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
Up-And-Coming Christchurch Boxer One-Ups Dad And Uncle With Gold
Article taken from Otago Daily Times about Hamuera Tainui, Year 13 student
Promising Woolston boxer Hamuera Tainui has one-upped his dad and uncle after winning a gold medal at the national amateur championships in Whanganui.
The 17-year-old won the under 71 kg youth title, 20 years after his father Jamie and uncle Steven Tainui took silver at the 2002 nationals. “I’ve got bragging rights,” laughed Tainui.
Tainui has been boxing at Woolston Boxing Club since he was 10. The Whanganui win was his fourth national title.
Now he is being considered to represent New Zealand at the International Boxing Association youth world championships in Spain in November.
Orienteering Champs
Lizzie Stapleton Coffey, the inaugural Te Aratai College Orienteering team member, had a fantastic three days of orienteering up in Counties Manukau for the NZ Secondary Schools Orienteering Champs.
The event started with individual sprint championships at Mountfort Park, also using Leabank Primary School and James Cook High School maps. Great maps, with tight technical buildings and open parkland for faster running. It was so wet and boggy over most of the open grassed areas that it made for interesting running conditions and there were some really spectacular slides and muddy runners at the finish.
The second day of the competition moved out to Kohekohe for the individual long course championships. Kohekohe is an amazing area of rolling open farmland with a pocket of pine trees near the finish area. The sun came out, it was warm and the competition was pretty fast and fierce.
The final day was the school's relay championships on another stunning map at Karioitahi. The sun was out again for this one and like the long course championships the day before, all teams were hyped for the last day of competition. Relay championships are always an exciting and fun day. Those runners that did not have three from their school present to field a school relay team still got to participate in composite teams that were grouped together from other schools.
Congratulations Lizzie on superb results at her first NZ Secondary Schools' Orienteering Championship event:
Junior Girl's Sprint Championships: 8th
Junior Girl's Long Course Championships: 8th
Junior Girl's Relay: 13th fastest time of the day
Skateboarding In The USA
In August, Max Gardner-Deeming, Year 9, spent some time skateboarding in the United States. He went for a week long skateboarding camp in the US to develop his skills. He and family fundraised for this after he won a partial scholarship. It was an awesome opportunity for him.
Article courtesy of SouthernView, 18 August
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Sport At Te Aratai
We had a huge number of students playing sport for Te Aratai College this year which has been fantastic to see. Below is a sample of some photos that have been taken over the year.
The top highlights for school sport this year would be the Year 9 Orienteering team winning the Canterbury Championship for top Year
9 school, the Pool team winning the Canterbury Champtionship, the Kī-o-Rahi team getting 3rd place in the South Island Tournament, and the Intermediate Basketball team getting 2nd place in Division 1, Section 1 of the Friday night competition.
Ngā mihi to all our coaches/managers and players for a great year!
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Major Sports Awards
It was tremendous to have Te Puna full of our students, staff and community to celebrate the achievements of our students in sports this year. Congratulations to all of our award winners.
Well done to all students who have represented Te Aratai College in sport this year. Congratulations to all award winners!
