Welcome to Royal Oak Intermediate

Royal Oak Intermediate School is a great school on the edge of the Manukau estuary. Built on the site of the first zoo in Auckland, the School has a fascinating history and has faithfully served the South Central Auckland region of Onehunga, Royal Oak and Mangere Bridge for many years. This community brings a wealth of cultural diversity into lives of the 520 students who currently attend our School.

The 2010 Annual Report outlines a small number of the many successes we have had over the past 12 months.

Up Coming Events:

Beginning of Term One: 31 January 2012
Stationery Packs can be purchased from the School office from 23 January 2012

Terms Timetable:

Term One: Tuesday 31 January to Thursday 5 April 2012

Term Two: Monday 23 April to Friday 29 June 2012

Term Three: Monday 16 July to Friday 28 September 2012

Term Four: Monday 15 October to Friday 14 December 2012

Recent Events:

Final Assemblies were held at the end of the School term. Congratulations to all students that won awards!

Dux Girl Suzy Musgrave

Dux Girl Runner up Elizabeth Stuart

Dux Boy Rohan Titus

Dux Boy runner up Hideaki Murakami

Buchanan Girl Iunisi Ahoatu

Buchanan Boy Eugene Teulilo

Sportsman of the Year Melino Fineanganofo

Sportswoman of the Year Tiana Aleki & Malia Steinmetz

Richard White Awards Drukani Jenkins & Faith Edwards

Tone of Assemblies at the end of the year

It was great to see good numbers of families coming to our assemblies, to support their children. The atmosphere was positive and uplifting. There was a degree of formality in these assemblies which was appropriate to the occasion. The student body and the parents extended respect to the award winners and thus honoured their achievements. It was rewarding to be part of these assemblies.

Payment of School Fees and School Donation 2012

Can be made to our bank account, please include the Invoice Number and student name as the reference - eftpos is also now available.

12-3061-0174243-00

Important Information

Current Acting Princpal - John Davies will be at our School at this stage for Term 1.

New Teachers Joining Royal Oak Intermediate:

Our 2010 ERO Report is available to be viewed on the ERO Website.

Vision Statement

Our vision is for Royal Oak Intermediate to be a leading edge learning environment and school of choice for our Community. It is this vision that drives the strategic direction of our School.

Mission Statement

Our vision is evidenced by Royal Oak Intermediate providing: A safe secure learning environment. students will learn successful life transition skills as an emerging adolescent in a values driven culture. They will be provided with diverse, relevant, engaging, learning opportunities. We will actively engage the community, involving parents, students and other stakeholders in important learning decisions

our students will become confident, connected and actively involved in life long learning.

Values

The values underpinning the vision include:

Integrity – honest, responsible, accountable, ethical
Respect – caring for self, others, property
Excellence – perseverance, aim high, effort, risk taking
Innovation - inquiry, curiosity, thinking critically, creatively and reflectively

Academic Performance

Student's academic progress and achievement is of paramount importance to everyone at Royal Oak Intermediate School . An axiom we work with is:

“raising the bar closing the gap”

This axiom is about setting high standards for students and staff. Accordingly, we have set high targets around literacy and numeracy that require energy and effort on behalf of staff and students. Academic success at Royal Oak Intermediate school is not just about achievement. Rather success is about progress and adding value to our learning.

Students at Royal Oak Intermediate School have significant extra opportunities available to them. For example, they can choose to take the international competition and assessment for schools (icas) exams in Literacy, Mathematics, Science and Computers. Students can engage in Science on-line, the primary research project, Otago Maths Challenge, Mathex, Speech and Literature quizzes to name but a few.

We believe all students can learn, we expect all students to progress and achieve.