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Mt Maunganui Intermediate School, 21 Lodge Avenue, Mt Maunganui 3116 Phone 07 575 5512 Email: [email protected]
2 June 2017
IN THIS NEWSLETTER
Principal’s Report
ICAS Results
Science & Technology at MMI
Room 11 Learning Page
Attendance/Late Letters
Bandquest Information
Sports Information
Coastal Values
C O M I N G E V E N T S 2017
AUGUST 2017
19 Bandquest
24 Open Day – See Us “In Action”
25 Mufti Day
25 Elite 7’s (Blake Park)
SEPTEMBER 2017 6 AIMS Disco
11-15 Anchor AIMS Games
19 Year 7 Vision Screening
22 2018 Enrolments Due
29 Last Day Term 3
OCTOBER 2017
16 First Day Term 4
DECEMBER 2017
18 Last Day Term 4
MT MAUNGANUI INTERMEDIATE
18 August 2017
Newsletter No.
25
MUFTI DAY
FRIDAY 25 AUGUST
Gold coin
donation!!
A PSG fundraiser
Open Day
See us “In Action”
Thursday 24 August
9.00am – 12.00pm
&
1.15pm – 2.30pm
All Welcome
Mt Maunganui Intermediate School, 21 Lodge Avenue, Mt Maunganui 3116 Phone 07 575 5512 Email: [email protected]
FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK
Kia ora koutou Another successful busy week! Thank you to all students and staff involved in our annual information and open evening for incoming Year 6’s. It was a packed house! I was very proud of our student leaders, our rock bands and Dance NZ Made students, who did a stunning job! Well done team. Congratulations to the Dance NZ Made troupe, who won the Year 7/8 section of the regionals. The group are off to National’s in September. It was wonderful to see our past students from Mount Maunganui College place first and second in the Year 9/10 section. Next Thursday, we are hosting prospective students and their families for Open Day. This is an informal opportunity to have a look around the school. Come and see us in action! Come to the office and you will be given a tour guide to show you around. Currently, we have a very small group of individuals who are testing boundaries at present. These students are deliberately wearing incorrect shoes to school, baseball caps and hoodies, to and from school. Trust your parental instincts - students are not allowed to wear non uniform items. At MMI we wear our uniform with pride at all times, this includes to and from school. We are happy to issue, lend or for you to purchase correct uniform from us. We have some uniform items available in our office. We will ask your child to remove non uniform items. This weekend we have seven netball teams who are playing off for semi-finals and finals at Harbourside netball. Well done ladies, an excellent season finale. Also, our Open Water Polo team head to Auckland for the Winterfest tournament. A big thank you to the parents/community members who are enabling our students to compete in this event. Good luck to you all. Ma te wa Ms M/Whaea Lisa
SCHOOL SELF REVIEW [email protected]
Last week we sent you a link to complete this survey. It would be fantastic if you could please find a moment to do this for us: https://www.nzcersurvey.org.nz/survey_belonging.php?icode=AAws013&ilogin=jfyckxjsx&plogin= Thank you to those who have already completed this online. We also sent out hard copies to those families who do not receive our weekly newsletter via email and would be grateful if you could complete the survey and return to us.
Mt Maunganui Intermediate School, 21 Lodge Avenue, Mt Maunganui 3116 Phone 07 575 5512 Email: [email protected]
ICAS RESULTS
Congratulations to the following students for receiving Credit, Distinction and High Distinction Awards. The awards are achieved as follows, based on all candidates who sit, in the New Zealand and Pacific region.
