It's been a busy term in the Year 7/8 Hub. We have been involved in a huge variety of learning opportunities. Read some of the student's thoughts on term 3 below.

Name: Micah

Term 3 Reflection: This term I have enjoyed novel study because the book I had this term was way better than last term. Something else I have really enjoyed has been Tech because Tech is really fun. My favourite this this term has been Koru Games because I love sports. I was playing in the Touch team and scored around 7 tries. Also an achievement this term has been moving from addition to subtraction on Xtra-Maths. Something challenging this term has been getting my hours up on IXL because I also had to do novel study and integrated learning.

Name: Aysha

Term 3 Reflection: This Term I have enjoyed doing Power to the People because it was something different where we got to research about a social movement or protest then write about what they did and how they changed they changed the world. This term I also enjoyed novel study because the book I was reading was kind of interesting. Something that challenged me was maths because I had forgotten how to answer the questions but eventually after lots of help I got the hang of it. Something that I am proud of this term is in Koru Games our team got third place we also won 9 of our 10 games at Koru Games and I had lots of fun. 

Name: Xiyi

Term 3 Reflection: This term has been a really busy and exciting term for me with lots going on. I have really enjoyed all the learning that we’ve been doing because some of the stuff that we did was pretty different to our past learning and I think I have really improved in turning in my docs on time. I have also had a busy term representing the school, participating in CantaMaths, chess competitions and the Kapa Haka performance that we had at Hillmorton Highschool. One of my favourite and most enjoyable events I have participated in this term is Koru Games sports tournament. I played in the B team for Volleyball, and I think our team has really improved a lot in their skills, and have worked together superbly. I am really grateful and thankful for Mr Brown for training our team, and feel really proud of the team, winning 6 out of 9 games and in the end, coming 7th out of thirty-something teams. I would also like to especially thank all the food trucks for providing me with great nutrition for our games. Overall this term has been a great term and I have enjoyed every single part of it.

Name: Thomas

Term 3 Reflection:I have enjoyed representing Oaklands at Canta Maths, Koru Games, South West Zones. Being apart of the Eco-Warriors was nice, we hosted a clean up at Westlake with some other schools. Maths and Novel study have been fun. All and all it was a great term.

Name: Elizabeth

Term 3 Reflection: This Term I have really enjoyed Koru Games because we got to verse hard teams. I also really enjoyed going to Lincoln school for Tech because you can make or do really cool things there. I really liked doing the First Aid program because we got to learn how to do CPR and how to save people if they are choking on something small like a piece of popcorn. I was challenged by the maths we had to I do. I thought it was pretty hard. I also loved doing Novel Study because the book was really interesting because it was all about war and how you have to be really far away to do war and also that you needed to face your enemies that you don't like. Buddy Programme was really fun because you get to hang out with little kids that you might not see in the school.     

Name: Hannah

Term 3 Reflection: This term I enjoyed doing studies on different countries while I was away. I did a study on Japan and Wales. I also enjoyed the Koru Games. I played football. I was really happy because it was lots of fun and we came 18th. Something that was challenging was my math because a lot of it involves algebra and that was confusing. I am proud of scoring my first penalty shootout at the Koru Games. I also really enjoyed writing stories of what we had done during the week.

Name: Rani

Term 3 Reflection:This term has been really busy and enjoyable for me. I have had lots of different opportunities and have experienced really exciting events. One of my highlights this term was attending the Chess Competition which was held at Te Hapua (the local library.) I won 2 out of 5 chess matches so I was really proud of that accomplishment. Another one of my highlights was being part of the Year 8 team that attended CantaMaths. I was proud of our final score and we worked well as a team. Last but not least I loved participating in the Kiwi Exams because some of the questions pushed me out of my comfort zone. HoweverI was proud of my results. What I found challenging was completing my Novel Study activities, but I managed to get most of them done. Overall,Term 3 has been quite different and interesting for me!

