Year 9 student Rawiri Tristram-Brown
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Plogging Club – 300km
On Tuesday 7 November the Plogging Club at Horowhenua College completed 300 km of running and litter collection for the year. Plogging is the act of running and collecting litter throughout the community. Throughout the year they have collected over 187 kg of litter! The Plogging Club runs 3 days a week and has 15 members. Great job keeping your fitness up and keeping Levin beautiful!
Congratulations Harrison McQuillan
Congratulations Harrison McQuillan on winning the Horowhenua College Year 10 DVC Craftbuild Flatpack Furniture Competition. A big thanks to Simon Raikes, Natalie, Jo and the team at Craftbuild Industries Levin for sponsoring this project and the time spent working with Harrison! Follow the link below to check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyrSz1Mf4dQ
Outdoor Education
In Term 2, Senior Outdoor Education classes have been participating in assessments for bushcraft and survival skills, camping, mountain biking, and rock climbing. The students have been making use of the Manawatū, Horowhenua-Kāpiti, and Porirua regions. Level 2 & 3 Outdoor Education students completed a three-day trip into the Tararua Ranges camping beside the Waiotauru River and exploring the Tararua Ranges. They have also been climbing at Moffat’s Rock in the Ōtaki Gorge with a trip also planned for Pukerua Bay. Year 11 students have been mountain biking in Foxton Forest, at Bright Ridge Skyline Track in Paraparaumu, and at Rangituhi Trail Park in Porirua. Daniel Riggs TIC Outdoor Ed
Iwi Planting Day
Our Rangatahi Ora Year 9 students had an amazing day working with Muaūpoko Tribal Authority and Horizon’s Regional Council planting trees in the Arawhata Bush Reserve. 1000 trees were planted to connect the existing bush reserve with the plants along the Arawhata Stream to help improve the quality of the water flowing into Punahau (Lake Horowhenua). Dylan Kiriona Rangatahi Ora Co-ordinator
World Vision
We had four students attend the World Vision Youth Conference. The focus this year was the “one drop more foundation” which provides safe water for people all over the world. Every day, 2,000 children under the age of five die due to not having access to safe water. Before this conference, I had never thought twice about if I could drink water safely or even have a shower, but millions of kids do not have that same luxury. The hosts, Matt and Rach Renata, were amazing. Their passion for what they were talking about and the change that they wanted was clear. Every person in the room could feel how much they were working towards a better future. They discussed in depth the effect water availability has on people. They showed us videos of real people who suffer first hand with this issue and people they have helped. Seeing real…
Model EU
Model EU was an amazing experience for us students at Horowhenua College. There were many schools from all over the country. Some were very intimidating but we stuck together and performed well. We were all given a country to represent in the European Union. I had Romania. We then were split off to different rooms which looked very professional and official as we were at parliament. We then argued about many different directives and policies, all while acting as if we were the official delegate of the country. We had researched weeks prior for this event and made many new friends from all over the country! We then had the chance to hear from many different ministers and delegates of countries which were all very influential. It was scary at the start, but as the event went along we all got comfortable in the different committee sessions that occurred. We…