At Pillans Point School we believe school and learning should be seen as an Adventure that is ongoing and never ending.

'Adventurous Learning' guides our school strategic direction as well as our school curriculum. We believe it is a vision that is aspirational, inspirational and achievable.

Through our 'Adventurous Learning' we are wanting students and teachers to 'Seeking new opportunities while challenging ourselves to develop and grow as learners'.

Seeking New Opportunities

It's about everyone trying new things in our learning that engage and motivate us to want to learn. We consider research and development in the educational field as part of new opportunities.

Challenge Ourselves

This is asking questions about what we are doing and why we are doing it. It is seeing learning as an inquiry process where we look and evaluate what we are learning and our next steps.

Develop

These are the skills needed for specific teaching and learning tasks. These are the deliberate acts of teaching and learning so we can move on in our learning. For teachers and leaders this is our professional learning, what we need to learn to become better teachers and leaders.

Grow

This is where we learn, refine and apply. We have developed skills and abilities and we begin to apply these as we work and learn.

Learners

This is what we are wanting to achieve. We want our school community to be learners. As learners we will want to Seek Opportunities, while Challenges Ourselves as we Develop and Grow as people

Adventure Time

Adventure Time is a time in our school week that caters to the abilities and  curiosities of our students as well as enriches the curriculum opportunities we can offer our children.

Adventure time is an innovative programme that allows for further personalisation of learning across the curriculum. Opportunities for students to be engaged in adventure time occurs once a week across the whole school.

Adventure time caters for all students and gives them the opportunity do develop further our school learner attributes (Cross Competency Skills). It teaches the students how to be proactive in managing and taking responsibility for their learning. Learning opportunities in other areas such as learning a second language, creating a mural for the school, training for a sports or cultural event, and pursuing personal passions and interests are encouraged during this time.

Adventure time meets the needs of students, and is based on their interests.  As such, it is flexible in nature and scope, and students can have input into its design.  The programme allows the school to make full use of the strengths and interests of teachers, other staff, and members of the wider community.

As a parent with a passion or an interest that you would like to offer please contact school and you too can be part of Adventure Time.

Our school houses begin from New Entrants through to Year 6.

Thanks to the support of Classic Builders all children enrolled at

Pillans Point School in the first term of each year will receive a

free house tee shirt. This tee shirt will be the property of each

child and will not have to be returned to the school. After this

date children will be able to purchase new house tee shirts as

they grow out of their gifted tee shirt.

To help with the hype and excitement around school houses all

families are in the same house. All staff are also part of a

school house. Throughout each term students will have many

opportunities to participate in house events and earn points for

their house. At the end of each term and school year, the

school house shield will be presented to the winning house.

Through their involvement in these groups, children will have
fun and learn about how to further develop the school competencies
in a variety of different contexts across the New Zealand curriculum.