Our North Counties Year 7 and 8 Cross Country Experience.

The Year 7 and 8 students participated in the North Counties Year 7 and 8 Cross Country Competition held at Strathallan School on Friday.

We all tried our very best and all ran for the entire race. It was a very long way and we know that Miss Castle, Ms Kereopoa and Miss Parker were very proud of the efforts that we made.

Each race had between 50-60 runners in each race. One of our students Rowena came 19th and this was our best result - we were all cheering for her. Steven came 23rd and he was the strongest result for the boys.

We have learnt that it isn't about being the winner - although we really like to win.........it is about participating, perseverance and doing our very best. We know that we can all run for 20 minutes without stopping! 

The NED Show Visits Red Hill School

The NED Show  was a fantastic show that shared the importance of -
Never Giving Up
Encourage others
Do your best.


There was an awesome show that included specialist yoyo user. He did some amazing tricks with his yoyo. He taught us the importance of listening carefully to the adults that care for you and the lessons that they want you to learn.

He shared the importance of the teachers and caregivers who put boundaries and expectations to keep students safe.

Princess was the super star who was able to share the message that NED had. She was rewarded with a crown made of balloons and a special yoyo.

http://www.thenedshow.com

The Year 7's are Learning, Creating and Sharing.

The Year 7 students have been working on creating symbols for Learn, Create and Share. We are comparing the ones that were completed by the Year 8's to see whether we are thinking in the same way.

Come and look at the things that we ave been able to completed.

Manawaroa and the Reading Experience

In Amua Whare we have a buddy reading class. They come to read with us every Wednesday afternoon for 20 minutes. We love it when they come and share. It is a time for us to read to the little ones too.

We have noticed that the little ones are reading more confidently and we are learning how to speak aloud with an audience so it is helping us too.

Puutake Te Wahanga Maori - James Cook Kapa Haka Roopu.

Red Hill School were one of a very lucky cluster of schools that were visited this week by - Puutake Te Wahanga Maori - James Cook Kapa Haka Roopu.

Our students were left in awe of the students after the high quality of performance that was delivered.  Our own Kapa Haka Roopu have been inspired to strive to show the same wairua, discipline and quality of performance when we perform later in the term.

As a group of students we would also like to acknowledge James Cook High School for recognising and valuing the importance of Maori Language Week. The sharing of the Maori culture with others is vital to the survival of our culture and traditions.

Red Hill School - Winners of one of the Colgate Prizes

The students and staff of Red Hill School have been collecting Colgate packets, tubes, etc to recycle as part of the Colgate Recycling Programme.

We were surprised when the school was contacted to say that we were one of the lucky winners of one of the $500.00 recycling prizes.

We are SUPER PROUD of our efforts!

We are sure that we will find a suitable set of resources to spend the money on so that all of the children can benefit from all of the collecting.

Keep collecting everyone!!!

Kirstein's Learning Map.

Kirstein has just started at Red Hill School. Come and look at all of the things that she enjoys being a part of.

Matariki

I believe that Matariki is the time of year when you think about the past and what you would like your future to look like.

The Seven Sisters were manipulative however they were caught out by Mitai who found out that they were patupaire. (Fairy people)

The patupaire are very special people who bring good wairua most of the time.

Compiled by Sharkita.

Character Study - Matilda

One of the key areas of focus for literacy were character profiles. This was Mykka's first slideshow experience. Her focus novel was Matilda.

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!