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Tamariki School

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Established
  
1966

Principal
  
Di Scullin

Socio-economic decile
  
4

Motto
  
know thyself

Ministry of education institution number
  
4143

Ministry of Education Institution no.
  
4143

School roll
  
51

Phone
  
+64 3-384 9014

Founded
  
1966

Tamariki School

Type
  
State, Co-educational, Primary

Address
  
86 St Johns St, Bromley, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand

Similar
  
Glenelg Childrens Health C, Departme Of Child Youth & F, Child - Youth and Family, Catholic Social Services, Te Waka Unua School

Tamariki school


Tamariki is the oldest ‘free school’ in New Zealand and one of the oldest in the world. It was founded in 1966 by a group of parents and teachers interested in preventative mental health. It is located in the Christchurch suburb of Linwood.

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Its name is the Māori word for young children.

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Special Character

Mistakes are regarded as important learning information and grading is never done. No adult has the right to demand to see the child’s work and such access is always under the child’s control. The children also have a very large measure of control over the environment; the adults in the school defer their need for a tidy environment to the child’s need to experience cause and effect; to experience why order is desirable.

The school is loosely modelled on Summerhill School.

Originally a private school, owned and operated by the parents, Tamariki integrated into the state system as a Special Character school in 1990.

References

Tamariki School Wikipedia