Papatoetoe Intermediate School Pepeha

Welcome to Papatoetoe Intermediate School
“Creating and Pursuing Opportunities”

Papatoetoe Intermediate School has a long and rich history. We celebrate our ‘roots’; our community history, the students and staff members who have passed through these doors and especially of those who have gone on to be ‘high achievers’ in their fields.  We are proud to serve this community and work with, and for, our current students and their families.  We maintain high expectations of all students and staff members.

The intermediate years are exciting years, and we encourage our students to be the ‘authors of their own destinies’; always working to seize every opportunity and to fully engage in a wide range of curricula and extra-curricular activities.  It is a time of considerable physical and emotional growth as children move from childhood to adolescence.  We aim to support students to be effective communicators; ‘connected’ learners with healthy minds and bodies.  Our students are encouraged to develop a clearer understanding of their own achievement levels and to set and achieve personal learning goals.  We all want our students to be successful at secondary school and become self-motivated ‘life-long learners’.

We strive to offer students a well-rounded holistic curriculum which builds on prior learning and achievement as we work towards a more independent, self-directed learning style.  We provide extended opportunities for online learning, STEAM provisions and experience in coding and robotics.

We are committed to assisting all students to realise their potential and to work with them to achieve to the very best of their abilities.

Students remain with their same homeroom teacher and students for the two years they are at our school.  They meet in their homeroom classes every morning and spend time together at least twice a week.  Over the course of each week they attend specialist classes in all curriculum areas and classes in either the Arts or Technology. We aim to ensure our students achieve accelerated academic progress over the two years they attend our school.

Parents, whanau and the wider school community are encouraged and supported to be involved;  with our students and their successes; with the development of our facilities, with fundraising and community events and in the direction of our school.  We strive to be culturally responsive and celebrate diversity.  We have an ‘open door policy’ and encourage whanau to come and talk about problems or concerns.  Our hui, fono and parent meetings facilitate open dialogue. 3-Way Reporting Conferences and open reporting ensure communication is timely and honest.

We want our students to know that they are supported, encouraged, that they ‘belong’ and that their success is important to us all.

Pauline Cornwell
Principal

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