In consultation with teachers, learners, Board of Trustees and school community we created a metaphor which represents our school vision, core values, three key vision principles and learner dispositions at Westmere School.
The visual metaphor incorporates the school mission statement ‘An inclusive school where children are guided by respect and care on their journey to excellence’ and pictorial representation which together forms all aspects of the school vision.
Core Values
The stars represent our 4 school values:
Respect | Manaakita: We respect ourselves, each other and our environment
Inclusion | Kotahitanga: We accept, value and celebrate difference
Excellence | Hiranga: We always try our best
Care | Whanaungatanga: We encourage, support and care for each other
Three Key Vision Principles
Learning Pathways|Huarahi Ako
The waves represent our ‘Learning Pathways’. Each of the 7 waves represents an area of the curriculum. Through the learning pathways Westmere learners have engaging, challenging and relevant learning experiences to promote curiosity, inquiry and motivation to learn.
Learning to Learn|Tikanga Ako
The hoe represent the 5 learner dispositions of ‘Learning to Learn’. Our learners are taught a range of strategies for any learning situation to empower them to make the right choices, problem solve, make links to prior learning, set goals, achieve them successfully and reflect on their learning throughout the process.
Working Together|Mahitahi
The waka represents the core principle of collaboration - through contributing and working collaboratively together greater learning, goals and outcomes can be accomplished.