NEWSLETTER

MORRINSVILLE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

Ph 07 889 6629 Fax 07 889 5645 Email office@mi.school.nz

1st December, 2011

Congratulations to the following students who have recently applied for and been accepted to receive an MIS Honours Award. These students will receive their Honours Awards at our End of Year Excellence Prizegiving on 14th December. Our Excellence Prizegiving starts at 10.30am. Paris Lowe has achieved Excellence in Culture and Civics and Merit in Academics. Orrin Forsythe has achieved Excellence in Academics and Civics and Merit in Culture. Kailey Allison has achieved Excellence in Sport and Civics and Merit in Academics. Julia Reeve has achieved Excellence in Academics and Culture and Merit in Culture. Part of the requirements to achieve Honours at MIS is to receive two Excellences and one Merit from points gained from Academics, Sports, Culture and Civics. Students must also show commitment, a positive attitude, responsibility and reliability to be eligible. All students who manage to achieve Honours at MIS have done so by actively making the most of the extension and enrichment programmes our school offers. These achievements are not only a credit to the students involved but also an outstanding example of school-wide Top left: Paris Lowe & Orrin Forsythe Bottom left: Kailey Allison & Julia Reeve. attitude, character and effort that we value in all MIS students.

We are very proud to announce to families that we have finally raised enough money to purchase our Kapa Haka Piu Piu after three years of school-wide fundraising together with grants received from Awarua Trust and Sky City. This will now complete our Kapa Haka Uniform which was designed and made last year. The Piu Piu will now be ordered and they will be ready next year, we will have a formal blessing once they are received. They take some time to make as they are all hand-made. We would like to say a huge thank you to our school families and the wider community for supporting the fundraisers over the past three years; your efforts have been very much appreciated by our school.

Congratulations to the following students for receiving Merit and Excellence Awards:
Excellence Awards:
Taliya Chase - Cultural Luke Harrison - Cultural Abbey Bell - Sports Hanna Zouggari - Sports Raymond Wilson - Sports

Merit Awards:
Iskandar Shamsul - Cultural Libby Jarvie - Cultural Lachlan Keightley - Cultural Nicola Paul - Cultural Taliya Chase - Cultural Jade Glover - Cultural Jordyn Mellow - Cultural MIS Kapa Haka Students wearing their uniform. The Piu Arahia King-Tamihana-Toby - Cultural Piu has kindly been loaned to us by Morrinsville College
for past performances.

MIS X-Factor Finals were held last week, this is a very popular event and gives our students an opportunity to show-case their cultural talents! Well done to all students who auditioned and congratulations to the following winners: Bands: Musicians: Dance: Variety: Singers: Jacob Li Calsi & Levi Flintoff. Jessica Alsemgeest - Piano Jordyn Mellow - Clarinet (1st=) (1st=)
MORRINSVILLE INTERMEDIATE

Annual Performing Arts Concert tonight

Our annual Performing Arts Concert is being held tonight at 7.30pm in our school hall. Students in School Band, Rock Band, Kapa Haka and Choir as well as our Lip Sync and X Factor winners will be involved in the concert. Families are very welcome to come along; students coming to watch must be accompanied by a parent and sit with them. There will be a gold coin entry fee which goes towards concert expenses. Our school Choir and Rock Bands are performing at the Christmas at the Rec concert this Sunday. Gates are open at 4pm. Our Choir will be performing at 4.15pm and the Rock Bands at approximately 6.30pm. Bring a picnic and a gold coin for entry.

Sarah Mason, Ella Wilton & Hannah Wilton. Hikoi Awa, Alysha Priestley & Alison Priestley. Lily-ann Franklin-Smart.

Christmas at the Rec

Congratulations to the MIS Students who competed at the Inter-Intermediate Athletics Competition on Tuesday at Porritt Stadium in Hamilton. This is always a very tough competition against school from across the Waikato.

MORRINSVILLE REP BASKETBALL

The Morrinsville Year 8 Boys Rep Basketball Team is in the Grand Final for the Thames Valley Championship. Their game in on Friday Night at 8pm vs Te Aroha at Morrinsville Events Centre. All supporters welcome.

The following MIS Students were awarded placings:

Alison Priestley Bailey Gibson Tairone Reihana Hamish Gilchrist Tiana Parker Maly Phorn Ella Wilton Ella Wilton Sean Lovelock 1st Junior Girls Discus 4th Junior Boys Discus 2nd Senior Boys Discus 3rd Senior Boys Discus 4th Junior Girls Shot-put 3rd Junior Boys 100m 3rd Junior Girls 100m 4th Junior Girls 200m 2nd Junior Boys 1500m

NZ INLINE HOCKEY TRIALS

Congratulations to Jayden Cleary, Zane Cleary and Brandon Jesen who have all had a very successful Inline Hockey season. These three MIS boys have been selected to trial for New Zealand Inline Hockey Teams! Jayden & Zane will trial this coming weekend for the 12 and Under NZ Team and Brandon will trial next weekend for the NZ Under 14 Team. Both these teams will represent New Zealand in the Oceania Tournament in Australia in April, 2012. This is a fantastic achievement and we wish all the best for the trials and look forward to hearing how you get on!!

COMMUNITY NEWS
Morrinsville College girls uniform for sale - size 10. Includes 2 x skirts, 3 x polos, 1 x sweatshirt, 1 x jacket 1 x pair winter shoes and 1 x pair roman sandals (shoes size 8). $300. Phone Sarah on 027 389 4333. Shared Carer Wanted 3 nights per week for special needs boy. Goes to a special needs school during the day. Phone Sue 889 7810 / 021 355 503. Morrinsville Swimming Club - Registration night for term one, Thursday 15th December 6.30-7.30pm. Phone Barbara on 022 130 6463 for more info. Morrinsville Tennis Tournament Sunday 4th December at 9.00am. Open to all tennis players. Phone Kerry on 889 3157 by Friday 2nd December.

Jayden Cleary, Brandon Jesen and Zane Cleary.