ISSUE 11/14 22nd August

The informed parents guide

Quick Guide to What’s Happening

@ Howick Intermediate

2nd September SEZ Table Tennis 20th September Koanga Festival 24th September Arts Extravaganza Evening 11th October Out-of-zone enrolments 17th October Community Information Evening

Please note that this term the Newsletter will be coming out every second week. If you have any notices that you would like included, please email them to newsletter@howickint.school.nz.

Space is at a premium and we may not always be able to satisfy your request.

GROCERY

Classes have been allocated types of grocery items —please

support us by donating these items towards the raffle! Thanks for your

support!

Acne is a skin condition that occurs when your hair follicles become plugged with oil and dead skin cells. Acne most com-monly appears on your face, neck, chest, back and shoulders. Acne can be distressing and annoyingly persistent. Acne le-sions heal slowly, and when one begins to resolve, others seem to crop up. Depending on its severity, acne can cause emo-tional distress and lead to scarring of the skin. The good news is that effective treatments are available — and the earlier treatment is started, the lower your risk of lasting physical and emotional damage. Acne can take the following forms: Noninflammatory lesions •Comedones (whiteheads and blackheads) are created when the openings of hair follicles become clogged and blocked with oil secretions, dead skin cells and sometimes bacteria. When comedones (koe-muh-DOE-neez) are open at the skin surface, they're called blackheads because of the dark appearance of the plugs in the hair follicles. When comedones are closed, they're called whiteheads — slightly raised, skin-colored bumps. Inflammatory lesions •Papules are small raised bumps that signal inflammation or infection in the hair follicles. Papules may be red and tender. •Pustules (pimples) are red, tender bumps with white pus at their tips. •Nodules are large, solid, painful lumps beneath the surface of the skin. They're formed by the buildup of secretions deep within hair follicles. •Cysts are painful, pus-filled lumps beneath the surface of the skin. These boil-like infections can cause scars. When to see a doctor Acne usually isn't a serious medical condition. But you may want to seek medical treatment from a dermatologist for per-sistent pimples or inflamed cysts to avoid scarring or other damage to your skin. If acne and the scars it may have left are affecting your social relationships or self-esteem, you may also want to ask a dermatologist if your acne can be controlled or if your scars can be diminished. Acne treatments work by reducing oil production, speeding up skin cell turnover, fighting bacterial infection, reducing the inflammation or doing all four. With most prescription acne treatments, you may not see results for four to eight weeks, and your skin may get worse before it gets better. Your doctor or dermatologist may recommend a prescription medica-tion you apply to your skin (topical medication) or take by mouth (oral medication). (Notes from Mayo Clinic) Nurse Raewyn

This year, Howick Intermediate went hard out for the hungry in the 40th 40 Hour Famine. The 40 Hour Famine is New Zealand’s largest youth fundraising event for children in other countries that need urgent help. This year World Vision is supporting the children of Malawi. Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world and right now they are going through a food crisis from a drought. All their crops have been damaged causing millions of people to have little to no food for up to six months. This causes severe malnutrition and stunted growth, which means you don’t grow much. The children of Malawi were starving to death and 74% of the population live on less than $1.51 a day. They needed our help and so a group of students from Howick Intermediate responded to this crisis. From the 23rd to 25th of May, these students gave up either eating, talk-ing or technology for 40 hours to fundraise money for the children in Malawi. Altogether we raised over $1000. This money will make a massive difference in communities in Malawi. The money will go to buying cows, goats, and chickens for milk and livestock. It will also go to buying seeds so families can grow a large range of fruit and vegetables. We would like to congratulate all the generous and caring students who took part in the 40 Hour Famine. We also want to acknowledge the top 4 fundraisers. 1st equal -Anusha (Rm 15) and Georgia (Rm 15) with over $200 each, 2nd—Anisa (Rm 20) and 3rd—Cody (Rm 15). by Cale Ying Room 21

