PRODUCTION

What an awesome production! I have had so many awesome comments about the shadow art and skit guys. Well done - all the hard work paid off. The band was awesome, the dance was really powerful and the efforts of our sound and vision guys held it all together. It was great to bring it all together with the rest of the school. It was great to see you really giving your best to improve your skills as well as some of you constantly offering to help to ensure the show ran smoothly. Well done.

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TA Courier Articles

Great to see Te Pahu featured in the TA courier this week. Looking good guys!

Recent maths learning

Band quest full videos

BAND QUEST

We are all very proud in room 7 at the moment with our two awesome bands - Summer Souls and Wha Out. They both performed at the Band Quest against 14 other bands. The stage was big, the crowd was big, the sound was big - it was such an awesome night and both bands played so well. Their music was tight and they had great stage presence. Well done guys! We are all very proud of you. Not only did our small school have two bands in the competition but we took home two awards too. BEST ORIGINAL SONG went to Summer Souls and BEST MALE VOCALIST went to Finn Hamill. A massive thank you to Bevan for inspiring them and helping them find their feet. What a great experience to be playing in a concert of that size. I'm looking forward to your future in this guys.

Te Pahu - shaped by the past

TP History on PhotoPeach

As part of our exploring SIGNIFICANCE we have been looking at the significant things in Te Pahu's history that have shaped what Te Pahu is today. It has been great for the students to make connections with what they know and extending their knowledge about the ground under their feet. It has included the naming of Mt Pirongia, wars, settlements and schools that no longer exist, horses and wagons, how isolated it was, creameries, the transformation of our school, and many other things. It has been so interesting to discover the hardships early settlers faced and all the events that led to what we know today. The students are preparing to write some short histories including the things they have found interesting. These will be on their blogs later so I encourage you to view them.

Magnetic or true north?

As part of our Geometry studies we are looking at mapping and compasses. Earlier this week we explored compasses and how they work. This included identifying true north, magnetic north, discovering how these move (Magnetic north is moving about 55km per year!!) and that the magnetic south and north poles have even flipped in the past. We learnt how to orientate a topographical map to north. There are still many questions. Some good questions to ponder are - Why is Zac (who visited us) mostly going to use a compass on their adventure and only use their GPS when needed? Why does the magnetic poles move? How important is it to be accurate when using a compass? We need a bit more practice on orientating our map and following compass directions. After that we will move on to giving our location using 6 figure grid references on a topographical map. Here is an interesting video about magnetism, compasses and the poles.

Te Pahu's Resources

Te Pahu has so many resources - some we make the most of, some not. Here is a list of the places and some of the groups. We also talked about the people and business resources in the area.

Zac and Josh Lyon - 4Caps Adventure

We had Zac Lyon come and talk to us about the adventure he is doing with his twin brother. They leave next week to walk across Greenland, later they walk to the South Pole and kite board back, they then walk to the North Pole and then through the Patagonian mountains. Some truly inspiring guys. It was great to see Zac's determination and aspiration to push the limits. We will keep up with them on their blog. Here is a link to their website and blog. 4CAPS Website and Blog