Blog Archives

Epro8 Challenge

5/30/2019

Three teams entered the Epro8 Engineering and Science Challenge in Amberley.
The challenge requires teams to complete as many tasks as they can in 2 1/2 hours and earn points. They are competing against other schools in the area and are not allowed any support or help from adults.
Our three teams all choose to create an elevator.
The Year 7/8 team of Ollie, Rowan, William M and Andrew created working electronics that enabled the lift to ride up and down with a press of a button.
The Year 5/6 team of Shea, Connor, Leon and Will created a 2m tall elevator shaft!
The final Year 5/6 team of Sophie T, Harry G, Bailee and Emma had an immaculate workspace whilst building their elevator and managed to secure first place! They will go on to compete in Kaiapoi next term against other schools. A great morning of fun, exciting challenges.

NCEA Performance Evening

5/30/2019

The NCEA music students held their first performance of the year at Rangiora New Life. The students have been rehearsing their items from the beginning of the year, and this was one of two performances that they will have to do. With a few hiccups during the day, mainly concerning broken strings, the students pulled of a stellar performance. The highlight for me was seeing some students that have struggled with their nerves battle them and really get into the character of their song. A massive well done to all those involved. P Biddlecombe

Hurunui Zone Cross Country

5/28/2019

Hurunui took a great selection of children to attend this year's zone cross country.
These were selected from the top finishers in each year group from our school Cross Country. The weather was lovely in Waikari and the children all did their best.
The Year 7 boys did well with Andrew Fincham coming 5th and Kyle Searle 6th, meaning they are both progressing through to the next stage.
Samuel Dobbs was our best runner of the day with an impressive 2nd in the Year 6 boys 2km. He was up there with first place until the last 300m when his fantastic stamina just couldn't keep up anymore.
Hamish Thompson came 4th in the Year 4 boys race and Joshua Spencer, a late entry on the day, came 5th. The Year 4s do not progress through to the next round but hopefully they have the taste of success ready for next year.
Shea Kelly had a great race and narrowly missed out on finishing in the top 6.
Well done to everyone and thank you to those who joined Miss Brinsford's running club at lunch. It definitely helped you achieve your best.

Canterbury Secondary Schools Cross Country

5/28/2019

On Tuesday 28th May we sent five students off to the Canterbury Secondary Schools Cross Country Championships at Ascott Golf Course in Christchurch.
We sent three Year 9 students Ella, Caleb and Josh who all got to run against other Year 9 students on a 3km course. Ella finished in the middle of the girls field placing 29th out of 59. Josh and Caleb placed 47th and 52nd out of 65 respectively in the boys field.
We also had Byron and Bradley Turner competing in the U19 Boys race placing 49th and 50th respectively which was a tough race considering they are currently 15.
Well done to these students and given their efforts we will look to send a team again in the future.
Thanks to Gwen Turner for transporting and looking after the students on the day.

HYP Environmental Programme

5/26/2019

Bradley White opened the Hurunui Youth Project with support from Marie Black.

Ed the Ted's Grandma comes to visit

5/20/2019

Kakariki's classroom teddy bear, Ed the Ted, has a Grandma who we write to and she replies with a letter or a parcel. Sometimes she comes to visit us at school. We love seeing Ed's Grandma because she gives us big hugs and does activities with us. This time we told Ed's Grandma our Little Red Riding Hood story as a class with actions and some of us read to her.

Social Media Debate

5/20/2019

Social Media Harming our Wellbeing?
The proposition that social media might be harmful to our wellbeing was strongly argued by two teams in a lunchtime debate on 20 May. The debate was judged by our local Member of Parliament, Mr Stuart Smith and our deputy mayor, Mrs Marie Black. Both teams presented strong and interesting arguments with the judges deciding that the negative team (Katie Gunn, Ebony Varnam and Tahlia Beck) were more convincing than the affirmative (Bradley White, Morgan Bailey and Roddy Murchison). The negative did not have it all their own way with Roddy Murchison being judged the best speaker. Well done to all.

Smokefree RockQuest

5/18/2019

The school band Scoops (Yasmin Sparks, Charlotte Cassidy, Beau McKay, Campbell Shepherd and Dyllan Curtis) performed their song at the Smokefree Rockquest at the Aurora centre. It has been a few years since Hurunui College has had a group perform and I am pretty sure that I was more nervous than them. However, they got up and they performed to a large crowd and competing against huge opposition demonstrated that Hurunui College has some amazing talent.P Biddlecombe

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Junior Cross Country

5/15/2019

Some of Kakariki's recounts of our Hurunui College Cross Country

I came third place, Frank came second and Jens came first. My Mum and Dad came to watch me. I went so fast and I bet Pippa too. Patrick

At Cross Country I ran fast. My mum ran with me. I like Cross Country. Mason

I was nervous. I ran as fast as I could. I ran with Miss JJ. I had fun running fast. I finally got there. I got a drink at the end. I felt proud of myself. Kyana

Wooden Spoon Netball, Staff vs Year 13

5/3/2019

First week of Term 2 and the challenge had been laid by the Year 13s for the first Wooden Spoon challenge. The Staff accepted, although unsure of the rules, still managed to show what they can do. With a positive result for the Staff, the Year 13s remain custodians of the Wood Spoon until the next challenge.