Papatoetoe Intermediate School Pepeha

Ko te Puke O Tara, te Maunga kohatu
Te Puke O Tara is our Stone Mountain 

Ko Tamaki, te Awa
Tamaki is our River

Ko Tara Te Irirangi te Tohunga
Tara Te Irirangi is our Paramount Chief

Ko Ngati Otara te iwi nei
Our people are Ngati Otara

Ko Ngati Otara, te marae
Ngati Otara is our Marae

Ko Te Rongonui O Naki, te wharenui
Te Rongonui O Naki is our Hall

Ko Tamaki Makaurau te hapori
Auckland is our community

Whanui mai nga hau e wha
Spread by the four winds

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Welcome

Papatoetoe Intermediate School has a long and rich history. We remember our heritage; 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 equally proud to 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 for students.  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.  We strive to offer them a well-rounded holistic curriculum which builds on prior learning and achievement as we work towards a more independent, self-directed learning style.  Increasingly, 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.

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’.  It is a time of considerable physical and emotional growth as children move from childhood to adolescence.

Students remain with their same teacher for the two years they are at our school.  Our students commonly achieve accelerated academic achievement over the two years they attend our school.

We aim to support students to be effective communicators; ‘connected’ learners with healthy minds and bodies.  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 encourage this through our ‘open door policy’, our hui, fono and parent meetings and through the 3-Way Reporting Conferences.

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

Calendar

October 2024

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1
  • Tuvaluan Language Week
  • September/October holidays
2
  • Tuvaluan Language Week
  • September/October holidays
3
  • Tuvaluan Language Week
  • September/October holidays
4
  • Tuvaluan Language Week
  • September/October holidays
5
  • Tuvaluan Language Week
  • September/October holidays
  • World Teachers Day
6
  • September/October holidays
  • Fijian Language Week
7
  • September/October holidays
  • Fijian Language Week
8
  • September/October holidays
  • Fijian Language Week
9
  • September/October holidays
  • Fijian Language Week
10
  • September/October holidays
  • Fijian Language Week
  • Office Open
11
  • September/October holidays
  • Fijian Language Week
  • Office Open
12
  • Fijian Language Week
13
  • Niuean Language Week
14
  • Niuean Language Week
  • Start of Term 4
15
  • Niuean Language Week
16
  • Niuean Language Week
17
  • Niuean Language Week
  • Head Student Leaders at William Buck
18
  • Niuean Language Week
  • LOUD Shirt Day
19
  • Niuean Language Week
20
21
  • Fijian Language Week celebrations this week
  • Board Meeting in the meeting room
22
  • Fijian Language Week celebrations this week
23
  • Fijian Language Week celebrations this week
  • South/West Zone Girls Basketball - Allan Brewster Centre, Papatoetoe
24
  • Fijian Language Week celebrations this week
  • National Shake Out Day
  • South/West Zone Boys Basketball - Allen Brewster, Papatoetoe
25
  • Fijian Language Week celebrations this week
  • Teachers Day
26
27
  • Tokelauan Language Week
28
  • Tokelauan Language Week
  • Labour Day - School Closed
29
  • Tokelauan Language Week
30
  • Tokelauan Language Week
  • South/West Zone Girls Volleyball - Allan Brewster Centre
31
  • Tokelauan Language Week
  • South/West Zone Boys Volleyball - Allan Brewster Centre

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