Auroa Primary School Basketball@NZAIMS 2014

Last week we had three school teams from Auroa Primary School competing in national events. Our Girls Basketball team was in Tauranga, competing in the NZAIMS games. They played five pool games against teams from all over New Zealand.

In our opening game we were able to beat Dio School (from Auckland) 45-22. In our second game we played one of the four tournament host schools, Otumoetai Intermediate. It was an extremely close game with Auroa leading at half time 12-6 before Otumoetai were able to come from behind and win the game 17-24. Auroa were able to pick themselves up on day two, defeating Dunedin North Intermediate 30-23. Our next game saw us take on eventual tournament finalists (and defending New Zealand Champions) Te Kura O Te Koutu. Te Koutu were too slick and strong for Auroa winning 16-54. That left Auroa with a final pool game against Highlands Intermediate, who were too good winning 25-37.

On Thursday Auroa Primary School had cross over and placing games. We had to take on one of the largest Intermediates in New Zealand, Northcross Intermediate School. They proved too good for Auroa, just, winning 33-42. Our second placement game was against another of the local host Intermediates, Mount Manganui Intermediate. Auroa were able to defeat Mount Manganui 39-20. This lead to the final game of the tournament for Auroa, against Rotoruas Mokoia Intermediate. Mokoia were up by five points at half time before Auroa were able to chase the game down taking the victory 41-36.

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Breaking News: Auroa Primary School Win 2014 Robocup

Today we have extremely exciting news. We've had three teams this week involved in national competitions. Our NZAIMS teams in Basketball and Golf have been well documented here. The third team was the team of Tom, Michael, James and Lucas who went to Dunedin to compete in the 2014 Robotics competition in musical theatre. This afternoon the Auroa Primary School team was declared winners of the competition! We will be updating this important development early next week when the victorious team returns to school as national champions. If you didn't see the feature on the TVNZ news including a brief interview with Tom speaking, you can do so by clicking on the link here.

Auroa Primary School NZAIMS Results 2014

Auroa Primary Schools NZAIMS Teams returned to Auroa on Friday.    In the Basketball Auroa's Girls finished 13th claiming wins against Diocesan School from Auckland, Dunedin North Intermediate, Mount Manganui Intermediate and Mokoia Intermediate.

The team also had close games against Otumoetai Intermediate, Northcross Intermediate and Highlands Intermediate.  We also had the privilege of playing against the tournament runners up - Kura O Te Koutu.  

We were really pleased how the entire team went during the week, our first time competing in Basketball and it was fantastic to be part of a competition with twenty four teams from all around New Zealand.

The Auroa Primary School Golf team also returned from competition, playing on four courses over four days of competition - Auroa were able to claim Bronze in the team competition and Brylee - who also featured in our Basketball team, was able to claim Bronze in the stableford competition.

Market Day at Auroa Primary School 2014

We've got many talented staff members who work at Auroa Primary School. One of whom is Mr Bloor who produces material as part of Sonic Studios. This is the video that he created of the Auroa Primary School Market Day for 2014.

NZAIMS Games: Its Here!

Tomorrow is the start of the NZAIMS Games. This is the biggest sporting tournament in New Zealand this year - featuring 238 Schools competing across 16 sports.

There are 7500 students competing from across New Zealand. And Auroa Primary School is one of them. For the first time ever we are fielding teams in the competition: in Golf and Girls Basketball. Not only will Isabelle, Gemma, Emily, Alice, Meg, Dayna, Kaiah, Brylee and Leila be present at the games representing our school so will Mr Webb. 

This site will be posted to remotely from Tauranga during the tournament. We will be endeavouring as much as possible from the games, you can follow Auroa Primary Schools Progress on the official website here.

Auroa School Cross Country 2014

Today at Auroa Primary School we held our annual Cross Country race. All our students from Y1 to Y8 competed over the course which stretched up to 3km for the senior students. Coming up we have the next stage of competition the Mount Spa Cluster and their race which is taking place at Manaia Golf Course. The Y8 Boys race was run by Lucas with runners up coming in the shape of Michael and Will. In the senior Girls Emily was able to won against Isabella and Alice. Keifer was able to win the Y7 competition with competition coming from Decland and Jackson. Caitlin, Tamara and Jessica were the top three for the Y7 Girls. A reminder that this coming week we will be posting remotely from the 2014 NZAIMS Games. Auroa Primary School is entering the Golf competition and the Girls Basketball Competition (where Mr Webb will be on site for the entire week).

