Grant's Braes School
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Grant’s Braes School is a state co-educational Dunedin Primary School catering for students from years 1 to 6. It is located in the Waverley suburb of Dunedin and has a decile 10 rating. Grant's Braes School was opened on its present site in 1950 and over the years has undergone considerable upgrades and modernisation to ensure its place as one of the leading primary schools in Dunedin.
Grant's Braes students excel and excede the expected standards in curriculum and extra curriculum activities with many students going on to be leaders in many parts of their community.
Please take the time to read the full on our school which highlights our vision of 'developing inquiring, resilient life long learners....." and our mission of "assisting all children to meet their potential...."
Chris McKinlay
Principal
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Below are the underpining statements that form the basis of all descisions we make. Please take the time to read each one and thankyou for visiting our site. |
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 Vision
To develop children who are inquiring, resilient life long learners with the skills and desire to contribute and succeed.
Mission
To assist all children in reaching their potential, encouraging them to take a growing responsibility for their own quality learning and behaviour, and to create a caring but challenging environment, which operates in partnership with the home.
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Driving value
The needs of the children and their learning are paramount and therefore we will focus on ensuring Grant’s Braes School is ‘A place where every child matters'.
Supporting values
Honesty, Consideration & Respect, Responsibility & Reliability, Aiming High
Community relationships
We will fully involve our community and be responsive to it's needs |
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Staff are important
We will lead, encourage and support each other to develop pride and self-esteem, and to achieve to our highest potential.
Continuous Improvement
We must all constantly strive to improve our practice for the benefit of our students.
Values actively taught as part of the classroom programmes include honesty, reliability and responsibility, consideration and respect and aiming high |
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