Konini Primary School (Wainuiomata)

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within 14 months of the Education Review Office and Konini Primary School (Wainuiomata) working in Te Ara Huarau, an improvement evaluation approach used in most English Medium State and State Integrated Schools. For more information about Te Ara Huarau see ERO’s website. www.ero.govt.nz

Context 

Konini Primary School is in Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt, and provides education for children from Years 1 to 6. Their mission statement is “Aroha tahi, Ako tahi – Loving Learning Together.”

Konini Primary School (Wainuiomata)’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are to:

• know themselves as a learner, make progress, and experience success through a diverse, flexible and responsive learning environment

• nurture their oranga (wellbeing) as they experience success and make progress in positive and inclusive learning environments where identity is acknowledged and celebrated; culture and language respected; and whanaungatanga (relationships) and manaakitanga (respect, care) are central to learning

• access and be engaged with the New Zealand Curriculum and local curriculum, learning to thrive within themselves, with others, with their community and with their world

• strengthen community connections and work in partnership with parents, families/whānau, Kāhui Ako, and community to support student learning in connected communities.

You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Konini Primary School (Wainuiomata)’s website.

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate the extent to which strengthening schoolwide teaching practices are improving learner achievement, confidence, and success in mathematics.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:

• school achievement information indicates the need to reassess the approach to teaching mathematics

• to ensure there is a consistent approach to teaching mathematics at all levels

• understanding and meeting the needs of all learners increases equity in mathematical achievement

• building teacher capacity will support the implementation of the new mathematics curriculum.

The school expects to see increased engagement and improved outcomes in mathematics for all learners through:

• high quality teaching and learning of mathematics at all levels

• strengthening teacher pedagogy and capability in mathematics

• inclusive and equitable mathematics programmes that support all learners to achieve.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to evaluate and strengthen success in mathematics: 

• A strong and experienced leadership team, who know their learners and whānau well, and have a well-considered focus on continuous improvement for equitable outcomes.

• Established tracking systems and processes that deepen the leaders and teachers' knowledge of their learner's engagement, well-being, progress and achievement.

• A wide range of initiatives and interventions are explored and trialled to bring about improvement in outcomes for learners.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• developing a shared understanding of the mathematics learning progressions to better inform programmes and teaching strategies that are responsive to learner needs, progress and achievement

• using specific assessment for learning practices to monitor student progress, strengthen effective data use to know the impact of strategies and to inform next steps

• using the mathematics learning progressions framework to monitor and evaluate the impact that shifts in practice have on improving student progress and achievement.

ERO’s role will be to support the school in its evaluation for improvement cycle to improve outcomes for all learners. ERO will support the school in reporting their progress to the community. The next public report on ERO’s website will be a Te Ara Huarau | School Evaluation Report and is due within three years.

Shelley Booysen
Director of Schools

16 October 2023

About the School

The Education Counts website provides further information about the school’s student population, student engagement and student achievement.  educationcounts.govt.nz/home