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 

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

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!

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. 

Kapa Haka - Manaia ki te Rangi - Te Kotuku Cultural Festival

On Saturday 21st November, the third annual Te Kotuku Cultural Festival took place just down the road at Ruapotaka Marae in Glen Innes.

Primary schools from all over Auckland turned up on a beautiful sunny day to show off their awesome kapa haka skills.

Pt England entered a roopu for the very first time. Tutors Whaea Kiri, Whaea Mary-Anne and Matua Levi worked put in a huge effort with practices and on the day, 15 performers and 2 guitarists took the stage. 

A dress rehearsal at school assembly on Friday was a chance to be in front of a live audience.  On the day however, Manaia ki te rangi took it to another level and gave it 1000%! The four boys in particular just blew everyone away  - what they lacked in numbers they absolutely made up for with sheer kaha! 

Kia mau te wehi Manaia ki te rangi!

Check out part of the their performance:

Athletics Day @ Pt England School 2020

                                              L to R: Kauri, Valeli and Bradley - Go Room 2!

It was Guy Fawke's last night and the weather was pretty wet so thank goodness it stopped so today the annual School Athletics Day at Pt England could ahead. 

For the intermediate students, events like the tug-o-war, bike races, dodgeball and ski races were lots of fun - mixed in with shot put, discus, high jump and 100m sprints with the top 3 winners for each event to represent the school at the Eastern Zones competition in a couple of weeks time.

Check out some of the Athletics Day action!

Tug of war: Year 7 Girls vs. Year 7 Girls!

Right! Left! Right! Left! Great team work! (The short rain shower was not going to stop the fun!)

Cross Country 2020

Today, after one postponement due to lockdown #2, our annual school cross country took place. at Pt England School. Students and teachers dressed up in their house colours - Red (Te Aurere), Blue (Hinemoana), Green (Hokulea), and Yellow (Hikianalia). For the first time we were out on the field - we got to see all the race starts and cheer each other on - great weather and Mr Jacobsen as our DJ set the scene for a fun day!

Top 5 Finishers!

Yr 8 Girls:        1st Marika (Rm 4), 2nd. Tha Zin (Rm 4), 3rd Nahea (Rm 1), 4th Alison (Rm 11), 5th Toni (Rm 1)

Yr 8 Boys:        1st Devontae (Rm 3) 2nd Kohatu (Rm 4), 3rd Jacob (Rm 4), 4th Hunter (Rm 5), 5th Sione T (Rm 5)

Yr 7 Girls:        1st Madi (Rm 4), 2nd Hannah (Rm 3), 3rd Taliyah (Rm 3), 4th Sauma (Rm 4), 5th Nina (Rm 2)

Yr 7 Boys:        1st Caleb (Rm 5), 2nd Siosiua (Rm 11), 3rd Lee (Rm 4), 4th Kauri (Rm 2), 5th Rae Jae (Rm 2)

Well done to Nina, Kauri and Rae Jae for being in the TOP FIVE from our Room 2 whanau!
Ka mau te wehi tamariki ma!

Service to Team 5

Today students from Room 2, 4 and 5 spent the afternoon working putting up sponsor's signage for this year's Weetbix Tryathalon.

It was a scorching hot day so the plan was to spend get the signs up as quickly as possible on the wire fences marking out different parts of the course.

An added incentive was our efforts earned a small koha for Team 5 that can be put towards events for the intermediate block. Great team work from all the students made the sweat worthwhile!

Rainbow's End Magic - Year 7s End of Year Trip

On Wednesday 20th November, the year sevens were lucky enough to visit Rainbows End. This is a trip that is held every year, to celebrate the end of Year seven, before they come back as the leaders of the school in the new year.

They spent the entire day there - got into small groups with a parent helper and then got to explore the park with them. Here is a promo movie of the trip!

Blogger of the Week: JAZZELLE - Genomics Fun Day

Today students from Pt England, Glenbrae and Glen Innes Primary had the chance to share their learning on Genomics. Read Jazzelle's blog post below to find out what happened.

This is what we did today for genomics Fun day with two other Guests Schools,

Matariki 2019

Matariki Day at Pt England School was amazing - every student had the chance to celebrate the Maori New Year. There were so many activities to choose from making movies to cooking, from learning the ukulele to hand crafts.

38 students from Year 1 all the way up to Year 8 got together with Ms. Tapuke and Mrs Stone to learn the legend of Matariki. They then learnt about making art with wool and nails.  First, everyone chose a pattern. Then they used a hammer to nailed it to a painted board (check out the videos below to see Terry and a couple of the little kids). Some of the seniors helped out the little kids which was awesome! Finally they got to choose funky coloured wool to twist around in cool patterns.

Have a go yourself - be careful! Watch your fingers with the hammer!

Kia pai te kotahi - Better together

Welcome back to 2019! The theme for us at Pt England School this year is Kia pai te kotahi - Better together.

Students from Team 5 had the chance to carry this theme into action by helping out our amazing sports teacher, Ms. Va'afusuaga on Friday afternoon. This weekend is the annual Weetbix Tryathalon that is hosted by Pt England School at Pt England Reserve. A bunch of Year 7 and Year 8 students from Room 2 worked hard in the hot sun to get all the sponsors signs up in ONE HOUR!  Awesome proof that we really do work BETTER TOGETHER! KIA PAI TE KOTAHI!

Vodafone Warriors - Healthy Living!

