Cantamath - 

We had 2 teams represent Oaklands School at the Cantamath competition on Wednesday afternoon. Cantamath provides an opportunity for student to explore the wide world of mathematics and display their work to a Canterbury audience.

A shout out to the Year 7 team who completed 15 out of 20 questions in the 20 minute timeframe, scoring 75/100 and coming in the top quarter.

Year 7 team - Adele Werder-Lee, Enzo Wang, Ryan Lau and Dylan Bebbington.

Year 8 team - Noah Hatchard, Didi Xue, Emily Trevathan and Justin Lu.

Check out the teams in action here!

Student Voice - 

Enzo - The Cantamath competition was really fast paced. The 30 minute time felt like it was only 10 minutes. The best part was when I successfully answered a warm up questions and got a bar of chocolate. A frustrating part was when we had an answer say no, but should have said unclear as the answer was actually right. 

Justin - When I first entered and saw how many people there were I got a little bit scared. Later on I decided it wasn't that bad and I enjoyed the competition. 

Taiheke put entries in for the photography, poster and motif competitions. Congratulations to the following students who received awards for their entries. 

Poster Competition - 

Highly Commended - Dilisha Prasad, Maddison Ellis, Eden Stewart, Leah Archibald, Ella Horne, Sammy Wallace, Harmanpreet Kaur, Esther Vincent, Connagh McKenzie.  

Excellence - Ellie Qu

Photography Competition -

Highly Commended - Israel Colbey, Hunter Sharp

Excellence -Zach Looyer

Technology - 

Please see below a small selection of photos to show some of the finished products that have come back from Technology. The students are always so proud of what they bring back to school - fabulous to see!

SW Zones - 

On Wednesday we had our football, netball and hockey teams headed off to the South West Zones Tournament. All teams had a successful day out!

Football - 3rd place

Netball - 4th place

Hockey - 3rd place

Antarctic Heritage Trust - 

Applications are open for Antarctic Heritage Trust's Young Inspiring Explorers™ Summit

The Summit will take place: Friday 10 to Sunday 12 November 2023 in Ōtautahi Christchurch, Gateway City to Antarctica.

We are looking for 25 Year 7–9 students who would love the opportunity to experience a weekend of fun, exploration, and making new friends, while learning all about Antarctica.

Click here for further information.

Next week's timetable -