Stepz / Year 8 Leavers Social

Every year, Pukekohe Intermediate Year 8 students learn eight dances, to prepare for the Year 8 Leavers Social. This year the social will be held on Wednesday 9th December. For approximately four weeks now, all Year 8 students have been attending the Stepz practices, with the dancing instructor, Simon. The practices are held every Friday, and the last practice will be held this Friday. Students are getting prepared for the event, and some are going to be escorted by partners to and from the dance. At the social, all girls must be escorted into the dining area by a boy, to be able to enter for dinner.

The dressing policy includes:

- NO jeans
- Formal appearance
- Girls must wear dresses or a skirt
- Formal looking footwear

"The Year 8 leavers social is always a highlight for the students, this is an event that students never forget!"

Pukekohe Intermediate Careers Day 2009

With weeks of preparation, Room 3 students and teacher, organized a informative careers day, which was held on Thursday 19th November. A variety of different career speakers taught Pukekohe Intermediate students, with learning of their present career, and the environments they work in today. The event was held all day, ran smoothly and was a great learning opportunity for the students.

All students were directed to three sessions, throughout the day.
All Lessons had a time limit of 45 - 60 minutes.

Schedule for the day

8.40 Bell rings
8.45 Admin
9.00 Move to classrooms
9.15 Lesson One starts

10.30 Morning Tea

11.00 Move to classrooms
11.15 Lesson Two starts

12.30 Lunchtime

1.15 Move to classrooms
1.30 Lesson Three Starts
1.40 Move back to normal classrooms
Pack-Up

2.45 Hometime

Career Instructors included:

- Swimming Coaches
- Mayor
- Director of Sales
- Newspaper Reporters
- Army
- Police Force
- Sports Co-ordinator

My three career sessions I attended included:

- Director of Sales / Reon: E.M.I Music
- Newspaper Reporter / Samantha
- Mayor / Mark Ball

Sales Director / E.M.I Music Representitive

E.M.I Music representitive, Reon Graham, stated information, about his job in the music industry. E.M.I music, is the oldest music company in the world. E.M.I has been in New Zealand for just over 80 years. From tapes and records to C.D's and new music communication devices, E.M.I continue to produce music for satrs around the world, including:

- Blur
- Ben Harper
- Iron Maiden
- Beastie Boys
- Spice Girls
- Queen
- Katie Perry
- Lily Allen

The job requires you to be able to sell albums to music stores around New Zealand. Anyone can become apart of E.M.I, but you must be honest and be able to be trusted. People communication skills are vital in this job. Communication used to contact buisnesses are on emails, phone calls and other communication devices like i-phones and phones.

You are required to sell $1.3 million dollars worth of albums every month, approximately being about 60,000 albums.

Background Information: Reon has been in the Music Industry for 19 years. His greatest accomplishment is when he sold $1 million dollars worth of albums in one order!

"Just always do your best in tasks, that you will face in your future career", states Reon Graham, father of Bailee Graham, Room 23 classroom student.

Journalist / Samantha
Franklin Life
Assistant Editing / Writing

As apart of this job, you create the layout of the newspaper, depending on what job you have in the industry. Everyday, you meet different and new faces, and also report on varieties of stories and articles, that are wanted to be published.

Skills that are required for you to have in this working industry are:

- Time Management
- Hard Working / Put in 100% in all tasks
- Fairly forward
- Research Skills
- Spelling / Grammar
- Creative
- Have all qualifications needed
- Good writer / Photographer

Background Information: Sam studied at University for three years, with general knowledge.

You are constantly under pressure with deadlines and tasks that are needed to be completed. The newspaper structure is always changing, so you must be a person who can work efficiently and accurately. The overall comment is that it is great fun and you enjoy the new companionship you meet everyday!

Mayor
Mark Ball
Franklin District Council

Skills required for Council:

- Be able to communicate and be understood
- Clear speaker
- Be able to understand and listen to what people are suggesting

Qualifications for Life:

- At least some tertiary schooling

Background Information: Mark attended the police for 17 years. He was in the training team for the 1981 Commonwealth Games, to represent New Zealand.

This job is not a hard job, but you must have time management. You usually have no spare time during the job. You plan out the shops and upcoming events that are held in the Franklin District.

"The day was great fun, I enjoyed the guest speakers, and I really learnt alot", quotes Billie Paterson, Year 8 student, Room 23, Pukekohe Intermediate.

Zone Touch Tournament / Super Touch Tournament

Three teams recently represented our school at the Zone Touch Tournament, held at Bruce Pulman Park in Papakura. Each team consisted of approximately 10 players. With training several days during the week, all participants played to the top of the game.

A couple of teams played extremely well placing the Girls Team in second place, only losing by two tries out of the tournament. The boys team and the Mixed, both came out with 4th placing in the tournamet for 2009.

Players of the Day in each of the teams:

Boys Team - Trent Smith
Girls Team - Kelly Drew
Mixed Team - Hope Rhind

The mixed team, out of the five games they played, won zero, but still coming out with the 4th placing. Teams we played included:

- Green Meadows
- North Counties
- South Counties
- Mansell
- Manurewa

Super Touch Tournamet 2009

This year, our school entered into the Super Touch Tournamet, held at the Colin Lawrie Fields, every Friday night. Our school have entered two teams, a boys and girls.

Our manager Jack has organised our school to participate in the event for 2009.
All players have given 100% participation and effort in the past games and look forward to the future games that will come!!

GO PUKEKOHE INTERMEDIATE