Name: Felix

Term 3 Reflection: This term has been really fun for me. My highlight for this term was Koru Games because we got to compete with different teams and we also came second in our pool for touch. I really enjoyed Buddy Program because we got to play with our buddies and learn with them. My Biggest challenge for this term was maths because it was quite hard but I persevered through it. What I am most proud of is getting into Canterburys for cross country.

Name: Vanessa

Term 3 Reflection: This term has been really fun, busy and interesting for me. My favourite part of this term has been going to Koru Games because I got to play Volleyball. Our team worked really well together, and we got better progressively over the course of 3 days. We won 6 out of 9 games, and lost 3. We had to persevere when we were up against some really strong teams like: St Annes and Ashburton (who ended up coming in the top 3). I am really proud of the fact that we came 7th out of 30 teams. I also really enjoyed the First Aid Training because I want to be a Nurse when I’m older, so those tips were really helpful. Overall I have really enjoyed term 3 and I’m excited to see what term 4 brings.

Name: Yasindu

Term 3 Reflection: This term was very fun because I got to get involved in many different things. One of the things that I got involved in was going to Koru Games.  At Koru Games the sport I played was football. Koru Games was very fun because we got to compete against other teams/schools. I am happy that we came 18th out of 32 teams. I also enjoyed Te Hapua. We got to do two different activities. They were Photography and 3D printing. My favourite activity was the first week of 3D printing because we got to use and make something out of Hama Beads. 

Name: Karlie Wright

Term 3 Reflection: This Term was jam packed full of events and learning. I enjoyed going to Koru Games for Volleyball and was proud of our team for achieving a placing of 7th in the girls division of 30 teams. Kapa Haka this term was the busiest it has been so far this year. We learnt new songs, performed in Assembly and at Hillmorton High School for the cluster schools cultural festival. I faced challenges during the Maths Geometry learning, but asked for help which helped me understand it. Being involved in Mr Brown’s runners club was also a big challenge, as it pushed me to my limits. My proudest moment this term was achieving 100/100 each time I turned an activity in in Novel Study. 

Name: Daniel D

Term 3 Reflection: I think that term 3 was possibly the busiest term yet. One of my favourite activities that we have partook in this term was Te Hapua, which was at the Halswell Library.  This is because the robotics and photography had me interested and entertained. I also enjoyed Technology” which takes place at Lincoln Primary School. Technology is a time period that includes a number of activities that consists of, but is not limited to, Textiles and Design,  Food Tech, Robotics and Woodwork.

Name: Marcus

Term 3 Reflection: Term three this year was a different experience, mainly due to all of the extracurricular activities that happened this term. Cantamath was one of those enjoyable activities. It was fun learning to work better as a team in the weeks approaching the competition. Koru Games was another fun experience in which we trained most Tuesdays, the training really helped and we improved on last years games by 4 places. Another thing I really enjoyed in Term three was math. I really enjoyed the accessibility of teacher help in Math, the other thing that I enjoyed was helping other people with their learning once I had done a sufficient amount. So in all term three was a very new and enjoyable experience and I look forward to term four.

Name: Joshua

Term 3 Reflection: This term was a great term because of stuff that we did like Koru Games that was really fun because I got to play soccer. I also did a lot of maths this term it was good to learn all of that. The one thing that has been hard for me was the fences around the school. 

Name: Ye young Jung

Term 3 Reflection: This term I have enjoyed Kapa Haka because we got to perform at Hillmorton and it was really enjoyable. I also enjoyed Koru Games because it was very fun and scary playing against different teams. I have also been enjoying Tech because we can make our own things and take them home. I have made two pillows at Tech so far and I thought that it was awesome. Something I found challenging was Koru Games was because am not very sporty. I found it very hard and tiring and we had to play against some difficult teams but even though we didn’t get a placing I was still very proud of our team. I also found some of my maths challenging because I am not very good at geometry. I was proud of my maths because I improved on my maths this week for me leveling up to level 5. It was fun also helping people in their maths when they found their maths hard. Overall I just enjoyed term 3 because there were a lot of things happening this term and most of them were fun and enjoyable.

