Senior HQ Cross Country - May 2016

NAME		ROOM	YEAR	GENDER	PLACING
CHIN	Paris	HQ2	7	GIRLS	6
GLENTWORTH	Samantha	HQ2	7	GIRLS	2
HANDS	Skylar	HQ2	7	GIRLS	4
IRVING	Anika	HQ2	7	GIRLS	5
KINGI	Mya	HQ3	7	GIRLS	3
SMITH	Georgia	HQ1	7	GIRLS	1

BLANCHET	Lewis	HQ3	7	BOYS	4
DOWN	Jacob	HQ2	7	BOYS	5
HAYWARD	Jacob	HQ4	7	BOYS	1
TAYLOR	Hamish	HQ4	7	BOYS	6
THOMSON	Will	HQ3	7	BOYS	2
THOMSON	Zack	HQ1	7	BOYS	3

CALVERT	Hannah	HQ3	8	GIRLS	6
DUNLOP	Molly	HQ1	8	GIRLS	5
HANKS	Charmaine	HQ2	8	GIRLS	3
JOHNSON	Kayley	HQ4	8	GIRLS	4
McINTOSH	Eliza	HQ1	8	GIRLS	1
MUNRO	Mikayla	HQ2	8	GIRLS	2

FEE	James	HQ4	8	BOYS	3
MAYONE	Francesco	HQ3	8	BOYS	5
MORGAN	Flynn	HQ4	8	BOYS	6
RAWAT	Amit	HQ4	8	BOYS	1
WAKEFIELD	Mackay	HQ4	8	BOYS	4
WATSON	Bradley	HQ3	8	BOYS	2

Week 3 Details

I hope you all had a great weekend - this Canterbury autumn weather is just so lovely!  Here are the notices and reminders for this week in the Senior HQ:

1)  Winter Sport kicks off this Friday so please come organised with your sports clothes, equipment and a big lunch!
2)  Chorale is Monday as usual.
3)  Mr Rodger is on a course on Friday so Mrs Moore is in Home Room 1 for him.
4)  ICAS digi tech is this Tuesday at 11.15am for those of you sitting this test.
5)  Homework - reading and spelling each night along with any other work your teachers have set you.  Check out the cross country video too once it's uploaded!
6)  Inquiry workshops on our theme of "What Comes Next?" commence on Wednesday this week.  Workshops and teachers are as follows: 'Campaign Earth' with Mr Rodger, 'Inventions' with Mrs G, 'Careers and Money' with Mrs Busfield and 'How Stuff Works' with Mrs Moore.  Almost all of you got your first choice from your survey picks so that worked out really well!
7)  Pink Ribbon Breakfast people - meeting at the start of lunch today in the Quiet Space - bring your lunch
8)  Competitive chess is on today - there is a tournament coming up and we need to decide teams, so you must come if you would like to be considered!

CONGRATULATIONS to our basketball team who won the tournament on Friday and have qualified for the Canterbury's.  Here's a wee snippet from an email from Mr Malins - we are so proud of you boys ...

"...I really was impressed with their attitude, and really thought that they are fantastic Role Models (it's a shame other couldn't see them!).  

As not only did they have fun, but played fair and even after running up 34 - 0 against a couple of teams were great winners.

In case you haven't heard they won the zone competition (was a tough game against Russley 10-8), so have qualified for Canterbury's..."

Finally, we got some great snaps during the Thursday visit by the Penrith Panthers.  Several HQ students went up the front taking part in competitions and question time and our Senior League team got a group shot too!  Here are a few snaps:

Have a great week everyone!

SENIOR HQ TRIATHLON 2016

We all enjoyed a fabulous sporting event last Thursday when the Senior HQ students took part in the school triathlon.  We had ..... students who competed individually and all other students were in teams of 3 to complete the course.  The race consisted of a two lap run, a two lap bike and two laps of our obstacle course (kyrpton and other obstacles).  The results were as follows & be sure to watch the movie of the event at the bottom:

INDIVIDUAL PLACINGS & TIMINGS:-

Boys Individual

1. Bradley Watson  22:51

2. Hunter Mason  23:06

3. James Fee  24:07

4. McKay Wakefield  25:26

5. Flynn Morgan  26:37

6. Jack Anderson  27:59

7. Ryan O’Connell  28:31

8. Callum Wakefield  30:15

9. Barnaby White  30:16

10. Will Mason  32:43

11. George Allen

12. Spencer Wilson

13. Elnathan Chung

14. Paul Shin

Girls Individual 

1. Eliza McIntosh  24:27

2. Georgia Smith  28:21

3. Molly Dunlop  28:33

4. Dakota Coleman  35:08

5. Fonie Ka  36:30

6. Neve McErlain

7. Libby Sellars

8. Eva Franicevic

TEAM PLACINGS & TIMINGS:-

Boys Team Results:

