About Us
Bellevue Primary School is a state school providing quality education for 5-11 year old students for their Year 1 to Year 6 schooling.
Our school is:
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a friendly, caring and inclusive learning environment
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is appreciative of, and celebrates, our wide range of cultures and ethnicity
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located in the northern suburb of Newlands in Wellington
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a 'Decile 8' primary school that contributes to a local intermediate for Year 7 and Year 8
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made up of collaborative teaching teams that cater to the needs of New Entrants through to Year 6
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supportive of students moving from Early Childcare and Kindergarten to our New Entrants, and from our Year 6 classes to their next stage of learning at intermediate
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focused on encouraging life long learning in all our students and the adults who work with them
Our classes are organised into five teaching teams:
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Hub 1- New Entrant to Year 1 students
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Hub 2 - Year 2 students
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Hub 3 - Year 3 students
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Hub 4 - Year 4 students
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Hub 5 - Year 5 and Year 6 students (composite classes)
Supported by the administration and management team
Our teams work closely together to plan and implement programmes to meet the learning needs of students. Teachers focus on differentiating and personalising programmes to meet student needs and stages of development. They plan and teach multi-level programmes which include the core curriculum areas of literacy and numeracy along with a balance of other learning areas.
Our school has fifteen classrooms, a school hall, a library and extensive outside playgrounds. It is well resourced for both students and teachers, fully networked and each classroom has access to a variety of learning tools including digital devices such as computers, chromebooks and iPads to enhance learning.
The hall is used daily as a base by Kapai Kidz for out of school care programmes. This is run as a private business within the school environment. The Kapai Kidz programme operates before and after school during term time. They also run holiday programmes during the school breaks.
Our students enrol from the wider area of Newlands. Bellevue and Newlands Kindergartens both feed into the school as do the local Playcentre and a wide range of other Early Education Centres. Regular pre-school visits are an important part of the transition to school. The majority of pre-schoolers visit at least three times before they officially start school.
Enrol online or pick up and enrolment pack from the office.
Phone 04 478 7037 or email
Learner Profile
We aim for our learners to be:-
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Confident in self, have a positive mind-set and can do attitude
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Articulate, an effective communicator
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Inquisitive, inquiring, asking questions
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Resourceful, a problem finder and a problem solver
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Flexible, able to cope with change
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Resilient, to persevere, to work through challenges, to solve problems
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Respectful of self and others
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Inclusive, care for others, know how to interact with people
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Enthusiastic, value and enjoy learning
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Future focused, motivated, with skills and attitudes to get on in life
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Reflective, deep thinkers, aware of own strengths,
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Risk takers, open to learning, taking on challenges, making mistakes
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Aware of ako, able to learn from and teach others
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Self-starters, actively involved, making the most of learning opportunities
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Responsible, self-directing, self-managing their learning and behaviour to achieve
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Academically grounded, with skills in Mathematics and Literacy
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Appreciative of diversity, respectful and knowledgeable about their own, Māori and other cultures
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Curious and involved, making positive impact in and beyond the school learning community
Our Learning Dispositions
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Curiosity/Discovering
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Collaboration/Team work
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Resilience/Perseverance
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Risk-taking
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Self-managing
Our Foundations
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Inquiry and making connections
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Creating – using knowledge in new ways
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Personalised learning
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Student ownership of learning
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Learning how to learn
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Thinking about thinking
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Examples and modelling
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Assessment for learning
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Inclusion
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Play-based learning
Our Learning
We aim to develop programmes that connect learning areas, values, key competences, learning dispositions and are relevant to our student’s interests, lives and futures.
Learning is based on student needs and interests. It is shaped by our inquiry model:
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Ignite - Provoke, Inspire, Wonder
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Engage - Explore, Research, Analyse, Interpret
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Empower - Reflect, Take Action, Evaluate
Some of the ‘Big Ideas’, concepts or provocations that we base our teaching and learning on are connected to:-
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My world and beyond (Tōku Anō Ao)
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Changes (Huringa)
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Guardianship (Kaitiakitanga)
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Enterprise and how things work (Pāuaua)
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Sustainability (Whakauka)
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Creativity (Auahatanga)
