The Red Hill Year 7 and 8's Go Flying...

A group of Year 7 and 8 students were lucky enough to take part in a special event with the Bluelight Franklin Group. (Police working together in our Community) We flew from the Ardmore hangers to Raglan, had lunch in Raglan and then flew back to Auckland via the Coromandel Peninsula. We had a fabulous time. It was a bit scary at first but once we were moving we became more confident. It was absolutely awesome........Thank you Constable Kylie for taking us. We are truly grateful!

Amua Camp 2017.

Our Year 7 and 8 students have returned from a very successful camp experience. A special thank you to Ms Kereopa for all of her hard work to shape, organise and lead this year's camp. It was a very special event this year and one that I am sure that the students will remember for a long time. She and her team including Granny Hetaraka, Miss Parker and Matua Hemi ran a tight ship at camp. The school is also very grateful for the generosity of the Highwire Trust and their support of the camp and also the Whitehouse Tavern Trust who also provided financial assistance to ensure that this experience was able to go ahead.

Our School Values.

This year we have five core school values that we are focussing on and building -:

Respect Honesty Co-operation Tolerance Responsibility

Each of these are equally as important and underpin our school principles for the year. Students will be discussing these in classrooms and sharing at home as part of their weekly homework. We encourage whanau to share their ideas about our values with their children and the school would welcome feedback.

At Red Hill School - We are our own Taonga. (Treasure).

We are working with students to reshape how we think about ourselves and our learning. One of the key statements we are working on is -

At Red Hill School - We are our own Taonga. (Treasure).

We are working with students in four key areas - 
Taha tinana (Physical health) 
- physical growth and development.

Taha wairua (Spiritual health) 
- faith and wider communication. Unseen and unspoken energies.

Taha whānau (Family health) 
- to belong, to care and to share 

Taha hinengaro (Mental health) 
- to communicate, to think and to feel


We encourage whanau to share their ideas about how the school can continue to encourage our children to value themselves for the treasure that they are and the positive impact they can have on and with others.

2016 - PRIZEGIVING

The 2016 Prizegiving was held on Friday 9th December from 11am. There were several items and many happy students who were awarded for their hard work.

We are very proud of all the award winners!

Year 8's Prepare for Graduation

The Year 8 students are preparing for their last week at Red Hill School. Everyone is part of an item that is going to be shared on Monday night so every moment to practise is important.

We have all learnt to waltz so that we can dance with our mum's and dad's as well as dance to our "Happy" song.

We are all excited about 2017 when we will be off to High School. We can't wait!

Our Rainbows End Experience.

The Year 5-8 students were lucky enough to be able to attend the Rainbows End Reward Trip a fortnight ago. Although it rained for most of the day we made the most of the rides that we were able to take part in.

By noon the weather had fined up and a whole lot of schools had already left. This gave us the run of the park so we had several rides on all of the attractions. It was awesome!

North Counties Athletics Day.

The Year 7 and 8 students took part in the North Counties Athletics Day earlier in the week. We all did a fantastic job and some of us have made it through to the next event. We are looking forward to the Interzone Competition.

 

The SPCA Mufti Day - Our Presentations.

The School Leaders are preparing for the Friday 4th November Mufti Day - SPCA focus. As a school we select 4 key causes to support at animal welfare is one of them.

We are dressing up as our favourite animal in support of the SPCA.

Rehu Tai 2016

This year we had 3 students represent Red Hill School at the Rehu Tai Festival of Oral Language. The students took part with pride and enthusiasm and we are all very proud of their efforts. They shared their thinking about "My Place" in rap, poem and speech.

Although everyone who performed were excellent, Sonny from our school was the winner of the rap competition. We are very proud of him too.

Below are the links to each students piece of work. 

Marena https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1xK5olTnPpECbhoK2vqk3h0BKHvSofCiMTYA5Vxbfe-I/edit

Lyric - 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PWCFPXh5pPrJOoqqyp1thNK79EjfJewrKZfczMTWYt8/edit

Sonny - 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mOGlCHej2sFAy8-k9GyJDz_9TdkgFNLJKpmKzuwF6CE/edit 

Red Hill Boys Go for Broze at the Rosehill Intermediate Chess Competition.

Today our fabulous chess team went to Rosehill Intermediate School for a Chess Competition. The boys all played very well with all players winning some of their games. There was one player who won all of his games and was placed 3rd overall. We are proud of all of the work that they have put in to be able to compete at competition level. Well done to all of the boys who took part.

Remember: perseverance is important!

The North Counties Mini Basketball Competition.

The Year 8 Boys and Girls Basketball Teams took part in the Interschool Basketball Competition. The students took part with enthusiasm and pride. They were a pleasure to have out of the school.

Equity - Sharing with our Community.

One of the key learning areas we have been working on is developing a sense of community. The Highwire Year 7 Leadership Group has been looking at Equality. They spent the day with a group of adults who were able to share their life experiences with them and they took part in some activities together.

The Cross Fit Session

The Highwire Group took part in a crossfit session with a focus on determination. They all persevered and worked through each of the activities. We tried our best and that was the most important lesson.

The Highwire Leadership Year 7 Group - Session Four.

The Highwire Leadership Team took part in a tramp and bush survival programme this week. The focus was on Success and we were all very successful in the achievements for this session. We are all looking forward to next week.

Our Highwire Leadership Experience - Session Three

There are currently seven Year 7 students who are continuing to work with the Highwire team to develop further their leadership qualities.

This week the focus was on Encouragement. The group took part in a series of High Ropes Experiences to assist in understanding the concept of encouragement.

They did fabulously!

The Year 7 Highwire Leadership Group Experiences.

There are ten students who are actively involved in a Leadership Programme with Highwire. They have been looking at resilience and the qualities that they need to show. All students are keeping a reflective journal and will share it on their individual blogs. We are very proud of positive attitude and perseverance of the group.

 

Keeping Ourselves Safe - Our New Learning.

In Week One of Term Three we started our Keeping Ourselves Safe Inquiry. We have been challenged to consider the choices that we make and the choices that are made for us. There are times when it is safe for us to make our own choices and times when adults are the best to make the decision.

As we work through the Inquiry we will be adding to our google slide presentation. We are going to share our individual ones on our own blogs.

Canterbury Tactix Visit Red Hill School.

The Year 5-8 students were given a very special treat this morning and had a visit from three Canterbury Tactix Netball players. Bailey Mes, Jess Moulds and Anna Thompson spent the morning with us sharing some of the things that helped them to become the fabulous netballers that they are today. We were even luckier to have a training session with the three ladies. It was brilliant!

They are always welcome to visit......

Our Kapa Haka and Pasifika Wananga - Friday to Saturday.

The Year 5-8 Kapa Haka and Pasifika Roopu spent Friday evening and Saturday morning at school. We had an overnight stay at school together to practise, share and polish our performances. 

It was an evening full of fun, laughter and hard work.

The teachers even cooked a yummy dinner and dessert!

We were all very tired after working so hard so went to sleep quite quickly.

It was awesome!