Matipo Road School Newsletter Term 3 Week 4 Friday 16th August, 2019

* Whanaungatanga * Manaakitanga * Wero * Aroha * Kaitiakitanga * Ako *

Greetings to all our parents and families,

Whanaungatanga

This week’s Matipo value is Whanaungatanga: Positive and meaningful

relationships with our friends, kaiako, whanau & community.

Here are some ways that our Matipo students have told us that they can

show Whanaungatanga:

● Being kind to friends and family

● Always have a positive mindset

● Let the teacher know if you are struggling

● Teamwork always helps

● Having a positive attitude around other people

● Say good morning to the teacher

Te Atatū Foodbank Foodbank donates food to families that struggle to get it themselves. Lately, there hasn’t been enough food to give out. There are collection bins at Countdown supermarket, unfortunately, some people have been throwing rubbish such as apple cores, candy bar wrappers, and other types of rubbish into the collection bins. We need your help to donate proper food that will last long, such as; Canned food items, and boxed foods like pasta and rice. The Tamariki Council would like to suggest that each class set up a collection box in class, where students can donate food items. Thank you in advance for your generosity. By Archie and Harley - on behalf of the Tamariki Council, being and doing whanaungatanga More Professional Development Currently two of our Teacher Aides are fitting in part time University study to become teachers. We really value the collaboration and commitment of Karen, Sophie, Sumbal, Janna, Trish, Robin, Vicki, Frances, Kelly and Rose who all contribute to student wellbeing and learning across a wide range of needs and areas of expertise. They are all so awesome.

2019 Camps

Notes have gone home for our Mana & Aroha camps for this year. Please

send your return forms in as soon as possible, this helps us to plan our

camps effectively and organise parent helpers etc. You can find all the

details in the ‘Camp’ section of our Matipo website.

Mana camp deposits are due Friday 30th August.

Aroha camp deposits are due Friday 6th September.

Ceramics

We are so pleased to have Mrs

Rooney back after her knee surgery!

She is now working with students in

the Aroha team creating ceramic

tiles. They are staying with our

Inquiry theme, Children of Tane and

are designing tiles with native NZ

flora and fauna.

“I did a tui, the hard bit was doing

the body.” Tukaha, R14.

“I enjoyed making the snail and the fern and putting all the decorations on the background.”

Ruby, R14.

“It’s fun playing around with the clay. It was difficult doing the outlines.” Oliver, R14.

“My fun thing was doing the background.” Piper, R14. Mathletics (Mana and Aroha)

The champion class with 12 certificates over last week is… Room 17!

Haere Ra

A fond farewell to Michelle Fowlie who finishes with Room 20 on Friday.

Michelle will remain part of our Matipo School community because her son

will continue his learning journey with us. Thank you Michelle for the

wonderful transition that your Room 20 students received with you as their

teacher. We will celebrate Michelle in the usual Matipo way at assembly

this afternoon... see you back here at the drop off on Monday morning

Michelle.

Garden to Table Raffle

Our wonderful Garden to Table team are currently selling raffle tickets to fundraise for running

costs for the programme.

Tickets can be purchased from the school office for $2 each.

The prize pool includes:

* Brand New K-Mix stand mixer, worth $700

* Gardena gardening kit

* a jar of True Honey Company Manuka honey, worth $109

* $50 Reds Traditional Barber Shop

voucher

* 2x $25 Refill Nation vouchers

* DVD player

Huge thanks to our supporters for donating these prizes!

National day of support for principals

In support of all Principals across New Zealand and especially Mr Wright, Matipo School went

green. Not that we are competitive or anything but... our staff did a good job!

Happy Birthday this week to: Luke Finlay, Michael Reihana, Jett Marris,

Ray Hseih, Abigail Ramos, Timi Paapu, Daniel Edmonds, Adriana Urlovic

and Andre Duggan.

Whaea Vashti’s blogging enrichment class have been writing for the newsletter!

Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud

Dear students,

There has been SOOOOOOOO many people who at the end of the day don’t even look like

people anymore. More like chocolate bars. And those chocolate bars do not look yum. We are

not pigs. We don’t use mud for sunscreen. We use sunscreen for sunscreen. Why do we even

need to use sunscreen right now? It's more rainy than sunny. This mud is disgusting. It’s

horrible. I don’t even know how to describe it. Just please

please PLEASE PLEASE!!!!! Just stop playing in the mud.

From Ruby P.

Warning: Mud!

Uhh, how do we put this... WE ARE NOT HIPPOS, WE ARE

HUMANS! It is a disgrace to see human beings plastered with mud looking like stones. Around

the senior playground, there are people throwing mud like bullets at each other. This makes it

hard for other children to play on the senior playground, so please tell your children to stop.

Also in the fairy gardens the rain has made gigantic mud puddles up to people's knees. Mr

Wright would like you to pack spare clothes and stay out of the muddy areas as we have

already asked. At this time of year when it's WINTER all fields are closed when it’s been raining.

I know it's sad but get over it. It will be summer again soon.

By: Ava McKay & Ruby Judd

Story Competition

Hello Matipo! We are having a Story Competition. There will be one girl winner and one boy

winner from the Mana, Ako and Taonga year groups. You can submit your stories in the year (1

& 2 ) box or the year (3 & 4) box at the library. There will be a student choice award so you can

choose. We will put the boxes out in the library on August 12th. You will have until August

20th. From Elyna, Mae, Jordan, Daysha and Aaliayah.

Movie Review:

JAMES BOND - GOLDENEYE, by Szymek

007 GOLDENEYE is a really good movie about James Bond.

The hero, because movies always have a hero, is played by

Pierce Brosnan. I enjoyed this movie and think it is great

because I think it was the most cool movie I've watched about

James Bond 007. I like it because it had a good storyline and

awesome action. I don’t like the music but the whole movie

was so cool.

I hope you will enjoy this movie too.

This is the best watch that James Bond ever had but if you want it you need $7000!

Drawing Competition

Attention All Students! Hey you Reader!

Hey you reader!

Do you like to draw?

Are you super duper duper competitive?

Well I think you should compete in the Super Ultra Drawing

Competition!

This competition is for kids who are Year 3-6.

The theme will change every week!

We will announce the winner every Monday and tell you the next

theme for the week. Then when you get home you can get a sketching !

This Awesome, Amazing competition will be starting on the 19th of August!

Put your submissions in the box on the house points table!

By Ruby Paapu :)

Entertainment Books; if you are interested in purchasing for 2019/2020 the link and it will get

you there; http://www.entbook.co.nz/953x44

Individual Photos

This year photographs will be available for you to view and order Online with PhotoLife

Studios.

Your son or daughter will shortly bring home an Online slip with their unique Access Key

detailed on it. This Access Key will display all the photographs of

your child. It is then an easy process for you to shop online and

purchase the photographs you want.

If you place your order within three weeks of receiving your Access

Key you will receive free delivery for your photo orders. PhotoLife

has agreed to despatch all the orders back to the school and your

child will bring their photographs home.

Any orders placed after this three week period will be sent directly

to your specified delivery address and will incur a $6.00 Postage &

Packing charge. You will see this message when you go online to

view and order your photographs.

Any families wanting sibling photos taken will need to collect an envelope from the office.

Individual photos will be taken on Friday 30th August.

Important Dates

20th August - Netball Field Day (Year 5&6 only)

30th August - Individual Photos (siblings)

12th - 15th September - MFAW Ice Skate Tour

27th September - Term 3 Ends

14th October - Term 4 Begins

21-23 October - Mana Camp

9-13 December - Aroha Camp

18th December - Term 4 Ends

2020 School Dates

Term 1: Monday 3 February - Friday 10 April

Monday 27 April - Anzac Day holiday

Term 2: Tuesday 28 April - Friday 3 July

Term 3: Monday 20 July - Friday 25 September

Term 4: Monday 12 October - TBC