1. Sam Weir, Cullen Neal, Oliver Butler  22.15

2. Lewis Blanchet, Jacob Down, Jacob Hayward  23:04

3. Zack Thomson, Ryan Smith, Waqa 24:05

4. Amit Rawat, Fran Mayone, Logan Timms  24:51

5. Will Thomson, Alex Pau’u, Decklyn Lamborn  26:04

6. Jaynesh Patel, Aden Li, Matt Dandoy  26:40

7. Senta Yamamoto, Jia Ming Yang, Ben Guo  27:03

8. Hamish Taylor, Charlie Ho, John Li  27:07

9. Peter Kim, Ashton Harrison, Blair Nielson  28:40

10. Evan Ting, Beile Hu, Mason Powell  28:44

11. Hayden Li, Nachito Munzo, Sravesh Sarath  29:57

12. Jimmy Smith, Jacob Carter, Blake Stuart  30:10

13. Blake D’Abbadie, Hamish Daglish, Cameron Heaphy  30:33

14. Kyle Whiu, Sam Forster, Banuve Dretiverata  31:46

15. Nick Li, Alex Davis, Benji Paulin  32:10

16. Simon Chong, Connor Broadhead, Jack Forbes  35:38

Girls Team Results

1. Amily Chen, Anika Irving, Paris Chin   25:09

2. Sammy Glentworth, Dani Calvert, Molly Stretch-Davidson   27:14

3. Lillica Hands, Hannah Calvert, Tayla Hurcomb   27:15

4. Mikayla Munro, Shantay Bajamundi, Mikayla Munro   27:53

5. Skylar Hands, Tayler Halliday, Amber Roberts   28:09

6. Charmaine Hanks, Tazma Martin, Maia Renata   28:26

7. Kayley Johnson, Ainslee Paulsen, Emily Ladbrook   28:28

8. Anna Sawyer, Amrita Rawat   31:02

9. Lucy Ruge, Alyssa Murphy, Grace Robins   31:38

10.= Gina Tang, Leisha Duseigneur, Mya Kingi   32:56

10.=Aaliyah Kingi, Tanna Yung, Aadilah Shah   32:56

12. Nina Guia, Caitlyn Elder, Bianca Youl   33:43

13.  Zahra Ellis, Hannah Newman, Danielle Hall   35:25

14. Yiting Wei, Tina Lin, Emily Chao   36:42

Week 2 Reminders and Notices

Hi everyone.  We have another busy week in the HQ this week - no surprises there!

1)  Cross Country walk through on Monday so we know where the course is ready for the event on Thursday.  We will be walking down to Crosbie and back.
2)  Competitive chess on Monday and social chess on Tuesday at lunch times.
3)  We have the Burnside Musical Road Show visiting us on Wednesday between morning tea time and lunch time in the hall.
4)  The mighty Penrith Panthers visit our school for a special assembly on Thursday at 11.25am.
5)  Our annual school cross country is Thursday and we leave straight after the Penrith Panthers wind up.  We will go down and support the Year 5/6's first and then our races start from 1.50pm.  Please ask parents/family members/care givers to come and support us!
6)   Winter Sports trials repeat again this Friday afternoon with winter sport starting next week.  Bring all your gear you need for your sport please.
7)  Homework expectations:  reading for at least 20 minutes each night; learning of your spelling words for this week from your notebook;  anything else set by your teachers.
8)  We welcome three student teachers into our HQ this week - Miss Smith (HQ3), Mr Burr (HQ4) and Mr Jones (HQ1).  They will be here with us for several weeks learning about teaching in the Year 7/8 level in an MLE.  Please remember to introduce yourselves!

Have a fab week everyone!

Welcome back and roll on Term 2!

The teachers are really looking forward to seeing you all back tomorrow for the start of Term 2.  It is going to be a busy term with our Senior Triathlon in the first week, the start of winter sport, a visit from the Penrith Panthers, a demonstration by our Kapa Haka group and our usual Riccarton Library visits too.  Just to name a few things!  Remember to keep an eye on our school calendar attached to our blog and our school website for all the events ahead of time!  Messages for this week:

*  You need a personal reading book at school for daily reading.  You should have another book at home to be reading EVERY night for at least 20 minutes.
*  Bring your PE top daily for tri training please.
*  The Senior Triathlon is this Thursday the 5th of May at 1.30pm.  We will be having an early lunch on this day.  Wear your house colours - we will be awarding house points for participation and placings.  All parents, caregivers, family and friends are welcome to come along and support you!
*  Tim's programme's will be held as usual this Thursday.
*  Chess continues as per last term.

Have a great first week everyone!