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Mount Roskill Grammar hosted the finalists of the NIWA Auckland City Science and Technology Fair. Approximately 180 students, Years 7-13, exhibited at this year’s 60th anniversary of the Fair, held in our hall, Friday 30th and Saturday 31st of August. Innovative minds from across central Auckland presented a broad variety of projects that inspire and spark imagination.
We are extremely proud of our own students who participated and excelled:

• Fateema Islam Y9: “Surface Tension vs. Density” (Material World) – 3rd Place / Special Prize
• Rishi Santosh Y10: “Food to Mars” (Research) – Highly Commended / Special Prize
• Devika Modak Y10: “Most Aerodynamic Car Shape” (Physical World) – Highly Commended
• Mahreen Dossa Y9: “Watch Out” (Living World) – Highly Commended
• Alex Thomson Y9: “Air Pressure” (Physical World)
• Joshlyn Iyekekpolo Y9: “A Better Way” (Living World)
• Eric Li Y9: “Does Caffiene Affect Recall” (Living World)
• Afsandi Hafidz Y9: “Does Caffiene Affect Recall” (Living World)
• Noa Travis Y9: “What Foods Do Ants Prefer” (Living World)
• Ezekiel Haunga Y9: “What Foods Do Ants Prefer” (Living World)
• Sana Dhala Y9: “pH and Bodies” (Material World).

Congratulations to all of our sports teams that spent last week representing our school during Tournament Week. And thank you to all the coaches, managers, and families who helped prepare and support our teams.

The final standings for teams that attended Tournament Week 2019 are below:

For 1 week (27 August – 3 September) over 1,600 schools worldwide took part in the International Language Perfect World Championship run by Education Perfect (www.educationperfect.com). Over 105 million questions were answered.

And…the final results are out!

Mount Roskill Grammar is:

* Top 40 in the World

* 11^th in NZ

* 4^th in French in NZ

* Answered 400,000 questions gaining over 164,000 points

Teacher Feedback:

“Dear Language Perfect Team, Thank you for the joy you are giving our students during the Language Olympics. They are having so much fun which is surely one of the most important factors in language learning. They are positive and enthusiastic, and they say “we learn so much”. They feel empowered! Well done on organising such a positive and helpful event.”

Top MRGS winners were:

• Elite Award & Badge (10,000+ points): Liahona Lauano (MRGS Top pupil), Huthaifa Ibrahim, Riley Mara and Bhavya Jasti
• Emerald Award (5,000+ points): Ayesha Ibrahim, Zahlia Prasad, Nathan Carpendale, Lucy Palu
• Gold Award (3,000 points): Lisanke Gowsigan, Ayesha Ali, Armaan Mohammed, Nayu Kondo, Aamina Mohamed
• Silver Award (2,000+ points): Reuben Byrne, Zoey Liu, Mathesh Suthakaran
• Bronze Award (1,000+ points): Euan McDougall, Jessica Chung, Sylvia McDougall, Jelena Faleafaga, Muznah Siddiqi, Jannet Xu, Rhea Lalani, Lily Mao, Karen Wang, Nancya Lin, April Hartmann, Winnie Zou, Morsal Darman, Akshaya Mathialagan, Fabian Li