Major Awards
Outstanding Captain of the Year
Te Aroha Te-Rangi
Team of the Year
Ki-o-Rahi ‘A’ Team
Coach of the year
Nate Searle
Junior Spirit Award
Zach Derham
Junior Sportswoman of the Year
Leah McCallum Simon
Junior Sportsman of the Year
Isaac Beedles
Contribution to Boy's Sport Award
Rico Latham-Waikato
Contribution to Girl's Sport Award
Stella Derham
Julie Maxwell Award
Ngārangi Hutana-Waitoa
All-round Sportswoman
Jury Tipa-Tuhura
All-round Sportsman
Chelden Hayward and Ethan Cooke
Sportsperson of the Year
Hamuera Tainui
Team Awards
Badminton
Mechaela Abano - Girls Most Improved Player
Precious Oliveria - Girls Most Valuable Player
Gian Manguerra - Junior Boys B Most Improved Player
JC Tolentino - Junior Boys B Most Valuable Player
Bryce Delos Reyes - Junior Boys A Most Improved Player
Recca Brimon - Junior Boys A Most Valuable Player, Most Valuable Player for Badminton
Basketball
Junaid Junaid - Year 9 Boys Black Most Improved Player
Toby Clark - Year 9 Boys Black Most Valuable Player
Yossi Wagerman - Year 9 Boys Red Most Improved Player
Camdyn Jansen - Year 9 Boys Red Most Valuable Player
Christian Apiti - Intermediate Boys Green Most Improved Player
Gelo Abad - Intermediate Boys Green Most Valuable Player
Leah McCallum Simon - Junior Girls Most Improved Player
Lena Norton - Junior Girls Most Valuable Player
Kadence Watson-Hall - Senior Girls Most Improved Player
Stella Derham - Senior Girls Most Improved Player
Keira Chambers - Senior Girls Most Valuable Player
Te Ao Rangi Poutai - Intermediate Boys Purple Most Improved Player
Austin Page - Intermediate Boys Purple Most Valuable Player
Tehoia Kohi-Wikiriwhi - Senior Boys Blue Most Improved Player
Tarquin Tata - Senior Boys Blue Most Valuable Player
TJ Enosa - Senior Boys Orange Most Improved Player
Chester Rampola - Senior Boys Orange Most Valuable Player
Conway Andrews - Junior A Boys Most Improved Player
Isaac Beedles - Junior A Boys Most Valuable Player
Sohaib Kausari - Year 11 A Most Improved Player
Corbin Fahey - Year 11 A Black Most Valuable Player
Rico Latham-Waikato - Under 20 Most Improved Player
West Te Awhe - Under 20 Most Valuable Player, The Boys Basketball MVP Trophy and The Trent Johns Memorial Trophy for Basketball Excellence
Hockey
Laxmi Budhathoki - Girls Most Improved Player
Emily Easterbrook - Girls Most Valuable Player
Taorai Tihore - Boys Most Improved Player
Johnrick Maravilla - Boys Most Valuable Player, Christa Clyde Hockey Trophy for overall excellence in Hockey
Kī-o-Rahi
Azariah Lemon - Kī-o-Rahi Junior Most Improved Kaitākaro
Atama Dixon - Kī-o-Rahi Junior Most Valuable Kaitākaro Tāne
Leah McCallum Simon - Kī-o-Rahi Junior Most Valuable Kaitākaro Wāhine
Kymaira Flavell - Kī-o-Rahi Junior Spirit of the Kēmu
Anahere Moffat - Kī-o-Rahi A Most Improved Kaitākaro
LJ Beattie - Kī-o-Rahi A Most Valuable Kaitākaro Tāne
Te Aroha Te Rangi - Kī-o-Rahi A Most Valuable Kaitākaro Wāhine, Kī-o-Rahi A Spirit of the Kēmu
Netball
Candes Timu - Junior Kimihia Most Improved Player
Zach Derham - Junior Kimihia Most Valuable Player
Toni Tabataba - Junior Koru Most Improved Player
Lena Norton - Junior Koru Most Valuable Player, Junior Netball Most Valuable Player trophy
Stella Derham - Senior Mixed Most Valuable Player
Alexsandra Laufiso - Senior Mixed Most Improved Player, Most Improved Senior Netball Player trophy
Orienteering
Zach Derham - Orienteering Most Improved Player
Elizabeth Stappleton Coffey - Orienteering Most Valuable Player
Pool
Bryson McKenzie - Pool Most Valuable Player
Charlotte Williams - Pool Most Improved Player, Pool Most Valuable Player
Rugby
Austin McKinlay - Under 14 Most Improved Player
Porourangi Manawatu - Under 14 Most Valuable Player
Isaac Beedles - Under 14 Most Valuable Player
Fane Ngauamo - Girls Sevens Most Valuable Player, Girls Rugby Most Valuable Player trophy
