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Matariki Celebrations
In celebration of our first Matariki public holiday, MHJC had a week full of fun and exciting activities to commemorate the different reasons of celebrating Matariki.
For Māori, Matariki signals the beginning of the Māori New Year and signifies a time to gather, reflect and remember those who are no longer with us, celebrate the present, and plan for the future.
The week started off with tree planting, quizzes were also organised, as was story telling/sharing in the library with the support of an art exhibition. The week ended with kite flying and traditional Māori games, and finished by coming together as a whānau while watching our Kapa Haka students perform.
Mānawatia a Matariki!
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Krishnan’s Dairy – Senior Drama Trip
Year 9 and 10 drama students headed into the city today to watch “Krishnan’s Dairy” – a play by the Indian Ink Theatre Company. Students enjoyed seeing how one actor can play many different characters just by using different drama techniques and simple plaster masks.
Auckland Secondary School Gymnastics
Congratulations to the below students who competed in the Auckland Secondary School Gymnastics competition last week. An amazing effort from all of you! Well done!
Neil Mathew (8M2) – D Grade Men’s Artistic 1st place
Alex Reed (10C1) – A Grade Men’s Artistic 4th place
Paige Roberts (7C1) – STEP 4 Women’s Artistic Gymnastics – 1st place
Christabelle Tan (8W1) – STEP 5 Women’s Artistic Gymnastics 8th place
Kayla Roberts (10C2) – STEP 6 Women’s artistic Gymnastics 7th place
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SEZ Girls Hockey
Matariki Planting Update – Video
For the past week, MHJC, MHP, and KiNZ students have been working to complete our Matariki planting around the bike track. This video shows early progress, including work done on the Teacher Only Day on June 7th. More photos to come shortly.
Microsoft Global Imagine Cup Junior AI
Congratulations to Nataliya Langi (9W1), Hannah Schaaf (9W1) and Salote Lavemai (9W2), who made up the team Techsteins, for their awesome concept #Hifriend. Great effort in achieving amongst the Top 10 (in over 450 submissions) Winners of the Microsoft Global Imagine Cup Junior AI for Good Challenge at the Australian and NewZealand Regional Awards.
Microsoft runs a programme to get a community of students aged 13-18 years together to learn about technology and how it can be used to solve some of the world’s most challenging problems. It’s an introduction into AI (artificial intelligence), machine learning and cybersecurity.
Their #Hifriend concept is an AI-powered app that aims to target mental health and depression by decreasing these statistics among New Zealand youth through empowering them to build their confidence to engage with other people.
Congratulations ladies! Well done.
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40 Hour Famine – Orange Mufti Day
One of the Executive Council projects this year is to raise awareness and funds for World Vision through their 40 Hour Famine campaign. The details of this campaign will be shared with students by the Executive Council members. To kick the fundraising off, the Exec Council have decided that this Friday 17th June will be Orange Mufti Day. A gold coin donation will be collected in Whānau on Friday morning. Please help us reach our target of $15000!
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Y9OED Trees for Survival
Today, Year 9 Outdoor Education students travelled to a South Auckland farm to complete tree planting as part of a Trees for Survival initiative. Lots of trees were planted and the weather held off for a great day out.
Film Making Opportunity
Environmental filmmaking opportunity for 12-18 year olds!
𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗧𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗶 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺
Give a voice to nature with Curious Tamariki! Join us for four days of exploration, creativity, nature, science, and filmmaking for young people. Over the first two days, you will learn the language of filmmaking and editing, and be inspired by the forests with an ecological exploration day at Mangemangeroa Reserve. In the last two days, you will tell your story by making your own film, sharing your stories, knowledge, and feelings about the environment. A mini film festival will showcase the short films at UXBRIDGE (date TBC). This is a Gecko Trust Project with thanks for Lottery Community Matters.
Dates: 11th – 14th July, 10 – 4pm each day.
Location: UXBRIDGE Arts and Culture and Mangemangeroa Reserve, Howick.
Suitable young people aged 12 – 18.
Places are limited to 20 participants so register early not to miss out!
Register here: www.curioustamariki.com/register