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Kimihia | Te Aratai College: August 2022

UPCOMING EVENTS

Monday 22 August - Accord Teacher Only Day

22-26 August - Option selection process through Career Central

Tuesday 23 August - Pasifika Assembly

Tuesday 23 August - Aupaki Cultural Festival

Thursday 25 August - Pasifika parents' Fono check and connect

29/31 August - L3OED Leadership Camp

29 August/9 September - Water Skills for Life

Monday 29 August - UC Pasifika Xlerate, SBHS

Tuesday 30 August - School photos

30/31 August - Academic Conferencing and Wā Whakanui

31 August - Student Council Meeting

Thursday 1 September - Nominations open for Student Board member election

Thursday 1 September - Year 11 Drama Performance

Monday 5 September -  UC Pasifika Xlerate, SBHS

Wednesday 7 September - Nominations close for Student Board member elections

Friday 9 September - Year 12/13 Drama Performance, Heavenly Bodies

Monday 12 September - UC Pasifika Xlerate, SBHS

Monday 19 September - No interruption week for Seniors

Monday 19 September - Practice exam week

Monday 19 September - UC Pasifika Xlerate, SBHS

Wednesday 21 September - Year 7/8 Celebration of Learning

Thursday 22 September - Board meeting

Friday 23 September - Election day for Student Board member

Wednesday 28 September - Pasifika Assembly

Wednesday 28 September - Music Night

Friday 30 September - Year 7/8 Celebration Assembly

Friday 30 September - last day of term

Contents

Mauri Ora through Ako

by Richard Edmundson

Kia ora koutou. Talofa. Kia Orana. Malo e lelei. Bula. Fakaalofa atu. Namaste and Kumusta. Greetings to everyone at Te Aratai College and our wider Te Aratai community.

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Duke of Edinburgh Awards Ceremony with the Mayor Lianne Dalziel

by Briar Dumelow

A group of 16 students received their bronze and silver awards from the Mayor for their Duke of Edinburgh achievements.

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Te Aratai Wins at Property Industry Awards

by Nick Colville

The Architects and Construction Team of our rebuild have won the "Greenstone Group Education Property Award" at the Property Council New Zealand - Property Industry Awards.

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Kōwhai House Senior Dean's Report

by Marco Guglietta

Kia ora Kōwhai whānau, meet your new Dean.

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Karaka House Senior Dean's Report

by Erin Chamberlin

Kia ora and Tolofa.

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Waiporoporo Senior Dean's Report

by Lukas Davidson

Kia ora.

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Kākāriki House Senior Dean's Report

by Nick Colville

Kia ora koutou and warm greetings from Kākāriki House.

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Year 9 Dean’s Report

by Pania Watson

Kia ora!

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A Slice of Waitaha

by Kate Munro

Te Aratai geographers' big day out.

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Jazzband Breaking News

by Ben Russell

The Te Aratai Jazz Band has had a busy time this term.

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Bumper Year for Year 13 Business

by Richard Jolly

Te Aratai students experience success in Young Enterprise Scheme.

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House Events at Te Aratai

by Deb Young

Fear Factor and Dodgeball, an exciting resumption of the Te Aratai College House Competition.

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Orienteering Champs

by Jade Cull

Lizzie Stapleton Coffey, the inaugural Te Aratai College Orienteering team member had a fantastic three days of orienteering up in Counties Manukau for the NZ Secondary Schools Orienteering Champs.

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Literacy at Home

by Paul O'Connor

Challenge your children at home with these fun games that encourage reading, writing, and speaking skills.

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Recycle A Device @ Te Aratai College

by Garth Lewis

Ākonga are refurbishing laptops to give back to the community.

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Skye Templeton, Summer Pool and Sam Thompson.

Maatangi Whenua Geography Competition

by Summer Pool

Sam, Skye and I went to the Maatangi Whenua competition, deciding it would be good fun, and we would get free pizza out of it.

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My Marae

by Judah Pomare

One of our Year 11 ākonga recently achieved Excellence on his descriptive piece of writing about his marae. Judah Pomare was asked to write a description on a place of importance to him - and this is what he came up with. Kei runga noa atu!

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Investigating bivariate relationship between ball drop and bounce height.

Te Aratai Maths Week 2022

by Garth Lewis

Celebrating the power of numeracy with our kaiako and ākonga.

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Bookings for Wā Whakanui for Years 9-10 and Academic Conferencing for Years 11-13

by Natasha Powell

Whānau can now make bookings for Wā Whakanui for Years 9-10 and Academic Conferencing for Years 11-13.

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Want to vote in the Board elections but don't know how?

by Richard Edmundson

Voting for our Board election is now open and closes at 4pm Wednesday 7 September.

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NCEA requirement changes for 2022

by Paul Osborne

A time to re-energise and re-focus!

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XL-Erate

by University of Canterbury

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by Mainland North BMX

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