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SOUTHERN VIEW Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
Tuesday <strong>November</strong> <strong>26</strong> <strong>2019</strong> 15<br />
Kirkwood Intermediate<br />
Opportunities<br />
At Kirkwood we are very proud of our children and their achievements.<br />
Our pupils have many opportunities to participate in a wide range of education activities including Technology; ICT;<br />
Music; Drama; Education 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<br />
during their time with us. Just a few of the opportunities our pupils have experienced this year are as follows:<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 />
Sport at Kirkwood Intermediate<br />
We participate in a large variety of sports including: Netball, Football, Cross Country,<br />
Skiing, Swimming, Rugby, Basketball, Waterpolo, Touch Rugby, Korf Ball, Table<br />
Tennis, Badminton, Mountain Biking, Athletics and Gymnastics. We also compete in<br />
the Canterbury Association of Intermediate and Middle Schooling competitions.<br />
Our school is well known for the courtesy, co-operation and sportsmanship of our<br />
teams and we value this highly.<br />
Some of the highlights this year are as follows:<br />
Tuesday Sport - Our A Football<br />
team came second in their<br />
competition.<br />
Indoor Tournament - We took<br />
two basketball teams, two Volleyball<br />
teams and five Badminton teams.<br />
Many of our pupils have been<br />
selected to represent Canterbury<br />
and/or have been selected for the<br />
Nationals in various sports which<br />
makes our school proud.<br />
Wellington camp<br />
This year the Year 8 students attended a school camp in Wellington.<br />
Going on camp was a wonderful experience for the Year 8 students and<br />
they made memories to last a lifetime.<br />
We spent four days in Wellington and the timetable was packed with activities that<br />
related to our school curriculum. We flew to Wellington by plane and spent our first<br />
afternoon at the Beehive, where we had a tour and even had the chance to see<br />
Parliament in session! Following that was a visit to National Library of New Zealand<br />
where we saw the Treaty of Waitangi, the Declaration of Independence and the<br />
Women’s Suffrage Petition.<br />
Our next day began with the filming of a live TV show at Capital E. Our students<br />
took on every role from Director to Sound Technician to News Anchor and worked<br />
together to get the show done. We spent the rest of the day at the Wellington<br />
Museum and Te Papa in the care of two fantastic educators. After dinner, we took an<br />
evening stroll down the water front to Ferg’s Rock where we did some rock-climbing.<br />
On the third day, we walked through the<br />
Wellington Botanical Gardens to get to<br />
Zealandia – a predator-free native bird<br />
sanctuary in the Karori Valley. It was<br />
incredible to see Kaka, Saddlebacks,<br />
Takahe and even Tuatara up close. This<br />
visit related closely to our Term Four<br />
Science topic – New Zealand Birds. In<br />
the afternoon we went to the Wellington<br />
Zoo and had a tour. It was interesting to<br />
compare the lives of animals in the Zoo<br />
with those in the Sanctuary.<br />
Our final day was mostly a travel day as<br />
we took the ferry to Picton and then the<br />
train back to Christchurch. We had a<br />
wonderful time in Wellington. It was so<br />
special to make such amazing memories<br />
with our school friends before we all<br />
leave to high school next year.<br />
Written by Room 12<br />
School Production<br />
Every second year we produce a school performance for all interested pupils.<br />
Our next School Production will be in 2021.<br />
Technology<br />
Our on-site technology centre provides our pupils<br />
with a range of creative learning experiences in<br />
different areas: Foods, Electronics, Robotics and<br />
Materials (metal, wood, fabric and plastic). Our<br />
pupils have created a large variety of work this<br />
year. We also participate in Robofest, Future in<br />
Tech programmes, EPro8 and 3D printing.<br />
Programmes focus on Planning for Practice, Brief<br />
Development and Outcome Evaluation.<br />
Don’t forget, there are still some places available for<br />
Year 7 and Year 8 for 2020.<br />
Please visit our website www.kirkwood.school.nz for<br />
information and to download an enrolment form or<br />
ring the office on 348 7718.<br />
Phil Tappenden, Principal<br />
<strong>26</strong>0 Riccarton Road, Christchurch<br />
Email: school.information@kirkwood.school.nz<br />
Phone 03 348 7718 Fax 03 348 1085<br />
www.kirkwood.school.nz
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