This past weekend, our Tournament of Minds (TOM) Team won Nationals in Wellington and have thus qualified to attend the International Tournament in Canberra from October 13th – October 16th 2022.
Tournament of Minds is a problem-solving programme for multi-aged teams of students who work together to solve a demanding, open-ended Long-Term Challenge. The team will also participate in an unseen Spontaneous Challenge on Tournament Day. The purpose of Tournament of Minds is to enhance the potential of youth by developing diverse skills, enterprise, time management, and the discipline to work collectively within a challenging and competitive environment.
Our team needs your help in getting to this International Tournament!
Please see the below link to their fundraising page if you would like to help the team compete at this International event.
This past weekend, a group of students travelled to Wellington for the Tournament of Minds (TOM) National Finals. It was an amazing experience for these students and they took away a win! Off to Internationals they go! Congratulations to – Saketha Jandhyala, Owen Chen, Savir Selagan, Riya Sutton, Yashvi Patel, and Alan Shipway.
MHJC ended Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori with some delicious hangi, fried bread and pudding, and a joint celebration with Mission Heights Primary School. Both schools’ Kapa Haka groups performed together beautifully, as their families, teachers and school mates watched on. We also had a friendly kaiako (teacher) MHP vs MHJC Kaimahi Challenge, with our teachers winning and claiming the ‘Kaimahi quiz’ plaque. Ka mau te Wehi!
Please note, tickets to the Saturday show have now sold out and there are only a few tickets remaining for the Friday show. Ticket sales are online via Eventbrite or at the door before the show (if tickets remain). Tickets will also be sold before school next week by reception.
We look forward to seeing you at our 2022 Production!
Jenny Wang – 93 votes Anne Singh – 64 votes Paul Graham Liu Hale – 63 votes Tracey Frost – 60 votes Rhys Attwood – 59 votes Arifa – 28 votes
There being 6 candidates and 5 vacancies, I hereby declare the following duly elected: Jenny Wang, Anne Singh, Paul Graham Liu Hale, Tracey Frost, Rhys Attwood.
Staff Representative
Douglas Choong
There being only one candidate and one vacancy, I hereby declare the following duly elected; Douglas Choong.
A number of our MHJC student athletes excelled at AIMS.
Corey Reed won gold in the Men’s Artistic Gymnastics Junior Advanced Division. Corey was also awarded MVP of the Mission Heights Hockey Team. Well done on your AIMS successes Corey!
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Māori Language Petition, MHJC had a school wide te reo Māori moment earlier in the week by performing the school haka.
A reminder that tomorrow is Student Led Conference Day. Students will only be on-site if they have pre-booked an in-person SLC with their Learning Advisor.
Our top Year 7 and 8 Cross Country runners went to Muriwai Beach on Tuesday to compete in the Auckland Championships. Well done to Oscar, Cooper, Ryker, Lafaele, and Daniel who all had incredible runs.
A special congratulations to Daniel who placed 16th at these championships!
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.
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