Kahikatea Syndicate
Welcome to Kahikatea. We are the senior block of the school with Year 7 & 8 students. |
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KAHIKATEA TERM THREE 2011 This term Kahikatea syndicate have participated in swimming and water safety lessons at Cannons Creek Pool. We were lucky enough to have 4 amazing trained instructors who helped us to develop our aquatic skills. We immensely enjoyed our lessons and are looking forward to continuing to develop them. |
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Click here to check out more photos of Kahikatea Swimming
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KAHIKATEA TERM THREE 2011 Our Motto: “Honesty, Maturity and Respect” This long established motto underpins the behaviour of the students in our Syndicate. This motto, along with the School Motto of “Respect for self, others and the environment” drives the decision making of the students and teachers in our block. It also provides the basis for driving academic and sporting achievement. LEADERSHIP: Our student leadership team meet regularly to discuss ways our Syndicate can demonstrate leadership across the Syndicate and School. PrEP: Our Syndicate’s focus for this term is the Primary Enterprise Programme (PrEP). Through this programme, students aim to establish and sustain their own companies for the duration of the year. Already the students have had to complete job applications, write personal statements & c.v.s, conduct interviews, negotiate contracts, write business proposals, apply for bank loans, create a bank (with its own special currency) and a warehouse all while learning to work in a business style environment. Already there are companies offering a range of goods and services such as fortune telling, delivery services, lawyers, a dance troop that offers dance lessons, a skateboarding company, a range of craft items, a clothing recycling business and much much more. In a few weeks time Kahikatea Syndicate will run a School PrEP market day where students and families can purchase things from each of the company. We look forward to also working alongside “Partners Porirua” to make connections with the business world. TAMITI MUA: Our Syndicate has continued to work towards building the school’s motto of RESPECT. We will continue our Tamiti Mua rotation this term in which students work with teachers to learn about being a positive citizen, look at ways of giving back to our community, working alongside parents and the community, and working to make our school environment bigger, better and brighter. KIA KAHA: We are working alongside Amanda Parsons (our Police Education Officer) to run the Kia Kaha programme this term. The focus of this programme is on building “safer communities together” which links very well to our Tamiti Mua Programme. Over the course of the programme students will get to explore the following themes: 1. developing positive self esteem 2. respecting differences and acknowledging similarities 3. identifying bullying and strategies for overcoming bullying 4. working cooperatively 5. building a safe, bully-free class and community GOAL SETTING: Remember the recipe of success is to: Think it, say it, write it, do it! |
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| Girls' Self Defence Project Aotearoa/New
Zealand The Kahikatea girls all took part in a two day self defence workshop. Jan, the facilitator led the course and our girls are now stronger and wiser about difficult situations they might find themselves in. Here are some of their comments about the course… • I think this is a very cool class and it is very different but I am
happy I gave it a go. I feel a lot stronger now. | |||||
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