Awakeri School News

7th May For the last two days we have been lucky to have Brent McKillop and Exia Edwards here introducing rugby skills to everyone. Each class has had a turn, and we have all loved it! Rachael Griffen even got her knees dirty!

5th May Today is the first day back for term two. This term there are only two bus runs instead of three. The Angle/Putiki run have been split up between the White Pine/Station Road and McDonalds Road bus runs. This means there will be more kids on the bus but, luckily we now have bigger buses so that it's not as crowded! All the students that go on the bus will all leave at 3 o'clock instead of some leaving later.
This term four classes will be going to their camps, room 9 and 10 will be going to Lake Taupo Christian camp and rooms 12 and 13 will be going to Tui Ridge. Another exciting event coming up this term is the the interschool rugby/netball day, which is non-compulsory sports day for those who are into netball and rugby and who know the rules really well.
Everyone is looking forward to a fun term!

18th April Today is the last day of the term. After today we'll have a two week holiday break. We'll be back to school on Monday the 5th of May.
Yesterday the senior school had Otago maths. Otago maths is for selected children who are good at problem solving. The test is set by Otago university and involves answering five tough math questions. Only one person from our school got 100%. (Drumroll please) Well done to Clive McIndoe, from room 12.
Yesterday and today we've been having a short Badminton lesson with Nick. We were taught tricks and how to properly hold the racket.
Today in assembly we announced who got to creampie Mr Fitz, Mr Hawkes and Miss Taggart. If they won Sing star at the Fundraiser they got to creampie one of the teachers. The winners were Micaiah, Luisa, Mrs Cronin and Mrs Merry.
Check out these photos!

Miss Taggart got cream-pied by Mrs Cronin. Doesn't she look great!	Micaiah sang really well in singstar and won the junior aged section. He's just cream-pied Mr Fitz!

 

17th April Yesterday was our senior Fundraiser. It was to fundraise for the senior camps, Blair Lodge and Tui Ridge. The senior students had to organize a stall, selling food or doing an activity for the rest of the school to enjoy. Because it's been raining heaps here, the stalls had to be moved inside or under the decks. We raised $1 400 to put towards our camps. There were stalls like Slurp 'n' Burp, Singstar, the Tunnel of Doom and Delishimo Cafe' (DC). Here are a few pictures of the fundraiser.

15th April Tomorrow is the senior school's Fun Raiser. Hopefully the rain will stop for an hour. We'll be having it anyway. All welcome to bring some money and have some fun.

11th April Next Wednesday is the senior syndicate's annual fundraiser to raise money for their camps. The fundraiser occurs during the lunch hour. The fundraiser is when the senior children get into groups and think of ideas to raise money for their camp, things like food stalls, obstacle courses, sumo wrestling in fat suits, or jumping out the room 12 window. Some of the senior classes presented plays to advertise thir stalls at the school assembly. They were really creative and energetic when presenting their plays, everyone seemed to enjoy them.

9th April Here are a few of Judy's cool photos of the touch day yesterday:

Konar is running hard to get past his Edgecumbe opponent. Konar scored ten tries!	Here are Toby and Sam playing against Matata. Awakeri won 2 - 1. The ref is Madison, who took a day off high school to come and help!
Emma has just been touched by a Thornton player. "Drat!"	Jennifer makes a good run forward for her team. She has lots of people in support.

8th April Today is inter-school touch day. It is held at our school every year and lots of other schools are coming to play for a fun day of Touch. The PTA will be selling food in the canteen as well to fundraise money. It's for kids aged from about eight to twelve or even thirteen. It's a really fun day for everyone!!

4th April We had a lady called Janie at our school to talk about the enviroment. She talked about the water and how little we have to drink and share between so many people. It was really interesting to listen to and she also gave us homework. It was very interesting to see how many litres of water we all watse. She only talked to the seniors and middle school as the juniors don't really understand!
Also Room 14 will be coming back from their lovely camp today in between 4 o'clock and 5 o'clock tonight. Lucky for all those kids that are participating in touch because they don't have to practise as hard, except it will be tough on them when it comes to the day, which is Tuesday!

