Whanau is the Māori word for family. In all cultures the strongest bond is with
our family. Whanau - Family - is all about love and belonging, support, and encouragement, caring for ourselves and others and we represent these aspects of Whanau in our school value ‘CARE’.
At our school we have many whanau roopu - family groups. Each classroom is a whanau group, as are our staff, our junior school, our senior school, our student leaders, and our House Groups. Most importantly of course, we have our own biological or extended whanau group. With all these Whanau groups there is a common thread connecting them all - a sense of belonging, a duty and privilege of care, an expectation of support and collaboration with other whanau group members.
We call our full school assemblies Whanau Time, because they afford us an opportunity to come together as a school family, as a learning family, to celebrate who we are, to share our learning and to celebrate our accomplishments and successes. It is inclusive and we would love for you to be a part of this whenever you can.
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