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Tawa College Bilingual Provision – update 4
17 Dec 2024
Students attending the Tawa College Bilingual Provision next year have now selected their optional subjects and met with their Head of House. They have also visited the location of the new provision and talked about uniforms, lunches and stationery.
Read articleTawa College Bilingual Provision – update 3
21 Nov 2024
Thank you to everyone who attended our information evening earlier this month. We were pleased to announce at the meeting that we have appointed Nikki Weston to join our Enrolled School team. Nikki will be teaching in the Deaf provision at Tawa College and has already started with us. She is currently working closely with Mary Sleep from our Linden provision, who is supporting her preparation for next year.
Read articleKelston Visioning Project update
21 Nov 2024
The Kelston Visioning Project involves five schools, St Leonards Road School, Kelston Intermediate, Kelston Girls’ College, Kelston Boys’ High School and Ko Taku Reo.
Read articleEducation Review Office School Evaluation Report
06 Nov 2024
We’re pleased to share the latest School Evaluation Report for Ko Taku Reo from the Education Review Office (ERO), which was published on 6 November. ERO is the government’s external agency that partners with schools to ensure the quality education and care of our ākonga.
Read articleApply Now for the Mary Adeline Allen Scholarship!
09 Oct 2024
The Mary Adeline Allen Scholarship is awarded annually to support Deaf and hard of hearing children up to the age of 20 in achieving their educational and vocational goals.
Read articleWellington secondary provision – update
03 Oct 2024
At the end of August we confirmed plans to set up a new Deaf Bilingual secondary provision in Wellington. The provision will open in 2025 and be based at Tawa College.
Read articleStructuring for growth
24 Sept 2024
Ko Taku Reo has conducted a review of its cultural roles and identified a need to evolve. The Deaf Strategic Lead and Māori Strategic Lead positions, which were initially strategic in nature, now require a stronger operations focus to meet the current needs of the school. As a result, these roles have been disestablished to better support future direction and three new cultural practice roles identified.
Read articleKo Taku Reo Sumner campus - community gardens
20 Aug 2024
We have been fortunate to have two community gardens on our Sumner Campus. The first, known as the Sumner Food Forest, is situated between the resident houses and the van Asch stairs. The second garden is located just off the back field at the corner of Truro Street and Heberden Avenue.
Read articleKo Taku Reo Sumner campus – dogs on site
20 Aug 2024
We are aware members of the community have been walking their dogs through our Sumner campus for a number of years. Our staff and permanent student residents who are onsite throughout the school year have reported various incidents which have involved dogs on our site.
Read articleRoyal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care report
26 Jul 2024
The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care released its final report on Wednesday 24 July. The report is available on the Royal Commission’s website at www.abuseincare.org.nz.
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