15th November 2024 Newsletter (original) (raw)

ALL WHITES

In today’s newsletter we have the following:

● Senior Leadership
● Student Achievement
● Staff
● ANI Community

Senior Leadership Team

Principal News

Dear parents and whānau

Kia mahi tahi ai te wahoe

Like many of you the staff of Auckland Normal Intermediate are in busy mode. Making sure that students are finishing the year with confidence around learning, connections and extracurricular activities, as well as completing the planning for 2025. The whakatauki above talks to working together for the future and that is definitely what is important for us at ANI.

It is an exciting time as the BOT and the staff are completing the process of developing a new Strategic Plan. This plan will shape our direction and goals for the next several years, with a strong focus on enhancing learning outcomes, fostering a supportive and inclusive environment, and expanding opportunities for all students. We’re committed to engaging with our school community throughout this process and will be reaching out to share this process to ensure it reflects our shared aspirations.

Our highly anticipated Cultural and Arts Festival was held on 7 November. It was a vibrant showcase of student creativity, talent and diversity. With music, dance and drama performances, the festival also celebrated the rich cultural heritage of our school community. Families, friends, and community were entertained on the evening with artistic expression and cultural pride. We look forward to seeing more opportunities for our talented students next year in this space!

We were proud to support our school choir as they represented us at the Albert-Eden Choral Festival this year! This event brings together choirs from across our area to share and celebrate the joy of singing. Our students have been rehearsing tirelessly (under the tutelage of Ms Smith, Mrs Purchase and Mr Gleeson) and their dedication contributed to a stunning performance that showcased their hard work and passion for music. Thank you to everyone who went along on the night and supported not only our choir but all of the singers.

On Tuesday 12 November, the All Whites, New Zealand’s national football team, visited our school! This unique opportunity was encouraging for our students who had represented our school in Football and Futsal this year. For our students to meet some of the country’s top athletes, ask questions, and learn about the dedication and teamwork required to compete at an international level, was both inspirational and motivating. It reinforced the values of perseverance and sportsmanship that allowed the players to get to the level they are at. We were honoured to host these talented players and look forward to supporting them as they continue to journey towards the next football World Cup.

Again ngā mihi for the continued support. I hope you are seeing growth in your child, not only academically but with their confidence in who they are and what they stand for. We are pushing ahead to finish the year well.

Kia haumaru te noho

Jason Pocock

Principal ANI

Graduation

Student Achievement

Incredible Results!!!

Eli Ho – ITTF Table Tennis Champion

You may remember ANI’s amazing table tennis champion Eli, who won gold in the ITTF-Oceania Table Tennis Hopes Challenge 2024. As a result he was chosen to fly to Paraguay to compete in the 2024 ITTF World Hopes Week and Challenge in the first week of November. We are here to update you on some more amazing results!

On Friday 8th November, Eli clinched the gold medal of 2024 ITTF World Hopes Challenge, the first time ever a New Zealander became the Champion of ITTF World Hopes Challenge.

Eli, ANI is so proud of you and will always be cheering you on! We wish you all the best for your training in Taiwan.

Below is a message to ANI from Eli’s dad, John:

We would like to thank ANI, the Principal, Senior Leadership Team and Mrs Leon Ziyambi the Team Leader of Room 3 for giving him a good learning environment and allowing him to grow up in academics and sports.

Principal Awards

ICAS:

In Term 3 we had students sit various ICAS Assessments – Digital Technologies, English, Writing, Maths and Science. We finally have all the results out and we would like to say a massive, massive congratulations to the following students who achieved distinction or high distinction on their assessments!

Zoe Z
Avelyn T
William F
Ryan C
Wilson L
Odette G
Jin Tian W
Bella L
Griffin C
Leo S
Moxie B
Yunxi H
Amalia B
Yoonhong Y

Jonathan C
Griffin L
Qi S
Renee S
Carolyn T
Lulu L
Louis B
Naomi D
Varsha K
Shreshtha C
Seth C
Lucas C
Naitik D
Hilda L

EPRO8

Kia ora koutou,

On Wednesday 6 November, Ben and I went to the EPRO8 inter-school event at Blockhouse Bay Intermediate and watched 8 of our amazing tauira compete in the 3 hour long challenge.

They made scooters and rollercoasters and our minds were BLOWN. One team even made a WASHING MACHINE

Our Year 8 Team managed to start two challenges in the time frame and did a great job working together.

