Matapu School Newsletter
Term 4, Week 4, 11th November 2022
Calendar - Please note some new dates added & further information for events will be sent home closer to the date if required.
- Tuesday 15th November - Teacher's Union Meeting, school closing at 12:15pm
- Wednesday 23rd November - Sports Prize Giving, 5:30pm
- Friday 25th November - Junior Prize Giving, 1pm
- Monday 28th November - Senior Prize Giving, 6pm
- Wednesday 7th December - Year 8 Dinner, 6pm
- Thursday 15th December - Last Day of Term 4
Principal's Weekly Update
RAISE Goal: to respect my environment by cleaning up after myself
Te reo phrase of the week: te ātaahua hoki (that’s beautiful)
Kia ora,
We had a wonderful day participating in a delayed Gumboot Friday today. Establishing and monitoring the mental health of ourselves and others is an incredibly important part of modern life, especially with all of the demands that affect all areas of our lives. A big thanks to Deb Moffitt for organising a bunch of fun activities for our students to take part in, they had a great time.
Staffing Update
It is my absolute pleasure to announce that Michelle Lee and Robbie Bird will be joining our teaching team in 2023. Michelle will be the year 7/8 teacher in Room 1, as well as our senior team leader. Robbie will be the new Year 4/5 teacher in Room 3. Both Michelle and Robbie are experienced teachers with plenty to offer our students, staff, and community. In the current climate of a teacher supply shortage, it is very pleasing to once again have a fantastic teaching team for 2023.
Tuesday 15th November
As teachers begin their next round of contractual negotiations with the Ministry of education, NZEI union meetings are set to take place in the coming weeks. Our teachers will attend one on Tuesday 15th November, can we please ask that you make arrangements to pick your child/ren up at 12:15 pm on this day. If you are unable to do so, please phone the office and let us know. The school bus will run early this day, with the first bus leaving school at 12:15 pm.
Matapu History Fact
In the 1980s Matapu’s year 7/8 students attended technology lessons at the Manaia Manual Training Centre.
Kia pai to wiki (have a wonderful weekend).
Ngå mihi nui
James Willson
School Notices
Values Awards
Room 2 - Cooper for writing a great story about fire and water. Well Done!
Room 3 - Airini for an awesome effort and thought into your newspaper art.
Room 4 - Atticus for effort. You spent time on your floral artwork and it looks amazing.
Room 5 - Luke (absent) for the amazing effort and ambition you are showing.
Room 6 - Aaliyah for your wonderful effort in all your learning. You are really growing your brain!
Whakatauki
Foster the pathway of knowledge to strength, independence and growth for future generations.
Sports Uniforms
Room 2 - DVD's
If anyone has any of the following DVD's at home Room 2 would very much appreciate if they could borrow them.
Stuart Little
Babe
Whale Rider
Bridge to Terabithia
Room 1
Room 2
Today was the celebration of Gumboot Day. Unfortunately the weather didn't behave itself, so we did most of the challenges in the hall. It was so much fun to see kids chucking gumboots as well as honing their skills to get a ping pong ball into a gumboot - this is much harder than it looks!
Room 3
Room 4
Room 5
Room 6
We have been learning about ‘number friends’ this week. We use our Numicon to find two blocks that make up the number we are working on. On Thursday it was 8 and we found all the combinations we could-like 8 and 0, 7 and 1, 6 and 2 and so on. The Numicon really helps us to recognise the number patterns quickly and we also discovered odd and even numbers. The odd numbers are all warm colours and the even numbers are cool colours so that will help us remember!
We have finished round 2 of Aumangea Taima, creating towers and a way for Rapunzel to escape after her hair has been cut off. This week we had a plaited rope with a hook on the end to go over the window ledge, a lift, a jump down to a soft mat, a slide and a bridge with steps!
Community Notices
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
Print Ready - Amanda Sherman, CMK Hawera, Shurr & Ireland Acocuntants, Mark Joblin Concept & Construction Ltd, Sanfords Rural Carriers, Taranaki By-Products, McDonald Real Estate, Eltham Vet Services, ANZCO, Power Farming, Corrigan Electrical, Matapu Bulk Transport, CRV Ambreed, FMG, Mack Transport, Blastways, Nevada, Ballance, Todd Energy, & BCCL (Burgess Crowley Civil Limited) Carrfields Livestock, Rosemount Charolais - Dairy Bull Specialists, PGG Wrightson Livestock, Jack Gray Ltd, Bruce Parry Livestock, Kelsen's Glass & Glazing, Tommo's Tyres Ltd, Chris Perrett Electrical Solutions, Holdem Contracting Ltd, STE (South Taranaki Electrical), Kaponga Four Square, MG Taranaki, JP Refrigeration, Melza’s Customs, Monkeytoe, SepticWorks Limited, FMG, Phillip Joblin Kitchen & Furniture.
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Matapu School
Email: admin@matapu.school.nz
Website: matapu.school.nz
Location: 495 Hastings Road, Matapu, New Zealand
Phone: (06) 272 6764