Kahikatea DLU: September 2014

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Sports Camp Success 2014

Harry Yates- overall winner of the Top Sports Boy at Sports Camp.

Five Room 5 students participated in the school's team at Sports Camp competing against 6 other Intermediates from around the country including two from Auckland, at Totara Springs at Matamata. The Room 5 students were Harry Yates, Bailey Guilford, Aidan Scott-Nanthasack, Alex Carter and Robbie Wilkinson. Maeroa won the award for the top overall school, with Harry named the Top Sports Boy of the camp. The team made 16 finals overall and took away trophies for Top School, Top Sports Boy, Rugby, Boys Basketball, Girls Volleyball, Swimming, Team Triathlon, Boys Table Tennis, and the TEAM CHEER COMPETITION. The team was also runners-up in Netball, Mixed Touch, Mixed Softball, Athletics, Girl's Hockey, Boy's Hockey, Cross Country, Indoor Boy's Hockey, Indoor Girl's Hockey and Quality Living.

Bailey

Aidan and Robbie

Alex

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Mrs Bain's Farewell Assembly

On Friday 29 August, the school Principal Mrs Delwyn Bain retired after spending all but one year of her 45 year teaching career, at Maeroa Intermediate School in Hamilton. The school gathered at an Assembly in the school auditorium and farewelled her with an item from both the Pasifika and Kapa Haka groups, and the school sung the chorus's to the Sarah McLachlan song "I Will Remember You" with soloists by past and present students from our team. The ceremony was co-hosted by Room 5's Robbie Wilkinson and amongst the speakers at the event, Jasmine Podmore from Room 5 back-grounded the gift from the school of a quilt made by the students. Also to speak was the Board Chairperson Mr Mike Smith, and present with Mrs Bain were members of her family.