On Wednesday 30th June a group of 72 students and 8 staff members journeyed up SH3, took a left at Hawera along SH45 to join Opunake High School in the annual sporting and cultural exchange.

The first of its kind in our region, jobFEST will provide students with the opportunity to come and spend a couple of hours engaging with the vehicles, tools and information of over 50 businesses from the Logistics, Distribution and Transport industries, including Refrigeration, Warehousing, Logistics, Technical Mechanical and the huge Road Transport sector.

Please see Mrs Allan if you are interested.

On Sunday 27th May three students completed the half marathon. It was year 10 student's Aymee and Charlotte Blight's first attempt at a half marathon.

One of the many positives of being a teacher is to hear of the successes of former students and reflect upon the small contribution that we or our schools may have made to these successes.

On Friday 25th May the Level 1 Physical Education class spent the day at Adrenalin Forest as part of an NCEA assessment.

Our visitors from Narita, Japan will be arriving for their annual exchange on Friday 17th August this year.

Once a year the International Pacific University in Palmerston North transforms its own campus into a Japanese Omatsuri festival venue.

On Thursday 24th May the annual road to Rockquest concert was held in the Hall as a fundraiser for Justin and Brad Jurgens' band, Fusion who compete in the regional Rockquest competition on 8th June .

At the 41 Degree Weightlifting Competition in Wellington on 20th March, Shelby Wells hit a personal best clean and jerk (65kg) and total (107kg).

Year 13 student Justin Jurgens and younger brother Brad (a.k.a Fusion) competed in the Manawatu Rockquest Heats at the Globe Theater in Palmerston North on Saturday 19th May.

On Tuesday 15th May a number of our junior students worked with local award winning artist and illustrator, Wendy Hodder to paint a mural on the fence at Te Waiora Medical Center.

On a wet Wednesday afternoon, Manawatu College hosted the annual Manawatu Inter-Secondary Schools Cross Country competition on our Cross Country Track.

Week three of term two was Anti-Bullying Week. Monday 14th May to Friday 18th May is an annual nationwide Bullying Prevention Week to raise awareness of how to prevent and respond to bullying and provide an opportunity for schools to highlight their everyday work to counter bullying.

On Wednesday 9 May the level 2/3 Food and Catering class learned how to make bread and buns with guest visitor Lenore Winterburn, a cookery tutor from the Horowhenua Learning Center.

On Wednesday 9th May the annual Cross Country run took place over the ITM forest.

Attitude are a group of young people who travel New Zealand speaking in schools to creatively teach life skills that will assist teenagers to make life-enhancing choices.

In preparation for the annual P.E Hard as Nails Challenge, twenty of our senior students attended a five week training course at the CrossFit MANA gym.

On Wednesday 25th April our Senior Student Leaders participated in the ANZAC Day formalities in Foxton.

In the term one holidays year 13 student Quinten Mochan completed a senior course for cadets in Ohakea.