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22 Wells Road
Bucklands Beach
Auckland 2012
New Zealand
Tel +64 (9) 534 9765
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Approaches to Learning

The ‘Approaches to Learning' underpin everything we do at PMPS by:

  • Identifying and catering for the individual learning needs of each child by differentiating groups of students, maintaining flexible grouping for those who have particular needs e.g. GATE, NESB.
  • Encouraging reflective thought and action.
  • Enhancing the relevance of new learning - challenging students to use or apply what they discover in new contexts and in new ways.
  • Creating a supportive learning environment by fostering positive relationships that are caring, inclusive, non-discriminatory and cohesive.
  • Developing independence in the learning process i.e. learning how to learn rather than what to learn. It is through the curriculum contexts that the process of independent learning is developed and applied.
  • Prioritising literacy and numeracy in planning, timetabling and resourcing.
  • Encouraging active and meaningful participation by students through learning conversations and partnerships.
  • Integrating new learning where appropriate and facilitate shared learning.
  • Providing sufficient opportunities to learn by providing new learning a number of times in a variety of different tasks and in a variety of different contexts.
  • Providing a variety of technologies to support and enhance learning.