The vision we have for Hataitai School is to have

Confident, independent, highly achieving students who enjoy learning.

This year we have introduced the Hataitai Way which stems from both our strategic plan developed by the Board of Trustees and our school curriculum document developed by teaching staff. We will be sharing lots of this information with you in various parent booklets over the next term.

We also have a new curriculum document based on the new national curriculum coming into effect now. The vision we have above is at the centre of our curriculum and is surrounded by

• the curriculum essence- what we teach,
• our learning expectations- what we expect our students to achieve,
• our school critical competencies- the skills and attitudes we want them to develop,
• the Hataitai way- the way we behave and treat each other and our beliefs about learning- the most effective way to teach and help our 21^st century students learn.

Each week in our newsletter we will highlight one part of our school organisation or curriculum.

Please also make sure that you have a copy of the Hataitai School Parent handbook for 2011.

You have brains in your head.