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Kia Ora Whanau,

While this term is rapidly coming to a close, and the focus is naturally

on the events that are planned for the next few weeks, the school does

begin to look into the coming term and starts to get things moving for

the next set of key events. One of those anticipated events is the 2025

NZAIMS Games, and in the latest newsletter it has been announced

that this year’s edition is a record breaking event. Last year’s games

broke the records for the number of athletes and schools involved, and

2025 will see them broken again! The registered number of athletes

is over 14,000 and the number of schools is 431, which is

extraordinary! Again, Whakatane Intermediate will be well

represented, with a number of students attending and looking to have

a memorable week. Currently our teams and athletes are full steam

ahead with training and preparations as they eagerly build up to this

huge week.

The school’s Turf Day Programme has been continuing throughout

the recent weeks. As previously mentioned, each class gets to spend

the day with the team from Tio Ohiwa Oyster Farm, cruising on the

harbour and feeding some friendly stingray amongst other things! A

huge thanks to the many whanau who have been able to attend and

help make the day a success. The reports back are positive and we

have six classes to go to complete the programme!

Earlier in the term, the school developed its own maths intervention

programme. This is where a select group of students have the

opportunity to attend a number of extra focused sessions to boost their

confidence with maths. This is on top of their current maths learning

with their classroom teacher. The school has been very fortunate to

have Miss Ashlee Buchan join the staff for the remainder of the year

to oversee this initiative and further grow our ability as a school to

deliver quality maths programmes. It is also especially exciting as the

school has been accepted into the next group of schools to become

part of a Ministry funded maths invention programme, that perfectly

matches the school’s objectives for its own version. This is due to start

in the beginning of next term and will run until the end of the year.

A reminder that next week is the final week of preparation for our 2025

production “Star Warts, The Umpire Strikes Back”. It is a full week of

full dress rehearsals and putting the final touches on what will be an

epic show. Show times are the following week so remember to get

your tickets, they are currently selling fast!.

Nga Mihi

Mike Webster

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