Below are some of the ebooks Year 7 students have created in Science this year.
Year 11 Prize Winners
Year 11 Prize Winners
Year 11 Prize Winners
Year 11 Prize Winners
Year 11 Prize Winners
Year 9 Class Photos
Year 9 Class Photos
English Language Learners
Cultural
Te Rōpū Kapa Haka o Kimihia
On the 14th of August, the Waitaha Secondary Schools' Regional Kapa Haka Competition was held at Christchurch Boys' High School.
Being the biggest Kapa Haka competition for high schools within Waitaha, the competition was fierce and the lead-up to this competition was no different.
Te Roopu Kapa Haka o Kimihia is made up of 5 kura including Linwood College, Cashmere High School, Christchurch Boys' High School, Christchurch Girls' High School and Haeata Community Campus. Kaihaka from these 5 kura came together for 14 weeks to train for these competitions; including our students Jasmine Keating, Jasharay Hume, Liquahn Te Kanawa, Raniera Babbington, Corbin Fahey, Mihi-te-Aroha Kapea, Porourangi Manawatu.
Given that we were working with akonga from 5 kura, we did not have the same advantages other kura had, meaning that a lot of sacrifices were made by everyone involved.The lead up to the competition was gruelling at times with weekends, evenings and even school holidays being sacrificed by tutors, kaihaka, whānau and kaitautoko to train and learn everything kaihaka needed to take the stage with confidence on the day.
Jasmine Keating was Kaitātaki Wahine (female leader) for Kimihia and led the team as a true leader would. She not only encouraged the team on the stage but also off the stage supporting others with their learning and encouraging them to continue to strive for excellence. Her leadership on the day was acknowledged with her winning first place for Kaitātaki Wahine over ten other kapa on the day.
The audience adored Kimihia, and the kaihaka took the stage with such presence, humility, grace and charisma that they were definitely the audience favourites on the day. Our students made us extremely proud and should be proud of their accomplishments from that day. You can see for yourself in the attached film of our performance.
Placings gained by Kimihia on the day of competition include:
Non-Aggregate placings:
Waita Tira = Second place
Whaikōrero = Second place
Kaitātaki Tane = Second equal place
Kaitātaki Wahine = First place
Kākahu = Third place
Aggregate Items:
Whakaeke = Third place
Mōteatea = Third place
Waiata-ā-ringa = First place
Poi = Second place
Haka = Fourth place
Whakawātea - First equal place
Third Overall Placing
Kimihia Rangatahi
Taku patu, taku patu
Māori mana motuhake
Hei!
Pasifika At Linwood College - Reflecting On An Amazing Year
Talofa lava, mālō e lelei, bula vinaka, kia orana, fakalofa atu and warm Pasifika greetings. It has been a busy year with opportunities for our Pasifika students and Pasifika culture. As is the case every year, it began at rapid speed with Polyfest practises, Tausala, Fiafia Evening and the Polyfest event. This year we have the privilege of Ranalia Savelio, Nafanua Ah-Loe, Syntori Faata’ape, Fane Ngauamo and
Eti Ah-Loe as our Polyfest leaders. They did a tremendous job to lead over 30 students to showcase how awesome Pasifika culture is. A special thanks to Piripi Edwards who helped support the group at each practise and the aiga that came in to assist with the knowledge they have.
In preparation for our Polyfest performance, the school hosted a Tausala/Fiafia evening to help fundraise. We would like to acknowledge Mr Edmundson in particular, as well as the supportive staff and families who donated money on that evening to cover costs for our uniforms this year. It is greatly appreciated to be in a school with so many supportive teachers of Pasifika culture. We had over 10 performances during the evening, concluding with the Polyfest performance for 2021. It was a wonderful way to begin the year.
As Polyfest practises finished for the year, other opportunities started. These included the weekly Tongan language learning classes at Riccarton High School on Friday afternoons which several of our students attended. SPACPAC also ran a Pasifika Careers Expo at ARA where our students were able to explore potential career opportunities and listen to guest speakers. Linwood College was also lucky enough to be invited to Teina and Tama Toa which was hosted at Haeata each Monday afternoon. Ten to fifteeen of our students attended these sessions each week, learning more about Pasifika culture, listening to guest speakers, playing enjoyable games and looking at ways of giving service to the community.
