'Be Confident' is our whole school focus for Term 2.
Developing 'confident' learners @ Owairaka.
This is what it states in the New Zealand Curriculum (NZC, page 8) ...
Vision
What we want for our young people
Our vision is for young people:
- who will be creative, energetic, and enterprising
- who will seize the opportunities offered by new knowledge and technologies to secure a sustainable social, cultural, economic, and environmental future for our country
- who will work to create an Aotearoa New Zealand in which Māori and Pākehā recognise each other as full Treaty partners, and in which all cultures are valued for the contributions they bring
- who, in their school years, will continue to develop the values, knowledge, and competencies that will enable them to live full and satisfying lives
- who will be confident, connected, actively involved, and lifelong learners.
Confident
- Positive in their own identity
- Motivated and reliable
- Resourceful
- Enterprising and entrepreneurial
- Resilient
Connected
- Able to relate well to others
- Effective users of communication tools
- Connected to the land and environment
- Members of communities
- International citizens
Actively involved
- Participants in a range of life contexts
- Contributors to the well-being of New Zealand – social, cultural, economic, and environmental
Lifelong learners
- Literate and numerate
- Critical and creative thinkers
- Active seekers, users, and creators of knowledge
- Informed decision makers
