Tareha School Charter

Mission Statement

• Relevant to the needs and aspirations of its pupils.
• Effective in the achievement of high quality programmes.
• Efficient in the use of available resources.
• Responsive to community expectations.

This will be in a warm and caring environment that reflects the special character of this rural community.

Vision Statement / Values and Beliefs about Teaching & Learning
Tareha School is a school that:

• Ensures that every child succeeds to the best of their ability.
• Ensures that all children are treated as individuals.
• Promotes a safe and secure environment.
• Fulfills the intent of the Treaty of Waitangi by valuing and reflecting New Zealand's dual cutural heritage.
• Gives children opportunities and choice within and outside the school environment.
• Interacts with its community and encourages involvement.
• Provides programmes meeting the National Curriculum Statements but reflecting the unique local culture.
• Teaches skills, which encourage good citizenship and ability to interact with others.
• Will provide a positive co-operative and supportive environment.

Local Goals
Tareha School will ensure that all its pupils will:

• Acquire the basic skills and knowledge that enables them to go on learning, through an individual approach to teaching and learning.
• Develop the skills, knowledge and attitudes needed to function effectively in everyday life, now and in the future.
• Develop respect for themselves and for others, and the skills needed to live and work with other people.
• Develop a respect for the diverse ethnic and cultural heritage of New Zealand, and respect for the unique place of Maori in New Zealand.

National Administration Guidlines (NAG 1)
In order to meet our local goals Tareha School will:

• Provide a sound foundation of the basic curriculum subjects.
• Improve children's learning and to stimulate their interest in learning.
• Provide for individual student needs.
• Assess, record, report and analyse children's progress, achievements and learning needs.
• Provide education outside the classroom by means of day trips and cluster group sports and camps in the delivery of the cirriculum.
• Continue to give children the opportunity to attend religious instruction.
• Ensure delivery of the cirriculum that reflects the partnership amoung all cultures within the New Zealand society.

(NAG 2)

• Promote community partnership by keeping the community informed, involved and interested in our school and promote a positive learning environment.
• Make use of skills and talents of the wider community.
• Maintain an ongoing programme of school self review to gauge how well we are achieving our objectives and to decide future priorities.

(NAG 3)

• Value professional development for staff to improve teaching and learning.
• Staff the school in the most appropriate way, that best suits the learning needs of the children.

(NAG 4)

• Allocate funds to implement and support teaching programmes to the best advantage of children's learning.
• Maintain and enhance the school buildings, facilities and equipment.

(NAG 5)

• Provide a safe, healthy and stimulating learning environment.

(NAG 6)

• Make sure there are no compliance issues in regard to general legislation.

School Description

Tareha School is a co-educational state full primary school that opened in 1926. Tareha is a small rural community situated 3.1 km along the Kaiwaka road. The school recognises that it is a rural school, hence the local cirriculum goals.

The catchment of Tareha extends along the  Kaiwaka and Waipunga Roads, Aropaoanui Road, Tongoio Main Road and Wairoa/Napier highway as far as Whirinaki.
With Tareha being such a widespread area, all children come on one of three bus routes.

The staff comprises of a teaching principal and a scale A teacher, the principal's .5 release teacher, two teacher aides, a secretary, cleaner and caretaker.

A wide range of outside agencies also support the school and these include the public health nurse, school dental therapist service and advisory services (including audio visual testers).

There two classrooms, four sheds (resource, phys ed, caretakers), and boys and girls changing rooms, resource room, book room and an admin block. The swimming pool, tennis court and sports fields are used by the wider community and the playground is open to community use. The community hall (next door) is used by the school on an annual rental agreement.

Parents are involved with assistance in netball, rugby, library, classroom programmes, ground maintenance, transporting children, camps and trips. The school has a family atmosphere.

The National Education Goals, The National  Administration Guidelines and the National Cirriculum.

The Board of Trustees of Tareha School will establish long term goals and strategy plans in accordance with the National Education Goals. The Board will also develop and implement its policies in alignment and accordance with the National Administration Guidelines and follow the National Curriculum.

Charter Undertaking

In accordance with section 64 of the Education Act, the Tareha School Board of Trustees undertakes to take all reasonable steps to achieve the local goals in this Charter. This Charter has been approved by the Board following consultation with the community in terms of sections 61 & 63 of the Education Act, and takes full account of the National Administration Guidelines and all statuary obligations.

End of Charter