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Papakura 2113

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Issue 6 2018

Wednesday 9 May, 2018

SCHOOL CEREMONY

The school held its own social ANZAC ceremony on Tuesday 1 May. The white

crosses made up the field of remembrance and the students laid poppies that

they had made in class. Nathaniel I from Room 7 and Eta S from Room 8 hosted

the service. Head Boy Tim B and Head Girl Nadiah P read out poems and Mr

Levine played the bugle.

SIGN LANGUAGE WEEK

New Zealand Sign Language is one of the 3 official

languages of New Zealand. NZSL became the third

official language on April 6, 2006. Our Year 7 and 8

students learn NZSL as one of the language modules

they take. Other students learn simple greetings.

The students can progress their sign language

further using instructional videos on the internet.

ANZAC DAY

On Wednesday 25th April, students from

our school attended the Anzac Day civil

service at the cenotaph in Papakura. Our

school councillors presented a wreath to

commemorate all New Zealanders killed

in war and also honour our returned

servicemen and women.

Thank you to the parents and whānau

who supported this event.

Timothy and Brooke

Timothy and Nicky laying the wreath

Representing our school

HARMONY DAY THIS

FRIDAY

This is one of the major

events on the annual

school calendar. It

acknowledges and

celebrates the many

cultures which are

represented at Opaheke

School. The students

participate in dance,

drama or art and craft

activities in whãnau

groups from Year 1 to

Year 8. We have a

number of parents who

will be helping run

activities on the day.

THINKER INNOVATOR COLLABORATOR CHALLENGE TAKER SELF REGULATOR

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SPORTS WRAP UP

100 % Attendance Certificates Term 1 —congratulations to….

Senior Hub Moki-Iti Ethan Sonihal Lyra Mahara Timothy

Matthew Emily Room 21 Ava Mathilde Nathan Nadiah

Brooke Olivia Isabella Lukiah Room 6 Nikki Praise

Calum Room 25 Fletcher Ike Ivanka Logan Jaylyn

Joshua Tyler Onkar Room 10 Claire Room 3 Joshua

Amelia Olivia Isabelle Haylee Aria Aryandeep Junior Hub

Dylan Kaylee Room 17 Elisha Asha Addison Carter

Nicole Nevaeh Navreet Room 9 Jaxen Tatiana Dayton

Harmony Iliesa James Arya Room 5 Rylee Brody

Duan Pranavi Blake Campbell Makayla Sm Cooper

Dylan Room 24 Alicia Damien Harnoor Weston Luke

Simran Korey Hemi Room 8 Aariz Charlotte Huia

Makaylah James Wanessa Eloise Dylan Prina Jade

Carowyn Room 23 Kade Zoe Jorja Room 2 Uttham

Montana Dhruva Room 15 Stephanie Joanne Ebony Caleb

Cornelius Emily Pania Julie Sabastian Tylah Lucian

Santiago Grace Nahla Oliver Kiniasi Prachi

Room 26 Room 22 Tabitha Nicholas Zoe Room 1

Brooke Pablo Olivia Daniel Room 4 Joseph

John Kesaia Brooklyn Room 7 Cayden Teiti

Alex Archin Room 11 Leah Jasmin Mitchell

Sahib Kaeo Gurnoor Madelline Maria Tre

FOOTBALL IN SCHOOLS

The Football in Schools programme run by

Liam Martin from Papakura City Football

will run over term 2 every Monday and

Wednesday.

YEAR 7 BOYS ZONE FOOTBALL

On Tuesday 8 May ten Year 7 boys represented

Opaheke School at the Zone football tournament

held at Drury Football grounds.

Dayton, Niwa, Jacob, Te Rangatira, Kurtis, Josh,

Weston, Sam, Iris and Duan played with great

heart and sportsmanship. Goals were scored by

Niwa, Kurtis and Weston. Duan was awarded

Player of the Day for superb goal keeping and

defending.

OPAHEKE SCHOOL NETBALL CLUB Our Opaheke School netball teams all got fully underway on

Saturday 5th May. This season we have 8 teams representing

Opaheke School Netball Club including a year 1&2 team

(Opaheke Sparkles), two year 3&4 teams (Opaheke Unicorns and

Opaheke Diamonds), two year 5 teams (Opaheke Magic and

Opaheke Lightning), one year 6 team

(Opaheke Thunder) and two

intermediate (year 7&8) teams (Opaheke

Stars and Opaheke Storm). The girls

have all enjoyed their netball so far and

are making great gains in learning new

skills and working together as a team.

The Papakura Netball Centre also had

their opening day ceremony on Saturday and we were very well

represented by our girls. We also won one of the awards for “Best

Banner” – here is a photo of the award-winning banner created

many years ago by Joanna Fieldes (whose children came to

Opaheke).

We look forward to sharing our team results, player of the day

awards etc. with the school community as we go through the

season.

