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 530 students who currently attend our school.

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

Term 3

The concept for Term 3 is DIY – the Science of Living. Emphasis is on ‘hands on” activities which are skills-based.

 

Key Copetencies, together with the term’s value Perseverance is embedded in the lessons. Immersion activities will be followed by practical work where Kitchen, Chemistry and Gardening will run concurrently.  This will enable students to develop skills to become life long learners.

 
Enduring understandings:  By the end of the unit we want students to understand that they need knowledge and skills to make informed choices and that there are some life skills that are essential for survival while others are necessary for better living.
In addition to that, there is a homework component where parents can assist their children achieve life skills certificates.

Important Links

 Term 2 2010

A recent article in the Education Gazette highlights our schools work towards improving the learning of our students and in particular Pasifika students

Board of Trustees Elections 2010

We received five nominations for the parent representative positions on the Board and one nomination for the staff trustee. Voting will not be necessary so we are delighted to welcome the following Board Members for Royal Oak Intermediate School.

Parent representatives; Renate Hofmann, Jo Kelly, Mark Steinmetz, Helen Stuart, Moe Waa.

Staff representative - Frankie Schaumkel
 
 
 

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.