Matipo Primary School http://matipo.school.nz Seek The Truth Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:36:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Newsletter #22 http://matipo.school.nz/2010/07/newsletter-22/ http://matipo.school.nz/2010/07/newsletter-22/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:36:36 +0000 admin http://matipo.school.nz/?p=1598

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]]> http://matipo.school.nz/2010/07/newsletter-21/feed/ 0 Veteran Car Day http://matipo.school.nz/2010/07/veteran-car-day/ http://matipo.school.nz/2010/07/veteran-car-day/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:10:07 +0000 admin http://matipo.school.nz/?p=1589 On the last day of term we held a Veteran Car Day – a follow up to earlier Holden & Ford days held in the last few years.

We had a very exciting line up of cars – three Ford Mustangs, a Rolls Royce Silver Shadow, three midget race cars, a 1929 Ford roadster powered by a Lincoln V12, two Morris Minors, a Morris Oxford wagone and two 1950 Bradfords along with a few vintage lawnmowers, plus a 1959 Ford Customline and a Ford Zephyr 6 MkIII.

The children greatly enjoyed the cars running and were able to sit in the midgets.

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]]> http://matipo.school.nz/2010/07/newsletter-20/feed/ 0 Speech Contest http://matipo.school.nz/2010/06/speech-contest/ http://matipo.school.nz/2010/06/speech-contest/#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 03:49:39 +0000 admin http://matipo.school.nz/?p=1573 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

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]]> http://matipo.school.nz/2010/06/newsletter-19/feed/ 0 Matipo Medals Homework http://matipo.school.nz/2010/06/matipo-medals-homework/ http://matipo.school.nz/2010/06/matipo-medals-homework/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:24 +0000 admin http://matipo.school.nz/?p=1551 Felilia in Room 14 made this wonderful model of a Kiwi for her homework project. She called it “Kiwiana”.

]]> http://matipo.school.nz/2010/06/matipo-medals-homework/feed/ 0 Mike Allsop Everest Climber http://matipo.school.nz/2010/06/mike-alsop-everest-climber/ http://matipo.school.nz/2010/06/mike-alsop-everest-climber/#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:00:03 +0000 admin http://matipo.school.nz/?p=1544 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.

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