Our Learning Initiatives
Te Ara Tika
Our school provides a safe physical and emotional environment for students and staff. Papatoetoe South School is a PB4L school. PB4L stands for Positive Behaviour for Learning and is a positive, proactive, schoolwide organisational framework for behaviour and discipline.
Kāhui Ako
West Papatoetoe Kāhui Ako Focus on teacher practices that improve learning outcomes for students. Current Kāhui Ako Strategic Plan at Papatoetoe South School Use a spiral of inquiry model to identify effective teaching pedagogy that accelerates student progress in Writing …
Mahitahi
Mahitahi means to work together. We believe that the voices of our communities is important for us to know whether our curriculum and programs are meeting the needs of all our tamariki. Our mahitahi programs enable our stakeholders to come together to share whakaaro (thoughts) with one another to impact positively on our student outcomes.