2011 Graduation Social

The Year 8 students from Room 5 enjoyed a great night at the Graduation Social. Photos here show the group who attended having lots of fun.

2011 Lunchtime Sport Softball winners!

Room 5 are the winners of the Lunchtime Sport inter-class Softball tournament for 2011! We beat the Sports Class (Room 17) in an exciting final where after the first turn at bat for each team, the scores were tied at 6 runs each. Another full turn at bat for each team (where everybody bats once) was played, and Room 17 scored another 6 runs. We came into bat last, and managed to score 7 runs, with the last batter Matthew Tuson, hitting home himself and two other base runners to win the game. This is now the fifth year in a row that Room 5 has won the tournament. The team was- Eilis Yates, Eden French-Putu, Liana Scott-Nanthasack, Jess Forkert, Jaimie Jefferson, Ezra Sa'u, Sheridan Tuimaseve, Trent Langeveld, Sheldon Rogers, and Matthew Tuson. CHAMPIONS!

Prize Giving 2011

Jess (Len Schwabe Award & Competitions Trophy) and Jaimie (Sportswoman Award)

Jessica with her 2 trophies

Sportswoman of the Year- Jaimie Jefferson

Jaimie Jefferson was named Sports Woman of the Year at the 2011 Maeroa School Prizegiving. She received the award ahead of 5 other finalists, including Hannah Jenkin and Jessica Forkert, also from Room 5. Sheridan Tuimaseve was a finalist for the Sportsman of the Year. Jessica Needham won the Len Schwabe Trophy for Cultural Achievement and Involvement for 2011, plus the award for the most successful student in Academic Competitions, winning the Excellence in Academic Competitions Cup.

School Concert 2011

The school end-of-year concert featured many Room 5 students. The Kahikatea team item was in the style of "Glee", with the theme being "Remember the Days". The songs featured were "Remember the Days of the Old Schoolyard", "Those Were The Days" (with a solo performance from Liana Scott-Nanthasack), "Another Brick in the Wall", "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" and the "Kahikatea Song, written by Anna Butcher, to the Monkees Theme Song.

2011 Rotary and Zonta winners

Sheridan Tuimaseve (Winner Rotary Scholarship 2011) with family including brother Sebastian, a former member of Room 5 and a winner of the same trophy in 2006.

Jessica Forkert, winner of the 2011 Zonta Scholarship, with her mum Tracey.

The six finalists for the girls including Hannah Jenkin, 4th from the left.

The six boy finalists including Joshua Allen, 1st on the left.

Two Room 5 students were the winners of the 2011 scholarships awarded by the Frankton Rotary Club and the Hamilton Zonta Club at a special school assembly to announce the winners. They were Jess Forkert and Sheridan Tuimaseve. Other Room 5 finalists were Hannah Jenkin and Josh Allen.

Athletic Sports 2011

Jaimie and Kayla in their 100m heat.

Kainoa Thomas (4th in High Jump).

Hannah Jenkin (2nd in Discus).

Jaimie Jefferson (New record holder in the Yr 8 Girls Discus).

Kayla Polley (New record holder in the Yr 8 Girls High Jump).

Students from Room 5 set two new Athletic's records at the school Athletic Sports at Porritt Stadium on Monday 14 November. Kayla Polley set a new Yr 8 Girls High Jump record of 1.43 metres beating the old record set by Gene Hustler in 1984 and tied by Jenna Rathbone in 2003 of 1.42 metres. This was followed by Jaimie Jefferson setting a new record for the Yr 8 Girls Discus previously held by Tami Parata set in 1982 of 27.55 metres. Jaimie's new record was 27.65 metres. Both Jaimie and Kayla later combined with Jess Forkert (R5) and Rae Zapa (R6) to win the Yr 8 Girls 4 x 100m relay. Other students who featured prominately were Hannah Jenkin who gained a second place in both the Yr 8 Girls Discus and Shotput, Annie Oxborrow gaining 2nd in the Yr 7 Girls Cricket Ball Throw and 3rd in the Discus, and Jaimie Jefferson also scored 2nd in the Long Jump.

2011 Spelling Bee Champion

The 2011 Spelling Bee champion is Jessica Needham from Room 5. Jess spelt "anthropology" correctly in what turned out to be the final round, as all of the other 6 contestants remaining, made errors. Jess competed against 40 finalists in front of an evening audience of parents and students in the auditorium. Congratulations Jess. With this win she also gained her 20th koru, qualifying her for her silver badge, the first person in the school to do so!

How Idol We've Become

Jess Forkert

Liana Scott-Nanthasack

A number of Room 5 students take lead roles in the latest mini-production produced by the school. It is a play setting a message about the various idol shows from television with a twist at the end. Students from Room 5 involved are- Jess Forkert, Jess Needham, Hannah Jenkin, Kayla Polley, Anna Butcher, Yaksh Kataria, Mirella Willson, Liana Scott-Nanthasack, and Laureth Chapman.

2011 Sports Camp

Many of our Room 5 students were involved in the recent Sports Camp team at Totara Springs Camp at Matamata. The team spent from Monday to Friday exclusively playing different sports against other intermediate schools from the North Harbour region of Auckland. Students from Room 5 who were involved were- (Yr 8's) Eden French-Putu, Jaimie Jefferson, Hannah Jenkin, Anna Butcher, Kayla Polley, Jess Forkert, Jonno Barnes, Josh Allen, Sheridan Tuimaseve, Ezra Sa'u, (Yr 7's)- Laureth Chapman, Tayla Lewis-Devlyn, Annie Oxborrow, Liana Scott-Nanthasack, Trent Langeveld, Sheldon Rogers. Not a bad representation from a team of 30! Eden and Jaimie won the table tennis, and Josh and Liana won the archery!

Lunchtime Sport Netball

The Room 5 Netball team has won all their pool games to qualify for the semi-finals, but stumbled 7-6 against Room 18 in their run to the final. The team dominated the game but couldn't turn all the possession into enough goals. The squad for the tournament was Kayla Polley, Eden French-Putu, Jaimie Jefferson, Tayla Lewis-Devlyn, Aaria Pene, Anna Butcher, Sheridan Tuimaseve, Kainoa Thomas, Ezra Sa'u and Sheldon Rogers.

Oratory 2011

Matthew Tuson

Carly McIlroy

Josh Allen

Staria Green

Jess Needham

The Room 5 finalists for the Kahikatea team's Oratory final are Jessica Needham, Josh Allen and Matthew Tuson (all at Level 4), and Staria Green and Carly McIlroy (both at Level 3). All the class completed their speeches in front of the full class at either Level 3 or 4 on the English Curriculum. They all attempted "to be the best they can be".

Cross Country 2011

Michelle Hawinkels, Anna Butcher, Liana Scott-Nanthasack, Tayla Lewis-Devlyn & Eilis Yates.

Annie Oxborrow

Kayla Polley

Jonno Barnes

Staria Green

Trent Langeveld

Ezra Sa'u

Eden French-Putu

Once again Room 5 students featured in the annual school Cross Country, with a number all finishing in the top six within the Championship group. They were- Annie Oxborrow (2nd) and Staria Green (5th) in the Yr 7 girls, Trent Langeveld (2nd) in the Yr 7 boys, Kayla Polley (3rd) in the Yr 8 girls, and Jonno Barnes (6th) in the Yr 8 Boys. Others also excelled, achieving or bettering their goals. At the next week's school Assembly, it was announced that Kahikatea team had won the team's points, so we are champions once again, defending our title from last year.