- Tamariki School
Infobox NZ school
name =Tamariki School
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type = State, Co-educational, Primary
established =1966
address =86 St Johns Street,
Christchurch,
New Zealand
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principal = Di Scullin
roll =49
decile = 4 [ [http://www.minedu.govt.nz/web/downloadable/dl7698_v1/decile-changes-2007-2008-web-state-s-integ.xls Decile change 2007 to 2008 for state & state integrated schools] ]
MOE =4143
homepage = [http://www.tamariki.school.nz/ www.tamariki.school.nz]Tamariki is the oldest ‘free school’ in
New Zealand and one of the oldest in the world. It was founded in1966 by a group of parents and teachers interested in preventativemental health . It is located in theChristchurch suburb of Linwood.Its name is the
Māori word for young children.pecial 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.
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External links
* [http://www.tamariki.school.nz/ Official website]
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