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Have A Go Day
Mar 5th
On Friday the Middle and Senior School participated in a Have-a-Go Day organised by Mr Pilkington. There was a variety of activities to try. These included Bowls, Badminton, Netball, Golf, Hockey and Ripper Rugby, Cricket and Skateboarding.
Prizegiving 2009
Dec 14th
Introduction: Violin Sam Winterton
1. Principal’s Address: Wayne Bainbridge
2. Music Awards:
Music Harry Thompson Cook
Choir Miguel Jones
3. Athletic Cups:
Boys Girls
Year 1 Akira Luamanuvae Su’a Sapphron Jackson-Rudolph
Year 2 Arlo Illingworth Luci Winterton
Year 3 Jonah Palota-Kapa Rebecca Apanui
Year 4 Bradley Wilson Betsy-Bella Davis-Barr
Year 5 Goldberg Palota -Kopa Olivia Gwiazdzinski
Year 6 Branyn Bellaney April Houia-Jacob
4. Cross Country Cups:
Boys Girls
Year 1 Christopher Manuha’apai Sapphron Rudolf Jackson
Year 2 Harrison Chapman Lucie Winterton
Year 3 Lambert Klink Rebecca Apanui
Year 4 Manaia McMath Betsy Bella Davis-Barr
Year 5 Phoenix Reid Olivia Gwiazdzinski
Year 6 Shaun Stockley Georgia Muller
5. Guest Speaker : Sara Quirk
6. Speech Cup: Russell Knight
7. Library Prize: Miguel Jones
8. Citizenship: Kaitlin Lee
9. Maori Culture Award: April Houia Jacobs
10. Te Reo Award Te Maringi Marsh
11. Outstanding Maori Pupil Te Maringi Marsh
12.Outstanding Pacifica Pupil: Ashley Foley
Item: Marion Nicolson: I Dreamed a Dream
13. Excellence in Media
Presentation Jewel Stevens
14. Drama Cameron McIntosh
15. Dance Ella Grove
16. Australian Maths Certificates:
Distinction Angela Zhong
Distinction Alison Pang
Credit Jennifer Lowe
Credit Te Maringi Marsh
Credit Kingston Tierney
Credit Jackie Young
Credit Stella Mackrell
Credit Thomas Priest
17. Academic Achievement Certificates:
Room 17 Fin Reddington
Room 1 Evan Scrimgeour
Room 2 Hailey Stuart
Room 3 Nate Evans
Room 4 Isaac Martin
Room 5 Max Sigley
Room 6 Margaret Lowe
Room 8 Bryan Ko
Room 9 Yun Ji Hwang
Room 10 Jennifer Lowe
Room 11 Stella Mackrell
Room 12 Alex Gilbert
Room 13 Alison Pang
Room 14 Jonty Epskamp
Room 15 Jason Xavier
Room 16 Rory Keating
18. Board of Trustees Address: Walter Payne
19. Netball Player of the Year: April Houia Jacob
20. Cricketer of the Year: Ethan Poi
21. Sporting Achievement: Bailey Payne
22. Soccer Cup: Shaun Stockley
23. Rugby Cup: Ethan Poi
24. Hansen Awards:
Room 17 Emily Eldridge Christopher Manuha’apa
Room 1 Emily Thorn Ben Beattie
Room 2 Remy Heremaia Jake Harding
Room 3 Grace Patrick Joey Zhong
Room 4 Macy Lynch Blosse Harrison Chapman
Room 5 Hannah Lovrich Jack Colthard
Room 6 Mara Shelle Slatter William Hempleman
Room 8 Laila Waru Bryan Ko
Room 9 Grace Muller John Keating
Room 15 Ellye Kim Kobe Kopua
Room 16 Betsy –Bella Davis-Barr Manaia McMath
Room 7 Georgia Petherick
Room 10 Anita Semmons Lauren Garrett
Room 11 Eva Thornton Ethan Poi
Room 12 Maria Crichton Russell Knight
Room 13 Georgia Muller Aimee Halstead
Room 14 April Houia Jacob Mathew Oxenham
Principals Nomination: Te Maringi Marsh
Special Commendation: Cecilia Lowe Shene
Winner : Georgia Muller
25. Matipo School Award for Academic Excellence:
Winner: Alison Pang
26. Junior Award for overall Contribution & Excellence:
Macy Lynch – Blosse
27. Principals Award for Overall Contribution & Excellence:
April Houia Jacob
Cultural Festival
Nov 16th
On Wednesday 11th November Matipo’s Cultural groups headed down to Corbans to perform at the Cultural Festival. We were among 35 other Primary Schools. We had been practicing twice a week and even more when we came closer to our performance date. We were all quite nervous but once on stage there was no holding us back!
