Kia Ora Kevinians and Supporters of the College,
As we head into the middle of the first term, I thought I would take this opportunity to update you on our Strategic and Annual planning and what that means for our priorities moving forward. Firstly, thank you to those of you who responded to my survey last year about our proposed Strategic Plan, having community voice is important for us as a College to ensure we are on the right track.
In a nutshell our strategic plan over the next five years focuses on the following three things:
1. Ensuring our Special Character is implemented not only as church based teaching and learning, but that we take our understanding of the message of Christ into everything we do through our FIRE values. That means we don't just talk about being good people, we actively try to practice forgiveness, generosity, compassion and patience in our dealings with young people and their families and that we passionately and unreservedly stand up for what we believe is right, even if that ruffles feathers now and then, or even causes conflict.
2. We will focus on ensuring that our students leave school with the academic skills to manage themselves in our increasingly complex world and that our systems will not stop them from reaching their full potential. This means being as flexible as we can to developing courses and opportunities that develop the whole person.
3. We will implement the Aotearoa New Zealand Histories curriculum in a way which promotes community well being, understanding and togetherness. We see the curriculum as a call to all of our community to become familiar with the indigenous history, people and customs of our region so that we can better understand all of our individual places in the history of this land and in our own equally valued stories. These understandings are essential if we are to move respectfully into the future and meet the challenges it presents.
This featured picture is from our swimming sports last week. Well done to everyone who participated!
Have a great weekend
God bless
Jo
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