Vision and Aims
Our Vision Statement is:
To allow young people to develop and learn so as to give them a base for excellence in all spheres of life through effective teaching, quality facilities, an optimal day structure, and an integrated curriculum.
The Aims of South Auckland Middle School are:
To provide a window of opportunity for outstanding learning for Year 7 to 10 students.
To play a significant part in preparing students for full and effective participation in their future academic, cultural, sporting, social and working lives.
To provide a learning environment that is thorough, innovative and able to be applied to the best advantage to each student through their individualised education.
The Core Values of the School are:
Excellence in learning.
Cooperation among students, families and the community.
Building of personal character through applied Christian values.
A strong emphasis on thinking skills and students understanding how they think and learn.
Features and Future:
A small school environment.
An in-class student: teacher ratio of no more than 15:1.
Individualised education for each student.
A modified day structure to allow excellent learning outside of the classroom and the use of community resources. It also allows for students to develop skills in independent learning.
Excellent learning resources including up-to-date and thoughtfully-used ICT.
A Christian philosophy and values base to the curriculum and school.