Community Hāpori

For St Martins the sense of community is paramount. The school is the heart of our community and the St Martins School Board and the staff of our school are strongly focused on developing meaningful partnerships with our community stakeholders. We are here to provide effective education for our community and this is best done with and through our school community and the wider St Martins community.

Community Engagement – High quality communication will promote and strengthen partnerships with family, whānau, community and school. (St Martins School Strategic Plan)

St Martins School boasts a number of successful school-based groups focused on supporting the learning of our students. We encourage you be part of our school by joining, supporting, or following one of these groups.

Our School Values

All learning at St Martins School is intertwined with our values:
Caring Aroha
Respect Manaaki
Responsibility Haepapa
Personal Best E Ranga!

PB4L

Positive Behaviour for Learning is a Ministry initiative being implemented in schools throughout NZ.

St Martins School began the process of implementing PB4L in 2023. The aim of the programme is to help support whanau, kaiako and akonga to address unexpected behaviours that may occur at school.

PB4L encourages curiosity as to why these behaviours may occur, and then to focus on the skills needed to change behaviour. How this is achieved is by ensuring expectations are clear, that there are good incentives to encourage positive behaviour and that there are restorative, natural and logical consequences.

St Martins School has a PB4L mascot called ‘Albert’. Albert is a grey duck, designed and named by past St Martins School Students to symbolise our school spirit and commitment to our values and positive learning culture.