Our School

School Community

In 2007 Waihi East School celebrated 100 Years of teaching and learning. We are a proud, well established school that reflects the needs of our ever evolving community. Students come from a variety of backgrounds and they enjoy the family atmosphere our small school offers. We pride ourselves on developing self worth and success – academically, through sports, and through the arts.

Academic Abilities

Targets for Raising Student Achievement in Reading 2013

Strategic Aim: 

  •  To increase student achievement in Reading.
  • All students will be able to access the New Zealand Curriculum as evidenced by the achievement in relation to National Standards.

Annual Objectives and Aims: 

  •  All students who are not achieving success in relation to the National Standard for Reading will have achieved accelerated progress over the year.
  •  Increase the number of students achieving at or above the National Standard for Reading.

2013 Targets:

  •  All underachieving Māori and Pasifika students within the school who were well below and below National Standards at the end of 2012 will achieve at or above the National Standard by the end of 2013.
  •  Increase the number of students who are achieving at or above the National Standard for Reading across the school.

Baseline Data from 2012:

  • 73% of all students are at/above National Standards.
  •  65% of our Maori students are at/above National Standards.
  •  62% of our Male students are at/above National Standards.
  •  83% of our Female students are at/above National Standards.
Due to confidentiality, Pasifika students have not been included in this reporting.

 

Targets for Raising Student Achievement in Writing 2013

Strategic Aim:

  • All students will be able to access the New Zealand Curriculum as evidenced by the achievement in relation to National Standards.
  • To increase student achievement in Writing.

Annual Objectives and Aims: 

  • All students who are not achieving success in relation to the National Standard for Writing will have achieved accelerated progress over the year.
  • Increase the number of students achieving at or above the National Standard for Writing.

2013 Targets:

  • All underachieving Māori and Pasifika students within the school who were well below and below National Standards at the end of 2012 in Writing will achieve at or above the National Standard by the end of 2013.

Baseline Data from 2012

  • 74% of all students are at/above National Standards.
  • 71% of our Maori students are at/above National Standards.
  • 63% of our Male students are at/above National Standards.
  • 84% of our Female students are at/above National Standards.
Due to confidentiality, Pasifika students have not been included in this reporting.

 

Targets for Raising Student Achievement in Mathematics 2013

Strategic Aim: 

  • To increase student achievement in Mathematics.
  • All students will be able to access the New Zealand Curriculum as evidenced by the achievement in relation to National Standards.

Annual Objectives and Aims: 

  •  All students who are not achieving success in relation to the National Standard for Mathematics will have achieved accelerated progress over the year.
  •  Increase the number of students achieving at or above the National Standard for Mathematics.

2013 Targets:

  • All underachieving Māori and Pasifika students within the school who were below or well below National Standard in Mathematics 

    at the end of 2012 will achieve at or above National Standard by the end of 2013.

Baseline Data from 2012:

  • 65% of all students are at/above National Standards.
  •  62% of our Maori students are at/above National Standards.
  •  67% of our Male students are at/above National Standards.
  • 63% of our Female students are at/above National Standards.
Due to confidentiality, Pasifika students have not been included in this reporting.

Assessment for Learning (AFL)

Staff have under-taken an assessment contract provided by the Ministry of Education (see the slideshow below it is not automated so you will need to click to make each feature appear) which takes a light hearted look at our development using 'Assessment for Learning' - AFL). The outcome of this is student driven programmes, where children help set what is being learnt and what achievement will look like in their classroom. Children work collaboratively with our teachers and there is a shared responsibility with our learning. Children take great pride in their achievements and celebrate their learning. We aim for children at Waihi East School to be reflective learners who take initiative in developing their next learning steps. Assessment activities that monitor achievement include national testing, work samples, peer and self-assessment tasks.

'Assessment for Learning' (AFL) is our key approach to teaching and learning at Waihi East Primary School, interwoven with this is the 'Habits of Mind' (HOM) programme which develops students thinking and behavioural skills to enable them to become adaptable and proactive lifelong learners. These two areas (AFL and HOM) form the core of Waihi East Primary's educational experience. Below is a slideshow that shows our development in using 'Assessment for Learning' school wide. The slideshow is not automated, so you will need to click to make each feature appear. You can make the slideshow go to fullscreen by clicking the icon on the lower right of the SlideRocket player.

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