Monday, November 29
Sunday, November 28
Welcome to the penultimate week of the 2010 academic year!
Everyone enjoyed Pet Day on Wednesday. There was a lovely relaxed and happy atmosphere as everyone concentrated on preparing their entries for the various sections.
Waiting for the judges to do their thing was made more bearable because of the fun generated by the team games - gumboot throwing, tug-o-war, ball and spoon (we couldn't afford the eggs!), sack races, etc.
We are looking forward to our Responsibilities Assembly on Tuesday morning at 11 am and hope you can make it too.
Of course the highlight of the week ahead is the trip to the Aquatics Centre and Rabbit Island. Hope the weather stays as hot as it was this weekend. Students are encouraged to bring their togs every day from now on as the pool has been filled and we will go for a swim each day, weather permitting.
Waiting for the judges to do their thing was made more bearable because of the fun generated by the team games - gumboot throwing, tug-o-war, ball and spoon (we couldn't afford the eggs!), sack races, etc.
We are looking forward to our Responsibilities Assembly on Tuesday morning at 11 am and hope you can make it too.
Of course the highlight of the week ahead is the trip to the Aquatics Centre and Rabbit Island. Hope the weather stays as hot as it was this weekend. Students are encouraged to bring their togs every day from now on as the pool has been filled and we will go for a swim each day, weather permitting.
Monday, November 22
News and Home Tasks Term 4 Week 7
Another great week coming up as we prepare for the final assemblies and the end of year school wide extra curricula activities. Check out our photos from the Whenua Iti challenge day.
Regards
Teressa
Regards
Teressa
Monday, November 15
News and Home Tasks Term 4 Week 6
Funny how everyone seemed to be a little tired to day... I wonder whether going hard out for athletics on Saturday is the reason?
Thanks for coming along and supporting your child. It was a fantastic family event.
We are all looking forward to the Red Carpet disco on Thursday night. Time for me to find some glad rags to wear...
Regards
Teressa
Thanks for coming along and supporting your child. It was a fantastic family event.
Regards
Teressa
Sunday, November 7
News and Home Tasks Term 4 Week 5
Looking forward to another great week. Preparation for athletics on Saturday is the main focus for this week. Think of ways you could prepare yourself as part of your home learning - a run, throwing a ball at a target, ... what can you think of? Share your ideas with the class at roll call time.
Monday, November 1
News and Home Tasks Term 4 Week 4
Regards
Teressa
Wednesday, October 27
Report Writing
Caves, Cliffs, It’s Kina Beach!Are you looking for fun, adventure and a place to hang out?
Kina Beach is a beautiful place where families and friends can spend time together. It has room for your entire family to have fun with their friends or just enjoy the water and sun.
Kina Beach is fun, holds interesting things and is a great place to swim or have a picnic. There was once about 20 killer whales 100m off the low tide line, so you might be lucky and get to whale watch to add to the fun.
Kina Beach is a popular place and is attracting people looking for property. There was going to be a huge mansion built right in front of the beach. Until they received such a great amount of complaints that they were forced to stop building. If they had finished the house, the wonderful privacy of Kina would have been lost.
Many years ago, the cliffs of Kina crumbled away and created fun caves for children and revealed a few fossils for adults. Kina also holds other interesting things like colourful stones, interesting shaped wood and who knows what else!
One of the best things about Kina is...
IT’S COMPLETELY FREE!!! That’s right, a day at the beach, a picnic and a swim is completely free! I’ve heard on that one beach, it’s 80 Euros just to sit on the sand!
Tasman has been made a whole lot better because it has a fantastic beach to walk, run, sit, play, picnic, swim and relax on. Collecting things makes hours on end of fun. And is even more fun at home when you get artsy craftsy and create things out of them.
You will find the Kina Area when you turn of the main road from Nelson and follow the mud flats down Kina Beach Rd. When you come to
a parking area, you can choose to stop there, or continue down the road until you find a n area on the beach that you like.So if you’re looking for a place that’s open all year round,is cost free and is heaps of fun, then you’ve found one! Grab a bunch of friends or family and head down to Kina for a fun day on the beach. It doesn’t matter who you are or who you bring, Kina Beach and Cliffs are perfect for anyone and everyone!
Kelly Prosser
Mapua School
Monday, October 25
News and Home Tasks Term 4 Week 3
A four day week packed full of goodies : ) Rock on Room 7 band on Tuesday! Photos will be posted on Wednesday - maybe a video...
See what the week ahead holds on the home tasks sheet and then check out the interactive activity above. What is the Science behind it? Add it to your portfolio if you think it is significant for your understandings of Forces. Don't forget to explain how it is significant.
Regards
Teressa
See what the week ahead holds on the home tasks sheet and then check out the interactive activity above. What is the Science behind it? Add it to your portfolio if you think it is significant for your understandings of Forces. Don't forget to explain how it is significant.
Regards
Teressa
Sunday, October 17
News and Home Tasks Term 4 Week 2
A great week ahead - check out our news and tasks to extend our Habits of Mind and Key Competencies.
Regards
Teressa
Regards
Teressa
Sunday, October 10
It's back to school we go...
Hi everyone, welcome to Term 4.
Hope you managed to squeeze in some fun times before the Spring break was over. It's always amazing how fast two weeks can go! Welcome back to our overseas trippers. I'm looking forward to catching up with everyone as the Term progresses. Check out the News and activities sheet for info for the week ahead.
Cheers
Teressa
Hope you managed to squeeze in some fun times before the Spring break was over. It's always amazing how fast two weeks can go! Welcome back to our overseas trippers. I'm looking forward to catching up with everyone as the Term progresses. Check out the News and activities sheet for info for the week ahead.
