Winners of the South Island Secondary Schools 7’s tournament, held in Timaru.
Back L to R: Eamon MacLean, Anne Campbell, Manager, Hannah Beech,
Jasmine Wood, Sarah Fitisemanu, Elisah Godsiff, Te Manawanui Beddgood,
Kimberly MacLean, Bevan Thompson, Coach
Middle Row, L to R: Niamh Pelling, Peri Beech, Megan O’Cain, Ashleigh Wood,
Lying in Front: Rheanna Wood and Megan O’Cain
Top row left to right: James Morris, Blair Hamilton, Konstantin Segesser von Brunegg, Josh Stock, Shaquille Rangi, Canaan Neha Manihera, Blake Ingles, Ben Johnston,
Middle row left to right: Jamie O’Donnell—Coach, Blair Goodman, Jordan Bremner, Kyle Harrison, Davide Signorelli, Jake Walker, Edward Morris, Leeon Johnston—Coach, Manager –Kelly Stock
Front row left to right: Ryan Goodman, Tyvarn Gray, Finn Anderson, Jack Gorrill, Jacob Limmer, Asher Delany, Jacob Bryan
Absent Taylor Frater, Tito Elisara—Coach
“Well done lads. A well deserved win and a pleasure to referee. Thanks for the great game”
Aidan Woodward—Referee
Our team who competed at the recent Special Olympics held at Saxton Field.
All competitors put 100% into their events; their attitude, sportsmanship and behavior could not be faulted.
Back row– L to R: Emma Gillions, Michael Tideman, Paige Burley
Front Row L to R: Laura Eggers, Alice Holyoake and Sophie Evans.
Absent: Liam Goodman who was the official cameraman for the day.
“Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt.”
Winners of regional French speaking competition run by the Alliance Francaise de Nelson. Left to right: Quinne Weber, 1st in Year 9. Emma Harvey 3rd in Year 9, Harrison Frater, 2nd in Year 9
Jacob Bowdler was one of fifteen finalist nationwide in the Senior Casio Mathematics Competition
The competition was on Friday September 1 at Victoria University.
Jacob has a perfect record of 5 out of 5 Distinctions in Australian Mathematics from Y9-13
Noah Appleton and Davide Signorelli won the NMIT Bridge Building Competition.
Their bridge held a load of 51.1kg
Jayme Rae Anae was named as the Superstar Winner of the 2018 Talent Quest.
Jayme Rae played guitar and sang Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy” and also sang “Hallelujah”
as a duet with Saskia Gray
Suono Bellissimo competed at the Big Sing competition held on 16 June.
Suono Bellissimo was commended and placed 1st in the Classical Composition category.
Back from left: Anita Botica, Niamh Tasker, Renee Currie, Lena Karabeg, Stella Stevens,
Saskia Gray, Selena Christie, Pamela Currie, Hannah Wenzel
Front from left: Heather Sinclair-Wentworth, Maddie Bridge, Tessa Seymour, Emma Harvey,
Isabella Braxton-Bailey, Kiera Inglis, Tagan Stringer and Mia Wealleans
Absent: Laura Bowdler, Lucy Bradford, Meret Kress, Mamie Mikaere,
Puawai Teaukura, Jessica Tibbs and Shanti Wemyss.
Motueka High School competed recently in the Regional Manu Kōrero Speech Competition.
Schools from the Nelson and Tasman Regions compete to find the best junior and senior speaker in Te Reo Māori and English. Saskia Gray (left) Jayme Rae Anae (righlt) and Tamu Emery (absent) competed for our school. Tamu came third place for Senior Māori.
Risaleaana Pouri-Lane and Sydnee Wilkins have both been selected in the
NZ Under 18 Training squad for Rugby 7’s.
The team will be named in October after trials are held.
Sydnee was named the Most Valuable Player at the recent
Sir Gordon Tietjens 7s Rugby Invitational Tournament held on 3 and 4 March in Palmerston North
Canaan Neha-Manihera and Jayme-Rae Anae welcomed Te Ururoa Flavell, Minister of Maori Affairs to Te Whare Taikura o Te Maatu
Isaac organized and hosted the Shave for a Cure event held at school on the 24th March, where students bid for the right to shave a fellow student or teachers head.
Over $1500 was raised for Leukaemia & Blood Cancer
Risaleaana has been selected for the New Zealand Under 18’s Womans Touch team
and is in the Black Ferns Development squad
Congratulations
Ben Cudby and Laura Wilkinson
Abby Seymour, Fletcher Frater, Hannah Gordon, Hayley Garlick
Regional Champions Year 10 Nelsonmathix Competition
Left to right: Thomas Pearson, Raven August (captain), Isabella Cranshaw, Alex Brogan
Isabella has achieved high distinction in the following competitions:
ICAS Australian English Competition
Big Science Competition run by Australian Science Innovations (ASI)
Australian Mathematics, and she was a member of the winning Nelsomathix Y10 team
Stella Stevens won first place in Senior Poetry category at
the Young NZ Writer’s competition for her poem – ‘I am waiting for you.’
I am waiting for you.
In the shadow of the maunga
I am perched on the edge of the forest,
on the branch of the mighty kauri tree.
I slowly slide down the trunk and
hide amongst the ferns.
I see their silver underbellies glistening in the moonlight.
They bow their leaves to me in the wind as I slink past an aging kauri snail.
Its meat is of no interest to me so I continue bashing through the undergrowth.
What do you think of me?
I have a dark glossy coat that ripples in the breeze.
I am sly with a hooked tail,
like the curve of a koru.
I strip the trees of their growth.
I scramble, I scamper, I slink through the darkness.
I steal tree’s life.
I destroy Mother Nature.
Do you hear me as I shake branches?
Do you hear me crunching on the leaves of the rimu?
Do you hear my victory screech,
my grunts as I climb to the canopy?
My hiss to scare you off.
But some don’t hear my warning cry.
Some venture on in search of my blood.
I creep through the black,
across the gravel path.
Two blinding lights appear
from around the corner.
I freeze…
The lights stare at me.
I stare back with wide inky eyes.
I hear the sound of a gun.
I run.
I am darting through the bushes.
Swerving.
Scampering
I flee until I reach the safety
of my kauri tree.
I am waiting for you.
To give up…
I have survived the hunt.
I have dodged death.
I am still alive.
The fight has been fought.
The victory has been won.
I am curled up in my tree
waiting for your return.
My place is to taunt you
and destroy your mighty forest.
Distinctions in Big Science Competition:
Back: Kai Grinberg, Lucy Chung.
Front: Fletcher Frater, Isabella Cranshaw (High distinction).
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