Welcome

 

Greetings. Kia Ora Koutou Katoa

“Your open night just blew me away.  It was fantastic.  What really impressed me was the atmosphere, and the genuine warmth of the staff and the pupils toward each other.” – Parent enrolling child for 2012
“I love it here.  I wouldn’t change anything” – Year 8 pupil 2011
“Shirley Intermediate  has been great – I’m recommending it to all my friends” - Parent of child moving to secondary school
“I have to commend all your teachers – four days on camp and not once did I hear a teacher raise his or her voice.  I loved that there was a real mutual rupprespect between the teachers and pupils.” Parent after four days on Dunedin trip

Shirley Intermediate welcomes you!

Ph 385-2229       email Principal@sis.school.nz

 

If you are a current caregiver of a child at our school, or you are looking for a prospective school for your child, or you are simply browsing, thanks for taking the time to have a look around the website.
We look forward to working with our children and families this year. Please feel free to make contact – your feedback is appreciated.
SIS is a school “on the up”.  The Education Review Office (2008) praised our pupil safety systems, school culture and tone, student engagement in learning.   Our bilingual classrooms, literacy support programmes, and special needs systems have also received particular praise.
Coaching teachers to be great teachers and helping pupils to love learning are two main priorities.  Assessment, mastery of “basics” and extension of all children are also high on our agenda.  Our connection to ultrafast broadband, wireless classrooms, data projectors in every room, and over eighty computers ensure that our 300 pupils are well connected.
Education is more than literacy and numeracy – a growing arts programme, and special opportunities for personal growth and leadership are other special characteristics of Shirley Intermediate School.  Our manageable school roll (between 260 to 320 in recent years) ensures that children are more than “numbers”, providing opportunity for many to be leaders.
We are enjoying the excitement and adventure of the learning journey.
Geoff Siave
Principal

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