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We would like to congratulate all our students who entered their STEAM Innovations/Science Fair projects into the NIWA East & South Auckland competition which was held online this year, due to Covid-19 restrictions. Students have worked incredibly hard in presenting their projects to the judges, who were most impressed.
On Friday 6 August we took our four school teams to the South Eastern Zones competition at the Howick Pakuranga Netball courts.
STEAM Innovations Fair is an amazing learning journey. 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.
Madagascar was a huge success! The cast’s singing, acting and dancing was truly remarkable.
Over the last two terms we have had huge productivity in preparation for the wearable arts events that Somerville are entering this year.
We managed to run a successful school cross country event, despite the rain forecast on Wednesday 7 July, with some great results.
The SEZ Table Tennis tournament was held in the school hall at Somerville, with seven intermediate schools competing for the championship title.
On Monday 28 June, Somerville Intermediate celebrated Matariki, The Maori New Year.
On June 30 73 of our Somerville students took part in the Showquest event at the Aotea Kiri Te Kanawa theatre.
On Wednesday 9 June, the Somerville Boys' Rugby team competed in four games for the South Eastern Zone Championship. Held at Pakuranga Rugby Club, the weather was perfect and the grounds were in good condition for playing fast rugby.
The Somerville gymnastics team competed at the South Eastern Zone competition on Friday 11 June, coming home with some fantastic results.
On Tuesday 8 June, Somerville Intermediate School attended the SEZ Badminton competition held at St Kentigern College.
The Tokyo bound Olympian, NZ Black Stick, Rose Keddell, was at Somerville recently to speak to players and Kawarau Whānau students, as part of the nationwide Olympic Ambassador in Schools programme.
Our Pasifika fono was held last night (16 June) in our school library. This was a chance to come together with families, share time getting to know each other and talk about some of the aspirations for our children's education here at Somerville.
On Friday 28 May, fourteen enthusiastic Eco-Warriors took part in a carex planting event at Mangemangeroa Reserve. The event was organised and led by Ella from the Gecko Trust and Cate from Sustainable Schools.