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Veteran Car Day
Jul 21st
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.
Matipo Medals Homework
Jun 23rd
Felilia in Room 14 made this wonderful model of a Kiwi for her homework project. She called it “Kiwiana”.
Mike Allsop Everest Climber
Jun 23rd
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.
Room 10 Goes Planting For Trees for Survival
Jun 22nd
On Wednesday 16 June 2010, Room 10 went planting on a farm in Waitoki. The owner of the farm is Phil. It took ages, like a century to get there. Our driver was Graham who is in Rotary and also helps us plant. Finally we were there.
We went up the hill to a huge barn for morning tea. There were brownies, orange juice and tea for the adults. We sat on the steps in the barn. There were 2 dogs, a Labrador and a Great Dane.
After morning tea we had a play and then we hopped back onto the bus to go where we were going to plant our plants. Gail from the ARC showed us how to use the camping toilet and how to dig a hole and plant a plant. Kate also from the ARC was with her.
We had nine very helpful parents with us, they were, Gina, Donna, Grant, Tamati, Michael, Kylie, Shane, Chris, and Brenda. What an awesome group they were.
We started planting. First you dig the hole, make sure it is deep enough, plant the plant, place a blue fertiliser tablet next to it, firm the soil around it and do the pukeko test. That is you give it a tug to make sure pesky pukekos can’t pull them out. We had to put a blue tablet in with the plant so it could grow more easily. 550 plants later we completed the task.
Then we had delicious pizza, soup and more brownies for lunch. Then all of room 10 jumped over all of the horse jumps. It was a really cool day but then unfortunately we had to leave.
We come home tired, but very satisfied with our efforts. We really enjoyed the planting and year fives can go again next year. My favourite bit was lunch and the planting.
REMINDER: Matariki Hangi Friday 12:30
Jun 14th
We are requesting the donation of potatoes, kumara or pumpkin by THURSDAY, and a gold coin donation for Friday’s hangi.
Pasifika Parents Night
Jun 1st
Last Week we had a Pasifika Parents Night. We were totally overwhelmed and pleased by the huge number of Parents and Children that attended the evening. Thank Miss Oto and the Polynesian Group for performing their items for us.And a big Thank you for all the positive feedback from the night!
A very worthwhile evening and we look forward to having another next term!
Samoan Language Week
May 31st
Last week Matipo focussed on Samoan Language in preparation for this Weeks Samoan Language Week.
Many classes used this time to practise Samoan Language in the classroom, investigate Samoa and its culture and also to do various styles of Samoan Art. MTV used this time to teach us new words each day!
We finished the week off with the Samoan Language Group taking Friday’s Assembly. This was an opportunity to showcase what each class had been doing throughout the week.
What an amazing assembly!
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra Brass
May 31st
Today the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra Brass Section came to visit us.
Each person told us all about their instrument and showed us different ways of playing their instrument.
One of our favourite parts was when we found out how long each instrument was. The tuba was the longest!
Catherine Latu Visit
May 28th
Last week Catherine Latu from the Northern Mystics netball team came to do a special training for our three senior netball teams. The Matipo Rubies, Mystics and Ferns enjoyed a range of netball based activities that worked on their pivoting, passing and running skills.
Debate Contest
May 24th
For the last few weeks the Senior School has been having a Debating Competition. We had a round robin competition where each class competed against the other 2 Senior Classes on various topics.
Today Room 10 and Room 11 competed in the Syndicate Final with the proposition TV is better than books. Congratulations to Room 11 who were the overall champions.
