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* * * * IMPORTANT DATES AT K.I.S - 2010 * * * *TERM THREE: Monday 19th Julyl -to- Friday 24th September
Kamo Intermediate SCIENCE FAIR:
Tuesday 20th -to- 23rd July
Teachers Only Day:
Friday 20th August
KIS Roadshow - "K.I.S WILL ROCK YOU" Tour:
Monday 13th September -to- 23rd September June
KIS X-Country:
Thursday 19th August
AIMS Games Tauranga:
Sunday 5th -to- Saturday 11th September
K.I.S Educational Tour - VANUATU:
Wednesday 15th-to- Wednesday 22nd September
TERM THREEMonday 19th July -to- Friday 24th September
KAMO INTERMEDIATE DEBATING FINAL
Friday 23rd July - Twenty10
RIMU vs KOWHAI
Moot: "New Zealand is too serious about sport"
This years Kamo Intermediate Debating Final was between Rimu and Kowhai. The Moot was that "New Zealand is too serious about sport".
The Kowhai team of 1st speaker - Tegan (Room 3), 2nd speaker - Aja (Room 2) and 3rd speaker - Bernard (Room 5) were up against sat years winners Rimu made up of 1st speaker - Rebeca (Room 18), 2nd speaker - Maria (Room 18) and 3rd speaker - Dayna (Room 16).
It was a very hard fought tussle with arguments flying back and forth. A couple of small mistakes were the only difference between the 2 teams. The Champions for 2010 are Rimu. Well done to both teams and Congratulations to back to back winners RIMU!
INTER-SYNDICATE DEBATING CHAMPIONS
*RIMU* (Rebeca, Maria & Dayna)
Runner Up: KOWHAI (Tegan, Aja & Bernard)
THE EXHIBITION OF LEARNING
K.I.S Science Fair - 2010
20th -to- 23rd July Twenty10
The first week of term 3 not only means the return to school of our lovely students, but also the Exhibition of their Science Fair Projects.
This year we had 231 exhibits overall, consisting of 18 Technology Projects (where they invent a product, tool etc.), 65 Investigation Projects (where they answer questions) and 148 Action Research Projects (Where students Research a specific subject).
The organising, support and judging was by our K.I.S genius' Mr Kivell and Mr Epskamp. We will update all the place getters and the Projects representing K.I.S at the Regional Finals.
K.I.S NEWS UPDATE - Term 3
Monday 19th July - Twenty10
Welcome back to life at Kamo Intermediate. This term is probably the most hectic, busy, frustrating and at the same time, most rewarding time of the K.I.S calendar.
In week 1 starting tomorrow is the "Exhibition Of Learning" or as we know it the "K.I.S Science Fair". This will be in the school hall until Friday and the public can come and view all of the students projects. The 3 categories are Technology, Investigation and Action Research.
We also have the K.I.S Debating Finals on Friday afternoon 23rd July.
Also coming up on the 26th July is Maori Language Week (Te Wiki O Te Reo Maori) which has a theme of "Te Mahi Kai".
The following week we have the 2nd K.I.S Language Day (Held over 2 days 4th & 5th August).
The K.I.S X-Country (Cross Country) is in Week 5. The top 10 placegetters from each section (Year 8 boys & girls - Year 7 boys & girls) go to the WPSSA Whangarei X-Country Finals for the City Championships. If they finish in the top 10 there, then they will compete in the Northland Regional finals.
Our K.I.S 1st XI Girls Hockey Team are competing at the Aims Games in Tauranga from 5th September to 11th September.
The first of our pacific tours, which is to Vanuatu will be travelling there from the 15th September to the 22nd September. We hope (well we know) that you all enjoy yourselves.
Of course the "KIS WILL ROCK YOU" Roadshow Tour (in its tenth Anniversary year) will be showcasing the talented students at the end of this term 13th September to 23rd September.
OK That seems to be enough, Lets get on with it!
TERM TWO - Twenty10Monday 19th April Twenty10
K.I.S NEWS UPDATE - End Of Term 2
Friday 2nd July
Well Term 2 is finished! Is it really the halfway point of the year? Business certainly has picked up with all the extensions starting at the beginning of the term, Winter sports competitions getting underway and classes are getting into their work. Next Term, things just get busier (if that's possible).
Term 3 we start with a big bang of the science kind. The K.I.S Science Fair is on in Week 1. We have over 90 Science Fair projects on show. Investigation and Technology Projects as well as Investigation Presentations.
The Creative Arts kids have been busy creating garments, masks and wearable art for the Bernina Fashion Awards on at Forum North Thursday 12th August.
The KIS Cross Country Championships are on, as well as the KIS RoadshowPacific Island Tours (Vanuatu). We also have the Girls Hockey First XI going to the Aims Games in Tauranga.
