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Salsa Workshop
Heidi Hughes from the Jambalaya Festival arranged a Salsa dance workshop from a world champion Columbian dance couple. The children really loved this show – well the girls more than the boys!
Christmas Collection
Every year for the last 10 years the school has collected food items for Carelink Trust to provide Christmas food hampers for local families.
Science in a Van
The middle and senior school really enjoyed a science show from the team at Science in a Van, using liquid nitrogen. This was provided free by the school.
Media: Pupils on Rubbish Duty
Short article from the Western Leader of Nov 25th about the clean-up of Harbourview Reserve and Taipari Strand we undertook along with Te Atatu Intermediate, Westpac and the Sir Peter Blake Trust.
Royal NZ Ballet Visit
This week a member of the Royal NZ Ballet company visited the school to take a workshop for those children who are going to the Aotea Centre to see a production of “Sleeping Beauty”.
Paula Rebstock Visit
Paula Rebstock, the former Commerce Commissioner, visited the school this week to talk about leadership issues and as part of the State Services Commission review of the Education Review Office.
Children Owning the Writing Experience
Here’s a video by Miss Falvey about her writing groups in the junior school.
Children Owning the Writing Experience from Matipo Primary on Vimeo.
Cross Country
On Tuesday, the 30 best senior cross country runners from Matipo attended the cluster cross country event at Taipari Strand. Thankfully, the weather turned it on for us. While there were some strong individual performances, we just weren’t strong enough this year, coming 5th overall. Good effort though to all involved and with a bit more time to train next year, we should expect a better result. Special mention to Sydney Magnus who came 3rd in the year 5 girls.
Below is a full gallery from the Matipo Cross Country last Thursday.
Matipo Book Flood
Children at Matipo Primary School were very excited to take home free books thanks to the support of Akzo Nobel and the Waitakere Licensing Trust. The two organisations provided $15,000 worth of books as part of the ‘Matipo Book Flood’ project.
Principal Wayne Bainbridge says the idea for the project came when a reading support teacher aide approached him for books for children who had none at home.
“It used to be that kids got books as part of their birthday and Christmas presents but it doesn’t seem to happen anymore” said Mr Bainbridge.
The school initially had a second hand book drive to collect books to distribute. The idea then grew after discussion with Kevin O’Flaherty, manager of Akzo Nobel, a local paint and industrial coatings company.
“We are part of an international company with a strong social responsibility commitment” said Mr O’Flaherty. “We have supported Matipo School over the last three years and are delighted how our partnership has grown,” he said.
The school also applied to the Waitakere Licensing Trust for support.
“We are tremendously grateful for the ongoing support of the Trust” said Mr Bainbridge. “Lots of people moan about the Trust and want supermarket sales. However in the Waitakere community, the Trust doesn’t just make a difference, it is the difference, said Mr Bainbridge.
