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We recognise that our ākonga come from many different cultures, whānau and pathways, but we enter the same gateway to discover capabilities, our community and our world. Picton School is proud to be a Positive Behaviour For Learning (PB4L) School and an Enviroschool. Our staff are actively engaged in and committed to Poutama Pounamu as we continue to grow our bicultural capability and culturally sustaining pedagogy. We are committed to progress and achievement for all of our precious children and the uniqueness of each child is highly valued. “Ko te ahurei o te tamaiti arahia o tatou mahi" Let the uniqueness of the child guide our work.” Classroom programmes are designed to be challenging, success-orientated, engaging and fulfilling. We value social, academic, collective and personal achievement, positive attitudes, pride in effort and the willingness to take part in the opportunities the school provides.
For each of these Values we have explored how Kupe the legendary leader demonstrated them as he chased Te Wheke o Muturangi the octopus across the Pacific Ocean and founded Aotearoa. These are displayed around the school and can also be found on our website under "Vision & Values" We would love for you and your whānau to join us at Picton School. Please come and visit us! Ngā manaakitanga | with greatest kindness Katie Talbot Tumuaki / Principal |
Welcome to Week 8!
Kia ora e te whānau,
We are in Week 8 already! A huge thanks to Mr Mealings who has painted our school pool to get it ready for the summer weather. Another big thank you to Greg & John from the MenzShed who are tidying up our changing rooms. The space is going to be shiny and new come summer! The pool will be open in the next few weeks! Pool keys will also be available soon from the office (we will let you know when!) please make sure that your school accounts are up to date to ensure you are able to get a pool key.
Our teachers are busy proofreading reports ready to go home at the end of the term. Our school reports will share your child's learning and progress against the new curriculum for reading, writing, and math. We are so proud of our tamariki, and writing their reports is a real opportunity for us to celebrate this. We look forward to sharing these with you.
On Friday Rimu Class will be hosting our assembly at 2.15pm in the hall. You are most welcome to join us.
This week we will be sending out an invitation to our end of year volunteers morning tea. This will be held on Tuesday 16th December in the hall at 10.40am. If you have volunteered during the year you are most welcome to join us.
You may have seen that Miss Kaylee Roberts is a finalist for the More FM Marlborough Teacher of the Year competition. Thank you to lots of you who nominated Miss Roberts and celebrated the ways she goes over and above for our tamariki. We are also very proud of her, and wish her all the best in this competition! You can vote for Miss Roberts on the More FM Marlborough Facebook page.
Thanks everyone, feel free to get in touch at any point: katie@picton.school.nz
Ngā manaakitanga,
Katie
PAID UNION MEETING
On Friday 22nd March a number of our kaiako teachers are attending a paid union meeting in Blenheim at 1.30pm.
School will remain open as we have the Duffy Theatre performing in the afternoon. You are most welcome to come along and watch.
Please note - there will be no assembly that day.
If you have any pātai questions at all please email me at katie@picton.school.nz
Thanks!
Kia ora e te whānau,
We are excited to run our first assembly at 2.15pm in the hall this Friday.
If you can make it, you are most welcome to join us!
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Picton School is a co-educational primary school that caters for tamariki children from Years 1- 6. Our school (opened in 1861) occupies a sunny, open site with spacious grounds for physical activity, play, and rich learning experiences. The kura maintains a high profile in the community and a positive partnership exists between whānau families, kaimahi staff, our tamariki children and the school community which has high achievement expectations for their children.