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National Winners Kristin Announced in Monetary Policy Challenge
The Reserve Bank announced on Thursday 26 August that Kristin School from Auckland is the national winner of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand 2010 Monetary Policy Challenge (MPC). Tauranga Boys’ College was placed second and Scots College from Wellington came third.
The national final took place at the Reserve Bank in Wellington and was hotly contested. The judges were Assistant Governor John McDermott and two economists from the Bank.
Kristin School won $2,500 in prize money for their school and will visit the Reserve...Read more >>
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Prefects Open Garden to Welcome Refugees
Kristin School Prefects held the official handover of their Prefect Project 2010 on the morning of Sunday 8 August at the New Zealand Refugee Resettlement Centre (MRRC) in Mangere.
Invited guests, including Andrew Lockhart National Manager of Refugee Services attended the event along with representatives from AUT, the Red Cross, Refugees as Survivors, INZ staff and current residents of the centre. The centre also arranged for their regional Kaumatua (Tainui) to bless both the garden and a Kauri tree which had been planted on World Refugee Day.
E...Read more >>
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Elise Lights the Youth Olympic Flame
Year 11 student Elise Beavis is a 16 year-old sailor who will be competing at the Youth Olympics in Singapore in August. Recently, Elise became one of only three New Zealanders to be part of the very special Journey of the Youth Olympic Flame in New Zealand.
This was a special event as the International Olympic Committee do not intend to have the torch travel around the world for future Youth Olympics so this was literally a once in a lifetime opportunity.
Elise's duties included being an official torchbearer on Sunday 1 August at Bucklands Beach Ya...Read more >>
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Kristin Win VEX Robotics World Championships
The VEX World Robotics Championships were held in Dallas, Texas last weekend and the Kristin School team were awarded Tournament Champions of the High School competition.
A total of 14 New Zealand teams from 11 Senior schools attended the event. It was the first time that Kristin had attended the World Championships. Various 'Scrimmages' take place in the spring and over the summer, culminating in the Nationals which were in March at the Telstra Clear Pacific Stadium.
Massey University (Albany) encouraged the students and were paramount in o...Read more >>
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Kristin Excels in World Rankings
Once again Kristin students have demonstrated levels of achievement that put them at the leading edge both nationally and internationally when the Senior School International Baccalaureate (IB) and National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) results were received in the mail recently. An impressive 22 IB Diploma students, 20%, achieved over 40 points while the World average is 6%.
As teachers at the Albany Independent School look forward to another successful year teaching the globally recognised International Baccalaureate Diploma, many of Krist...Read more >>
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A Morning Chorus For Kristin Students
Members of Kristin School's choirs have been invited to take part in a worldwide charity event on 7 December at the Westhaven Marina.
Choirs from 196 countries will combine simultaneously to sing All You Need Is Love, live, in a single global choir to be broadcast on the world-wide web.
As this event is being master-minded from the other side of the world, the New Zealand participants will have to gather at 1.00am on the Tuesday morning in order to synchronize with the rest of the world. The setting of the Westhaven Marina and Auckland city skyline...Read more >>
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Kristin Win New Zealands Next Top Engineering Scientist
 Kristin Win New Zealand's Next Top Engineering Scientist
A problem-solving team event for Secondary students, organised by the Department of Engineering Science at The University of Auckland has been won by Kristin School.
This new competition was held on Saturday 19 September, with students working from 8am through to 5pm to produce a report that answered the competition question. A total of 363 contestants took part, with 98 teams entered from schools all over New Zealand.
Working in teams of three or four, Year 12 and 13 students were challenged to solve an open-ended mathematical m...Read more >>
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FPS Students Are World Champions!
 FPS Students are World Champions!
Five of our students have recently returned from the USA as World Champions in the field of Future Problem Solving (FPS) after winning with their Dramatic Presentation against schools from all over the world.
At the beginning of June, the Kristin School FPS team consisting of: Haya Awni, Andrew Chen, Verity Johnson, Amy Martin, Hamish Mouat and Patrick Oxnam, travelled to Michigan State University to compete in the International Future Problem Solving Conference against approximately 184 other Global Issues teams.
The North Shore students had won the t...Read more >>
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Teacher Wins Excellence in Teaching Award
 Miss Gover Wins Excellence in Teaching Award
Junior School teacher Miss Tasha Gover has been awarded the 2009 Spacific Yearbooks Ltd ISNZ Excellence in Teaching Award for Exceptional Professional Performance for Years 0-6.
