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!

Whanau Athletics House Day.

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 Term Four Mathathon.

Beyond the Beyond.

Amua Hub have been working through our new Inquiry in preparation for our visit to the Planetarium later in the term. We are investigating what is Beyond the Beyond. We are starting on the journey well.

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.

The Year 7 and 8 Students at the North Counties Touch Competition.

A group of 20 Year 7 and 8 students attended the North Counties Schools Touch Competition on Thursday afternoon. They played with a positive attitude and fair play spirit. The competition was very tough and the students held on in all games to have one win, two draws and a loss.

Although we didn't win the overall competition we had a fabulous time and we worked well in our teams.

Learning Languages

We have been working on how to connect images to our Te Reo Second Language. Here is one of our digital book pages completed by Steven.

Te Reo Tasks

Roman's Fishing Experience.

Tuesday 11TH October 2016

Roman’s Fishing Trip 2016.

Roman got a new kawhai fat fish.

It was running away from my fishing rod and then the fish I had on my reel pulled me. I reeled the fishing rod and I caught It.

The fish I caught was bigger than me. The fish was so heavy that it almost pulled the rod into the water.

I went to Devonport with my brother Joel and my dad Brian.

My brother Joel caught 2 juicey kawhai fish I was so happy for my brother Joel. Afterwards we cleaned the fish then we went to home.  

Loud Shirt Day 2016

 The Students of Red Hill School took part in Loud Shirt Day to help raise money for the hearing impaired. We had a Mexican theme and the students in the entire school took part with a positive results.

Here are some photos to show much fun we had.

My Place.

The students in Amua hub have been writing about "My Place."

Here is an example of what we have been writing -

Everyday.

Everyday I go to school to achieve my goals and to be as successful as I can possibly be.

When I think about the best place in the world I would say it is up north where we call home.

We have a beautiful beach, amazing mountains and very exciting sites to see.  Ask me where it is and I will tell you it is Te Kao.

Te Kao is a very small town about 50km from Cape Reinga at the very top of the North Island. Some say it is a sleepy and lonely town but it is where I call home.

My Grandpa is from Te Kao and we go up there to remember my Grandma.

At Christmas time our entire extended family come together in Te Kao to celebrate the Summer holiday’s together. We go to Te Awapoka Bay to have a big shared kai and we all just love food. When I think about Te Kao I think about food, glorious food. I love that.

After lunch we sit together and Grandpa tells us tales of the good old days in Te Kao - every year he tells us the same stories and every year we listen as if it was the first time we have heard it. He is a really good story teller.

He tells us about how he grew up and how hard it was for his family. They didn’t have a lot of money and had to work for everything that they were given. He tells us how lucky we are to have everything that we now have and to value it all and appreciate it too.

He tells us about this beautiful place that we call home. A place to come to when you are feeling sad. A place to come to when you want to celebrate. A place to come to to feel safe and protected. A place where our ancestors lie.

That's why there is no place like home.

Lyric.

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