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Recently we installed our Pōhatu Tumu - our Foundation Values Stones. There are five of these stones and they represent the foundation values our school stands upon. They define, inspire and guide us as learners, leaders and teachers.

Our Pōhatu Tumu are:
Whanaungatanga - being a family. Living, learning and playing together as a family.
- summed up as “Family Always.”

Whakamana: - empowering us as learners and leaders to love learning and be the best we
can be.
- summed up as “Our Best Always.”

Pono: - being honest with ourselves and others. Integrity. Doing the right thing always.
- summed up as “The Truth Always.”

Manaakitanga: - caring for ourselves, others, and our world. Paying it Forward. Being a Bucket
Filler.
- summed up as “Caring Always.”

Turangawaewe: - our standing place, where we belong, where we stand tall.
- summed up as "Our home always."

Our school is one of the best - officially - at teaching reading, writing and maths. We are proud of this, but our children will need much more than this is they are to be successful, and if we are to have a world that is safe and sustainable to live in.

We are passionate about educating the whole child. Passionate about teaching them to Love, Learn and Lead.
- Love - ourselves - others - our world
- Learn about - ourselves - others - our world
- Lead - ourselves - others - in our world
We Love to Learn so we can Learn to Lead so we can Lead with Love

These values prepare our children to live in, care for and contribute to a community. With these values, our children, our community, our country, and our world have a much brighter future. I thank you all for your contributions to our community, and for your support going forward to raise a new generation of wonderful, caring, contributing citizens.

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Greetings to all the families and friends of Western Heights school.
I am truly excited at the prospect of coming to work at this wonderful school each day.
Family:
My wife Jacqualene is the Principal of Mangere Central. She has outstanding skills and talents in administration, curriculum design and integration of ICT into the teaching and learning programme.
My son Tiaki is a bright boy, very keen on technology, a bit of a musician, and a very talented footballer and softballer. Tiaki was the youngest footballer to make it into the National Talent Centre, and was MVP at the South Island Softball Champs.
I also have two adult children and two grandchildren - all in Australia.

Western Heights school is a wonderful school, staffed with exceptional teachers and support staff; led by an outstanding Board; and supported by an enthusiastic and committed parent community.

Career:
I began teaching aged 19, some 41 years ago, and began my 20th year as a principal at this wonderful school in 2014.

Principal of Tareha School - Napier 2 years
Deputy Principal Prospect School - west Auckland 7 years
Principal Pomaria School - west Auckland 7 years
Principal Te Akau ki Papamoa School - Bay of Plenty 3 years
Principal Kaiapoi Borough School - Canterbury 8 years

President of Waitakere Area Principals Association 2003 - 92 schools
Apple Distinguished Educator Award - 2009. Sponsored to Apple Headquarters in Cupertino, USA.
Secretary Auckland Computers in Education Society
Primary Principals’ Representative - Primary Sector Education Advisory Committee
Waitakere City Council - Award for Outstanding Contribution to Education, 2003.
Presenter at UNESCO Conference on Values in Education, 2002.
Guest speaker - International Principal's Federation Conference, Auckland 2002.
Ministry contracted trainer - Implementation of New National Administration Guidelines
First Time Principals’ Mentor for Ministry of Education in Auckland and Christchurch.
Mentored new principals of four Canterbury schools.
University of Canterbury School Curriculum Development Facilitator - e- Learning, ICT in 2011 and 2012. Worked with 70 schools.
Post Grad Studies at Mindlab 2016

Personal Achievements
Sportsman of Year - Christchurch College of Education 1978
Canterbury Colts Softball representative
National League football with Woolston FC
Waimakariri Football Club Junior Coach of the Year - 2011, 2012, 2013

Philosophy
I believe passionately in all learners becoming independent.
My Vision has always been of “Growing Great Kids” who are self managing, self motivating, self moderating, independent leaders of their own learning.
This has been achieved through “Dream. Grow. Shine. Reflect.”
Children choose appropriate goals.
They develop an effective action plan to achieve those goals.
They identify success criteria - what we can expect to see when success is achieved.
They reflect on their goals, their plan and their outcomes and make decisions in light of this.

We know that positive relationships are the key to success, not just in learning but in all aspects of life. Positive relationships are built on trust, honesty, respect, and genuine concern, and nurtured through active listening and time spent together.
Whanau (Family) Relationships are the basis for all I do and the way I teach, coach and lead. For this reason, I set great store in being open to and available to children, staff and community.
As examples of this, we now have a presence on Facebook, a Twitter account, a revamped web site, an Open Door policy for access to me, and my personal email and cell phone number available to you all.

My door is open, my cell phone switched on and email launched - feel free to contact me any time.

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Location

126 STURGES ROAD
HENDERSON
AUCKLAND 0612

Principal's Cell Principal's eMail
021779 009 [email protected]

Absences - use our HERO app
search the App Store or Google Play by typing in Linc-Ed

School Landline
09 836 1213