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Poutama Whanau

Poutama is a vertical class of Year 9-13 students who desire to strengthen their understanding and ability to participate comfortably within Te Ao Māori. It is on a senior option line and the year 9 and 10 students are grouped into form classes that have their core line of Social Studies at that time. That is, students come out of Social Studies and into Poutama. We cover skill elements of Social Studies and work from koeke 4 me 5 o te Marautanga for the Junior levels. We cover various kaupapa over the year, including Kapa Haka, Marae and iwi, Rangi and Papa, Ki-o-Rahi (hakinakina). Students work towards Te Waharoa; a level 2 qualification in field Māori unit and achievement standards.

We have a whanau group which meet throughout the year to support and continue to develop this kaupapa in the school. Together the whanau and teachers developed this vision statement for the school strategic plan:

“Onslow College shares the Ministry of Education commitment to the vision of “Māori enjoying educational success as Māori” at Onslow College. Onslow College expresses this vision through te kaupapa o Poutama; to uplift Māori in our school by demonstrating Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the The Treaty of Waitangi, to strengthen Māori student confidence in te Ao Māori and to promote Māori student success in the wider school community.Our guiding principles include manaakitanga, whanaungatanga and te reo Māori. “

Hui Dates 2011

17 March
13 April
11 May
8 June
3 August
7 September
30 November

Hui Minutes

18 November 2010

17 March 2011
11 May 2011
8 June 2011
3 August 2011 (draft - to be approved at next meeting)

Other Useful Links

Draft Onslow College Strategic Plan Maori 2010-2012

Term 3 Poutama Events Calendar

Maori Student Achievement Questionnaire

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Enrolment Information

For enrolment information, please go to our enrolment pages. There you will also find a "Request an Enrolment Pack" form. Please complete this if you would like to request an enrolment pack. Please note, we can only accept enrolment applications for students living within our zone.

Summer Sports Registration

All Summer Sports Registrations are due Friday 3 February.

A green form was posted during the holidays in a pack with other school relevent information. If you have misplaced or did not receive the form, please download a copy from the 'Sports Offered and Information' section of this website..

Stationery

To make life easier for you for Back to School, we have teamed up with School Supplies Direct so that you can buy all your school stationery needs over the Internet or by mail order. Click here to access the website: www.myschool.co.nz

Warehouse Stationery Support Your School programme: visit www.warehousestationery.co.nz to download Onslow College's unique voucher. By presenting this voucher when you purchase school stationery from Warehouse Stationery, Onslow College will be awarded BlueBiz Rewards Points which help us to get more resources for the school.

Community Consultation Feedback

Peter Leggat met with groups of randomly selected parents in October to gather their feedback on what Onslow is currently doing well and what we can improve on. Check out the summarised feedback here.

Congratulations to...

Jamie Alexander and Tiara Te Ariki - selected for the Western Bays Under 17 Girls' Softball team that competed in the Central Regions Softball Tournament over the weekend. Matt Edridge - selected for the Wellington Mens Futsal squad. &n...