Kaitao Middle School

Mufti Day 30th July

2009-07-29T19:43:00.000-07:00

Today was mufti day and teachers were asked to dress up as pirates! Also the students could too if they wish but we have taken a few pictures of only some of the staff that went out of their way to dress as pirates! Thanks staff.

Kaitao Powhiri Practise

2009-06-08T14:19:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Kaitao gathered on the Astro turf at 12.15 to have a practice powhiri for the opening of the school hall this Friday. As in a normal powhiri the girls sat in the fount and the boys sat at the back. Whaea Te Arohanui was the teacher in charge she made the boys stay behind because they where not doing there best. We sang songs like The Karanga, He Honore and the Haka.
The reason for this practice was for the opening of our new school hall. Which is being officialy opened on 12th of June (this Friday) and Ms Soloman did not just want to put us on the spot and make us sing so she is being nice and letting us have a few practices. Thanks Ms Soloman. Kapa Haka girls are in fount of the girls and kapa Haka boys are in fount of the boys and they lead us.

By Kaitlyn
Accelerate academy

Kaitao Satelite Photo

2009-06-02T19:43:00.001-07:00

The Hall Process

2009-06-02T14:56:00.000-07:00

The (almost) finished hall :)

2009-06-02T14:02:00.000-07:00

This is the hall from the back where all the teared seating will be put in sometime soon.

Rotorua Marathon

2009-05-03T19:18:00.000-07:00

The Rotorua marathon was an event that started on Saturday 2 May. Kaitao had two water stations the first and the second 20 students helped with the water stations (ruffly 10 students for each water station). One station was positioned on Fairy Spring Road and the other one was positioned out at Ngongotaha.

When the runners/walkers came through you held the cup of water on the palm of your hand and they would come and basically rip the cup out of your hand but they said thank you so that was nice.

Kaitao wins Nationwide Fair Trade Poster Competition

2009-04-29T19:50:00.000-07:00

Today a Kaitao student from Room 17, Expressive Academy won first place for the Fair Trade poster competition. The winner was Nicole Watson and her poster was selected from seven finalists from all over New Zealand. The school won a check for $3,000!! Nicole will now have her poster in the Wild Bean Cafe. Well done Nicole!!!

A Kaitao student, Shevez Te Aonui, also from Room 17 won a Highly commended in the competition. Their teacher Mrs Smallbone is very proud of her students.

Speech Competition Term 2

2009-04-29T16:58:00.000-07:00

This term (term 2) here at Kaitao, we are having the speech competitions!
Yay! Students are able to pick any topic for their speech. If I remember correctly, the speeches have to be approximately 3 minutes long. There will be a Year 7 Speech Competition and a Year 8 Speech Competition. Last year our Year 7 winner was Rochelle from the Accelerate Academy, and ourYear 8 winner was Rebel from the Expressive Academy.

The Inside Of The Hall.

2009-04-26T15:15:00.000-07:00

Our new hall should take about 3 more weeks and it will be complete!
Caitlin, Eleanor & I have just been into the inside of the new hall. Its not complete yet, but we were loving the bold red colours!

Our New Hall

2009-04-07T17:16:00.000-07:00

Here at Kaitao we are in the midst of getting our new hall. The exterior is basically done, and now they're working on the interior. The hall is almost completed.
By Term 2 the hall should be finished.
They are still thinking of something to open our new hall with. It was going to be one of Mr. O'Rourke's famous productions. But the plans are still being decided.
Here are a few pictures of the hall on 8th April.
This is how much progress has been made.
By Celene Room 1.

♦ Kaitao Beep Test ♦

2009-03-31T18:06:00.000-07:00

Here at Kaitao Middle School, we have the very famous, Beep test.

The Beep Test is a test of fitness skill.
How does this test work?
A CD plays with a beep. It starts off beeping every 9 seconds. We have to run 20 meters in the 9 seconds, and reach the line before the beep. Every 5-10 beeps, the level changes, and the time gets shorter between the beeps. People start stopping. They count how many laps they got up to.

There are 3 levels.
Bronze= 65-85 Laps.
Silver= 85-100 Laps.
Gold= 100+ Laps.

Its an amazing achievement getting any of the levels.

Academies do the Beep Test about once or twice a term. The whole school usually does the test in the same week. This term, (term 1) each Academy would have done two beep tests.

Kaitao Marae Experience

2009-03-06T20:50:00.000-08:00

In Term 1 at Kaitao each Academy had a stayover over at a marae.
Most Academies went to Tunohopu Marae, Ohinemutu.
At the marae, the Academies stayed for 2 nights, and had a waka experience, and learnt about Maori culture.