A further update about our Tournament of Minds success!
Congratulations to all teams who competed (and placed) in the Regional Final. Three of these teams then competed in Wellington this past weekend at the National Competition.
These three teams will now be attending the International Competition in Melbourne in October.
To help these teams travel to Melbourne, please donate to their ‘give a little’ page.
https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/get-us-to-melbourne-to-represent-nz-in-tournament
This past weekend, two of our TOM Teams (Tournament of Minds) who competed in Wellington at the National Competition won their divisions! Congratulations!
This means, these two teams are heading to the International Competition in Melbourne in October!
These teams are now fundraising to be able to attend the International Competition.
Please donate to their ‘give a little’ page to assist with travel expenses.
https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/get-us-to-melbourne-to-represent-nz-in-tournament
As another fundraiser, there will be a Sausage Sizzle on Wednesday at lunchtime under the bike shed. Sausages will be $3 each.
This Thursday 21st September is ‘𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐃𝐚𝐲’ which is brought to you by our Business Studies classes.
Items on sale will range in cost from $2- $6.
This will take place during lunch (1.15pm – 2pm) under the bike shed.
This past week we celebrated Te Wiki o te Reo Māori.
We had a week full of fun activities that ākonga worked through via a BINGO sheet. Activities included doing the EP- whakataetae Reo Māori, Quizzes, Disney Moana in Te Reo Māori, tongue twisters, and doing our whole school haka – #Reomoment on Thursday.
Kaiako have also joined in on the fun, collecting stickers when they’ve spoken in Te Reo during classes, to go into a draw to win some Miraka Kirīmi chocolate. We also enjoyed some parāoa parai (fried bread) for morning tea.
𝐌𝐇𝐉𝐂 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 – please help our school be in to win $1,000 worth of sports gear by ‘liking’ the image of our netball team using the link below.
AIMS is running this competition in partnership with Zespri.
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=349765620710412&set=pcb.349766864043621
Last week, a group of Year 7 and 8 athletes travelled down to Tauranga for AIMS.
The netball team had an incredible week with many wins, finishing 26th out of 144 teams.
The basketball and hockey teams also had many wins throughout the week, showcasing the excellent training they have done throughout the year. Basketball finished the week in 29th place and hockey came 15th! Individual athletes also competed in Cross Country.
Well done to all the students who represented MHJC so well. Congratulations!
We wish to thank our community for supporting MHJC’s online Maths-a-thon fundraiser. The funds raised will be put towards maths resources that will benefit all students.
Kia ora koutou,
During the year students have been gathering evidence of how they have lived our school values for their holistic reports.
As a courtesy I want to advise that 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟐𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 has been set aside, so that instead of normal classes, students will meet one on one with their Learning Advisor to have the evidence they have provided for their Great Learner Portfolio assessed.
This will be similar to days when we hold Student Led Conferences.
Parents and caregivers may accompany their child if they wish to.
A more detailed letter will be sent to you shortly which will include an opportunity for children to be supervised at school if you are unable to do so at home.
Thanks in advance for your support of this important initiative.
Ngā mihi
Mission Heights Junior College
This weekend, MHJC had 5 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 teams compete in the Auckland Regional Competition which was held at Diocesan School. All our teams did really well but our 3 secondary teams did especially well; each winning their division.
Congratulations to the following students who will be heading to Wellington for Nationals on Saturday 16th September!
Social Sciences: Joy Pillay, Jasleen Brar, Sophia Bassano, Saketh Jandhyala, Neil Mathew, Jackson Jia, and Kiana Paoo.
STEM: Anu Gill, Saanvi Sethi, Salote Lavemai, Sophia Zhao, Jennifer Sun, Ethan Jo, and Jay Govindji.
Language Literature: Ronak Chand, Alex Manuel, Jubilee Ting, Manaspreet Kaur, Shubhreet Kaur, Diseni Ratnayake, and Vrinda Sharma.
On Thursday 17th August, MHJC hosted a Student vs. Staff Benchball Game. This game was organised by four year 10 students as a part of their Global Studies Social Action.
Students who attended the game donated canned goods and a gold coin. A total of $177.60 and 31 cans were raised, all going to the Feed the Need Foundation. This foundation helps to assist those in poverty.
Well done to all who took part and thank you to all who donated!
