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Macleans Primary School **Community Meetings for NZ Curriculum**

Over the past 3 years we have consulted with our parents regarding the new curriculum and it’s implications. Initially we shared the key competencies in a series of evenings that developed new shared understandings regarding how we would incorporate the K.Cs into the new curriculum. We also held meetings to establish what learning areas were important to us. These meetings involved the stakeholders within our school community including representatives from our different ethnic groups (held on separate evenings with language support), teachers, BOT, and school management. We gathered feedback about the different curriculum areas and topics of value that we would implement. Through this process we have now established a framework for how Macleans Primary will apply the NZ Curriculum that reflects the values of our school community. We value the input of our community and will continue to hold regular meetings as we move forward in our journey with the new curriculum, As part of the process of implementing the new curriculum we revisited our school vision and are moving forward into 2010 with a new school vision statement that reflects our identity, our values and the direction in which our school is heading.