Learning Teams

We have four Learning Teams that make up Sumner School. These Teams are the named after of four significant landmarks in Sumner; Rapanui (Shag Rock), Tuawera (Cave Rock), Te Onepoto (Taylor’s Mistake) and Awaroa (Godley Head). We formally adopted these names in 2019 but these names were chosen during the writing of our Cultural narrative (found here) which was written in 2017 by a group of our Years 1-8 students alongside Corban Te Aika, Ngāi Tahu Mana Whenua. 

​Rapanui - Years 0-2 
Rapanui (Shag Rock)  was the entrance point to the fishing grounds and as such is the starting point for our ākonga (learners) as they enter our school. 

Click on the photo to find out more about life in Rapanui.

​Tuawera - Years 3 and 4
​As our ākonga navigate their way through the school they are next guided to the landmark of Tuawera (Cave Rock). 

Click on the photo to find out more about life in Tuawera. 


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​Te Onepoto - Years 5 and 6 
The next landmark our ​ākonga arrive at on their journey through Sumner School is at is Te Onepoto (Tailor's Mistake). 

Click on the photo to find out more about life in Te Onepoto. 

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Awaroa - Years 7 and 8 

​Our ​ākonga conclude their journey at Awaroa (Godley Head) the highest of the landmarks where they can look out on the wider world just as Māori have done for generations.

Click on the photo to find out more about life in Awaroa. 

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