Jenn Jury (Club Co-ordinator)

THINKER INNOVATOR COLLABORATOR CHALLENGE TAKER SELF REGULATOR

OUR ANZAC WHITE CROSS CEREMONY

My favourite part of our

Marae visit was making the

flax flowers. I ended up

helping the rest of my class

with their flowers cause I

already knew how to make

them. One of the old ladies at

the marae that was helping

with the flowers taught me

how to make a rose shaped

flower out of flax too.

( Nicky )

YEAR 7 & 8 STUDENTS VISIT PAPAKURA MARAE

On Thursday the 12th of April all of the year 7 and 8 students went to

the Papakura Marae. We did activities like making flax flowers and

learning how to make fried bread. When we first arrived we were

welcomed onto the Marae by one of the ladies from the Marae. Once

we entered the Wharenui our 3 speakers said their speech, we then

did our school waiata, another waiata and then the

Papakura haka. After the Põwhiri we ate our morning tea and then

went and did our activities. The activities were fried bread making,

rãkau sticks, kapa haka practice and flax flower making. After we

completed all of these activities we ate our lunch and then did the

Opaheke haka to say thank you to ours hosts. ( Nicky, Amore, Liam )

My favourite part of our

marae visit was tying and

twisting up the flax to

make a flower also I loved

eating the fry bread it was

delicious. ( Liam )

My favourite part of

visiting the Marae

was doing my

Whaikõrero as I had

been preparing for

it for a while. I also

enjoyed doing all

the activities but I

mostly enjoyed

learning how to

cook fried bread and

when we got to eat

it and it felt real

delicious. ( Amore )

THINKER INNOVATOR COLLABORATOR CHALLENGE TAKER SELF REGULATOR

In Room 5 (Year 5) we have been

working on our blending skills in Art.

Using Van Gogh's Sunflowers as our

inspiration, we have been using the

medium of crayons to create our own

sunflowers. Here are some of our

pieces.

THINKER INNOVATOR COLLABORATOR CHALLENGE TAKER SELF REGULATOR

ANZAC Ceremony (Week 1, Term 2)

Dear Opaheke School Families,

The school year has got off to a great start for the children of Room 11 and we have had some exciting events throughout Term 1. Early in Term 2 we celebrated ANZAC Day with a school-wide ANZAC ceremony.

As a class, we have been learning about the Opaheke School Learner Dispositions. We are learning to be a…

Self-regulator

Thinker

Innovator

Collaborator

Challenge Taker

Ava, Tyler, Natalie, Gurnoor and Phoebe are being self- regulators – they are on task and ignoring distractions.

Welcome to Room 11 Week 2, Term 2

We are collaborators because we…

Take turns

Share

Listen

Have a positive attitude

Natalie, Macabe, Michael, Ava and Gurnoor during discovery

play time

We are self-regulators because we…

Ignore distractions

Ask for help when we need it

Organise ourselves

Room 11 during circle time

We are thinkers because we…

Talk about our learning

Ask questions

Solve problems together

Kowhai, Hibah and Ava are working collaboratively with the blocks

THINKER INNOVATOR COLLABORATOR CHALLENGE TAKER SELF REGULATOR

11 May Harmony Day

16 May PTA Meeting 7pm

17 May Room 3 Field Trip

22 May BOT Meeting

25 May North Counties Rugby Trials

29 May ICAS Science

30 May Parent Open Afternoon (MY Mobile Learning) 1.30—2.30pm

1 June Winter Field Day—Year 7/8

TERM DATES 2018 Term 2—Monday 30 April to Friday 6 July

Term 3—Monday 23 July to Friday 28 September

Term 4—Monday 15 October to Friday 14 December

Opaheke School Newsletter

7 May

R1 Quinlan

R2 Maia-Jade

R3 Prina

R4 Alyssa

R5

R6 Liam

R7 Shivam

R8 Tyler

R9 Connor

R10 Rasela

R11 Hibah

R15 Nahla

R17 Navreet

R21 Joel

R22

R23 Elizabeth

R24 James

R25 Stephen

R26 Braith

Jnr Hub Shantay

Snr Hub Samantha/Joshua

RESPECT FOR SELF AND OTHERS is our focus for STAR Certificates this

IMPORTANT DATES

ASSEMBLY CERTIFICATES

WELCOME STUDENT

TEACHER

Welcome to Ms Jo

Pointon from the

University of Auckland

who will be in Room 7 for

the next 5 weeks.

WELCOME TO OPAHEKE

PLEASE HELP

We need a volunteer to help on

Opaheke Road crossing on a

Wednesday morning from 8am

until 8.20am. If you can spare 20

minutes once a week to make our

crossing safe and help out our

Road Patrollers please contact the

office urgently. Thank you.

Paavani, Hibah, Mila, Jeter, Blayke, Oviya, Saoirse, Ivanka, Stella, Draven,

Dayton, Harlem, Deijhan and Aden

OPAHEKE

SCHOOL

50TH

JUBILEE

FRIDAY 16 TO

SATURDAY 17

NOVEMBER

2018

Details coming soon