Auroa Primary School: Market Day 2014

Today Auroa Primary School held our Repurposing Market Day. The junior school classes, Rooms 8, 7 and 6 all had items for sale in their classroom. The senior school (Rooms 4,3,2 and 1) all had their classes working as businesses selling products that were repurposed. This slideshow shot by Harley during the day is of some of the items and students that were for sale on the day.

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Auroa Primary School Repurposing Market Day

Today Auroa Primary School held their Re-Purposing Market Day. One of our students, Emily, whose had nearly 8,000 pageviews on her student blog, wrote this recount and created this slideshow about the event. You can source the original post on her blog here. 

Today was a very important day for our school, our unit topic for this term is "Re-purposing - the art of turning something old and making it new again" Every student enjoyed it but without a doubt the best part for me was the market day. At the start of term we all chose a re-purposed product that would be thoroughly tested and tried over the next few weeks. Our group chose an original idea called "Drinking Jars"

The Concept-

It was made of a Re-purposed jar, taped with a stripy design and then spray painted, once you peel the tape off it reveals a nice design we then drilled holes into the lids and added a straw. Afterward we filled it with juice for our customers. But the great part is, it can be used again, and again, and again!
We thought our idea was pretty cool.  Everyone must have thought so too because the customers kept pilling in so much that we actually sold out in a matter of minutes!  However there are also many other businesses and classes that need to be credited for their hard work and dedication.  Here is a slideshow with a few photo's capturing the day in all it's glory.

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Auroa Primary School Repurposing Market Day

Tomorrow at Auroa Primary School is Market Day 2014. The students have been busy working on Re-Purposing with our students during the term and tomorrow from 12:00pm to 1:30pm the students will have their items on sale and the public will be able to come in and see our learning in action. These photographs were taken by Matt from Room Two and feature some of the items, stalls and material that is available during the market day.

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Auroa Primary School Vs. St Josephs Stratford

Yesterday Auroa Primary School hosted St Josephs Stratford in the second to last round of the Y7/8 Taranaki Trophy sports competition. Auroa were looking to confirm their place in the Netball and Rugby finals of the competition by claiming a final win. Having only lost to St Josephs Hawera in competition, the Girls could not afford another loss. However, having already played and lost twice to St Josephs Stratford in Saturday morning competition it would be fair to describe Auroa as the underdogs. Kaiah from Room One, filmed the action and then took care of the editing:

Netball Auroa vs Stratford 1/9/14 from Myles Webb on Vimeo.

roa keen to claim victory in their last home game of the season and last round robin competition. These highlights were filmed by Joe and edited and put together by Lucas from Room One, filmed at Auroa Primary School on Monday 1st of September 2014.
Auroa vs st Joes Stratford from Myles Webb on Vimeo.

Taranaki Trophy Vs. Oakura School

The Auroa soccer team has been undefeated so far. And with there last game nearing they'll be looking to keep the winning streak. These highlights are from the Taranaki Trophy game played against Oakura School on Friday 22nd of August 2014.   These highlights were filmed by Fred from Room One and edited by James.   Auroa are in the dark blue and orange and Oakura are in the red and black.  The halftime score was 1-1 and Auroa ended up winning 3-1,

Taranaki Trophy Vs. Oakura 22/8/14 from Myles Webb on Vimeo.

Claudias Choose Your Own Adventure.

There's some awesome work that been appearing on students and class blogs around the world and we are always very happy and keen to share it.   At the end of last week Claudia from 6RC in Sydney. Left an awesome comment on Wills blog here in Taranaki.   That led us to discover their fantastic writing and have a look at this great post from Claudia.

Auroa Primary School: NZAIMS 2014 Draw

Next week we will be posting remotely from Tauranga as Mr Webb and 12 students from Room One will be attending the NZAIMS Games in Tauranga.  This competition this year features over 225 schools and 7000 students in competition.  Auroa Primary School is entering for the very first time in Golf and Girls Basketball.

