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VISION
A Ministry of Education statement sets out the government's vision for New Zealand children: "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."

Our school statement is:A passion for life-long learning. The outcome of this vision will be future learners who have the characteristics to approach their future in a positive frame of mind and with the willingness and capability to continue to their learning every day.

A LEARNER PROFILE
Our approach to visioning for a learner who graduates from our school has been informed by several references including the Ministry of Education statement on the Key Competencies http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/The-New-Zealand-Curriculum/Key-competencies * thinking * using language, symbols, and texts * managing self * relating to others * participating and contributing

and the International Baccalaureate Organisation's learner profile.  the key elements of which are:
 * Inquirers
 * Knowledgeable
 * Thinkers
 * Communicators
 * Principled
 * Open-minded
 * Caring
 * Risk-takers
 * Balanced
 * Reflective

We subscribe to the Ministry of Education aspiration for learners who are:
 * Confident


 * Connected


 * Actively involved


 * Lifelong learners

BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
The Board of Trustees expectations for student achievement are fourfold:
 * 1) that students will be life long learners in ways that are consistent with their interests, skills and aspirations
 * 2) that each year all students will improve their levels of achievement in the school curriculum from the previous year
 * 3) that students will be in receipt of a curriculum that is balanced in terms of academic, cultural and social content
 * 4) that students will learn through the use of innovative teaching pedagogy

MISSION
School Statement:To inspire excellence in everyone

VALUES
We subscribe to the Ministry of Education statement on values

Our school statement also confirms our commitment to these priority values:
 * Doing our best
 * Making good choices
 * Getting along with others
 * Looking after our world

PRINCIPLES
We subscribe to the Ministry of Education statement on principles

PURPOSE AND SCOPE
Ministry of Education statement

KEY COMPETENCIES
Ministry of Education statement

LEARNING AREAS
Ministry of Education Statement

ACHIEVEMENT OBJECTIVES
Ministry of Education statement

GOALS
School Goals for 2006-2011
 * To maximize learning outcomes for all students.
 * To strengthen the partnership between home & school.
 * To value diversity.
 * To be a vibrant sustainable Nelson City School.

THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM
Ministry of Education statement

2009 CURRICULUM TARGETS Data gathered in 2008 indicates the need for a continued focus on Reading, Writing, Mathematics and Inquiry Learning:
 * 1) Reading - Raise achievement in reading with understanding for all children through the following sub targets:
 * 2) Students in Years 1-3 will be reading at expectations as per the Literacy Learning Progressions.
 * 3) Students in Years 3-6 will be at typical or above range on STAR Sentence Comprehension. Paragraph Comprehension and Vocabulary.
 * 4) Writing – Raise achievement in writing for all children through the following sub-targets:
 * 5) All students will be writing at or above expectation using Exemplars and/or AsTTle writing in the identified domains (surface & deeper features).
 * 6) All students in the Year 4-6 age group will improve at least one sub level in the use of surface and deeper features using the Asttle writing assessment tool.
 * 7) Mathematics - All students will be working at or above the expected Numeracy strategy level for their year group.
 * 8) Inquiry Learning – All students will improve the quality of their questioning by improving the percentage of relevant inquiry questions

EFFECTIVE PEDAGOGY
Ministry of Education statement

Our thinking about effective pedagogy is informed by the Ministry of Education statement on the subject. In addition, other sources have also been consulted, including the material on productive pedagogies that originated in Queensland.

PRODUCTIVE PEDAGOGIES
http://education.qld.gov.au/corporate/newbasics/html/pedagogies/pedagog.html

CURRICULUM ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION
Approaches to assessment used in various areas of the curriculum. Assessment requirements will be met through a series of ‘performances’ or ‘rich tasks’ associated with each sub theme. The rich tasks are stated in each unit of work. There may be some minor variation on these depending upon the level of the school children are working at. For the period 2007-2009 inquiry learning will be measured through Trevor Bond's stages of questioning
 * 1) Transdisciplinary units
 * 1) Inquiry learning
 * 1) Literacy
 * 2) STAR testing
 * 3) Running records
 * 4) Writing
 * 5) AsTTle testing
 * 6) Numeracy
 * 7) NUMPA

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