Students who
- Are achieving their full potential in all areas of school life
- Are motivated learners and proud of their achievements
- Are analytical and creative thinkers leading to life long learning
- Are considerate, cooperative and supportive
- Have high self esteem
- Are active participants in school life and are proud to belong to St John’s Girls’ School
- Are aware of how they learn, what they are learning and why they are learning it
Teachers who
- Provide challenging and relevant learning experiences to ensure significant, individualised learning based on high quality achievement information
- Provide a positive, encouraging learning environment with high expectations
- Explicitly teach skills
- Provide regular, constructive feedback and feed forward
- Demonstrate continuous improvement
- Share knowledge and expertise and support their colleagues
- Ensure positive relationships with all, the students, parents and colleagues
- Provide scaffolding to allow the students to take increasing responsibility for their own learning
- Encourage, model and explore the school’s values and those of the New Zealand Curriculum (NZC)
Programmes which
- Are based on the New Zealand Curriculum and the requirements of National Administrative Guideline 1 (NAG 1) and are underpinned by the vision, principles, values and key competencies
- Provide a strong foundation in literacy and numeracy
- Are relevant and stimulating
- Allow ICT to be integrated to facilitate higher order thinking
- Develop the Arts (speech, drama, dance, visual art, music)
Explore the values identified by the St John’s community and those of the NZC - Reflect the Special Character of St John’s Girls’ School
- Allow Te Reo and tikanga to be integrated
- Encourage awareness of environmental issues
- Provide a variety of learning experiences, aiming at depth of understanding rather than breadth of coverage
- Support less able learners and provide extension for more able learners
- Encourage independence and ownership of learning by promoting inquiry learning
- Support students to develop key competencies as outlined in the 2007 NZC
An environment which
- Reflects Christian and traditional values
- Is friendly with positive, courteous relationships
- Structured and safe where positive behaviour is celebrated
Parents who
- Are actively involved in their daughter’s learning through attendance at school events and activities and who respect the professional knowledge and skills of the principal and the staff
- Respect the professional knowledge and skills of the principal and staff
Board members who
- Govern strategically to ensure success for all girls, current and in the future
- Respect the confidentiality of information they are privy to
- Value the professional knowledge of the staff and principal
- Work as a team for the benefit of every pupil and staff member