High Distinction Certificate the top 1% of participants
Distinction Certificate the next 10% of participants
Credit Certificate the next 25% of participants
ICAS SPELLING RESULTS Credit: Year 7: Olivia Way; Mairangi Te Ahuru-Quinn; Ned Johnston; Daniel Coster Year 8: Jemma Turnwald; Logan Peck; Aria Ebbing; Ryan Callender; Jana Bowler Distinction: Year 7: Tay Ririnui; Oscar Kelly High Distinction: Year 7: Olivia Davidson
ICAS DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES RESULTS Credit: Year 7: Holly Bathgate; Ryan Bell; Richard Denyer; Cameron Ford; Ben Ngapo; Tai Preece; Shuyan Qi; Seth Wagener Year 8: Aria Ebbing; Levi Muller Distinction: Year 7: Oscar Kelly Year 8: Taylor Finch; Tobias Scott; Simon Wagstaff ICAS SCIENCE RESULTS 2017 Credit: Year 7: Holly Bathgate; Daniel Coster; Olivia Davidson; Ned Johnston; Oscar Kelly; Jazmin Mitchell; Tay Ririnui; Seth Wagener Year 8: Cora Amerson; Zena Angland; Anna Brock; Taylor Finch; Will Fraser; Daniel Guilford; Michael Kennedy; Tami Mead; Daniel Whyte Distinction: Year 7: Arlo Cullwick; Evy Davidson; Richard Denyer; Dylan McDowell; Katie Parkinson; Shuyan Qi Year 8: Matt Anderson; Jana Bowler; Aria Ebbing; Ben Goodjohn; Benjamin Lindsey; Patrick Marshall; Gus Shivnan; Simaon Wagstaff High Distinction: Year 7: William Goodyear Year 8: Tobias Scott
Mt Maunganui Intermediate School, 21 Lodge Avenue, Mt Maunganui 3116 Phone 07 575 5512 Email: [email protected]
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AT MMI
Mount Maunganui Intermediate provides a great opportunity for students to participate in Science/Technology Fair, the staff make it an enjoyable experience for the students. For one house, Rangiwaea, it was compulsory for students to enter a project, but for the rest of the school it was optional. From week 1 last term, students were working extremely hard to complete either a Science Fair project, in which a student would research a theory or investigate a certain topic, or a Technology Fair project, in which a student could either invent a whole new item, or improve something that already exists, but it has to be a product that would have relevance in someone's life. At the start of term 3, four adult judges, went into the school hall, where all the finished boards were in position to be judged, and gave each board a score out of 25, and then if the board was really good, the judges gave it a yellow sticker. Afterwards, the judges took away all the boards that did not have a sticker, and judged the yellow sticker boards again, to find a First, Second, and Third placings, in year 7 science, year 7 technology, year 8 science, and year 8 technology. These are the results:
Year 7 Science
Year 8 Science
Cameron Ford Gold Fergus Roberts Gold
Katie Parkinson Silver Kaia Cassaidy Gold
Finn Hughes Silver Renee Banks Silver
Loughie Keaney Bronze Benjamin Lindsey Silver
Holly Bathgate Bronze Tegan Sloan Silver
Dylan Mortimore Bronze Tami Mead Bronze
Abby Lindsey Bronze Poppy Wilson Bronze
Ned Johnston Bronze Levi Muller Bronze
Gus Shivnan Bronze
Tyler Grenside Bronze
Year 7 Technology
Year 8 Technology
Daniel Boase Gold Will Fraser Gold
Reed Tong Silver Regan Erdbeer Gold
Logan Peck Silver
Ben Goodjohn Silver
Kalea Earles Bronze
Tobias Scott Bronze
Mt Maunganui Intermediate School, 21 Lodge Avenue, Mt Maunganui 3116 Phone 07 575 5512 Email: [email protected]
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AT MMI continued 15 students will represent our school at the Science Regionals on the 24 and 25 August. There was also an award called the “People’s Choice Award”, where there is a box in the school hall, with little slips of paper next to it. Students can write the name of their favourite project out of the displayed boards, and then after the deadline for viewing came, the votes were tallied up and the winner was found. This will be announced at assembly Friday 18th. Written By Kaia Cassaidy
YOUNG INNOVATORS AWARD Earlier this year, two teams of 6 students from Mount Intermediate, competed in a competition called the Young Innovator Awards, or YIA. For this competition the teams had to create a Rube Goldberg machine, that had to water a plant and come up with a customer that needed their plant watering but couldn't, without help. The teams worked hard on weekends to get their machines done in time, before a due date. All that work paid off. Both of our teams made it into the finals. The year 8 team came 1st out of 15 intermediate teams and the year 7 team got 2nd. Written by Ben Goodjohn
Watch our clip below: Watch our clip below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Bc6o8aJQqc&feature=youtu.be&list=PLUM90fA6Wi_AKyvoWhfDFcXGjoQgjIIxa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaCRlP512FE&feature=youtu.be&list=PLUM90fA6Wi_AKyvoWhfDFcXGjoQgjIIxa
