Decision made!
The decision for our bird’s name has been made. The Board of Trustees considered the shortlisted names for our life long learner bird.
Student favourites: Sparky and Ako
Staff favourites: Manurangi and Ako.
Ako was chosen as the best for several reasons put by the student council
· Fits the learning vision
· Means teaching and learning
· NZ name/Maori
· Short and easy to remember
And because it was the one in common for both groups.
Thanks to everyone who contributed.
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We now have a learning vision graphic which is in all classrooms and designed to be a tool to help build clarity for learning. It has taken a long time to get our Life Long Learner bird finished with teachers, students and parents involved shaping it through a long process. Our aim is to have each of our Year 6 students graduate from our school enabled as a life long learner, an effective thinker and communicator with physical, emotional and social capabilities who strives for self improvement and to contribute to the communities s/he belongs to. You will notice the aviator goggles conveying a sense of adventure. Rangitoto and the school logo provide a sense of identify and the altitude indicates achievement. Our learner is ambitious and seeks to soar to new heights. Our school values in the tail feathers guide flight and the five learning keys hang around the neck viz.. relating to others, thinking, managing self, communicating, and contributing (which are the key competencies from the New Zealand Curriculum).
We launch a competition to name our Life Long Learner bird. We need a name that captures the essence of the soar to new heights message. The student council and staff will shortlist from all entries and the Board of Trustees will make the final decision.
Entries have closed and are now being considered by students and staff.
The final decision will be made by the Board of Trustees.
| Bird name | Reason given for name |
| Rere | Because it means flight in Maori |
| Smarty | No reason given |
| Leroy the Learner | Because I think it suits him. |
| ALF stands for A Learner Forever | Also Alfred means wisdom The skills the bird teaches me will last my lifetime |
| ACE | A nickname for a person that often excels |
| Sparky | The bird is enthusiastic and interested in learning |
| Sparky | Because he has lots of good ideas |
| Gold | Because Mairangi Bay School is gold!!!!! and the 4 values. |
| Dash | Because it can be a boy and girl name. And dash means fast and dash means fast learner. |
| Manurangi | Manu meaning bird Rangi meaning sky. |
| 1.Key Keeper. | No reasons given |
| Pally | Because Pal means friend or mate. A \'Pal\' brings in all the learning keys. A good friend has the qualities of the learning keys. A pal is someone who is liked. |
| Blaze | I chose this name because it is a boys and girls name, I also chose this name because its like he\'s/she\'s blazing through the sky. |
| Adelie | No reason given |
| Squarker | It is a loud name witch is confident one of the learning keys. |
| Jean | Because she was first to fly from UK to NZ and she had lots of courage. |
| Learnny | No reason given |
| Contributor | Because |
| Jean | After Jean Batton |
| Rangi | I think Rangi is a good name because our schools name is Mairangi and Rangi is in it. |
| Lilly | because it has three L\'s in it
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| Poutama | the stepped pattern of tukutuku panels and woven mats, symbolising genealogies and also the various levels of learning and intellectual achievement. Some say they represent the steps which Tāne-o-te-wānanga ascended to the topmost realm in his quest for superior knowledge and religion. |
| Ahorangi | Means \"Enlightened\" or \"Teacher of high standing\"
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| Boundless | because it sums up our children’s ability\'s to be boundless limitless, unbounded enthusiasm, without bounds or confines, illimitable, vast, children with boundless energy |
| Ako | it\'s the Maori name for Teaching and Learning - its short, simple and kids will remember it. |
