17th March 2016 - Week 7 Term 1

Friday Lunches Bacon & Egg Pie $3

Afghans $2 Thanks to Amy T and Katie H for making this weeks lunch.

School Calendar March

22nd BOT info evening

23rd Assembly 2.10pm

25th Good Friday

28th Easter Monday

29th Easter Tuesday

April

15th April Term 1 ends

Muturoa Mission Jodie took ten children over to the Hunter Brown Reserve on Rough Island / Rabbit Island yesterday to take part in the Moturoa Sustainability Challenge.

The children were required to follow a map to find the various activity stations, where they had to complete the challenges set.

Thanks to Brian Nesbit and Rachel Climpson for helping with transport as well as

working with the children during the challenge. The children all worked well together and though it rained all day they stuck to

their tasks. We were especially proud of Kate who was only one of three children to stand

up in front of 150 and talk about our schools display.

I liked playing the fishing game because I learnt a lot of new things and I now know the shape of a John Dory. Trey I enjoyed the game at the end where we had to invent our own game using what was around us. We made ours out of sticks, rocks and flax. Anna My favourite game was the fishing game. We had to catch certain fish with magnets and avoid catching others like turtles and albatrosses. I also enjoyed having to make a game using the nature around us like sticks and leaves. Caitlin W The fishing game was great because I thought it was quite a cool idea of choosing a fish and only catching a certain amount. I liked how it wasn’t just fish but also dolphins, sharks, whales albatross and turtles. Will I enjoyed all the fun activities because you interacted in them and did lots of practical things. The board game where you got to be the pieces was really neat. Poppy I found the trapping game interesting because of the smells of the baits they use for pests. One bait smelled like peanut butter and another like cinnamon. The bait that smelled like dead fish was for stoats. The possum fur was really soft. Daisy In the bird watching I spotted lots of tuis and fantails. It was fun putting the special plastic tubes over the trees to protect them from the wind and from the hares and rabbits. Phoebe At the trapping activity I found the fur nice and soft and it was cool seeing all the different types of traps. Catlin A I liked going around trying to find all the different stations and at the same time exploring a different area. My favourite activity was where we had to find bugs. I found two spiders, which I don’t like and two slaters. Kate

LOST … Brand new towel turquoise and

white striped. Please return to Gypsy in Rm1 if you find it.

HOCKEY Junior Hockey registration. Ages 7-14 years. Tuesday 22 March 3-4pm at TPS fields, (if wet under the hall entry). Free stick and ball to all new players. Subs $20 player. Tuesdays from 3:15-4:15pm at TPS Volunteers are required to help run this club. Enquires to Fleur 5256116

Beep! Beep! Beep went the beeper

on the flag. Run, run

run went my feet.

Crunch went the branches as I ran

on them. Off I went

orienteering.

By Ashton S

Splash went the waves on the beach at Zoe’s birthday.

Crunch went the chips as we ate them at the beach.

By Amira

Brmmm, brmmm, went the car as I

went to Nelson.

By Kian

Click, click, click, went the pedals

on my bike. I was helping Talia on

my bike. She can ride my bike all

by herself!

By Jayden

Rrrrm went the car as we went to

my cousin’s place.

We went to the coffee store. My

brother came as well.

We said to the person that we

needed a plate for the

muffins. It was yummy.

By Ruby

Whooosh went the water when

we got there when we went

swimming in the river.

By Kiva

Brrm went the motor in the car. I went with Nana’

and got some chips and a hamburger. Then I had

two juices and a lollipop. I went back to my Mum’s

house and I went to bed. My tummy was sore

because I ate too much sugary food.

By Shawn

Scritch scratch as I sharpened my

coloured pencil with my pencil

sharpener. I got it from Smiggle

shop. It is awesome.

By Amber

Bzzz, bzzzz bzzzz, went the timer on the oven. My

dog I had made out of Fimo was cooked. It was

hot!

By Olive

Room 3 have been learning to start their writing in different ways. This week they used sound words

Motupipi Triathlon We had planned to hold this prior to Easter, however

with the build up of campers at the Pohara Top 10 it makes it hard to get enough space for us, so we plan to

hold it at the end of the year.

BOT Information Evening Next Tuesday at 7pm If you are interested in becoming a Board of Trustees

member or just want to find out a bit more about the role of the Board, we invite you to come along to a

meeting next Tuesday evening at 7pm.

The aim of evening will to give you an idea of what is involved in being a BOT member. It will also be a

chance to talk to our current board members who can share their experiences.

We look forward to catching up with some of you then.

I was pretty nervous going out in the

boat as it went so fast. I got a tug after 2 or 5 minutes. The

fish fought a lot and it was hard to wind so Dan helped me. It was a big

blue cod!

I was pretty pleased with myself. Dan and Logan were impressed and

said it was a good size. It was my first real fish.

Arjuna K

Camp Fun

I loved the sailing but at first I did not know how to steer, but I got the hang of it quickly. It was really fun.

I also went in Logan's speed boat to the other side of the Inlet, it was beautiful.

When we had dinner, lunch or something to eat the

ducks would come and try and eat the food out of your hands.

I can’t wait till next camp! Tara

My favourite bit was

when we went out to sea on Logan's boat.

I went out with Em-ma, Holley and Zoe.

Zoe was the only one

in our boat that caught a blue cod, but

it was too small so we let it go.

Lily W

I made a spectacular den for my Teddy.

Paris, Bella and I came second in the orient-eering and got all the pictures right.

I went in a yacht with Trey. I used the rud-der to steer, it was freaky. I was worried it

would flip. Trey kept pulling the rope tight

so it would go faster. Lola

We went sailing and I was a Pro. I

went sailing in Renfords Boat and I was freaked out because Renford

tightened the rope and we sped along. We did a boom snap where we duck

under as the boom flies over us.

Emma

Sailing was awesome because when the wind picked

up we moved quite fast. Sometimes the boom would hit me in the head when I turned too quickly.

Archie

Camp Tukurua—Room Five Renford’s class had an awesome camp at the Golden Bay Holiday Park at Tukurua this week. The children were able to experience yachting, kayaking, orienteering, bush walks, fishing, cooperative games as well as

making their own activities in their spare time. The children were a pleasure to take away with lots of positive comments from a number of the elderly campers at the

camp.

Once again our parent support was fantastic and we thank you for help in the general organization of the camp but especially for your interaction with the children during all the activities and also initiating activities for the children.

Golden Bay Schools’ Swimming Sports Congratulations to all our entrants at the Golden Bay Schools’ Swimming Sports last Friday. We entered a large team of swimmers with all of them completing their events well. The award for resili-ence goes to Emily C who tripped over a tog bag cord on the way to the bus and took a bad fall grazing both knees, an elbow and cutting her toe. While very sore and stiff she was determined to take part and completed her events.