Attitude to Learning Reports
Published 20 February 2026
Attitude to Learning reports are emailed to parents every two weeks starting from week 6 in Term 1. For our new families, these reports are designed to give parents and caregivers a clear regular picture of how their child is engaging with their learning in each of their subject classes. A key thing to remember when reading your student’s Attitude to Learning report is that it is an snapshot engagement and effort, and not academic achievement.
The scores on the Attitude to Learning report range from 1 (concerning) to 3 (consistently engaged), please see below for reporting guidelines:
| 3 = Consistently demonstrates school values as a learner | Students consistently arrive to class on time, ready to positively influence the teaching and learning in class. They are proactive contributors and active-listeners when collaborating. They approach their learning in a mature, inclusive and focused manner, persevering to authentically complete tasks to the best of their ability. They proactively seek and apply feedback to grow. They take pride in the physical environment, helping to ensure workspaces and equipment are kept clean, safe, and ready for use by others. |
| 2 = Often demonstrates school values as a learner | Students generally arrive on time ready to engage politely with the teacher and their working groups. They can complete tasks independently but demonstrate some reliance on teacher motivation to extend themselves. They are responsive to prompts and instructions; at times they require teacher direction to re-focus. They are receptive to the support they are given but the work completed is sometimes not to their level of capability. They cooperate when asked to pack away gear or maintain the cleanliness and safety of shared learning spaces. |
| 1 = Concerning demonstration of school values as a learner | Students are not demonstrating the expected level of engagement or responsibility for their learning during class. A lack of self‑discipline is affecting the teaching and learning environment. This may include ongoing work avoidance, repeated lateness, repeated failure to bring the correct learning materials, dismissiveness towards teacher support, pulling others down with words or actions, or a reliance on the teacher for motivation at the expense of other learners. A single concerning action may also warrant a score of 1. Any evidence of truancy (unjustified absence from class), rudeness towards anyone, failure to complete assessments without valid reason, assessment breaches (including inappropriate use of AI to complete tasks or assignments), defiance in class, and exclusion of others. Teachers will have indicated their concerns to the student, and their parents and caregivers prior to providing this score in an Attitude to Learning report. |
To read the HVHS 2026 Reporting Information for families, please click here.
Our Connected Curriculum
Hutt Valley High School’s learning environment focuses on a New Zealand Curriculum-centred vision for our students. Each of the Essential Learning Areas of the New Zealand curriculum addresses a core component of learning to be a young adult in a modern New Zealand, where students learn to interact with issues affecting their world, becoming culturally aware, and where each learns the skills needed to contribute purposefully to their society.
Each key competency in the New Zealand Curriculum contributes to those skills. The curriculum content from the Essential Learning Areas provides the specialist subject underpinning for robust intellectual development and the possession of knowledge.
Our curriculum is structured under eight Learning Areas – English, Languages, Mathematics, Health and Physical Education, Science, Social Sciences, Technology, and The Arts.
Specific subjects sit under one Learning Area umbrella but often draw on learning outcomes and assessment from more than one Learning Area.
Our curriculum offerings include courses we have developed as a part of our learning philosophy. This philosophy centres on student choice and on shaping the school to fit the student, not squashing the student into a school-shaped box. Our students are at the heart of our systems. All students will have the opportunity to select courses based on individual abilities, interests and talents and career or work goals.
For more information on learning at Hutt Valley High School please see the reports and plans listed below:
- HVHS 2026 Connected Curriculum Guide
- HVHS 2026 Reporting Information for Families
- Download HVHS NCEA Booklet for Families
- HVHS Student Behaviour Management Plan
- HVHS 2026 Attendance Management Plan
Reporting at Hutt Valley High School
At Hutt Valley High School, we believe students’ interests are best served when we work together, in a partnership with our parents, caregivers and whānau.
Communication of progress and learning information is one of the keys to happy and successful schooling. Equally important are the opportunities we offer to you to tell us about your student’s aspirations, interests, strengths, values and motivations.
Learn more about Hutt Valley High School’s systems and practices to connect with and inform parents and caregivers about their student’s progress here
Timetable
Our timetable provides equity across the Learning Areas. In Years 9-10, students are taught English, Maths, Physical Education and Health, Science and Social Sciences with their Mentor Classes. The Arts, Languages (including Te Reo Māori) and Technology are taught in elective groups. This allows for subject choices within these Learning Areas.
Students begin to specialise more from Year 11. Students take 5-6 subjects in their senior years (Years 11-13).
Literacy and Numeracy programmes are available to support all students to become critically literate and numerate and to be able to realise their full learning potential.
Our timetable provides dedicated time for explicit work on the key competencies of the New Zealand Curriculum, further than what is embedded within Learning Area work. All students will have two spells of mentor time per week.
Our timetable provides regular and consistent start and finishing times for families. All students will start school at 9:00am and finish at 3.15pm except for Wednesdays when all students will start at 9.30am after staff professional learning. For more information, please see the weekly timetable below.
