1. What will the children relate to best?

2. What features around the school best represent us?

3. What did the children want?

4. Our Vision, Values and Inquiry must link in as well.

5. Where are we going to see this symbol around the school?

6. What special features the school has e.g. heritage trees, or features in our surrounding community How to link our symbols into what we already have established in our school e.g. Allenton School vision, values, dispositions and inquiry GROWTH model. To choose a symbol or character that the children will easily relate to. That we will need to launch this idea to the community. That what we choose as our symbol or character will be immersed into Allenton School everyday life. E.g. banners, certificates, posters in classrooms, newsletters etc That the children should have a say in the choice of our symbol, logo, or character. What are their ideas? For our school logo, symbol or character we need to consider:

7. Allenton School Together We Learn and Grow

8. Allenton School Inquiry Model Allenton School Vision Together We Learn and Grow

9. Allenton School Values Excellence Co-operation Respect Curiosity Honesty

10. Our Allenton School Symbol

12. Allenton School Symbol Ideas from Management Meeting Allenton heritage large tree with subtle koru design through it like other school examples Vision in Tree or down the bottom of the picture Seedling in pot with symbol on it. Seedling placed between the boy and girl in pot or seedling in ground beside the heritage tree. 1st poster example with vision only 2nd poster example with vision and values Two kids in uniform – 5year old girl and 10 year old boy (slightly bigger by a head) Named Allie and Alan No school hats Uniforms: Allie: Skin a light beige White ankle socks with bar sandals blue or black Tartan kilt with a yellow polo shirt (short sleeved) with Allenton AS symbol on it. Alan: Skin beige Maroon shorts Yellow polo shirt (short sleeved) with AS symbol on it. Shoes are sneakers colour white or brown with white ankle socks Clouds in the sky in the background Mountains in the background.