Wow what a great way to spend our Monday afternoon!   The team sent to teach us all about healthy living were awesome!

We had a team of 4 Vodafone Warriors lead us through a very informative session.  The headings of the 3 areas they covered were: Nutrition, Sleep and Hydration.  Three very important parts of our daily life.  If we do a good job looking after what and when we eat, drink and sleep we will be in top shape for our learning and more!

The style of teaching used quick fun quizzes after every short talk on these areas.  Chanting our team names was the way we identified which group would answer first.  'Warriors' and 'Nate is the best' were the two chants.

No doubt Team 5 will swing into gear to tell you more detail about our great afternoon with the Vodafone Warriors here at Pt England School.

Special thanks to Tohu Harris, Nathaniel Roache and...can you name the rest of the team.  Leave their names in the comments section to win a prize!

Believe in yourself! - Inspire Tour 2018

Covenant Events brings their 'INSPIRE TOUR' to Point England!

It was an awesome time for all our year 7 and 8 students.  Learning valuable lessons for life right now and into the future!

Here are some gems from the show:

• How can we achieve the goals we set ourselves? Have you set yourself a goal?  Do it!
• ASK - don't be afraid to ask for help.  It's the best thing to do when you're stuck. People WANT to help you!   
• BELIEVE IN YOURSELF - having the confidence to give things a go is another key to achieving our goals!

Through play, song and dance Mayo and Levi entertained and taught us.  It's very likely a message we've heard from our own families, teachers and friends, however, it's always good to hear again.  Maybe for some of us we haven't heard it said enough.

Our Year 7 & 8 boys had the privilege of spending some time, up close and personal, with these two talented young men.  They got to have some real talk about being Pasifika, Maori and Kiwi boys who CAN achieve what they want to.

Thank you Levi and Mayo/Covenant Events for this wonderful experience.  No doubt other Manaiakalani schools will be keen to have you visit them too!

Malo lava le faasoa ma taumafai auā fanau a le Pasifika ma Aotearoa!

Ukulele Group - Fiafia 2018

Not long to go now until Fiafia 2018 - Whaea Haara and Ms. Hockley have been helping us out each week to practise our ukulele songs. We meet 1-2 times a week but our lessons always end too quickly! We lined up outside on the field like it will be in Fiafia night on the stage - we all have to remember where to stand!


Come down to Pt England School next week on the 12th April and check out everyone's Fiafia performance

2018 Garage Sale - Fundraiser for Year 8 Camp

As part of our fundraising for Year 8 camp, Team 5 have their annual garage sale and this year we had it on Saturday 24th March. What a beautiful day it turned out to be with students turning up at 7.30am to help put their stalls together.

We had a long table filled with deliciously home made cakes, pineapple pies, cup cakes, muffins, cookies and some wonderfully made otai to quench the thirst. A candy floss stand was also a favourite for the kids. Parents got to enjoy some yummy seafood chowder made by Roz while our students were being great sales reps at the cheese toasties and hot dogs dogs.

It was great to see Josephine Bartley and Mrs Tele'a join us along with our Pt England babies.

We could go on and on but take a look at our video below to see more of our fun filled day.

A huge THANK YOU to our Pt England families and the wider community for coming down and supporting our students in their fundraising efforts.

We raised $1700!!! This is absolutely fantastic and will go towards our Year 8 Camp in Thames Valley.

What does 'good' group work in Maths look like?

In Maths this week we had fun finding out what 'good' group work looked like. In groups of four, we had to figure out what we needed to do to make sure everyone took part to complete a task successfully. Check out the photos and comments below:

WHAT DOES 'GOOD' GROUP WORK LOOK LIKE?

Helping them if they don't know 

Team work 

Don't give up if it's hard

Take turns

Listen to what they are saying

Give things a go

2018 - Here we come!

The holidays are over and Term 1 for 2018 has started back at Pt England School. Here in Room 2, we have Year 8s back for another year as seniors of the school along with a bunch of  Year 7s joining us - full of energy and ready to make the step up to being leaders of the school as part of Team 5.  Follow us through the year as we share our learning for 2018. Ka kite ano!

The Misfits

Kia ora koutou! Well, it's no secret that most of us in Room 2 at Pt England School love playing basketball. Check out our movie and see if a group of Year 7 & 8 'misfits' can work together and match up against the 'cool ' kids - enjoy!

Cook Islands Language Week/Te epetoma o te reo Māori Kuki Airani

Kia Orana from the students of Pt England School. The week past we had the opportunity to practice using the Cook Islands language! In team 5 we sang himene in Māori Kūki ’Āirani and used some basic phrases to start us off each day.

This year's theme is`Ei rāvenga nāku i te tuatua i tōku reo Māori Kūki ’Āirani ka anoano au i te turuturu ā tōku ngutu`are tangata `ē te matakeinanga. An encouraging home and community environment is what I need to build my love and my confidence to speak my reo Māori Kūki ’Āirani.'

We are so very proud of our year 7 & 8 students who took the lead in preparing this beautiful range of items. They gave up every lunch time to practice together for our Friday school assembly. A huge thank you to Mrs Lagitupu and Roimata's mum, Puna, who helped all week long.  You are awesome!

Watch and find out for yourself how proud our students are of the Cook Island culture and language. Meitaki Maata tamariki

PES Cook Island Language Week Item highlights 2017 from SchoolTV on Vimeo.