Our curriculum reflects the strengths and needs of the students attending our school and is based on the requirements of the New Zealand Curriculum and the aspirations of our school community.
Student Well-Being, Literacy and Maths are our primary focus areas and play a major role in the design of our curriculum. We ensure that we provide balance to our schools curriculum, through our Arts, Sciences and Physical Activities programmes. Our staff work in a collaborative and cohesive way, to ensure we have consistency across the school. This strengthens learning in our school for all learners, and enables greater interactions across the school. We are excited about our school curriculum, and see this as a fluid curriculum, that continually changes to meet the needs, interests and desires of the school, students and community.
Our School Values
The New Zealand Curriculum states that values are deeply held beliefs about what is important or desirable. They are expressed through the ways in which people think and act and as such are an integral part of the Lower Moutere School Curriculum. Values are specifically modelled then explored as part of school life. It is who we are and who we aspire to be at Lower Moutere Primary School. This applies to everyone in our community – students, their families, staff and the wider surrounding community.
Our core value is one of RESPECT…
Respect for Self
Respect for Others
Respect for the Environment
“Values are deeply held beliefs about what is important or desirable. They are expressed through the ways in which people think and act...Value are part of the everyday curriculum - encouraged, modelled, and explored.”
The New Zealand Curriculum Ministry of Education (2007), p.9-10