Miss Gover received her award last Saturday during a ceremony at the Independent Schools' New Zealand (ISNZ) conference, held at the Duxton Hotel in Wellington.
The ISNZ Excellence in Teaching Awards were established in 2005 to honour exceptional teachers who demonstrate talent and commitment to teaching that is truly above ordinary.
This is the first time Judi ...Read more >>
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Real-Time Project For Students
Students from Kristin School attended the Independent Schools New Zealand (ISNZ) Conference 2009 in Wellington last Thursday; only minutes later, these same students were taking part in a task in a room at Kristin School.
The students had been participating in a video conference connected to the Wellington ISNZ event. Kristin Head Girl Elizabeth Mittiga invited other Independent Schools to join her group, and on the day, Kristin welcomed Seo-Jin Jeong and Alex Campbell from ACG Senior College, Abbey Walsh from Saint Kentigern College and Nick Walsh and Jenna...Read more >>
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Triple Gold Success
Three Kristin students were presented their Gold Duke of Edinburgh Awards by the Governor General, The Honourable Sir Anand Satyanand recently. They were Senior School students Andrew Ramsay, Hannah Sycamore and Richard Haworth.
The aim of the Duke of Edinburgh Award is to get young people participating in an exciting, flexible and individually tailored programme to build skills, identity and self-esteem. It not only introduces them to positive, challenging and enjoyable things to do in their free time, it also fosters friendships with peers, teachers and other adults w...Read more >>
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Kristin Prepare to Farewell Middle School Principal
Kristin Middle School Principal, Mr Ted Berry has announced his departure from Kristin School in Albany, effective from the end of Term 3.
Ted is a lively and dynamic force within the Middle School at Kristin, an Independent School in Albany. However, it is testimony to his character that he wishes to conclude his time as its leader whilst at the top of his game. In October last year Kristin Middle School were officially accredited to teach the International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Programme (MYP) – the first school in New Zeal...Read more >>
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Opening of the Middle School Learning Centre
It was a long-awaited day of celebration at Kristin School this morning as Prime Minister John Key performed the official opening of Kristin's new Middle School Learning Centre (MSLC).
The impressive MSLC stands proudly at the front of the Kristin School grounds in Albany. It houses a number of large classrooms, the main Middle School Office, meeting and social spaces. Designed by architects Bren Morrison and Sarah Hewlett-Diprose from Warren and Mahoney Architects, the new space was a three-year project. Bren and Sarah spent this time patientl...Read more >>
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Students Practice Solving Pandemics
On Wednesday 4 March, five Kristin students travelled to the Grocery Industry Council Workshop in the city, to speak on the chosen topic for the conference - ‘Pandemics’.
Incidentally, this is the topic of the International Future Problem Solving Conference for 2009, which this team of students will be travelling to and competing in at Michigan State University in the last week of May and first week of June.
Hamish Mouat, Amy Martin, Verity Johnson, Patrick Oxnam and Andrew Chen make up the Kristin Future Problem Solving Team. Future Problem Sol...Read more >>
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Woven Together, Set Apart
A North Shore resident has won the Yellow Pages Group Art Awards for Auckland, thanks to support from her school and votes from the public.
Jennifer Gottschalk is a teacher in Kristin Middle School whose artwork has been chosen as the cover of the 2009 Auckland White pages. Over 50 entries were received for the annual competition which were narrowed down to three finalists in October last year by an expert panel of judges.
If it were not for Kristin School, Jennifer would never have entered the competition. Whilst working in the Maths faculty, she needed to c...Read more >>
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Celebrating 20 Years of Success in IB
As Albany's Kristin School opens its doors to students for 2009, teachers are looking forward to their 20th successful academic year teaching the globally recognised International Baccalaureate Diploma and keeping a keen eye on the heights that last year's graduates intend to scale.
In 1989, Kristin became the first school in New Zealand to be accredited to offer the prestigious International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma. Based on the philosophy that all students should have choice in the course of study that best suits their needs, Kristin offers both...Read more >>
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Holocaust Guest Speakers Overwhelm Students
Year 10 students from Kristin Middle School in Albany had two very special visitors today. Bob and Freda Narev, survivors of the Holocaust, came to share their story with the school as part of the students' Humanities studies.
