Kia ora koutou,
As we prepare for the last fortnight of term I want to recognise the big effort our students and their teachers have made this term. Term one was frenetic but this term it has been consistently steady and we have made many gains. We have achieved a lot and the work displayed around the walls and in the books shows that we have made good traction. The children all look a bit older and wiser as we head to the mid-point of the year.
Next week our Kapa Haka roopu perform at the Polyfest. Under the tuition of Carol Algar and Ruth Hooke they have made significant gains of late and are ready to showcase their talents in Taita. We all wish them the every success as they aim to present a polished performance to the crowd in this showcase event.
Trees
We have been granted 18 fruit trees for the Hutt City Council Tees in Schools programme and will be planting feijoa, apple and pear trees in the school early next term.
Kate Brownsword and Matt Diederich have been working together to arrange the planting of the big trees to complete the library landscaping and we expect these to go in within the next week or so.
Mike Weston visit
Recently, Room 24 was graced with the appearance of Mike Weston, a famous New Zealand artist! Mike Weston was kind enough to come into Room 24 on Thursday to teach us about how he became such a successful artist!
His career as an artist began mainly with photography and photo-shop as he worked to create posters for his music gigs. Unfortunately, he found that most of the time, all of his work would go to waste after his show, as he had to scrap the posters afterwards.
He decided to do full time art, but his real career began when he started to work with his friend, Otis Frizzell, and acted as a sort of 'Art Producer' like how a music producer might work.He would tell Otis what to paint, how to paint it, and when. Otis used to be mainly a street artist, but with this new setup, he could paint on canvases instead of walls, and so, get paid.
Later, Mike Weston became famous for his 'Behave' piece of Artwork. He drew the original draft on a napkin at a dinner party, and later made a rough draft on the computer. The piece of artwork consisted of the Beehive matchboxes logo, with the Beehive company brand below changed to 'Behave' in stencil writing. The original black and red stripes were changed to have four white koru's in-between them to add some Maori cultural influence. The piece was made during a time where the country was trying to figure out how to be multi-cultural, the art piece saying that the solution is to 'Behave'.
However, when he presented it to his wife, she said that it was dumb and wouldn't sell. After many iterations he abandoned the idea and let it sit for awhile. A few years later he re-visited the idea, and he decided to dump his box of sharp metal pieces, nails, bolts, screws, rocks and sandpaper all over the piece of art. Surprisingly, it made it look much better, the scratched and bruised 'Behave' looking much better than the clean and non-damaged one.
He brought it to an art exhibition where it quickly sold for $1500 to the Labor party leader at the time, who quickly displayed it in her office within the Beehive (House of Parliament). It sold quickly after that first time as the price was set, and many copies were sold, even requiring them to find a printing press so that they could mass-produce copies. Eventually it even managed to become a sponsoring brand, going on to win an award at a wine awards ceremony.
The 'Behave' brand was Mike Weston's crowning achievement, making him $1.5 Million over the ten years since it was first launched in 2004. However, Mike Weston has worked on other projects despite the fact that 'Behave' is still making him money today. Some of his other more interesting projects include artwork on Woolworth's recycle-able and a large mural depicting Auckland's most famous landmarks.
Because we were so inspired by him, Room 24 will be making a 'Behave' mural on our bland breeze block wall, which is quite fitting for a school! Room 24 gives many thanks to Mike Weston for spending some of his time to come to our class and teach us about himself and his art.
- Joshua Toomath
NATIONAL YOUNG LEADERS DAY
On Monday 15th June 2015, many students from year 7 and 8 were lucky enough to get the chance to go to NYLD (National Young Leaders Day)! During the trip we saw many inspiring and interesting people talk about their lives, and how they became famous! It was held in St. James Theater, where every seat in the three level auditorium was filled! Many different schools were there, including one school that made the long trek from Auckland to Wellington just to see it!
The main goal of NYLD is to inspire and teach children how to be good leaders. Many famous New Zealanders came in on Monday to tell us how THEY became great leaders, and their philosophies and attitude towards getting there. Speakers included William Pike (a mountaineer who lost his leg whilst climbing a mountain), Simon Gault (Masterchef Judge), Marcus Winter the ‘Sandman’ (an amazing speed artist), Chris Jupp (who has worked with World Vision and the 40 Hour Famine), Jamie McDell (a famous New Zealand singer)
The day was so much fun! As well as the speakers, we got to watch a few videos about other inspiring people, as well as people that couldn't make it, a few breaks for morning tea and lunch, and the presenters even played games with us! All in all, it was a very inspirational day, and I for one feel more motivated and qualified to be a good leader!
- Joshua Toomath
MURITAI SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAMME
Winter is here and it’s holiday time! We have some great activities lined up to keep your children entertained these holidays:
Soap decoupage
Make your own sherbert and Junglerama
Marshmallow Madness and Wallet making workshop
Alternative Art Day
Lighthouse Cinema and Talent Show
Creative Ceramics
Indoor Skating
Funky upcycling day
Gymnastics and Indoor Sports day
Indoor Carnival
Pick up a brochure from the school office or visit the After School Care page on the website - http://muritaiafterschoolcare.blogspot.co.nz/
SPORTS
Cross Country
It was a fantastic day (Tuesday 16 June) at the Y4-8 Cross Country Championships. All of the students did a great job! We had a few podium finishes: Macey Caughley 2nd place - Year 8 Girls Race, Greta Woolloff 2nd place - Year 5 Girls Race and Rosa Blair 1st place - Year 4 Girls Race. We also had a number of students place in the top 10 of their races.
