Kelburn Normal School
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Te Ara Whānui
Welcome to Te Ara Whānui!
Whānui caters for children
in the Year 5 and 6.
The children are aged between 9 and 11 years. The children generally work at the level 3 area of the NZ Curriculum.
At Year 5/6, while the children are growing in independence, they are still mastering the fundamentals of reading, writing and maths, as well as collaborative learning skills. The goal of the Whānui Team is to prepare the children for the ‘intermediate’ - Year 7 and 8 where greater independent learning is required.
Children in Whānui contribute to the life of the school through participating in a greater range of sporting and cultural groups. They can also contribute with community service such as road patrol, library, sports organisation and some mentorship and supervision of younger children. Refer also to our Performing Arts, Sports and other student opportunities pages.
We offer a broad curriculum with maths and literacies the main focus, along with regular and consistent inquiry learning experiences involving science, technology, social studies, and health and environmental studies. Supporting these learning areas are daily physical education, visual art, dance, drama and music and te reo Māori and Mandarin languages. We have very busy weeks and a lot of fun.
Many of our students have busy lives out of school and so we a have a low-key approach to homework. We expect our children to spend time on their personal reading and have a minimum expectation of mastering and practising the basic maths facts through Mathswhizz. Very occasionally children may work on personal inquiry or projects at home.
Our team building focus in term one sends us away to our annual camp and sets us up well for the rest of the year. Our close proximity to the city means that we get excellent access to many creative events in Wellington.
Whānui Team
Hauroa
Excellence
Aroha
Resilience
Teamwork