Opinion: What do you like about Mokoia Intermediate?

Matthew Gray, 12, (left) Hayden Morrison, 12, Kiara Ward, 12, Milla Phipps, 12 (front) and Whakaahua Kawane Pirika Petero, 12. Photo/Stephen Parker

We asked Mokoia Intermediate pupils why they liked going to the school.

Whakaahua Kawane Pirika Petero, 12.

It's fun because there are lots of sports. I like rugby, league and discus. I'm in the rumaki class. We learn in Māori and you get to learn your whakapapa and history.

WHAKAAHUA KAWANE PIRIKA PETERO, 12

Year 8

Kiara Ward, 12.

I like the environment and that we're all a big whānau. Everyone knows everyone and gets along. The teachers all care about you.

KIARA WARD, 12

Year 8

Hayden Morrison, 12.

I like my teacher because her classroom is colourful and she gets you outside and has the same amount of passion for outside and inside learning.

HAYDEN MORRISON, 12

Year 8

Milla Phipps, 12.

You get to do what you want to do because it's a small school. I like the teachers. They push you and they get to know you.

MILLA PHIPPS 12

Year 8

Matthew Gray, 12.

I like the sports like hockey and water polo. I like that all there are different cultures in the classrooms.

MATTHEW GRAY, 12

Year 8