Strategic Plan 2026

Te Papapa Principles

We value language, culture, and identity

We make decisions that are right for our students

We are caring and challenging

We have high expectations

We believe in people and their capacity to succeed

We have fun together and celebrate success

MĀORI ACHIEVEMENT

To further develop Te Ao Māori and cultural competence in our school, and to grow the capacity, understanding and application of Tikanga and Te Reo across our Kura, we will endeavour to:

•       Provide opportunities for all students to respect and understand Te Reo and Tikanga Māori

•       Grow the use of, and correct pronunciation of Te Reo throughout our school, implementing language progressions from Year 1 – 8, and having all classes function at a te reo bilingual level 4

•       Engage and involve our whānau through hui and community events, including whānau in decision making and planning

•       Improve reporting and whānau understanding of ākonga learning progress

•       Partner with whānau and iwi, including our local iwi Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei and Tainui, to strengthen the support ākonga need to realise their aspirations

•       Continue to develop and celebrate our Kapa Haka group

•       Continue to explore and meet the aims of Ka Hikitia and Tātaiako

Achievement of all Māori students will be regularly reported to the Board of Trustees

•       PACIFIC ACHIEVEMENT

At Te Papapa School, we adhere to the principles of the New Zealand Curriculum and value the rich Pacific diversity present in our school. 

We are proud of the Pacific community within Te Papapa School and aim to achieve the best we can for our Pacific learners. 

We have high expectations for all our learners in their educational progression and achievement. With this, we aim to build stronger learning relationships with our Pacific community to better reflect the goals and aspirations for their children. 

We adhere to the Tapasā framework and goals from the Action Plan for Pacific Education 2020-2030, which describe what we are striving to achieve at Te Papapa School, namely to:

•       Confront systemic racism and discrimination in education

•       Enable every teacher, leader and educational professional to take coordinated action to become culturally competent with diverse Pacific learners

•       Partner with families to design education opportunities together with teachers, leaders and educational professionals so aspirations for learning and future employment can be met

•       Grow, retain and value highly competent teachers, leaders and educational professionals with diverse Pacific whakapapa.

•       Achievement of our Pacific students is regularly reported to the Board of Trustees, and we will maintain our focus on lifting the achievement of our Pacific learners.