Name: Paige

Term 3 Reflection:This term I have enjoyed doing Kapa Haka because we got to perform at Hillmorton because it was really fun for me. I have also really enjoyed doing Koru Game because we got to play against heaps of different teams and I was really proud of the team I was in because we got a placing in the top three out of 30 teams the sport. I was playing was volleyball. I really enjoyed doing Math because I found the subject really enjoyable and I had heaps of fun doing math this term and helping people with their math. I kinda enjoyed doing buddy program because some of the activities were fun to do. But some were kind of boring when your buddy didn’t listen to you. I really enjoyed doing novel study this term because the book was really interesting when other people didn’t like it I thought It was a good book. This was my favourite term.

Name: Annabel Keylard

Term 3 Reflection: I have really enjoyed Term 3 this year because we did a lot of things but my favourite things to do were Koru Games and Ellesmere Speech Competition. Koru Games was really fun because in my Volleyball team were all of my friends. We came 3rd out of 30 teams. I am also really happy that I went to the speech competition because it was really fun as well. I am also happy that I got to go and umpire for the ⅚ netball because it was a great way to practice my umpiring. 

Name: Zara Munro

Term 3 Reflection: I really enjoyed term 3. I loved participating in Koru Games and I am really happy we came third. I really enjoyed doing First Aid and getting to umpire at some of the Netball tournaments. I also really enjoyed all of the leadership opportunities. I loved getting pushed in the runners club, it was really challenging but really fun. I also enjoyed the quiz night. I was really proud of our Kapa Haka performance at Hillmorton Highschool and I think we had a great term.

Name: Ella

Term 3 Reflection: My favourite part of this term was Koru Games because all of my friends were in my Volleyball team and we came 3rd out of 30 teams. I found Geometry challenging and learning some First Aid was a good experience. The Quiz Night was fun and I have really enjoyed all of the opportunities I have had, some of these being the runners club, Kapa haka and helping out with Winter Sport.

Name: Caitlyn

Term 3 Reflection: Term 3 has been one of my favourite terms this year. Some of my favourite parts of this term have been Koru Games because I was in a volleyball team with my friends and we did really well. We got into semi finals and lost that game but we then won our 4th and 3rd place game and got 3rd place overall out of 30 teams. Something I am proud of this term is my math because I have worked really hard on it and I have gone through so many activities and learned lots of new strategies too. Something else that I have enjoyed this term we are learning about Power to the People, because I had chosen a topic that I am passionate about and I am interested in. I researched about Kathrine Switzer and what she did to make women be able to run in marathons. Overall term three has definitely been my most favourite term yet and I cant wait for term four to come.

Name: Joey

Term 3 Reflection: Term 3 was mostly fun and the thing I am most proud of was scoring 4 tries in touch at Koru Games and the thing that was most challenging was Xtramath. I have been working on subtraction for most of the term and I think I have done ok on it and I liked geometry and I was on a level higher than most of my friends. 

Name: Maria de Schot

Term 3 Reflection: Some of the things I really enjoyed were Koru Games because I have never done anything like it before.  Novel Study because I had a very interesting (and kind of gruesome) Novel about a girl called Victoria who gets Infantile Paralysis (Polio) and Technology because we have been making awesome speakers (In Woodwork) and delicious cooking (In Food Tech). My favourite cooking we did in Food Tech was probably the cookies.    

Name: Angel

Term 3 Reflection: The thing that I had enjoyed this term the most was Maths strategy, geometry and integrated learning The thing that I am really looking forward to is moving into our brand new hub. My next step for next term is less talking, more doing. I am most proud of getting my silver and my Excellence badge. The most challenging thing that I had was the geometry math, there were two activities that I found pretty challenging, and then I figured it out myself.

Name: Marshall Tomkinson

Term 3 Reflection: I liked Te Hapua because we made key rings and I liked photography. I also liked Koru Games and our team came second. Leadership and Buddy programme because it is fun to play with the year 1 / 2 kids.   

