by Claire Howison | Apr 20, 2026 | Community, Curriculum, Newsletter, Parent Information
Berry Street Education Model BSEM at Ararira – Nicky Harding and Claire Howison At Ararira Springs, we are committed to fostering a learning environment where every child feels safe, supported, and ready to thrive. To support this, our kura has adopted the...
by Claire Howison | Feb 8, 2026 | Community, Curriculum, Newsletter, Parent Information
Attendance Monitoring at Ararira The government has publicly stated that it wishes to lift attendance rates at New Schools so 80% of all children are attending 90% of the time by 2030. We have set this as a target for our kura|school in 2026. All schools are required...
by Trine Spence | Feb 26, 2025 | Community, Newsletter, Parent Information
Payments and School Donations Our community’s socio-economic status means our school is not eligible for the government’s school donations scheme. Our equity index means we receive less operational funding than other schools. More information about the Equity Index...
by Claire Howison | May 1, 2024 | Community, Newsletter, Parent Information
During the last week of term 1 and into the term break I had the wonderful opportunity to be part of an Education Delegation to China. This was organised by Hangzhou University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan and the Confucius Institute University Canterbury...
by Claire Howison | Mar 18, 2024 | Curriculum, Newsletter, Parent Information
As part of the 100-day plan, the new National Government announced the change to mandate an hour of reading, writing and maths every day. In reality, this is not very different from what your child is already experiencing at Ararira. The teaching of reading, writing...
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...
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