The Bethlehem Kids

The Bethlehem Kids represent the many faces of our school. The fact that there are three children ties in with the significance that three has for our school. The school’s physical location at the top of the Bethlehem triangle, the school’s historical ties to three marae – Wairoa, Hangarau and Huria, the important links between the student, the teacher and parents.

Each child holds a kete, or basket, which ties in with the importance in Maoridom of ‘the three baskets of knowledge’, although in our case we have:

• a basket of knowledge which we call What I Know
• a basket of skills which we call What I Can Do
• a basket of values and attitudes which we call What I Feel

Each kete contains things that we want our children to acquire during their time at Bethlehem School.