Immunisations...



Romm 10's who play in the after school competition



This term Tok intermediate was having softball games with Mr T after

school on Wednesday s and Mrs Moon was cooking us sausages and got

us drinks for after the games.We had to trial first to get in a team,the

teams were tahi, rua, toru and wha. We played some fun games for a while

but there were some interruptions because of the weather. When we

finished playing all the teams in the fun games we started a tournament,

3points for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. At the end of the

competition team tahi won...I think, but i definitely know it wasnt my

team.When all the softball was over Mr T had to pick an allstars team to

face the staff this week . Mrs Puke better hit a home run.

By Jevon Waea-Allan

Year 7 Immunisations

Everyone in year 7 was given their immunisation. You were offered a free bootstrix vaccine.  Some people chose to get their immunisation with their family doctor. We were vaccinated against Tetanus, Diphtheria and Whooping cough. Tetanus is a disease that can get into the body through a cut or graze. It causes muscles to stiffen and go into spasm. It may affect the breathing muscles. Diphtheria affects the throat making it hard to breathe and swallow. It may also affect the nerves, muscles, heart and skin. Whooping cough (pertussis) damages the breathing tubes. Affected children may vomit and find it difficult to breathe during coughing spells.

The vaccine causes the body’s immune system to produce its own protection against the three diseases. Protection against Tetanus and Diphtheria is expected to last for at least twenty years. Protection against whooping cough is expected to last up to 10 years. 
Tokoroa intermediate  students went to Matarawa Hall to be vaccinated that’s where the nurses were set up. Most of the nurses were kind. They had cardboard walls set up around them so kids weren’t embarrassed if they cried.

By Grace Roundhill and Laura Totton