Early in term 3 we were able to celebrate three of our Pasifika students at the SPACPAC Supreme Awards, acknowledging their academic excellence and leadership. This was a lovely evening, hosted at St Andrew's College. These learners were also acknowledged at the inaugural Learning Community HUB awards. It has been fantastic to celebrate the amazing achievements of our learners this year. We also celebrated Samoan language week and Tongan language week with learning and opportunities
happening each day for students and staff to learn more about each culture and language. Samoan language week was capped off with an umu while Tongan language week was finished with drinks of ‘otai, made by several of our Tongan students. It was during Tonga language week, that
Lupe Mahoni (Year 12) won the Tongan language speech competition which was open to all students in Canterbury. We are so proud of Lupe for her achievement.
Our students were also provided with opportunities to attend numerous taster days at Ara or the University of Canterbury as well as scholarship opportunities for our Year 12 and 13 students. Numerous students took up these opportunities, including a large group attending the University of Canterbury study sessions in the Term 2 and 3 holidays.
Tama Mai Saute has also been working with us since term 2, coming into school each Thursday morning to work with 12 of our Year 7 and 8 Pasifika students, learning more about Pasifika culture and practising Pasifika performance. We are so thankful to Tama Mai Saute for this opportunity as it is something our students have loved this year. Tama Mai Saute will be working with our 2022 Polyfest leaders to plan the performance next year.
We were able to celebrate all the success of our Pasifika students on Tuesday 16th November in what was an amazing afternoon. So many wonderful Pasifika students were able to be celebrated for the incredible achievements this year. We are hopeful that next year, our aiga, fāmili and vuvale are able to attend.
What an amazing year it has been with a huge array of opportunities for our Pasifika students. We are so thankful to work with these amazing learners and our Pasifika community. We can not wait to make things even better in 2022!
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Tausala Evening
Tausala night was hosted in the Linwood College gym on Thursday 11 March. This eclectic event is an evening where our Pasifika students and Polyfest group perform for their family, friends and kaiārahi. These nights are used as a fundraiser to help reduce costs for the costumes and uniforms for our students. Students, some individually and others in groups, performed while people from the crowd went up during the performance and donated money.
The evening was a great experience of Pasifika culture. A great opportunity to connect with our Pasifika community and see our Pasifika students demonstrate the pride they have for Pasifika culture.
Like last year, several Mairehau students have merged with us for Polyfest so they can perform.
Tama Mai Saute Dance Academy
We would like to thank Tama Mai Saute Dance Academy’s Albany and Mercy for coming into school every Thursday morning to support some of our Year 7 and 8 Pasifika students. They have been helping them with mentoring and learning more about Pasifika culture and Pasifika Dance. It has been a pleasure to see these young students grow in confidence each week and learn more about and engage with Pasifika Culture.
Fa’afetai tele lava to Albany, Mercy and the Tama Mai Saute team!
Back row, left to right: Candes Timu, Vaiopepe Kaleuati, Vika Tongaonevai, Fapiola Uasi, Jaidah Pereira To’omaga
Front row, left to right: Charles Uasi, Filipio Siumu, Sonny Timu, Maniah Tie, Sosene Sosene
Philippine Independence Day Event
Top left: junior students performing an interpretative dance
Bottom right: senior students performing the "Cariniosa", the national dance of the Philippines
Top right: senior students performing the famous "Tinikling" (bamboo dance)
Pounamu Truck
We were fortunate to have the ponamu truck at school and a number of our students made some amazing pieces!
Samoan Language Class
Talofa. Talofa Lava.
We are a small group of students in the 2021 Samoan language class which was formed at the start of this year. We have not only experienced and learnt many things about our Samoan culture but have also been able to put it into action. One of the many examples would be the umu that was prepared and served by our students for Samoan language week in the middle of term 3.
We have been privileged to be in such an amazing class and all credit goes to our amazing teacher Mr Gali. The help we have received from him and his encouragement to keep us going at the best of our ability has been nothing but a blessing. Also to the teachers who helped put this together, we are very grateful.
Alofa’aga e lē uma
-Vasega o le Gagana Samoa 2021