Why Choose Us?

Kingsford Primary School

  • acknowledges and accepts that every child shall have the best possible learning opportunity
  • is sensitive to every child's ethnic and cultural background
  • enjoys and fosters a home and school partnership in learning
  • acknowledges the special significance of the Maori community
  • believes every child should be safe
  • provides special programmes and opportunities to meet all chn's need and ensures that these programmes are challenging and stimulating
  • joins with Papatoetoe Primary Schools in their sport, art, music, enhancement organisation and festivals

Our school

  • celebrates achievement and grows 'Tall Poppies'
  • assesses and analyses children's progress to ensure that future quality learning needs are met
  • has wonderful resources to support our children's needs
  • contributes to Kedgley Intermediate School
  • has a wonderful association with Aorere College

Kingsford provides and promotes

  • a Library Learning Centre with magnificent resources and the ability to reach the World Wide Net
  • a Computer Learning Centre
  • an RFS (Reach for the Stars) Learning Centre
  • Maths Enhancement
  • Reading Recovery and Rainbow Reading
  • a special needs programme
  • Learning Assistant support - ESOL
  • University of NSW testing, speech competition, spelling and maths
  • Maori enhancement
  • hall, whare, fale
  • cultural awareness  - language, music, dance and art festivals
  • sport - rugby union and league, netbal, soccer, cricket,playball, gymnastics,crosscountry, athletics
  • safety awareness - "Stop it, I don't like it!"  "Keep telling until it stops, somebody listens".  The Red Chairs.
  • a partnership between Home and School

Kingsford - a school where learning is challenging and stimulating

 

            Front entrance to the Administration Area and staffroom

            Administration, Hall, Senior Area and Fale

              Library, RFS(Reach for the Stars, New block, Fale

              Junior  Playground and Sandpit

             From Field, Toilet Block Senior Playround, RFS and Reading Recovery.

               Middle school playground

                    Junior School Distance, Middle School

                    Middle School Rm 12 and 13