The Big Picture
Myross Bush School is situated on the outskirts of Invercargill in rural farmland and caters for Year 1-6. The school site covers 4 hectares (approximately 10 acres) giving space for 2 fields, staff and parent car parks, a tennis court, PE shed, large adventure course and smaller playground, numerous covered sandpits, aviary, Activity Centre (hall/gymnasium), office administration block, Library and 4 innovative learning environments (equivalent to 8 classroom spaces).
We cater for students Year 1-6 and employ a Special Needs Coordinator and 8 full time teaching staff each working in pairs in our collaborative team teaching environments. We value our Learning Support programmes and have two full time Teacher Aides to run these and work within classrooms.
Our student cohort is made up of 48.5% female and 51.5% male students with ethnic composition equating to 88% NZ European/Pākehā, 5% Māori and 7% Mixed Other. Our roll peaks at approximately 200 students.
Every child has something to offer, a unique capability, a special contribution that only they can bring. As psychologist Carl Rogers once argued, all children should be unconditionally accepted with positive regard. Children need to know that they are valued for who they are, not just for what they do, and that they are accepted into the community of learning. They need to know that school is just the start of their journey of discovery and that failure is just another way of learning how to get it right in the end.
Teaching them tenacity, patience, the ability to apply creative solutions to problems and positive regard for their peers, is infinitely more rewarding and important than basic cognitive skills. Getting that balance right is our challenge as educators and while our school buildings might look traditional outside what we do inside them is not!
We cater for students Year 1-6 and employ a Special Needs Coordinator and 8 full time teaching staff each working in pairs in our collaborative team teaching environments. We value our Learning Support programmes and have two full time Teacher Aides to run these and work within classrooms.
Our student cohort is made up of 48.5% female and 51.5% male students with ethnic composition equating to 88% NZ European/Pākehā, 5% Māori and 7% Mixed Other. Our roll peaks at approximately 200 students.
Every child has something to offer, a unique capability, a special contribution that only they can bring. As psychologist Carl Rogers once argued, all children should be unconditionally accepted with positive regard. Children need to know that they are valued for who they are, not just for what they do, and that they are accepted into the community of learning. They need to know that school is just the start of their journey of discovery and that failure is just another way of learning how to get it right in the end.
Teaching them tenacity, patience, the ability to apply creative solutions to problems and positive regard for their peers, is infinitely more rewarding and important than basic cognitive skills. Getting that balance right is our challenge as educators and while our school buildings might look traditional outside what we do inside them is not!