Every student is a confident, connected, actively involved, lifelong learner ...
Confident in their identity, language and culture as citizens of Aotearoa New Zealand
Students:
- are confident in their identity, language and culture
- value diversity and difference: cultural, linguistic, gender, special needs and abilities
- represent and advocate for self and others
- promote fairness and social justice and respect human rights
- use cultural knowledge and understandings to contribute to the creation of an Aotearoa New Zealand in which Mäori and Päkehä recognise each other as full Treaty partners
- show a clear sense of self in relation to cultural, local, national and global contexts.
Socially and emotionally competent, resilient and optimistic about the future
Students:
- enjoy a sense of belonging and connection to school, whänau, friends and the community
- feel included, cared for, and safe and secure
- establish and maintain positive relationships, respect others’ needs and show empathy
- are able to take a leadership role and make informed and responsible decisions
- are physically active and lead a healthy lifestyle
- self-manage and show self-efficacy
- are resilient and adaptable in new and changing contexts.
A successful lifelong learner
Students:
- demonstrate strong literacy and mathematics understanding and skills and achieve success across the learning areas of The New Zealand Curriculum and/or Te Marautanga o Aotearoa
- are curious and enjoy intellectual engagement
- draw on multiple perspectives and disciplinary knowledge to actively seek, use and create new knowledge and understandings
- are technologically fluent and take a discerning approach to the use of technology
- are digitally fluent, using a range of e-learning tools to enhance learning
- who are Mäori enjoy education success as Mäori
- confidently tackle challenging tasks and are resilient and persevering in the face of difficulties and failure
- use multiple strategies for learning and problem solving
- collaborate with, learn from, and facilitate the learning of others
- set personal goals and self-evaluate against required performance levels
- develop the ability to reflect on their own thinking and learning processes
- in primary education achieve success in relation to National Standards in mathematics, reading, and writing
- in post-primary education achieve success at levels 1, 2 and 3 of the National Certificate of Education Achievement (NCEA)
- determine and participate in coherent education pathways that connect to further education or employment.
Participates and contributes confidently in a range of contexts – cultural, local, national and global
Students:
- think critically and creatively, applying knowledge from different disciplines in complex and dynamic contexts
- are energetic and enterprising, effectively navigating challenges and opportunities
- work collaboratively to respond to problems not previously encountered, developing new solutions and approaches
- understand, participate in, and contribute to cultural, local, national and global communities
- are critical, informed, active and responsible citizens
- can evaluate the sustainability of a range of social, cultural, economic, political and environmental practices
- are ethical decision makers and guardians of the world of the future.