MIS Newsletter

MORRINSVILLE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

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15th November, 2012

Unfortunately the weather has not co-operated for our school Athletics Day today and although the students did start the rotation of events at 9am it had to be called off due to the rain. Because we have a very full school calendar leading up to the Inter-Intermediate Athletics Competition scheduled for 27th November, students will compete in events with their own Team over the next week to confirm who qualifies.

MIS - NZ Junior Year 8 Netball Champs!

Nine MIS girls travelled to Taupo to compete in the annual NZ Junior Netball Festival which was held over the last term break. MIS Bulletz Netball team had won the Year 7 title in 2011 so they were very keen to take the Year 8 title too. The team played four games on Saturday winning three games against St Peters Chanel Hamilton 40-4, Tauranga Intermediate 20-14 and Mount View 44-6; however, they lost to Howick 22-18. On the Sunday the girls took out the semi-final against Cambridge 43-3 and were up against Howick again for the finals. MIS Bulletz played a brilliant two halves and had a good lead. However, Howick came out fighting and were looking to creep in for a win towards the end of the game. The last quarter saw the girls dig deep and play hard to take the win 21-17 making them the 2012 NZ Junior Year 8 champions! These girls played a magnificent tournament and their set plays and awesome defence helped in every game. Well done girls, be proud of your amazing achievements! The MIS Bulletz Team: Alysha Priestley, Ella Wilton, Mackenzie Taylor, Zarnia Herewini-Wilson, Alison Priestley, Tiana Parker, Sophie Hamilton, Te Kawhi King-TamihanaToby, Jazmine Clark-Cook and supporter Elly Wilson. The team was coached by Mrs Taylor with support from dedicated parents.

Makuhari Student Exchange

On Monday the 17th of September two M.I.S students Luke Phillips and Sukhraj Dosanjh got on a flight for Japan with Mr McDonald and headed for a homestay with 32 other Intermediate students from around the Waikato. This trip was part of an annual Year 8 exchange that our school has been involved in for many years. Families from our school host students from Makuhari Junior High in the first term of every year. Our first day in Japan was a public holiday so we spent the day with our host families. We then had a welcome assembly at Makuhari Junior High (which was 5 storeys high.) We had a tour of the school and went to a shopping mall named Ito Yokado. Later we had a traditional Japanese tea ceremony (which was DISGUSTING). Next we visited Makuhari International School and everyone there spoke English much to our surprise, then from the school we traveled to a traditional garden where we had our second tea ceremony (still DISGUSTING). We then traveled back to the school and participated in fun activities. We spent a day at Disneyland and we had a blast! Next was the weekend, usually Japanese people work on Saturday but it was Equinox Day on Saturday so everyone had a day off. We travelled by train to Tokyo and toured the city. On Tuesday we went to Tokyo Disney Sea which was also heaps of fun and it was great to meet Goofy! We went to two museums (FUN) which were both very interesting; we learnt lots about the culture. The next day we went to a shopping mall called Lalaport which is 17 x bigger than Chartwell and we bought lots of stuff. We also went to Akihabra which is one of biggest technology shops in the world and was really amazing to see. Sadly, we all knew we had to go home the next day after an awesome time with lots of new experiences and new friends but after a 10 hour flight home we were all really excited to see our families again.

Luke & Sukhraj at Disneyland

Important - Union Meeting 21st November

Please be advised that MIS teachers will be attending an NZEI Union Meeting on Wednesday 21st November at 1.30pm. There will be classes as usual until lunchtime and it would be appreciated if arrangements could be made for students to be picked up at lunchtime on this day. Thank you for your co-operation.

MIS Speech Finals

Well done to the following students who presented their speeches last Friday at our school speech finals: Hayley Coles Caitlin Li Calsi Mark Haddock Ben Brownlie Paige Banks-Rohrlach Jack Devane Laura Burne Nadia Holdcroft Emele Ezekiela Alison Priestley Toes Rules Mark Why Microsoft is better than Apple Beauty is only skin deep Names Gymnastics Autism Racism Beauty CONGRATULATIONS TO: Jack Devane Caitlin Li Calsi Alison Priestley Mark Haddock 1st place 2nd place 3rd place Highly Commended

MIS Christmas Raffle

Thank you to all families who have donated an item for the Christmas Hamper. Raffle books & money need to be returned on Monday 19th November. The raffle will be drawn on 28th November.

Cultural Concert
Our end of year Cultural Concert is on Wednesday 21st November at 7.00pm in the school hall. All students involved in kapa haka, choir, band, ukulele band, rock bands plus the place-getters from X-Factor and lip sync competitions will perform at the concert. This is a great way for students to showcase their talents and the progress they have made during the year. A gold coin koha would be appreciated at the door on the night. See you there!

Thank you very much to our judges Keith Bunting, Angela Walters and Sally Oldfield.

Consultation Hui
Morrinsville Intermediate will be holding a consultation hui with our Whanau on Thursday 29th November at the Kai-a-te-mata marae from 5.30pm to 8.30pm. Kapa Haka will be performing at the conclusion of the hui.

NZ National Champion!
Steven Christie has recently won the 2012 National Tae Kwondo Tournament in his division! This event was held at North Shore Event Centre last month. Steven won the final 11-7 and also won gold two weeks later at the Pride Open Tournament held at Manurewa where he won his final 23-3. Congratulations Steven on your fantastic achievements!

Inter-Intermediate Volleyball
On 30th October two teams of MIS girls and boys travelled to Te Awamutu to compete in the annual Inter-Intermediate Volleyball Tournament. The boys team played five games, the competition was tough and, although we didn't win any of our games, we all learned a lot and enjoyed playing some skilled teams. The girls team did really well and finished 4th overall by winning four of their six games which was a great result for them.

Our thank you morning tea for all our wonderful parents who have helped out during the year; please accept this as an invitation to all volunteers who have helped during 2012 to come along for morning tea on Thursday 22nd November at 10.30am in our school hall.

We would like to thank the parents who provided transport and supported us and a big thank you to Miss Milliken for organizing our teams and providing coaching. Report by Ben Allison & Jack Devane

Reliable babysitters available for week nights, weekends, holidays: Phone Courtney Griffin on 07 889 5664 or 027 8799 317. Phone or text Anisha on 027 496 3386. Both girls are responsible and enjoy working with children.

All MIS trophies from prizegivings last year need to be returned.