The Gardens School 2024 Annual Plan

Taha o te Rangi- On the Edge of the Horizon

Our Vision: Education that prepares learners for their future and challenges them to continually strive.

Our Mission: To develop independent, life long learners with strong foundations of literacy and numeracy through real, student driven, inquiry learning, using ICT as a tool.

The NELPs are part of the Governments long term strategy for helping children and young people to attain their educational potential; preparing young people for participation in civic and community life and for work, and promoting resilience, determination, confidence, creative and critical thinking, good social skills and the ability to form good relationships; and helping children and young people to appreciate diversity, inclusion and Te Tiriti o Waitangi. TGS plans centre around the key areas of the NELPs. More information can be found here:

Learners at the Centre:

Local Curriculum:

Barrier Free Access: Maori, Pacific, disability/sound foundational skills/Oral

Quality Teaching and Leadership: Te Reo/building teacher/leadership capability

Future of Learning and Work: Pathways to achieve future success

World Class Teaching and Learning: On the edge of the Horizon

Responding to Community Consultation

Following our 2022 community consultation, we identified three areas that were highlighted as aspects we scored lowest. Staff conducted an analysis of these areas and considered some outside factors that may have impacted this consultation. We then worked on finding was to mitigate these. The areas are addressed in the following action plan.