Red Hill School Innovation Day

Today the staff and students took part in an Innovation Day. We took part in -

• Science - we exploded rockets - some were really good and some fizzled out a little.
• Arts/Technology - we made parachutes.......... they were great......although a few ended up in the trees because of the windy conditions.
• Technic Lego/Dacta - we made machines.

Here are some snapshots of our technic lego experience.

  

Here are some of the machines that we made. Sharkita made a hot air balloon while Maiana made a butterfly.

SarahLee, Jemma and Ana made a transformer - their machine started as a duck and with a shift of a piece it turned into a helicopter. How clever was that!

  

We had an awesome time at all of the other stations too. We can't wait for the next innovation day.

Warehouse Stationery Visits Red Hill School

On Friday 19th June a team from Warehouse Stationery visited the students of Red Hill School. They brought a range of wonderful gifts to help the students in our school. Some students were given new toothbrushes, some got comb sets, some lucky children will receive a pair of school drill shorts and the Senior Students will have the opportunity to create special pieces of artwork on canvas.

Mrs Irvine, the Health Promoting Schools Team Members and the School Leaders visited the Manawaroa learning hub to share some of the wonderful items with the children. Look at their cheerful smiles.

We are very grateful for the gifts that they have provided for the students. 

Thank you Warehouse Stationery!

The School Leaders Farewell Mrs Brown

The School Leaders were given the special responsibility to farewell Mrs Brown our outgoing Board of Trustees Chairperson yesterday. We had a special morning tea and the group sang for her too.

Mrs Brown was a foundation student so our school has a very special place in her heart. She has a very special place in our hearts too.

We wanted to acknowledge and thank Mrs Brown for all the work she has done to help our school to be the best that it can be. We appreciate her time, dedication and aroha for the tamariki within our school.

Thank you Mrs Brown.

Arohanui

Your Red Hill Whanau.

Our Year 7 and 8 Whanau Open Day

Last Wednesday we had a whanau open time where adults could come into the Amua space and see how we work in our space. We use a range of digital devices alongside our books at the moment to share our learning.

It was awesome to have so many keen and willing adults work with us.

 We created a google drawer document with our parents. We showed them how to work in chrome and share their work back to the teachers.

We were very proud of the hard work that the adults put in alongside us. It was neat to be able to share our classroom experience with them. We will share some of the items that we made with them shortly.

Counties Rugby Competition.

Today we had a large group of students from our school attend the Counties Zone Rugby Competition as part of the North Counties Teams.

We started the day all excited and ready to go. We all played our first game and found it challenging but a lot of fun. We tackled, took part in scrums and ran like the wind. It was very challenging.

Some of us helped the Counties Manukau Representatives to set up and pack up at the end of the day and they gave us flags and bangers to say thank you. 

 We had an awesome day. The Under 55 Grade and Open Grade teams came 5th. The Under 45kg team WON! They were Super Stars! Go North Counties!

Our Third Gymnastics Experience

Today we spent the afternoon at Bruce Pulman Park in the Gymnasium. We have learnt how to complete a forward roll and a backwards roll. It was very tricky so some of us will need to practise during the week so that we are prepared for our last session next week.

Roman was a super star on the beams. He balanced all away across the four beams all on his own.
We were very proud of how hard he has tried.

Miss Castle helped Teretia until she had the confidence to be on the beam on his own.

We have LOVED our gymnastics sessions............Mrs Mundy is a Super Star!