Welcome to Year Seven and Eight

The Year 7/8 syndicate is made up of three classrooms with up to 29 students in each. The team is lead by Kylie Malpass (Room 2), Miriam Burgess teaches in Room 1 and Gemma Rennie in Room 3. All teachers work and plan together as a team and run a parallel programme. 

 

OUR VISION

By the end of Year 8 our students will have developed the skills to Critically Think, be independent and have developed Work and Study Skills to prepare them for future education.
 

The Year 7/8 syndicate are given the following unique learning opportunities;

  • Students are selected by staff and their peers to lead each school house and become the student council members.
  • All students take part in Technicraft at Fairfield Intermediate. This takes place on a Monday and a Friday every second week. The subjects are - Art, Fabric, Food and Workshop (Hard Materials).
  • Every term all students participate in the Catholic Intermediate School Sports competitions - Swimming, Cross-country, Athletics.
  • Students also have the opportunity to be selected for Waikato Full Primary Schools competitions which cover both sporting and academic pursuits. 
  • Strips are awarded to students who achieve excellence in sporting or academic activities. Students can also receive strips for conduct.
  • Each classroom learns a different second language for the year. Room 1 - Spanish, Room 2 - French, Room 3 - Japanese.
  • Science Fair is a big part of term 2 where students plan and carry out individual science fair investigations.
  • There are two EOTC experiences offeref this year, the first one being our annual trip to the Whakapapa ski fields. Our term four camp this year is based in Katikati.