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Under 15’s Sevens Rugby

On Wednesday 18th September the Otamatea High School Under 15’s Rugby Sevens travelled to Kerikeri leaving early at 7.15am. We competed in a Northland wide Under 15 rugby sevens tournament. In our first game we had a good win against Bream Bay followed by two losses against very good teams from Kerikeri High and Whangarei Boys High. Our last game was a playoff for 5th and 6th place against Kamo High School. The boys played their best game of the day and officially narrowly lost, but there was some controversy due to a change in referee mid game and confusion over the score. Most had the score as a draw. Nevertheless, regardless of the score the boys were rightly proud of their performance and had a great day. Thanks to O’Shana Crane-Lima who came along as manager/assistant coach.

Players: Nikau Phillips, Luca Troost, Cordell Smith, John Howse, Cyprus Tumata, Jack McNamara, Feinda Garton, William Kemara, Donovan Legge, Jakob Buxton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Market Day a Roaring Success 

Students from both Level 1 and Year 10 Commerce worked hard for days in the lead up, organising ingredients, arranging stall decorations and prepping their products. When Wednesday, September the 11th rolled around, students arrived early, setting everything up ready for the onslaught of shoppers. It wouldn't be an event without a few snags, and extra staff and students jumping in to give us a hand. When the bell for interval went at 11am, very quickly there was no room to move in the hall, with lines for every stall. 

Mrs Harrison and Mrs Baker would like to thank all the staff, students and their whānau who contributed to making market day such a success. The preparation and execution of a day like this isn't possible without many hands, and it was fantastic to see so many students able to get involved. 

Inter-Iwi Chess

The inter-iwi chess / whaikingi  tournament took place over 3 days this week. The library was packed, the excitement was high and the play was fierce. This year it was held as a round-robin tournament which meant that every iwi played each other -  with a total of 24 games being played. Games were matched as much as possible by ability which allowed for better games and more student participation. Some players played more than one game if there was no other iwi member available. Each game had a ten minute limit, with each player having a 5 minute clock. Some games were unfortunately lost over the time expiry, which showed we had even balance of ability in the games.  Points were awarded for the win, loss and draw.  We had lots of spectators and support which really helped to make the event - thank you.  

A range of ages and year groups played, with several keen Y7's, notably Rohan Hartles who won his second game, and Ciara-Lee Steel. The Senior's Max Bull,  Allistair Martin, Noah Martin, Ashton Naylor and Matai Hartles were constants every day to show their support even if they didn't play. The Y9's represented their iwi's well and the most players with Angel Teves, Heath Lineham, Connor Green, Caleb Laurence-Goss, Elliot Hartles, Matthew Laurence-Goss, Tyler Lorenzen, Khai Donaldson, Ava Morrison, Chloe Henley, Daisy Winters, and Brooklyn Hemera . Other players included Teo Gibbons, Avarn Ajodani, Kacy Gillon, James & Jackson Wintle, Shaka Kimani, Jordan Edlin and Liam Rozema. 

Scores Were:
Winner : 1:   Arawa :        20 points              2:  Maniapoto :  16 points
               3:  Whatua :       6 points 
               4:  Ngapuhi :      4 points 

Clocks and Boards are always available in the library, with Tuesday being the chess club day.  There is also a rating system being work out with a variety of students playing  " official rating games"  before school. The results of this week's games will go towards the leaderboard. 

Visual arts subjects will submit work for external standards on the following dates. 

If you have any questions, please email rebecca.clist@otamatea.school.nz for L1 art L2&3 painting & photography and tracey.christie@otamatea.school.nz for L2&3 design.

Senior exams are next week!

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Pet Day 2024

This year Pet Day will be Saturday October 19th to tie in with the Maungaturoto Primary School 150th celebrations.  Otamatea students are invited to compete with a lamb, calf or chicken.  For entries and a copy of the rules please register with Pepe ewenequine@gmail.com