Our Year 7 team took 3rd place completing the roller coaster challenge and had fantastic positive energy the whole time! They have qualified for semi-finals which will be hosted at ANI in early December.

If you see the kids around – give them a high five and ask them HOW THEY DO IT!?!

Ngā mihi

Ben Christie and Renée Dale

Teachers in Charge of EPRO8

Arts

Choir

On Wednesday 13 November, we had the Eden Albert Choral Festival rehearsal during the day and the performance in the evening.

The choir and vocal ensemble sounded amazing! It’s a fantastic event with eleven different choirs performing together at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Parnell. It sounded absolutely fantastic!

Lee Smith

Teacher in Charge of Choir

Sports

**All Whites visit ANI

This week ANI hosted some very special visitors, four members of the All Whites!!!

It was great having the All Whites come and visit at ANI.

According to Flynn, Room 14, ‘It was inspirational to see professional footballers at school, coach us and give us some tips and it was really cool to have them play football with us! It was also nice that we recognised them and knew who they were.’

The All Whites helped ref a couple of games, gave some pointers, tips and tricks and signed a few posters for the futsallers and footballers.

All in all, it was a great visit! Thanks for coming!

Sam Carruthers

Teacher in Charge of Football

**CZ Badminton

We had a fabulous day at CZ Badminton on Friday 1 November. Mr Xavier Rice did a fantastic job organising the event and it ran so smoothly.

Our teams played so well with all but the girls singles making the semi-finals and going on to make 4 finals!

Finals:

Semi-finals:

It was wonderful to see the players and sports leaders jumping to do any task they were given and frequently volunteering to score and to help out across the tournament.

Thanks to everyone for their support.

Yaaaaaay badminton!

Lee Smith

Teacher in Charge of Badminton

**CZ Girls Touch Rugby

We had a wonderful day in the sun at CZ Girls Touch on Tuesday 5 November.

Our girls did really well considering the speed of the games and the 10 minute rest in between games in the blazing sun was a new experience for a lot of the girls. I was so impressed by the way our girls stayed tight and hung tough and just kept playing.

We placed 9th with 2 wins out of 7 games.

Thank you for your support.

Mose Tuialii

Teacher in Charge of Touch Rugby

**CZ Boys and Mixed Touch Rugby

We had an awesome day out at CZ touch. Some serious skill, speed and agility on display.

There were some great results with a 4th place from the boy’s team and 5th from our mixed team.

Our AWESOME kids continue to impress our community, running around the whole park picking up rubbish to finish the day.

Ngā mihi

Mose Tuialii and Xavier Rice

Teachers in Charge of Touch Rugby

Children’s After School Music and Arts Classes

Welcome to our Children’s After School Music and Arts classes which are administered by Auckland Normal Intermediate School.

These classes offer your children a wealth of enjoyable, educational and challenging activities for after-school participation.

The program is aimed at 6 –13-year-old primary school students from our local community.

It is subsidised by the Ministry of Education and follows the New Zealand curriculum guidelines.

To enrol your child online simply browse our after school classes in our Kindo Shop and add items to your shopping cart linked here.

Staff

Reception Reminders

Dear Parents,

We kindly request your assistance in reminding your children that our office is a professional environment and must be treated with the utmost respect at all times. It is essential that all students maintain their best behaviour while in this space.

Students should not enter the reception area during school hours unless necessary and must not use it as a place to socialise or skip class. Additionally, we ask that parents report to reception when signing out students or arranging pick-ups during school hours.

Please plan pickups outside of break times or coordinate with the school in advance to avoid any delays. Classrooms and device cabinets are often locked during breaks, so this helps us ensure your child can retrieve their belongings promptly. When you arrive at reception, provide your child’s name and room number so we can arrange for them to be brought to you. Additionally, please remember to sign your child out of school, as it is crucial for health and safety to know which students have left during the day.

We also want to please remind you that if a student is late to school, they must sign in at reception.

We appreciate your cooperation in maintaining the respect and appropriateness of this space.

Thank you for your understanding and support.

Front of House Team

ANI Community

ANI PTA

The ANI PTA are an active and awesome group that support the school in a number of ways from helping out at events to hosting parent information evenings and the odd bit of fundraising. If you would like to join our group please email me: pta@ani.school.nz

Ngā mihi nui,

Luke Barnard ANI PTA Chairperson

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