Piopio College Newsletter COMING EVENTS:

Te Kura Tuarua o Piopio

17 APRIL 2014 P A N U I 6

T E R M 2 C O M M E N CE S

Monday 5 May

ANZAC Day Assembly Thu 08th May 1000 am

Drama Group Fundraiser 16th May 4pm-6pm

Equestrian Team: Molly Nelson, Sarah Bevege, Clay Harris, Louisa MacDonald, Sian MacDonald, Jenny Bevege, Stormy Harris, congratulations to Sarah Bevege chosen to represent the team

Phone: 07 877 8173 or 0800 240 173 Fax: 07 877 8388

Senior Drama Group: SGCNZ Regional winners, and U17’s Area Netball Representative Website: qualification into the National Competition in Wellington Cenedra Haumaha http:// piopio.school.nz

Principal’s email: jradce@ piopio.school.nz

Swimming: Daniel Foss, Ben Stilborn, Saskia Johns Aria Science Fair Section winners: Paora Daymond-Bodger, TJ Tapara, William Lehndorf (absent) PRINCIPAL’S PEN

E ngā mātua, e ngā whanaunga me ngā hoa o te kura, tēnā koutou. Dear parents, caregivers and friends of school.

Congratulations to all our students at Piopio College. I have been impressed with your attitude and enthusiasm and coping well with the changes that have been made.

I want to congratulate the following students, to our Equestrian team, our swimmers and in particular to Ben Stilborn who broke four long standing records at a recent meet, to Cenedra Haumaha for being chosen to represent this area in the u17’s netball, our three boys who won their section in the Aria Science Fair and also to our Senior Drama group who won the regional section of the University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare festival for second year running.

We have much to celebrate!

Thank you to all the staff for their hard work and committment, particularly for the energy they have put in to our Tuesday programme, in order to make it such a success.

I hope you have all had a happy and safe holiday. EQUESTRIAN NEWS

Area Trials—On 30 March Sarah Bevege, Sian MacDonald and I trialled for the Waikato team. It was a very exciting day and Sarah won the 95 section to get into the Waikato team and also Sian was 4th and 2nd Reserve.

I was running 2nd in the 1.05DC section until I got eliminated in the show jumping.

Horses keep you humble and “I’ll be back”.

Sarah Bevege for making the Waikato team, she will be competing at Kihikihi on 24-27 April at the NZ Pony Club Championships.

Timberlands North Island teams event

On 5 & 6 April six of Piopio College represented and Districts at the NI Timberlands teams event.

Team Captain Louisa MacDonald on ‘Biscuit’ Stormy Harris on ‘Irish Foxtrot’ Jenny Bevege on ‘Joy Ride’ Sian MacDonald on ‘Chellar’ Clay Harris on ‘Swan Lake’ Sarah Bevege on ‘Little Lieutanant’

We did ourselves proud and came 9th out of 18 teams with 3 clears and 1 refusal in the cross-country making up the total best four scores. We also won the Gary Watkins Memorial Trophy for the best organised team. Well done Clay for stepping up to Training Level for the first time. Huge thank you to Megan Maher, Pip Bevege and Ross and Karen Harris (team manager).

Stormy & Foxy news P A G E 3 2014 STUDENT LEADERS

LEADERS STUFF Hey guys hope you’re all excited for the holidays, we definitely are. It’s been a very busy and exciting term with athletics and swimming sports, and Tug of War. Also, last Thursday some of the seniors attended a National Young Leaders Day in Auckland. It was a very inspirational and exciting day, and all that attended really enjoyed it. This term we also started the Tuesday programme, which has been really great. People driving past the school heading towards , from Piopio, or from Piopio to Mokau may have noticed the beginning of the chalk drawing on the hill at the school facing the road. That is all thanks to the Legendary Landscape group, its looking great guys. Looking forward to see what the finished product will look like. The drama group won their regional finals in Morrinsville, congratulations to

you all. Also a quick reminder the ball committee is still busy selling a couple of raffles, an Easter raffle, which is selling fast for Easter, as well as the mutton raffles, please support us. That’s all from us this week, hope you all have a great Easter and an even better holiday. See you all in two weeks, stay safe.

