WELCOME TO OUR SCHOOL!!

1. From Factory to Shopping Centre!! WELCOME TO OUR SCHOOL!!

5. Some of our shared facilities!! OUR GYMNASIUM 5

6. Our special character Students are central in directing their own learning. Students follow individual interests and enthusiasms. Curriculum and qualification needs are met through a student’s chosen path, not a prescribed route. Learning experiences extend beyond the boundaries of time, age, methods of learning and areas of study. The entire community is the learning environment.

7. Our special character continued Families are vital and active partners in the holistic learning for students. We encourage, nurture and celebrate creativity, innovation, entrepreneurship. The individuality of each student is valued. We are a high trust community, treating each other with mutual respect and kindness. Everyone is a learner and everyone is a teacher.

8. To make our ten tenets live we have developed a number of unique practices that are a very important part of the Unlimited Paenga Tawhiti way: • a focus on learning, supporting learning, and building learning capacity with facilitated support from Learning Advisors who consistently work in a close and positive way; • a personalized approach to learning through an Individual Education Plan (IEP) negotiated and monitored three times a year plus regular (usually weekly) one-on-one meetings with a Homebase Learning Advisor; • flexibility and choice for learners through our distinct “Look of Learning” which includes student initiated inquiries through to Learning Advisor facilitated learning as well as the opportunity to be part of authentic holistic learning plus intensive and Inspire experiences often led by other students and/or parents. • our open approach to students being able to explore learning without restrictions of age; and, • our commitment to always seeing and supporting students as capable learners always ‘at potential’.

9. Unlimited Paenga TawhitiOur “Look of Learning” - Learner DirectedExperiences Career and qualifications pathways - National Qualifications Framework Learner driven (Individual or collaborative) Learning Advisor Facilitated (classes) Learners own passions & interests e.g. projects, inquiries Co-constructed learning objectives and outcomes Learners encouraged through IEP’s and 1:1s New Zealand Curriculum - learning areas, values and key competencies

10. 0 – 20% of variance in outcomes Families & Communities Educators & Teacher Education Physical Resources & Organisation Outcomes Quality Learning Leadership & Governance Student Participation & Involvement 16-60% of variance in outcomes What affects how well students learn? Findings from a Best Evidence Synthesis- NZ Ministry of Education 2003, A. Alton-Lee 40-65% of variance in outcomes  Most important effect

11. All of our property is leased. We did, however, have the opportunity to have input into the interior design of our Northern Tower building. Like all NZ schools funding for maintenance, modernisation, furniture and equipment plus an allowance for inflation additional and roll-based Our property funding is via a currently unique “Cash for Buildings” policy. The Ministry of Education calculated cost of a new school to determine the funding for quarterly lease payments. CASH FOR BUILDINGS

26. PO Box 4666 263 High Street Christchurch, NZ +64 3 377 7773 www.unlimited.school.nz john.mather@unlimited.school.nz