KMPG BRINGS US EASTER TREATS

We are so fortunate to have a fabulous partnership with KPMG every year they kindly provide our students with Easter EGGS.  Not only is it Dhiveer's birthday but she also gets to eat her Easter goodies..........YUM!

Counties Manukau Sport

Every Wednesday since the beginning of the term, Room one has had the opportunity to participate in a 30 minute sport session with Counties Manukau. This is a session we all look forward to!! So far we have learnt about how to play softball and now we are learning about tag. Check out some of the students in action!!

Room Five's Mannequin Challenge 2016

Hope you enjoy watching our video, we had fun making it!!  

2016 KPMG Christmas Gift Giving

What a terrific opportunity for our children.  Thank you KPMG for bringing Christmas cheer to our school.

Room 5 and 6 Prizegiving Award Recipients

We are delighted to share the fabulous pictures of our Award Recipients for 2016.  The categories were:

Attendance award - Has consistently demonstrated excellent attendance throughout the year
Excellence in Writing - Overall achievement and performance in Writing
Excellence in Reading - Overall achievement and performance in Reading
Excellence in Mathematics - Overall achievement and performance in Mathematics
Most improved - Worked hard to achieve the most progress
Citizenship Award - Demonstrates qualities of a positive role model

Sapphire - 97% attendance (Year 4)

Ellakaye - Excellence in Reading (Year 2)

Peuma - 97% Attendance and Most improved in Room 5 (Year 4)

Joshua - 99% attendance, Excellence in Reading (Year 2), Most improved in Room 6

Ron- 97% attendance, Citizenship Award (Year 3)

Cherie - Excellence in Reading (Year 3)

 E.J - Excellence in Mathematics (Year 2)

Nevaeh - Lee - Citizenship Award, Excellence in Writing (Year 3)

Dziah - Attendance Award 98% (Year 3)

Zachery - Excellence in Mathematics (Year 3)

Azahlyah - Attendance Award 95%, Excellence in Mathematics (Year 3)

Emora - Excellence in Writing (Year 2)

Elisha - 97% attendance (Year 4)

Tina - Excellence in Reading, Writing and Mathematics (Year 4)

Angel - Excellence in Reading, Writing and Mathematics (Year 4)

Ana - Excellence in Mathematics (Year 3)

Ngaire - Citizenship Award, Excellence in Reading (Year 5)

Kaya - Attendance award 92% (Year 2)

Sunema - Excellence in Reading (Year 3)

Ema Fatai - Most improved (Year 2)

Ruqayat - Attendance Award -  95% (Year 2)

Recipients that were absent:  

Rashantie - Excellence in Reading and Mathematics (Year 4)

Daviniah - Excellence in writing (Year 3)

Roseena - Attendance Award 98%.  Excellence in Writing and Mathematics.

Karson - 92% attendance, Excellence in Writing (Year 2)

City Rail Link tunnel machine named after Valerie Adams

So proud of our students Jasmine and Kauri in Room 9 and Estherbella in Room 5 for winning the Harker Tunnel naming competition. 

An Auckland City Rail Link digging machine has been named after Olympic gold medalist Valerie Adams - unbeknownst to her.

Florence and the Machine, Little Red Riding Hood, Greek goddess Athena and Kowhai were all put forward by students at Sir Edmund Hillary School in Papakura for two boring machines that will dig under Auckland's CBD.

But it was Valerie and Maia that were chosen to name the machines that Connectus, a McConnell Dowell and Hawkins joint venture, will use to dig the City Rail Link (CRL) Albert St stormwater tunnels.

Adams says she was quite surprised when she found out she was the namesake for the machine. 

"It's quite an interesting object to have named after me, but I guess it's appropriate because it's strong and so am I," Adams said.

She said she would have preferred being named after a Ferrari but did see the funny side. 

"It's kind of hilarious, I just hope one day I can ride on this machine."

Maia is the name for the smaller machine and was submitted by eight-year-old Estherbella Haenga.

"It means brave in Maori and working in the tunnel is a brave thing to do," she says.

CRL will use two 3.4 kilometre long tunnels up to 42 metres below the city streets to create a rail line linking Britomart and the city centre with the existing western line near Mt Eden.

Principal Kataraina Nock says it was a "wonderful" opportunity to participate in the competition.

"To think they can all take a ride on the CRL in years to come and know they've been part of its creation makes this meaningful and special."

The two machines will replace the existing stormwater main and re-divert the Orakei sewer main under Albert St.

One of the world's largest piling rigs is now on site building the 362 piles needed for construction of the first tunnel.

The piles are 20 metres deep and each is filled with two trucks of concrete and reinforcing cages. These will line the Albert St tunnels and work is expected to be finished in April 2017.

The stormwater diversion is needed before construction of the CRL's cut and cover tunnels along Albert St can begin.

Valerie and Maia will be launched from 18 metre deep shafts on the corner of Victoria and Albert Streets.

Valerie will be in charge of constructing the new stormwater main and Maia will divert a sewer main to be complete in August 2017.

The CRL is set to cost between $2.5 billion and $3.4b and is expected to be completed by 2022.

KPMG Charity Golf day

Cannot thank Justine and her team at KPMG enough.  We raised a whooping $3,095 for our tamariki at the KPMG Charity Golf event hosted at the Royal Auckland Golf club.  The money fundraised will be used to install fixed outdoor seating.