First Mass- 2020

BEGINNING OF YEAR MASS 

On Friday the 14th of February we had our beginning of the year mass held in the church. It was also our first mass with Father Larry. He shared a message about love for each other and love for and from God. Well done to all those students who stepped up and took on responsibility to serve in the church. 

SCIENCE- week 2

SCIENCE

This term in science we are looking into the natural world and how Gods creations work around us. This week we are focusing on plants and how they absorb water. 

The students had to do an experiment write up and carry out an experiment showing how plants absorb water. We decided to do the celery in water experiment to show how water travels through the roots. We will keep you posted with updates on this experiments results. 

UPDATE: here are some updated photos from our observations made in science. 

                     

TECHNOLOGY- week 2

Last Wednesday we had our first session of technology. We were given a warm welcome to Kaitaia College by the principal, Whaea Louise. The year 8 students will be taking part in metal work while the year 7's are in design. We are really looking forward to seeing the final outcomes of your time at technology. 

Tech will be every Wednesday at 10 am, students need to wear covered in shoes and have long hair tied back. 

FONTERRA VISIT

FONTERRA MILK TANKER VISIT 

We were very lucky to get a visit from two men who work for fonterra, they told us all about how the milk is gathered and taken to the factory to be processed and how it ends up on our shelves. It was a very interesting korero, we then got to have a look inside the truck and ask a few questions. We were very blessed and got left with a flavoured milk to share together. This was a great experience which taught us about production and allowed us to think about different career pathways in farming, engineering and management. 

 

SWIMMING

We have been working really hard on our swimming skills and technique. Swimming sports will be in week 5 so don't forget to bring your togs and swimming gear every Tues, Weds and Thursday. 

MAHI TAHI- Collaborative Art

COLLABORATIVE ART

In week 2 we did Mahi Tahi as a senior syndicate. We focused on the 4 C's; collaboration, creativity, critical thinking and communication. In this task students were split into groups across each of the year levels and were given a piece of art which they then had to enlarge by using collage. Students had to draw on their math knowledge, using their enlargement skills. This gave the seniors a great opportunity to be tuakana to the younger students. 
We all had lots of fun and created a great piece of art that was close enough to the original. 

 

Te Hiku Manaiakalani Outreach 2 First Movie Festival

This year has been our first Te Hiku Movie Festival, the movies have been played on the big screen at the Te Ahu Cinema in Kaitaia on Thursday 7 November. This is one of the lucky movies to be chosen from our school. Congratulations to everyone involved in the production of this movie. Please enjoy and feel free to leave a comment below for the students.