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On June 30 73 of our Somerville students took part in the Showquest event at the Aotea Kiri Te Kanawa theatre.

On Wednesday 9 June, the Somerville Boys' Rugby team competed in four games for the South Eastern Zone Championship. Held at Pakuranga Rugby Club, the weather was perfect and the grounds were in good condition for playing fast rugby.

The Somerville gymnastics team competed at the South Eastern Zone competition on Friday 11 June, coming home with some fantastic results.

On Tuesday 8 June, Somerville Intermediate School attended the SEZ Badminton competition held at St Kentigern College.

The Tokyo bound Olympian, NZ Black Stick, Rose Keddell, was at Somerville recently to speak to players and Kawarau Whānau students, as part of the nationwide Olympic Ambassador in Schools programme.

Our Pasifika fono was held last night (16 June) in our school library. This was a chance to come together with families, share time getting to know each other and talk about some of the aspirations for our children's education here at Somerville.

On Friday 28 May, fourteen enthusiastic Eco-Warriors took part in a carex planting event at Mangemangeroa Reserve. The event was organised and led by Ella from the Gecko Trust and Cate from Sustainable Schools.

On Thursday and Friday last week, our gymnasium was transformed into an exciting array of science shows, displays and activities.

On Friday 21 May, eight students represented Somerville in the Auckland heats for the annual Kids Lit Quiz.

The two action-packed days were run by Gary Carr, and involved various tasks that focused on the development of leadership skills.

We had the Year 8 boys and Year 8 girls qualify for Auckland Champs Interzone Orienteering.

At the end of Week 1 and throughout Week 2 of this term, our Year 8 classes attended the first of their EOTC excursions.

Congratulations to the Year 7 and Year 8 girls Football teams, who both placed first at the South Eastern Zone Tournaments.

All four Year 7 Whānau had highly successful, fun and engaging camp experiences towards the end of Term 1.

Many thanks to all the students and parents who joined us at the ANZAC Day celebrations at Stockade Hill in Howick on Sunday 25 April.

Our superstar tennis crew represented Somerville Intermediate at the SEZ Tennis tournament, hosted by us, and held at the Cockle Bay Tennis Centre and on our new Somerville astroturf.