The school is expected to guide the children through their formative years giving them a solid grounding in all subjects, especially literacy and numeracy. This will enable them to have the confidence to reach out for a higher education. In academic terms Bainesse School provides an education suited to individuals rather than groups or classes. The result is that there is an expectation that students at this school will do well, both here and in the future. Our students do succeed with many going on to earn qualifications from Tertiary education.
Bainesse School provides students with:
A feature of our school is our own Bus. We use it to pick our children up from their gates in the morning. We then drop them off there after school. This was an initiative taken up by the BOT to ensure the long-term survival of our school.
We fund the bus entirely from ticket sales and promotional advertising. Various local businesses in the area sponsor our bus through a donation. In return we place an advertisment on the bus and in our community newsletters promoting those businesses.
Bainesse school utilises the expertise of many outside agencies (whenever appropriate) including:
A remedial extension programme is available, funded through Ministry of Education.
Ours is a well-resourced school including a high student to computer ratio. Our computer/student ratio is about 1:10. The computers are networked and connected to the Internet.
ICT is integrated across the school curriculum and we are always searching for innovative ways to use ICT to assist the childrens learning.
The ICT upgrade plan is still in place and is reviewed annually to ensure that we have the appropriate technology for teaching ICT skills.
This year we are undertaking a study of computerised library systems with a view to putting our library onto computer.
Outside there are extensive undulating grounds, which include:
In 2004 the Bainesse Community Learning Centre opened. The school and community use the facility for extended study groups and marching practice.
View photos of the grounds and facilities at Bainesse School
The school receives strong support from our community of parents, past and present pupils and residents. Approximately 15% of the students are Maori. Parents enjoy active involvement in camps field trips, sporting functions and working bees.
An Open door policy has always been maintained where parents can come into the school at any convenient time. A community newsletter is sent out on a regular basis, keeping residents informed of school happenings and district happenings.
A special rural characteristic of the school is Agricultural Day, which is one of the highlights of the year. Often another primary school will be invited to join us for the day.
Classrooms and hallways are decorated with students work and crafts. Well-polished calves and lambs display their willingness (or otherwise) to be led by aspiring stockmen and women.
Games and competitions challenge children and adults. Raffles and stalls of produce and food contribute profits to the school fund raising.
Our school often combines with other local rural schools to make up our local sports groups. This is the Te Kawau school cluster group. For example: We currently host the Te Kawau cluster group Cross Country event that is run about May each year.
We are part of the Te Awhinga cluster group, which was developed to initially help with numeracy in the member schools. Following the success of this project, another project was developed for the ICT upskilling of the Principals of the member schools. In 2006, the cluster implemented a scheme to employ a part time groundperson who was shared between the member schools. This freed up Principals from much day to day administration of the respective grounds work.
We are entitled to a staffing ratio of 2.5. The 0.5 components equates to a Principal release teacher for 2 days per week and 1 day per fortnight release for the junior room teacher.
In 2004 the BOT purchased the schoolhouse from the Ministry. The BOT then offered the use of the house to the Bainesse Playgroup.
The Playgroup relocated to the School house from Rangiotu in late 2004. Lots of work was done to the house to make it a pleasant and safe place for the little children who attend. This included new childproof fencing, safety barriers etc. The house is painted in the same colours as the main school buildings.
The Playgroup meets every Monday and Wednesday. The roll continues to rise on a regular basis, so a healthy situation for potential enrollees for Bainesse School exists.
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