- Kelvin Road School
Infobox NZ school
name = Kelvin Road School
badge =
motto = Be the best you can be
type = Primary. (Years 0-6)
established =1968
address = Kelvin Road, Auckland, New Zealand
coordinates = coord|-37.0630|174.9590|display=inline
roll = 430
decile = 1
MOE = 1332
homepage = [http://www.krs.ac.nz/ www.krs.ac.nz]Kelvin Road School is a medium sized city school. Located in
Papakura , a suburb ofAuckland ,New Zealand , south of the city's CBD (Downtown Auckland City). The school is located on the eastern side ofPapakura , close to Ardmore Airport and near Red Hill. The school is a co-educational contributing stateprimary school [http://www.tki.org.nz/e/schools/display_school_info.php?school_id=1332 TKI Schools Information] , retrieved from Ministry of Education (MOE) collaborative site TKI.] , with a staff of twenty three full time and four part time teachers. The school is also part of a program that adds a [http://www.arts.auckland.ac.nz/lpg/Doc/Social%20Workers%20in%20Schools.pdf social worker] to its team several days a week in an effort to build stronger communities.Classrooms are in four blocks with facilities: library, speech clinic, reading and resource rooms, music/av room and swimming pool spread among them. The school has a strong focus on ICT in its curriculum and was the lead school in a Ministry of Education [http://www.tki.org.nz/r/ict/pedagogy/schools_new/clusters/kelvin_road/index_e.php ICT Cluster] [http://www.tki.org.nz/r/ict/pedagogy/schools_new/clusters/kelvin_road/index_e.php Lead School for a Papakura ICT cluster] ] from 2004 to 2006. The school also has a dental clinic on site and is home to the Whanau Centre [http://www.greatpotentials.org.nz/index.php?page=hippy-locations#auckland Great Potentials Locations] ] a branch of the [http://www.greatpotentials.org.nz Great Potentials] charity that helps support families and provides such as the HIPPY [http://www.judithcollins.co.nz/pressreleasedetail2003.asp?Ref=HIPPY&Month=March&Year=2003 Judith Collins views on the HIPPY program] ] program as well as kindergarten care.
The school provides optional after school care in the form of a homework center. [http://www.skids.co.nz sKids (Safe Kids In Daily Supervision)] also provide safe after school supervision on the school site. Sports are also well catered for and supported by the staff. In 2007 [http://www.sparc.org.nz SPARC] (Sport & Recreation New Zealand) visited [http://www.sparc.org.nz/education/mission-on/initiative-3 SPARC - Mission-On Lifestyle Ambassadors school visit] ] the school and helped run the schools own World Cup Tournament for Soccer which teams had been involved in over the space of a few weeks. Each classroom represented a different country. The winning country was Scotland who beat Argentina in the final.
Recently the school has been involved in the second Literacy professional development initiative [http://www.tki.org.nz/r/literacy_numeracy/lit_leadership_e.php Literacy Professional Development Project 2] ] run by the Ministry of Education and has achieved outstanding results [ [http://www.tki.org.nz/r/literacy_numeracy/lit_leadership_e.php MOE - Outstanding results in reading and writing] ] .
As part of the schools focus on ICT the school runs its own Radio Station called [http://www.krs.ac.nz/krsfm.htm KRS FM] [http://www.krs.ac.nz/krsfm.htm KRS FM - School Radio Station] ] which is broadcast on FM 107.1 throughout the school day.
Charity Involvement
* [http://www.skids.co.nz sKids]
* [http://www.greatpotentials.org.nz Great Potentials]References
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