Total: Our core values are:
WHANAUNGATANGA
we all belong
MANAAKITANGA
we all look after one another
KAITIAKITANGA
we look after our environment
AROHATANGA
we respect each other for who they are
As a school we are proud of the academic, cultural and sporting opportunities we provide our learners. We have specialist teachers in Sport, Dance, Music, Art and Technology who teach in purpose built facilities. These opportunities are a part of every learner experience as well as offered for extension and extra curricular.
Learning at
Greenpark school
At Greenpark School our vision for learning is “To create an inclusive community that inspires, challenges and empowers learners.”
We believe that creating an inclusive school community is vital to developing powerful partnerships with learners and their families and whānau. In doing this we focus on first building strong and positive relationships with our learners and creating environments that are inclusive, caring, and cohesive.
CULTURE
All students are involved in weekly Te Reo Māori learning with Whaea Josie. Students learn and are exposed to the language through song and movement. This learning is shared and celebrated with our community.
Kapa Haka:
All tamariki also have the opportunity to join our junior and senior Kapa Haka groups if they wish. Our senior Kapa Haka group perform in the Ra Whakangahau Festival each year.
Pasifika:
Our Pasifika Pearls of Greenpark are open to students of all ethnicities and year levels who want to learn more about Pasifika culture, dance, songs and games. They perform every year at the Pasifika in the Bay Festival.
SPORT
At Greenpark School health, well being and physical activity are extremely important to us. We believe it is important for our learners to be actively involved in physical education and sport, which is good for their health and well being. There are many opportunities for our learners to engage in curriculum based and extra-curricular activities.
Sports that play in competitions outside of school hours include netball, basketball, volleyball, cricket, flippaball, golf, touch rugby and rippa rugby.
Inter school sporting opportunities for students happen throughout the school year. These include swimming, cross country, athletics, gymnastics, soccer, rugby, hockey, netball, cricket and basketball.
Greenpark School is part of West Cluster Sport. This provides opportunities for Y4-Y6 learners to qualify in Swimming Sports, Cross Country and Athletics to compete against Oropi, Pyes Pa, Kaimai, Gate Pa, Greerton Village and Taumata School. From here our learners can qualify for WBOP events.
We also offer an excellent gymnastics programme before school, at morning tea, and lunchtime. Our learners are provided opportunities to develop their gymnastics skills and test them at local competitions against other schools.
THE ARTS
The arts are powerful forms of expression that enrich the experiences of our learners at Greenpark School. Our learners experience specialist teaching in Visual Art, Dance and Music. This happens in well equipped spaces with specialist teachers. These experiences ensure our learners have quality opportunities to engage and learn in the arts.
Greenpark School holds a school production biannually for our year five and six. In recent years we have done High School Musical, Willy Wonky, Seussical, Aladdin, Hoodwinked and more. Our productions are performed over a matinee and two evening shows. Every other year we host an art exhibition where all of our students produce two pieces of art to exhibit.
TECHNOLOGY
In 2017 Greenpark School built a Technology Classroom that provide opportunities for learners to engage in Science, Food Technology, Materials Technology and Digital Technology in a purpose built space. This is an excellent facility for our learners with resourcing to support learning in these spaces.
Greenpark School is also a part of the ‘Garden to Table’ programme. This programme is changing the way our learners approach and think about food. It is encouraging our learners to get their hands dirty while learning how to grow, harvest and prepare and share fresh, seasonal food.
SCHOOL WHARE
All tamariki and staff belong to one of the four Greepark whare:
Kopurererua-Green, Ōtanewainuku-Gold, Puwhenua-Red and Waimapu-Blue.
In these whare we learn important team values in fun and competitive environments through different challenges on 'Whare Fridays' in order to win the coveted Greenpark School whare trophy and a special treat each term.
Our Policies
All our school policies and procedures are available for you to view online. Families and whanau are asked to review and provide feedback on our policies and procedures.
Greenpark School Policies and Procedures
Username: greenparkschool
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Strategic Plan 2024-2026
PB4L - Positive Behaviour 4 Learning
What is PB4L?
