11th May 2017 - Week 2 Term 2

School Calendar May

26th School Disco

31st Onetahua Marae visit

June

5th Queens Birthday

16th Cross Country

19th CC Postponement Day

22nd Library Quiz

23rd NZ Playhouse ‘Puss n boots”

July

7th Last day of term

Burritos $3 Chocolate Muffins $2

Thanks Jo & Melissa for making school lunch this week.

$2 entry

School Disco - 26th May (new date) 5pm—6.30pm in the Motupipi Hall

If you are able to help or provide food to sell at the disco please let Jane, Melissa or Kylie know.

I went and watched the football for the junior children up at the Recreation Ground on Saturday.

The kids were pretty keen as it was their first outing for the season. It was great to see so many of

our children involved as well as parents Anju, Corey and Nina organizing the games and training.

Rugby also started for the children on Saturday with the children keen to relive their games with

us on Monday.

This weekend our netball girls have their first run, which they are looking forward to. Thanks to

Kylie and Melissa for running the practices for the girls.

Malcolm has a keen group of hockey players training on Tuesday after school at 3.30 at Takaka

Primary Hockey Fields with games played at Takaka Primary on Saturdays from 9.30am.

If you are keen for your child to play either of the sports above please let me know and I’ll put you

in touch with the right people.

Mark

Photos from Football on Saturday morning up at the Rec centre

Principal Awards Congratulations to the following children who were presented with principal awards at this weeks assembly.

Kiva, Isla, Kian, Emmy, Emily C, Zeb, Lily, Lief, Zoe,

Tara, Lola, Olive, Thomas, Carmyn, Trey, Luca, Aonghus,

Lochie, Emily H, and Sonny.

Rippa Rugby Report by Lief – Room 1

Yesterday, the 9th May we went over to Takaka Primary to play in the interschool Rippa Rugby Tournament.

Our first game was a bye so we had to wait a long time before we played.

Our first real game was against a Takaka Primary team. We had an easy win and went on to verse a harder Takaka

Primary team,

It was probably my favourite game because Archie and I both got good interceptions and scored runaway trys.

We won all of our games but the semi final was definitely the hardest. We were all playing hard and when the whis-

tle blew for the end of the match the score was 7-7, so the ref said that the next try will win. Luckily we scored

the last try and won the game.

In the final we were versing a team we had already won against, so it wasn’t too hard.

Overall I had a really fun day and I’m looking forward to going over to Nelson to verse the other best teams in the

top of the South Island.

Rippa Rugby We had two teams entered in the Golden Bay Rippa Rugby Tournament on Tuesday with our Team 1 going through undefeated. They will represent Golden Bay at the Regional finals in Nelson later this term. Team 2 also had a good tournament and won their play off game for 5th place. The sportspersonship exhibited by the children across all the schools was great to see and helped to make it an awesome day. Thanks to those parents who helped out with transport and who supported our teams. Thanks also to David and Logan who gave the call that the rain wouldn’t come until after two, and they were spot on.

Our rippa rugby team played hard and we won 3 games. I played as hard as I could. Hayden

I think our team played awesomely. I really enjoyed the rippa rugby it was fun. Archie

Rippa rugby was super exciting. We won all of our games. In the final we had to verse a team we had already played and won. We won the tournament. Joe

I really enjoyed rippa rugby. Our team did really well and the other team did well. I can’t wait until we go over to Nelson. Jay

Rippa rugby was really cool, or though when we finished my legs killed me. We won four games and lost two. Holley

I was very proud of my team and I enjoyed the whole tournament. Emma

I really enjoyed rippa rugby because I thought I wouldn’t score a try, but I scored one. I was really pleased that we won all our games and came first overall. Iyla

Motupipi School Details:

435 Abel Tasman Drive

Takaka 7183

Phone: 03 525 9986

EMAIL: markc@motupipi.school.nz

Or: office@motupipi.school.nz

New Banking Account No:

03 1354 0401412 000

Marae Visit

We will be having a whole school visit to the Onetahua Marae on Wednesday 31 May. The visit will start with a powhiri where many will be welcomed onto the marae for the first time, the children will be involved in various activities such as rakau, harakeke, waiata, taiaha poi etc and Rm 1 will stay for the night at the marae. The visit will require a bit of pre work regarding protocol around the marae.

Here is Lola's winning story of an online story-writing competition

against writers from all over the world!

Kathy’s Story Starter

“Not again!” Sarah grumbled. She picked up the apple she’d left on the library bench and pointed

to the bite marks. “This isn’t a joke anymore. Who’s been eating my lunch?”