On Thursday, 7th August, Howick Intermediate held a speech final. Ms Clansey introduced us to the judges. One of the judges picked a name out of a bag and gave it to Ms Clansey to read. First up was Maiya from Room 6. Her speech was about ‘What’s really in our food?’ We all learned something new from her speech. Our next contestant was Shekinah from Room 16. She taught us about ‘Why breakfast is important’. We learnt that by just eating a healthy breakfast, you could reduce the amount of risk of cancer or a disease. Next was Emily from Room 21 and she told us about ‘Strange Jobs’. Now we know to make sure that we’re careful when we choose our jobs in the future. Our next contestant was Savanah from Room 21 who reminded us about the seriousness of bullying. She was strong and was determined to make sure that we all knew how important it was to stop bullying. Next representing not just Whanau Cooper, but all the boys was Martin from Room 7. He talked to us about the impact of technology of society. It sure was a cool speech. Last, but definitely not least was Georgia from Room 16 who spoke to us about mobile phones. She reminded us that mobile phones were made for calling and texting, not for anything else. Once she finished, Mrs Chang had prepared two groups to sing some songs for us. They were all very talented and great at singing. Once the performances had finished, the judges had made their final decision. Ms Clansey read out the awards, ”The runner up is… Emily!” She stood up and everyone clapped. Ms Clansey then announced the winner, ”The winner of Howick Intermediate 2014 Speeches is… Savanah!” Everyone clapped as she stood up and was congratulated. This has been a great 2014 speech finals. Once again, congratulations to the finalists, and con-gratulations to Savanah!

by Sophia Laurenson and Nuoya Huang

Whanau Cooper Room 6– Leon Tran Room 8- Amy Liang

Whanau Ngata

Room 14– Revival Fakaua Room 17-Pirla Asiata

Whanau Mansfield

Room 18– Room 18 students & Karin Yamana

Room 19– Codey Connal & Ruan van Heerden

Room 20—Lezani Gouws & Reiven

Zamora The Doctors (Tony Cui, Kevin Kit, Sophia Laurenson, Nuoya Huang, Anisa Konelio, Nishita Sahay, Rasleen Sandhu, Uzziah

Kalepo, Marcus Tuiasosopo, Isabel Gomez, Lezani Gouws)

Room 21– Stacy Harrison

&Lucy Smart

Specialist Awards Art-Tiara Morris, R17

Soft Materials-Selina Gee Rm 16 Hashfi Laksana, Cody Cullen, Angelo

Taufa, Lelefu Sang Yum, Laqa Luni, Tomaii Elama Rm 15

Food Technology-Izzy Talb Rm 6 ,Jasmine Judge Rm 7, Neil Mishra Rm 19 and

Jimmy Thai Rm19

AUCKLAND TONGA NETBALL

Represent Tonga at this year's Pacific Challenge 2014

Trials for the following grades:

U11, U13, U15, U17, U19 (players for the U11 grade be no younger

than 9 years)

If you are interested in putting in a team of Tongan players for these grades, please

contact us directly.

All trials will be held at Waitakere Netball Centre, Te Pai Courts.

Registrations for both days will be at 9.30am.

Registration fee $5.00 to be paid at first trial.

First Trial - Saturday 30 August 2014 at 9.30am-12.00pm

Second Trial - Saturday 6 September 2014 at 9.30am-12.00pm

Call me today. For any other further infor-

mation please contact Leigh Fineanga-nofo text mobile 021 333 274

Email: aucklandtonganetball@gmail.com

Questions:

Are you looking forward to competing? Why? What is your favourite thing about cooking? What things do you think your group can

work on? How do you feel about being on tv? On a scale from 1 (the lowest) and ten (the

highest), what would you rate your group with how they’re going to do? And why?

Izzy Room 6 (Captain)

Yes, because I’ve never done something like this.

The way my team works together. Our presentation. Nervous and excited. 10, we have worked really hard for this.

Jasmine Room 7 Yes, because I’m working with my friends. Eating the food. Plan and organisation. Shy and excited. 7, because the food is great but we could do

better.

Jimmy Room 19 Yes, because it’s a unique experience, you

can’t pass up. We get to have fun and make new friends. Because prepared. Nervous. 9, because I believe in us! Neil Room 19 Yes, because it’s really fun. Eating the food with my friends. Not standing around. Happy. 8, because we’re almost perfect.

What is the Kitchen Showdown?

It’s a cooking competition where you get to show

off your cooking skills to the country! Teams

must be year 7 and/or year 8 students, with four

students per team. Each team must create their

very own recipe, with a few key requirements.

The meal must:

- be a MAIN course meal and be able to serve a

family of 4 people (2 adults+2 children).

- cost a maximum of $20 to make.

- include the use of one MAGGI product.

- be able to be made and plated up in 50mins (but

not quicker than 40mins)

Check out the Judging Criteria for .details on

what our three judges will be looking for.

The winning will win the grand prize of $5,000 or

one of two runner up prizes of $1,000.

The three teams in the National Final will all be

treated to a VIP on air experience on The 4.30

Show.

All of the 36 schools in the regional finals will be

filmed and shown on The 4.30 Show too.