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Hey Team. Wow what a year it has been so far, full of amazing sporting, academic and cultural activities and now our compulsory break from school.

Prior to the nation-wide shut down Covid 19 was on everyone’s minds and the Student Council wanted to generate some positivity for our learning community. So we decided to create a Manaakitanga Wall, which turned into a Manaakitanga Tunnel!

Together within your bubble, work on a short musical item based on your whanau/family's experience of isolation. Record it on a device and send or share it to sbullot@katikaticollege.school.nz to be made into a community collaboration by April 14 if you would like to share this with others.

With some very rapid changes happening in the Education Sector to try and support the COVID-19 Level 4 Alert status, we thought it would be useful to gather some community voice to help support our decision making.

Our recent Attitude Speaker had to be postponed owing to Covid-19 precautions. Here we share a video they have provided instead.

Lots of exciting things have been happening musically throughout Term One within our classroom and beyond.

The 2020 Katikati College Championship attracted over 30 participants.

Three riders from the Katikati College Equestrian team attended the BOP Show Jumping Championships held at Te Teko on March 18, in what turned out to be the last inter-school event prior to the Covid-19 lockdown.

On Wednesday, March 4 our KKC Dance students were privileged to participate in a Contemporary Dance Workshop from professional dancers of The New Zealand Dance Company.

Our talented Level 2 Hospitality students worked hard to prepare and present a morning tea for our wonderful support staff within the school.

Computer science is super fun because it is creative and playful. Whether it’s solving a puzzle, coding art, or designing an app, Code Break is a live interactive classroom based around this.

A new thermometer sign on the Talisman Hotel fence publicly signals Katikati Innovative Horticulture Trust’s intent to raise $500,000 to build an educational centre at our College.

Pete Besley and his Ultimate Boys took out the BOP Champs on Friday 13 March at Arataki Park.

A large team of 45 athletes went across to Waihi College on March 4 to compete against eleven other Thames Valley schools.

Students in junior Technology classes are completing some amazing outcomes which they can be very proud of.

Recently the Year 7/8 classes all went for a trip to the Tauranga Art Gallery and Library. The exhibition that we went to see at the Art Gallery was by an artist called Kelcy Taratoa.

30 students took part in this years’ Katikati College Tennis championship held in fine hot conditions.

What a great day and turnout! Five records were beaten.

From Common-Sense media. Whether you want easy lesson plans from Scholastic, a living room concert from John Legend, or a drawing lesson from Mo Willems, there's no shortage of fun things to do online.

MoneyHub, a consumer finance website, has published a guide to hundreds of scholarships for any student planning to start university in 2021.

Friends of Katikati College is a fundraising group that has been set up by the College to help our students and their families meet the increasing financial pressure of education.

Every Year 7 student has a special birthday morning tea with Mrs Pentecost in her Whanau Lounge at some stage during the month of their birthday - a great time to share and celebrate with the Principal ... and to enjoy a hot chocolate cookie!"

Always popular in the school calendar are Business Studies Market Days.

It has been a busy term for Outdoor Education.

This term our Year 13 Peer Support Leaders planned and led a highly successful Handball House Competition for our Year 7 students.