2012 Triathlon

Annie Oxborrow

The annual Triathlon was once again dominated by teams and individuals from Kahikatea, with Annie Oxborrow winning the individual Girls Championship, 2nd was Olivia Limmer (Rm6), and 3rd was Brianna Hayes (Rm6). A Room 5/6 team of Tayla Lewis-Devlyn, Laureth Chapman and Charlie Grace Chapman achieved 5th place in the teams event. Isaac Smith from Room 6 won the individual boys event. Also competing from Room 5 were- Georgia Kerapa, Shyla Paikea, Petria Fitzgerald, Ashleigh Eves, Fallon Goodson, Cassie Barnes, Aaria Pene and Phaeora Sims.

2012 Swimming Sports

Thomas Cook Jasmine Muhlman-Brown Fallon Goodson Aaria Pene Laureth and Charlie-Grace Chapman Mr Metcalfe gets into the dress up spirit.

Kahikatea team on the bank.

Tayla Lewis-Devlyn and Cassie Barnes

Michelle Hawinkels Room 5 awaits the first race.

The races are underway!

The 2012 Swimming Sports were held on a wonderful sunny day. Kahikatea team competed successfully once again with many wins in events and in relays. We await the overall points results!

Update- Thomas Cook was announced as the Year 8 Boys Champion, and Kahikatea won the overall points competition, and so are Team Champions once again!

2012 Leaders

Tayla, Liana, Aaria and Trent.

The leadership group from Room 5 includes Aaria Pene as Class Councillor, Tayla Lewis-Devlyn as School Ambassador and Class Chairperson, and Fallon Goodson as Class Secretary. The class Committee includes Aaria, Tayla and Fallon, plus Laureth, Annie Oxborrow, Staria Green, Carly McIlroy, Trent Langeveld, Shadrach Tuimaseve, Wendell Thomas and Yaksh Kataria. Aaria, Tayla and Liana Scott-Nanthasack are also part of the final 16 students in the school Leadership group selected after a day long Leaders workshop run by Tama Dean, where the students work to organise a talent quest within our school, with finalists going on to compete against other schools, all organised by this leadership team. As well, Aaria Pene was chosen as the CEO of the group. Trent Langeveld has been appointed to the Sports Council as a Team Representative.

2012 Koru Awards

The students recognised for the weekly Academic Koru are-
3 February- Tamiya Ferguson
10 February- Petria Fitzgerald
17 February- Shyla Paikea
24 February- Wendell Thomas
2 March- Staria Green
9 March- Carly McIlroy
16 March- Liana Scott-Nanthasack
23 March- Aaria Pene
30 March- Thomas Cook
               - Fallon Goodson and Jakob Thomas (Sports Awards)
4 April-Jasmine Muhlmann-Brown
27 April- Annie Oxborrow
4 May- Michelle Hawinkels
11 May- Caleb Pearse
18 May- Jakob Thomas
25 May- Tayla Lewis-Devlyn
1 June- Erlend Petersen
8 June- Yaksh Kataria
15 June- Ashleigh Eves
22 June- Shadrach Tuimaseve
29 June- Laureth Chapman
             - Cassie Barnes and Liam Barrett (Sports Awards)
20 July- Cassie Barnes
27 July- Ben Needham
3 August- Georgia Kerapa
10 August- Phaeora Sims
17 August- Liam Barrett
24 August- Lafayette Wright
31 August- Fallon Goodson
7 September- Reggae Ngahooro
14 September- Aiden Starr
21 September- Lafayette Wright
28 September- Petria Fitzgerald and Erlend Petersen (Sports Awards)
19 October- Jasmine Muhlmann-Brown
26 October- Thomas Cook
9 November- Trent Langeveld
16 November- Petria Fitzgerald
23 November- Cassie Barnes
                     - Tayla Lewis-Devlyn, Annie Oxborrow, Aaria Pene and Michelle Hawinkels (Class   
                       Cultural Awards)
30 November- Shyla Paikea
                      - Shadrach Tuimaseve and Reggae Ngahooro (Sports Awards)

2012 New Students

Erlend Peterson

Shadrach Tuimaseve

Jakob Thomas

Aiden Starr

Reggae Ngahooro

Wendell Thomas

Liam Barrett

Caleb Pearse

Ben Needham

Georgia Kerapa

Ashleigh Eves

Cassie Barnes

Phaeora Sims

Fallon Goodson

Tamiya Ferguson

Shyla Paikea

Petria Fitzgerald

Jasmine Muhlmann-Brown

Gold Koru Awards

Jess Forkert

Jess Needham

Two students from Room 5 were the first two students in the school to achieve the Gold Badge for achieving at least twenty Koru Awards which include at least 3 of each colour. They were Jessica Needham and Jessica Forkert. The Year 8 students were presented with their Gold Badges at the final assembly for the year before the Christmas holidays.

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.