Mt Maunganui Intermediate School, 21 Lodge Avenue, Mt Maunganui 3116 Phone 07 575 5512 Email: [email protected]
ROOM 11 LEARNING PAGE
Mt Maunganui Intermediate School, 21 Lodge Avenue, Mt Maunganui 3116 Phone 07 575 5512 Email: [email protected]
ATTENDANCE/LATE LETTERS
We are constantly monitoring all attendance and lateness for students at MMIS. This is because attendance at school is a strong indicator of success for students in the school system. MOE (Central North Region) expectations are that all students attend 94% of the school year. This includes time off school for medical, funeral and other justifiable reasons. Every 6 weeks, we notify all parents/caregivers whose child has dropped below 90% attendance, as we are legally obligated to notify you if your child’s attendance falls below MOE expectactions. 90% attendance across the whole school year, equates to your child missing 4 full weeks of school. This is a sizable chunk of time away from their learning. We realise that there are instances where your child may be away for justifiable reasons, which you have notified us of. The first letter is only to inform you, so you are aware of how your child’s attendance rate is tracking. Please do not be offended. We are simply trying to keep you informed and to ensure your child attends regularly or does not start a pattern of low attendance. As the year progresses, we undertake many check-ins regarding the attendance of all students. If your child’s attendance continues to decline or drops below the 90% mark, we will again contact you via mail. Students who continue the decline, or have exceptionally low attendance rates, will be referred to our truancy officer. He will assist in helping you and your child return to regular attendance at school. Should your child have an ongoing medical condition we need to be aware of, which affects their attendance, please notify Jenny Pearson ([email protected]) so she can place it on your child’s attendance record. You may be asked, as per MOE guidelines, to obtain medical certificates for our records. Lateness: The same system applies for our late students. In every 6 week block, our expectations are that no students should be late more than 2 times, as this is a barrier to learning and makes settling into class routines very difficult. A child who is late to school disrupts not only their own learning, but the teacher’s lesson, as well as other students and the office staff. Letters are sent home to those who are late 3 or more times in each 6 week block. Please assist your child in arriving at school with plenty of time to spare before the bell (8.45am).
Mt Maunganui Intermediate School, 21 Lodge Avenue, Mt Maunganui 3116 Phone 07 575 5512 Email: [email protected]
ATTENDANCE/LATE LETTERS continued
From the Ministry of Education: Keeping our children and young people attending school and engaging in education has always been important. Attendance and engagement in school improves employment, social and life chances and reduces the development of antisocial behaviour and youth offending. Poor attendance, or truancy is a clear indicator of disengagement from education and is often a precursor to students leaving school early without the education and qualifications they need to succeed in today’s world. Truancy can often lead to other more serious misbehaviours that may set young people on an unsatisfactory life pathway with poor social and economic outcomes. The school should have systems to monitor student attendance, identify poor attendance and/ or truancy and provide support and assistance to improve attendance and commend students’ changed behaviour. Some students need extra support to keep them engaged in education. Schools and parents need to work together to enable these students to stay engaged at school. Truancy incidents or poor attendance patterns are best addressed as soon as they begin to emerge, rather than being left until the patterns become entrenched and more difficult to turn around. Under the Education Act 1989, parents are legally obliged to enrol their children in school from the age of 6 to 16, and to ensure that their children attend school every day the school is open for instruction, unless there is a justifiable reason for their absence (e.g. illness, family bereavement). It is an offence if parents refuse or fail to do so.
Please note that at MMI, we care about providing the very best educational outcomes for our students. Attendance is part of a successful school picture and our systems are intended to be informative and to keep the lines of communication between school and home, open. If you have any concerns about our attendance systems, please contact either Jenny Pearson ([email protected]) in the office or our Deputy Principal, Melissa Nelson ([email protected]).