Name: Rey

Term 3 Reflection: This term I enjoyed doing Power to the People because I learnt a lot and it was very useful. I really love going to Te Hapua and doing all sorts of fun activities like creating a keyring from the 3d printer, using the Hama Beads and Photography.  Most of all I loved editing the photos. Integrated learning was very interesting because we got to think about what we wanted to take action on in our new space. In Koru Games I enjoyed having fun and would really like to thank Thomas for buying me a Hot chocolate. 

Name: Denver Stirling

Term 3 Reflection: This term was very exciting for me because there were lots of fun things to do eg. Kapa Haka ,Koru Games ,and SW Zones.

I had a very challenging term but I tried my hardest to work through everything I had to do from Maths to extra curricular activities.

I had lots of fun with my netball team when going to Koru Games. We did really well knowing we didn’t have a coach . We also had a Kapa Haka performance at Hillmorton High school and we had an amazing performance group. Overall this term has been really fun and I enjoyed most of it .

Name: Jun

Term 3 Reflection: This term I have done very well.  I have done a lot more of my novel and in my maths.  I like doing buddy programme because it was the best thing I like to play games with buddies.  Technology is very fun. I like doing it. 

Name: Zoe S

Term 3 Reflection: This term I enjoyed Koru games, Te Hapua, South West Zones and Canterbury Tournaments. I liked getting to go to Koru Games because I had never gone before and I liked when we worked together as a team and helped each other. I also enjoyed eating the chips that there where at Koru Games. 

Name: ISSY

Term 3 Reflection:This Term has been really fun I have made some new friends and have done some other stuff I’m really happy about. My favorite thing I have done this Term is Koru Games. If was completely different to Winter sport. This Term has been a really good term and I’m so excited about next Term to make a lot more happy memories in the year ⅞ hub!!

Name: Tia

Term 3 Reflection: I really enjoyed this term because I made some new friends and we got the job to set up PMP. My favorite thing this term was Koru Games because we got to skip three days of work and play a sport we liked. We also got to go to Te Hapua for a term every Friday. My favorite subject was photography because it was fun working with a camera and running around the library. I also really liked Buddy Program.  If we weren't doing Te Hapua  we got to work with little kids and have fun with them.  Overall this term was really fun and I hope it's like this next term.

Name: Amber M

Term 3 Reflection: This term has been such an amazing part of the year because I have been improving on my reading skills to a whole new level and have also enjoyed the Koru Games. I found it challenging when some of the children in Buddy Programme sometimes wouldn’t listen so I just had to move at their pace so they can keep up. I am proud of getting all of my Novel Study done because last year I wasn’t really into it but now it’s really enjoyable for me. I am also proud of how well our schools Senior Kapa Haka did at Hillmorton High School because we were so in time with the beat and the mood of our Kapa Haka group was so Passionate and Mercurial/Unpredictable.

Name: Dannielle

Term 3 Reflection: This term I liked Koru Games, Kapa Haka  performance and Math. I liked Koru Games because it was the first time I went and we won most of our games. Kapa Haka was so much fun apart from the time when I stubbed my toe on the corner of the lifter. Math because I wasn't confident when I saw long numbers I said to myself, I can't do this but when we started geometry I got more confident by doing an extra ten minutes a night and now I'm in the level four classroom.

Name: Ben

Term 3 Reflection: This term has been really cool. I have enjoyed novel study because so far it has been the best novel I have read. Maths has been good as well because it’s challenging but fun to do and once you complete an activity you really do feel like you have accomplished something. 

Name: Harrison

Term 3 Reflection:This term I have really liked the stuff that we done such as Koru Games, The Chess Competition and First Aid. CPR was really fun and seeing the person shock a dummy was  another really fun thing  Koru Games must have been the best as we did three whole days of touch it was awesome.

Name: Dania

Term 3 Reflection: This term I really enjoyed…

• Learning at Te Hapua.

• Doing Technology.

• Buddy programme.

