Kaniere School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report 

Background

This Profile Report was written within 16 months of the Education Review Office and Kaniere School 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 

Kaniere is a semi-rural ‘Enviroschool’ providing for children in Years 0 to 6 in Hokitika. They are a part of the Manaiakalani cluster and have adopted the Ako-Learn, Hanga-Create, Tohatoha-Share Kaupapa. The school’s vision through this Kaupapa is that ākonga/learners will be empowered to take action and achieve success for a sustainable future within a respectful, safe and inclusive learning environment.

Kaniere School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:

• quality teaching and learning - Manaakitanga/ Rangatiratanga- providing a high-quality local curriculum with te reo Māori and te ao Māori embedded. Learning environments that are future focused, responsive and identify, accelerate and extend the learning capacity of all learners with respect to their diverse needs
• relationships - Whanaungatanga - fostering strong relationships to enhance our school using current whānau, students, the wider community and local iwi
• sustainability – Tautaiao - develop further sustainable practices that contribute to the social, cultural, economic and environmental well-being of our school that also considers ways of te ao Māori world view.

You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Kaniere School’s website.

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively the design and implementation of a school-wide local curriculum, including partnerships with local iwi, so that all ākonga/learners experience success in their language, identity and culture.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is: 

• to strengthen teachers’ cultural capability knowledge and practice
• to develop ākonga/learners’ understanding and knowledge of Te Tai Poutini history and to respond to ākonga/learners’ culture, language and identity
• to develop a school-wide learning progression framework of the school’s local curriculum
• to connect learning between school and home in culture, language and identity.

The school expects to see: 

• all ākonga/learners’ connected to and proud of their language, culture and identity
• increased teacher capability in delivering the school’s local curriculum in an authentic context
• integration of the school’s local curriculum focusing on local pūrākau/narratives
• a continued working partnership with the local iwi.

Strengths 

The school can draw from the following strengths to support it in its goal to evaluate how effectively the design and implementation of a school-wide local curriculum, including partnerships with local iwi, so that all ākonga/learners experience success in their language, identity and culture.

• a forward thinking, committed and reflective senior leadership team who are focused on continuous improvement.
• a dedicated staff who are focused on positive ākonga/learner outcomes and who respond to students’ culture, language, identity and success.
• high expectations of ākonga/learner progress, achievement and acceleration, continually striving towards equity and excellence.
• ongoing professional learning that prioritises effective collaboration and builds consistent culturally responsive practice.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise: 

• strengthening partnerships with local iwi through continued involvement in the Kāhui Ako.
• continuing professional development through Manaiakalani kaupapa with the school’s local curriculum
• developing a school-wide learning progression framework of the school’s local curriculum. 

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

30 January 2024 

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