Positive Behaviour for Learning is a school wide evidence-based whole school systems approach that:
- provides a positive school culture
- creates a supportive environment for personal, social, and academic growth for students and staff
- students learn to manage self, thinking, relating to others and participating and contributing
- is team driven, using a problem solving approach (data, systems and practices) that engage students, parents and all school staff
- establishes a continuum of supports that are intensified to meet the needs of every student
What does PB4L look like at Greenpark School?
At Greenpark School, students and staff work together to uphold the agreed behavioural expectations of the school. Our values (Nga Uaratanga) are explicitly taught in every classroom and students are recognised and rewarded for demonstrating these positive behaviours.
Rangatira
We have a group of Yr 5 students who help build a culture of positive behaviour and learning at our kura. They have various roles within the school, such as:
Demonstrating our School Values
Giving out Uara cards during break times
Gathering student voice and feedback
Working alongside student ambassadors from Tauranga Girls College
Celebrations
Uara cards, certificates, postcards, and celebration assemblies are given to students who are displaying the Greenpark School values. (Ngā Uaratanga). All teachers at Greenpark School have their own classroom reward system where desired behaviours are frequently acknowledged.
Restorative Practice
The PB4L Restorative Practice approach focuses on building and maintaining positive, respectful relationships within a school, staff to staff, staff to student and student to student, and offers staff best-practice tools and techniques to ensure issues are more easily managed, and restore relationships when things go wrong. Our Restorative Practice framework supports conflict resolution, and enables our tamariki to acknowledge their part within an incident and identify ways to ‘fix it’.
Key to success in this Restorative Process is remembering that “The problem is the problem, the person is not the problem”. A primary principle of a Restorative Practice Conference is to avoid further destruction of the mana of all participants.
At Greenpark school, we use the restorative conversation script. All of our tamariki are familiar with this script and it is used consistently across the school.
You can learn more about PB4L here: https://pb4l.tki.org.nz
Concerns & Complaints
Greenpark School provides parents/caregivers/whānau, tamariki, and the wider school community clear procedures for raising concerns and making complaints.
Please click on the links below to view our process and procedure:
https://www.greenparkschool.co.nz/school/content/ConcernsComplaintsFlowchart3.pdf
If you are at Step 2 or Step 3 of the process, please email your complaint to office@greenparkschool.co.nz
Jobs at Greenpark School
Scale A Teacher - Permanent Position (Years 3-6 negotiable)
We are excited to announce a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic and passionate teacher to join our school team. Apply if you love working alongside passionate and experienced educators, motivating and inspiring students to achieve their very best. Greenpark School is a vibrant and forward-thinking primary school dedicated to providing a nurturing and engaging learning environment.
The ideal candidate will be an experienced New Zealand registered teacher committed to fostering a love of learning, promoting individual development, and creating a welcoming and inclusive classroom environment based on strong relationships.
Applications Close: 25/10/2024 at 12pm
Please submit your CV and Cover Letter to office@greenparkschool.co.nz
Scale A Teacher - Fixed Term Position (Years 3-6 negotiable)
We are excited to announce a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic and passionate teacher to join our school team. Apply if you love working alongside passionate and experienced educators, motivating and inspiring students to achieve their very best. Greenpark School is a vibrant and forward-thinking primary school dedicated to providing a nurturing and engaging learning environment.
The ideal candidate will be an experienced New Zealand registered teacher committed to fostering a love of learning, promoting individual development, and creating a welcoming and inclusive classroom environment based on strong relationships.
Applications Close: 25/10/2024 at 12pm
Please submit your CV and Cover Letter to office@greenparkschool.co.nz
Assistant Principal - Learning Support
We are looking for an Assistant Principal to lead Learning Support at our Kura. We have a great team who are committed to meeting the individual needs of our tamariki and their whānau.
Our Assistant Principal will:
- Be a key member of our Senior Leadership Team
- Lead our learning support team and specialist staff
- Monitor and review progress of learners inclusive of IEP's
- Engage with external agencies to meet the needs of learners
- Foster strong communication and relationships between the school, whānau, and outside agencies
- Work with teachers, planning to meet the needs of individual learners
- Manage learning support budget, resources and personnel
- Have strong relational skills
Please submit your CV with the application form below to gareths@greenparkschool.co.nz
Assistant Principal Application Form
Applications Close: 29/10/2024 at 12pm
