Lynmore School (Te Kura ō Ōwhatiura) established in 1956 caters
for children from Year 0 - Year 6. Situated on the eastern side of Rotorua
bordering the breathtaking Waitawa bush and less than 5km from the world renown
Redwood Forest. Our school is part of the Rotorua East Kāhui Ako of 3 Primary
Schools, 1 Intermediate School, 1 High School and over 20 Early Childhood
Centre's. 2022 will see a focus on how the new Whare Ako structure named Ihenga,
Kupe and Hinemoa consisting of students from Year 0-6 will enable more
opportunities for tuakana-teina and student leadership. We aim for all children
to be emotionally engaged through holistic, child-centered learning
opportunities with elements of blended learning, where we encourage curiosity,
celebrate different learning styles, and explore meaningful and high interest
contexts. We foster an inclusive school culture underpinned by our Positive
Culture 4 Learning (PC4L) approach that is focused on developing self-efficacy,
understanding diversity, and celebrating success to establish a sense of
belonging for everyone who walks through our gates.
Our teachers strive to provide equitable learning
outcomes and opportunities for all children. We focus on the foundations of
learning, take the time to develop quality over quantity and promote collective
efficacy with particular energy towards collaborative teaching and learning
opportunities to ensure no child is left behind. We value our three languages
of New Zealand - English, Te Reo Māori and Sign, continue to grow the use of te
reo me ona tikanga across the school, ensure STEAM is a growing part of our
curriculum, share maori histories and te ao Māori, explore Science, Biosecurity
and Environmental studies and are actively involved in hapū, iwi and community
based projects. We are working towards agile teaching and learning to create
environments where our students are motivated to do their best work and feel
invested in their class and school as a whole.
When students enrol,
they are placed into a whare ako/house groups (Kupe, Ihenga &
Hinemoa). These names were given to us by our school kaumatua. We elect
whanau group leaders from our Year 6 children each year and encourage
leadership opportunities for our students.
The FISH! Philosophy
is central to the way we behave at school along with our school values of Aroha, Maui - Curiosity, Maia - Courage and Pono -
Integrity. Our Vision Statement is: Keep
Moving, Keep Learning, Keep Growing - Tupungia te aroha o te ako hei anga mua.
There are a huge range
of opportunities for the children to be involved in including all the
regular sports codes (touch rugby, cricket, hockey, netball, football) chess,
skiing, duathlons, spelling bee, maths and reading competitions, swimming,
flippaball, enviro club, boxing, kapa haka, coding and technology, Showquest,
etc. We have a very good international student programme and currently
have excellent English Second Language support, we warmly welcome international
students from all over the world. We endeavor to support you and your
child in developing a personalised curriculum approach and are a strongly
future focused school with good family/whanau information sharing
opportunities through the Seesaw online digital portfolios. We have an
outstanding and dedicated team of teachers, teacher aides and support staff and
we LOVE our jobs!
Ngā mihi,
Hinei Taute
Principal principal@lynmore.school.nz