Kia ora koutou and welcome to Kākāpō. My name is Rose Illsley and I am the year 5 - 8 teacher for 2026. Our class is centred around nurturing individuality, where every student has the opportunity to extend their learning at their own pace. 

In our class, our daily schedule comprises of both formal and informal instruction, inclusive of learning rotations, online and offline activities and structured literacy/numeracy sessions with the teacher. All of which are tailored to individual student needs.  

We thrive when working to our strengths, so we acknowledge individual strengths by utlising our ‘experts’ in our class. We accept that we are living in a digital rich society, therefore, the students in Kākāpō are developing knowledge and understanding on research, cyber safety and building our digital competence by utilising ICT resources to up skill and shift our aptitude from novice to expert.