Tironui Trust Music Programme

Tironui Trust delivers a challenging, rewarding and fun instrumental music programme to a select number of schools in the Mt Wellington and Papatoetoe area.  Students are selected to learn string instruments from Year 5.

 

Students participate on Tuesdays in small group lessons and ensemble rehearsals delivered by skilled and enthusiastic professional instrumental tutors who maximise music learning and literacy.  Musical instruments, sheet music and notebooks are provided, with students encouraged to rehearse daily.  Regular performance opportunities are provided throughout the year and students are further motivated through exposure to uplifting performances by professional musicians.  Our wonderful teachers are - Veronica Dale, Lena, Nathan Pinkney and Natarani.

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Tironui Trust Mission

To provide a fully funded and inspiring performance music programme to young New Zealanders

       with limited opportunity.

To foster diligence, nurture confidence, celebrate aspiration and achievement.

Together discovering the joy of music making with others.

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Better Start Literacy Programme

BSLA is a structured approach to literacy instruction for Years 0-8. , to support children's early reading, writing and oral language success. It has been developed by a  team at the University of Canterbury specifically for our New Zealand educational and cultural context. Data collection and research trials over the last few years have proven its effectiveness.

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BSLA includes the systematic teaching of critical phonological awareness skills, morphology and orthographic pattern knowledge through fun, interactive games, explicit spelling and writing instruction.  The Literacy lesson also includes structured small group reading sessions using a range of readily available texts, including the Ready to Read- Phonics Plus, Junior and School Journals and the Connected Series of Readers.

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BSLA also includes explicit teaching in vocabulary skills and in building children’s oral narrative as well as, developing students’  listening and reading comprehension skills through quality children’s story books and interesting school journal texts.  BSLA follows a structured scope and sequence that is used in the class and small group reading teaching sessions.  This approach aligns with the Phases 1, 2 and 3 of the Te Māitaiaho English Learning Area.

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All of our Rātā teachers have been trained or are in training to teach BSLA in their classroom.  Kōwhai team has been involved in the Years 4-6 BSLA trial in Term 1 and all their teachers will take part in the formal training in BSLA teaching instruction in Term 2.

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Rimu Technology - Year 7 and 8 

Rimu students attend Technology lessons for half a day each week with our specialist Technology Teacher.  Through the Technology course, we aim to give students creative, hands-on learning experiences using a range of equipment and materials.  The areas covered are Food Technology, Robotics and 3D printing, STEM learning, Materials and Design Technology. No two terms are ever the same!  Our Technology Teacher is the brilliant Ms Lolesi.

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Student Leadership Programme

The Bailey Road School Leadership programme has a number of leadership opportunties for Year 6 - Year 8.  We have student Whānau Leaders that lead our four Whānau groups - Kiwi, Kea, Tui and Weka.  Rimu students have various other leadership opportunities - Student Council, Yearbook Committee, Graduation Committee, Leaders of Language Weeks, Peer Mediators, Road Patrols and PALs (Physical Activity Leaders), Enviro Leaders and Kaitiaki of our beloved Whare Ahuru Mowai (library). 
 

Mathex - Auckland Mathematical Association

Mathex is a challenging and fast-paced mathematics contest where schools from across Auckland compete against each other in teams to answer questions as quickly as possible.  Bailey Road School send Year 7-8 teams to compete in this competition every year.

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Discovery

The Discovery programme happens on alternating Friday afternoons for Rātā Team (Years 0-3).  Discovery sessions promote learning through play, where play is the valued mode of learning.  Students are provided with a variety of opportunities they can explore, experiment, discover, and solve problems in imaginative and playful ways. ​

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