We opened with the Kapahaka group, followed by our Maraukau group, Samoan group and lastly our Polynesian group – who had a Hawaiian theme. Our performances were well received by the crowd and especially by the MC who borrowed our cd as he was so impressed by the dances!
I would like to take this opportunity to say a BIG thank you to all our tutors and supporters who came to Corbans! It was great to be greeted by you all and pass on your praises to the children.
Mālō e lei
‘Oku ou ‘oatu heni ‘eku fakaMālō loto fiefia mo māfana mo’oni ki he cultural group of Matapo ki he’enau fu’u ngāue lahi, malie, mo faka’ofo’ofa mo’oni, pea pehe ki he fae moe tamai pea moe kau fai ako kotoapena’a nau kau mai ki he tokoni’i ‘a e ngāue ‘a e si’i fānau.
Mālō ‘Aupito
‘Ofa Lahi ‘Atu
Sela Si’i ‘Oto
Miss ‘Oto
Cultural Festival Groups
Oct 29th
This week is Cultural Festival Week at Matipo School.
On Tuesday the Cultural Week started with a concert by our Kapa Haka Group, Violin Group and Polynesian Group. These Groups were fabulous and the children thoroughly enjoyed their performances. We look forward to the class country dances on Thursday!
Bike West
Sep 1st
Dave Powell from Bike West came back this week to teach us Safety on our bikes. We completed many skills on our bikes. Some of which included a Slalom Course, turning on our bike in a confined space and Hand Signals on our bikes. We had a great time!
Bike West
Aug 17th
Dave Powell from Bike West came in this week to talk to the Senior School about Bike Safety. He talked to us about our Helmets to check they are Standards Approved and that we were wearing them correctly. We all took a turn trying on a helmet correctly. He also took us through a bike check to ensure our bike were up to standards too.
We look forward to our next session with Dave when we will be outside the classroom on bikes!
Room 10 Planting Day
Jun 23rd
On Wednesday 17 June Room 10 went to Waitoki for a planting day. We probably got there at 10 past 10. We were to plant up to 300 plants we had grown from seedlings and were now up to 30 cm high. There were 200 more plants there in addition to ours so we had a huge task ahead of us. Thank goodness it was a beautiful day. When we got on the bus the weather was terribly cold but when we got there it was so hot nearly everyone had to take off their jacket, my it was hot!
When we first arrived we all were excited about the planting so the first thing we did was get some morning tea, have a tour of the house, get told how to dig, how to hold the spade and how to plant the plants.
After everyone got a spade we all started to plant. It was a long time before we got half way down the hill but it was fun because we got to play with the dogs, get a few photos taken, slipping in the mud and nearly every girl screamed because of a worm, that was hilarious I’m still laughing about it. We worked in ever changing groups, soon we were struggling to find a plant to plant or a space to plant it in.
By now we were hungry, we cleaned up and then got told we were going up to the big barn for lunch but we were to go in the back of a horse float. It was fairly dark, we couldn’t see where we were going, the road was bumpy and we had to sit on the floor. Oh no, have the horses done stuff on this floor? The ride was a bit like being on a bucking bronco, well not quite. It was only about a 3 or 5 minute ride and was very fun.
For lunch we had pizza, brownies, juice and some hot milo, mmmm! can still taste those yummy pizzas. They made the bases for Hell’s Piza but this was heavenly, yum. Everyone got to have 3rds!
The place where we had lunch was a huge garage that was 2 or 3 times bigger than room 10. In the garage there was a race car, tractor, an old car and heaps more. After lunch we had to sit on the steps a have a little assemble about saying thank you for giving us lunch and they thanked us for our planting efforts. It was then we were told we had planted over 500 plants.
When we got on the bus it was not that noisy for some reason. After a while 5 people fell asleep one started to snore ha-ha. When we got back to school it was nearly three o’clock so we all went home slept like a log because of the long day.