We were super lucky today by having Trent Adam, the Taranaki Dynamos basketball coach, at our school taking our own miniball teams through a few drills. We were amazed at how good he was and had a great time trying out the skills he was teaching us. Thanks heaps for your time Trent! We are looking forward to having you back next week!

Well done our Matapu Olympians of the future!  Good to see so many of you running in the Weet Bix Triathlon last weekend.  Here is a few pics of part of the team that went up, the second photo was with a certain New Zealand tv personality, do you know who it is???  I have heard that the water was freeeeeeeezing and the bike section was pretty hard, but it was great to see so many of you take part.  Well done, and the medals look great!  Also a big thanks to the parents and staff who managed to transport the students to New Plymouth and who supported them during their run, swim and bike.

Congratulations to our swimming team who recently competed at the Opunake Swimming Sports last week.  We competed extremely well and finished with a number of placings in both the heats and finals. 

Congratulatios to Ethan and Shianne who solved the “What is behind Wolf?” quiz.  It was a plug believe it or not.  Not to sure what part of the plug was in the picture, but well done in solving it!  A new “What is behind…” problem will be posted soon.  Post your answers to the new “What in the World is Behind Dog?” here!

Well done all you cross country runners!!  You all did Matapu proud in our Mountain to Surf cross country, great to see all those who ran this year who ran last year improved in their placings.  Great effort everyone. 

Those who have finished your menus we (myself and Mrs Ward) have had a good look at them tonight and are very pleased with what you have created.  Some great detail in them, I will have to scan a few to show everyone what you have done.  Super standard.

Well done Mihi for solving the What in the World is Behind WIZ.  It was the carpet in our classroom.  Quintin, you were close with carpet, but I wanted you to be more specific than that.  Look out for the next one, its a doozy!

Your challenge for spelling is to find the three exceptions to our spelling rule discussed today.  If you think you know, post your answers on this post.  Also don’t forget to get your Deciding work completed in your theme books.  Remember, the process is just as important as the end result, Mrs Ward is looking forward to trying out your programs!

CO2 cars have arrived at Matapu!  Great to see some of the designs that the students have come up with already.  The question is, will they beat Mr C’s car (which is still under top secret construction).  Here is a snapshot of the design Phillip has created and it is looking pretty sharp.  Make sure to really take your time with the planning and work hard to sand the surface so it is silky smooth. 

This week has been a busy time with star and ASTTLE testing so our brains are working overtime.  Keep in there everyone! 

Noone has figured out where WIZ is as yet, so I’ll give you a clue…It is a place in the Northern Hemisphere.  That’s all I’ll give away at this stage.

Good luck!