Your AJHS newsletter has arrived (Term 3, Fri 31st July) !

Year 7 & 8 Cross Country 

The Year 7 and Year 8 Cross Country was held on a warmish winter Wednesday this week with just over 700 runners!   Well done to everyone who was able to participate or able to support their friends on the day.

Congratulations to our winners:

• 1st Year 7 Girl – Suyao Wong, Makomako
• 1st Year 7 Boy – Raika Macdonald, Ruru

• 1st Year 8 Girl – Olivia Taylor, Ruru
• 1st Year 8 Boy – Jihu Lee , Ruru

Year 8 camp

This year the Year 8’s went to camp at Totara Springs Christian Camp. At camp, there were so many different activities you could do. They were all fun. Some of the activities we did were the flying fox, crate climb, paintball slingshot, archery, abseil tower, rock climbing, low ropes, initiatives, go karts, slug guns, hool, hydroslide, orienteering, team rescue and so many more. There were two extra activities which were done at night which were the burma trail and a campfire.  

The food at camp was delicious. Our favourites were the wraps and the hot cakes. We both really enjoyed having hot chocolate in the morning with breakfast before our activities. 

We all had a great time. In our opinion, we would recommend this campsite to schools seeking an amazing time. We would love to go back there because it was funny to see people serve the food and we’d really like to try everything again – it was an awesome experience!

By: Evelyn van Niekerk & Zoe Vermeulen  [8R12]

Explode the moment – Crate Climb

I was slowly stacking the crates, one by one, as sweat piled up in my hands. My partner Nicole was handing me the crates as myself and my tower were wiggling everywhere. That was not good. My heart was pounding, almost out of my chest! My nose was filled with the horrible musty smell of a long rolled up piece of old carpet that was sitting on the side of the gymnasium floor. I could hear Nicole and some of my other group members cheering me on. I was onto my 10th crate! 

At this moment, my crate tower was wobbling like crazy. I forced the grey crate through my shaky legs and placed it on the top of my teetering pile. I looked down and realized I was really high above the ground. Just as I was about to place my legs on the top crate, Nicole said something hilarious that, now thinking of it, I don’t remember. I started cracking up so badly that my stomach hurt. Then in a blink of an eye, I was tumbling forwards. CRASH! All my crates scattered across the wooden floor and I was left there, hanging in my harness. I heard a whole bunch of laughter. To make matters worse, Nicole started swinging me in circles so I was spinning around and around and I was getting very dizzy. When I finally stopped turning around, my vision was blurry and everything was circling me. 

 My group teacher, Mrs Betterton, started lowering me and I hit the ground with a thud. My legs were trembling and I definitely knew that I could have done better but I was so happy to have made such an amazing memory, and I would have done it for a second time if we had the time to. It was my favourite activity as well as the Burma trail. Let’s just say, I screamed a lot. 

By Tiffany Dennison 8R12

1/4 PIZZA SLICE- Ham & Cheese                                                             $2.50
1/2 SANDWICH- Choose from: Ham, Chicken or Vege 
[with lettuce, mayo,cucumber, carrot and tomato]                                  $4.00
 
CHICKEN BURGER- with mayo, lettuce, tomato and carrot                     $5.00
BEEF BURGER- with mayo, lettuce, tomato and carrot                            $4.50
BLT- with mayo, bacon, lettuce and tomato                                            $4.50
WHOLEMEAL ROLLS  – Choose from: Ham, Chicken or Vege
[with mayo,lettuce,carrot and tomato]                                                    $5.00
 
BACON & EGG ROLLS- with bacon and tomato sauce                           $4.50
WRAPS- Choose from: Ham, Chicken or Vege
[with tomato chutney, lettuce, tomato, cucumber & carrot]                 $5.50
 
NACHOS- with corn chips, minced beef and cheese                             $6.00
CHICKEN NUGGETS                                                                               $5.00

DADS PIES:

• BUTTER CHICKEN                          $4.50
• MINCE AND CHEESE                     $4.00
• STEAK AND CHEESE                      $4.00
• BACON N EGG                               $4.00

FRUIT SALAD                                                                                          $5.00
SUSHI                                                                                                      $6.00
CHICKEN ON RICE                                                                                  $5.00
STEAM BUNS                                                                                          $4.00
CHICKEN CURRY N ROTI                                                                        $6.00
CHICKPEA CURRY N RICE                                                                       $6.00