Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Technicraft - Cooking

Lachie & Lily show off their skills...



Angus & Mia


Josh & Joshua


Holly & Ruby



TERM 2 Trip - Roxy Cinemas & Island Bay Marine Education Center - Copy of Notice - Home via Etap 30th March


Wednesday 30th  March 2016                                                                                         


Dear Parents/Caregivers,

As part of the Documentary Edge Film Festival (with the generous support of the Rei Foundation), ‘Docs 4 Schools’ is offering free in-theatre screenings for year 5-13 students of the latest documentaries from around the world.  This opportunity is just too good to miss and we have booked for our team to go and see the documentary “I am Eleven” on Friday 6th May at the Roxy Cinemas in Miramar.  Please follow this link if you would like to…
Watch the Trailer: https://vimeo.com/45231682


As stated above, the entry to this documentary is free and the cost of the buses will be covered using the students’ activity fee.

But there’s more!  Since we are heading into our Science term next term (and as we have the ocean so close as such a wonderful natural resource!), we thought it would be a good opportunity to combine our visit with an afternoon at The Island Bay Marine Education Centre.  Their goal is ‘to inspire wise stewardship of New Zealand’s seas and marine life through exciting live exhibits and interesting educational experiences for people of all ages’.  There is a minimal charge of $5 per person for this, which will be covered by your child’s activity fee.  You can find out more by following this link…

We will be dropped at Island Bay for lunch and a brief talk in the ‘Octopus Headquarters’ before heading into the ‘Bait House’ for the hands-on learning!  The bus will pick us up at 2pm to return to school for usual finish time. 

If your family lives in Wellington or Petone, or you would prefer to pick up your child from there please contact your child’s classroom teacher and we will do our utmost to work around this with the bus company.  Although please do note that we should be back to school at normal time.

We are unsure as to what the weather will be doing on this day so, to ensure they have a great day, students will need to bring:

  • Warm clothes & a waterproof jacket
  • Comfortable shoes for walking
  • A large named, filled water bottle
  • Plenty of lunch and morning tea
  • Any medication they are required to carry (inhalers, etc)
  • Their sunhat

Kind regards




Annette Borgonje

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Yr 7-8 Croquet












Kapa Haka

Every Thursday morning the Seniors have been fortunate enough to work with Mrs Hooke & Ms Algar learning and performing Kapa Haka.  They have come a long way and are looking and sounding awesome!  Here are some shapshots to prove it!!























Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Use your vote for Mr Devenport!!

Hi all,

A cheeky request: Our school has made it through to the top 10 for the Fonterra Milk for Schools Movie Competition. The movie with the most votes wins a visit from Richie McCaw. We have some tough competition from some big schools (hence potentially more votes). Could I ask you to share this website with your class and friends and vote South Mak. 


Can you help him out??

Snapshots from our 'Food' group - Technicraft at Wainuiomata Intermediate




Sunday, March 20, 2016

Brain Sparks with Mrs Allen

Such a cheery team visiting Mrs Allen for Brain Sparks - it seems EVERYONE involved is loving it!

Thanks Mrs Allen!


Monday, March 14, 2016

Mask Making - our finished products!



Mask Making - Inspired by African Masks

Today we had 18 students out at HRSA Athletics! The perfect opportunity to do some mask making with our remaining students!

The goal: To create an African themed mask entirely out of paper & card using our class success criteria & three paper techniques (fringing, curling, spirals, pleating, chains, fanning, folding for symmetrical shapes).

The process....












Sunday, March 13, 2016

Tim & Rusty go walking!

As you know, Tim Michael has been working with Mrs B's dog Rusty.  Here are some pictures of Tim getting ready for, and walking Rusty - he is doing a magnificent job!!


Croquet Crew!