Marina View School

"Nostalgic to think back to all the great memories made at this school. Especially the intermediates years and extra-curricular provided."

"full of bullys, would rather go to whenuapai. dont send your kids here unless u want to punish them."

"BEST SCHOOL EVER! Sadly, I graduated :) This school is average for academics, the subjects aren't too hard. The sports were fun especially the games we played in the gym."

"We moved to area specifically to get into marina view school and it was the biggest mistake of my life. The school don’t care about their students at all. So many bullies there aswell. I strongly recommend sending your children elsewhere. I took my child out of this school and never looked back."

"I could not even think of a reason to give a second star. Communication from the school is terrible. The quality teachers get roped into extracurricular activities, which causes reduced quality in the class room, children learn nothing in the last 3 weeks of the year so much focus on final assemblies/prize giving MVTV. PrizeGiving same kids get the EOY prizes each year (top students and awesome kids miss out), winners seem to be children of board members hmm, but I hear this happens at a lot of schools. Bullying/stealing results in parents NOT being told to sort their child out. There are no good strategies in place for bullying/stealing. Playground is not monitored at lunch/play time, boys are allowed to play high tackle and punching games, children not taught to play structured games with proper rules like soccer/touch/cricket, very little gear for kids to play with. kids that haven't learned great hand eye skills get left out of events, year on year, teams are picked best players first. and those teachers picking the teams are more focused on sports than the 3 R's. The not so good teachers (of which there are numerous) teach bad language/writing habits, and when it comes to math they send the kids to the computers to play math games, when they cannot be bothered teaching. Ask around before you go here you will easily hear about the teachers that under perform. OK so I think i could have given an extra star for theater, but in hindsight the focus here is too great, detracting from the real reason they are at school, 3 Rs. Do the sums of 3 R's versus other activities at this school it is 40:60. A lot of students depart before year 7, which is a clear signal, year 7 and 8 are not being prepared for secondary school at MVS. My recommendations to the School: Reduce the focus of the extracurricular activities during the school day, your job is the 3 R's. Communicate to the parents better. Start to enforce a small amount of homework each night, create consequences, to drive accountability, on student and teacher. Pay the good teachers more and don't give pay rises to the bad ones. Be accountable to the daily curriculum, don't hide behind "ask your child what they are doing"."