The four school librarians looked at each other and then focused on Todd.

“Not me,” he shrugged. “I only steal chocolate and chips.” He glanced at the boy next to him, who

was wearing an enormous mustard-coloured raincoat that stretched down past his knees. “Katie

looks like he needs a feed though.”

The small boy scowled. “My name is Kat-ya.”

Sarah sighed. “He’s Russian, Todd. Doesn’t speak much English, remember? Leave him alone.”

She looked at the empty space on the front counter and gasped. “There’s no number.”

Every day for the last week, they had found a number – a dewey decimal classification number –

scrawled on a paper star, on the front counter. Mr Johnson, the librarian, hadn’t said anything

about it, and because he’d been acting so strangely lately, no one had wanted to ask.

“Do you think we’re going to be tested on it?”

Everyone pulled a face.

“Maybe it’s a treasure hunt.” Jessie looked hopeful.

Katya pulled a scrappy piece of paper out of his pocket and flattened it on the counter. All of the numbers were listed in the order they had found them.

179.3; 599.2; 363.78; 333.95; 636.8; 027; 675.2; 634.11; 994

“994 is the number for Australia,” Jessie said, pointing to the animal poster on the wall above 994 in the geography section. It had AUSTRALIA emblazoned across

the top, with photos of a snake, Huntsman spider, crocodile, bilby, numbat, wombat, kangaroo, and koala. Underneath the poster sat a cardboard box.

“Oh no, please don’t let it be spiders.” Jessie groaned. “I’d just die.”

Todd lifted one of the flaps with a ruler. Claws scuffled inside the box, making everyone jump.

Sarah leaned in for a closer look. “Oh my God. I haven’t seen one of those in years,” she said.

“That’s because New Zealand killed them all back in 2017. The year of the big cull. My parents protested about it.” Todd looked into the big eyes of the creature

looking back at him.

“What are we going to do with it?” Jessie whispered. “It’s just a baby.”

“It’s also a Biosecurity Code Red,” Sarah said. “Perhaps we should give it to Mr Creech.”

No one said a word. Mr Creech was the caretaker. He kept a cricket bat on his wall for taking care of the things he classed as pests.

Katya lifted the frightened animal out of the box, stroked it and slipped it inside his jacket. “Bee-YOU-tee-ful,” he murmured.

Winner 2: Lola

Lola Hartingale (aged 9), Motupipi Primary School continued:

The baby possum looked up at Katya with beady black eyes.

“How has a possum got into New Zealand?” Asked Sarah in a questioning tone. Everybody was clueless.

“Maybe it could have been smuggled here.” suggested Todd

“What do you think Jessie?”

Jessie didn’t answer, she was on the other side of the large library at the computer table staring at a computer. She had the tatty slip of creased paper with the

Dewey decimals on it beside her. Sarah, Todd and Katya walked over to her and seated themselves comfortably on the plastic school chairs next to her. They

peered at the computer screen.

“What is on that piece of paper ?” Asked Sarah

“Look.” whispered Jessie. “All of these Dewey decimals represent something, don’t they?”

Everyone nodded. “I have found out a few of their meanings… for example, 179.3 is animal rights, 599.2 is marsupials, 363.78 is pest control and the other

meanings I wrote on this paper.”

The other words scribbled on the piece of paper by Jessie were: Biodiversity, Cats, Library’s , home tanning and leather craft, Apples, and Australia.

“These Dewey decimals were on the paper, right?” Asked Jessie without waiting for a reply. “We got them off Mr Johnson’s desk. They must have been on there for

a reason. This might have something to do with the possum.”

“Back in Russia my uncle was a fur farmer and he killed innocent possums just like this one for their amazingly soft fur.” commented katya

“You’re talking codswallop! No would kill a creature as beautiful as this for its fur no matter how soft it is!” Exclaimed Sarah

“They…” Katya was just about to retaliate when he was interrupted by Jessie, she was pointing at the computer screen, “Oh my gosh!” In the corner of the website

on the computer they were looking at a gray advertisement streaked with black and white and had these words on it…

“Jolly Johnson’s gloves!

Made with the softest Trichosurus vulpecula fur

By the warm-hearted Mr Johnson “

Everybody was startled. They peered over to Mr Johnson’s desk. They stared at his softest furry scarf and at his gloves with a fur lining laid neatly on his desk. They

then swiveled their heads to peek over at his winter coat. Fur was poking out of the sleeves and it had a fluffy collar. The children were startled. They gaped at each

other, then peered down at the creature nestled safe and sound in Katya’s coat pocket. It never knew what nearly happened to itself, and if it found out it would have

been horrified …