3rd March 2016 - Week 5 Term 1

Friday Lunches Ham filled Rolls $3 (veg. option available) Chocolate Muffins $2 Thanks to Tiff for preparing and

baking lunch this week

Motupipi School Details: 435 Abel Tasman Drive

Takaka 7183

Phone: 03 525 9986

EMAIL: markc@motupipi.school.nz

Or: office@motupipi.school.nz

Internet Banking No:

03 1711 0013347 00

School Calendar March

6th Weetbix Tryathlon

9th Assembly 2.10pm

11th GB Swim Sports

23rd Assembly 2.10pm

25th Good Friday

28th Easter Monday

29th Easter Tuesday

April

15th April Term 1 ends

Golden Bay Schools’ Swimming Sports

The Golden School’s Swimming Sports will be held next Friday 11th March at the Golden Bay High School pool

starting at 11am and finishing around 2.00pm.

We will transport the children to the pool by bus, however parents may take their children home after the

sports.

We have had two sessions at the High School pool this week to familiarise those non- swimming club members

with the longer and deeper pool.

After the training sessions this week the children are well aware of what they are able to accomplish.

I swum a length freestyle of the High School pool for the first time today. I nearly made it on Tuesday, it was a long way. Riley W

I made my length of freestyle easily but the breaststroke was a lot harder as I kept going too deep. Mrs Cullen is going to help me not go so deep. Emily H

I didn’t think I would be able to do a length as I thought it would be too far but I managed a length freestyle and backstroke. I also touched the bottom of the deep end. Jaxxon

I did better than I thought and I was able to comfortably do a length freestyle and breaststroke but kept getting water up my nose in backstroke. Having the lanes in kept me going straight. Poppy

Student Advisory Board

Wow! What an awesome weekend we had at the SAB retreat. With our gear in packs and a mystery destination, off we went. We walked from Totaranui to Waiharakeke where we set up camp for two nights. We learnt lots about fresh water fish! We set fish traps at night then checked them in the morning and were excited with our finds of Kokopu and Red Fin Bullies. We walked to Awaroa Hut learning about plants and their uses. On the way we found a Geocache, met the warden, and enjoyed the critters on the estuary mud flats. We are really excited about the year ahead. Watch this Space!

Room Five’s Mystery Stories

THE MAGIC COW PAT I was falling. I saw a cowpat and accidently fell in. When I hit the cowpat I got knocked out and everything felt weird!

Everything looked strange. The cowpat was super sloppy. I was thinking in my mind „am I dreaming or not?‟ My brain was going kooky. There were bones everywhere. I was freaked. There was a man in the distance … who could he be.

He looked mysterious. Suddenly, I remembered I‟d seen him before… It was cowpat man!!!!!!! He was sloppy. I saw

him levitating cowpats and then I woke up I saw my mum. She asked, “Are you all right?” “Yes I‟m fine”. The dog was licking my face.

THE END. By Joe

I went though a doorway and I walked straight into a different dimension where everyone had button eyes except for

me! I noticed that my mum and dad were jealous of me because I had real eyes. I was panicking and wanting to get

out of this world. Later, when I was asleep, my mum woke me up and shouted “LET ME SEW ON BUTTON EYES OR YOU WILL BE LIVING WITH A GHOST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” “Eww, I would rather live with a ghost than live with button

eyes!!!!!” I screamed. Instantly a portal took me to the ghost. I was scared… By Bayleigh

The day I was unconscious. I was falling. I put my hand out to stop myself but I fell right through and landed in a world not like any others. Only

bears were allowed. But the bears could walk and talk. I looked at myself and saw that I was a bear too.“Ahhhhhhhhh!!!” I screamed. The bears started to stare at me with their big bulgy eyes. Luckily they finally

stopped and blinked. I ran towards a village of houses. I met a bear called Bob. He was a nice bear who built houses. I

asked if he and his crew could please build me a house. “Sure” they said and with one pound of the hammer a two-story house was built.

By Maren.

I sat back a little, and then… crack!! The branch snapped and I fell down down down! I landed, plonk, on a bed of moss. I stood up and looked around. “Wow, this place is beautiful”. There were lots of high stacks of parcels. As I

walked along a skinny path there were lots of little elves in green suits. Then, suddenly I saw 1, 2, 3 reindeer… no wait

4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 reindeer. Am I really seeing right? A man in a red sleigh pulled up beside a small elf. As the elf hopped in a trumpet sound filled the air.

By Iyla

There was a truck stuck in the muck. A duck came and the duck said cluck. It was a strange duck. It was big and pulled

the truck out of the muck. I started to pluck the duck and the duck said CLUCK!!! By Hayden

Room 3 are learning to use interesting “action” words in their writing

I scootered home by myself. Emma

I wobbled on the tight rope at the tree field

with my mum and dad. Kiva

I jogged with my mum to the golf course.

Emmy

I bounced over a mountain as big as a dinosaur. Jayden

Charlie is travelling on the ferry.

Basic ―Coding with Scratch‖ Takaka

Memorial Library

Amanda Clarke, computer programmer for over 15 years, is using

―Scratch‖ to introduce the kids to basic coding. ―With Scratch, you

can program your own interactive stories, games, and animations‖,

she says.

Age: 9 – 12 year olds

5 weekly sessions:

Mondays: 7 March – 11 April 2016

Cost: $50

Booking essential, limited spaces

Bring your own laptop, can provide some

―Scratch helps young people learn to think creatively, reason sys-

tematically, and work collaboratively — essential skills for life in

the 21st century.‖

Contact: doris.symmons@tasman.govt.nz Phone: 03 525 0059

Room Four Recipes for a Happy Class Sawyer’s Recipe 27 Computers A dog A hot pool A hydroslide A smiley Alligator And 27 happy kids Mix it all together and have a good day!! Luca’s Recipe 27 smiling children 1 happy teacher 30 friends 20 fun games 100 pages of writing 102 days of swimming 103 pets 1 or 2 cupcakes or cakes each 100 pieces of chocolate 20 board games 30 fun sports games Mix together well and enjoy! Lochie’s Recipe 27 smiling children 27 mine craft Lego sets 1 cat 1 foot washer 1 football each 1 cricket set and a game of cricket every day 1 cake 27 computers A tidy bag bay Mix together and enjoy!

2016 Dates

Term 1 2nd Feb - 15th April Term 2 2nd May - 8th July

Term 3 25th July - 28th Sept Term 4 10th Oct - 15th Dec

WANTED

Jam and pickle jars/bottles with

lids for Motupipi Hall.

Please drop off at the school

office or foyer of the hall.

Room One’s favourite parts about Camp at Kahurangi Outpost.

Gypsy - going on the bike ride because we got to have lunch in a beautiful place. Rosie - I liked going in the big cave and seeing stalactites. Phoebe - I like playing capture the flag and battleships. Will - I liked the cave and all the things I have never seen before. Seamus - I liked going to the caves because it was extremely interesting. Daisy - I like going on the bike ride and chatting to Rosie on the way. Kate - I liked spot light because I never got found unless I wanted to. Carlos - I liked walking up to the lookout tree because it was awesome. Rhys - I liked climbing up to the lookout tree because I could see all the Outpost. Iris - I enjoyed going for a swim every day because it cooled me down. Jack - I liked getting coal because I got black hands. Yoshi - I liked plying a tackle game because it was fun tackling eve-ryone. Kieran - I liked going in the cave and exploring it because it was fun.

ROOM ONE CAMP