Western News: November 14, 2017
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WESTERN NEWS Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
Tuesday <strong>November</strong> <strong>14</strong> <strong>2017</strong> 17<br />
Kirkwood Intermediate<br />
Opportunities<br />
At Kirkwood we are very proud of our children and their achievements, here at Kirkwood.<br />
Our pupils have many opportunities to participate in a wide range of education activities including Technology; ICT; Music; Drama; Education<br />
Outside The Classroom; Leadership roles; Camps; Academic challenges; and Sports.<br />
Our pupils develop a wide range of skills which helps them develop educationally, socially, emotionally and physically during their time with us.<br />
Just a few of the opportunities our pupils have experienced this year are as follows:<br />
China Trip<br />
Education New Zealand supported our trip to China<br />
this year. Our China Sister School, Chengdu Bilingual<br />
Experimental School, organised homestays and schooling<br />
for our pupils. Emma, Kendall, Ashtyn, Dante and Grace<br />
had the most amazing experience while they were away.<br />
They really enjoyed experiencing new sights, sounds,<br />
tasting different types of food and learning about the<br />
culture and people of China.<br />
Education Outside the Classroom<br />
We visit many different places within our community such as Canterbury Museum,<br />
Riccarton House and the Art Gallery. We also offer class camps for our Year 7 and<br />
Year 8 pupils. This year our Year 7’s camped at Purau Bay where they experienced<br />
canoeing, abseiling and camping skills, along with getting to know their class and<br />
developing friendships.<br />
Our Year 8 pupils have just returned from the Otago Rail Trail and Wellington camps.<br />
These camps both provide great opportunities for learning and personal development.<br />
Technology & ICT<br />
Our on-site technology centre provides our pupils with a<br />
range of creative learning experiences in different areas:<br />
Foods; Electronics and Materials (metal, wood, fabric and<br />
plastic). Our pupils have created a large variety of work<br />
this year. We also participate in Robofest, Future in Tech<br />
programme, Food competitions, Robotics, EPro8, 3D<br />
printing, Upcycling and Maori Carving.<br />
Programmes focus on Planning for Practice, Brief<br />
Development and Outcome Evaluation.<br />
We have pods of touch screen laptops, ordinary laptops<br />
and Chromebooks for classroom use to enable pupils to<br />
develop their skills. Pupils are also welcome to bring their<br />
own technology. More pupils are doing this each year. We<br />
recommend that parents check which devices are used at<br />
the High School they think their children will be attending.<br />
School Production<br />
Every second year we produce a school performance for all<br />
interested pupils. This year our production was called ‘Off<br />
White and the Seven Scaffolders’.<br />
Sports<br />
We participate in a large variety of sports including:<br />
Netball; Football; Cross Country; Skiing; Swimming; Rugby;<br />
Basketball; Waterpolo; Touch Rugby; Korf Ball; Table Tennis;<br />
Badminton; Athletics and Gymnastics. We also compete<br />
in the Canterbury Association of Intermediate and Middle<br />
Schooling competitions.<br />
Our school is well known for the courtesy, co-operation and<br />
sportsmanship of our teams and we value this highly.<br />
Some of the highlights this year are as follows:<br />
Bowls Tournament - we had 5 of 6 teams finish in the top<br />
three for their categories and one team winning theirs;<br />
Boys’ Basketball team won their competition for the 4th<br />
year in a row in the Friday night competition;<br />
Girls’ Basketball team was awarded the fair play award<br />
for the South Island Tournament;<br />
Kirkwood Badminton Team finished 3rd in the South<br />
Island Tournament;<br />
Table Tennis Kirkwood Team finished 3rd in the Winter<br />
Weekly Sport.<br />
Many of our pupils have been selected to represent<br />
Canterbury and/or have been selected for the Nationals in<br />
various sports which makes our school proud.<br />
Blues Awards<br />
• Outstanding achievements, whether they are personal or at school, are celebrated via our Blues Awards system.<br />
• Our students can achieve a Blues Award in various areas such as Cultural, Sports and Academic.<br />
• An Outstanding Elite Blues Award may be achieved if a student has achieved an Academic, Cultural and a Sporting Blue.<br />
• There are quite strict criteria for receiving a Blue and these are outlined on our website www.kirkwood.school.nz<br />
Don’t forget, there are still some places available for Year 7 and Year 8 for 2018.<br />
Please visit our website www.kirkwood.school.nz for information and to download<br />
an enrolment form or ring the office on 348 7718.<br />
Phil Tappenden, Principal<br />
Kirkwood<br />
INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL<br />
260 Riccarton Road, Christchurch<br />
Email: school.information@kirkwood.school.nz<br />
Phone 03 348 7718 Fax 03 348 1085<br />
www.kirkwood.school.nz