• First aid.

• Leadership.

• Mandadrin.

• Power to the people.

• Kapa Haka

Because I have had a lot of awesome opportunities, I am proud of getting involved in Kapa Haka because it is something new for me. Things I have found challenging are finishing my novel study on time and getting 100/100. 

Name: Mackenzie

Term 3 Reflection:This term I have really enjoyed

• Buddy program.

• Technology.

• Koru games.

• South west zones and canterbury tournaments.

• Te Hapua.

 I have had a lot of awesome opportunities such as Koru Games, South West Zones, Canterburys, Kapa Haka and much more.  This has been one of my favourite terms this year because of all the different in and out of school events. One thing that I found challenging was Koru Games because I got very frustrated but overall It was a great experience. Im very proud of my self with novel study because I tried my hardest and never gave up and kept trying.

Name: Jack

Term 3 Reflection: This term I have enjoyed going to Technology and Te Hapua. I also enjoyed going to Koru Games because we came 18th out of 32 teams in soccer, we had two penalty shootouts.  The 1st one we won against Belfast and the 2nd one we lost against Hillmorton. I also enjoyed going to the South West Zones and we came 3rd out of 4 teams so we got to go to Canterburys and that was fun. I enjoyed going to Winter Sport to help out with the year ⅚ soccer A team.

Name: Libby

Term 3 Reflection: This term I have really enjoyed being part of the many fun things that have happened in the ⅞ hub including Koru Games, Peer Mediators big day out, setting up for the Quiz Night and many more. The event that I enjoyed the most was Koru Games because we got to spend three days playing the sport we love and we were lucky enough to place 7th out of 30 teams and the Volley A team came 3rd out of around 30 teams. I really enjoyed performing at Hillmorton High School with the Kapa Haka because we put a lot of time into it practicing and we performed really well. Overall this has been one of my favourite terms this year and I'm looking forward to term 4.

Name: Taylor.

Term 3 Reflection: This term I have enjoyed Technology and Te Hapua because we got to make stuff that we get to keep. I also enjoyed Math, Reading and Writing.

Something I found challenging was Novel Study because it was hard to turn in all of the activities on time. Also the Canterbury Tournaments were hard because all the other Hockey teams were very good; we came 5th.

I had fun doing Koru Games to because we came 2nd it was also good because I had fun playing Touch with all of my friends.

I am proud of doing well in Cross Country again this year and getting through to the Canterburys and coming 42nd.  

Name: Nirupa

Term 3 Reflection: This term I have enjoyed being in Mr Muller's Writing group and l can tell you that I have improved in my writing. In Mr Muller's writing one of the writing we did is about the sand island.  First l made a brainstorm  to edit my idea on my writing book.  In my novel study l have read a book called Hot Money so every week we are given a chapter to read for the teacher and we have 5 or 6 questions to answer every week. In Te Hapua we photography and 3D printing.  My favourite on was photography because it was more interesting to do.  We took photos and then edited them. We even learned how to use  your camera using  better light. 

Name:Carter W

Term 3 Reflection: The thing I enjoyed the most this term was definitely Koru Games. It was really fun and we came 2nd. I also liked Te Hapua and I liked using the HAMA beads and I also liked photography.  My novel study went pretty well but the most fun thing I did this term was definitely Koru Games but anyway this term was really good.

Name Harley

Term 3 Reflection: This term I really enjoyed Koru Games because it was fun and it was really cool to go to it for the first time and also get 2nd and playing with my friends. I also enjoyed novel study because it was a cool book that I was reading.

Name: Carter B

Term 3 Reflection: The thing I enjoyed the most this term was Koru Games.  I really enjoyed it. It was so fun because I got to be in a team with my friends and to play with my friends.This term I also enjoyed Buddy Programme because I got I got to work with my little buddy. It was really cool that I made new friends and now when they see me in the playground they say hi to me. 

