Thank you to those parents who took the time to respond to our Community Engagement Survey.

Congratulations to the 6 winners of $50 Archies vouchers; Tennielle Ellingham, Mike Boswell, Jodi Vollebregt, Regina Namulauulu, Deepa Bhoola & Tilita Hill!  

We received well over 100 responses, which gives us a great sample of views from our diverse parent community. We are analysing the responses and will share this openly with you next month.

We are delighted to see that parents' perceptions of Te Ao Mārama School continue to be overwhelmingly positive, as reflected in some of these “gems” below…. 

𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙨𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙚 𝙏𝙚 𝘼𝙤 𝙈ā𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙖 𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝙖 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙜𝙪𝙚 𝙤𝙧 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙, 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙖𝙮?

• It’s a diverse school filled with love and kindness 
• 𝘈 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦. 
• It's a home and a community that just so happens to be a school as well! 
• 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦! 
• The school staff are kind, friendly, helpful and child-centred. The acceptance of diversity and the basic principles of the school play a decisive role and are present throughout education. 
•  𝘈 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 
• I tell them ALL of time - it is simply incredible. Very special people teaching our kids, well led and run, stunning environment, friendly kids, beautiful cultures, lots of fun, focuses on effective teaching and learning & not afraid to step outside of any "traditional approach", innovative, recognises wellbeing, attracts incredible staff, do you want more!!?? Haha 
• 𝘛𝘦 𝘈𝘰 𝘔ā𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴, 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 '𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭' 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘥𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘹, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺. 
• Best school I could ever have my child at because his wellbeing is placed at the centre of his learning and has teachers that know and love him for who he is. 

Ngā mihi,
Te Ao Mārama School Board of Trustees