Welcome to the final week for 2016 - Thank you all

Kia ora te whanau o Turanganui 2016,

It is hard to believe that we are in our final week of the year. Whilst we are all looking forward to spending Christmas and the summer holidays with our whanau, we are all sad to say goodbye to our wonderful group of Turanganui Taonga. 

2016 has been full of new challenges and celebrations and one of proudest achievements as a team is the whanau feeling that has been created. Our academic data has improved significantly and we have a number of students who have received leadership badges. Congratulations to Paddy Blackman who is one of only a handful of Gisint students to receive their honours badge at assembly on Friday. Honours badges are only given to those students who have earned sports, cultural and academic badges and are our highest honour in terms of our badge system. Kei runga noa atu koe Paddy! We have a number of year 7's who are already mapping out their year 8 plan to ensure they qualify for their honors. We are very proud of all of the students below and look forward to significantly growing the number of Turanganui students acknowledged in 2017. 

Our Turanganui Colours Badge Recipients for 2016

Sports

Paddy Blackman

Alyssa Herbert

Tyrese Nepe

Wai Rawiri

Ani Whaanga Smith

Irie Eyles

Matariki Kaa

Amoe Wharehinga

Mikaere Marino Moore

Nathania Takitaki

Tamati Ingram

Carlos Hihi

Hayley Ahu

Academic Badge

Paddy Blackman

Cultural Badge

Jade Vercoe

Paddy Blackman

Attlee Waitoa

Anna Manuel

McKenzie Pepere

Tobias Horsfield

Hayley Ahu

Paige Tamatea

Honors

Paddy Blackman

2017 is going to be exciting with the addition of Matua Rapiata Ria to Turanganui and we have a fantastic bunch of year 7's who will be the perfect leaders for our incoming year 6's. We wish all of our awesome year 8's all the very best at their chosen high schools and look forward to hearing of their many successes in the future. 

Tomorrow a whanau survey will come home from our Board of Trustees as they would love to have your feedback. These surveys can be returned to the office once complete. 

Finally, the Turanganui kaiako want to thank all of our whanau and friends for the incredible support received this year. We are excited about what lies ahead and about providing the very best learning experiences for your children. We will carry many special memories made with this years Turanganui Taonga.

Nga mihi nui ki a koutou katoa, te whanau o Turanganui mo a koutou aroha ki a matou i tenei tau. Kia pai to koutou kirihimete, to koutou hararei o te raumati me te tau hou. 

Arohanui ki a koutou katoa

Nga kaiako o Turanganui 

Koka Jodie, Matua Puri, Matua Bruce, Koka Ana me Koka Tracey

End of Year Prize Givings

On Monday night our school sports awards are being held and your child would've received an invitation if they are receiving an award or certificate. Students need to be dressed in their whites for this event. 

School Prizegiving - YMCA - 10am to 12pm this Thursday

Our final prizegiving for the year takes place this Thursday and your childs teacher will let you know if your child is being acknowledged. Please ensure your child is at school in immaculate uniform if they are receiving an award as the staff have had to make very hard decisions around who to acknowledge. Only eight students per class are able to be selected for the class awards so your child should be extremely proud if they receive one. All students will be dismissed from school after the prizegiving.

What's happening this week?

Monday

Whaikorero competition 11:00am in the school library. Matua Raniera Proctor to judge.

School Sports Awards at 6:30pm

Tuesday

Turanganui and Taruheru pools Day - Permission Slips and money to be returned by Tuesday if not already. 

Wednesday

Bob Hansen Challenge - Togs and Towel needed

Prizegiving Rehearsal

Year 8 Pool Party

Thursday

End of Year Prizegiving at the YMCA 10am to 12pm

Turanganui dismissed one last time for 2016 back at school after the prizegiving in the year 7 grass area. 

Friday

No School - Happy Holidays!

Welcome to week 7

Kia ora koutou katoa,

Thank you all for your aroha and support that I received with the recent passing of my gran. The cards, emails, texts and understanding from everyone was most appreciated by myself and our whanau. Nga mihi nui ki a koutou katoa.

