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Tuesday 16th June

Term 2 Week 9 2026

We will be singing this waiata at our Matariki celebration on Tuesday in Week 11.

Tio ana te hau - The wind is absolutely freezing!  

The NZ v Iran football match will be streaming in Room 8 at lunchtime today if you would like to watch.

Kaua e wareware:

• Term 2 and 3 - Please stay off the field before school to give it a chance to dry out and avoid mud and grass through the classrooms.
• Stop and check before crossing drive through entrances and exits.

More than 50 years after humans last walked on the Moon, NASA is preparing to return, this time with plans to stay. The US space agency has unveiled its first blueprint for a permanent lunar outpost, involving robotic landers, moon buggies and hopping drones.

NASA says the project will unfold over decades, eventually evolving into a continuously occupied base at the Moon's south pole from 2032.

The plans come amid growing global competition in space, with China also pursuing its own lunar base project in partnership with Russia.

NASA is not planning a giant sci-fi-style Moon city, at least not yet. The current vision is for a series of habitats, power systems, vehicles and laboratories that could support astronauts for weeks or months at a time.

The agency has also proposed building a small space station orbiting the Moon called Lunar Gateway. This would act as a staging point for lunar landings and deep-space missions.

When you take your ipu pepa to be emptied, please leave your lid in your classroom.

Week 9: Kenudi, Braxton, Campbell, Tipene, Robbie M

Please collect the masks and gloves from Ursula after lunch on Thursday and return them when you have finished.

Please collect bait from Rm 5 after lunch and check and rebait traps. Remember to wash your hands afterwards.

You are welcome to check traps on other days and deal with any catches.

Kai iti: Whaea Sonia and Ursula

Kai nui: Clare and Michelle

Tārere nui timetable is in place from 8.20am. No helmet, no wheels.

Week 11: Tuesday 30 June - Matariki celebration

 

 

BOOK OF THE WEEK
A miscellany of mischief and magic : discover history's best hoaxes, hijinks, tricks and illusions by Tom Adams (Non Fiction 001.94) Learn the secrets of infamous magic illusions and tricks and discover the stories of some of history's most notorious hoaxes, pranks, and cons. While some are great fun, others contain a serious lesson . . . after all, understanding scams of the past can help protect you in the future. Meet infamous pranksters such as Marcel Duchamp (the French artist who pranked the art world), renowned illusionists and escape artists such as Adelaide Hermann (one of the first female magicians), and cunning con-artists such as George C. Parker (the American who "sold" the Statue of Liberty). The themed spreads explore a range of topics such as made-up monsters, alien conspiracies, doctored photos, disguises and pseudonyms, April Fool's Day pranks, and much more. If you're feeling mischievous, you can even follow the steps and tips spaced throughout the book to try your hand at some pranks and magic tricks of your own! But keep your wits about you, because fake hoaxes are included within the pages for eagle-eyed readers to try to spot!
PUKAPUKA PIKITIA (PICTURE BOOK)
Diggers, dozers and dumpers	Könnecke, Ole	K
Don't worry, Peppa	Holowaty, Lauren	H
Happy Pig Day!	Willems, Mo	W
Mataali'i	Malaeulu, Dahlia	M
Ramadan Kareem	Yuksel, M.O.	Y
KORERO PAKI (FICTION)
LOL collection 2 : more stories to make you laugh out loud!	Emerson, Marcus	EME
FICTION SERIES
Night of the living mummy	Stine, R.L.	Goosebumps
KORERO PONO (NON FICTION)
Ancient Greek gods and goddesses	Evans, Tegen	398.2
Amazing space	Allan, Sophie	520
The world at night : discover the world that wakes when you sleep	Lerwill, Ben	529
Where's Wally? : a-maze-ing journeys	Handford, Martin	793.73
Where's Wally? : the great speed search	Handford, Martin	793.73
The flag book	Butterfield, Moira	929.9

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