This event acts as the qualifying round for the South Eastern Zone Swimming Sports to be held at Lloyd Elsmore Pools on Wednesday 18 March. We had a fantastic day, with some great performances in the pool. These results will be published in the next newsletter.

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Thank you for ensuring your child was prepared and ready for their first day. Our powhiri this afternoon provided a special occasion to welcome all our new students and teachers.

We are excited and enthusiastic about the year ahead. The Year 8's are already serving as positive role models for our new students. The Year 7's are certainly looking forward to the new opportunities and experiences available here at Somerville. 

We look forward to working with you to ensure your child's time at Somerville is positive and happy.

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All the students have had a wonderful time - a great way to finish the year!

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After a successful Market Day, where they raised money for Shoebox Christmas Aotearoa, they have created pamper packs to be gifted to some special mums in New Zealand this Christmas season. Meri Kirihimite from Syndicate C!

The event was organised by the Auckland City Council to acknowledge schools who had achieved Bronze, Silver of Green-Gold status.

Each school set up displays which documented their Enviroschool journey. It was interesting viewing the great work each school has done.

Every good celebration involves food and the students enjoyed a healthy and generous morning tea. After this, the formal part of the day commenced. Each successful school was acknowledged and presented with their framed certificates. Somerville Intermediate was proud to be presented with our Bronze status certificate.

A lot of work has gone into sustainability education at Somerville Intermediate this year. We were awarded Bronze status in only one year, where usually it takes two. The reason for our success was because students, teachers, staff and community worked as a team. Sustainability education was incorporated into Authentic learning journeys and tech-spec programmes. STEAM week had a sustainability theme and our dedicated group of student Enviro leaders met each week to work on new initiatives and learning.

We would like to thank the parent community for your support this year with what we’ve been working on. You can be very proud of the students and staff who worked hard to think and act sustainably. We are all bubbling with ideas about where to next. One thing we’re sure of, it’s only the beginning.

Our students played as a part of an approximately 1500 strong massed ukulele orchestra made up of primary students from dozens of schools!

We performed a wide range of songs, from traditional Maori and Pasifika songs, to a ukulele arrangement of Guns 'n Roses Sweet Child Of Mine, through to a very challenging picking version of the Can-Can!

It was a great event, and our students had a blast learning and performing such a wide variety of songs!

Despite a bleak day and blustery conditions, ur four riders competed in three separate classes. Our best results were achieved by Jordie Mathews who obtained 12 ribbons in 15 possible classes. Among these, she received reserve champion on the flat and champion over jumps. Ella Harris, Avadee Nowell and Regan Healy also amassed an impressive collection of ribbons between them. The team came 9th overall. Despite the hail storm, sporadic thunder and soggy conditions, a great time was had by all!

A HUGE congratulations to the team! Well done girls.

The team consisted of the following students:

Isacc Smith, Marcus Stratford, Zac Dawson, Ty Newell, Luke Newson, Kahlen Flexman, Jack Taylor, Sain Jaafar, Judd Brown, Daniel Glenie, Emma Swan, Ashley Fillet, Rochelle Christie, Aiden Bray, Jaimee Scott and Ryan Johnson.

Sunny conditions enabled our runners to run to their best performances to allow them to cross the finish line in second place, beating other high school and intermediate teams. We are proud of all of these runners efforts in training during the school year as well as running in this tough endurance event. Thank you to all of the parents who supported in the success of this event once again.

Mixed Team
The mixed team was made up of Logan Besley, Cassidy Meleisea, Josh Gagiano, Tyler Gagiano, Ryan Collett, Connor Boulton, Chloe Overend, Shayla Nepia, Rochelle Christie, Demi Morris, Addison Doeg and Helena Dunn.

In our first game, the mixed team came out strong with a 6-0 win against Mission Heights. Following on from this win, the team were fired up and had a second very confident win 7-0 against the team from Elim. This team worked on their skills, figured out gaps they had and what they needed to work on, and played an incredible tight, well oiled game against Ormiston which ended in a 10-0 victory. After these first three games, the team were feeling confident, but knew the next two games against Howick Intermediate and BBI, our local rivals, were going to be tough ones. They fought hard and played extremely well together to get a very tight 3-2 win against Howick. The final game for the pool play was against BBI, which would decide our place in the finals. We unfortunately lost against BBI, but due to our previous wins we were through to the first/second final. The final was extremely tough, we had a couple of injuries, and in the end unfortunately lost.

The mixed team ended the tournament with a very respectable 2nd place overall.

Girls Team
The girls team was made up of: Jonelle Puletiuatoa, Alex Tucker, Katie Oliver, Eden Mika, Maddy Lum-on, Brooke Prescott, Mia Petford, Isabella Hintze, Olivia Taylor, Danielle Asiata, Charlie Lindsay and Madison Sanele.

The girls team had a day of mixed results, facing some tough competition. The day began with 2 losses to St Kents and Sancta Maria. We then had a solid 3-2 win against Redoubt North, and a draw against Howick. The girls progressed to the 3rd/4th playoff against Redoubt North, in the end finishing off 4th after a tough battle.

Over the day the girls improved and developed immensely. This was shown in their teamwork and sportsmanship on and off the field.


Boys Team

The boys team was made up of: Preston Field, Andrew Clark, Gary Basson, Kaiden Warren, Spencer Carr, Kodie Nicol, JD Bell, Brooklyn Pardoe, Keegan O’Reilly, Sam Read and Killian Armstrong.

The boys team started the competition with a bye because a school pulled out on the day. They won all of the rest of their pool games which were against Sancta Maria, Redoubt North, Howick Intermediate and Bucklands Beach Intermediate. The boys showed a wide range of skills to overcome their opposition and headed into the final undefeated.

The boys won their final game against Sancta Maria. This meant that they ended the competition in First Place for South Eastern Zones, and through to the Auckland Champs! A special mention is deserved to Preston Field for his excellent leadership on the day. He captained the team well, demonstrating good sportsmanship and respect for all involved.
Reported by: Mr Stuart Read

An extremely impressive effort from all players, and some great sportsmanship shown during the tournament. Well done to all members of all three teams, and good luck to the boys at Auckland Champs!