Mt Maunganui Intermediate School, 21 Lodge Avenue, Mt Maunganui 3116 Phone 07 575 5512 Email: [email protected]
BANDQUEST INFORMATION
Place - Otumoetai College Hall. When - Saturday 19th August. Time - Show starts 7.00pm and is expected to run for approximately 2.5 hours.
Door sales only, and available from 6pm
Cost $10 per person, under 6 years free
ROCKSHOP BANDQUEST
They're talented, tuned up and ready to perform in towns from Auckland to Dunedin - 14 Bay of Plenty bands will battle it out at the Rockshop Bandquest Bay of Plenty, this Saturday at Otumoetai College.
Read the entire story here:
http://m.sunlive.co.nz/news/160514-young-rockers-set-to-shine.html
Mt Maunganui Intermediate School, 21 Lodge Avenue, Mt Maunganui 3116 Phone 07 575 5512 Email: [email protected]
SPORTS INFORMATION [email protected]
ELITE BASKETBALL – ROTORUA 28th JULY The lads were all excited – a day off school and a trip to Rotorua, in the new van, to play basketball. It doesn’t get much better than this. It’s tough being in a team of 12 when only five take the court at a time and we all want our turn on court so everyone was hungry for playing time. Games were 12 minute halves, with a running clock, so the aim was to quickly get some points on our board. Our first game was against Te Puke Intermediate where we executed our press with aggression, which turned into fast breaks. Cameron Skilton was on fire, making 14 points for the game. All the team contributed at both ends of the court and we won quite easily 52-7. Next up was Otumoetai, who are well-drilled, with some tall timber in the mix. We stayed even, most of the first half, and at half-time it was 9-7 to us. With some tough defence on the press by Will Fraser and Oliver Taylor we managed to pull away and win 17-12. Our 3rd game was against Rotorua, where we spied a load of rep players and ‘Yau Ming’ – at about 6’2”, he made our boys looks small! Jacob was still collecting some quality rebounds amongst this bigger side. We managed to use our press and patience on offence to be just ahead at half-time. However, the Rotorua boys came on with a half-court press which dazzled us and we struggled to score for a phase. It was tough to recover in a short space of time and we went down 37-27. Well done to Connor and James who clocked up some great outside shots in this game. Rotorua went on to win our grade and beat Tauranga Intermediate in the final. Our final game was against Gisborne Intermediate – a big and physical team who played a different style of basketball than we’d come up against all year. With the whistle going a lot for fouls, time was of essence and it was 8-8 at half-time. Hats off to Benjamin Lindsey who held his own against some physical boys. With the urgency to score, we came out with our press and caused some quick turnovers to finish ahead 20-14. All in all a great day of basketball. A big thanks to our coach, manager, parents and supporters. The team are all looking forward to AIMS games now. The boys’ basketball team is: Kyran Standen, Austin Cashmore, Cameron Skilton, Jacob Hall, Breiton Tuwairua, Benjamin Lindsey, Connor MacDonald, Oliver Taylor, Seth Whinney, Will Fraser, James Walker and Kameo Wagner.