Vaida and François

SCIENCE IN ACTION IN LAB 15 AS ‘MONARCHS’ MULTIPLY

Excerpts from student exercise books: I can see a swan plant with very few leaves left. There are 29 caterpillars on the remaining stalks. Some are half the size of my finger and some are smaller. There are droppings on the bench. Once the caterpillars run out of leaves for food we can feed them pumpkin. Molly (Y7)

In the computer room, I learnt that the female butterflies are a brighter orange than the males. Jessica (Y9)

Last week the Monarch butterflies were in the larvae stage but as I observe them they have transformed into a beautiful diamond-like chrysalis. Toni-Anne (Y9)

The caterpillar has come out of its chrysalis in the last hour and they are drying their wings so that they will be able to fly soon. Shaun (Y7)

I walked into the class and everyone was crowded around the caterpillars and chrysalis - three had turned into butterflies. They were amazing. Nathan (Y7)

P A N U I 6 P A G E 4

ATHLETIC RESULTS

We had some closely contested age group competitions. Congratulations to the following:

Category Champion Runner up Third place Snr Boys Isaac Griffin/ Shane Singleton James Teki Snr Girls Savahn Taitoko Presley Waretini Myron Rapana-Barrett Int Boys Jack Griffin Chris Dunphy/Connor Scarlett Nathanael Wrack Int Girls Cenedra Haumaha/Jessica Williamson Samantha Plowright Jnr Boys Demante Murray Ben Stilborn Reade Blakeman Jnr Girls Shakaya Winikerei/Tegan Cryer Shalako Haumaha Sub Jnr Boys Lucas MacLachlan Jackson Bradbury/ Jhavaryn Marshall Sub Jnr Girls Tyler Wiseman Molly Nelson Divisha Lal

House Points Green 343 Red 340 Blue 270 Gold 265 After the 2 major competitions Green, Red and Blue are tied in 1st place but with the Interhouse Tug of War nearing com- pletion this will change.

Hockey dates Y7/Y8 Open day Monday 12 May 3.30pm at TKHS Competition starts either Wed 14 or Fri 16 May. Uniform issued Week 2. Looking for a Manager and Coach. Please contact Mr Johnson.

Waikato Uni Open Day Open day Fri 16 May Parents welcome. If you would like to drive the van then parking and lunch are provided. Preference Y12/Y13 Contact Mr Burnell.

Mihimihi

Ko Tainui te Waka Ko Maungaroa te Maunga Ko Marakopa te Awa Ko Ngāti Maniapoto te Iwi Ko Ngāti Kinohaku te hapū Ko Hoturoa te Rangatira Ko Miromiro te Marae Ko Phillip Brown Taku Ingoa

Phillip Brown Year 7 – Te Reo Māori class

P A G E 5

BIG SCIENCE COMPETITION

This competition is a one hour test of 30 multiple-choice questions and will be held in T2. The competition tests critical thinking and problem solving, not just science facts. The competiton is open to the following year groups: Junior (Y8 & Y9), Intermediate (Y10-Y11), Senior (Y12-Y13) The cost is $7 for the online test, $7.50 for the paper version. Please pay at the office if you would like to take part by the end of Term 1. “Every “Students can win prizes for just taking part.” - Caroline Foss accomplishment starts with the TRACTOR SAFETY decision to Try” This week Tractor Safety with the Ag students. Huge thank you to Mr Matt Buckley for helping me to organise a venue for the tractor safety teaching, Mr John Finlayson for allowing us to visit his farm, Mr Anson Clapcott for the loan of the tractor and machinery and George Burnish for getting everything ready and primed and last but not least Mr Mark Goss for teaching us the all important skills and knowledge—Marina Rauputu

Tractor safety - learning about the power Understanding the gearing and front- take-off end loader controls

Paiaka putting it all together and driving Always time for a good yarn. safely Martin and Riki have things under control P A N U I 6 P A G E 6 AWARD TONGARIRO TRIP The camping component took an upturn in skill level on Friday 4 April as a group of nine students and six adults set off after school to complete a Tongariro Crossing and a climb of Ngauruhoe. We had quite outstanding weather with pure blue skies and not a breath of wind. On arrival at Mangatepopo Hut we found the beds just about all taken, and with the task of fitting our 15 amongst the 15 others and 20 to 30 tenters also using the facilities. The hut designed for 25 was crowded but cosy and the students and adults coped well if some didn’t sleep as fitfully as expected. This was a new and valuable learning experience to be contrasted the next day when we met a couple who found it difficult to cope with just our group and one other. The gentle climb up to Soda Springs at the head of the valley was interesting and prepared us for the challenging Devil’s staircase a long steep climb to the South Crater. A group of 11 set off to climb Ngauruhoe, with the lead group getting to the top in just over an hour, half the recommended time. A fantas- tic effort, fantastic views, satisfaction and a highlight, the 5 minute slide back down to the base. After lunch, another challenging grunt up to Red crater on Tongariro, stun- ning views of Emerald Lakes, Lake Taupo, Kaimanawas tucked in behind the Desert Rd. We returned to the car park and enjoyed a nice MacDonalds at Taumarunui. We can be proud of our students but still need to understand and practice perfect hut etiquette. Thanks to Isabelle, Paulette Johns, Shane Goddard, Jenelle Reid who provided the parent support. We will return early next term for the second group.—Bill Burnell

