Kids Lit Quiz

Today the teams for the upcoming Kids Lit Quiz were announced. Congratulations to Joel, Amy, Katie, Jennifer, Sonya, Kirsten, Luca and Liam. Make sure you keep reading between now and next Thursday. Every minute counts! Thanks to the rest of you that came along to the library in your lunchtimes to take part in the practice quiz sessions. Keep up the great reading and it could be your turn next year.
You can find out more about this exciting competition by visiting the Kids Lit Quiz website.

Science Fair 2011

Every year interested students from Years 7 and 8 can enter our school Science Fair. This year 14 students thought of a variety of projects. They ranged from creating natural dyes from a variety of vegetables to measuring the effectiveness of liquid and bar soaps in removing bacteria. Everybody worked extremely hard on their projects and can be congratulated on their efforts. The projects, along with scientific drawings of native plants by children from all levels of the school, were displayed in the School Science Fair on Wednesday 10th August. Thanks to Mrs Dunn and Mrs Elvin who acted as judges.

And the winners of the School Science Fair were:

 1st Place Bubbles Vs Bacteria by Kirsten Maclaurin and Sonya Fenton

 2nd Place Making the Cut by Emma Harris and Caitlyn Dawbin

3rd Place Trick or Treat by Courtney Creighton and Elena Stephen Rouvi

These people took their projects to the Waikato Science Fair held at the Hamilton Gardens Pavilion on Thursday 18th August. We were thrilled to hear that all three projects were to be awarded prizes at this regional level. All the girls attended the prizegiving held at the University of Waikato on Friday 19th September where they were awarded the following prizes:


Third Place Making the Cut by Emma Harris and Caitlyn Dawbin
Highly Commended Trick or Treat by Courtney Creighton and Elena Stephen Rouvi
Highly Commended Bubbles Vs Bacteria by Kirsten Maclaurin and Sonya Fenton
Congratulations and well done to you all. You can be very proud of your achievement.

Waikato Full Primary Speech Competition

Huge congratulations to Sonya who won the recent semi final for the Waikato Full Primary Speech Competition, with her speech on Learner Drivers. This Thursday Sonya will compete in the final at Ohaupo School with other students from as far afield as Whitianga and Taupo.
Good luck Sonya!

Senior Speech Competition

Last week we held the Year 7 and 8 Speech Competition. Some very interesting and persuasive speeches were delivered. The results were:
Year 7
1st              Sonya Fenton
2nd             Bella Smith
3rd             Jennifer Qiu
Year 8
1st              Courtney Creighton
2nd             Emma Harris
3rd Equal    Elena Steven Rouvi and Caitlyn Dawbin

Congratulations and well done to you all. Sonya and Courtney will go on to represent Kimihia at the Waikato Full Primary Speech Competition in Hamilton tonight. Good luck!

WaiMath Quiz Night

Well done to our two WaiMaths teams. Last Thursday Stephen, Caleb, Sonya, Manuel, Rani and Emma competed in the quiz which saw students from all over the Waikato come together to solve problems, in teams of three, in a race against the clock. You all represented Kimihia brilliantly, as usual.