Whānau Time
Anna Pratt — February 16, 2023
As part of our holistic approach to education your child will be placed into a Whānau Group each year where one key teacher will be your first point of contact about their learning and pastoral care.
Students will begin and end the school day with their whānau teacher. They will also spend time in their whānau groups in rich contexts that will focus on building key social and emotional skills such as resilience, growth mindset and how to build and maintain positive relationships.
For the last 15 minutes of each school day your child will be with their whānau group for Whānau Time. Whānau Time is about establishing positive relationships through shared experiences and working together, which provides people with a sense of belonging.
Parents and whānau are warmly invited to attend these sessions to hear student reflections and sharing of learning. You are also very much encouraged to join your child’s whānau group at this time for other related activities such as team building games.
