Student Leadership
Leadership is a life skill that should be fostered in everyday learning contexts. We want our student leaders to be actively involved in our school community and for them to have their voices heard. Developing tuakana- teina relationships is important at our school. It helps our leaders show the school’s values, develop as role models and grow caring relationships with all, especially with the younger students in their whanau. Our goal is to help as many students as possible develop as leaders.
Kaitiaki
A kaitiaki is a guardian or protector. Our Kaitiaki Leaders are the guardians and protectors of what we treasure at St Francis. For example, our Librarians are the protectors of knowledge and books. Our Road Patrollers guard and protect the safe passage of our tamariki to and from our school.
Road Patrol
Being a Road Patroller is an important kaitiaki leadership position within our school. These children are responsible for making our crossing safe for our students and whānau in the afternoons.
Librarians
These wonderful leaders complete various tasks from shelving, issuing and renewing texts, and keeping the library tidy. They are available to ensure the Library is open at lunchtime and also perform this duty for their classes.
Enviro Leaders
Our Enviro Leaders ensure we have good environmental practices in place. They plant, nurture, recycle, and regenerate food waste. Education for sustainability is an integral part of our life at our school as we live out our role of kaitiaki/guardians of planet Earth.
Kaiawhina
Kaiāwhina are valued very highly for the level of care and the kindness they show in supporting others.
Buddy Readers
They are positive role models who help their buddies develop a love of literacy. All of our Year 5 and 6 students are buddy readers to younger children in their whanau. Our Reading Mentors build a sense of community within our school and help our younger children develop their reading skills. They often work with children for 5 to 10 minutes each day.
Wet Day Monitors
Our Wet Day Monitors are extremely responsible leaders. They give up their morning tea and lunchtime during wet weather to help support our younger tamariki. They make sure the classroom is packed away and the tamariki are settled when the teacher comes back. They are very kind and patient leaders.
Peer Mediators
Peer Mediators are ready and able to support students around the playground and school. They are very kind and patient leaders who spend their time helping others, solving problems in the playground, assisting others to make friends and being involved with lunchtime activities.
Sport Monitors
Enabling our children to have sports equipment to play with during lunchtimes is an important role. They give up 10 minutes and the beginning and end of each lunchtime give out sports gear to children who want it.
Monitors. We have various children who take on kaiawhina roles to help our school run smoothly: bell monitors, lost property monitors, bike monitors, recycling monitors and flag monitors.
Kaiarahi
A kaiārahi is someone who creates pathways for people. The pathways may be social, spiritual, emotional or physical. Kaiārahi Leaders guide and enable learning to happen within our school and assist teachers in organising activities.
Whanau Leaders
Our school is divided into five whānau groups; Manaia, Kauika, Hatea, Parihaka and Pukenui. There are Year 6 leaders for each whānau group. Whānau Leaders are important and represent St Francis with pride and uphold our values. They help to organise and lead important school events- spiritual, cultural and sports. They welcome manuhiri to our school and keep the spirit alive among whānau groups.