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So keep coming back to see what's happening at the "Best Intermediate In the World!"
Kamo Intermediate Pasifik Island Tour
Vanuatu - Term 3
Fiji & Samoa - Term 4
Every year we give students the chance to experience different cultures by having the Kamo Intermediate Pasifik (pacific) Island Tours.
This year we have three different tours of our Pasifik Island Neighbours. At the end of term 3 the tour to VANUATU takes place. While the trips to FIJI and SAMOA embark during Labour weekend (23rd October)
All the students involved in the Tours must fundraise to get the money to pay for their trip. We have sausage sizzles, raffles, and the KIS Trivial Pursuit Evening. You canfind our kids selling sausages outside Pet Essentials, Harvey Normans and every Friday at our school.
The Trivial Pursuit Night was on Friday 25th June at 7pm. It was a sell out with 36 teams (6 per team). Many thanks to all the Sponsors, all the teams that competed and to all the teachers, parents and students who helped put this event together.
More updates as we get closer to take-off time!
K.I.S SPELLING BEE - 2010
Year-7 Competition: Wednesday 12th May 2010
Year-8 Competition: Next Week
The Great Kamo Intermediate Spelling Bee is back on for Twenty10. The scores from both the Year-7 and Year-8 rounds will be added together to find the Champion Spellers for 2010.
The 4 Best Year-7 spellers from each class (18 classes in all) competed to be the best of the best. 7 rounds in all with different categories for each. The different categories were "correct mis-spelled words" to "plurals" and "place names". Wednesday 12th May was the turn of the Year-7's from each class to spell their hearts out! Next week we have the Year-8's competing.
It was a very close race and some of the common mistakes were forgetting capitals at the start of words. This years Top Year-7 Spellers are from Kowhai's Room 3. Awesome effort kids and good luck to the Year-8 competitors.
YEAR-7 SPELLING BEE CHAMPIONS
* ROOM 3 * [KOWHAI]
Runner Up: NIKAU A [NIKAU]
YEAR-7 READING COMPETITION - Twenty10
Friday 7th May 2010
The Year-7 Reading
Competition was just as competitive as the Year-8 contest. 5 awesome
representatives for each of their Syndicates:
Nikau - EAMON O of Nikau B, Matai - VANESSA S of Room 6, Tawa - SAM H of
Room 11, Rimu - REBECA M of Room 18 and Kowhai - ANN-MARIE C of Room 3
The Judge was Mrs Skudder and The top 3 were only separated by 5 points
with only 1 point between 1st and 2nd. The Year-7 Champion of 2010 was
Rebeca from Rimu, giving Room 18 both Reading Champions.
Congratulations!!!
YEAR-7 READING
GRAND CHAMPION
* REBECA M * - Room 18 [RIMU]
Runner Up: Ann-Marie C - Room 3 [KOWHAI]
Third Place: Vanessa S - Room 6 [MATAI]
YEAR-8 READING COMPETITION - Twenty10
Friday 30th April 2010
This years competition was a fierce battle between the champions from the 5 Syndicates. Tawa's Representative was Chloe Room 14, Kowhai's Representative was Rama from Room 2, Rimu's Representative was Madisen from Room 18, Matai's Representative was Austyn from Room 8 and Nikau's Representative was Sean from Nikau C.
They were reading forms books about kissing, a kiwi book about a non-genius, a Half Blood Prince, an unwanted child and the usual funny Andy Griffith's book.
The Judges were Mr Watts and Mrs Skudder and they had a tough decision. So in the end the Champion of Champions was Rimu's Madisen. Well Done Everyone and Congratulations to our 2010 Champion Room 18's Madisen.
YEAR-8 READING
GRAND CHAMPION
* MADISEN H * Room 18 (RIMU)
Runner Up: SEAN C - Nikau C (NIKAU)
Third Place: RAMA D - Room 2 (KOWHAI)
EXTENSIONS BEGIN THIS TERM
Monday 19th April Twenty10
The Kamo Intermediate, "World Famous" Extension Programme begins this term.
Tying in with our "MANTRA'S" Be the best you can be, Our Extension Programme is for those who have a spark or talent outside of the normal class ciriculum, to help extend or expand their skills and development.
We have wanna-be filmmakers and Wearable Art Designers. Potential Architects and Graphic Designers, as well as Boat Builders, Djays and Reporters.
So if you have the chance to be in an Extension, take it, make the most of it, because this one of the things that make Kamo Intermediate unique!!!
Wearable Art, Masks and Dance Costumes with Hayley (part of the Bernina Fashion Awards Experience).
Boatbuilding with Mr T Brown, Tech Drawing with Mr Epskamp, KIS Komuniti FM with Mr Hughes and IMGAination with Mr Witten.
