Year 9 students from Water Whanau have enjoyed integrated learning around their Term 1 context, “Fight for Life”. Recently, students took the plunge to participate in a wonderful day of aquatics and snorkelling at the Totara Pools.
Students and teachers are looking forward to Week 8’s EOTC trip to the GoatIsland Marine Discovery Centre and Marine Reserve, where they will be able to view the sea life under the care and supervision of PADI Divemasters and observing the various species in a tidal touch tank at the discovery centre.
Over the weekend, Year 10 Mountains’ Students as well as leaders from Year 8 and 9, travelled to Camp Adir for a Leadership Camp. The purpose of the camp was to develop the leadership skills of Year 10 students who have the responsibility of leading Year 7 who arrived at camp yesterday (Monday) morning. The Year 8 and 9 students will utilise their developing leadership skills within their roles on Whanau Council and other school-wide leadership positions they have been appointed to.
Photographs below show the ‘before’ and ‘after’ shots of the Mud Confidence Course.
Year 9 students in Mountains Whanau have enjoyed integrated learning on their ‘Water Survival – Water Safety’ Context. This has seen Mathematic, Science, English, Global Studies, Physical Education & Health learning areas working collaboratively to achieve deeper, more authentic learning.
Students have been developing an understanding of the water safety issues that are prominent in News Media. They have had the opportunity to develop an understanding of water safety as well as the practical skills to keep them and their families safer, in and around the water.
Congratulations to our Year 9 & 10 debaters who started their 2016 ASD season off with two impressive wins this afternoon. Both teams debated in the affirmative for the moot, ‘Waitangi Day should be replaced with a New Zealand Day’.
MHJC 1 v’s Tangaroa College – Miss Wullings Kayla Pieterse (10F2) Solana Carpenter (9C2)
Ryan Iglesia (9C2) – Awarded ‘Top Speaker’
Christina Bang (10F2) Reserve
Mission Heights Junior College is playing in the very successful (three from three) Year 9 and 10 mid-week cricket competition. Three new players to cricket made their impact felt during Wednesday’s “Cricket BLITZ” match. Our congratulations to: Sheffy Singh, Divek Nadan and Harman Singh.
Mrs Alanna Young will be standing down as Board Chair this year and wishes to thank the Board and community for their support over 8 years of service. Alanna has thoroughly enjoyed working on the Board of Trustees and for the school – supporting the school’s vision “Growing Greatness through innovative, constantly evolving and personalised learning”.
Alanna was co-opted as a parent representative onto the Establishment Board of Mission Heights Junior College in 2008, a year prior to its opening in 2009. In 2010, she was elected as Board Chairperson and continued in that capacity until the beginning of this year. Mr Blair Telfer has now been elected as Board Chairperson, to aid succession planning with the Triennial Board Elections coming up shortly.
Mission Heights Junior College is certainly a better place due to the strong leadership and support Alanna has given the school.
We are pleased to introduce our 2016 Executive Council.
They are in alphabetical order :-
Alina Hayat
Christina Bang
Hruthin Pagadala
Josh Wang-McCarthy
John Yang
Kahurangi Mason-Wells
Katelyn Knox
Katrina Mohammed
Kayla Pieterse
Oliver Davies
Ryan Ngo
Sophia Herewini
Sinead Venter
Tyler Amos
Marcus Vaevae
Mission Heights Junior College is able to accept enrolments for in zone students in Years 7 to 10. Students living in our home zone have an absolute right of enrolment at Mission Heights Junior College. Please view the map of our enrolment zone below. For detailed information on road names and house numbers that are included in our enrolment zone, please contact us.
Mission Heights Junior College is required by the Ministry of Education to have an enrolment scheme.
All students who live within the home zone, as shown on the map below, shall be entitled to enrol at the school
All residential addresses on included sides of boundary roads and all no exit roads off included sides of boundary roads are included in the zone, unless otherwise stated.
In the North West, starting on Te Irirangi Drive (319 – 491 odd included), travel through the walkway to Monash Place, travel east along Monash Place then south into Wayne Francis Drive (97, 88 and above included) then turn east into Hampervale Place. Turn south down Chapel Road (169 – 311, 350 – 408 included) before turning east along Duntrune Road and then north-east into Cyril French Drive (58 – 98 excluded). Travel North along Baverton Close (excluded) and east along Gracechurch Drive (excluded above 16, 17) to the Gracechurch Reserve. Follow the northern boundary across country to the northern end of Jeffs Road to include all roads in the Mission Heights Estate. Travel across country (to include Sandstone Road) to the northern end of Whitford Park Road. Travel south down Whitford Park Road (257, 250 and below included) as far as, but excluding Polo Lane. Travel south-west across country to the intersection of Redoubt Road (601, 640 and above included) and excluding Michael Bosher Way (Michael Bosher Way excluded). Travel north along Redoubt Road to and west along the centre of Ormiston Road (352, 459 and above included, Sandstone Road included) to and north along the centre of Murphys Road (274, 285 and above included) to Stancombe Road (Multose Drive, Malahide Drive, Topland Drive and off roads included). Travel west along Stancombe Road (47, 16 and above included) to Chapel Road. Travel south along the centre of Chapel Road, west on Ormiston Road to Te Irirangi Drive, and north along the centre of Te Irirangi Drive, back to the starting point.
Proof of residence within the home zone will be required.
Out of Zone Enrolments
The Board of Trustees will determine the number of places, if any, which are likely to be available in the following year for the enrolment of students who live outside the home zone. The Board will publish this information by notice in a daily or community newspaper circulating in the area served by the school. The notice will indicate how applications are to be made and will specify a date by which all applications must be received.
Applications for enrolments will be processed in the following order of priority:
First Priority: This priority category is not applicable at this school because the school does not run a special programme approved by the Secretary.
Second Priority: must be given to applicants who are siblings of current students.
Third Priority: must be given to applicants who are siblings of former students.
Fourth Priority: must be given to any applicant who is a child of a former student of the school.
Fifth Priority: must be given to any applicant who is either a child of an employee of the board of the school or a child of a member of the board of the school.
Sixth Priority: must be given to all other applicants.
If there are more applicants in the second, third, fourth or fifth priority groups than there are places available, selection within the priority group will be by a ballot conducted in accordance with instructions by the Secretary under Section 11G(1) of the Education Act 1989. Parents will be informed of the date of any ballot by notice in a daily or community newspaper circulating in the area served by the school.
Applicants seeking second or third priority status will be required to give proof of a sibling relationship.
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