by Claire Howison | Feb 12, 2024 | Community, Curriculum, Newsletter, Parent Information
Ararira Springs’ Balanced Scorecard The Springboard Trust offers a suite of fantastic professional learning for school leaders and late in 2022 we took part in the Balanced Scorecard for Schools in Aotearoa programme. This asks schools to think long-term and...
by Claire Howison | Feb 1, 2024 | Community, Curriculum, Newsletter, Parent Information
Expectations for Behaviour at Ararira Ararira is a wonderful place to learn and we guide our learners’ behaviour with clear expectations that are linked to our values of being caring, curious and capable. These are short, sharp and memorable and might be good to...
by Claire Howison | Jun 19, 2023 | Community, Curriculum, Newsletter, Parent Information
Digital Complications and Applications What is digital addiction? Digital addiction among students in New Zealand is a growing concern in the modern era, as technology and digital devices have become an integral part of daily life. While technology offers numerous...
by Claire Howison | Jun 12, 2023 | Community, Curriculum, Newsletter
Coaching is an important part of Ararira learning for our teachers and our older ākonga. We see coaching as an opportunity to sit with a colleague or support person and in the first instance, check in. Secondly, it provides the coachee with the chance to be listened...
by Donna Frame | May 25, 2023 | Community, Curriculum, Newsletter, Parent Information
Neurodiverse Learners Neurodiversity is a term used to describe the range of neurological differences among individuals, including conditions such as autism, dyslexia, ADHD, and others. From a school’s perspective, it is essential to acknowledge the diversity...
by Claire Howison | May 22, 2023 | Community, Curriculum, Newsletter, Parent Information
Peer Mediation Ararira Springs has adopted the peer mediation programme as it fits so strongly with our values of being caring, curious and capable. Peer mediators, selected from Year 7/8 classes, undergo a period of training based on the ‘Cool Schools Peer...
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