Otonga Rd Primary School students Zoe Marshall, 8, (left), Theo Hunt, 8, Pia Graetz, 8, and Adelaide Howe, 8. PHOTO/BEN FRASER
Otonga Rd Primary School students Zoe Marshall, 8, (left), Theo Hunt, 8, Pia Graetz, 8, and Adelaide Howe, 8. PHOTO/BEN FRASER
United by four winds, we grow stronger together. That's the motto behind Otonga Rd Primary School.
Principal Linda Woon said it was all about capturing the whole school.
"We've got 26 nationalities in our school. We have children from all around the world yet they come together into a placeof tangata whenua as a family together," Woon said.
"It doesn't matter where they came from, they are coming into the Otonga school family."
Woon has been principal at the school since 2007 and said it was a beautiful school.
Woon said this year the school was focusing on more than "the three Rs" of reading, writing and arithmetic. They were focusing on life skills like self management.
"We're also revisiting our whole vision and going back to the basics of what do we want our people to be like when they leave here."
Students at the school said they liked everything from Chinese and maths to music and writing.
Theo Hunt, 8, said his favourite subject was maths.
"I like the numbers. It's not people's favourite subject so it's cool being one of the people who love it the most."
About the school: Principal: Linda Woon Location: Otonga Rd, Springfield Type: State, Co-educational, primary school Roll: 574 (in July 2017) Gender composition: Female - 49.6 per cent, Male - 50.4 per cent (in 2017) Ethnic composition: Māori - 24 per cent, Pākehā - 58 per cent, Other - 18 per cent. (in 2017) Motto: United by four winds we grow stronger together.