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Surveying Our Community:

WHS Strategic Plan 2027 to 2028

 

This plan sets the big direction and answers:

Where are we going, and why?

 

Leading into

Annual Implementation Plan 2027

Which in turn answers:

What specifically will we do this year, what will success look like, and how will we know?

 

Leading into

Board monitoring throughout 2027

Answering what happened? What difference did we make? What did we learn?

 

That creates a clear governance line:

Direction → Action → Evidence → Evaluation → Next action.

 

Your Part In This:

Central Consultation Question

We believe these are the three things that matter most for our children over the next two years:

AKO               Every child learning, progressing and achieving. 

AROHA        Every child known, valued, safe and belonging.

ARATAKI     Children learning to lead and leading with love.

 

This survey is anonymous. No one at school will know how you responded.

 

We would love to have your input — visit this link to answer four short questions.

 

Thank you all.