Girls Basketball

In Term 3, August the 13th, the Girls Basketball team was sent off to the basketball tournament held in Papatoetoe. The room 33 teacher Mrs. Marks coached the team. Mrs. Marks gave a lot of great tips to the girls, which really helped on the day.

The year 8 players had great fun playing with the year 7 students and having them a part of our basket ball team. Our team played a number of challenging games against: Manurewa, Rose hill, Green Meadows, Weymouth and game out with an amazing placing of fourth place.

On behalf of the team Leota and I would like to say a big thank you to Mrs. Marks and Jack Matiaha for taking their time to coach us.

Thank-you.

Franklin Multi-Cultural Festival

On Sunday 22nd of March, schools from the Franklin District participated in the Franklin Multi-Cultural Festival. This event was the major fund raiser for Puni School and celebrated diversity in our community. The festival was held at the Pukekohe Intermediate School field. Schools competed in a game of Ki-O-Rahi-An active game that is a combination of skills from Netball, Dodgeball, and tag. The games actual name means "Rob The Nest."

Approximately 8-10 schools participated in the Ki-O-Rahi games and 15-18 teams competed in the game. There were 6 Ki-O-Rahi fields.

There were a variety of food stalls from different cultures.

There were also a number of performances from local schools-Polynesian, Indian, Chinese Dragon dance, Kapa Haka, and adult performances.

We enjoyed the festival and we'd like to thank all the sponsors that supplied our teams with t-shirts.

• Daniel Fulton- major sponsor(Fulton Swim School)
• Robert Harris
• Mc Donalds
• Wes Pac
• Kwacha
  

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“Ready to Compete”

Nine teams from Pukekohe Intermediate competed in the annual Coca Cola Netball Tournament
Nine teams representing Pukekohe Intermediate School took the courts for the Coca Cola Netball Tournament in Papakura.
The competition attracted schools from the wider Auckland area. Only school teams could enter the tournament. A lot of work went into the behind the scenes organization before the competition day. Players had to organize their own teams, and also had to provide their own set of bibs, a netball ball, an umpire and a manager, if team requirements were not met, the team would have not been able to attend the competition. Two buses were provided to transport the nine teams to Bruce Pulman Park in Papakura.
We played a total of 4-5 games in each grade. Teams were awarded points for a win, points for a loss, and points for a draw at our whole school assembly. Teams displayed sportsmanship and were competitive on the day.