Your AJHS newsletter has arrived (Term 3, Week 8)

Tui Healthy Breakfast Celebration

Our Year 7’s have been learning about the importance and benefits of healthy eating.

Part of their task involved creating a healthy, nutritious breakfast. This involved working
collaboratively on a restaurant name, financial literacy, and a  presentation of their
breakfast for their guests.

This culminated in a whanau breakfast celebration where learners had the opportunity to show off their efforts through table setting, design and plating of their meal. The best part was obviously the tasting, which they all enjoyed thoroughly.

Well done to all of our Tui Year 7s!

Year 7 Food Challenge

Following on from the Year 7’s learning about nutrition and designing their healthy breakfasts,   the year group also embarked on a class vs class challenge to collect food items for the Salvation Army. It was a close call, particularly between 7T22 and 7R21 who were neck and neck. On the day it was 7R21 who managed to bring in the most items.

Well done Year 7’s – your kindness will go a long way.

Semester One Dance Showcase

Semester one’s Dance Showcase treated us well. As Year 10’s we expected this to be one of the highlights of our last year at Albany Junior High School and to say the least, it did not disappoint. For many of us, this was our second showcase, meaning we knew how the day looked – although there was never a dull moment. Between rehearsing, getting ready, laughter, and being yelled at we had an absolute blast. It was a surreal experience to finally be able to dance in front of a crowd on a stage, instead of a garage and cats as a crowd. As for the show, the Jive was definitely the standout, not only for us, but for the crowd as well. Hearing the constant cheers and applause motivated us to dance to the best of our abilities. The semester one Dance Showcase brought our Year 10 class closer together. We can’t wait to be back on stage again in December.

Written by Hayley Gray & Jess Reynolds

Sports News  

Year 9 & 10 Cross Country                                                                                          A huge congratulations to all those students who participated in the Year 9 and 10 Cross  Country.   Well done to the following students who placed in the top 3:

College Sport Auckland Individual Swimming Championships:  Last Sunday we had a team of eight students compete in the College Sport Auckland Individual Swimming Championships. With the Intermediate Zone day and AIMS Games cancelled this year, it was a great opportunity for our swimmers to represent the school in 2020. 

Congratulations to all swimmers for a great event but a very special congratulations to the following swimmers for some outstanding results.

• Charlotte Searle – Under 13 400m Freestyle Champion and 6th place Under 13 200m freestyle. 
• Su Yao Wong   – 2nd place Under 13 400m Freestyle         
• Ashleigh Fox    – 5th place Under 13 200m Freestyle and 7th place Under 13 200m Breaststroke 
• Jihu Lee           – 8th place Under 13 100m Breastroke, 6th place Under 13 50m Freestyle & 7th place Under 13 100m Freestyle 
• Isabella Rowe  – 6th place Under 13 200m Breaststroke, & 9th place Under 13 100m  Breaststroke           
• Olivia Taylor – 5th place Under 13 200m Breaststroke

North Harbour Intermediate Hockey Zone Days                                                              Last week our Intermediate Hockey teams participated in the North Harbour Intermediate Hockey Zone Days.  The boys went through pool play undefeated, and then faced Northcross in the semi final going down 2-0. In the 3-4 playoff they faced Murray’s Bay narrowly going down 1-0 after a goal to Murray’s Bay with about 4 minutes on the clock. The boys finished 4th overall which was a fantastic result.  Our girls had a great day, having to step up to the challenge of playing A grade teams. They finished the day with one win, two draws and a loss to finish 7th = overall which was also a fantastic result.

A great effort from both teams, a special thanks to our coaches, managers and parents that helped make this day happen. Also thank-you to Year 10 student Jonas Soehnel who umpired both zone days for us. He also had the opportunity to umpire the boys final so a great experience for him as well.

North Harbour Intermediate Cross Country Zone Day                                                   Amazing results from the Year 7 and 8 North Harbour Cross Country Zone Day last Tuesday.   We had a team of 33 students attend the cross country zone day at Sanders Reserve with some fantastic results.

Congratulations to the following 5 students who finished in the top 10 for their respective event and now qualify to represent North Harbour at the Auckland Interzone Champs.                      Year 8 Girls: Olivia Taylor – 4th                                                                                                      Year 8 Boys: Jihu Lee – 10th                                                                                                          Year 7 Girls: Suyao Wong – 7th                                                                                                            Year 7 Boys: Zach Pudney – 7th  and Raika Macdonald – 8th year

Sports Opportunities:                                                                                                              While we are on a break from sport at the moment, we hope that we can get back into sport again soon. We still require additional players for the following sports so if your child is interested, please do get in touch.

Basketball – Year 7 and 8 Boys –   We need additional players for both our Year 7 and 8 boys teams. Games are played on a Monday evening (between 4pm and 9pm), and training is held at school either before or after school depending on the team.  The Competition is for Term 3 and Term 4.

Water Polo – Year 7 and 8 – Require  additional players for Term 3 and 4 competition. Games are played on a Friday evening at the AUT Millennium Pool, and team training is on a Monday from 4.30pm to 5.30pm.  

For further information or to register for any of these sports, please contact Jo Monkton:  jo.monkton@ajhs.school.nz

Sports Information: Sport now has a tab on the new look AJHS website. Some information is still being updated but each week we will share all AJHS team draws under the Sports Draw tab. https://www.ajhs.school.nz/sports-draws/

We will also share the draws on: AJHS Sport Facebook                                                             It has been a busy term of sport, so lets hope that this is a short break and we can get back out there again soon.  In the meantime, keep active and take care.

Online Learning

7M22 did not want to miss out on pratical work in Science during Lockdown.  Day one of home learning and these AMAZING students  have already been busy investigating the solubility of various substances  from their pantry.

Daisy Powell 

Coffee: Dissolved quicker in the hot water than the cold water.  Sugar: Dissolved around the same amount. Cocoa powder: Did Not dissolve well in the cold water but good in the hot water. 

Max Richardson 

I did coffee and sugar. 

Cold:  Coffee: It dissolves very slowly and may not dissolve at all. The water darkens more than warm and hot though. Sugar:it doesn’t dissolve at all and the sugar is overpowering the water.

Warm:  Coffee: It dissolves a little slow and makes a dark juice color leaving a bit of coffee on the top. Sugar: it dissolves most of the sugar but the water isn’t warm enough to burn down the sugar.

Hot:  Coffee: It dissolves very quickly leaving a dark coffee color it doesn’t leave any coffee sitting around it all dissolves. Sugar: it dissolves straight away not leaving a single bit of sugar.  

Connor McAuley 

Hot water created a more saturated solution.

We put 8 tablespoons of sugar into 200ml of hot water, we could have kept adding more, and 5 tablespoons of sugar into the 200ml of cold water before it stopped dissolving.

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