Maungatapere School

Newsletter 12 December 2024

From the Principal

A Look Back and Ahead

We were thrilled to see so many parents and grandparents join us for our recent Celebration of Learning. I counted approximately 170 adults. It was wonderful to showcase our students hard work and talents.

Upcoming Events

13th December Friday Fun Day: Due to weather conditions, our Year 5-8 beach trip has been rescheduled to a fun day at school this Friday.
13th December Year 3/4 Beach Trip: Our Year 3/4 students are looking forward to their beach trip this Friday.
13th December School Council Disco: The Student Council has organized a disco this Friday, starting at 5 PM. Please pick up your child by 7 PM. The PTA are running a BBQ and drinks for the event.
16th December Year 8 Graduation Dinner.
16th December Student Report will be sent home on Monday afternoon.
16th December Our Year 8 students will have their farewell dinner at the Sherwood Golf Course on Monday night
16th December Parent Helpers "Thank you" Morning Tea

17th December Year Level Swaps: On Tuesday, students will have a chance to meet their new teachers and classmates for next year. We are still working through the employment of two teachers, therefore a couple of classes may not get to know their teacher on this day.
18th December End-of-Year Prize Giving: Our final day of school instruction and prize-giving ceremony will be held on Wednesday at 9:30 AM on the top covered court. Please arrive early and park as directed. The school grounds will be open for parking again from 8:45 to 9:20 when the gates will be closed for safety reasons. Please park in the same lines as we did for the celebration afternoon. The first line of cars park facing the school with bumpers lined up with the edge of the 100m track. This allows for safe exiting in rows.

Please note that the buses do not run on Wednesday and there is no After School Care. We anticipate that the Prize giving will round up around 11ish. Please make arrangements for picking up your children, thank you.

Thank you to all our parent volunteers who have made these events possible and for our whole community who have supported the school and children this year. We wish everyone a safe and enjoyable holiday break.

Joseph Hart Rm 8 For your dedication to your learning in all curriculum areas ands always being polite in and outside the class.

Alexander Beckett Rm 4 For your fabulous attitude to learning in literacy.

Olivia Moir-Rountree Rm 5 For your amazing start to school! You are a little superstar, always giving it your best.

Geva Angus Rm 7 Always having an awesome attitude and is ALWAYS seen giving 100%. Well done.

Hazel Mehrtens Rm 12 For always working hard to make her learning happen.

Theia Young Rm 12 For encouraging and helping others in Rm12. Great to see, Theia.

Sam White Rm 12 For a super effort learning his letters and sounds. Great mahi, Sam!

Ava Sole Rm 2 For her wonderful organisational skills and positive attitude.

School Term Dates

13th December Year 3-4 Beach Trip

13th December Year 5, 6, 7, 8 fun day

13th December School Disco

16th December Year 8 Leavers Dinner

16th December Parent Helpers "Thank you" morning tea

18th December Prizegiving and Last Day Term 4 (half day) - NO AFTERNOON BUSES OR ASC

3rd February 2025 First day of school

Rooms 9, 13 & 14 Matariki Masks

Room 9, 13 and 14 have created Paper Mache masks based on Matariki stars and Maori gods. We learned about the long and important way to make the masks. First we cut out any pieces that we wanted to add to our masks out of cardboard. Once this was done we could start applying paper. Layers upon layers of newspaper were glued onto the blank mask to create a 3D effect. This was done 3-5 times. After this we added 1-2 layers of newsprint to ensure that they were smooth and ready for paint. We painted one white coat of paint before we applied colour. We used colourful paint to bring our masks to life. These masks are a representation of our learning this year and will be held onto for years to come. The masks were shown off at our celebration of learning afternoon on Tuesday. We absolutely loved showing off our hard work.

Online gaming safety

Summer holiday's are looming. This can come with an increase in online gaming for your child or children.

Here is an article with some good points to consider around the safety, and things to watch out for with your child. It also provides some handy tips and tricks to help keep your child safe.

https://maungatapere.onlinesafetyhub.nz/parent/articles/the-digital-playground-safe-online-gaming-for-children