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Science in a Van

admin — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 02:47:26 +0000

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.

Junior GATE Group – En Francais!

admin — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 23:58:10 +0000

Mrs Park’s Junior GATE group showing off their French skills.

Children Owning the Writing Experience

admin — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 23:31:31 +0000

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.

Young Writers and Illustrators Seminar

admin — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 20:00:11 +0000

With the author and illustrator of The Wonky Donkey.

Four students from Matipo attended the Auckland Reading Association’s Young Authors and Illustrators Seminar held at Hay Park School on Friday 19^th August.

Grace Muller, Jason Xavier, Lovina de Silva and Margaret Lowe attended two workshops with The Wonky Donkey author Craig Smith and illustrator Katz Cowley. Both workshops encouraged and taught children how to write and illustrate their own stories.

All four reported they thoroughly enjoyed the experience and will be using the tips they learnt from both Craig Smith and Katz Cowley in their own writng.

Poetry Competition

admin — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 04:12:40 +0000

Last Friday we had our School Poetry Competition. Mrs Noelle Fletcher, the Principal from Te Atatu Intermediate School, judged the competition for us. Congratulations to the following winners:
New Entrants
Zoe Anderson-Jones Room 17

Year 1
Amber Ball Room 6

Year 2
Gaea Morrison Room 6

Year 3
Aiden Ripley Room 9

Year 4
Lucianna Winterton Room 9

Year 5
Sydney Magnus Room 10

Year 6
Jessica Scott Room 10

Spelling Bee

admin — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 02:07:23 +0000

The School Spelling Bee was for Year 3-6. CONGRATULATIONS to Lovina de Silva of Room 9 and Olivia Gwiazdzinski of Room 11 for winning the Middle and Senior school Spelling Bee. Thanks also to Mr Simpson for organizing it.

Mandarin Lessons

admin — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:00:02 +0000

The Senior School are lucky enough to be learning Mandarin for the next 10 weeks. This is provided by the University of Auckland and Confucius Institute.

The children love Jessica Tan and her enthusiasm for teaching the language.

Speech Contest

admin — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 03:49:39 +0000

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

Koru Gate Camp

admin — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:05:28 +0000

Te Atatu Intermediate Vist

admin — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:53:27 +0000

On Tuesday the Year 6′s went for their visit to Te Atatu Intermediate. This is part of their transition process to an Intermediate School. The children visited a Technology Classroom and were assigned an activity to complete during the morning. These included Science, Visual Art, Workshop, Soft Materials, Hard Materials and Food Technology.