Matapu School Newsletter
Term 2, Week 9, 2nd July 2021
Calendar - Please note some new dates added & further information for events will be sent home closer to the date if required.
- Friday 9th July - End of Term 2
- Monday 26th July - Start of Term 3
- Friday 3rd September - Teachers Only Day
- Wednesday 8th September - Wig Wednesday for Child Cancer Foundation
- Monday 13th - Friday 17th September - Maori Language Week
- Friday 17th September - Grandparents Day
Principal's Weekly Update
RAISE Goal: to show good sportsmanship using by kind words during games and activities
Te reo phrase of the week: kei a wai _____? Who has got ___?
Kia ora,
Some frosty starts have turned into some amazing days for us here at school. The students have definitely been making the most of the sunshine and our fantastic outside facilitators have been running some great basketball and rippa rugby sessions with our students.
As we near the end of the term, please double check with your children that they have got all of their uniform, shoes, etc. We will display the lost property at the front of the school on a fine day next week. Please take the time to make sure that you have all of your children’s belongings.
Guitar
Ben McLeod will be back to teach our students guitar next term. The cost will again be $120 per term, per student. Can you please email me at principal@matapu.school.nz if you would like to sign your child up for guitar lessons. All of the existing students attending lessons with Ben will remain in their current groups.
Disco
Thank you so much to our wonderful SPA Committee for such a great night last Friday! The students had an absolute ball and busted out plenty of moves on the dance floor.
Have a great weekend, the weather is looking good for all of our students playing sport!
Ngå mihi nui
James Willson
Values Awards
Room 2 - Hazel for consistently showing all of the RAISE values!
Room 4 - Chloe for challenging yourself to use basic facts in maths and staying focused on your activities!
Room 5 - Kohya for always putting 100% effort into his school work.
Room 6 - Braxton for the great effort you are putting in to keep your learning moving forward.
Room 3 - Breia (absent) for always going out of her way to help or support her peers in class.
Whakatauki
From the cradle to the grave, we are forever learning.
Room 1
This week we have been using the Sphero Robots. They are a small robot in the shape of a ball with several features that can be controlled through mobile apps. The main features are rolling, changing colour and speed.
Last week we created an obstacle course for the students to drive their sphero around, some of us think we're ready to get a driver’s licence already! This week we learned to code shapes for the sphero to follow, it can even track our names in the carpet. We can’t wait to see what we learn next week.
Room 2
Room 3
Room 4
Room 5
Room 6
It has been quite an empty classroom this week with lots of sickness around and the very cold weather!
For Aumangea Taima this week we were learning how to work with a partner, cooperate, and share our ideas to complete the task. We had to work out how to make a lego shape like the one that was on the card we were given, and for it to work out we had to look closely to see which blocks to choose and where to put them...not such a simple process when you are 5 or 6! It gave us an opportunity to learn about rethinking and having another go!
Taranaki Steelformers Mountainairs
Taranaki Steelformers Mountainairs v Wellington Saints at the TSB Stadium this Friday 2 July - Tip off at 7.30
It is the JUMP JAM COMP between Vogeltown, Central, Welbourn and Bell Block this Friday too, so come along and cheer for your school!!
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.
Freephone 0800 999 986
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.
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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