Fairfield Intermediate, sometimes shortened to FIS, is a year 7-8 school located in
Fairfield,
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, New Zealand. It has a roll of as of and has a decile rating of 5. The principal is Angela Walters.
History
The school was founded in 1963 and was and still is the only school in North-East Hamilton that caters to year 7-8 students. The school has for many years gone to Port Waikato and Pauanui for school camps. This has been changed for the 2013 camps where Pauanui is no longer used for the trips.
Notable alumni
Notable alumni of Fairfield Intermediate include
Stan Walker (2002–2003), an actor and
Australian Idol
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-winning singer, and
Scott Styris
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(1987–1988), an all-rounder who has played for the
Black Caps and
Northern Districts.
Extracurricular activities
Fairfield Intermediate offers many opportunities in sport and music with yearly productions and successful sports teams. Their chess team has traditionally done well, winning many regional tournaments in the past few years. The school sends representatives to the
AIMS Games The AIMS Games (Association of Intermediate and Middle Schools) is an annual sporting event held in Tauranga, New Zealand. The tournament attracted 166 schools in 2012, making it the biggest sporting event for 11 to 13 years old in New Zealand.
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every year and has come out with medals on a large number of occasions. Also the school runs a musical each year, having more than 150 students take part.
Fairfield Cluster
The school is part of the Fairfield Cluster, in which comprises Fairfield Intermediate and its contributing schools,
Bankwood, Hukanui, Rototuna, Woodstock, Te Totara. It also includes
Southwell School
Southwell School, is an independent co-educational Anglican boarding and day school set in 32 acres of park like grounds in central Hamilton, New Zealand. Southwell offers education to children aged 5 to 13 years. A number of international stud ...
and St Joseph's, Fairfield. The Fairfield Cluster runs many competitions and festivals together including, athletics and choir.
Houses
The school has been traditionally divided into four houses named after the dominant peaks in the
North Island
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;
Ruapehu,
Ngauruhoe
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,
Tongariro and
Taranaki
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The main centre is the city of New Plymouth. The New Plymouth Dist ...
. In 2012 however the house system was abolished due to people in the same class being in different houses, so a new team system was created. The system runs with one team being three or four full classes. The teams are named after New Zealand plants and are named:
Nikau,
Kauri,
Rimu,
Kowhai,
Totara
''Podocarpus totara'' (; from the Maori-language ; the spelling "totara" is also common in English) is a species of podocarp tree endemic to New Zealand. It grows throughout the North Island and northeastern South Island in lowland, montane and ...
and
Puriri
''Vitex lucens'', or pūriri, is an evergreen tree endemic to New Zealand.
History
Pūriri was first collected (by Europeans) at Tolaga Bay by Banks and Solander during Cook's first visit in 1769. The plant was excellently described by Solan ...
.
References
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Schools in Hamilton, New Zealand
Intermediate schools in New Zealand