Welcome to the Senior School – Ruru, Kererū and Whio

The senior school is made up of the Ruru, Kererū and Whio learning spaces. We teach years 4, 5, and 6 in a Digital Learning environment.

The staff working in the Ruru space consist of Eve Hanrahan, Tanith Foster and Michael Leung.

The staff working in the Kererū space consists of Lucy Ferguson, Caleb Rossiter and Eden Ronald.

The staff working in the Whio space consist of Lucy Bennet and Jane Baugh.

The Team Leader of Senior Hub is Estelle Austin, she is a walking team leader that works across the space. Brian Walkinshaw and Ashleigh Parish are our release teachers that work across the Senior Learning hub. We are also very lucky to have our lovely Teacher Aides Petra, Michelle, Nina, Ashleigh, Catherine, Kirsten and Pat that support staff and students across our space.

The Senior Hub is a flexible, collaborative learning environment where learning, creating and sharing happens. When you visit us you will often see us working on our Chromebooks as we are a 1:1 device learning space.

The core learning areas of Reading, Writing, Spelling and Maths are delivered within targeted, collaborative programmes that meet the needs of all students. Within our literacy we use a Structured Literacy Approach and within Maths we use the Numicon Programme. The children have an opportunity to make choices around their interests in these learning areas.

During the week we also teach Uru Mānuka (Cybersmarts in the Classroom), PB4L (Positive Behaviour 4 Learning) and Authentic Inquires.

Check out our timetable, google site and blog for our day-to-day learning and successes.