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As the year draws to a close it is time to say farewell to a couple of long-standing staff members who are moving on.
Suzie Wulf has been a wonderful teacher, coach, mentor to many, many students in her 10 years at Mt Roskill Intermediate. Suzie has filled many major roles in her time at the school but the most influential have been as director of netball and teacher-liaison with the Three Kings Netball Association and as the teacher in charge of our Culture Group. In these roles, Suzie has given many of our students particularly our Pasifika students, skills and attitudes that they will take through life. Her guidance and her wisdom have been appreciated by these students and their families and we will miss that.
As a classroom teacher Suzie provides her pupils with a settled and hard-working classroom environment and she has that wonderful mix of discipline and understanding that only the very best teachers have.
Robyn Gudsell is retiring, getting married and moving to Nelson, which sounds very exciting. Robyn has worked at the school for over 15 years. Once again she has fulfilled a number of roles in that time as well as being a classroom teacher. Robyn’s classroom is a very settled and quiet place and her students appreciate the opportunities she has given them. She has made many friends over the years from within the staff and she will be missed, but I think it’s fair to say, retirement in Nelson is an attractive proposition.
Another teacher to leave us, hopefully just for a year, is Atsuko Sato who has taught Japanese at the school for over 5 years now. She has been extremely helpful as a liaison person with our visits from Munakata City in Japan and has also introduced Japanese Dance into the school. We wish her well for next year.
Others to leave us at the end of the year are Marisa Lobo our teacher of Spanish and Freya Connolly who works in the Special Needs Unit. Freya is moving next door to the Endeavour Centre and will have a position of responsibility there. We congratulate her on this promotion and wish her well.
Mike O’Reilly
Principal
Champion of Champions Athletics Interzone Team
On Wednesday the 9th December a group of twelve enthusiastic athletes set out for Mt Smart Stadium to take part in the Champion of Champions Athletics Interzone competition. Despite the burning sun and fierce competition our students did the school proud by competing in a number of both track and field events. To qualify for this competition was an achievement in itself, but to come away with some prizes was exceptional. Janet Stewart won first place for the Intermediate Girls shotput, Prempeh Frimpong won first place in the Senior Boys long jump, and Kavika Hutchinson and Robert Mafi both third place in the Intermediate and Junior Boys shotput consecutively. Congratulations to all the students who took part.
Skyler Smith
Tiana Tuialii
Emalata Sapoi
Janet Stewart
Grace Nicholson
Kavika Hutchinson
Zac Speedy
Robert Mafi
Finau Payne
Prempeh Frimpong
Brandon Mihaere
Nia Mafi (absent from photo)
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