At Aokautere School, Freedom to Grow has several meanings.  It represents our ‘country school’ environment that allows our tamariki to explore and prosper.  It also represents the growth students gain while at Aokautere School so that they have the skills and knowledge to make intelligent and independent choices.

Aokautere School choose the word wātea  from a line in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948  which we feel captures the mana of what we are trying to achieve

Kia wātea ki te tupu

Freedom to Grow

As teachers, it is our responsibility to create innovative learning opportunities for our students to achieve the desired learning goals.