In the two weeks that have passed since our last post we have enjoyed many awesome achievements by our tamariki which are shared below. All of our classes are in the midst of doing our end of year assessments and your child's end of year report will go home on Wednesday the 7th December. 

What's happening at Gisint this week?

Monday

Day 2

End of Year Testing continues

Lunchtime Coney Island Comp

Tuesday

Day 3

Tech

Matariki Kaa, Reef Pohatu and Manaia Haenga sit their NCEA Level 1 Te Reo exams at Gisborne Boys High School - Good Luck!

Lunchtime Coney Island Comp

TW Cricket challenge

End of Year Testing continues

Wednesday

Day 4

Tech

Lunchtime Coney Island Comp

End of Year Testing continues

Thursday

Lunchtime Coney Island Comp

Arts Evening
Tekau ma Rua Olympic Pool Trip

White Ribbon Motorbike Ride 9am to 10am

Friday

BOP/PB Athletics

Focused Friday

Australasian School Exams

Congratulations to Anna Manuel who sat the Australasian Schools exam and achieved a Merit pass in Maths and a Credit pass in Spelling. 

Turanganui Festival

Well done to all of our Turanganui students and other extension members for the excellent performance last Friday. Thank you also to all of our whanau who helped with transportation to and from the festival. We were very proud of the way our students carried themselves and performed. Thank you to Papa Pura and Koka T for everything they do for our tamariki and also to Matua Mike Timu who tutored our boys earlier in the year for mau rakau. 

Year 7 Leadership Trip to Rotorua

Last Tuesday and Wednesday 50 year 7's form across the school had the opportunity to travel to Rotorua for a leadership conference with Mr Hart and Mrs Sambrook. Everyone who attended had a fantastic time and learnt lots from the keynote speakers and other schools that attended. 

Whole School Athletics Results

Congratulations to our whole syndicate for meeting another Gisint challenge with their participation in the whole school athletics event. We had some excellent results and it was an enjoyable day for us all.

A few Variety Show highlights

Prep for our Lunchtime Coney Island Tournament - Room 21 teaching Room 22

Musical Magic - A snippet from Tamati, Carlos, Kaia and Andre during tech last week.

Room 21 Hard at work

Mahaki and Jade Room 19

Keanu - Room 20

Daniel and Manaia - Room 20

Rigante and Koha - Room 21

End of Year Green Card Celebration

A panui will come home tomorrow regarding an end of year green zone excursion to the Olympic Pools with Taruheru syndicate. 

Have a wonderful week everyone!

Welcome to week 3!

Kia ora whanau,

Hope you all had a wonderful long weekend with your whanau. It is hard to believe it is already week 3 of our final term for 2016. All of the Turanganui teachers have been so impressed with our gorgeous tamariki and the way they have settled back into their routines. Last week a number of our students were ambassadors and assisted at the open night or performed in one of groups. We are always proud of the way they interact with and take care of each other - our Turanganui whanau is awesome.

This week we continue to revise over our reading strategies, persuasive essay writing, maths and inquiry work in preparation for our end of year assessments. We still have a full seven weeks of quality learning time before our end of year activities begin so we aim to cram as much in before our summer break. Pictured below are some of our lucky year 7 crew who are doing extra maths with the lovely Mrs Barclay. These guys come back to class buzzing about their new learning. We also have a number of outstanding Mathletes who are working incredibly hard to complete their entire Mathletics level by the end of the year. Our latest results are currently being collated and our syndicate leader results will be shared on here tomorrow. 

Next Friday we have our school athletic sprints at school and every student will compete in the 100m and 200m events. Our children are able to dress in our Turanganui blue or wear their pe gear if they prefer and we would love to see lots of whanau spectating as well. Keep an eye on the school panui for start times for these events. This week the field events begin during the lunch hour and all Turanganui teachers have been encouraging our children to enter everything. We have been practising our technique during syndicate PE rotations for discus, shot put, high jump, long jump, cricket ball throws and sprints. Here is the timetable for the lunchtime or interval field events.

