Our values are a deeply embedded in the culture of Loburn School. These values are talked about, displayed, modelled and rewarded. We have chosen 3 values that we believe incorporate our culture, our community and the essence of the New Zealand Curriculum Document.
Respect / Whakaute - Service / Manaakitanga - Participation / Mahi Tahi
Our school wide positive behaviour programme is based around our values and together with our qualities, form the basis of everything we do at Loburn School. Students showing, displaying or modelling the values are rewarded with a token, which is then placed in the appropriate 'house' container under that particular value.
The New Zealand Curriculum identifies five key competencies. People use these competencies to live, learn, work, and contribute as active members of their communities. The key competencies are:
Thinking
Using language, symbols and text
Managing self
Relating to others
Participating and contributing
Our school vision integrates the key competencies by helping the students to become:
Communicators
Gathering and sharing understanding using clear, precise language
Ko tōu reo, Ko tōku reo te tuakiri tangata.
Tīhei uriuri, tīhei nakonako.
Your voice, My voice, It is an expression of identity. Behold, the message and the messenger.
High Performers
Consistently striving to achieve their personal best
Tamati akonga i te kainga, tau ai i te marae
A child educated to be strong in their own identity stands as a chief of the land.
Thinkers
Using your mind to consider, create, analyse, critique and care
Ma te huruhuru ka rere te manu.
Without feathers the bird cannot fly.
Investigators
Finding Things Out
Ko te manu e kai ana i te miro, nōna te ngahere.
Ko te manu e kai ana i te mātauranga, nōna te ao.
The bird that partakes of the miro berry reigns in the forest. The bird that partakes of knowledge has access to the world
Team Players
Working together to achieve a common goal
He aha te mea nui ō te Āo? He tangata, he tangata, he tangata!
What is the greatest thing in the world? It is the People, people, people.