A reminder that tomorrow – Tuesday 13 June – all Year 9 students are rostered home as part of the PPTA industrial action. School is on as normal for all other year levels.

You may be aware through media announcements that the PPTA (Post Primary Teachers’ Association) will continue industrial action during Term 2 or until the ongoing collective bargaining is resolved.

Rostering home:

On the following days, the Year Levels indicated will be rostered home but there is normal school for other year levels.

Week 8

Tuesday 13 June – Year 9

Wednesday 14 June – Year 10

Week 9

Monday 19 June – Year 9 & Year 10

Wednesday 21 June – Year 9

Thursday 22 June – Year 10

Week 10

Tuesday 27 June – Year 9 & Year 10

Thursday 29 June – Year 9

Teacher’s Paid Union Meeting – Wednesday 28th June

The MHJC Board has approved the request for members of the PPTA to attend a meeting scheduled for Wednesday 28th June, 2023. Owing to the large number of teachers who will be at the meeting, we are unable to safely continue with normal operations, as a result normal classes will stop at 12pm. You may collect your child(ren) at 12pm from the Valderama Drive entrance only.

Today was our annual sports exchange with Rototuna Junior High School. Students arrived mid-morning from Hamilton for a day of friendly competition in basketball, football, netball, hockey, table tennis, and chess. MHJC performed incredibly well across a number of sports and all students had a great day! We are already looking forward to 2024.

Claudene Prasad (7F2) competed in the New Zealand Distance Ride Championship in Rangitaiki a few weeks ago. Claudene came first, winning the junior category championship and retaining the championship trophy for the second time in a row.
Her horse Hudy Haxwell won best placed Standardbred. Congratulations Claudene on this incredible achievement.

Our Year 10 students had a smooth trip to Singapore and have settled into their accomodation. Here is a photo from their first day at ‘school’.

On Friday 26 May, our Year 7 students walked down to the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple for the Festival of Cultural Sharing. This is an annual event for all Year 7 students at MHJC and an exciting opportunity for both staff and students to make further connections with our local community.

This Week is Samoan Language Week!
Our Maori and Pasifika Council have made a range of activities for students to take part in through out the week.
From Monday to Thursday there will be quizzes, prizes and short videos. On Friday, we encourage everyone to dress up in traditional Samoan wear.

Early this morning a group of Year 10 students departed the Auckland International Airport headed for Singapore. Over the next week, these students will be taking part in the Hwa Chong Student Leaders’ Convention. This is the first time in a number of years that MHJC has been able to send students in-person to this international conference. We wish this group all the best for their week abroad.

MHJC recently hosted a Blackout Poetry competition. Well done to all students and staff who took part and a big congratulations to the winners below.

𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝟳/𝟴
First Place – Vibhi Rawat
Second Place – Marie Noun
Third Place – Jaanvi Gill

𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝟵/𝟭𝟬
First Place – Phoebe Guo
Second Place – Elainy Fung
Third Place – Sameer Mehta

Next week, the Enviro Council is hosting a Litter-less Lunch on Tuesday 30th May. This will co-inside with the annual ‘Waste Audit’ and will be a way to further reduce plastic waste at MHJC. Please see details in poster.