28th May 2015 - Week 6 Term 2

Motupipi School says, “Namaste Nepal!”

Last Friday, the 22nd of May, the children, staff and parents of Motupipi School held a gala to raise funds to help the

people of Nepal after their recent devastating earthquake experiences.

The day before consisted of an organised activity rotation of “family groups”; where each group consisted of around 24

children with a spread of mixed ages from 5 years to 11 years.

All the children participated in the range of activities including making prayer flags with messages for the Nepali people;

cooking a whole school meal of the traditional Nepali dish, „Dahl Baht” complete with a chapatti-making workshop;

drawing and dying vivid, brightly coloured candle lanterns; creating paper mache seed cards; team-mountaineering with

real equipment and learning the details of Sir Edmund Hillary‟s expedition of Mount Everest.

The Gala was a kaleidoscope of colour and activity as the children‟s prayer flags messages were carried on the wind to

the people of Nepal and screams of delight plummeted over and under the NBS Bouncy Castle. Stalls of all shapes and

sizes offering a variety of goods from pre-loved toys and clothes to a “Style yourself Up” hair chalking operation.

Participation events included, “Guess the weight of the mountaineering pack?” or “Guess the number of lollies in the

jar?” and a gruelling, highly competitive, “Sherpa Challenge” over mountains and down valleys, balancing on low ropes

and crawling through forests carrying a loaded mountain pack of course!

Funds raised amounted to $1632.00. Well done to the Motupipi Staff, parents and children who really put their hearts

into the event.

First Frost by Nina My feet felt frozen even though I has shoes on My hands felt like a block of ice All around there was a sheet of frost The picnic tables were white with frost The grass was shimmering with frost It was the first frost of the year and heaps of kids were playing in the frost The frost looked like ice-cream and smelt of cold water The ice crunched under my feet It was a cold cold frost

Frosty Mornings by Holly After heavy snow warnings With the ground covered in frost Its crunchy not soft Why children sleep in the loft To keep cosy and warm

Cold Morning by Iris The wintry frost covered everything Cold morning Kids darting into the sun to warm themselves Cold morning Things glittering everywhere Cold morning Shadow’s crawling everywhere Dark cold morning

ROOM ONE’S FROSTY MORNING WRITING

My Pet Stories by Room Three **********************************************

My Piglet by Mav My piglet is my favourite pet. He is called Jack. He never runs away. He is pink. He oinks when he sees me, “Oink”

Monty My Pet by Taylor Monty likes to sleep by the fire. He’s black and white. His hair is long and I really love him. He is a boy. He really loves cat food.

My Pets by Luca My pets are fish. They are called Flipper and Goldey. They do flips in the water, it is funny when they do it. They sleep in a little cage it is black and it has little holes in it. They are really funny. They show off in their little pond.

My Dog Pipi by Aonghus My dog Pipi has a curly tail like a spiral. She jumps up at the people that come down the drive. Also she sneaks out of the cage and onto the busy main road and in the neighbourhood. and plays with her boyfriend whose name is Brucie. When it is morning time we go looking for Pipi around the neighbourhood.

First Frost by Jaiden Crystals sparkling in the morning light Windscreens frozen Cruch, crunch, window wipers going. My dad gets his credit card He takes the ice off I ask my dad to get me a piece of ice Yum! The ice sloshes around in my mouth.

Motupipi School Contact

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

Friday school Lunch

Sushi $3.00 Choc Chip Biscuit $2.00 (gluten free option) Thanks to Hesta and Fumiko for school lunches this week. Needed—Parents to do lunches (or baking) on the following dates 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th June and 3rd July.

School Calendar dates for Term 2

1st June Queen’s Birthday

9th June Year 3/4 Hockey Nelson

10th June Assembly 2.10pm

11th June Year 5/6 Hockey Nelson

12th June Cultural Performance—NZ Playhouse

22nd June Taupo Pt School Trip

24th June Assembly 2.10pm

25th June Library Quiz

3rd July End of Term 2

Term 3 20th July - 25th Sep

Term 4 12th Oct - 16th Dec

Term 1 Starts 2nd Feb 2016

Takaka Library celebrates Youth Week with a giant

book domino. Friday, 29 May. 3.45pm. Levity Beet

and his music students and a new band will perform on

the same day at 4.30pm. " It's humming man...". By the

way, every second Young adult book going out the door

lands a chocolate fish during Youth Week.

Contact: Doris 027 7595 143 or 525 0099.

Wanted…. Do you have any Motupipi books or

journals hidden in your cupboards,

wardrobes, or

bookselves. Please return.