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!

Lolly Disguises - Which one will you get?

Today we worked with Miss Paton to help us to learn and practise how to use google sheets to share statistical information.

We had one bag of lolly disguises and plotted what we found in our bag.

Mykka showed her work this way:-

The Most:Toff Moustache 
The Same:The Classic Mo, Double Buckaroo, Juicy Lip, Kiss Me Quick Lip,Country Buck,Vampy Teeth.
The Least:The Bushy Mo,Hollywood Smile

Lolly Disguises - Which one will you get?

Today we worked with Miss Paton to help us to learn and practise how to use google sheets to share statistical information.

We had one bag of lolly disguises and plotted what we found in our bag.

Mykka showed her work this way:-

The Most:Toff Moustache 
The Same:The Classic Mo, Double Buckaroo, Juicy Lip, Kiss Me Quick Lip,Country Buck,Vampy Teeth.
The Least:The Bushy Mo,Hollywood Smile

Lolly Disguises

Today a small group of students worked with Miss Paton to gather a set of statistical information in order to "practise" plotting and graphing information as we find it.

We had a bag of "Lolly Disguises". Students in their groups plotted what they had found in their bag. Matthew has shown his work using a pie and bar graph.

Matthew's findings -:

The tolf moustache has 5 of its type.

The Bushy mo has only 1 of its type like the hollywood

smile

The classic mo has 3 of its kind.

The Vampy teeth and country buck and kiss me quick lips

are the same .

The double buck is the same as the juicy lips.

How do I Learn?

Welcome, Welcome, School has begun,

Time for work, Time for fun.

As each day I learn with care,

I use our new motto: Learn, Create ,Share.

Everyday is a new adventure,

You don’t know what you’ll find.

Use your imagination,

Use your mind!

Nakisha Zachan.

    

Term Two Gymnastics Lessons 2015

The Year 7 and 8 students had an awesome time at their first gymnastics session. We were a little rusty but once we got into it we were fantastic.

We worked in small groups, threes and sometimes we were able to be active on our own. We are all looking forward to another lesson next Thursday.
Maiana was so excited to be flying through the air.
Laki, Benjamin and Lelei worked as a three to make their first tier. They were very giggly sometimes..............

We will get better and better!

Manawaroa and Amua Read and Feed Together.

Manawaroa Whare and Amua Whare come together once a week to read with eachother. It is a special time where we share our learning and interact positively.

One of the little students asked "What is your reading level?". (Little one) "I'm reading at 12-13 years". (Senior) "Wow you're a grown up reader!"

Leslie and his High Ten Journey.

Listening to the ideas of others

Excel when we write

Assessment to help us with our next learning step
Rewarding when we achieve
New learning shared with others

Co-operation is the key
Reading helps us too
Earning new ideas to share
Achieving is the thing to do
Teaching new things to others
Explaining as we go.

Sharing new learning with others links to HTL
High Ten Learners know what they know
And that mistakes are okay too
Remind yourself everyday
Each of us can do!

Laki Likes to Learn.

L- listening to others.

E-excellence to write.

A-assessment.

R-rewarding.

N-new learning.                                            

C-create new learning from old learning.

R-reading.

E-enjoyment.

A-achieving.

T-teaching new things.
E-explaining.

S-sharing new ideas.

H-helping others.

A-asking questions.

R-researching.         

E-each other.

What does Learn, Create, Share mean to me?

Learn, Create, Share

The more I search, the more I find,

The more I find, the more I read,

The more I read, the more I think,

The more I think, the more I learn,

The more I learn, the more I do,

The more I do, the more I create,

The more I create, the more I share,

The more I share, the more I connect,

The more I connect, the more I learn,

The more I learn, the more I know and the more intelligent that I grow!

Breanna Halamamao

Headdress of Papua New Guinea

Amua Whare Cultural Study:

Amua Whare adopted a country of study. The country we chose was Papua New Guinea. We investigated the traditional headdress and the celebrations and festivals that are held in Papua New Guinea.
These are our own headdress we designed and created.