A warm welcome to all the students and their families that are joining us this year in the Teina Whānau. We are so lucky in the middle school to have such a passionate team of teachers and wonderful students to work with.

 

Our teachers implement a structured literacy approach, which is a highly explicit and systematic way of teaching all important components of literacy. These components include both foundational skills (e.g., decoding, spelling, handwriting and letter formation) and higher-level literacy skills (e.g., reading comprehension, written expression). By using rich texts that are connected to out topic/inquiry at school we engage the students in developing their comprehension, curiosity, and collaboration skills to unlock new knowledge and skills about the world around them.

We build on the Numicon knowledge and skills that start in the Purapura end of the school and extend the students understanding and ability to talk mathematically about numeracy.

We look forward to working in partnership with our Teina families and ensuring our students have a wonderful year of learning ahead.