Values and Beliefs
Karen Wright - November 3, 2022
At Kaiapoi North School we strive for personal excellence.
We value:
Respect / Ngākau Māhaki looks like:
- Showing respect for myself and others
- Showing respect for the environment
- Showing respect for different points of view
- Show good manners
- Show arohanui - kindness
Reflect / Kohuki looks like:
- Knowing how we learn
- Knowing how we are successful
- Seeking and responding to feedback and feedforward
- Learning from mistakes
- Having restorative chats
Connect / Te Piringa looks like:
- Being actively involved
- Connecting with others - self, others, school, community, other cultures and globally
- Creative positive relationships
- Connecting with our cultural narrative
- Connecting with our learning
Create / Auaha looks like:
- Taking risks
- Making mistakes
- Adapting
- Making meaning
- Thinking
- Questioning
Being Brave / Tū Māia looks like:
- Taking risks
- Trying new things
- Embracing challenge
- Standing up for ourselves and others
- Being resilient
- Mucking up, owning up, fixing up and moving on
- Asking questions
- Participating