Year 8 Macy Caughley - 2nd place
Year 7 Lea Pummer - 5th place
Mia Lowe - 9th place
Year 6 Henry Evans - 4th place
Jack Evans - 6th place
Emily Jones - 6th place
Year 5 Greta Woolloff - 2nd place
Elodie Bain - 6th place
Jack Roche - 9th place
Year 4 Rosa Blair - 1st place
Mia Campbell - 6th place
Theo Thompson - 9th place
George Baird - 10th place
These students will now represent Lower Hutt at the Wellington Regional Primary and Intermediate Schools Cross Country Champions to be held on Tuesday 30 at Trentham Memorial Park in Upper Hutt.
Basketball
Our Year 5 boys basketball team won the Hutt Valley competition last night in a close and exciting game against Waterloo School 14-12. Our boys were smaller but were successful because they work very hard individually but more importantly play well as a team. The team are Jack Roche, Fionn Theobald, Brody Parker, Harry Rookes, Barney Cass, Ted Woolley, and Rory Moffat. Congratulations team.
Our Year 8 boys team also were placed 3rd in the Hutt Valley Competition. This is a fantastic effort as there are 15 teams in this grade and many teams are from large intermediates or year 7-12 high schools with a much bigger number of boys. Our team is Tom Flynn, Lincoln Moffat, Callan Hughes, Tobias Knight, Matiu Inwood, Tommy Pajo, Ben Cass and Finlay Steel and Bob Jones.
Out of this Year 8 team 4 players Tom Flynn, Lincoln Moffat, Callan Hughes and Tobias Knight were selected earlier in the year to play for the Under 15 Hutt Valley representative development team which is a great achievement as the boys are all 12 years old.
In addition to this we acknowledge Lincoln Moffat and Theo Weston who have been selected to represent Hutt Valley in the Under 13 and Under 12 teams respectively competing in the Intraprovincial Tournament in July and we also congratulate Lincoln for being selected in a Wellington cricket XI after his success as an opening batsman playing for the Hutt Valley in a regional tournament in the Summer Holidays.
DIARY DATES FOR TERM 2 and 3
25 June Board of Trustees Meeting / Kapa haka roopu at PolyFest 2015
26 June Assembly / Mid-year reports go home.
1 July Learning celebrations 3pm - 6pm
3 July LAST DAY OF TERM 2 (Usual finishing time of 2.55pm)
20 July FIRST DAY OF TERM 3
23 July Otago Problem Solving
23 July Pedal Ready Programme begins for the year 3/4 syndicate
28 July ICAS English exam
11 August ICAS Maths Exam
COMMUNITY NOTICES
Fundraising for Cross Country
Hello my name is Liam. I am a 14 year old student (ex Muritai School). I recently came first place in the Wellington Secondary Schools Cross Country Champs. I have been asked to represent Wellington in the Nationals which are being held in Dunedin. I am fundraising for this by selling bags of pinecones. The pinecones are packaged in new onion sacks. They are closed pinecones which burn long and hot (we have tried them). I am asking $10 per bag. If you would like to place an order please phone 589 6138 or 027 811 8191. We will deliver. Thank you.
LIQUIDATION SALE
Rixon Groove (old Bank Arcade)
Quality Womens’ shirts - were $199-$289 NOW $35 EACH
Scarves/Shawls - $20-$45
Mens’ Boxer Shorts - All $15
Mens Ties - All $15
Stirling Agencies
Womens’ quality dressing gowns & pyjamas - $20, nighties - $15, Italian tights $10
Saturday 20th June 10am - 4pm
Sunday 21st June 1pm - 3pm
Or contact HELEN on 0274405205 for viewing times outside of these hours
5 TAUNGATA ROAD, YORK BAY
Cash/Cheque only please
Resilience seminar, Wellesley College School Hall – Thursday 25 June, 6.30pm
Wellesley College Parents Association will be hosting Dr Sven Hansen, founder of the Resilience Institute, who will provide an entertaining, thought provoking and practical talk on “Resilience”.
The heart of Resilience is the ability to remain calm, effective and responsive in challenging moments. Resilient people learn how to show bounce, courage, creativity and connection. This seminar will focus on the role of parenting and will define a handful of key practices that can reduce distress, improve wellbeing and support learning.
Doors open at 6pm. Details of the event and how to register can be found here: http://www.eventfinder.co.nz/2015/resilience-dr-sven-hansen-keys-to-resilience/wellington
Netball Hutt Valley July School Holiday Programme
July School Holiday Programme
- Keep active in the holidays with our block course. Open to years 1-10 and focussing on key netball skills with games where numbers allow.
- Held each day in the first week of the School Holidays (6-10 July)
- Inside at the Walter Nash Stadium
- Years 1-4 9.00-10.30 $70
- Years 5-6 9.00-11.00 $100
- Years 7-10 11.30-1.30 $100
Please refer to the Netball Hutt Valley Website for further details.
Kids Cross Country Series - next event at Memorial Park/Sladden Park, Petone
Athletics Wellington is again running the Kids Cross Country Series over the winter months at various venues around the Wellington region. Our next event is Sunday 26 July at Memorial Park/Sladden Park, Petone. Races for pre schoolers though to year 8s. This event has grown in the past couple of years with close to 600 kids at our last event, so come along and have some fun. For more information or to enter go to www.athleticshub.co.nz or email jo@athleticswellington.org.nz or phone 021 976116. Enter by Sunday 19 July to receive a personalised race bib on the day.
Babysitter Available
My name is Jasmine Henwood. I am 33 years old. I live in the Eastbourne area and am available to babysit your kids anytime. Please give me a call on 021 066 0536. My hourly rate is $10 per hour.
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