to increase the percentage of students in Years 4 and 6 achieving at or above the expectations in Writing and Mathematics and Statistics.
Writing:
Year 4
increased the % of Māori students at or above from 38% to 53%
Increased the % of male students at or above from 28% to 42%
Increased the % of female students at or above from 45% to 63%
Increased the % of all students at or above from 38% to 53%
Year 6
Increased the % of all students above from 17% to 30%
Increased the % of Māori students above from 12% to 29%
Increased the % of male students above from 4% to 17%
Increased the % of female students above from 31% to 50%
Mathematics and Statistics:
Year 4
Reduced the number of all students below 22% to 11% and well below from 4% to 0%
Reduced the numbers of female students below 28 % to 14% and well below from 8% to 0%
Increased the % of all students above from 9% to 20%
Increased the % of male students above from 17% to 25%
Increased the % of female students from 2% to 14%
Year 6
Increased the % of female students at or above from 58% to 79%
Increased the % of all students above from 18% to 35%
Increased the % of Māori students above from 16% to 28%
Increased the % of female students above from 12% to 33%
Decreased the % of all students below from 20% to 7%
Deceased the % of female students below from 21% to 4%
Snapshot 2020
Te reo Māori
We have had a goal of raising the level of te reo Māori spoken across our primary school for the last couple of years and our teachers have been engaging more and more each year. This year, we asked our staff to self assess their percentage of teaching/conversation in te reo Māori, and we are now at 10% or higher right across Years 1-6. This is a really important milestone for our kura. It shows our students that we care deeply about the taonga that is te reo Māori and our commitment to being treaty partners. 2020 Year 6 leader Jaykin Holmes summed it up in one of his reflective comments in his report : “I am proud that more of our teachers are speaking Māori in our school.”
Charter Goal : to increase the percentage of students in Years 4 and 6 achieving at or above the expectations in Writing and Mathematics and Statistics.
Writing:
Increased the percentage of Māori students at Year 4 achieving at or above from 29% to 36%
Increased the percentage of Maori students in Year 6 achieving above from 26% to 40%.
Increased the percentage of Male students in Year 6 achieving at or above from 43% to 67%.
Decreased the percentage of Māori students in Year 6 achieving below from 42% to 25%
Decreased the percentage of Māori students at Year 4 achieving below from 43% to 26%
Decreased the percentage of all students at Year 4 achieving below from 32% to 23%
Mathematics and Statistics:
Increased the percentage of all students at Year 4 achieving at or above from 59% to 70%.
Increased number of Māori students in Year 4 achieving above from 52% to 78%.
Increased the number of Female students in Year 4 achieving at or above from 24% to 32%.
Decreased the percentage of Māori students in Year 6 achieving below from 11% to 5%.
Decreased the percentage of Male students in Year 6 achieving below from 14% to 5%.
Deceased the percentage of Female students in Year 4 achieving below from 33% to 19%.