Kristin students and staff have been privileged to welcome many interesting guest speakers into their Dove Memorial Theatre, but today was set aside for an especially unique couple who drew attention from all areas of the school. The students gathered in a buzz prior to the talk but fell silent as each guest told their sto...Read more >>
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Kristin, Premier Debators
The Premier Debating Team from Kristin Senior School in Albany have won the Advanced Premier Grade for Auckland Schools Debating Association Championships. The victorious Kristin debaters argued their way past Kings, St Cuthberts, Rangitoto and other great Auckland debating schools to seize the Premier Cup from Westlake Boys High School in the Championship final last Wednesday evening.
Having completed a long series of competitions to make the final, the team consisting of Scott Ashby, William Chen, Phim Dowell, Natasha Frost, Oliver Hinder and Will Lunn had dev...Read more >>
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Kristin Sounds in High Definition
Kristin School in Albany have successfully completed the very first New Zealand Schools High Definition Video Conference Music lesson and performance this week with Canterbury University and Christ's College in Christchurch.
The project titled “musicGrid”, was initiated by Merryn Dunmill of the Music Education Research Centre at Canterbury University. It involved two students from both Kristin School and Christ's College receiving a lesson from Mark Walton, Director of the Christchurch School of Music. Following the lesson, despite their different loc...Read more >>
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Kristin Donates Toys to Starship
Year 7 students from Kristin School in Albany are going to depart with some treasured personal items this week as they donate their toys to the Starship Foundation.
Earlier in the school term, Emma Poole, a student in Kristin's Middle School, asked her class what ideas they could come up with for a community fundraiser; something which all of Year 7 could do for people needing help in their local community. Each student made a suggestion. Eventually, the idea which most captured the students' interest came from Mary Corcoran, whose grandmother works as a ...Read more >>
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New Head of Kristin Football Ole! Ole! Ole! Ole!
Kristin School have recently welcomed Tony Readings into his new full time position as Head of Football at the large Albany school, and Tony is already achieving some goals following a very successful school holiday programme.
Kristin recently hosted a school holiday football programme for all of its young players and also players from other local schools. Anyone driving past the Kristin campus during the recent school holidays will have noticed a hive of football activity. Boys and girls as young as 4 years old and up to the age of 14 atte...Read more >>
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Kristin Fashion Show - Celebrating 10 Years
It was a full house event last Wednesday night as Kristin School hosted their 10th annual Kristin Fashion Show to support CanTeen and the Child Cancer Foundation and raise $30 000 for these two charities.
As New Zealand designers such as Emily Sharma from Ruby and Sally Ridge from James & August walked through the Auditorium doors, the all-student production team were suddenly grateful for the many hours of research, planning and rehearsals that they had completed over the previous twelve months.
The Kristin Fashion Show began in 1998. It...Read more >>
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Kristin Steps it up in Nepal
 Kristin 'Steps it up' in Nepal
Kristin School welcomed home 28 Senior School students and 3 teachers last week who had been making their own important steps in Nepal for the previous 18 days. The enthusiastic Year 11 and 12 students had been performing community service projects on the Annapurna trail, in Pokhara and the Kathmandu region since April 14.
Kristin, a leading school in the delivery of the International Baccalaureate (IB) qualification system, bases much of the school's unique character on the fundamentals of IB; that is, to educate students to develop the knowledge, understan...Read more >>
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Kristin Snap Up 35 Years
The whole of Kristin School had their photo taken yesterday, all at once. It was a simple procedure. All they had to do was assemble approximately 1680 students from age 4 to age 18 as well as 200 staff on the school field, in the shape of the number “35”. Further instructions required every student, on the toot of a horn, to take off their sun hat prior to a helicopter flying only a few hundred metres above them, while they waved happily to the cameraman harnessed from an open door.
The dramatic event was all in an effort to create a special piece of history f...Read more >>
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Not a Problem at Kristin
Five Kristin students have been chosen to represent New Zealand at the Future Problem Solving International Conference in East Lansing, Michigan (USA) in June.
After entering as one of 200 teams in the Middle Division of the local competition last year, the Kristin team qualified for the National Finals and came 1st out of the 10 teams that competed.
Future Problem Solving (FPS) is a challenging programme where students discover rich and varied ways of thinking and are taught how to think, not just what to think. It is based on a future scenario - an imagi...Read more >>
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Good News for NCEA and IB Students!
