Air quality continues to improve so students are allowed outside for lunch time but as a precaution will not be outside for DEEP classes.
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Update to smoke from fire in Mangere – as at 10.30, 31/5/2023
Air quality has improved so students will be allowed outside for morning tea.
PE classes and OED will stay inside as a precaution.
Fire in Mangere 31/5/23
Just an update that the smoke from the fire has caused us to stop any outside activity until we can reassess air quality at morning tea (10.30) today.
Updates will be given as the situation progresses – please check emails and facebook for other messages.
Hwa Chong Student Leaders’ Convention – Day 1
Our Year 10 students had a smooth trip to Singapore and have settled into their accomodation. Here is a photo from their first day at ‘school’.
Festival of Cultural Sharing
On Friday 26 May, our Year 7 students walked down to the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple for the Festival of Cultural Sharing. This is an annual event for all Year 7 students at MHJC and an exciting opportunity for both staff and students to make further connections with our local community.
Samoan Language Week
This Week is Samoan Language Week!
Our Maori and Pasifika Council have made a range of activities for students to take part in through out the week.
From Monday to Thursday there will be quizzes, prizes and short videos. On Friday, we encourage everyone to dress up in traditional Samoan wear.
Hwa Chong Student Leaders’ Convention
Early this morning a group of Year 10 students departed the Auckland International Airport headed for Singapore. Over the next week, these students will be taking part in the Hwa Chong Student Leaders’ Convention. This is the first time in a number of years that MHJC has been able to send students in-person to this international conference. We wish this group all the best for their week abroad.
Blackout Poetry
MHJC recently hosted a Blackout Poetry competition. Well done to all students and staff who took part and a big congratulations to the winners below.
𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝟳/𝟴
First Place – Vibhi Rawat
Second Place – Marie Noun
Third Place – Jaanvi Gill
𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝟵/𝟭𝟬
First Place – Phoebe Guo
Second Place – Elainy Fung
Third Place – Sameer Mehta
Litter-less Lunch – Tuesday 30 May
Next week, the Enviro Council is hosting a Litter-less Lunch on Tuesday 30th May. This will co-inside with the annual ‘Waste Audit’ and will be a way to further reduce plastic waste at MHJC. Please see details in poster.
40 Hour Famine Sign-Ups
It’s that time of the year again – 𝟒𝟎 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞 sign-ups begin tomorrow 23 May 2023.
If you wish to sign-up, please see the following 𝟒𝟎 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞 representatives from each whānau during Morning Tea and Lunch in the Central Whānau (Tuesday and Wednesday):
1. Anita Zhong (Coast)
2. Akaylah Healey (Forest)
3. Anmoldeep Kaur (Water)
4. Chanel Lam (Mountains)