Nau mai, haere mai ki te kura o Kaipara Flats
Welcome to Kaipara Flats School
Established in 1878, Kaipara Flats School is situated in the village of Kaipara Flats, 12 kms west of Warkworth. Kaipara Flats has traditionally been a farming region and the school takes great pride in preserving its rural character, which holds significant importance for both the school and the local community. This commitment is evident in our Local Curriculum, where students engage with the surrounding environment as an integral part of their learning experience.
Our kura sits at the heart of the Kaipara Flats Village. The school includes an attractive and historically significant main building complemented by newer classrooms. There is a generous playing field, a solar-heated swimming pool, and a Tiger Turfed court area. The learning spaces for our tamariki comprise six vibrant classrooms, a well-stocked library, a dedicated Garden-to-Table space, expanding orchards, and an expansive garden.
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Our school community is extremely supportive. Parents and whānau are involved in all aspects of our school from belonging to the Board and PTA, to working bees, our Garden to Table initiative, and support for learning programmes, sports, and cultural events. We have a shared awareness that learning is a continuous process and that we should take the opportunity to learn from every experience. Our community is integral to that process.
Our Vision
Our vision of Succeeding Together - Te Angitu Tahi, was adopted in 2020. Our vision encapsulates our focus over the next three years at our school. Our aim is for every student to succeed in a safe and welcoming environment at school. We teach our children how to monitor and improve their well-being as part of our curriculum so they can live better lives at school and beyond. We encourage them to aim high, to be their best selves, and to be able to take responsibility for their learning.
Our Values
In 2019, we revisioned our school values after consultation with our learners and our community. We wanted to make sure that our learners could connect with our school values so that they were purposeful and active around school.
We weave our values throughout our curriculum. In the classroom where we discuss values in relation to learning:
Using our Learning Powers to work through challenging learning
Learning contexts that focus on our values
Key pedagogies that emphasise working together, taking responsibility and celebrating success
We have partnered with the Ministry of Education to develop our Positive Behaviour for Learning (PB4L) program - this helps learners throughout the school know and show our values wherever they are at school.
We promote and recognise students who show our values at our whole school assemblies.
Our Connections
Our school is part of the Mahurangi Kāhui Ako (Community of Learning) which involves seven local primary schools and Mahurangi College. The vision for the Kāhui Ako, Success for All, intertwines and compliments our school vision. As our Kāhui Ako develops, there will be more opportunities for kaiako to share their expertise within our community and enhance learning opportunities for our tamariki.
The local iwi we connect to are Ngāti Manuhiri and Ngāti Whātua ki Kaipara.
