Matapu School Newsletter
Term 4, Week 3 , 5th November 2021
Calendar - Please note some new dates added & further information for events will be sent home closer to the date if required.
- Monday 8th November - BOT meeting @ 6pm
- Tuesday 9th November - School Photos
- Wednesday 17th November - Sports Prizegiving - See reminders below
- Friday 19th November - Junior Prizegiving - See reminders below
- Wednesday 24th November - Senior Prizegiving - See reminders below
- Friday 26th November - Teachers Only Day - CANCELLED
- Wednesday 1st December - Year 8 Dinner
- Tuesday 14th December - Last day of Term 4
Principal's Weekly Update
RAISE Goal: to greet adults, staff, and peers on arrival
Te reo phrase of the week: ka rawe (awesome)
Kia ora,
Well as the photos show, our year 7/8s fully tested the Holden Museum’s luge track out and some. They enjoyed three action packed days of visiting local attractions, getting outdoors, and making memories that will last a lifetime. A massive thanks to all of the parents/caregivers who provided transportation and supervision. The activities could not have gone ahead without you.
Health Curriculum Consultation
As part of our self review programme, we invite you to click on the link below to view our updated Health Curriculum and provide feedback on what we cover and how we go about it.
https://www.matapu.school.nz/information/health-curriculum-consultation
BYOD Update
Unfortunately our parents/caregivers haven’t had much luck with accessing BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) through Noel Leeming recently. Therefore I have looked into an alternative with Cyclone computing, who also now provide our teacher laptops. Please click on the link below to view our special BYOD pricing for the latest Apple iPad and relevant accessories. As normal, we will provide a hard cover case with keyboard, along with all of the educational apps your child will need at school. Please note that their current wait time is around 5-6 weeks.
https://byod.cyclone.co.nz/matapuschool
Login: matapuschool (should be pre-filled)
Password: msbyod
Kia pai to wiki (have a wonderful weekend).
Ngå mihi nui
James Willson
Values Awards
Room 2 - Lucas for displaying exceptional school values at camp.
Room 3 - Caleb for an amazing effort in our cricket lessons and great manners when talking to the cricket coach.
Room 4 - Cohen for being an amazing helper this week.
Room 5 - Krystal for trying her absolute best at everything she does.
Room 6 - Heemi for putting super effort into his work.
School Notices
Reminders
- School photos are being taken on Tuesday 9th November, all students to be in full school uniform.
- All school prize givings are now being held during the school day, due to Level 2 restrictions only students will be able to attend. However we will be live streaming each event via zoom. For more information please see the Principal's Update sent out earlier this week.
Whakatauki
A problem is solved by continuing to find solutions.
Room 1
Room 2
This week, our year 7 and 8 students have been completing activities outside of school. They had fun completing activities such as laser tag, mini golf, luging and paddle boarding. Thanks to Miss Rawcliffe for organising all of these amazing activities for our senior students.
On Wednesday, Miss B set a challenge for the year 6 students. It was called the marshmallow challenge. They had 20 minutes to build a free-standing structure using spaghetti that would hold a marshmallow on top. It was quite the challenge and students had to figure out how to build the structure to stand and how to build a platform to hold the marshmallow. They did incredibly well to persevere and keep trying!
Room 3
Room 4
Room 5
Well - another week down, and even closer to the Big Fella in red coming to your houses soon!
Room 6
We have had a bit of a ‘Goldilocks’ week!
In writing, we wrote some responses from Baby Bear or Goldilocks viewpoint, or from our own point of view. Here are a few to share…
‘Goldilocks was naughty because she broke the baby bear chair.’ Eden
‘Goldilocks was mean because she ate Baby Bear’s porridge.’ Zyden
‘To Goldilocks, I don’t like you being in my house. I see that you ate my porridge. From Baby Bear.’ Heemi
‘To Goldilocks, I am sad that you ate my porridge. That is not fair! ‘Kyle
‘Dear Baby Bear, I am sorry for breaking your chair. My dad will fix it for you. From Goldilocks.’ Ava
‘Dear Baby Bear, I am sorry for sleeping in your bed. I will wash your sheets for you. From Goldilocks’ Archie
For Aumangea Taima, we have been trying to make a new chair for Baby Bear. It is a great way to learn to discuss things and work together and realise that our plans don’t always work out and we sometimes need to make changes!
Community Notices
Northfuels Fuel for Schools
As a Northfuels customer, you can nominate a participating school to receive 50 cents for every 100 litres of bulk fuel that you have delivered.
For more information
Freephone: 0800 999 986
Email: enquiries@northfuels.co.nz
Website: www.northfuels.co.nz
We would like to thank those members of the community who are currently contributing to our school, thank you to:
Western Heights Partnership
Clark and Everitt Partnership
M.R Cleaver Trust
Danza Trust
Sion Trust
Opua Road Farm Ltd
Trec Trust
AJ and JL Dettling
Sponsors
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
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.
PLEASE SUPPORT THOSE THAT SUPPORT US
Matapu School
Email: admin@matapu.school.nz
Website: matapu.school.nz
Location: 495 Hastings Road, Matapu, New Zealand
Phone: (06) 272 6764