Kauri Group and Senior Independent Learning Time – Purpose and Kaupapa

• Kauri Group and Senior Independent Learning Time (SILT) are planned lessons just like any other, and the expectation is that all students will participate in the activities just as students would be expected to do in any other lesson. The purpose of Kauri Group and SILT is for students to work on developing their learning dispositions (such as self-management, problem-solving and self-reflection) and to explore their understanding and practice of our school's KAURI (Kindness, Achievement, Unity, Respect and Identity) values - in a way that is appropriate for young people in the senior school. 

• Senior Independent Learning Time is an extension of Kauri Group time and has a particular focus on supporting students to develop their independent learning skills. During SILT, as in Kauri Group, students are required to participate in learning activities intended to support the development of learning dispositions and independent learning skills. Students are given time to put these skills into practice by spending some of the time making a start with their independent learning, depending on the goals and priorities students have set and discussed with their teacher. This independent learning does not happen in SILT alone - students are expected to apply these skills in their other classes and to put them into practice during their home learning.

When our ākonga come to leave, they will leave well.  They will have a confirmed future learning, employment or vocational/training pathway.  Achievement will derive from a range of recognised qualifications including Vocational Entrance, NCEA L3, University Entrance,  licences etc.  As a result, students will be role models, will have developed a strong work ethic, be articulate speakers and have a respect for knowledge in all of its forms.