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

June 2025

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1
  • Life Education Caravan here
  • Samoan Language Week
2
  • Life Education Caravan here
  • Samoan Language Week
  • Kings Birthday - School Closed
  • After School Kapa Haka practices
3
  • Life Education Caravan here
  • Samoan Language Week
4
  • Life Education Caravan here
  • Samoan Language Week
5
  • Life Education Caravan here
  • Samoan Language Week
  • Otahuhu College Performing Arts Roadshow 2025 - Year 8s only
  • After School Kapa Haka practice
6
  • Life Education Caravan here
  • Samoan Language Week
7
  • Life Education Caravan here
  • Samoan Language Week
8
  • Life Education Caravan here
9
  • Life Education Caravan here
  • After School Kapa Haka practices
10
  • Life Education Caravan here
11
  • Life Education Caravan here
  • Technology and Tweens Parent Evening
12
  • Life Education Caravan here
  • Talent Quest Heats in the Gym - first and second break
  • After School Kapa Haka practice
13
  • Life Education Caravan here
  • Talent Quest Heats in the Gym - first and second break
14
  • Life Education Caravan here
15
  • Life Education Caravan here
16
  • Life Education Caravan here
  • After School Kapa Haka practices
17
  • Life Education Caravan here
18
  • Life Education Caravan here
  • Talent Quest Heats in the Gym - first and second break
19
  • Life Education Caravan here
  • Talent Quest Heats in the Gym - first and second break
  • After School Kapa Haka practice
20
  • Matariki observed - school closed
21
22
23
  • After School Kapa Haka practices
  • School Board Meeting
24
  • 3-Way Conferences (Y7 & 8) [School closing at 12.45 pm]
25
  • 3 Way Conferences
26
  • After School Kapa Haka practice
27
  • Last day of Term 2
  • Talent Quest Final
28
29
30
  • TERM TWO HOLIDAYS

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