Once again Kristin students have demonstrated levels of achievement that put them at the leading edge both nationally and internationally when the Senior School International Baccalaureate (IB) and National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) results were received in the mail recently.
It was 'congratulations all round' as students returned to school for Term 1 this year and proud teachers heard of their results. Many of Kristin's Year 13 students of 2007 are also delighted to finish their secondary education on a high note as they begin the ch...Read more >>
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Kristin Feed Ronald McDonald House
The Kristin Middle School Student Council took on the mammoth task of cooking dinner for 130 residents at Ronald McDonald House Auckland (RMHA) in Grafton last week as part of their voluntary work in the community.
A total of 18 students and three teachers arrived at Ronald MacDonald House Auckland not knowing quite what this task would entail, but after some thorough instructions from Volunteer Manager, Jessamy Neilsen, they got stuck into preparing for a 'Kristin dinner extravaganza'.
The Council, made up of students in Years 9 and 10 have already ...Read more >>
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High Notes from High Achievers
Five Kristin School students have been invited to perform at the High Achievers' Concert on 9 December at the Raye Freedman Arts Centre in Epsom.
The concert, organised by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, draws upon music students from the Greater Auckland Region. Each student chosen has sat exams with the Royal Schools of Music and achieved top marks. To get Distinctions, candidates must score 130 out of 150 but in order to be invited to perform next week they must score at least 140 marks, so the opportunity only opens up to the very to...Read more >>
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"Something (Very) Special" for Kristin Student
 Something (Very) Special for Kristin Student
Year 5 Kristin Junior School student, Libby Williamson, won a competition recently to attend a Master Class Writing Workshop with acclaimed Australian author, Emily Rodda at the Takapuna Library.
Libby Williamson's teachers describe her as the most gifted writer in the whole Junior School. At the beginning of the month, this talent came in particularly handy as it enabled Libby to win a difficult competition to write a fantasy short story and a place in Emily Rodda's exclusive workshop with 5 other lucky children aged between 7 and 12. Libby's...Read more >>
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A Mountain of Kristin Achievements
Two successful Kristin School Mountain Bikers have added more achievements to their profiles by winning their nominated awards at the ASB College Sport Young Sportsperson of the Year 2007 ceremony last week.
With 4 National titles already held between the pair, Adrian Retief (16 years), and Katherine O'Neill (18 years) were delighted to also win their respective Mountain Biking categories at the prestigious Auckland Secondary Schools event.
The purpose of this function is to reward and recognise students who have performed with distinction in secondary...Read more >>
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Sophie Crosses Countries to Czech Republic
Kristin Senior School student, Sophie Corbidge has been selected to represent New Zealand in the International Schoolsport Federation (ISF) World Schools Cross Country Championships to be held in Zdar nad Sazavou in the Czech Republic in April 2008.
Sophie, who has just turned 16, is one of six girls and six boys to be selected from all over New Zealand for consistent running performances this year. The young athlete already sees this as one of her best opportunities to gauge how well she is doing on the world stage as she dreams of being a profes...Read more >>
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A Mountain of Opportunities for Kristin Boys
Kristin Middle and Senior School boys, and their fathers, were treated to a very special guest speaker on Friday when they welcomed Mark Inglis to Albany for breakfast.
There needs to be a good reason for any Middle or Senior school boy to turn up at their school grounds at 7am in the morning, and last week, Kristin provided that reason with their annual Father & Son Breakfast in the school's Dove Theatre. Kristin had arranged for the prolific outdoor adventurer to come and speak to the lucky audience and share his experiences and advice w...Read more >>
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From Kristin to Hogwarts
Kristin Middle School had a very special visit from an Alumni student on Friday when they welcomed back Chris Rankin a.k.a. Percy Weasley to speak to them at Middle School Assembly.
Chris is now a professional actor and at 24 years old, is best known for his role as the ambitious Percy Weasley, one of seven pure-blood wizard siblings in J.K. Rowlings famous “Harry Potter” series of novels.
Few know that Chris Rankin is actually a New Zealander, and for two years attended Kindergarten and Year 1 at Kristin School in Albany. His mother was also a t...Read more >>
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Kristin School Sports Awards Dinner
Kristin Middle and Senior Schools celebrated their annual Sports Awards Dinner last Thursday at North Harbour Stadium in the company of New Zealand Gold Medal cyclist, Sarah Ulmer.
