Year 9 Thoughts on 2022 so far... Amber Corney
Hannah Lines
What has been your impression of Ōtūmoetai College over the past term? It has been a very good first term with lots of nice people and teachers. I really enjoyed tech classes.
What has been your impression of Ōtūmoetai College over the past term? This first term at college has been great! I love how you have completely different people and teachers in each class. The first day was a little bit scary, and it was confusing trying to read the timetable and find your way around the school. To start off with, the school seemed massive and overwhelming, but now at the end of Term 1, it doesn’t feel big at all! The Year 13s and 12s were a little bit intimidating, but once you’ve been at school for a few weeks you start to settle in. There are also heaps of cool people here, and a massive amount of opportunities to get involved with!
What are some of the things you are looking forward to in Term two? Trying new techs and getting into more sports. What are the opportunities you have embraced since beginning college life? Eg: Sport, Cultural, Drama, Music, Committees? I am in the B netball team and have just finished term one volleyball. I have also trialled for multiple other things.
Finn Taylor What has been your impression of Ōtūmoetai College over the past term? It has been a very good term. It is very easy to find my way around the school, very good learning and PE is fun. The teachers are very helpful and the canteen is yummy too! What are some of the things you are looking forward to in Term two? My teachers for English and PE are leaving for the rest of the year so I am intrigued to see who the new teachers are. My new techs and to see what I am doing for PE. What are the opportunities you have embraced since beginning college life? Eg: Sport, Cultural, Drama, Music, Committees? Sport is good and in music I have learnt how to play some instruments. In drama I’ve learnt how to say lines and memorise a full script.
What are some of the things you are looking forward to in Term two? A few of the things I’m looking forward to in Term 2 are getting a new timetable with two new techs to trial, meeting new people and experiencing new opportunities, being able to play water polo, and getting involved with the swimming sports. What are the opportunities you have embraced since beginning college life? Eg: Sport, Cultural, Drama, Music, Committees? Some of the things I’ve embraced since being at college are some of the whare competitions. They’re such a cool idea to get people involved in the school activities! Within the first month of college, our form classes went on a trip to Whakamarama. I think that was great because it got us to meet people early in the year! I’ve been lucky enough to be able to try an awesome Spanish drink that we had during Spanish class, as well as some super cool experiments in Science, we’ve also made some pretty yummy food in Food Technology!
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