Next week in Tauranga, Mr Webb will be with the Auroa School Girls Basketball team.  We are playing at the ASB Arena at Baypark, Tauranga. (Formerly the TECT Arena).  The Golf team plays Monday to Thursday.

The Basketball have games against Dio School from Auckland and host Otumeotai Intermediate on Monday 8th September.  Tuesday we play against Dunedin North Intermediate and Kura te Koutu from Rotorua.  On Wednesday morning we play Highlands Intermediate from New Plymouth.  Following that we have up to three play off games over the following two days.

We are intending to be remote posting from Tauranga during the tournament, results and media from the games as they occur.  

Methanex Mathematics Competition 2014

Last night in New Plymouth Auroa Primary School competed in the 2014 Methanex Mathematics Competition Quiz.   We had two teams competing in the Y7 and Y8 section.   The Y7 team consisted of Meg, Kaiah and Keifer from Room One and Joe from Room Two.  The team were running second for parts of the competition, before finishing 10th out of 22 teams.  You can read Kaiah recount about the event on her blog here.

Following this competition the Y8 team then took up the challenge.  The Y8 team consisted of Thomas, Tom, Izzy and Michael.  The team managed to finish tenth in the competition, out of twenty nine teams.

Special mention must go to Mr Gibson and Mr Bloor who stepped up for the parents team in the Y7 competition, who were runners up against an amazing Devon Intermediate team.

Auroa Primary School Vs. Oakura

On Friday 22nd August the second to last round of Taranaki Trophy (Y7/8 Sports) Competition took place at Auroa Primary School.   Auroa hosted Oakura in Netball, Football and Rugby.   Football was a tight game, with scores being tied at 1-1 at half time before Auroa were able to take a win 3-1.

In the rugby Auroa were looking for another strong performance prior to the arrival of St Josephs Stratford on Monday, their final home game.   These highlights, filmed by Kaiah, are of that game.  Oakura are in the red and black and Auroa are in the dark blue with orange.   The game ended up being 85-0 to Auroa Primary School

Oakura vs Auroa from Myles Webb on Vimeo.

The other action of the day centred around the Netball.  In it, Auroa were looking for another win to continue their good run of form in the competition, as to date their only defeat had been against St Josephs Hawera in the second round.    Auroa are in the Dark Blue with Orange and Oakura are in the red and black.   The game swung Auroas way early and Auroa were able to claim a convincing 37-5 victory.  

Netball vs. Oakura 22/8/14 from Myles Webb on Vimeo.

Daffodil Day@Auroa Primary School 2014

Today Auroa Primary School celebrated Daffodil Day. The School Council were responsible for organising this fundraiser. Each of the classrooms were able to come to the hall, see the display that had been set up and purchase items that were associated with Daffodil Day. In total the students of Auroa Primary School raised $640 for the cause. These photos were taken on the day at Auroa Primary School, Friday 29th August, 2014.

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The Missing Trans-Tasman Kayak: At Auroa Primary School!

This afternoon thanks to a big supporter of our school, Sanfords, Auroa Primary School students were able to view the 'missing' trans Tasman Kayak of Scott Donaldson.   Scott Donaldson attempted to solo Kayak from Australia to New Zealand, however sadly after 83 days at sea he had to abandon his attempt.   Since then he's been looking for his Kayak, including searching for it extensively, but being unable to locate it.  Today it was found, close to Auroa Primary School.  It was recovered today and brought into school for our students to have a look.  These photos of the craft were taken this afternoon.

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You can read about Room Seven writing about the event here. You can read about Room Eight writing about the event here. You can read about Emily from Room One writing about the event here.

Robotics Nationals: Robocup

We've got some very exciting events coming up shortly our Girls Basketball and Golf teams are travelling to Tauranga to compete in the NZAIMS Tournament.   That same week on Friday we have our Robotics Team 'The Robo's' travelling to Dunedin to compete in the Robocup Nationals.  Of course they've got a super secret performance and we can't share footage of their actual show, but will be doing so at the completion of the nationals.  These shots were taken by Logan from Room One.

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