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 of Auckland, New Zealand, south of the city's CBD (Downtown Auckland City). The school is located on the eastern side of Papakura, close to Ardmore Airport and near Red Hill. The school is a co-educational contributing state primary 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]

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