BOP SWIMMING CHAMPS RESULTS Well done to our swimmers who competed at the Bay Champs over the weekend. Zyleika Pratt-Smith 2nd - 100m Individual Medley 2nd - 50m Breaststroke 1st - 50m Butterfly Ruby Helm 2nd - 100m Individual Medley 2nd - 200m Breaststroke
Lucy Bartlett 1st - 200m Freestyle 1st - 50m Butterfly 1st - 100m Backstroke 3rd - 100m Butterfly 1st - 200m Backstroke MMI Students who also made finals were: Poppy Wilson
Mt Maunganui Intermediate School, 21 Lodge Avenue, Mt Maunganui 3116 Phone 07 575 5512 Email: [email protected]
CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS
OLIVIA HALA WINS YEAR 7 GIRLS BOP/POVERTY BAY ELITE CROSS COUNTRY
On Friday, 11th August, our Elite Cross Country team competed against other schools at the annual Cross Country event at Waipuna Park in Welcome Bay. Olivia Hala ran an outstanding race, to win the year 7 girls race comfortably, after a good battle with the Otumoetai runner, over the first 2 kms. Stella McKenzie impressed to come third, in the same race. The year 7 girls’ team had consistent results to win the team event. Reed Tong ran well to come 2nd in the year 7 boys’ race, with Gene Baggott 4th and Noah Johnstone 6th. The team race was close with the top three teams separated by 4 points of one another, and the MMI boys ending up 3rd. Poppy Wilson was fourth, and Mia Fletcher and Leah Collins in the top ten in the year 8 girls’ race and the team came second. The year 8 boys’ team all ran consistent races to have a team placing of third. Congratulations to the following runners, who as a school team, finished second overall: Year 7 Girls: Olivia Hala, Stella McKenzie, Eden Wilkie, Pipi Roper, Jazmin Mitchell, Imogen Coffey Year 7 Boys: Reed Tong, Gene Baggott, Noah Johnstone, Felix Bird, Skylam Harvey, Zac Bryant Year 8 Girls: Poppy Wilson, Leah Collins, Olive Abrahams, Mia Fletcher, Alex Thompson, Maya Carr-Manoit Year 8 Boys: Gus Shivnan, Finn Hansen, Blake West, Jye Reid, Jed Davis, Ethan Millington
Mt Maunganui Intermediate School, 21 Lodge Avenue, Mt Maunganui 3116 Phone 07 575 5512 Email: [email protected]
Year 7 and 8 Semifinals
Congratulations and all the best to our MMI Netball teams playing this Saturday in the semi-finals.
We have 4, year 7 teams playing and 3, year 8 teams.
If you are available this Saturday - please get down to Harbourside to support our teams.
The first round starts at 9:00am. Good Luck Girls!!!
Mt Maunganui Intermediate School, 21 Lodge Avenue, Mt Maunganui 3116 Phone 07 575 5512 Email: [email protected]
COASTAL VALUE CERTIFICATES 2017 Term 3 – Week 4
1 Quinten Stegeman Good focused work on completing his speech.
2
Kayla Beaumont-Laing For showing positivity and perseverance in Mathematics.
4
Oliver Taylor For his commitment to learning inside and outside of the classroom.
5
Kyle-Jon Barry For consistently working hard to manage yourself in your learning. Ka rawe, Kyle-Jon.
6
Anaru-Ray James For being a helpful classroom member and a caring, supportive friend.
7
Madison Beattie For consistently showing and demonstrating our coastal values and always having a positive attitude towards her learning. Well done Madison.
8
Cate Wahl For learning the importance of detail and accuracy in work content.
9
Jack Monaghan For being a positive student who consistently demonstrates our coastal values.
11
Taylor Ward For being an all-round great student. Your enthusiasm for learning and willingness to help others is amazing! Well done Taylor.
12
Karlos Ruka For having an excellent week three. Well done and keep this positive behaviour up, Karlos.
13
Quinn Farley For the focus she shows in her work and for her consistent positivity and resilience.
14
Aria Chiari For the way you manage your time and give 100% to the culture of the school as well as your learning.
15
Will Fraser For your focus and motivation during many curriculum areas. Well done Will.
17
Lennox Ward For excellent focus and effort during creative writing and settling in so well to MMI.
18
Alex Walker For demonstrating excellent self-management and participating in all Curriculum activities to the best of his ability.
19
Rani Kumar For always showing kindness and support towards others. You always know how to make others feel better. Ka Rawe!
Mt Maunganui Intermediate School, 21 Lodge Avenue, Mt Maunganui 3116 Phone 07 575 5512 Email: [email protected]
COASTAL VALUE CERTIFICATES 2017 Term 3 – Week 4 continued
20
Charla Dougal For her enthusiasm and effort during class and group discussions.
21
Dilys Moore For displaying a positive attitude, and an eagerness to write her speech. Mahi Pai, Dilys.
22
Biborka Hota For displaying great confidence when presenting your speech about Kindness. Ka rawe Biborka!
Visual Arts
Zarna Palmer Room 11
For her conscientious attitude and giving of her best at all times.
Digi Tech
Oakley Plasmeyer Room 20
For his positive attitude, towards enhancing his learning, throughout the current specialist cycle.
Dance &
Drama
Neve Hunt Room 7
For presenting her personal best in all activities.