CELEBRATING SCIENCE IN COUNTRY SCHOOLS Earlier this term we were invited to participate in the Celebrating Science in Coun- try Schools competition put on by Aria Primary School. In preparation students completed a science investigation in class and then set up display boards explaining the experiment. Information and photos were put on the board under the stand- ard Science experiment headings of: Aim – what we are investigating Hypothesis – what we predict will happen Method – how we did it Results – what we saw happen Conclusion – what the results tell us – was our hypothesis correct? Discussion – what could we do better or different next time, On Monday three groups represented the College, travelling to Aria for their experiments to be judged and prizes awarded. TJ Tapara, Paora Daymond-Bodger and William Lehndorf won first prize with their investigation on magnetism. Tyler Wiseman, Chloe Brown and Molly Nelson presented their groups report on sugar densities, coming Third. The Judges Choice went to Zena, Olivia and Sharna for their investigation report on concrete strength. With some spare time between setting up and judging, our students partici- pated in a number of activities at the Aria Primary School – World Wars (a version of dodge ball), assisting with reading and then participating in Maths Bingo. Many thanks to Heather Pease who invited us and ran the science Fair styled programme, and to the rest of the Aria staff who made us welcome. See you again next year. Richard O’Dea LEGENDARY LANDSCAPERS

Wow!!

You should have been here on Tuesday to see the awesome efforts put in by our Legendary Landscapers team of students – turfing, digging, wheel barrowing, transferring crushed lime (delivered free of charge; thanks to MacDonalds Lime and Cody Haulage), raking and shaping.

With assistance from Laurie Butler, our caretaker & groundsman, huge progress was made towards completing this incredible project.

Heading west out of Piopio? – then take a look over the field to see this magnificent bird taking shape.

Richard O’Dea GATEWAY

Bobbie Daymond-Bodger doing her thing at the Fat Pigeon Cafe as part of the Piopio College Gateway programme 2014

Pictured here with Mrs Marina Rauputu, Gateway Coordinator

ICAS TESTS

Students have the opportunity to enter these external tests and sit them at the College.

I believe they are a useful measure of your child’s achievement at an international level.

The following tests are available:

Subject Available to Fee Closing date Test date Writing Yrs 7-13 $19.50 Mon 5 May Thurs 19 June Spelling Yrs 7-8 $10.50 Mon 5 May Tues 17 June English Yrs 7-13 $8.50 Mon 16 June Tues 29 July Mathematics Yrs 7-13 $8.50 Mon 23 June Tues 12 August

Please send the appropriate fee(s) into the College by the closing date listed if you wish your child to enter these tests. If you have any queries please contact me.

Caroline Foss MERITORIOUS ACTION

These students have received acknowledgement of the many good things they have done;

Petra Burgess, Olivia Coup, Keegan Cox, Sharna Demchy, Chrissi-Rae Ewens, Amber Jaques, Saskia Johns, Julius Kaiki, Martin Marshall, Santana Muraahi, Selina Noun, Riki Newport, Mac Plowright, Olivia Pulman, Aiden Tarrant.

Winners of a canteen voucher are Santana Muraahi and Aiden Tarrant.

KING COUNTRY JUNIOR HOCKEY

Fees $15 Shirt & short hire $10 Total $25.00

LIBRARY HOLIDAY HOURS

Tuesday 22 April / Wednesday 23 April / Thursday 24 April 10.00am – 4.00pm each day. Pop in, have a browse, look forward to seeing you. Any queries, phone 877 8173 Ext 220 Library Liz

ANZAC DAY ASSEMBLY

Parents, caregivers and members of the public are invited to attend the Piopio College ANZAC Day assembly to be held in the College Hall on Thursday 8 May at 10.00am.

DRAMA GROUP FUNDRAISER—TWILIGHT GALA Friday 16 May 4.00-6.00pm

If you have any unwanted goods for our jumble sale please contact Sheryl 877 8683 or Emma RD1 Piopio. Thank you—all proceeds to the National Shakespeare Festival.

LEARNER LICENCE

For assistance with your Learner Licence Theory test contact Natasha Scarlett, Road Safety Coordinator at Council on 0800 932 4357.

Term 1—2014