Te Maunga Raffle

On Friday May 22nd the winners of Te Maunga's camp fundraising raffle were announced. The winners were as follows:

Family stay for 5 on The Rock - Kevin Reeves

Deluxe room for 2 at Scenic - Braeden Smith

Lego hamper - Kay

Easter hamper - Braeden Smith

Grocery hamper - Dianne Hawk

$30 grocery voucher - Karceya Takimoana

$20 Greens voucher - Rob Field

Congratulations to all the winners and a HUMONGOUS thank you to all of the awesome people that supported us by donating prizes or buying tickets!!!

Guess who's back...

We are finally back up and running! School opened today and we had a large percentage of students in class and ready to learn! It's been a long time but all the students seemed to get back into the swing of things very nicely. 

We have a Term 2 newsletter for you to peruse at your leisure attached below.

Term 2 Newsletter

Embedding a Slide Presentation

I have created a Slideshow and a video to show people how to embed slides on to their blog

Safety First!

We have been hearing all sorts of things about the COVID-19 virus spreading around the world. We decided that the best form of defence is attack! We watched a Nanogirl video about how to keep ourselves safe.

Then we did some science to learn about why soap is so important to use soap when washing our hands.

We all feel very prepared for what is happening now and will be washing our hands constantly!

Black Friday? Not at Paihia School!!!

Today we decided to have a colourful day at school. We all dressed up in colourful clothes to make our day as bright as possible!

We decided this was a good idea because this time one year ago there was an horrific event taking place in Christchurch. We donated money today and it will go to St. John because they were some of the first people in Christchurch to get in and start helping those affected on that day.

He waka eke noa!

We have been learning about Te Tiriti o Waitangi and how it affects us as a country. We have created our own Class Treaty and signed it with name cards on the wall.

We also made koru patterns to tell a story about our own whanau. These have been shaped like a waka to show that we're all in this together!

Camp Fundraising

We are off to Mangawhai for camp in April! We are all so excited to end the term with such a fun time together, but first...

We are fundraising to make sure we can have the best time for the least money. Every Friday we will be selling Juicies at school and we will be having three sausage sizzles and cake stalls at school. We have plenty of parent help and we are eternally grateful for the massive support from them, as well as the students and staff of Paihia School

Back in the Game

We've finally made it back to school in 2020! There are a lot of new faces and we have had a great time catching up with each other. We have been learning about patterns we can see and create and were able to use all sorts of things to make our own repeating patterns in class.

A Shockingly Good Time

On Thursday November 7th, Te Maunga did a range of activities around electricity.

We got into groups and moved around in a rotation.

One activity was using lemons to create a battery of sorts.

We put copper coins into lemons, stuck zinc nails into lemons and created a circuit using alligator clips. At the end of the circuit was a light emitting diode (LED). It lit up when there was enough power created by the lemons.

We used Brainbox sets to light up bulbs and set motors to spin fans into the air.

We learnt about static electricity by rubbing balloons on wool and our hair to see what would happen next.

Rubbing combs on our hair charged them and made the electricity attract pepper and water!

Duffy Show

Today we had Dylan. Anya and Emma-Rose come to Paihia School to perform a Duffy Show for us.

It was called, "Duffy: Stuck in the Game". 

Duffy gets stuck inside a video game he and his cousin play online together and have to figure out a way to get out by reading books.

It was great fun and we even had a few Te Maunga students involved in the show itself!

We had an outstanding time and learnt a lot!

Food, Glorious Food

This week in Te Maunga we learnt all about how plants grow. We read through texts and wrote down the steps needed to grow a variety of fruit and vegetables. We also created animations to show how this process.

For our Makerspace activity we worked in groups to create different dishes.

We used the vegetables harvested from our garden and brought in a few things from home.

Each group created their own unique dishes, just in time for lunch!

Everyone had a great time being creative and making sure we had some healthy options to eat.

Hopefully we can all recreate these at home!

We also celebrated some birthdays in the class on Friday. Jade turned 10, Alana turns 9 over the weekend and Mrs. Pou will turn 21 yet again on the weekend. Mr. Ngata made a cake for the class to celebrate these milestones.

Term 4 Has Arrived!

We've made it to the beginning of the end! Term 4 is finally here and we have a huge amount planned in the next 9 weeks. This week we had Tracey in to work with the students doing Swim Safe activities... on land!

We have been busy filming our movies for the upcoming film festival. Next week everyone will be hard at work editing their silver screen spectaculars! Check back in a couple of weeks to see the finished products...

Athletics day is in Week 6 so we have been practicing with Te Ngahere to make sure we are all peaking for the big day.

Rebecca Brothers

On Wednesday September 11th, Rebecca Brothers came to speak to the school about her amazing journey and how books have always been a huge part of her life.

She spoke about how she needed to be up early every day to train, but how she never used that as an excuse for her schoolwork. She would come home every day after school and do her homework straight away before heading off to train again at night.

Rebecca explained that books have always been important to her, but in different ways throughout her life. When she was younger she read for enjoyment, as she got older reading became the tool she used to improve herself at university and police training college.

Rebecca competed at the Olympic Games in Athens, Greece in 2004. She showed us a few pictures of her time there. She explained to us that having talent can only get you so far, and that dedication and hard work are much more important in taking you places.

Rebecca read her favourite book to us. It was by Dr. Seuss and it was titled "Oh the places you will go". The book was about the same sort of thing she was telling us about. Having the right attitude will take you amazing places and ensure you do great things.

"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose" - Dr. Seuss