Curriculum Vision

What we want for our young people = Learning for Life

In New Zealand our vision is for young people:

  • who will be creative, energetic, and enterprising
  • who will seize the opportunities offered by new knowledge and technologies to secure a sustainable social, cultural, economic, and environmental future for our country
  • who will work to create an Aotearoa New Zealand in which Māori and Pākehā recognise each other as full Treaty partners, and in which all cultures are valued for the contributions they bring
  • who, in their school years, will continue to develop the values, knowledge, and competencies that will enable them to live full and satisfying lives
  • who will be confident, connected, actively involved, and lifelong learners.

The New zealand Curriculum

Confident

  • Positive in their own identity
  • Motivated and reliable
  • Resourceful
  • Enterprising and entrepreneurial
  • Resilient


Connected

  • Able to relate well to others
  • Effective users of communication tools
  • Connected to the land and the environment
  • Members of communities
  • International citizens



Actively Involved

  • Participants in a range of contexts
  • Contributors to the well-being of New Zealand - social, cultural, economic and environmental


Lifelong Learners

  • Literate and numerate
  • Critical and creative thinkers
  • Active seekers, users and creators of knowledge
  • Informed decision makers

the sunnyhills curriculum

Confident

  • We are happy, secure people with positive mindsets
  • We are prepared to take risks and persevere, all the while building resilience
  • Learners are confident and informed and are able to articulate clearly
  • We search for those teachers who inspire and motivate, who lift others up and help them to achieve their goals

Connected

  • We are proud of the open and positive relationships we build with the students, teachers, parents and the wider community
  • Our staff are committed to working collaboratively in an environment where open communication is welcomed
  • Our learners use modern technologies, while retaining passion led learning and practical skills
  • Sunnyhills is a diverse community. We are responsive to our learners and whanau through our recognition and respect of the many cultures, languages, identities and needs

Actively Involved

  • We work together for a sustainable future by integrating and embedding sound environmental practices that meet the needs of the present, without compromising the generations to come.

Lifelong Learners

  • Sunnyhills School embodies the principles of “Learning for Life”
  • The potential to learn excites us!
  • We nurture a growth mindset, where mistakes are accepted as a part of the learning process
  • Creative, critical thinking, the learning currency of tomorrow, is promoted.Our learners are open minded and adaptable.
  • Learning is authentic, inquiry driven and personalised