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Archive for June, 2010
Speech Contest
Jun 30th
On Friday was the Matipo School Speech Contest. The competition was for our Year 3 to 6 students. The school final was judged by Brad Cross the manager of the ASB bank in Te Atatu and one of his assistant managers Tracy. He commented on the high quality of speeches this year. Congratulations to our winners!
Year 3
Isaac Martin – An Elephant would be the best pet
Hannah Whyte – A Day in the life of a cat
Year 4
Thomas Bullock – My secret life as a Super Hero
Year 5
Betsy-Bella Davis-Barr – Aliens do exist
Year 6
Ella Grove – Aliens don’t exist
Nathaniel Bridges – Laughter is the best medicine
Matipo Medals Homework
Jun 23rd
Felilia in Room 14 made this wonderful model of a Kiwi for her homework project. She called it “Kiwiana”.
Mike Allsop Everest Climber
Jun 23rd
Mike Allsop, who is an Air New Zealand pilot, visited our school to talk about his climb to the top of Mt Everest.
It cost him $50,000 for his share of the costs. He gave us the link to his photo gallery.
Room 10 Goes Planting For Trees for Survival
Jun 22nd
On Wednesday 16 June 2010, Room 10 went planting on a farm in Waitoki. The owner of the farm is Phil. It took ages, like a century to get there. Our driver was Graham who is in Rotary and also helps us plant. Finally we were there.
We went up the hill to a huge barn for morning tea. There were brownies, orange juice and tea for the adults. We sat on the steps in the barn. There were 2 dogs, a Labrador and a Great Dane.
After morning tea we had a play and then we hopped back onto the bus to go where we were going to plant our plants. Gail from the ARC showed us how to use the camping toilet and how to dig a hole and plant a plant. Kate also from the ARC was with her.
We had nine very helpful parents with us, they were, Gina, Donna, Grant, Tamati, Michael, Kylie, Shane, Chris, and Brenda. What an awesome group they were.
We started planting. First you dig the hole, make sure it is deep enough, plant the plant, place a blue fertiliser tablet next to it, firm the soil around it and do the pukeko test. That is you give it a tug to make sure pesky pukekos can’t pull them out. We had to put a blue tablet in with the plant so it could grow more easily. 550 plants later we completed the task.
Then we had delicious pizza, soup and more brownies for lunch. Then all of room 10 jumped over all of the horse jumps. It was a really cool day but then unfortunately we had to leave.
We come home tired, but very satisfied with our efforts. We really enjoyed the planting and year fives can go again next year. My favourite bit was lunch and the planting.
Matariki 2010
Jun 22nd
Last week Matipo School celebrated Matariki. Each winter the stars of Matariki and Puanga signal the end of one year in Aotearoa and the beginning of the next. Traditionally Maori have recognised the rise of Matariki as a time to celebrate and prepare for the indigenous New Year.
In class we learnt about Matariki through a range of activities including Maths, Reading Journal Articles, Myths and Art, and Room 9 had a planting day.
The Matariki celebrations were concluded with a fabulous Hangi. Thanks to all our volunteers who helped it be a huge success!
REMINDER: Matariki Hangi Friday 12:30
Jun 14th
We are requesting the donation of potatoes, kumara or pumpkin by THURSDAY, and a gold coin donation for Friday’s hangi.
Tirimoana Soccer Exchange
Jun 14th
With the Soccer Field Day being cancelled we decided to challenge Tirimoana thinking that we would have been the top two schools on the day. Unfortunately Mr Bainbridge mucked up the draw so the two A teams ended up playing the two B teams. Therefore a re-match was held last week. The A team drew 1-1, Player of the Day: Sean Duggan and the B Team won 3-1, Player of the Day: Zach Vince.