Rugby League 6’s
Kohatu Ruri - League 6’s Most Valuable Player
Touch
Liv Sluis - Junior Girls Most Improved Player
Azariah Lemon - Junior Girls Most Valuable Player
Atama Dixon - Mixed Most Improved Player
Jovahn Latham-Waikato - Junior Boys Most Valuable Player
Bradley Price - Mixed Most Valuable Player, Ross McAuley Outstanding Touch Player Trophy
Volleyball
Gaia Rasmussen - Year 9 Girls Most Improved Player
Candes Timu- Year 9 Girls Most Valuable Player
Leah McCallum Simon - Junior Girls Most Improved Player
Mechaela Abano - Junior Girls Most Valuable Player
Toby Clark - Year 9 Boys Most Improved Player
Garnett Faumuina - Year 9 Boys Most Valuable Player
Raul Bethell - Junior Boys Most Improved Player
Hiram Falanai - Junior Boys Most Valuable Player, Volleyball Cup overall Most Valuable Player for Volleyball
Under 14s Rugby
Sports Trip To The North Island
With the support of Naomi and Business Studies, Year 11 sports students did a sausage sizzle to raise money for a sports trip in the North Island. Featuring Christian Tanuvasa, LJ Beattie, Chelden Hayward, Sione 'Uasi.
Wāhine Wednesday
Each Wednesday lunchtime we have a growing number of wāhine come to Te Kuru and participate in any recreation activity they choose. Popular activities have been badminton, volleyball, gymnastics on the mini tramp/crash mat, and basketball.
This is a safe space run by our amazing wāhine kaiako for our wāhine students to come and have some fun. We welcome any wāhine to come and join us for Wāhine Wednesday.
Not So Sports Club
Every Thursday after school, a group of young wāhine head out to be involved in physical activity run by the Forward Foundation. This is a new programme being offered at Te Aratai College this term. Working together with the Deans and the Guidance team we have formed a group of amazing young wāhine who are keen to participate and take on the challenge of getting out of their comfort zone and meeting new people.
All of the activities are funded by the Forward Foundation and are free for our students to participate in. Week 1 of the programme saw us heading down to Linwood Park to learn or further our skills in skateboarding. Week 2 we headed to Clip 'n Climb where we had the place to ourselves to scale great heights. The following two weeks we tackled orienteering and mountain biking.
Kī-o-Rahi Junior Nationals
In mid-November, Ms Perese-Kuil and I took 12 of our rangatahi to Kirikiriroa (Hamilton) to participate in the Kī-o-Rahi Junior Nationals. After two days of driving and a ferry ride, we were ready for our first games of the day. I want to mention that the rules and field dimensions we were playing with were very different and while we did our best to practise with these, game experience is truly the best way to learn.
I had warned the team how physical and intense Kī-o-Rahi is at a national level and the first two games certainly woke them up - we were smoked, 25-2 and 32-7 in our first two games. Unfortunately, we lost Isaac Beedles to injury for the remainder of the tournament, in the very first game (probably our best overall player). We had a very good kōrero after this and won our next game 19-10. We then lost to eventual finalist Hamilton Girls'/Boys' High School 15-5. Day two arrived and we had a very close loss (a game we should have won) 13-11. We ended the tournament with a win 17-15 and finished in 15th place. My goal leading in was to win two games and that is what we did.
Written by Jesse Harding
MVP - Tane: Atama Dixon
MVP - Wahine - Leah McCallum Simon
Most Improved of the Tournament - Reimana Ruri
Best Overall Player - Bradley Price
Whanaungatanga Award - Mana Te Maari
Turangawaewae - Henare Chambers, Anahere Moffat
Manaakitanga - Henare Chambers, Atama Dixon
Rangatiratanga - Henare Chambers, Ebony Burchett
