Help us meet your needs
At West Park School we have a document called the ‘School Charter’ that has been written with the help of parents, caregivers, the teaching staff and Board of Trustees. In this document we record the things that are important to our school community. West Park School is a medium-sized, decile nine contributing school. Its children come from a diverse range of cultures and backgrounds. These differences are recognised and celebrated.
Every few years we need to review the School Charter to make sure it still meets the needs of our school community.
The School Charter is a lot like the Strategic Plan you may have in your own workplace, club or association and includes a Mission Statement, Goals and Values. These statements are intended to underpin everything we do at school.
The School Charter should guide us in providing a learning environment that meets the needs of our school community. This only works if we find out what our school community thinks is important.
This is your opportunity to think about our School Charter and provide us with feedback enabling us to update it based on your input.
A Mission Statement should provide a clear target or destination for the school – the Goals are the path the school needs to travel along to reach the destination and the Values are the things we take on the journey to sustain us.
Our current Mission Statement is below:
MISSION STATEMENT
To create a caring, creative, safe and equitable learning environment in which all children are able to achieve with excellence.
1.Does this make sense to you?Yes No
2.Does it provide the right direction?Yes No
3.Is this mission achievable?Yes No
4.Do you have a better way of expressing the mission? Feel free to suggest an alternate Mission statement below.
Comments:
Thank you for taking the time to complete this consultation document. If you would like to discuss this in more detail please supply your name and a contact number and we will call you.
David Waters – Chair
West Park School Board of Trustees
Tel: 04 478 7447 or 0275 470 334
West Park School’s Charter is shown below:
MISSION STATEMENT
To create a caring, creative, safe and equitable learning environment in which all children are able to achieve with excellence.
DESCRIPTION
West Park School is a medium-sized, decile nine contributing school. Its children come from a diverse range of cultures and backgrounds. These differences are recognised and celebrated.
SCHOOL GOALS AND VALUES
The board, staff and community of West Park School will do their best to ensure that:
1Children who leave the school will have developed:
♣a positive attitude to ongoing learning,
♣superior academic skills, particularly in literacy and numeracy,
♣a strong self esteem, and
♣sound social skills.
2The school promotes the following values:
♣excellence by aiming high and demonstrating a strong work ethic,
♣innovation, inquiry and curiosity by thinking critically, creatively and reflectively,
♣teamwork by demonstrating cooperation and awareness of community responsibility and involvement,
♣integrity by demonstrating responsibility, accountability, honesty and trustworthiness,
♣equity by showing respect for the individuality of others, their views, beliefs and cultural diversity,
♣ecological sustainability by showing concern and care for the environment,
♣respect for others by showing kindness, empathy and fairness to all.
3The school and community continues to function in a strong, open and mutually respectful partnership to maintain the close-knit, family character of the school. All those who are associated with the school must feel welcome and find opportunities to contribute.
4The school attracts and retains high-quality staff who are prepared to work together as a team for the good of the children and who actively participate in their ongoing professional development.
5The school ensures the individual needs of all children are identified and provided for within available resources.
6The school provides a high-quality, creative, colourful and stimulating learning environment, both inside and outside the classroom, where excellence is actively fostered and acknowledged and where all children feel physically and emotionally safe.
7The school acknowledges the unique place of Maori in New Zealand society and promotes participation and success by Maori in initiatives consistent with the Treaty of Waitangi.
8The school makes every possible endeavour to meet, to the highest possible level, the requirements of the National Education Guidelines – as prescribed in the National Administration Guidelines, the National Education Goals, and the National Curriculum Statements/New Zealand Curriculum.
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