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Educate
We seek to ensure the students of Merivale School achieve at or above chronological age in literacy and numeracy. These programmes are developed from the New Zealand Curriculum and Te Marautanga o Aotearoa. This is strengthened by upholding the values of the school and its foundations of respect and honour of others.
Māori Potential
Our demographic profile is over 80% Māori. We see the ongoing development of Māori potential in education as a guiding force. It’s all about Māori enjoying educational success as Māori learners and our desire as a school to provide innovative learning models that enhances what it means to be Māori.
Welfare and Wellbeing
We uphold the importance of the welfare and wellbeing of both staff and students. While the students are at the school our entrustment to educate cannot be successful, unless we carry the responsibility of overall wellbeing of our students. As this responsibility is during mainly school hours, we acknowledge the importance of working with other welfare and community groups to ensure students wellbeing inside and outside of school hours. We believe a healthy community nurtures a healthy school environment.
The Uniquess of the Merivale School Culture
Culture is defined as a set of shared attitudes, values, goals and practices that characterise an institution, organisation or group. We seek to maintain and uphold the uniqueness of the Merivale School culture, which is identified in:
•our students of whom over 80% identify as Māori
•our history
•our sporting heritage
•our sense of pride and positivity and active participation of teachers, student, parents and volunteers to go the extra mile for the school•our passion to connect to the hearts as well as the minds of everybody involved at the school
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