Cheers
Teressa
Monday, September 20
News and Home Tasks Term 3 Week 10
The last week of Term already! Check out our news and events.
Regards
Teressa
Regards
Teressa
Friday, September 17
Talents in action
On Friday each talent group shared the learning and outcomes of Term 3's learning for their particular talent. It was fantastic to hear and see what each group had been working on.
The music group performed a variety of pieces show casing their ability to sing and play a variety of instruments. The drama group entertained us with a number of skits and situations. The film crew talked us through the process they went through to produce their advertisement for a parent improvement formula - very clever. The technology group talked about how they learnt to use the different levels of Blooms thinking to help them create successful products and got everyone to help them select which trophy should be used for the Blog of the Week trophy. The website team are still busy working on the school website which will be unveiled and decided on next Term.
Check out grace's Animoto video of the groups in action.
The music group performed a variety of pieces show casing their ability to sing and play a variety of instruments. The drama group entertained us with a number of skits and situations. The film crew talked us through the process they went through to produce their advertisement for a parent improvement formula - very clever. The technology group talked about how they learnt to use the different levels of Blooms thinking to help them create successful products and got everyone to help them select which trophy should be used for the Blog of the Week trophy. The website team are still busy working on the school website which will be unveiled and decided on next Term.
Check out grace's Animoto video of the groups in action.
Wednesday, September 15
Year 7 band members jam with Easy Tigers
Easy Tigers are a local Mapua Band. The members are Tracy Duncan as the singer, Tony Jemmett as the drummer, Kim Francis as the keyboardist and backup singer, David Francis as the base and Richard Thomas as the electric guitarist. It was great listening to them as they practiced for their next gig.
The penultimate week of Term 3. it's going to be a good one.
Sunday, September 12
Max in france
As soon as I got of the plane I realised that I was in for a hot time in Hong Kong. When my family got into the terminal we were directed to a taxi and were driven straight to our front door. When we got to the hotel I walked inside and felt the cool blast of air conditioning. It felt fantastic. I really don't like hot temperatures!
When we had checked into the hotel I plodded towards the lifts. The lifts were really beautiful. They had golden doors. They took a while to come because the building had over 30 floors. When we were inside the lift I noticed that the 4th,14th and the 24 floor was missing from the building. Apparently the Chinese people think that the number 4 is evil and it meant death. The 32nd floor was our floor and as soon as we got into our room I looked through the window and saw how high we were. The people down below looked like ants and the cars looked like toy cars.
Hong Kong was like this:
We saw lots of the old people pulling rubbish carts around the streets. I think this is because they didn't have any money to live so they had to do what they could to earn some. We also saw many people who were poor. We could tell by their clothes that were ripped and dirty.
There were lots of lit up signs, so it was very bright at night. There were loads of cars that always beeped their horns. It was very busy and densely populated. There were loads of people on the streets and it looked like most of the people lived in apartments. The apartments were tall and squashed together. Most of the buildings were very crumbly. All the washing was hung up outside of the buildings. I thought that it wouldn't be very clean because of all the dust and dirt of the city.
There were lots of street markets that sold fish and fruit and vegetables. They also sold things like chicken feet and meat that was hanging outside with all the dust and heat. We went to one street market that sold lots of goldfish and angelfish. Chinese people think goldfish are lucky.
It was surprising that there were no flies because usually hot places have loads of flies. The other surprising thing is that there were not alot of birds. Maybe it is because all the buildings are so high and maybe because there is not alot of green trees.
Hong Kong was a really interesting place because the way of life seemed so difficult and different.
When we had checked into the hotel I plodded towards the lifts. The lifts were really beautiful. They had golden doors. They took a while to come because the building had over 30 floors. When we were inside the lift I noticed that the 4th,14th and the 24 floor was missing from the building. Apparently the Chinese people think that the number 4 is evil and it meant death. The 32nd floor was our floor and as soon as we got into our room I looked through the window and saw how high we were. The people down below looked like ants and the cars looked like toy cars.
Hong Kong was like this:
We saw lots of the old people pulling rubbish carts around the streets. I think this is because they didn't have any money to live so they had to do what they could to earn some. We also saw many people who were poor. We could tell by their clothes that were ripped and dirty.
There were lots of lit up signs, so it was very bright at night. There were loads of cars that always beeped their horns. It was very busy and densely populated. There were loads of people on the streets and it looked like most of the people lived in apartments. The apartments were tall and squashed together. Most of the buildings were very crumbly. All the washing was hung up outside of the buildings. I thought that it wouldn't be very clean because of all the dust and dirt of the city.
There were lots of street markets that sold fish and fruit and vegetables. They also sold things like chicken feet and meat that was hanging outside with all the dust and heat. We went to one street market that sold lots of goldfish and angelfish. Chinese people think goldfish are lucky.
It was surprising that there were no flies because usually hot places have loads of flies. The other surprising thing is that there were not alot of birds. Maybe it is because all the buildings are so high and maybe because there is not alot of green trees.
Hong Kong was a really interesting place because the way of life seemed so difficult and different.
Here are some Photos of my Trip to Calgary
They have finally arrived!
Part 1:
Part 2:
We will remember our trip forever!
Friday, September 10
Inter-school Speech Competition
Second place in the Motueka Inter-school speech competitions is fantastic! We're proud of you James.
Wednesday, September 8
Special message to James
We think you are an awesome speaker James and we hope everything goes well for the speech competition Thursday night. You'll knock the socks off the judges with your knowledge and ability to communicate with clarity and precision.
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