RNZ Ballet visit

On Thursday Lauren from the Royal NZ Ballet came to our school and took all the Year 5's and some Year 6's for a creative dance workshop!  

We learnt some ballet moves and positions for our feet as well as some jumps and then we learnt a section from one of the ballet performances Romeo and Juliet!  It was a lot of fun!  Thanks Lauren! 

Here is the dance section: 

Success for SPCA fundraiser!

 Today was a big success for the workers of MAPS (Makaraka Animal Protection Shelter).  Their market day raised over $360 for the SPCA which will be presented next term. 

A wonderful effort all round!  

  

The workshops were well received and information and questions were of the highest standard from both MAPS workers and the attendees of the workshops!

Everyone should have a little treat to bring home to their animals, we hope they enjoy them! 

SPCA fundraiser Market and workshop day all go!

Busy beavers in Tawhirimatea have bagged u the treats and organised the workshops for tomorrow's pet workshop fundraiser day.

                                   

Remember your donation for SPCA and let us know the animal treat you would like. 

Here we are painting signs for our stalls!  

Students will rotate around 5 animal workshops: 

• Dogs
• Calves
• Sheep
• Rabbits
• Cat

Everyone will receive their treats to bring home for your beloved animals!  

Factory line...

We have begun to make the treats for the market day on Tuesday!  What a fun day we all had.  the smell and visuals were interesting but it was successful! 

 

The rest will be made on Monday!  I hope everyone remembers their donation for a treat and you will be able to try them out on your pet!  

Remember there are: 

• Dog treats - peanut butter and bacon bites.
• Cat treats with tuna
• Horse treats - bran, oats, molasses, apple and carrot. 
• Rabbit treats - banana, berries, apple and pellets. 
• Bird feeders

MAPS Animal Treat Shop Day

Kia Ora Whanau, 

Next Tuesday Tawhirimatea MAPS team will be hosting a shop day to raise money for SPCA.  We are passionate about eliminating cruelty to animals and helping our community to responsibly look after them!  We have been holding workshops to learn about caring for all sorts of animals and now are designing treats as our fundraiser. 

How this will work is: 

Students bring as much money as they would like to donate and then they can choose some treats to bring home on the pro rata basis of $2 per bag.  

We will have: 

1. Cat Treats
2. Dog Treats
3. Bird feeders
4. Horse Treats
5. Rabbit treats
6. Dry dog shampoo

All $2 each!  

As a part of this fun market day we have 5 short animal workshops which the school will be able to go and look at!  This includes calves, a lamb, a dog, a cat and rabbits. 

We hope that you will bring some money and purchase some treats for the animal that suits!  If you don't have an animal then a bird feeder will be perfect!  

Curriculum Evening Term 3, 2020

Our Term 3 curriculum evening was well attended by parents and students!  It was an ambitious evening with 3 big topics covered however we made it and really got a lot out of it!  

Big thanks to Tony Scrag for sharing his Net Safe presentation.  Tony is very knowledgeable in this area and is in a lot of schools.  He was able to share insight with us into what is standard practice across schools in Tairawhiti!  Don't forget to head over to Netflix to watch the documentary 

"The Social Dilemma" 

We also had an update from our Enviro group about what we have achieved and where we are headed at Makaraka.  Thanks for the great Mahi team! 

Here is their presentation: 

Lastly we raced through Maths at Makaraka covering topics such as:

• Prime Maths
• Mathletics
• Math Support Teacher

Here is the presentation:

Willow the Pony

Iyve bought her ponies in to school to show us how to care for them and ride them. It was very interesting to see Iyve talk about all the things she has to remember!  Willow is a beautiful girl and was very well behaved!  

We were very interested to learn about the "frog"in the middle of the hooves!  You need to be very careful when cleaning around this! 

Here is some of the equipment that you need for taking care of horses! (Beware it's a lot!)

You need to also take care of safety: 

Here is Iyve riding Willow:  

Thanks to Caree and Ivey for today's very informative workshop!  We will get the feedback forms out soon!  

Notes from the workshop: