As a part of their NCEA ‘Adventure in the Outdoors’ learning journey, Year 10 students from Water Whanau followed up a day of climbing at the Extreme Edge Rock Climbing facility yesterday with white water rafting sessions at the Vector Wero Whitewater Park today. The Wero facility is New Zealand’s first and only artificial white water facility. Students and teachers had a magnificent time!
Year 7 students enjoyed the Science Roadshow yesterday, which was hosted at Mission Heights Junior College. The showcase was a wonderful, interactive event that promoted science curiosity and hands-on learning!
Morgan Telfer’s Level 5 cheerleading team ‘Flawless’, executed a very clean routine on both days of the Hawaiian Cheer Games recently, narrowly missing out on the gold by 0.5 of a point. MHJC is very proud of Morgan and her team for bringing home a well-deserved silver medal from an International competition involving 6 other countries. This will hopefully give the squad a good chance of claiming a gold in one of their next National competitions being held in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch over the following months.
Alina recounts highlights from her recent trip to the 22nd Leaders Convention in Singapore…
Students from Mountains and Forest Whanau were excited to take part in the Junior Tough Gal & Guy Challenge recently, as a part of their Term 2 learning contexts. 
• Friday 24th June – Coast Whanau
Last week Joanne Ting competed in the ‘Junior Championship Division One Badminton Tournament’ at Li-Ning, placing second in the doubles. Having won 3 of 4 games, Joanne and her partner moved on to the semifinals. Another win secured a place in the finals. A very close and competitive game ensued, with Joanne ultimately missing out on the division one title. Keep up the great work, Joanne!
Yesterday was another action-packed day for international participants at the Student Leaders Conference, Singapore. The morning started with a short trip on the MRT to the Botanical Gardens, followed by a return bus trip back to the Hwa Chong Institution for a tour of the amazing facilities, by way of an 7 station ‘challenge’ rotation. MHJC students then headed back to the MRT to travel for a late lunch at the Gardens by the Bay, followed by a visit to the spectacular ‘Cloud Forest’ dome.
Gardens by the Bay: http://www.gardensbythebay.com.sg/en.html
Today is the first of a three day ‘issues-based’ project development focus, with MHJC students being split to work in focus groups with peers from a range of schools, internationally. It is truly impressive to see Hwa Chong students leading all aspects of the conference to facilitate such high quality ‘globally connected learning!’
On Friday 27th May, Year 7 students from Mission Heights Junior College attended the Festival of Cultural Sharing at the Fo Guang Shan Temple. It was a lovely opportunity to collaborate with Year 5 and 6 students from Mission Heights Primary. The festival was a great success and students had a wonderful time. It was lovely to see our Year 7’s stepping up and being caring leaders, as well as Cultural Council students taking charge. The Festival of Cultural Sharing is an event our schools can continue to build upon and enrich each year.