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 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 530 students who currently attend our school.

Our focus as a school is meeting the individual academic, social, cultural and sporting needs of the emerging adolescent in a modern school environment.
   
 

Important Term 1 2010 Information

    We will soon be calling for nominations for election to Royal Oak Intermediate School’s Board of Trustees. Nomination packs will be posted out next week. Please make sure we have your current address. In families where mum and/or dad live at different addresses please ensure the school office has the address of both parents.

    If you are interested in becoming a trustee:

    Come along to a board meeting on 16th March at 6.00 pm in the staffroom,to see how it works.

    Email the board chairperson at bot@royaloakint.school.nz if you have any questions about what the board does.

    Contact the School Office to find out about standing for election, nominating someone else, and voting in the election.
 

Term 1 2010

Science Fellow: Anita Singh. Read about Anita's work with the Ministry of Research, Science and Technology.

Central Zone Sports:

Tennis

  • Boys Tennis (rained out)
  • Girls Tennis: Year 7 Doubles 7th Place; Year 8 Doubles 3rd Place. Well done to the teams an Miss Roberts.
 

Recent Successes:

Term 4 2009

Academic: Commendation from New Zealand Book Council "...none of your students won the grand prize, many of them were at the top of our shortlist, and we felt this should be recognized. Your students obviously have a deep love of reading..." Well done to the teachers and students.

Sports: Fantastic athletics day and significant success at Central Zone athletics.

Term 3 2009

Year 8 Auckland wide Mathex Champions;

Year 8 Boys Central Zone Gymnastics Winners;

Finalist in New Zealand Wide digital photographic competition;

Winner APPA Impromptu Speech Competition;

Teacher Nominated for Teaching and Leadership Award.
   
 

Vision Statement

Our vision is for Royal Oak Intermediate to be a leading edge learning environment and school of choice for our community .
 

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.