We’re excited to share with you “Whaia ki tō Aro Ako”, our TGC learning model. As a kura, we are committed to empowering every learner to make a positive impact

Learning can be hard but is always rewarding. Whaia ki tō Aro Ako shows everyone that there are challenges and these can be difficult, but we can step up and out of these. More importantly, Whaia ki tō Aro Ako helps us all understand we need to plan to learn and that there are steps we can take and support we can ask for.

This stunning image, created by Zoe Samson, one of our current Year 13 students, is now displayed in all of our classrooms. Kaiako (teachers) will be starting to have conversations with learners about how learning looks and feels; where they are on their journey and what they think they might do next to keep moving forward and UP!

We’d love for you to have some of these conversations at home. You can print a copy of Whaia ki tō Aro Ako at home and use it to ask questions such as:

• Tell me about something you learned today. Why is it important to learn that?
• What learning are you proud of today?
• Was there anything hard about your learning today?
• What did you do when it was hard? Who helped you?
• Now that you’ve learned that, what’s next?

We encourage you to attend our Te Ara Ako Learning Conversations in Week 8 and share with our kaiako how your conversations have been going at home.