This week we attended the Rural Schools Athletics in Pahiatua and it was one of those days where the weather couldn’t make up its mind. The event went ahead despite this and fortunately we had a good day. The conditions were muggy but overcast most of the day which was to the participants' benefit. The Makuri students participated extremely well. We were really well supported by parents and overall it was another great event. The rain did threaten towards the end of the day which resulted in the 800m and Relay events being cancelled.
Mr G and our Y6-8 students travelled into Tararua College to attend the Moving Forward Conference. This is a careers based conference for students of intermediate age. It runs once every 2 years. It consisted of a keynote speaker of someone inspiring for our young audience.
The students attended 3 workshops of careers they are interested in. This year we had careers such as, digger driving, mechanics, motorcycle maintenance, hairstylists, dance, and firefighting to name a few. The Makuri School students had a very enjoyable day.
Last week we had 3 students, Jed, Taylor and Arthur, represent Makuri School at the Bush Agriculture Day in Pahiatua. The results are as follows:
Arthur - 2nd in Junior Romney Lamb
Jed - 4th in Intermediate Romney Lamb
Taylor - 2nd in Intermediate Romney Lamb and Reserve Champion Romney Lamb over all age groups.
Well done!
What fantastic weather we had for our pet day recently. There were the usual stalls in operation before the main event. These were well attended. Property Brokers provided BBQ for the event. Thank you to our judges Linda and Sharon (Indoor), Wayne and Jackie (Outdoor). We really appreciate you giving up your time to do this very hard task. Well done to the children.
On Wednesday we had our Duffy Books in Homes assembly and we were incredibly honoured to have Nathan Hoturoa Gray present the books to our students. We also got Nathan to present the Scholastic Duffy Champion Award. This award celebrates the champion in your school community who has been an ambassador of books or reading, and reinforcing the messages of Duffy Books in Homes, It’s cool to read! It was awarded to Miss Paton. Nathan graduated from Victoria University with an LLB(Hons) and BA in Political Science and International Relations. He’s currently based in the United States, where he runs study abroad programmes for Michigan State University (MSU), the globally top-ranked university for education abroad. Rather than focus entirely on being a lawyer Nathan combined travel and writing resulting in walking the entire length of the Great Wall of China, writing a book about it and a documentary of the journey shown on National Geographic channel. He has covered many different global events including the Beijing Olympics, the Boxing Day Tsunami in Thailand and three soccer world cups. What a wonderful speaker Nathan was. He had everyone engaged from start to finish and the children asked him some really interesting questions.
What an amazing evening. The students did a wonderful job of their speeches. Listening to the speeches it was obvious that a lot of research had gone into the speeches. Well done! Congratulations to Zara for taking out 1st place and who will represent Makuri School at the Bush Lions Speech night in Pahiatua. Also congratulations to Ivy who got runner up. Thank you to the judges, Tracey Collis and Jane Seymour for taking on the judging of the speeches. They had a very hard task.
The Year 5-8 students played their hearts out at the 7s Tournament Wednesday, in cool, damp conditions but at least it didn’t rain. It certainly didn’t deter the students either. Two of the teams Y5&6 Hockey and Y7&8 Rugby had the bare minimum of players so no subs and very little rest. The Combined Schools junior hockey team still managed to come 2nd and there was a very exciting final with the Y 7 & 8 hockey team against St Anthony’s also coming second 2 goals to 1. Behaviour and sportsmanship was outstanding from all students.
We travelled to Mangatainoka School to watch the Duffy Theatre production. The students seemed to enjoy it.
A couple of weeks ago we travelled to Wai Splash in Dannevirke for a water safety lesson. The children enjoyed the lesson and got a free swim afterwards.
Last week we attended and performed in the Cultural Festival in Pahiatua. The students did an amazing performance.
Recently Makuri School attended the Bush Cross Country in Eketahuna at the Golf course. The weather started out rather miserable, but the day turned out to be a nice day with a lashing of wind. The whole school went to support our 15 runners who had managed to get into this event from their efforts at Rural Schools Cross Country. The students ran very well and we even had a 1st and a 2nd. Well done to everyone.
On the 3rd week of term 2 our Y7 & 8 students travelled to Wellington for the biennial Virtual Learning Network - Rural & Remote Schools camp. They were joined by Halfmoon Bay School, Tapora School, Mulberry Grove School, Lake Rerewhakaaitu School, Haast Primary School, Ngamatapouri School. The camp is about connecting our students with Y7 & 8 students from other rural and remote schools to help reduce their social isolation, and prepare them for transition to high school. They did a lot of different activities and even made a small movie, which you can watch on by clicking the link below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJAN8zszHWY Our students had a great time away and thoroughly enjoyed it.
Last Thursday we travelled to Kumeroa School to compete in the Rural Schools Cross Country. The students did extremely well, with quite a few of them getting through to the Bush Cross Country. Well done everyone.
At the end of last term we had 2 nights down at Kapiti, staying at El Rancho. The senior students went to Kapiti Island for the day and the junior students went to Nga Manu. They all seemed to have a great time.
Last Friday we had a visit from our Duffy Books role model, Alistair (Mr Mac). Unfortunately we had a lot of students away with illness but the ones that were at school thoroughly enjoyed his visit. Alistair was very entertaining and had some really good messages for the students. He also presented the students with their Duffy books. The students that weren't there on Friday, had them presented to them yesterday. Below is a little bit about Alistair: About: Affectionately known as ‘Mr Mac’ Alistair is a civil engineer/heavy machinery operator who suffered an injury and then went on to write a popular children’s book ‘Doug the Digger’. Alistair has visited almost every Duffy School around the motu talking about writing and the importance of studying hard at school. Alistair set up a programme called 'Youth into Industry' to specifically assist youth who are interested in civil infrastructure and the extraction industry as professional career paths. Alistair loves to help children of all ages to step up and achieve things He is the Patron of Special Olympics Whangarei and has been involved in the NEOC nationwide looking after the mini digger side of things and judges the competitors for their public relations skills. In 2019 he received a national Service Award for his work with youth in Northland.
This year we didn't go to the Weetbix Tryathlon in Palmerston North as a school, but we had some students that decided they would like to go. Well done to those students.
A couple of weeks ago we had 2 days of Life Education and Harold. The juniors learnt about resilience and the seniors learnt about substances. On the first day we travellled to Mangatainoka School. On the second day Life Education was at Makuri School.
The students had 3 pieces of paper and had to make a structure strong enough to hold 3 magazines.
Last Friday the junior students went to Minor Sports in Pahiatua. They did lots of different activities and really enjoyed the day.
Last Friday we had our Rural Schools Senior Swimming Sports. This was held at Tararua College pools. The students did very well, with some getting into the Bush Swimming Sports.
This week our Y1 -3 students attended the Rural Schools Junior Swimming Sports at Alfredton School. They did very well and had a great time.
Our 2 Y7 & 8 students are doing the William Pike challenge this year. One of the students joined Alfredton School for a day walk to the Blue Ridge Hut near Mount Bruce.
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