We have a number of students who have made the school softball team to travel to Whakatane at the end of the year. Keep an eye out on the school notices for a list of these awesome Turanganuians. 

Last week the Ki o Rahi Primary and Intermediate comps were held at our school. Congratulations to all of our students who were involved in these teams and to Gisint 2 who won the overall competition. The games were very exciting to watch. Our winning team is pictured below with their coach Matua Rapiata Ria.

What's happening this week?

We have no tech this week

Monday 

Labour Day - School Closed

Tuesday

Normal Day

Day 5

Wednesday

Mufti day and all money collected goes toward our Focused Friday programme. 

Day 1

Thursday

Rooms 20 and 21 Self Defence

Day 2

Friday

Rooms 20 and 21 Self Defence

Focused Friday

Kapa Haka

Assembly

Have a great week everyone! 

Welcome to term 4!

Kia ora koutou and welcome to term 4,

We hope your holiday has been just as enjoyable as ours after a fantastic action week. All of your Turanganui teachers have enjoyed two weeks with our own whanau and friends and are looking forward to our final term for 2016 with our Tumeke Turanganui tamariki! This blog post is very brief but keep an eye out for more exciting action and learning in the coming days. 

What's happening this term?

Here is a term overview but there will be a lot more added as the weeks progress. We have a number of exciting things planned for our Turanganui students and would love to have your input where possible. 

Amazing Mathletics Results

Congratulations to Hikurangi Reid, Reuben Whaitiri and Alana Crawford-Stumpf who earned Gold certificates at the end of last term. These three students are always on our Mathletics leaderboard and we are very proud of them for this achievement. With only a term left this year it is imperative that all Turanganui students are pumping with their basic facts learning and Mathletics accounts. Please encourage this at home as the children who put in the extra time and effort can see the difference in class. 

Room 19 = Alani Dunn, Alyssa Herbert, Oliver Lodewyk, Jacob Wyllie

Room 20 = Irie Eyles and Alana Stumpf- Crawford

Room 22 = Summa Raukawa, Hikurangi Reid and Reuben Whaitiri

Room 24 = Caleb Ruru and Tobias Horsfield

Have a great week everyone!

Week 8 ahead!

Kia ora koutou,

Welcome to week 8.

Four of our team depart for Fiji tonight and we wish Paige Tamatea, Koha Hune, Ngahuia Riddell and James Lodewyk a safe and enjoyable trip. Photo's and updates will be on our school Facebook page. Have a wonderful time everyone!

Congratulations to all of our Turanganui students who travelled out of town this weekend to compete in their various sporting codes. It sounds as though we have some awesome results to share in the near future. If any whanau have pics please email through so we can share on here. Well done to all of our tamariki who played for YMP at the New Zealand Junior rugby competition in Taupo over the weekend. It sounds as though you all played exceptionally well on and off the field and made lots of new friends. We are sure you will share your wonderful recounts with your classes apopo.

Last week a couple of our awesome students were missing from our Tamararo pic so we retook it on Monday. Badges have been ordered and will be presented as soon as they arrive. 

Quick Reminders for this week......

Monday

Day 3

Tech

School closes at 12:30pm - Any students who need to be supervised report to the library at 12:30 and will be looked after until 3pm.

Tuesday

Day 4

Tech

Wednesday

Day 5

Final Action Week Meetings

Thursday

Day 1

Friday

Day 0

Assembly

Kapa Haka

Have a fab week everyone.

Week 7 is here

Kia ora koutou.

It has been a very busy few weeks at Gisint coming off our ERO visit, Maths Week, The School Science Fair, Turanganui Heritage Trails, Winter Sports Exchanges and Tamararo today. Here is a quick run down of some of the awesome things that our kids have been doing.

