A reminder to our wider community, and students at Ormiston Senior College . . .
You can purchase tickets to this upcoming production on-line. Please use the account below and the following reference.

Mission Heights Junior College 12-3233-0051320-00
Particulars: Student’s name
Code: OSC (or if MHJC student – their class, eg. 10W1)
Reference: Shrek

Once we have received your transfer, your tickets will be available for collection at MHJC’s reception (with your name on them). Or, if you are an Ormiston Senior College student, they will be delivered to OSC for you to collect at reception.
We look forward to seeing lots of our community in the coming weeks!

We are so proud of our AIMS Netball Team who have been competing every Tuesday in the Auckland Netball A Grade competition. Our team has finished 3rd overall, which is an outstanding effort. We look forward to taking this team to AIMS later this term and competing against teams from across New Zealand.

7M1 participated in the annual Trees for Survival planting programme on Wednesday 14th August. The group planted 565 native species on a local farm in Brookby. Their mahi with the planting is an excellent example of resilience and kaitiakitanga.

A reminder to our community . . .
Teacher Only Day – Wednesday 21st August 2024
Please note the school will be closed to students on Wednesday 21st August. The Ministry of Education has allowed schools to close for Professional Development which will focus on the curriculum refresh.

Thank you for your continued support.

Today, students attended the SEZ Cross Country Championship at Barry Curtis Park.
Top 10 placings mean the following students have qualified for the upcoming Auckland Champs. Congratulations to . . .
Y7 Boys – Daniel Lai (6th place)
Y8 Girls – Narlora Kaufisi (7th place) and Samantha Ros (10th place)

Shrek The Musical – Tickets Sales 🎫🎼🎟
Our community can now purchase tickets to this upcoming production at our school reception during normal school hours.
Students from other schools can also purchase tickets to the upcoming show.
We look forward to seeing lots of our community in the coming weeks!

Please note that owing to roll pressure, the school will only be able to enrol students who legally reside in the school zone for the 2025 school year.

This means it will not be able to enrol any students who reside outside the school zone.

While we appreciate this may cause some whānau difficulties, the Board has to consider the recent increase in the school roll and the related operational and educational challenges this may cause.

This includes siblings of current students.

Kia ora koutou

There has been much in the media recently about national numeracy and literacy achievement levels.

While we believe in a holistic approach to measuring student success, MHJC has always placed a strong emphasis on literacy and numeracy and has well established processes to ensure we maintain high standards, progress and achievement. 

These include:

• specialist classroom teaching from Year 7; 
• regular testing using e-asTTle to measure progress and achievement; 
• clear homework expectations using Reading Plus and Maths Buddy and
• identification and support for students who have gaps in their learning through the DEEP programme..

I wish to reassure the community that our collective efforts have resulted in achievement data that is not far away from the targets set by the government – that 80% of all Year 8 students will achieve at or above curriculum level by December 2030.

Year 8 end of year data for 2023 was as follows:

Mathematics: 72%

Reading: 74%

Our mid year data also shows we are well on course to reach our targets as well as those set by the government.

Thank you for your support at home supporting our expectations regarding homework completion which is crucial for our students’ success.

Nga mihi

Ian Morrison

Tumuaki/Principal

MHJC is thrilled to present the upcoming performance of ‘Shrek The Musical’, with the first performance on Friday 30th August.

With this, 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.

The Executive Council would like staff and students to join them on Thursday 8th August for Daffodil Day, an initiative to support cancer research and care.

Show your support by wearing yellow and donating a gold coin. Every donation counts towards making a difference in the lives of those affected by cancer.