Philosophy

School Philosophy

Te Tunga Ahurei is a Philosophy that is about ‘The Kokohuia way, Kokohuia beliefs, the Kokohuia unique stance’.

Today Te Tunga Ahurei is our kūmete mohio containing the following components:

Te Arapikinga ki ngā taonga tuku iho

‘Me hoki ki ngā paiaka...’ – Nā Rangitihi Tahuparae

These outline a number of cultural competencies/traditional knowledge and skills that students should be taught and or exposed too. This is the returning back to our Māori rootstock.  Access to Māori cognition by utilising traditional knowledge, skills and customs, practises, values, beliefs, attitudes as the foundation to view the rest of the world.

Kaupapa Atua

The Te Kura o Kokohuia planning process:  Kaupapa Atua is the school three year plan that provides the Atua foci across 4 terms. Within each atua is a range of kaupapa covering the nine curriculum Learning areas in Te Marautanga o Aotearoa. Eg: Pūtaiao, Tīkanga ā Iwi, Hauora, Toi, Te Reo Māori, Pāngarau, Hāngarau, Te Reo Pākehā.

Rere Runga Rawa

A self-directed learning process where students acquire knowledge and skills to facilitate their own learning.  Taking responsibility for their own behaviour.

Kura-ā-Waho

This is an authentic learning approach for students to develop relationships with local, national and international marae and the environment.

Pūrongo

A unique way of informing parents and caregivers about their child’s progress aligned to Te Arapikinga ki ngā Taonga tuku iho.

By working together as a whānau we believe the graduates of our kura will be a Te Kura o Kokohuia Iwi Graduate – Te Taura Whātoro

1. Proficient tribal speakers of Māori and English
2. Proficient tribal users of Te Mita o Whanganui
3. Capable tribal members who can apply ngā tīkanga o Whanganui
4. Knowledgeable tribal members of whakapapa ( Whānau, hapū and iwi)
5. Knowledgeable tribal members of Whanganui tribal history (pre-Māori and Pre – European)
6. Capable tribal exponents who can apply the Treaty of Waitangi in a Whanganui context
7. Capable tribal members who can plan their future development.
8. Knowledgeable tribal members who are familiar with Whanganui tribal structures.
9. Tribal members who are responsive to cultural, technological, social, economic and political change
10. Tribal members who are familiar with local, national and international activities.