A positive transition to school is extremely important to us at Te Manawa ō Pāpāmoa!

Once a pre-enrolment application has been completed, we will make contact to invite you infor a meet and greet. During this time, we will complete any other paperwork and schedule school visits - we envisage a minimum of 5 visits for our year 0/1 students who are new to school. For some children a larger number of visits may be appropriate - we will discuss this with you. If your child is currently attending a local ECE, one our kaiako (teachers) will visit to see them in their natural environment and to begin forming an all important positive relationship. These visits are also an important time for us as a school to enable that WE are ready for YOUR child and ensure we are ready to cater for them in every way. It is vital that every child and whānau feels confident that they are ready to start.

For those students who are in year 2-6, we will discuss and schedule an appropriate number of visits to best suit the needs of your child. For those children transitioning from another school, we will make contact with your child's previous kura (school) prior to starting at Te Manawa ō Pāpāmoa. This will help us to ensure we have all the appropriate information we need to give your child the best possible start.

We are aware that concerns and misconceptions exist about "Open Learning Environments" or "Open Barns" in schools these days. The fear from whānau is that there are too many students, it is too noisy and they are chaotic. The truth is, that with intentional design, clear and deliberate systems and structures - these spaces respond to and are more inclusive to a one size fits one model of learning than the traditional "single cell" classroom with one teacher and 30 students. But they must be planned for and deliberately designed to meet the needs of ALL ākonga (learners), kaiako (teachers) and whānau.

At Te Manawa ō Pāpāmoa School there are deliberate spaces designed within spaces for ākonga (learners) and kaiako (teachers) to use for different purposes. Alongside the design of the spaces in each learning environment, there are plenty of break out rooms that we will be able to utilise to respond and cater to the individual needs of ALL ākonga with individual spaces, collaborative spaces, presenting spaces and maker spaces.

As a collective and collaborative staff, we have, and will continue to refine our own understanding, pedagogy and practice around best use of space to meet the needs of our learners. Through collaborative professional learning, inquiry and research this will continue to evolve and become part of who we are and how we learn and teach.

Yes we have before and after school care at Te Manawa ō Pāpāmoa School currently located in Te Houhou āko hapori (Learning Community) at the front of our kura.

Play Time operate this from 6.30am - 8am in the mornings and 2.30pm - 6pm in the afternoon.

Phone 021 1919 222 for enquiries and bookings