Month: August 2019
Weekly Study Planner
All senior students have been asked to complete a weekly study plan. Write out a study plan or weekly sheet. Set up a 20-30 minute study period with 10 minute breaks. Make allowances for sports training and one or two favourite activities each week (e.g. a TV programme). Learn to say NO to distractions. Ensure each 20-30 minute study session is focused… Read More
Get Lit Book Club – Mangere East Public Library
Get Lit Book Club visited Mangere East Public Library this week. Great collaboration with our local librarians out within our community. Talanoa with Pukepuke ‘o Tonga every Thursday 3 – 3.40pm. … Read More
Daffodil Day
For Daffodil day students chalked around the school library ‘chalking’ messages of hope…. Read More
Artist of the Week – Emosi Fameitau
This week’s Artwork of the Week Award goes to Emosi Fameitau in Year 13. Although Emosi is doing Level 3 Art, he has never done Art in the Senior years. He has worked hard to catch-up and is working on a series of hand-painting engravings of fantastical creatures. Emosi’s playful humour and love of vivid colour is seen in the beautiful work below. … Read More
Geography Rotorua Trip
Our Level 3 Geography Class of 2019 was fortunate enough to take a trip down to Rotorua in order to gather information on Tourism Development for their External Exams. While we toured there, we took part in many secondary and primary tourist attractions in which provided us the same experience as tourists who also visit… Read More
Prevention of Measles
PREVENTION OF MEASLES SICKNESS AND SPREAD TO OTHERS We have measles in our community. Middlemore Hospital has opened a whole ward for children with measles. Measles is: * A serious infection with runny nose, sore eyes, cough, high fever, and then a rash. * It can cause really serious sickness like meningitis –inflammation of the brain. *It… Read More
Artwork of the Week
Artist of the week goes to Jessika Stephens in Year 11 for her delicate and extremely detailed landscape paintings. Jess devotes many enjoyable hours to her painting and is one of the most promising young painters in the school…. Read More
Under 17 Girls Basketball
On Tuesday 13th of August our U17 Girls Basketball were amongst the top 6 teams in Auckland to qualify and compete at the Auckland Secondary Schools Basketball Championship this year. The girls played against teams from all over Greater Auckland, like Carmel Girls College and Auckland Girls Grammar. Although the results did not go our way… Read More
Health & PE – organised Cross Country
As part of their level 2 assessment Ms. Morgan’s year 12 PED class planned and held the school cross country on Friday 16th August during period 5. The students set up the course period 1 and were very lucky with the weather. Prizes and certificates were organised for the winners and announced in assembly. 1st place Junior girls was Amina… Read More