2nd April Yesterday Room 14 went to their camp, Blair Lodge. It's near Katikati and is home to lots of animals like pigs, chickens, donkeys. They'll be back on Friday afternoon. They'll be doing lots of fun activities, like on the last day they'll go to Waimarino water park. There are other activities like archery, slug guns, confidence course. And we can't forget the mock court on the last night which is quite a laugh!!
Also coming up is Touch Day! We have been practising a lot lately, getting prepared for the big day. We can't wait to play against the other schools and good luck to all of you.
Another event coming up is our senior school's Fun(d) Raiser. The seniors have spilt themselves up into groups but also in their class. They then worked on what they were going to do and picked a name for their stall. We then had to pick who was going to do what job to learn about (Manufacturing, Finance and Advertising) and then bring back the information and talk about it with their groups. This is only open to our school!

26th March Today's the first day back from our extra long Easter weekend. It was a refreshing vacation from our regular learning routines. It was a five day holiday so I'm sure we have all had a relaxing time with our families. And don't forget all the chocolate we consumed over the holidays.

Up coming events to look forward to -
*Touch day / 8th April
*Room 14s camp / 1st - 4th April
*Room 9s camp / 12th - 14th May
*Room 12 and 13s camp / 20th - 23rd May
*Room 10s camp / 14th - 16th May
*Net ball and Rugby day / 28th May
*Term holidays / 18th April - 5th May

20th March Yahh yesterday and today have been half days for the students because of parent interviews. The lucky teachers get to stay at school for hours telling our parents what little angels we've been (cough, cough). Tomorrow is another holiday because of Easter weekend, we also have next Monday and Tuesday off, yahhh!!
So have a very happy Easter!

17th March Yesterday was our Top School, which was a really fun day. Congratulations to our Top School team and cheerleaders who did really well in their competitions. The cheerleaders came first, and the team came fourth.
There was also lots of games and activities for those not in a team. There was heaps of food for sale and prizes to be won, like lucky jars, lollies, Easter eggs, gold fish. There was also a garage sale and plant sale. People spent about $27 000 on the day!
Click here to see some cool photos of Top school.

14 March Yahhhh! Only a couple of days until Top school! Over the last few weeks our Top school team and cheerleaders have been working hard ready to represent our school on Sunday, so good luck to them, as well as all the other schools entering. We're under way already with a lot of the field starting to be set up for Sunday. A lot of work will be done tomorrow as well.
We have lots of sponsors for Top School. Click here to see who they are so you can support them!!
This week the ERO have been here, talking to everyone about how the school is going and watching the school working. We hope they are impressed!!
Here are some nice photos and the Awakeri place getters from from the interschool swimming sports on Wednesday. We had a number of champions - Abbey, Shannon, Ari, Kurt, Moana, Jasmine, Kasey!

6th March Yesterday B and C block had their swimming sports at the Edgecumbe college pool.
We travelled by bus and then sat in our houses: Rimu, Rata, Tawa and Kowhai.
The first event started at around nine thirty with our two length freestyle. We also had one length of freestyle for all ages. The width races were next for the not so confident swimmers. We also had flutter board races across the width of the pool.
We had some fun events, which were a length on a boogie board, biggest splash and nicest dive.
At the end of the day we had relays. Our first relay was a house relay. This year we needed five girls and boys from each house. Rimu won the relay.
Our second relay was Children verses the teachers and adults. The children were Shannon, Jasmine, Ari and Caleb. The adults were Mr Hawkes and Mr Turpie. Unfortunately the adults and teachers won!
Then we went back home on the bus after an exhausting day.
Click here to see the wonderful photos from yesterday.

29th February Jaime Clarke is a lucky leap year person. Today she had her 3rd birthday!!! We all sang Happy Birthday to her at assembly!

28th February Yesterday just after the end lunch bell had gone, the firebell started going. We all thought it was just the regular fire drill that we have every term but once we all got into our class lines and did the roll, Mr. Fitz moved us all onto the back court. This is when some of us thought it might be due to a real fire. We were all waiting anxiously on the back court, when we saw the big digger that had recently been working on the turf pop around the corner. Seeing the digger relieved us of the thought that it was a real fire. The real reason the digger also came to the backcourt was to tear down the big oak tree that was in the middle of the staff parking lot. The news monitors went to investigate the reason for the destruction of the tree, this is what we found out....

