What is Turangawaewae

Turangawaewae is a Maori name of a place where you feel connected, belong and have rights and reponsibilities. You can have more than one Turangawaewae. There is also a marae called Turangawaewae in Ngaruawahia, Waikato

Blog Report

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Our school blog's

Our Blogs

Rooms 1-4

Pohutukawa Kids in Pipi block

Room 1 with Emma Thompson

Room 2 with Michael Barry

Room 3 with Sarah Burnett

Room 4 with Laurie Cadag

Rooms 5-12

Rainbow Learners in Tuatua block

Room 7 and 8 with Leisha Barnes and Shelley Findlay

Rainbow Learners in Toheroa block

Room 9 and 10 with Katherine Aitken and Sarah Galbraith

Room 11 with Lee-Anne White

Room 12 with Christina Heap

Rooms 13-16

Unitastic in Tipa block

Room 13 with Lilly Byers

Room 14 with Pip Robbie

Room 15 with Casey Heyns

Fast Track Zone with Ruth Millett

Rooms 17-20

 Creation Station in Tio block

Room 17 with Emma Davis

Room 18 with Tracey Bullen

Room 19 with Diane McLay

Room 20 with James Clark

This is a Welcome Report from UHPS Website

Welcome!

Upper Harbour Primary School is a stimulating and challenging learning community for students year 1 to year 6.  We strive to be an inclusive community that warmly welcomes parents in ‘sharing the learning journey’ with teachers and students.  The sense of community is important to us.  It’s essential that we all work together to ensure that the children in the school community grow in their learning so to be active participants and conscientious contributors to their world!

Upper Harbour Primary School students learn how to learn…are able to talk about their learning and are beginning to take responsibility for their learning within the classroom context and beyond.

Our staff are learners too!  They work together to challenge their thinking and to improve their practice in order to ensure quality and improved student outcomes for every child.

Support, challenge and celebration are central to the work we do at Upper Harbour Primary School and we value what each member of our community (staff, students and parents) can contribute to our school – we are all in the learning business together!

We welcome you to share our journey with us through our website.

Jeannette Craig

About Us

Since opening in 2006, Upper Harbour Primary’s vibrant learning community has grown to include over 400 students.

Each block of four classrooms open up into a shared communal area called the Awhina Space, promoting team teaching and flexible grouping between learners.

We have a strong community partnership with the families of the Fernbank, Schnapper Rock and The Oaks neighbourhoods.  Our school backs on to Lady Pheonix Reserve and provides our learners with a wonderful natural laboratory to investigate, explore and develop their scientific thinking and their conservationist inklings.

Our school grounds are filled with native trees and bushes lovingly cared for by our students, community and caretaker.  We have two playgrounds, one for our junior students and another more challenging playground build in 2011.  Along with the playground we have enclosed courts, sports fields and a very popular sand pit.

Every Upper Harbour classroom is equipped with numerous eLearning tools, to engage and stimulate our learners to innovate, create and problem solve for the present and for their future.

Our buildings are environmentally friendly!  Rain water from the roofs is collected and used to water our gardens and flush our loos!  The lights are on automatic sensors and our windows respond to the weather by opening and closing, ensuring good ventilation for powerful learning.

Where we are

We are at 140 Kyle Road, Albany on the North Shore of Auckland, New Zealand.

UHPS Map

UHPS Rules

1. Look after yourself

2. Look after the environment

3. Look after others

4. Right time Right place Right person thinking

Those are the UHPS Rules