Duffy Visit - Alistair McIntyre

On Tuesday we had our first Duffy Assembly for the year. Alistair came to visit Te Mahia School and talk to us about his dream of writing a book. Alistair was not a good writer at school. In fact, he did not like much about school and was absent a lot. He told us how this reflected in his results. After an accident stopped him from doing his dream job he decided to put pen to paper and write a children's book. Just goes to show, you can achieve anything if you really put your mind to it.

Gold Medal Athlete Visits Te Mahia Kura

The New Zealand Olympic organisation contacted schools to identify who would like a school visit by an athlete. Danyon Loader had been visiting school in Gisborne and made the trip down to Te Mahia School on Thursday 11th April. Danyon spoke about how he loved water from a young age, but decided to get competitive when he had to choose between football and swimming. Swimming has taken him all over the world and he is the only New Zealander to have received 2 gold medals at the olympics. Danyon was only to keen to share his ideas about the importance of working/training hard and believing in yourself to achieve great results.

Harlem Shake

Miss O'B didn't even know what the Harlem Shake was all about. Thanks Dreydon for sharing your craziness and organising Room 1. Check out our kanikani that took little effort to perform and record. Ivory - you are a shining star!

The Cup Song - Room 1

Do you think we have talent???  Room 1 rehearsed this song and with our natural rhythm, persistence and team work, we managed to perform this song with relative ease. Thank you Kingi and Brady for trying to teach me and not giving up - it does take your teacher a rather long time to master things doesn't it?

Book Character Day

On Thursday 28th March, Te Mahia School celebrated Aotearoa book month by dressing up as their favourite character. We had Ninja's, witches, Hermonie, Darth Vadar, Brian, Wiggles, Little Red Riding Hood, Catwoman and heaps more. Congratulations to Jahson and Dennis who were voted as 'best dressed' for the day. It was sooooooo cool.

Home learning Week 9

Part of this weeks challenge was to create an Easter Egg extravaganza. After hard boiling an egg, students were asked to decorate it any way they wanted and with materials they had at home. Check out Jack Delaney's 'Humpty Dumpty' version. He even created a brick wall for his egg to sit on. Also Kingi who recreated, the 'Easter Bunny.' Way to go people!!!

Te Mahia School Camp

Two days and one night - how very fast it seems to go. It was an absolutely enjoyable time, especially seeing our Year 8 leaders working with their teams. Hopefully you learnt some new knowledge form the korero that happened, enjoyed some of the beach activities and managed to get a little bit of sleep on Wednesday night. An enormous thank you to the parents and whanau that made camp possible - you guys rock!!! So where are we going to next?