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The STEAM Innovations/Science Fair is an amazing opportunity for Somerville Intermediates students to grow and develop as scientists. Not only do students experience authentic science by following the Scientific Inquiry Process or the Engineering Design Process, they also develop literacy, numeracy, technology, critical thinking, communication, creativity, collaboration and self management skills.
On Tuesday 24 October, the students involved were a part of the unveiling of our much anticipated school mural. Our community was invited to witness this event and many parents showed their support on Tuesday last week.
On Friday 27 October, the Eco Warriors, together with Room 6, conducted a waste audit on our school's rubbish output, for one single day. To say it was smelly and gross is an understatement! But as scientists, we gloved up and needed to dig in and get the data.
Recently, five of our Year 8 students were involved in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow competition. Samsung Solve for Tomorrow is a nationwide competition delivered in partnership with Motat and TENZ, challenging the next generation of Kiwi innovators to harness the power of STEAM, to create meaningful change within their communities.
Our keen gardeners gathered the most amazing harvest from our beans! These were grown from seed and they just kept growing and growing. We had our very own Jack in the "Beanstalk" at SIS!
On 23 and 24 September, the Somerville Intermediate School Chess Team comprising of Daqi M, Arush G, Tracy T, Grishma K and Anson Li, competed in the National Inter School Chess Championships Final, held at Saint Kentigern College.
This was the largest chess event of the year, as schools from all over the country participated.
The Auckland APPA Rehu Tai finals were held at Remuera Intermediate on Thursday 21 September. Ava K and James H represented Somerville Intermediate in the categories, Spoken Word and Flash Talk respectively. Both students spoke with confidence and clarity and Ava K was awarded first place for her Spoken Word.
Clean Up Week 2023 helped end the term with a bang! Students and teachers got behind the cause and rubbish was collected from around the school to make our property look beautiful. Well done SIS!
After dominating the South Eastern Zone under 55kg Rugby League tournament, Somerville Intermediate qualified for the Auckland Champs.
On Wednesday 13th September, Somerville’s two ePro8 teams competed in the Year 7 & 8 Semi-Finals held at Papatoetoe Intermediate. The theme of the competition was arcade games, which meant that our teams could choose between the following four iconic game-inspired challenges: Space Invaders, Tetris, Pac Man, and Dance Revolution.
On Tuesday 19th September, Somerville Intermediate hosted its first-ever ‘Thorminator’ Challenge.
Kiwi author, Des Hunt, kept Somerville students spellbound on Tuesday 5th September.
On Monday 11 September, 32 excited students left in the school vans to travel to Matamata, to participate in the Totara Springs Sports Camp, where we joined 9 other schools. These camps give students an opportunity to play a range of sports including sports they would not normally participate in.
During the week of 2nd - 8th September, a total of 95 Somerville students, 10 staff members and 12 parent team managers, travelled down to Tauranga to participate in the annual AIMS Games. This year’s tournament welcomed 11,733 competitors, representing 374 schools and 25 sporting codes.
On Thursday 31 August, 21 Kawhe Hui students travelled in the minivans to Wintec, Waikato Institute of Technology. The purpose of the trip was to look at a food and hospitality training facility, observe the ‘back of house’ and the ‘front of house’ teams in action, and learn about careers in the industry.
Three Somerville Intermediate bands rocked and rolled at the Rockshop BandQuest on Saturday 26 August.
We are delighted to share the accomplishments of Somerville Intermediate School students who participated in the recent NIWA South and East Auckland STEM Fair.