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Have A Go Day

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.

Te Atatu Santa Parade Float

Prizegiving 2009

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

Fun Day 2009

Cultural Festival

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

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

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

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!


Matariki

Today we had a hangi to celebrate Matariki!

Room 10 Planting Day

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.