Papakura Normal School

Infobox NZ school
name = Papakura Normal School
badge = -
motto = Dream It, Believe It, Achieve It
type = Both Primary and Intermediate Syndicates. (Years 0-8)
established = 1953
address = 143 Porchester Road, Auckland, New Zealand
coordinates = coord|-37.0486|174.9356|display=inline
principal = Mrs. Judy Morgan
roll = 614
decile = 3
MOE = 1423
homepage = [http://www.papnormal.school.nz/ www.papnormal.school.nz]

Papakura Normal School is a large city school.Located in Papakura, a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, just south of the city's CBD (Downtown Auckland City). The school is located between the South Auckland suburbs of Takanini and Papakura, on the boundary of Papakura Military Camp. Both Primary and Intermediate, educating children from years 0 to 8 (5 year old to 12 year old students). P.N.S (Papakura Normal School) opened in 1953 as "Papakura North School", then in 1958 "North" changed to "Normal", The word 'Normal' represents the word 'normale' from the french language which means teaching school. At that time a "models" block was set-up and operated as an independent "school within a school". This MODELS area has the classes (Rooms 9, 10, and 11) and modelled a country school. This was to provide opportunities for trainee teachers to experience teaching in a small rural environment. The school still has the Models block today and it is a unique feature of the school, but things have definitely changed. Papakura Normal School went from a small country school, to what is now known as a large, popular "city school".

The school draws from a large range of socio-economic backgrounds, with 49% of the school's pupils being of Māori descent. [cite web|url=http://www.ero.govt.nz/ERO eppub.nsf/Institution/38D51CDFE355D483CC2573CD0011CB14/$File/1423.htm|title=Education Review Report: Papakura Normal School|publisher=Education Review Office|date=December 2007]

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