This week we celebrate Te Wiki O te Reo Māori and this year, we are excited to collaborate with our neighbouring kura, Mission Heights Primary School.

Today marks 50 years of Te Petihana movement.

“The Māori Language Petition (Te Petihana) presentation to Parliament on 14 September 1972, with over 30,000 signatures, kickstarted major shifts in the revival of Te Reo Māori as a living language in Aotearoa New Zealand. Since this moment 50 years ago, Te Petihana has, and continues, to inspire the Māori language movement.”

MHJC and MHP look forward to continuing this celebration for the rest of the week.

Last week, a group of Year 7 and 8 students headed down to Tauranga for the AIMS Games (Association of Intermediate and Middle Schools). Teams and individual athletes competed across a number of sports and had a successful week with other athletes from across the country.

Congratulations to all who competed!

The school acknowledges the passing of our head of state. The flag has been flying at half mast and a minute silence on Friday at 12 gave us time to reflect on a life of devoted, loyal service.

On Saturday, MHJC hosted over 30 teams from all over Auckland and Northland at the Regional Tournament of Minds Competition.

Tournament of Minds (TOM) is a problem-solving program for multi-aged teams of students who work together to solve a demanding, open-ended Long-Term Super Challenge. The program has Primary, Intermediate and Secondary divisions. Tournament of Minds aim is to enhance the potential of our youth by developing diverse skills, enterprise, time management, and the discipline to work collaboratively within a challenging and competitive environment. The teams had six weeks to formulate a solution to their one chosen challenge and ten minutes to present their solution in person. They also completed an unsighted Spontaneous Challenge.

Congratulations to team ‘Still Wondering’ who won in the Secondary Social Science Challenge. The team consisted of Saketha Jandhyala, Owen Chen, Savir Selagan, Riya Sutton, Yashvi Patel, and Alan Shipway.

Our Intermediate Language and Literature team placed 2nd in their category. The team ‘Literary Coven’ were made up of Dia Pokharkar, Tehzeeb Kaur, Max Jiang, Jay Govindji, Jasleen Brar, and Kirsten Pelayo.

This past Thursday, our Year 10 Drama students went to see the play ‘Dawn Raids’ at the ASB Waterfront Theatre. The show was an emotional tribute to a dark event in New Zealand’s history. Students loved being able to experience live theatre and get immersed in the story written by Oscar Kightley.

Our Premier Netball Team had an incredible win over Macleans College earlier this morning. Congratulations girls on finishing second in the league!

Congratulations to our students who recently received prizes at the NIWA South and East Auckland Science and Technology Fair. What an amazing job ‘growing your greatness’!

Today, our Year 7 Boys Netball Team competed at the AAIMS Boys Netball Auckland Championships at the Auckland Netball Centre. The boys had an incredible day finishing 4th overall in the whole of Auckland. Congratulations boys!

Our Year 7 & 8 Mathex Teams attended the Auckland Mathex Competition last night. Quite a few MHJC parents were there to cheer and support our students too. It was one of the most exciting Mathex events to date and our 4 teams put up a great effort with incredible achievements.

Our Year 7 teams scored 80 points out of 100 and our Year 8 teams scored 90 and 75 points.

Congratulations to the students who attended!