Tag: Somerville Intermediate
East Auckland students rock out at BandQuest
By Times' Junior Journalist Manayah Peiris
Have you ever heard of BandQuest?
The Rockshop BandQuest is an amazing opportunity for kids from local schools to...
AIMS Games’ success inspires Somerville pride
Somerville Intermediate School athletes achieved high-level successes at the recent AIMS Games in Tauranga.
The proud Somerville Intermediate principal, Yolande Franke, says the school’s team...
Star-studded show – kapa haka outstanding
The Times is giving local youngsters who want to write stories – which we’ll publish on our website and in our digital publication –...
Bookarama another great success
The grand Bookarama sale of books, games, puzzles, LPs DVD's and CDs concluded successfully on the last Sunday of the school holidays.
Hundreds if not...
Bookarama has become a community-wide event
Preparation for the Bookarama sale at Somerville Intermediate from October 4 to 8 has been completed, ready for the Early Bird sale on Wednesday...
New Bookarama for Kids event a big hit
Large numbers of parents, grandparents and children visited the Bookarama for Kids sale in the Howick War Memorial Centre held recently.
They went away with...
Somerville wins Auckland Rugby Championships
Somerville Intermediate's U55kg side has won the Auckland Rugby Championships.
After winning the South Eastern Zone (SEZ) tournament on June 9, the rugby team was...
Fun runners’ delight
Shelly Park School once again won the Primary School's Cup in Sunday's Howick Rotary Fun Walk & Run which started on Stockade Hill.
Somerville Intermediate...
Enjoying Howick
As part of Howick 175 events and celebrations, we have asked Howick/Pakukranga residents to share some of their memories. Today we hear from is...
Somerville Y7 region’s champs
Somerville Intermediate's Year 7 football boys are the Auckland champions.
They represented the South Eastern Zone at the Auckland Championships on July 6 at Ngahue...
Local schools shine at Showquest
Northcross Intermediate (junior section) and Epsom Girls' Grammar School (open) have won first place in the Auckland regional Showquest event held on July 6-7...
Somerville Intermediate crowned Auckland’s football champs
Somerville Intermediate's Year 7 football boys are the Champions of Auckland.
They represented the South Eastern Zone at the Auckland Championships on Wednesday July 6,...
Champion of biodiversity
Former Howick College student Ethan McCormick has continued his journey to becoming a champion for biodiversity.
McCormick said his interest in the environment started at...
Brennan strikes gold
Chelsea Brennan has taken home the gold at the NZ Gymnastics Championships.
Chelsea is a modest 12-year-old from Somerville Intermediate who has been doing gymnastics...
Student conquers brain busters
A Year 8 Somerville Intermediate student has conquered the New Zealand quiz show Brain Busters, and another is set to appear.
Described as "the Chase...
School’s traffic congestion battle
Traffic congestion around an east Auckland primary school is so heavy its principal considered changing the time its pupils are let out to make...
Dealing with student anxiety as schools reopen post Covid -19
Murray Burton, Principal of Elim Christian College, says they’ve had all the protocols in place at all three campuses as school reopened yesterday after...
Howick Rotary Fun Run: great turn out in the sun
Having hosted the event for more 15 years now, the Howick Rotary Club of Fun Walk and Run had a good response despite the...
28 schools to put on their dancing shoes
The Howick and Pakuranga Dance Festival is being held once again this year at Somerville Intermediate from August 5-8 at 6.30pm.
The first two days...
Wearable arts showcases diversity at Somerville Intermediate
There are seven schools and 121 garments to be showcased at the Wear The World 2019 a Wearable Arts Showcase to be held at...
Sparks are flying in Howick
Hundreds of students will have their interest in science sparked at the ever-popular Science Roadshow which is being hosted by Somerville Intermediate from Wednesday...
Students left behind as bus overcrowding continues
With heavy backpacks in tow and their first lesson to get to, seven Somerville Intermediate students were stranded at the bus stop on Tuesday...
SVA primary school programme launches today
The Student Volunteer Army’s (SVA) Primary School Programme was officially launched today at Somerville Intermediate by Auckland Mayor Phil Goff.
The programme will see more than 32,000...
Spring festival packed with power
Sitting in the front row and swaying to the rhythm of the beat at the Koanga Festival hosted on Saturday at Somerville Intermediate School...
Niall on the way to indoor bowling champions
It’s not a game one normally associates with the young. So then what are students of an intermediate school doing playing indoor bowls and even excelling at it?
East Auckland schools to perform in Bandquest
Six east Auckland bands will battle it out at this year’s Rockshop Bandquest, the nationwide music contest for intermediate and primary students.
They will be...
Local students get immersed in incredible science
Students from east Auckland schools spent a day immersed in all things science at the University of Auckland’s Incredible Science day this week.
Featuring a...