Jonathan Collins Cup 2015

Last Thursday Kakapo went to St. Brendans in
 Heretaunga to compete in 10-a side rugby and 
netball for the annual Jonathan Collins Cup. It 
was a  great day and although our teams found
 the competition challenging it was great to be 
able to compete. Here is a team photo with 
more images and writing soon to follow. 

Disco!!!

On friday 31st of July we had a disco. The theme
 was crazy hair. It was a fundraiser for the 
school camp next year. Everyone really
 enjoyed it.We had Matthew and LB doing 
the DJ. We raised a total of  $880!The disco was
 stupendous.

First Aid

First aid, we learnt the doctors abc (DRSABC) D 

stands for danger, check for danger. R is for 

response and S is send for help, and dial 111.

You must tilt their head back so they can breath, 

yes that is B-Breathing. If their not breathing do 

CPR place your hands on the middle of their 

chest and push down hard 30 times then give them

2 breaths.Get a defibrillator from maybe the library

or council buildings, look for an AED sign with 

a heart on it.

Jurassic World Fundraiser

 "Hilarious" are some of the reviews we got back

from the students that piled into Events Cinema 

to watch Jurassic World. It was a fundraising 

event for our seniors who will be going to camp

next year at Teapot Valley. A big thank you to

all the parents who helped make this movie night 

possible. We raised over $1900 in total including

 the raffle. The movie was extremely enjoyable

 particularly when the main actress showed how

to run away from dinosaurs in high heels. 

Duffy Assembly

Today Trevor Mallard came to school to give 

out some Duffy books at the Duffy assembly. 

First he told us a bit about jobs that require 

reading and then a bit about his favourite book,
The Red Balloon by Albert Lamorisse. After that
 two chosen people from each class came up and 
received their books from Mr Mallard.

Matariki Visitor

 Today a visitor named Carly who came to talk to 
us about Matariki  and all the stories about it.
 We also learnt about some of the instruments
 that the Maori people used to play and we also
 learnt a hand clap waiata game. 

World War 1 Poems

This week we ended our ANZAC 

work with world war 1 poems.

Here is 1 of them by Taylah.

 As your eyes beam out with tears,
Your stomach explodes with fears,

My face goes red as I start to cry,
As I see my best friend fall and die.

I lunge slowly up to the front line,

I think to myself its time to shine,

Heaven is calling me as I start to die,

I don’t know if today is the right time.

Bullets to the chest bullets to the throat,

I stumble down; down I hit the ground,

Wild thoughts go through eternal darkness in my dreams,
This seems I have no pain running through my veins.