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Stokes Valley Vision

Stokes Valley Vision

The local curriculum is what is most important to a centre and the community. It is what makes us unique. It is about how we connect with the wider community. 

Ours has just been created by combining community voice, tamariki voice, whānau voice and kaiako voice. It consists of four elements that link to our community of Stokes Valley, the hills, the centre and home and Te Awakairangi. 

Manaakitanga – learning to nurture and look after things 

Ako – learning from each other Kaiako – Whānau, kaiako-tamariki, community – centre 

Kotahitanga -coming together, working together, respecting others and being inclusive 

Whanaungatanga- Whānau knowing this is their place too, Growing the relationship with whānau to ensure we can support language, culture and identity.  

The history of Stokes Valley has no historical place of significance to Māori as it was a European settlement and business area. However, in the sixties, two Māori community wardens wanted a safe place to work with at-risk youth; to this day, that is their primary function. 

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However, still have a strong connection to Te Ati Awa in general and the history and links from Taranaki.  

We do all believe our current philosophy is our local curriculum and supports the marae and local community with the principles of our philosophy being – Ako -manaakitanga and kotahitanga and whanuangatanga.