When the Sports Office at Kristin School were initially informed that their guest speaker, Hamish Carter was going to be absent from their annual prize giving dinner due to commitments overseas, staff were extremely disappointed. The chance to have a Gold Medal triathlete speak to Kristin's elite sportsmen and women was certainly going to be a highlight on the agenda.
Howev...Read more >>
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Onepoto Not Lost for Words Thanks to Kristin
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Senior students from Kristin School have recently made a special delivery to Onepoto Primary. A donation of approximately 1000 books, especially chosen for each child, were delivered last week.
The Kristin Onepoto Book Collection project started early in Term 2 this year. Senior International Baccalaureate (IB) students at Kristin are committed to participating in some form of community service and then evaluating their contribution. This year the students wanted to spend their time in a way that would benefit people in the wider North Sh...Read more >>
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Kristin Cycling on the Road to Success
The 2007 cycling season has ended with Kristin School achieving four National titles and three National podium finishes.
This is an outstanding achievement as Kristin have not produced a cycling team for a long time, however this year they had two teams, with some obvious natural talent. The Senior Girls team consisted of Nicole Silver, Libby Morrison-Jones, Maddie Dillon, Sophie Corbidge and Katherine O'Neill, and a composite Senior Boys team consisted of Harry Dillon, Alex Wells-Green, Hardy Michel (all from Kristin School), William Potter (Rangi...Read more >>
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All the World's a Stage for Socrates and Ashleigh
Two Kristin Seniors, Socrates Fernandes (16 years) and Ashleigh-Rose Keating (17 years), have been selected as members of the Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand Young Shakespeare Company (SGCNZYSC) which will represent New Zealand at the Globe Theatre in London in 2008.
This fantastic achievement was announced yesterday following their completion of a week-long workshop in Wellington from 26 September – 2 October.
Prior to this, Socrates and Ashleigh began their preparation for selection in Term One of the school year when the ...Read more >>
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Kristin Student Receives Just Juice Scholarship Award
 Kristin Student Receives Just Juice Scholarship
Award
Kristin Middle School student, Victoria Brownlee (12), was one of the 20 outstanding intermediate school students recognised for their efforts in the 2007 World Vision 40 Hour Famine at the World Vision/Just Juice Scholarship Awards Dinner, held at Alexandra Park in Auckland on July 12.
The students represent 20 intermediate schools from around New Zealand that made significant fundraising efforts in the 2007 World Vision 40 Hour Famine.
Victoria was presented with a personal certificate as well as a plaque for their school, ...Read more >>
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Kristin Plant Trees Amongst Tees
Students from Kristin School spent all morning Friday (31 August) planting more than 2300 trees at the North Shore Golf Club in Albany as a fundraising effort for the Cancer Society's annual Daffodil Day Campaign. This represents approximately one and a half trees for every Kristin student.
A mix of girls and boys from the Junior, Middle and Senior School gathered together on Friday morning at 8.30am at the North Shore Golf Club, located next door to the school. They came fully prepared; equipping themselves with their mums' and dads' spades and gardenin...Read more >>
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Kristin Middle School Entertain Elderly
With the Kristin Middle School Production “The Pirates of Penzance”, due to open tomorrow night, lucky residents from local retirement villages were treated to a special matinee dress rehearsal today.
Approximately sixty guests from Knightsbridge Village, Lady Allum Lifestyle Care and Village, Mayfair Village, and Northbridge Lifecare Trust arrived at the Kristin School grounds in Albany at 10am this morning. They were greeted by students from Kristin Middle School and taken through to the Kristin Auditorium foyer. The group were eagerl...Read more >>
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Kristin Play a Special Probus Performance
Kristin Middle and Senior School musicians gave a special 'sneak preview' concert for the Milford Probus Club on Wednesday 8 August.
The musicians were invited by members of the Probus to perform at the Sunnynook Community Centre where every month the semi retired professionals and business people gather for the Milford Probus meeting.
The main group on the programme were Euphony, the Kristin School choir, who have recently been nominated for the Big Sing National Finale in Christchurch. The choir sang their competition repertoire - six stun...Read more >>
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A Bizzy Holiday For Kristin Kidz
Term 2 holidays see Kristin Junior School students hard at work this year, as they join the Biz4Kidz Educational Holiday Programme.
Twenty-seven Year 5 and 6 boys and girls from Kristin School in Albany have taken part in the Enterprise New Zealand Trust Programme. This is the second year that the programme has been available to students at Kristin.
