KAUPAPA/PHILOSOPHY

Like our sacred streams and rivers cascading at Te Takanga-i-o-Apa by Putauaki that connect and flow into Te Awa-o-te Atua at Matata, then out to sea, so too are the many connecting learning pathways at this school that enable rangatahi and whānau to gain knowledge, skills, wisdom, confidence and self-determination in preparing for their journey out into the world. 

Our purpose:

To provide a welcoming learning environment that enables our rangatahi to fill their kete with knowledge and mana.

Our vision:

Āwhina Ākonga Asprations

Our mission:

TO GROW 

We will assist in the growth and personal development of rangatahi and whānau during their educative journey.

TO STRIVE

We will encourage rangatahi and whānau to strive in order that they fulfil their potential.

TO ACHIEVE

We will engage rangatahi and whānau to be confident, critical, creative and innovative learners in order to achieve academic excellence.

TO SERVE

We will promote a culture of care in serving the communities they belong to