Avondale Intermediate School

Our Vision

He aha te mea nui, he tangata, he tangata, he tangata ,
our strength is our people, and our people must be strong.

This best describes the culture of continuous learning you experience as you enter our school. At Avondale Intermediate School we value our cultural uniqueness. We excel at acknowledging the strengths that these differences bring to our school and understand how to teach to cultural difference . We are cognisant of our student's abilities within and across cultural groups.

A clear shared vision between the school and the community guides our daily efforts to celebrate the life of every person. By encouraging community involvement, and using our community's expertise, our programmes have relevance and cultural breadth.

Learning to think and thinking to learn are key elements for our vision for learning. Every student will leave our school with a rich repertoire of thinking skills: creative, lateral, critical, analytical, evaluative, and problem solving. They can use these skills in real life situations with confidence. Our students and staff have an enthusiasm for learning and finding out new things. They can think powerfully about their own thinking.

Avondale Intermediate School is an environment where children feel safe, are expected to contribute, and celebrate the joy of learning. We focus on providing students with the tools they need to become independent thinkers, problem-solvers and life-long learners.

Our staff are respected for being at the cutting edge of professional development in demonstrating teaching strategies which allow students of diverse cultures to learn at world-class standards and continually think at the highest levels. We know where our children are at and where they need to go next.

We celebrate the uniqueness of Maori in the world and have a commitment to the delivery of Taha Maori. Tikanga Maori guides the protocols of how we live together and do things at our school.