2.1 Profile of the School

School Ethos: Te Whare Tapa Whā

Taradale Primary School places a strong emphasis on the importance of Hauora. Through Kāhui Ako the School uses this community to help students to achieve their full potential by providing them with help for their hauora. For example, providing ākonga with counselling.

Mission/Values:

Students will be encouraged to value:

• Excellence 

• Innovation, inquiry and curiosity

• Diversity 

• Equity 

• Community and participation 

• Ecological sustainability 

• Integrity 

• Respect 

Through community consultation, Taradale Primary School has developed its own set of values and, again these are not exhaustive rather they are reflective of what the majority of our community see as important. 

We believe that these are very evident in all that we do, all that we expect and all that we model. These values are articulated often within the overall structure of our learning culture.

We also endeavour to link these values to other artefacts across our school – the dimensions of our Whakawhanaungatanga.. 

We have ten values, however we believe that two of these values; Respect and Personal Excellence are overarching values, being the umbrella for the other eight values. 

These are listed below and are not in any order of importance. 

• Compassion

• Creativity 

• Honesty

• Self-Discipline 

• Consideration 

• Flexibility 

• Purposefulness

• Tolerance

Support: 

• Taradale Primary School uses SENCO which supports the pastoral, academic and social needs of ākonga.

• If the whānau of ākonga do not have enough funds the School can provide support where necessary. 

•  There are whānau evenings at the beginning of each year.

• Access to Hero.

• Privacy- When ākonga enrol at the school their whānau are able to decide whether images of their ākonga can be posted to public platforms or only private platforms like Seesaw. This documentation is regularly updated and all kaiako are made aware. 

• The school provides lunch for those ākonga who come without any.

Health and Safety: 

Each classroom has a health and safety clipboard for all ākonga so that relievers and all staff are aware of allergies etc.  Also, while I was on practicum I was a part of a lockdown and earthquake drill.

Whenua: 

Taradale Primary School takes pride in caring for their whenua by prioritising their garden maintenance.

Sport/Exercise:

At Taradale Primary School, they have their own school pool, hockey turf and fitness course.

Love Tree: 

There is a very special and historic love tree on the school grounds where ākonga are able to write their names and a wee message when they graduate and or move schools from Taradale Primary School.

Positive Behaviour for Learning PB4L: 

Taradale Primary School has a strong focus on the three R's which are: Respect, Relationships and Responsibility. These values are school-wide and if ākonga are displaying any of these three R's at any given time kaiako can praise them with a whakawhanaungatanga award explaining which one of the 3 R's they were displaying.

Taradale Primary School

10 Church Road, Taradale, Napier 4112

office@taraprim.school.nz

+64 6 844 2626

2 September - 7 November 2024