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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 500 students who currently attend our School. | Up Coming Events: 2012 Term Timetable: Term One: Tuesday 31 January to Thursday 5 April Term Two: Monday 23 April to Friday 29 June Term Three: Monday 16 July to Friday 28 September Term Four: Monday 15 October to Friday 14 December Recent Events:Payment of School Donation and Class Consumables 2012
Can be made to our bank account, please include the student name as the reference - eftpos is also now available at the school office. 12-3061-0174243-00 |
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Important Information
Current Acting Princpal - John Davies will be at our School until the end of Term 2. Derek Linington will be joining us as our new Principal in Term 3. |
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Our 2010 ERO Report is available to be viewed on the ERO Website.The 2011 Annual Report is now available. Vision Statement Our vision is for Royal Oak Intermediate to be a quality learning environment and school of choice for our Community. It is this vision that drives the strategic direction of our School. | Mission StatementOur 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. | ValuesThe values underpinning the vision include: | - Respect – caring for self, others, property
- Excellence –, aim high, doing your best,
- Resilience- persistent, perseverance, take up challenges,
- Enterprise – thinking critically, creatively and reflectively (thinking outside the square)
| Academic PerformanceStudent's academic progress and achievement is of paramount importance to everyone at Royal Oak Intermediate School . We have set high targets around behaviour, reading, writing 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. |
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