Exposition - Surf Life Saving

Being a surf lifeguard is voluntary, they do not get paid, they need your help, to buy the equipment needed, to save lives. Get involved.

There are a number of simple ways that you, your family and friends, can help out. Think about joining a surf life saving club, get your school involved or simply make a donation. Every little bit of support makes a difference.

Surf lifesavers risk their own lives, to save people. To fully train and equip one lifeguard, it costs around $2,600. This money is well worth it, surf lifesavers are the true hero’s of the surf.

Lifeguards put out red and yellow flags. They do this for a reason. That reason is for your safety. So swim between the flags. At the beach there are a lot of rocks. If you are exploring or fishing, be safe, rocks get slippery and very dangerous. Being sun smart is another tip. If you follow these tips, you will have a fun and enjoyable time at the beach.

So the next time you are swimming, surfing and having a good time at the beach, think about the lifeguards. They are just ordinary people who do extraordinary things.

Maui's Dolphins Mural

Room 23 at Pukekohe Intermediate, have been researching the endangered Maui"s Dolphins. Our class room has been looking at ways that we can help save these animals. Our class has decided to paint a mural about the Maui's dolphins. Vanessa Graham is the artist that is currently painting the mural. Our class room has worked very hard to get to this stage of the mural. During Week 9 of Term 2 our classroom made a keynote presentation on the Maui's Dolphins to show the rest of Pukekohe Intermediate how endangered the dolphins are. We also showed them how they can help the Maui's. A group of students in our class organized for a black, white and Grey mufti day. Every student that wears the mufti will bring a gold coin donation. The money that we raise will go towards special equipment to help the Maui's dolphin survive.

Aims Netball 2009

Through out week 6 Pukekohe Intermediate have been running Aims trials for Aims netball in Week 8 of term 3. There were 3 trials and every girl got at least 2 trials on court. We got to trial in our best positions. On the Thursday we had our last trial. The trial finished at morning tea, and then we got called out a list of around 20 girls that had been called back out for callbacks, at lunch time that day. After that trial the girls were very nervous waiting to find out who the team was.We got told that the list of the Aims team will be on room 31's window by Friday. Everyone run to the list and the Aims team is: Jazmin (captain) Anna-Lee, Bailee, Tegan, Leota, Shannon, Danelle, Tamara, Kelly, Katelin, Danika and Havannah these girls will represent Pukekohe Intermediate in Zone in A grade and at Aims.

'Now the hard work really begins'

2009 Chocolate Fundraising

This year Pukekohe Intermediate is taking part in the Cadbury Chocolate School Fundraiser. This year the money that is raised by all of the year 8's will go towards two marquee tents. They will both be named and contain the school logo. These tents will be taken to zone sports. The money that is raised by the year 7's will go towards their year 8 camp next year.

There is going to prizes for the top chocolate sellers. One prize for year 7 and one for year 8. There is also two prizes for the two top classes and a spot prize for anyone that has sold at least one box of chocolate.

Many people have taken part in this school wide event an look forward to sell them again next year.

Spellodrome Certificate

Mathlectics Certificate

Ngahinapouri School Netball Tournament Hamilton

On Sunday 24th of May, Pukekohe Intermediate sent a netball team of 10 girls, Danelle Cox (Captain) Jazmin Fulton, Kelly Drew, Tegan Hunter, Danielle McNabb, Shannon van den Berg, Havannah Pearson, Jorgia Watson, Billie Paterson and Bailee Graham.The girls travelled to Minogue Park Netball Courts in Hamilton.We competed in 5 games throughout the day. It started off sunny for the first 2 games but then the rain hit and it was freezing cold. Pukekohe Platinum did extremely well placing second in the tournament by only one goal! We had many injuries and numb fingers but we all had an awesome day and it was awesome fun.

The results were:
Pukekohe vs St Andrews 21-10 Win
Pukekohe vs Peach Grove 13-12 Loss
Pukekohe vs TAI Soldiers 13-13 Draw
Pukekohe vs Maeroa 18-3 Win
Pukekohe vs Berkeley 13-9 Win