During the week the students review their personal attributes, complete a curriculum vitae and apply for jobs. They then form a variety of companies (ventures) and appoint managers responsible for busines...Read more >>
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Kristin Student Repeats Her Series Form
Anna Carruthers has won the Athletics Auckland 2007 Grand Prix Cross Country Series for the second time at the Auckland Domain last weekend.
Anna, a Year 8 student from Kristin School in Albany, represented her athletics club, North Harbour Bays on the 22 July in the Under 12 category at the annual event. Competing against other Auckland clubs, Anna was one of approximately 50 runners in her age group.
This success is the second time Anna has won the Grand Prix Series. Last year she also took out her age category. To win requires not only doing we...Read more >>
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Kristin Senior School Supports Youth
Students at Kristin Senior School have just completed a week of activities to raise funds and awareness for charitable group, Youthline.
The Prefect Team and the Senior School Committees ran the week which comprised of daily lunchtime activities for students and staff to attend. The initiative was completely the work of students and they raised a total of $400 for the charity.
Leilani Fatupaito, head girl at Kristin School, was grateful to see the school come together for the fundraiser. “When you are a Senior student you can get caught up in...Read more >>
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Celebrity Lunch Inspires Kristin Students
Dayna Vawdrey and Matt Gibb, presenters of TV2’s Studio2, joined a group of Kristin Middle School students for lunch last week.
Arranged by World Vision and Just Juice, the lunch on August 8, was in recognition of the students’ efforts in this year’s 40 Hour Famine.
Kristin Middle School raised more than $34,000 overall. The lunch group was made up of students who individually raised significant amounts of money. Kristin Middle School Principal Ted Berry says one Year 10 student, Catherine Perkins, raised more than $2,500...Read more >>
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Snowvision Mapei Ski Race Scholarships Awarded
Two Kristin School students have been awarded scholarships as the most talented skiers at the Snowvision Mapei Ski Race in Wanaka this week.
Lucy Hannon (Treble Cone Racing Academy) age 12, and Edward Lee (Cardrona High Performance Team) age 8, competed in the first race of the season as part of the Kristin School of Snowsports, Southern Lakes Experience 2007.
The Snowvision Mapei Ski Race is open to any boy or girl between 6 and 12 years of age. Although Lucy placed 2nd in her age group and Edward finished 1st place in his, the purpose of ...Read more >>
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Kristin Students Overnight Safari
Students from Kristin Middle School spent Saturday night, August 4, sleeping in the Old Elephant House at Auckland Zoo.
The school had won the Just Juice Grand Prize of an African-themed adventure at Auckland Zoo as a result of fundraising for the World Vision 40 Hour Famine. Kristin students efforts had raised the highest average dollar donation of any group or school in New Zealand during the appeal in March.
The group selected for the African adventure at the zoo were those who raised the most money for the Famine. Kristin Middle School Princ...Read more >>
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Kristin Elect to Learn From Local Experts
Kristin Middle School students have recently taken part in an Elective Programme to discover new talents.
Each year all of Kristin School's Year 7 and 8 children (ages 11-12) participate in this annual Elective Programme. They select a topic of choice to do for three weeks. This year the workshops took place on Wednesday afternoons in periods 5 and 6. Middle School teachers ran the workshops where parents and members of the community, experts in the relative topics, were invited to lend their knowledge and enthuse the students.
Most of the Ele...Read more >>
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Kristin School Brings Home Gold!
The Kristin Senior School Choir, Euphony, have once again won Gold at the National Big Sing Finale held at the Christchurch Town Hall on Sunday 19 August.
The Big Sing is the secondary schools choral festival organised nationwide by the New Zealand Choral Federation each year.
The delighted choir returned home to the North Shore on Monday following nearly six months of training for the event. Two months ago, in June, they won the right to compete in the National Finale due to an impressive performance at the Regional Big Sing competition held at the ...Read more >>
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Kristin School Aims and Wins
Kristin Middle School have won the Premiere Award at the New Zealand Association of Intermediate and Middle Schooling (AIMS) Games held in Tauranga, 2-7 September.
A selection of Year 7 and 8 Kristin students travelled to the Bay of Plenty last weekend, nervous about the competition they might encounter but eager to mix with the other schools in the tournament. 59 Kristin boys and girls competed against more than 64 participating schools.
AIMS is a national sporting tournament for Intermediate and Middle Schools. The event, in its fourth year, is organised ...Read more >>
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