The Head Office Taranaki

How wonderful that the Toi Foundation has shared our story throughout their community! 🙌🌟

Thank you so much Toi, for our partnership, for your support of the programmes that we continue to provide and for the belief in the work that we do and the impact that our programming continues to make.

The Head Office continues to create a ripple of impact for our tamariki, their whānau and the schools here in Taranaki ✨

"𝘏𝘦 𝘢𝘩𝘢 𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘢 𝘯𝘶𝘪 𝘰 𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘰? 𝘏𝘦 𝘵𝘢̄𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘢, 𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢̄𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘢, 𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢̄𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘢."🌏🥰

THE HEAD OFFICE: SUPPORTING TARANAKI'S NEURODIVERSE LEARNERS

The Head Office Taranaki supports neurodiverse children in Taranaki through two programmes: Head Office for gifted, advanced thinkers and Project D, a strengths-based programme for learners with dyslexia.

“We know through our mahi here at The Head Office, that 'gifted' fails to really reflect what it means to be a gifted learner,” said Kim Gillanders, CEO.

“Our community celebrates exceptional minds. They are big thinkers, curious learners, problem solvers, creative with strong interests. They are also sensitive, complex learners and have a learning style that can look different.

“These differences are needed in our world. Just as the biodiversity of the forest is nurtured and championed as a need in our world, so we nurture and champion the neurodiversity of the incredible learners with whom we get the pleasure to work.”

Kim says the weekly strengths-based programmes focus strongly on the emotional, social and learning needs of neurodiverse students, providing a space where they feel they have found like-minded peers.

“We recognise the importance of being surrounded by other learners who think the same way and have shared deep interests. Each of our classes can represent up to nine schools from around our region, meaning that our learners can make connections with people they would not usually have the opportunity to work alongside.”

Toi Foundation's continued support helps run seven classes a week for 125 students, with more on the waiting list.

Feedback from families and students shows that spending a day each week at The Head Office or Project D strengthens students’ attendance back at their mainstream schools, as their confidence and understanding of themselves as learners grows.

Kim says their work ripples far beyond the students attending The Head Office programmes.

“Through the funding from Toi, we are able to have a reaching impact throughout Taranaki through parent information evenings, support in schools, hosting many visits to our classrooms and professional development opportunities with educators throughout the Taranaki region.

“We couldn’t be more grateful to Toi Foundation for the support they’ve shown us and their belief in the work that we do.”

We hope you all enjoyed a relaxing and refreshing school holiday ✨
We look forward to welcoming everyone back next week and are excited for another great term together! 😊

For the upcoming school holidays there will be small group Scratch lessons run by Dylan Bates.

The course runs from 10am -12pm each day and will suit 8-12 year olds.
Students will learn how to create old school arcade games, such as Pong, Snake, and Space Invaders using visual block based code 💻👾

Bring your own device (Chromebooks or laptops are suitable, not tablets) or we have a limited number for loan.

Don't miss out! Register here and we will be in touch with payment details.
🔗https://forms.gle/mcPjDF5JvXFbeG9LA

𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙂𝙞𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝘼𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙒𝙚𝙚𝙠 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙉𝙕 🙌🧠

We know through our mahi here at The Head Office, that the word 'gifted' fails to really reflect what it means to be a gifted learner. Our community celebrates exceptional minds. ✨

They are big thinkers, curious learners, problem solvers, creative with strong interests. They are also sensitive, complex learners and have a learning style that can look different.

These differences are needed in our world... just as the biodiversity of the forest is nurtured and championed as a need in our world... so we nurture and champion the neurodiversity of the incredible learners with whom we get the pleasure to work with 🥰

𝙃𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝙂𝙞𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝘼𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠!! 🎉

The team at The Head Office are very grateful for Get Charlie's incredible support of the work that we do through the purchase of a commercial vacuum cleaner ✨🙌

Get Charlie believes every organisation that is making a meaningful difference deserves the right tools and support to continue their impact. This donation is a very thoughtful and much needed contribution towards helping maintain a clean, safe, and welcoming space for the students, families, and staff.

Service King Group, which Get Charlie is part of, has always been community-centric, and they believe that strong communities are built when organisations and businesses work together to support one another 🤝🥰

To have a business support us in such a practical and deeply needed way gives us a real sense of community here in Aotearoa 💞

Thank you so much...from our team to yours! 🙏

🔔𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗔𝗚𝗠 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆.

We look forward to seeing those that are able to make it 😊

𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗔𝗚𝗠 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲!

Join us on Sunday, 14 June at 1pm for a pleasant mix of formality, casual catch up and nibbles. We would love to see you there!

𝗔𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗶𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸, 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗚𝗶𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗱 '𝟭𝟬𝟭' 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 ✨🙌🧠

If you're interested, please be sure to RSVP for a spot by Tuesday 16 June using the following link https://forms.gle/TfBrLyqtw4mRDHKT9

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𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗔𝗚𝗠 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲!

Join us on Sunday, 14 June at 1pm for a pleasant mix of formality, casual catch up and nibbles. We would love to see you there!