Page 195 - Kimihia Volume 2

February  Room 5 created as a classroom with Mrs Batchelor
 Discovered that the school had been broken into on and Miss Urata as the class teachers.
two occasions over the Christmas break. September
 Senior school swimming sports held at the  Rooms 4 and 10 won themselves an unlimited
Huntly Municipal Pools. lunch at Huntly’s McDonalds restaurant.
 Junior swimming display held at the school pool.  Music Festival held at Huntly College with Mr
Bad weather resulted in the cancellation of the Aim and Mrs Perry whipping up a mighty fine
swimming sports. choir to participate.
 Councillors elected for the year.  Students participated in the BP Technology
Challenge in Hamilton.
March
 Junior school and senior school held October
disco  Spellathon held to raise money for school
 Kiwi Sports day held. trips and camps.
 $1,000 raised through the World Vision 40-hour  Kimihia holds its own Ellerslie Flower Show at
famine. school with their Flower Show Day.
 Kapahaka group commenced practices.  Kimihia officially becomes a “Shade
School” by promoting the wearing of hats and
April sunblock to children during any outdoor activity.
 Mrs Hubers left for Christchurch. Mrs Heperi  The Senior School Fitness Trail is
returned to teaching after taking maternity leave. completed and officially opened for use.
Mrs Perry took over Mrs Hommel’s class.
November
May  Successful Fun Run held by the PTA.
 Kidz Fun began at lunchtimes.  Senior School Athletics Day with top placings
 Senior school cross country with top placings going going on the compete in the inter-school event.
on to the Interschool event.  A “Cool School” evening was held to inform
 The building of the senior school fitness trail beg parents of the new peer mediation programme
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 unior school obstacle cross country held. being implemented and used in 1997.
 Class photographs taken on an overcast and  Te Kuiti kapahaka group visited the school to
rain-threatening day. perform.
 Book Fair held in the hall.  Ronald McDonald visited the junior school to
 Some senior school students raised funds for the talk about road safety.
school by manning drink stations in the Huntly Half  The 1996 School Christmas Concert was
Marathon. held. The children performed two concerts.
 Keeping Ourselves Safe was taught school-  The Kimihia whanau group organised a delicious
wide. hangi.
 Farewell held for Mrs Hommel.
 The senior school participated in a Kiwi Golf day December
(where principal Peter Aim tried to improve his  Senior School went to camp. The Forms 1 and 2
handicap). went to Taupo while Stds 3 and 4 went on day
trips to Auckland and Hamilton.
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June  unior School held a Teddy Bears’ picnic.
 On a warm and windy afternoon Jump Rope day  School closed on 18th with the issue of reports.
was held.
 Kimihia hosted the hockey in the interschool
winter sports day.
 Mr Johnson left at the end of term 2 and Mrs
Keats arrived at the beginning of term 3.

July
 School suffered another graffiti attack.
 Parent Interviews held
 School held its own Olympic Day to coincide with
the Atlanta Olympics.
 The entire school watched swimmer Danyon Loader
winning gold at the Olympics through a large number
of television sets brought to school by the staff.

August
 Red Nose Day supported by the school with many
wearing the red noses. Erina Watene,
a pupil from 1979 to 1986, graduating with a Bachelor
 Maori Culture Festival held in Huntly.
of Science & Technology degree from Waikato Uni-
versity in 1996.