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The Primary
School lays the foundations for success later in the school. An
advantage of the Christian School is that students progress from
Year 1 to Year 13 in the same school so staff are clearly able
to monitor academic progress.
The focus for
New Entrants is to establish good foundations in basic learning
skills, with a real emphasis on learning to read. The Learning
to Read programme has a phonetic approach which establishes good
work habits for the future.
As students
move through the Primary School they learn using a variety of
curricula, always with a Christian emphasis. Some of the
features of the Primary School include:
- Low student to teacher ratios.
(Average 1:9 student to adult ratio).
- Staff committed to see students learn
at their potential.
- Learning support provided for less and
more able learners.
- Outstanding Achievement Levels.
- Major emphasis on Numeracy and
Literacy.
- Specialist Science, Technology, Music,
Drama and Visual Arts teaching.
- Specialist Health and Physical
Education Programme.
- Sports Programme including Saturday
Netball.
- Swimming in heated pools during Terms
1 and 4.
- Outdoor Education (Camp) Programme.
- Te Reo and Tikanga Maori taught by
specialist teacher.
- Second Language options from Year 7.
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