Thursday, February 12, 2009

Creating a School Vision Together

Welcome to Cashmere Avenue School's first ever blog!

The Ministry of Education has published a revised New Zealand Curriculum which all schools in New Zealand are required to put into action by 2010. 

In response to the new curriculum document we, as a school community, are redefining the school's vision and curriculum this year. 

As parents and members of our school community your ideas and thoughts about the direction of our vision and our school curriculum are extremely important and valued.

The first step the school community needs to take is designing a school vision that will describe the kind of attributes and dispositions we want to see in the children at Cashmere Avenue at the end of their time here. Follow this link to view The New Zealand Curriculum Vision Statement. We hope you will post your thoughts and questions about this vision statement. 
  • What are the big themes that come through in the vision? 
  • Which of these themes do you think we at Cashmere Avenue are passionate about? 
  • Which themes do we not think about often enough? 
  • Which attributes and dispositions do you value and would you like to see in your child when they leave Cashmere Avenue?
Thank you for you time and input. Your thoughts will help us to ensure that Cashmere Avenue School's vision reflects the views of the whole of our school community.