Creative Foods (our most popular Extension) with Mrs Nisbet and Selected Art with Mrs Phyn.
Japanese with Hayley, Spanish with Mrs Parry and French with Mrs Lloyd.
Film with Hayley and C.K.P Productions with Papanui.
LIT-QUIZ COMPETITION
Friday 23rd April Twenty10
We had 2 teams represent Kamo Intermediate at this years Lit Quiz competition. Our teams travelled up north to Kerikeri this past Friday to compete against other Intermediate Schools in this great, Intellectual contest including Kerikeri High school and of course Whangarei Intermediate.
Our teams came in a credible 5th and 10th place overall. Congratulations to our talented crewand thank you to Mrs Wilson our Librarian for organising and training our representatives.
Former Kamo Intermediate School Students In the Women BlacksticksMonday 22nd March Twenty10
7 FORMER STUDENTS IN THE WOMENS BLACKSTICKS
Monday 22nd March 2010
Pictured Left To Right Sam Harrison, Charlotte Harrison, Laura
Douglas, Anna Thorpe, Stacey Michelsen, Ella Gunson & Jasmin
McQuinn. Photo Courtesy of Bevan Gibbs
"KAMO INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DOMINATE BLACKSTICKS"
That's the headline from
the Northland Hockey website, with SEVEN former Kamo Intermediate
students in the Blacksticks squad to play against Argentina in the test
series beginning at the end of March.
Laura Douglas joins the 6 who visited our school last year in the squad, Sam Harrison, Charlotte Harrison, Anna Thorpe, Stacey Michelsen, Ella Gunson and Jasmin McQuinn. Also another former Blackstick and KIS student, Alana Millington is in the 2010 Development squad.
Well done to you all, our school is very proud of you and your achievements.
GO GET THOSE ARGENTINIANS!!!
TERM ONE - Twenty10: WELCOME TO K.I.SWednesday 3rd February 2010
Tena Koutou Katoa,
Nau Mai, Haere Mai, ki te Kura Takawaenga O Kamo
WELCOME TO KAMO INTERMEDIATE 2010
To the new Year-7 students and parents we welcome you all here to K.I.S. To those returning, Welcome Back!!!. As you have now joined the K.I.S Whanau, you will learn why we are the "Best Intermediate In The World".
Now why do we say we're the best? Well we're all about opportunities. We give you chances to not be a "grey" student, to come out of your shell and give things a go. We have the FAMOUS Inter-Class Lunchtime Competitions! From Tug O War, Scatterball and Soccer to Bowls, Chess and Trivial Pursuits. Sports, games and things cerebral (Brainy) are involved in the Syndicate Cup Competition, which Matai are the Champions for 2009 repeating from 2008. Extensions with Wearable Art, Filmmaking, Maths Extension, Boatbuilding and Channel 'K' Presents Video Magazine.
HELLO - TENA KOE - GIDDAY
We have some new faces in our staff, as well as returning teachers here in twenty10.
New for 2010
Miss Anna Keogh - Room 9: Is a beginning teacher and this is her first year.
Mrs Roseanne Mandeno - Textile & Design: Previously the Head of Department at Whangarei Girls High School, she is now teaching here while Ms de Bruin is on Maternity leave.
Returning for 2010
Ms Ngaire - Room 7: Will be "Team Teaching" with Mrs Tavinor this year, nice to see you back!
Mrs Renee Procter - Room 11: Is in the TAWA Syndicate, as Mrs Gunson is also on Maternity leave.
GOODBYE - HAERE RA - SEE YA
Mrs Gunson - Room 11: has had another baby boy, Dane. Keep well and Congratulations.
Ok so to all of the kids at Kamo Intermediate and especially the new Year-7 students, have a go at everything, if you see a chance, take it, we will try to give you as many "OPPORTUNITIES" as possible.
Twenty10 Starts NOW!!!
EXTENSION AND ENRICHMENT PROGRAMMEMonday 8th March Twenty10
EXTENSION / ENRICHMENT PROGRAMMES
ALL application forms should be in to your classroom teachers NOW!!!
Now you need to wait to see if you have been successful and are accepted into the Extension/Enrichment group you have applied for.
The Extension/Enrichment Programmes begin in Term 2. GOOD LUCK!!!
Wednesday 24th February Twenty10
The "World Famous" EXTENSION AND ENRICHMENT Programmes application forms are out now.
What are Extension & Enrichment Programmes? These are our Gifted and Talented classes. Students can pick from 12 different options. From Boat-Building Wearable Arts & Masks to Tech Drawing, Imagination and Creative Foods.
Extensions Forms must be in by Week 8, with the Extension and Enrichment Programmes starting in the First Week of Term 2.
To check out what's available, follow the link to our Wikispace to read the Extension/Enrichment Blurbs.
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