Name:Aidan

Term 3 Reflection: This term I have really enjoyed Koru Games because I loved playing touch with all my friends and novel was great because I got to read an interesting book.  Buddy Program was good because I got to work with five year olds and that was super fun because we got to do fun things with them and teach them different things. Kapa haka was amazing. It's my favorite thing of the week and when we want to Hillmorton we had heaps of fun performing and sitting with my friends. Tech has been fun. We had heaps of fun looking through telescopes and Coke and Mentos experiments. Geometry has been fun learning new shapes and doing maths.

Name:Rose B

Term 3 Reflection:This term I enjoyed Cantamaths because it was very fun going to the event and coming top 50%. I also enjoyed Buddy Program because we got to bond with the juniors and create more relationships.

Name: Morgan

Term 3 Reflection: I have really enjoyed this term because we have had lots of opportunities to represent the school. I really liked going to Te Hapua at the start of this term and learning to use the cameras to take good quality photos. I also liked the 3D printing side of it. I really enjoyed going and performing at the south west Kapa Haka cluster, it was a really cool experience being my first time. Koru Games at the end of the term was really fun because I really enjoy playing netball and being able to buy food. In the middle of the term I also went to a chess tournament. I liked this opportunity because playing chess is really fun, in my opinion. The first aid training we did during the term was fun but doing mouth to mouth with the dummies seemed awkward. I also really enjoyed Tech this term because it was really fun painting my speaker box.

Name:Ashley

Term 3 Reflection: This term was really good.  I have done a lot of maths -  more than I have ever done. I like doing the Buddy Programme.  I like to do it with the year 1's it is nice to have time with them. My Xtra maths has been really good and it is getting easier for me to do and I also like everything we are doing in the year 7/8 hub.

Name:Julie

Term 3 Reflection:This term has been really cool with a ton of stuff happening. My favorite things this term has been Tech, Te Hapua and Chinese as well as doing my librarian job like normal but that has been really fun especially this term.This term I have also improved on my maths, reading and writing by quite a bit.I loved this term and it feels like yesterday it was starting.I hope everyone had a good term and will have a good one next term.

Name: Iris

Term 3 Reflection: This term is really fun. I really enjoy doing food tech, learning at Te Hapua, Mandarin and First Sid because they are all super fun. Things that challenged me this term is CantaMath and Kiwi Exams because some questions are hard in the Cantamath competition and I didn’t get time to finish the Kiwi exam. The things that I’m proud of is Canta Math and food tech because Canta Math is challenging but we still scored 40 points! I’m proud of me doing food tech because my group’s bakings are delicious!

Name: Caleb

Term 3 Reflection: This term I really enjoyed participating in the Koru Games which is a multi sport tournament with many schools. I played for the Oaklands soccer team and we came 18th out of 32 teams. I also really enjoy going out to Lincoln to participate in Technology. At Tech we have a variety of subjects that we rotate around throughout the year. A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to make the Year 8 Cantamaths team of four, and we went to Horncastle Arena with a heap of other schools. I really enjoy challenging maths, which my teachers have given me this year.

Name: Kyra

Term 3 Reflection: This term I really enjoyed Learning at Te Hapua because photography was my favourite because I learnt quickly and I enjoyed Buddy Programme because I like little kids and I love looking after little kids.

Name: Amber H

Term 3 reflection:This term at Koru Games. I did volleyball and it was really fun, but it was difficult. I also was involved in Kapa Haka and our performance at Hillmorton High School with 3 other schools that was really fun but really intense because we did not want to mess up because we have been practising really hard school was really hard and busy but really fun. 

Name:Matthew

Term 3 Reflection:This term I have enjoyed representing Oaklands at the Canta Maths and the Ellesmere Speech Contest.I have also enjoyed playing football at the Koru Games and at South West Zones and Canterbury Tournaments. 

Name: Oli B

Term 3 Reflection: This term I have enjoyed being part of the ⅞ hub. We have had a lot of opportunities to do lots of things some examples are Koru Games, Technology and the Buddy Programme.  These activities are some of what we do in the ⅞ hub.