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Reminder that the first boot camp starts Monday first day back at 7:30am - 8:15am in the school gym.  Showers are available in the old gym, both girls and boys changing rooms will be open for the girls only and shower curtains will be in place.

We have a sports FacebookPage where we place sports updates, notices, etc on a weekly basis.

This can be found as Papanui High School - Sport, simply "Like" and join up.

CONGRATULATIONS to all athletes who competed creditably at the South Islands Athletics champs in Nelson this weekend. Exceptional performances from:

• Rebecca Gillett (10Rsg) - 1st under 14 girls Long Jump, 2nd 80m Hurdles, 3rd 200m, 
• Chantal Hall (10Wdj ) - 1st under 14 girls Discus
• Goitem Gebremedehin (9bcj) - 1st under 14 Boys 1500m, 3rd 800m
• Matt Harris (12Cmj) - 3rd Senior Boys 200m
• Brandon James (10Wdj ) - 3rd under 14 Boys Discus

Also some good performances from Matt Brorens (4th Javelin), Maraea Tanali Kennedy (7th Discus), Harrison Allan (5th Shotput, 7th Discus), Ben Tuetue 7th Discus
All athletes made finals, and are looking forward to National secondary school champs in Dunedin in December.

PHS students involved in the Choir, Guitar Ensemble, Concert Band, Flute Ensemble and Chamber Music groups spent Friday 16th - Sunday 18th March in Hanmer Springs on camp. Students from years 9-13 were involved and worked exceptionally hard. Highlights included everybody (staff and helpers included!) participating in a massed choir rehearsal and performance, and the final concert where everyone presented the music that they had been working on. The students devised some great skits for the Saturday night and everyone enjoyed some well deserved relaxation in the pools on Sunday. The music department would like to thank everybody involved in the weekend for helping to make it such a success, and preparations for the 2013 camp are already well under way.

CONGRATULATIONS to all those who competed in the Canterbury Secondary schools Athletics finals on Saturday.
Notable performances include:
Rebecca Gillett 1st Under 15 Girls Triple Jump, 1st 80 m Hurdles, 3rd Long Jump
Chantal Hall 10Wdj 1st Under 14 girls Discus, 2nd Shotput
Matt Harris 12Cmj 1st Senior Boys 100m, 3rd 200m
Ben Musson 12Mcp 1st Senior Boys 3000m
Matt Brorens 13Skm 2nd Senior Boys Javelin
Goiteom Gebremedehin 9Bcj 3rd under 14 boys 800m, 3rd 1500m
Gerogia Sherlock 10Bls 3rd under 15 Girls Discus
Other students to qualify for South Island Championships include: Sho Mathieson (Long Jump); Maraea Kennedy Tenali (Discus), Ben Tuetue (Shotput), Brandon James (Discus)

International Week Photos

On March 25th The Give way rules are changing. These changes will affect all drivers, pedestrians and cyclists. Make sure that you know the new rules so you will know what to do. Details of the rules can be found by following this link http://www.nzta.govt.nz/traffic/around-nz/road-user-rule.html

The library is looking into the possibility of obtaining some e-books that can be loaned out in much the same way as you get books out now, but these would be available for use on your e-reader or mobile device.

To help them in this process PLEASE could you complete the short survey that is linked below.

e-reader and e-book survey

Megan Crosbie, of 9Wld, traveled to Wellington last weekend to compete in the National Spelling Bee. This event was highly competitive and played out with high drama in front of a large audience in Wellington's Circa Theatre. Megan did exceptionally well, finishing at third equal, after stumbling on the word 'emaciated'. We are very proud of Megan's high achievement. It was the result of hours of study and practice with lists of very long and complicated words. Congratulations, Megan!