Orewa Primary School

The roll ERO recorded, and when

ERO writes a roll into each report it publishes: a count taken for that report, on the day shown, by the review team that was there. The Ministry of Education’s current roll for this school is 379 — the figure at the top of this page, and the one to use for how big the school is now. These are a different measurement by a different body, so they will rarely agree, and a difference between them is not a change in the school.

1. October 2016

   385

   Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 18 January 2017

2. November 2013

   325

   Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 14 February 2014

We draw no line between these. Each was counted for its own report, years apart, by a different review team, and a roll moves between reviews for reasons none of these figures record — so the difference between any two of them measures nothing.

What ERO wrote in its latest report

This is ERO’s report of 2 June 2023 — “Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report” — section by section, under ERO’s own headings, in ERO’s own order. Nothing is summarised, shortened or reordered.

Background

This Profile Report was written within 6 months of the Education Review Office and Orewa Primary School working in Te Ara Huarau , an improvement evaluation approach used in most English Medium State and State Integrated Schools. For more information about Te Ara Huarau see ERO’s website. www.ero.govt.nz

Context

Orewa School caters for children in years 1 to 6 and is on the Hibiscus Coast in Auckland. The vision and valued outcomes defined by the school for all children are focused on empowering students to achieve personal excellence in a learning culture that values all. The school motto, "where everybody is somebody" is well understood by children and the school community.

Orewa Primary School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:

Relationships ( Whanaungatanga ). With the belief that relationships are at the heart of a community, we will provide shared experiences and work together to give people a sense of connectedness and belonging.

Curriculum ( Marau Mātauranga ). The school will design and deliver a future focused and inclusive curriculum that identifies, accelerates, and extends the learning capacity of all learners/ ākonga .

Teaching, Learning, Assessment and Pedagogy ( Ako ). The school will provide teaching and learning that is reciprocal where knowledge and understandings grow out of shared learning experiences and teacher practice is both deliberate and reflective, informed by the latest research.

Leadership ( Te Kaiarahi ). The school will assure quality teaching and learning, providing opportunities for those aspiring to become leaders.

Well-being ( Hauora ). The school will ensure every learner/ ākonga has a safe, healthy, and supportive learning environment, where they are accepted and respected, and their identity, language, and culture, and those of their family and whānau are valued.

You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Orewa Primary School’s website.

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how the use of evidence-based assessment, inquiry and knowledge building approaches can further improve teaching, learning and assessment practices and encourage students/ ākonga to be active participants in their learning.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is to:

ensure all teachers have a shared understanding of best practice for accelerating all learners

encourage ākonga to be more actively engaged in their learning and from this gain confidence in what they are expected to learn and what they need to do to improve.

The school expects to see equitable and excellent outcomes for all ākonga and continued development of strategic teaching and learning programmes.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to evaluate how the use of evidence-based assessment, inquiry and knowledge building approaches can further improve teaching, learning and assessment practices and encourage students/ ākonga to be active participants in their learning.

current professional capability and collective capacity to use assessment, inquiry and knowledge building for continual improvement

current processes to refine targets and strengthen monitoring

ability to adapt to and apply the assessment expectations of the revised curriculum as it is developed

teacher collaboration and developed understanding of moderation to support the learning and achievement of all learners.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

adapting assessment practices to meet the refreshed curriculum and t he B etter Start Literacy Approach - Te Ara Reo Matatini

a biannual review of evidence-based moderation and assessment.

ERO’s role will be to support the school in its evaluation for improvement cycle to improve outcomes for all learners. ERO will support the school in reporting their progress to the community. The next public report on ERO’s website will be a Te Ara Huarau | School Evaluation Report and is due within three years.

Shelley Booysen Director of Schools

2 June 2023

About the School

The Education Counts website provides further information about the school’s student population, student engagement and student achievement. educationcounts.govt.nz/home

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