Why- Because in place of the staff parking lot and the tree the school will be building a new classroom for Extensions and enrichment.
Teacher- Mr. Sheather
New parking lot- The staff parking lot will now be on the back court with a fence around it.
Why back court- The new staff parking lot will be moved to the back court because the padder tennis etc. games can now be played on the turf when it is completed.

26th February Last week room 8 and room 11 went on separate camps to the Ohiwa Harbour. Room 8 went on Monday and arrived back on Wednesday and room 11 went on Wednesday and came back on Friday. Here are some photos from Room 8's camp and some from room 11's camp.
Yesterday B and C block started PAT tests. We are tested to see what subjects we might need to improve on and, if we do well in these tests we could be chosen for extension classes throughout the year. Some of the things we're tested on are comprehension, mathematics, library skills and listening skills. The tests will take about a week to complete.

22nd February Today we found out who made it into the top school team. Twelve senior students, six boys and six girls, got chosen. Over the last few weeks they have been on trial, testing their speed and accuracy. Lots of students tried out, but only twelve could be chosen
Congratulations to Reme Barkema, Brittany Harder, Elaine Taylor, Shannon Mower, Jaime Clark, Jasmine Hope, Caleb Robertshaw, Caleb Sheather, Nimai Carrington, Ari Wilson-Porter, Kurt Turpie and Renko Barkema. They will represent our school at Top School later on this term.

19th February Yesterday C block ( room 12, 13 and 14) went to Otarawairere beach. They went there to explore the creatures and plants that live in the rock pools and to compare the creatures in the high tide and low tide areas. We have some awesome photos as well!
Click Here to see them.

15th February 08 We have just received information of who our new House captains are. Congratulations!! They are...

RATA	KOWHAI	RIMU	TAWA
Hannah Gooch Jaime Clark Nimai Carrington Tyler Mansell	Jasmine Hope (name with-held) Clive McIndoe Nicholas Baker	Rachael Griffen Anelies Duffy Renko Barkema Caleb Sheather	Kasey Vander Wouden Brittany Harder Jarrod Butler Adrian Swift

11th February 08 The new website monitors have been chosen. Below is a list of who they are and what class they're doing. :)

Emma Bennett - Rm 12
Rachael Griffen - Rm 10 and News page
Matthew Archer - Rm 7
Kayla Turvey - Rm 2 and Rm 13
Olivia Smits - Rm 5
Hamish Inwood - Rm 9
Lucy Rannali - Rm 3
Mikaela Hancox - Rm 6 and News Page
Carrie Fynn - Rm 8
David Klein Ovink - Rm 14
Jesse Ingle - Rm 4
Elaine Taylor - Rm 11

5 February 08 School is back! Lots of happy students are enjoying catching up with their friends, and no-one has got too lost with the new room numbers! Lucky Room 14 and Room 13's year sevens are off to Tech at Edgecumbe College today.
Information booklets about the school were given out yesterday. Most of it is also on the Basic School Information page of this website. Mr Hawkes has been handing out job application forms for senior students to be website monitors. They're due in on Friday. Hopefully there will be lots of people keen to keep our website up to date and as interesting as usual!

3 February 08 There are a number of room changes for students, from those listed on the children's reports at the end of last year. This is because of quite a few enrolments in the senior school, and the resulting reshuffle of students down through the school. Please check the notice board out the front of the school to see which room you / your child has been allocated to.

30 January 2008 Welcome back everyone. School starts on Monday, get yourself ready!! Welcome to new teacher Esther Geerlings, who will be teaching in Room 5. Mr Sheather is the 'new' Deputy Principal in charge of the juniors.Welcome back to Mrs West too.

18 January 2008 The updated school calendar is online (click on the link to the left). The new room numbers have been put up too! Hopefully everyone will soon get used to them!! We will be changing the links to the rooms' pages on the website soon!!

9 January 2008
A few photos from the 2007 senior social are here. A big earthquake and camera troubles didn't help! And a few photos from the last day water fight are here too.

Old News Do you want to look at the news from last year and before that? It is reeeeaaallllly cool. Click here to find that interesting old news from 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 or even 2002 and before.