Welcome to Kahikatea Syndicate
We are the senior syndicate of Year 7 & 8 students. This year there are 4 classes at this level. Our teachers are: Mrs Wagstaff, Syndicate Leader and Teacher in Room 19, Mrs Moran (formally Miss Eccles) in Room 18, Mr Young in Room 3 and Mr Knap in Room 4.
I am sure most of you will have heard about the staff changes in Kahikatea for Term 2. Mrs Wagstaff is leaving Raumati South to take up a new position further north. Mr Young will be acting Syndicate Leader for the term and Ms Kristine Bolton will teach in Room 19 over this time.
Mr Young arranges all of the sports events for us, and he now has Mr Knap - who is an expert in tennis - to help. Mr Knap is going to pick and coach the tennis team in preparation for the tournament in March, so if you have skills - or an interest - in tennis, listen for notices to do with this. Mrs Moran has volunteered to work with a dance group this year, instead of a music group. We look forward to these contributions from the Kahikatea teachers.
Year 7 & 8 are busy years at Raumati South School. There are loads of activities and responsibilities that you can chose to participate in - and we hope you will take advantage of the opportunities that are offered.
The Sustainable Home and Garden Show was one area where a number of Kahikatea students took advantage of the opportunity to work with younger students to help Mr Stewart and Mrs Turner develop it. Here is Gus, Selena and Stig with Te Radar looking at our school garden. He was really impressed.
Term 1
Term 1 Right Choice Day
Right Choice Day will be school based this term. Final details are yet to be confirmed, either come back here later in the week or watch out for a short update notice from your Kahikatea student during the week.
2012 Kahikatea Camp
National Park 13 - 17th February 2012
Camp is now over for another year. A great week away - take time to look at the 2012 Camp blog.
This is the first Kahikatea group to complete the full Tongariro Crossing. Congratulations to this group and the group that did the same the next day. Great work and a huge effort!
This is the team that competed in the Triathlon with great results. Bella won the girls event and team of Josh, Jack and Matthew came third in the boys team event with Caitlin, Janie and Freyja coming 3rd in the girls event.
Congratulations to all participants, but especially to those that gained these great placings.
There are a number of activities and sports events that the students have been involved in this term. These include the Swimming Sports - syndicate and inter-school, Triathlon, Tennis and PCT Challenge.
We have had:
Syndicate Swimming at the Waikanae Pool - 28th February
Inter-school Swimming at the Waikanae Pool - 6th March
Triathlon, at Waikanae - 13th March
The tennis and PCT Challennge - 20th and 22nd March.
In Kahikatea we strongly encourage all students to participate in as many activities as they would like to as well as responsiblilities around the school. These include: School Ambassadors, Peer Mediators, Road Patrols, Librarians and a number of others.
If you need - or want - to contact your child's teacher you can ring the office and leave a message for us to get back to you or you can email us on our school email addresses. These are:
Trish Wagstaff, Room 19 Teacher and Syndicate Leader: wagstafft@raumatisouth.school.nz
Sarah Moran, Room 18 Teacher: eccless@raumatisouth.school.nz
Mike Young, Room 3 Teacher and co-ordinator of all sports events: youngm@raumatisouth.school.nz
Stefan Knap, Room 4 Teacher: knaps@raumamtisouth.school.nz
We are named Kahikatea because the Kahikatea or White Pine is the tallest of New Zealand's forest trees, and we are the oldest pupils at RSS.