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MORRINSVILLE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLPh 07 889 6629 Fax 07 889 5645 Email office@mi.school.nz

NEWSLETTERNEWSLETTERNEWSLETTER3rd November, 2011

Congratulations to Jacob Li Calsi & Jessica Alsemgeest who have both recently applied for and received an MIS Honours Award. Jacob & Jessicas success was recognised duringschool assembly today and their families were invited to attend.

Part of the requirements to achieve Honours at MIS is to receive two Excellences and oneMerit from points gained from Academics, Sports, Culture and Civics. Students must alsoshow commitment, a positive attitude, responsibility and reliability to be eligible.

Jacob has become an Honours Student by gaining an Excellence in Academics, Civics andCulture.

Jessica has become an Honours Student by gaining an Excellence in Academics andCulture and a Merit in Civics.

As with all students who manage to achieve this award, Jacob & Jessicas success has beenthe result of actively making the most of the extension and enrichment programmesour school o ers. These achievements are not only a credit to Jacob & Jessica but anoutstanding example of school -wide attitude, character and e ort that we value in allMIS students.

We have had a busy week with Craft and Livestock Day and all students have been involved in some way. Thankyou to the parents who were able to assist with organisation, judging or supporting the students during the day.

As usual, the standard of entries for craft day and the animals has been of a very high standard. Awards werepresented at prizegiving which was held this afternoon and results will be included in the next newsletter.

Jacob Li Calsi

Jessica Alsemgeest

This year we had a very enthusiastic group of 17 students that made up the Morrinsville IntermediateHockey Team. We were entered in the Waikato B Grade competition. The team gelled well and wentfrom strength to strength throughout the season winning most of their games. With these successesbehind them, they ended up playing o in the nals against Southwell which would be a strong opponent.

The MIS team played exceptionally well to take out the B Grade championshipwinning 5 -0. A bigcongratulations to all the team; what a great team e ort! They have all made me so proud.

A special thank you to all theparents and supporters, wecouldn't have done it withoutyou. I hope everyone now hasa chance to rest before look-ing forward to the nextseason.

Report by Nathan Phillips(Coach)

MIS Hockey Team Win Championship Final

MIS 2011 WinningHockey Team

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MIS Athletics & Sprints Day

Well done to all students involved in athletics day and thank you to the parents who came along to sup-port the students. Some of our finals are still beingcompleted and results will be included with thenewsletter next week.

Morrinsville Group DayGood luck to all students who will be attendingMorrinsville Livestock Group Day tomorrow.All students involved will need to be at theRecreation Grounds ready for a 9.30am start.

INTER - INTERMEDIATE TABLETENNIS REPORT

After much practice at school and at homethe M.I.S. boys and girls table tennis teamcomprised of: Bede Higgens, James Hough-ton, Kingston Higham, Monir Zouggari,Sophie Hamilton, Kailey Allison, AlyshaPriestley and Alison Priestley.

The two teams attended the Inter -Intermediate table tennis tournament held inHamilton and both teams were placed 5 th

after the games were played for singles anddoubles.

I would like to thank the parents for their support of the students who attended theevent by providing transport and encour-agement throughout the day.

Report by Katarina Neale (Teacher -in-charge).

Thank You Morning Tea

MIS will be having a Thank You MorningTea for all our wonderful parents whohave helped out during the year; pleaseaccept this as an invitation to all volun-teers who have helped out during 2011to come along for morning tea on Tues-day 22nd November at 10.30am.

IMPORTANT SCHOOL NOTICES

There will be two important notices coming home in the next day or two. One is for Year 8 students whohave enrolled to attend Morrinsville College next year and gives details on when their college testing willtake place.

The second notice will come home to all students and outlines a health unit that all classes will be startingnext week. This is a Drug & Alcohol unit which aims to inform and help young people make responsiblechoices regarding drugs and alcohol including peer pressure.

All MIS trophies and cups from

2010 end-of - year prizegiving needto returned to the school o ce.

Year 8 Japan Exchange Trip

On Monday 19th September Charlotte Richardson, KeleraFisher, Paris Lowe and Mrs Marshall began their journey toMakuhari, Japan at 2.30am. After a 12 hour ight we arrivedat Makuhari Junior High School tired but excited to meetour host families. Our host families were amazing; theywere kind, generous and we learnt so much about the Japa-nese culture. Some of the main di erences were catchinglots of trains, waking up early to get going to school as itwas not a 10 minute walk down the road, going to school ona Saturday and how dedicated they are to their studies.

We visited many of the tourist attractions around Tokyowith the highlights being Disneyland, Disney Sea, the TokyoTower, Akihabara (a technology city), Lalaport which isgigantic shopping centre 10 times bigger than Chartwell(which we got lost in!), the Japanese Gardens and experi-encing tea ceremonies when we had an interesting lookingand tasting green tea!

We all had an amazing two weeks in Japan and wish toreturn some day as we made new friends which we will keepfor many years to come. For any Year 7 students who areinterested in experiencing a trip of a lifetime, start saving

nowwe all totally recommend it.

Report by Paris Lowe.

Charlotte Richardson, Kelera Fisher & Paris Lowe at Disneyland.

Congratulations to Hanna Zouggariwho won the Guess the Lollies in

the Jar Rafe at Livestock Day.