As part of our rotating options for junior students, Year 8s in Forest Whānau are currently taking Spanish.
Yesterday, to further excel their Spanish cultural learning, students travelled to Viva Dance for a session of Spanish dancing.
Students and staff had an excellent time. We look forward to Coast Year 8s attending on Friday.

Wishing our community a relaxing King’s Birthday.
We hope everyone has had a great long weekend.
See you tomorrow.

This past Tuesday, our Year 7 SEZ Football Boys had an amazing day out at St Kentigern College.

They played hard and showed great grit all day.
The boys defeated home favourite, St Kentigern, in a penalty shootout in the semi-final to take them into the final out of 10 schools.
The boys played their hearts out in the final, finishing runners up overall in the whole South Eastern Zone.

A special mention to Vincent Zhang who was a stand out goalie throughout the day, saving a total of 5 penalties and 3 in the shootout.

Amazing job to the team! ⚽️

The MHJC Production is coming up in Term 3 and we would like to re-introduce one of our key sponsors.

𝐖𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐓𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 is a local tutoring service that can help students achieve. Maria is committed to students’ success and is available to contact below to set up tutoring services for local children.

Please see below the notices for our community. An email has also been sent home regarding them.

𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐲 – 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟑𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐲
The Ministry of Education has allowed schools to close for Professional Development which will focus on the curriculum refresh. Students are to stay home this Friday.

𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠’𝐬 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲 – 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞
School will be closed for this public holiday.

𝐄𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐲 – 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞
From the start of Week 6, Tuesday 4th June, we will be trialling an earlier close during the winter months. Students will be leaving the site at 2.50pm instead of 3.00 pm.

𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲
As you will have seen, there has been lots of media coverage of the government’s attendance targets, which are that by 2030 New Zealand schools will have 80% of our students attending school “regularly”. Regular attendance has been determined as over 90% of the possible days when school is open. This translates to 5 days over a normal term.

MHJC has a very good record, with our average daily attendance being over 90%. We have robust systems and processes which help us to monitor and follow up on students who fall below our expectations.

Children going on holiday overseas is the single biggest preventable cause of “unjustified” absence. If you are considering a holiday during term time, please reconsider your plans as this has a negative impact on learning and the operations of the school.

Please support students to be at school for 8.15am, as this is when the day starts.

𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦
With the cold and wet weather, students are reminded to wear the warm school jacket. Many jackets are left lying around so it would be helpful for them to be marked or numbered so that the jacket can be returned to the correct owner.

The annual Scholastic Book Fair is coming up next week!

Get ready to catch the reading bug at the Scholastic Book Fair Garden! Come and explore the coolest array of new books and stationary that are just waiting for you to dig into.

This is taking place in the Meeting Place (beside the library) from Monday 27th May – Friday 31st May and is for both Mission Heights Junior College and Mission Heights Primary School students and whānau!

We can’t wait to see you there!

Friday was Pink Shirt Day across Aotearoa.
Students and staff at MHJC got involved to spread the message of anti-bullying and acceptance.
We thank everyone who took part! We look forward to 2025!

Tomorrow is Pink Shirt Day!

Pink Shirt Day is all about working together to stop bullying and to celebrate diversity in our communities.

Pink Shirt Day is celebrated in Aotearoa and around the world. MHJC will celebrate tomorrow by having students and staff wear pink. We look forward to seeing a sea of PINK tomorrow at MHJC!

Today, a number of MHJC students travelled to St Cuthbert’s College to participate in the annual Lit Quiz.
Our Year 7 team competed against 84 other teams and placed 13th overall! Congratulations to these students on a fantastic day!

𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 – 𝐀𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐉𝐨𝐛 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭

Enrolments Processor
Processing of enrolments and reception cover

Part-time: 10 hours per week
Fixed term: 1 year, holidays by negotiation
Flexible times: preferably 2 hours/day
Starting date: negotiable
Remuneration: $27.34/hour
For a job description please see our website.
Cover letter, CV, & support staff application to be emailed to csinclair@mhjc.school.nz
Applications close: 30 May 2024