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Sunday 20 December 2020

Farewell - from Ms. Tapuke

Wow! I'm so incredibly grateful
to have been part of
the Pt England School whanau
but... after 4 (and a bit)! years, 
it's time to say farewell.

I will leave with a 
heart full of many precious memories 
of my life at PES.

To the staff at PES
Thank you for your friendship
your willingness to share ideas,
 your passion for educating young people 
and plenty of good laughs!

To my students - past and present:)
I learnt so much from each of you -
thank you for being my teacher!
My deepest wish for each of you is
that you find a way
to step into your amazingness
(yes - this is now a word!)
and show up as
the best you can be!
Ka kite Pt England, 
Team 5 and Room 2 
- it's been a journey!

Arohanui,
Ms. Tapuke 

Monday 14 December 2020

Year 8 Graduation - 2020!

After a fun day for Team 5 at Swimarama, the Year 8s made it back to school along with their whanau for our last big event for the year - Year 8 Graduation 2020!

It was a special celebration with speeches from our prefects, rangatahi leaders, Mrs Tele'a, Mrs Samuels and Mr Burt. 

Check out the video below from Mrs Lagitupu for some highlights!

Sonnia and Paschal looked amazing and did a lovely job of introducing Ms. Tapuke - what a fabulous turnout of Year 8s from our Room 2 whanau for 2020!


Back row: AJ, Paschal, Sonnia, Ms. Tapuke
Front row: Mr Burt, Maddy, Jarreka, Sione, Shania, Isaiah, Caleb, John, Nesi, Mahoe
Absent: Damien

Friday 11 December 2020

School Picnic - Pt England Reserve - Dec 2020!

Today our whole school headed down to Pt England Reserve for our end of year picnic. No swimming today because of the low tide but we had an awesome hanging out at the beach together and enjoying the awesome weather. A big thanks to our parent helpers who came to support us - very much appreciated!

Check out some photo moments from our last day out for 2020!


Thursday 10 December 2020

Senior Prizegiving - 2020

Tonight was an evening of celebration at our Senior Prizegiving.  Manaia ki te Rangi led the way with a another awesome performance. Throughout the night, awards were given to students from Year 5, Year 6, Year 7 and Year 8 for academic and sporting achievements and each group to take the stage to show off their dance moves!

Check out some of the award winners from our Room 2 whanau:

Year 8s

Teu le vā Award - Sione and John

Best Effort Award- Jarreka

Citizenship Award- Nesi

Team 5 Spirit Award- Madison


Looking forward to 2021, we found out that FOUR students from Room 2 had been chosen to be school prefects -  a big pakipaki for Nina, Bradley, Kauri and Simon - we know you will each be amazing leaders next year!

Our night ended with a closing speech from our principal, Mr Burt and a karakia from Toby. 

Tuesday 8 December 2020

A colourful koha! Year 8 Art Project - 2020

Every year, the Year 8s work on an art project - a chance to leave behind a koha to celebrate their time at Pt England School, however long or short!

This year, Ms. Tapuke gave the Year 8s their design brief: create a pattern using only triangles mixing paint using three primary colours - red, blue and yellow.


Starting with a 1.8m piece of treated decking timber - each piece was primed with undercoat (Shout out to  Mrs Tele'a, Mrs Ilaoa and Ms Tipene!) and then the preparation began before touching any paint!

Each student could work with a buddy or on their own to mark up their design - thinking about the size of each triangle and the overall pattern or effect they wanted to create using a set of cool colours (in blues or greens) or warm colours (reds, yellows. oranges).


We used a LOT of masking tape to define the sections of the board for each colour - an important step to get right so that the edges between each colour would be clear and defined. Check out the sharp lines on AJ Faleono and Jezakaia's work - well done you two!

Spread across Room 2, the street and Room 4 (Massive thank yous to Mrs Stone, Mr Hughes, Tyson, Mr Wright and Miss McCartney). the students got into it - having fun experimenting (= making lots of mess! LOL!) with different colour combinations from blood reds, delicate pinks to bright yellows, baby blues and forest greens!


A message from Ms. Tapuke:

A huge PAKIPAKI to the Year 8s of 2020 - you should be really proud of yourselves. After the year we had, you still stuck with it right to the end and smashed this art project in the final weeks of Term 4.

Keep an eye on the wall of the Whare Ako to see your  masterpieces on display!
(Cheers in advance Mr Jacobsen!)

Friday 4 December 2020

Arts Alive: Room 2 Protestors - Our Final Sculptures!

OUR ART CHALLENGE:

To create a sculpture, in the style of Alberto Giacometti. Each person's figure would represent a protestor supporting a cause or issue that was important to them.



Check out the poster below made by Maddy, Nesi, Nevaeh and Sonnia that shows the steps we took to make our Giacometti style protestors:


We made a lot of mess - with paint and plaster all over the desks, the floors, the walls, our uniforms and ourselves (a big SORRY to our awesome cleaners and our parents!) but... we had a lot of fun getting creative and finding out that we ALL had some pretty cool art skills! See our Room 2 whanau artists in action! 


Here is Room 2's final Arts Alive exhibition display:

Wednesday 25 November 2020

Tamaki College Open Day - Year 8s!

This week, 72 Year 8s from Team 5 spent the day at Tamaki College trying out life as a high school student. 

We started in the library with Mr Hingano and we were introduced to a group of Year 9 ambassadors  (mostly ex-Pt Englanders from last year including Ash and Maria were from our Room 2 Home Class) taking care of the students for the day.

Students got to experience moving around the school to take part in lessons with 4 different teachers. 

In the PE rotation, students got to play sport in the gym and ONLINE! Check out Damien from Room 2 putting his gaming skills to work in the E-sports room. 



A big thank you to Mr Hingano for organising such an awesome day! We really appreciated the rides back to school to avoid the massive downpour!