Gisborne Intermediate School Science Fair 2016

It was our syndicate expectation that all of our children submitted a science or technology fair project as an individual or team. There were a range of interesting topics covered such as the Magical properties of Kawakawa, Electrical Circuits, Tsunami's, Taste Buds, Tornado's, Solar Powered Water Desalination, Litter Removal Fun Theory Projects, Mouldy Bread, Slime and Methods of Catching fish to name a few. A number of students have made it through to the Regional Science Fair and we will share these names with you this week as some have a wee bit more to do before they are ready. All of the turanganui teachers are proud of the learning and team work done by our children. Self and teacher assessments of these projects will be done this week Turanganui projects. Thank you to everyone who supported their child at home.

Turanganui Heritage Trails

Over the past three weeks we have had all five of our classes involved in the Turanganui Heritage Trails run by the awesome team at Turanga Health. The final catch up sessions for rooms 19, 20 and 21 are this week and we are all completing different summaries of the historical information gained. We live in a beautiful city full of rich NZ history and it has been fantastic actually getting out amongst it. Turanga Health donated drink bottles for every student in our team, picked us up and dropped us off for each session and then taught us key information about these three locations.

1: Kaiti Hill

2: The Three Rivers and surrounding areas

3: Oneroa from the old Breakers site to Midway Beach

We look forward to sharing our work samples with you in the near future.

Tamararo 2016

We were asked by Papa Pura and Koka T to submit a team to perform at Tamaro last Monday and these students performed at the showgrounds this morning after only a couple of days of putting their bracket together. We are so proud of everyone from our experienced performers to our newbies who put their hand up to try another Gisint opportunity. Well done!

Maths

Congratulations to Tobias Horsfield, Caleb Ruru and Ryland Tomoana who were the top Mathletics students in our school last term. These three were acknowledged at our school assembly and were presented with certificates. We will be back to our weekly syndicate monitoring of Mathletics so keep an eye on our blog posts for class and team leaderboards. A reminder that Activity points come from workshops based around key math concepts - these may be set by the class teacher to coincide with what is being covered in class but students are also able to self select workshops based around their individual needs too. This is a fantastic tool for revision and for learning ahead also. Mathletics LIVE is practising basic facts and the levels range from very easy to extremely complex even for adults. There are tool attached to your childs account to help them gauge whether they are at the right level for them. Basic facts practise should be essential homework for all students. 

Room 20 boys working on their statistical investigations outside in the sun. 

Tekau ma Rua Leadership Group

Congratulations to all of the new tekau ma rua syndicate leaders. Matua Walter and our students will be working some murals for our syndicate area and as a part of giving back to the school community will be assisting the bus duty teachers every afternoon - this will be on a roster system and times confirmed tomorrow. 

Whakapiki Ake Hui

This hui was held on Friday night from 6pm to 9:30pm at Girls High and was extremely informative. The main points of the hui were in relation to students and whanau understanding early on what requirements are needed for entry into certain degrees. It also covered the importance of our children understanding what method of learning is best for them and how to learn. Koka Kanewa Stokes, Koka Chanelle, a junior doctor from Tairawhiti Hospital and Matua Penti ran the evening and were hugely inspiring. I would urge whanau with students at year 7 and 8 level to attend these hui if they return to Gisborne as they provide great network and pathway opportunities especially if your child is interested in a career in medicine. It was awesome seeing some ex Gisint students already on their way to becoming medical professionals at year 12 and 13 level. Some of these students were flown up to Auckland last year to participate in the Whakapiki Ake mentoring programme. 

Through our attendance at this hui we were offered the opportunity for our syndicate leaders to attend a University of Auckland exploratory day where our students visit the medical faculty, halls of residence and university marae. We will be looking into ways to make this a possibility in the near future. 

Action Week

Final Trip payments were due last Friday. We are only a week away from Fiji and two weeks from our NZ and Gisborne based adventures. We know every child will have a wonderful experience wherever they may be based.

AIMS - Tauranga

Good luck to all of our AIMS competitors - we will add some photo's and results to our blog as they come in. Safe travels and enjoy every moment.