Our Premier Netball Team had an incredible win over Macleans College earlier this morning. Congratulations girls on finishing second in the league!
Congratulations Premier Netball Team
NIWA South and East Auckland Science and Technology Fair
Congratulations to our students who recently received prizes at the NIWA South and East Auckland Science and Technology Fair. What an amazing job ‘growing your greatness’!
The MHJC Graduate Profile or Great Learner
With Student Led Conferences coming soon it is a good opportunity to explain a significant change in how we have been reporting to parents.
Three years ago we felt it important to report on the whole child which is why we refer to the new report as a Holistic Report. We want students to be able to articulate their learning journey by referring to their Graduate Profile recorded within the following broad domains:
- academic progress and achievement in all learning areas, as well as literacy and numeracy;
- engagement at school which includes participation in our “Four Cornerstones” or co-curricular activities, attendance, punctuality and homework completion and
- evidence of living our school values of pono/integrity, awhinatanga/compassion and whakamana/empowering through learning.
The thinking behind this change is that it reinforces our school vision and purpose expressed by our motto of “growing greatness/kia mana ake”. We believe that every student has a grain of greatness and it is our mission to help students to find and grow this grain of greatness. This should be represented by our report which is multidimensional and gives students opportunities to show their greatness in many ways rather than a one-dimensional report on achievement. We believe that all our students should feel or experience success in some way through their MHJC journey and the report acknowledges this.
Teachers have been working with students on what we consider to be an innovative approach to reporting. Rather than teachers passing a judgment on students, it is they who “write their own report” and progress through the stages of our Graduate Profile by understanding and showing evidence of our school values. This acknowledges the need for schools to provide learning opportunities for students to learn how to manage themselves effectively, reach out to others and learn how to learn. These are the messages we receive continuously as the critical ingredients for future success and so it makes sense that everything we do at school aligns with the report.
This is an exciting and at times challenging journey but one which we believe will be of immeasurable benefit to our students. Thank you for supporting us and I trust you enjoy hearing how your child/ren give expression to their journey.
Growing greatness/kia mana ake!
Ian Morrison
Principal/Tumuaki
AAIMS Boys Netball Auckland Championships
Today, our Year 7 Boys Netball Team competed at the AAIMS Boys Netball Auckland Championships at the Auckland Netball Centre. The boys had an incredible day finishing 4th overall in the whole of Auckland. Congratulations boys!
Auckland Mathex Competition
Our Year 7 & 8 Mathex Teams attended the Auckland Mathex Competition last night. Quite a few MHJC parents were there to cheer and support our students too. It was one of the most exciting Mathex events to date and our 4 teams put up a great effort with incredible achievements.
Our Year 7 teams scored 80 points out of 100 and our Year 8 teams scored 90 and 75 points.
Congratulations to the students who attended!
Regional Science Fair Success
MHJC students have had another year of success at the Regional Science Fair. Three groups of Year 9 students received awards in recognition of their hard work. Congratulations to the following students.
𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 – Y9+10 Living World – Anu Gill, Aashi Golchaa, Kinjal Pandey (Forest Whānau)
𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 – Y9+10 Living World – Shubhreet Kaur, Manaspreet Kaur, Diseni Ratnayake (Mountains Whānau)
𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 – Y9+10 Physical + Material World – Dominic Iugan, Kayleen Soong, Aryan Reddy (Coast Whānau)
MHJC’s 2022 Production – Tickets on Sale NOW
Kia Ora MHJC Community!
We are very pleased to announce that tickets to our 2022 School Production are on sale as of right now!
You can purchase these online via the website: eventbrite.co.nz
We hope you are really excited about coming to see your children, their friends and all their hard work!!
𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀:
Wednesday 21st September – 7pm
Thursday 22nd September – 7pm
Friday 23rd September – 7pm
Saturday 24th September – 5pm (please note the earlier showing time)
𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀:
Students – $15 (17 and under)
Adults – $20
Family pass – 2 Adults and 2 Children – $60
The running time is approximately 2.5 hours, this includes a 20 minute interval. There will be food and drink for sale before hand and during intermission (cash only).
We hope to see you there!
Teacher Only Day – Friday 26th August
A reminder to our school community that this Friday 26th August is a Teacher Only Day. Normal classes will not run and students are asked to stay at home.
Revolution Tour – Senior Students
On Friday, the Revolution Tour came back to MHJC and ran sessions with all of our Year 9 and 10 students.
The Revolution Tour travels across New Zealand and delivers inspiring messages to school students through story telling and positive, uplifting messages. They work to build youth resilience through equipping students with the tools and attitudes to bounce back from difficult situations. They also empower change by building greater social awareness and helping youth understand personal impact. Our senior students were definitely inspired by their sessions and throughly enjoyed how these important messages were shared. Thanks Revolution Tour!
MHJC Values – Ako/Learning to Learn
MHJC Values.
These values are an integral aspect of life at MHJC and all students continue to learn and demonstrate these values throughout their journey. These values are unpacked by the Great Learner Progression. Students are assessed against these progressions and this is reported on their ‘live’ Holistic Report, which will be discussed during their Student Led Conference later this term. The ‘live’ Holistic Report is accessible 24 hours a day and is updated weekly on Mission Heights Online.
Our second school value to be featured is 𝗔𝗸𝗼/𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻. Here, students are working to:
– use digital tools effectively to access and organise information
– use feedback to identify learning steps
– develop an understanding of how to help their developing brain
– use a range of thinking and learning strategies
