Blaketown School

Blaketown School is classified as a full primary school and caters for Year 0 - 8 pupils. We are currently staffed by the Ministry of Education at 3.8 teachers with our Board of Trustees funding additional staff to maintain a favourable teacher/student ratio in our junior room. There is strong collegial support between the dedicated and hardworking staff. The school is supported by an active Board

of Trustees and Parent, Teacher and Friends Association. There is close liaison between the school and wider community. This is fostered by community use of the grounds for sports practice and school events. Parents frequently attend the school assembly on Friday afternoon and support their children at sports and cultural events. School wide behaviour management systems have been developed, successfully encouraging acceptable pupil behaviour. A wide range of support services are accessed when necessary to support staff in providing quality programmes for pupils of all abilities. The reporting to parents’ process is objective based and directly linked to class programming. Planning, assessment and evaluation systems are in place to help teachers deliver effective classroom programmes to meet the needs of the pupils and the New Zealand Curriculum which includes values, principals, and Key Competencies. Most of the pupils are drawn from the Blaketown area, however there are also pupils travelling from outside the area to attend this school. Our mission is to develop confident, motivated, independent life-long learners. Blaketown School – “Together We Learn”