Dance Extension Audition

 

This week some of the girls at Howick Intermediate signed up for dance. We all went to the hall for our auditions. Miss Vignarajah told us to get into groups to make a up dance to Little Mix's song 'Wings'.

The girls got to do a 30-60 second dance. All the groups of girls were really good at practising. We all got 20 minutes to practice and then Miss Vignarajah said to stop and then we all sat in front of the stage to watch each group dance.

Then it came to our turn. Our group was so nervous but we got over and done with. Miss Vignarajah said that all the groups were really good but she could only choose twenty people. Next week we will find out who made it into dance extension.

 

Fingers crossed!!

 

Written by: Naashia Schroedder 

Damper for the wild

Last week in Mrs Watsons' class my group; Swagnificint,  learnt how to make damper  [damper is like a sweetened bread]. The first thing we did was make the mixture in the bag.

 

Then we shook, squeezed and kneaded the mixture in the bag. After that we poured it into the cake tin and gently put it on the stove to rise for 1 hour.

 

 

 Later on we carefully put it in the oven.We waited for 1 and a half  hours.

 

After waiting for a long time we took out the damper and tasted it. It was better than I expected.

 

If you would like to make some damper, here is the recipe!

Ingredients for damper

-4 cups of flour
-2 tablespoons of sugar
-1 tablespoon of yeast
-1 cup of milk powder
-2 cups of water
-1 resealable bag

Written by: Vineet Naidu

All about Room 17......

 Every morning it's a great start to the day because we love seeing everyone in Room 17. We all are such a big whanau. We love learning but it's not the only thing we do together as a team. We also do Jump Jam, whanau sports, fitness and class games. All of the people in our class are artistic and full of energy and that's what we love about Room 17.

 

In Room 17 you feel safe and welcome. We love working together to make our class a better place and a better school. Every group has a social action its really fun going to our specialists teachers. We all share with each other like a real family should. Thats what we like a about Room 17.

 
By: Paris and Naashia

Meet the Teacher Evening

It was great to see so many parents at the Meet the Teacher Evening last week. For those of you that were unable to make it we talked about:

- School Diary - It is important that students remember to bring these both to school and home everyday. It is fantastic if parents are able to check in these regularly as this is one way of keeping the lines of communication between home and school open.

- Absences - If your child is away for any reason it is important that you the office as soon as possible in the morning to let us know, you are able to leave a voice mail message when calling the school to explain the reason for the students absence.

Office number: (09) 534 3922

Office email: admin@howickint.school.nz

- Uniform - It is really important that the students follow our school uniform code, we have discussed this and have pictures in the classroom to refer to. If students do not have the correct uniform this means that they lose a green card, which unfortunately means they will not be able to receive their gold card for the next week. This loss of the gold card means that they lose privileges such as using the swimming pool at lunch, using the tuck shop at morning tea and at lunch time (they can still order lunches through the lunch order system).
We need our swimming gear at school every Tuesday and Thursday and our PE gear at school every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday this term. This is a part of our school uniform and must be worn correctly.

- Classroom Rules - These have been discussed with students and letters have been sent home for you to look through as well. If you need an extra copy just let me know.


If you have any questions please email me at sandrav@howickint.school.nz

Taster Programme

During the first couple of weeks of school our Year 7's had a chance to try out our awesome range of specialist subjects.

Over the two weeks, each student got to experiment with hard materials, sewing, art, music, and (my personal favourite) cooking.

I was even lucky enough to have some cookies bought back to the class for me. They didn't last very long!

 

 

Class Treaty

During the first week of school, Room 17 created a set of rules which expressed the expectations and values of our class; these rules then became our class treaty.

 As a class we discussed how signing a treaty meant you are agreeing with it.

 Students traced around their hands and on each finger wrote how they were going to stick to the rules and then coloured and designed it.

 

One by one they stapled them around our rules and then I put it up on our wall so we can see them at all times. 

 

A new school year

Welcome to Room 17! I look forward to getting to know all of you throughout this year :)

My name is Sandra Vignarajah and I've lived in Auckland all my life. I am the youngest in my family. I have a dog named Rex, he's really big but very friendly. 

 



 Feel free to contact me at sandrav@howickint.school.nz if you have any queries, it's great to keep the lines of communication between whanau and school open. If you would like to meet with me it's best to email me first so that we can arrange a time that suits us.