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Our School Vision: Growing Great Learners
We create a positive, nurturing learning environment. We want all students to thrive and learn through a rich range of experiences and curriculum areas. We encourage students to be curious and be inspired from learning new things. We recognise that all students are different from one another, and help students with their individual needs. We aim to foster a love of learning, and give all our students the opportunity to grow the skills needed to be effective, life-long learners.
Values
Our school values are Manaakitanga, Manawanuitanga and Kaitiakitanga. These values are taught throughout our school and woven through all that we do. As part of our PB4L (Positive Behaviour for Learning) programme, we explicitly teach these values with a focus each week, and we celebrate children displaying the values in our school assemblies.
Travelwise
Ōwairaka District School is a Travelwise School, working with Auckland Transport to:
encourage children and parents to walk to school
reduce traffic chaos at the school gate
improve road safety.
Are you interested in joining or starting a Walking School Bus? Please get in touch by phoning the office 846 5091 or via email: reception@owairaka.school.nz
Health Promoting School
As a Health Promoting School we:
are a water only school
encourage healthy lunchboxes
are part of the Fruit in Schools Programme
grow vegetables
encourage daily physical activity
wear hats in Terms 1 & 4 to stay safe in the sun
encourage families to come to and from school in an active way.
Ōwairaka Before School Care
Before School Care is run by the school, Monday - Friday 7.00am - 8.30am. To enrol or find out more, please email: beforeschoolcare@owairaka.school.nz
Attendance
Regular school attendance is important for students to achieve their educational potential. The government target is that 80% of students will be regularly attending school (that is, attending 90% of the time) by 2030.
Our strategic target is to lift regular attendance to 80% by the end of 2030.
Please inform us through the Hero app if your child is not able to attend school.
You can read more about the school's attendance policy, goals and procedures here: Attendance Management Plan
Kelly Club After School Care
Kelly Club Information.pdf
Our School Day
8.30am - Classrooms are open
8.55am - Learning Block 1
10.50am - Break 1
11.20am - Supervised Eating
11.30am - Learning Block 2
1.00pm - Break 2
1.30pm - Supervised Eating
1.40pm - Learning Block 3
3.00pm - Home Time
School App - Hero
All school communication will come through the Hero app. You can notify us of absences, read school newsletters and understand your child's learning progress. You can read about downloading and logging in to Hero here.
School Policies
Our school policies can be found on School Docs, an online policy platform for schools in Aotearoa. Our School Docs site contains policies and procedures that are specific to our school and can be accessed by the whole school community www.schooldocs.co.nz
Username: owairaka, Password: growinggreatlearners
Related policies and procedures are grouped together on SchoolDocs, with links to supporting information. To find a policy or procedure, you can either type a keyword into the search bar, or browse using the table of contents.
Concerns and Complaints Policy
If you have a concern about your child's learning, or something that happened during the day, please speak to your child's teacher before or after school, or email to book a time for a longer chat. If you are still concerned, please speak to Sheryl, Alice or Anwar.
If your concern is about a staff member, please speak to Sheryl, Alice or Anwar. If your concern is about the principal, you can contact the Board: board@owairaka.school.nz
Parents, Caregivers & Visitors Code of Conduct
All visitors to school, including attending school events, are required to comply with our Code of Conduct:
2026 Parent code of conduct.pdfStudent Behaviour at Ōwairaka
Website Summary_ Student Behaviour_ School Expectations .pdfEmergency Information
EMERGENCY INFORMATION (1).pdfPage updated
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