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This year's theme was WATER. Our students were fantastic. Thanks to all our community who attended this wonderful event.  Ngā Pūmanawa e Waru provides an opportunity to future proof the education of all Rotorua learners and will make an essential contribution to make Rotorua a great place to learn. A place where people will want to come because they have heard of the quality of the learning that takes place within the district kura and schools. Malfroy Schools is working with Ngapumanawa e Waru during 2016-2017. We recently contributed to this video. Check it out! Every two years we attend Tui Ridge camp for team building activities. Thanks to all our parent helpers who ensured we had a great two days even though the weather wasn't that kind to us. A special thanks to Flip Out also.  This year the leadership team sat in the front row as this was the last year Mrs Collie would be in the staff photo. We normally mix all the staff up so that there is a different look from the previous year.  Kate Deere shared her thoughts about leaving Malfroy School at a special school assembly. It was interesting to see the number of students who stood up when asked by Kate who had been in her class. There were students in every year group who had started in Room 1.  Mrs Collie spoke about the great opportunities students had with their learning, and the cornerstone values which helped students learn about looking after each other. There were many students in every year group who had started their first year in Room 2.  Schools from Waikato, BOP, and Central North Island attended this year's event.  The ambassadors enjoyed their day listening to inspiring speakers and have much to think about when they return to school.  That was quick! Tipene, Blue and Tamatea are pleased with their effort.  Jessie enjoyed his run also.  Cohen, Nelson and Heke "flew" around the course.  Mr Francis and Mrs Timpany organised the runners and the training this year. Here they presenting the certificates at our school assembly. Well done!  We hosted the Minister of Education, Hekia Parata for a quick visit to Malfroy School. BOT members and senior staff had an opportunity to talk about student achievement and resourcing programmes.  We also hosted the Roots of Empathy Instructors training programme. Ally Fulcher, from Auckland, and Brenda McCormack, from Canada worked with local volunteers for three days. Remembering ANZAC DAY is very important for New Zealand and Australia. Mrs Ellen Collie and Jenny Brell combined their talents to set up the rememberance wall in the school foyer. Mrs Shirley Lane provided her father's WW11 uniform and photos. She also made poppies out of wool. Each school in NZ were provided with a resource box containing white crosses of soldiers from their community killed in WW1.   Ambassadors Jorgia Kumeroa and Blue Jones welcome MP Todd McClay who was the guest speaker at our ANZAC service.  Students lay flowers at the flag pole.  Mrs Ellen Collie, our Ambassadors, Todd McClay, Mr Eddie Smith and Mr Barry Lane. Mr Smith is Mrs Lane's father and is a WW 11 veteran. 
Staff revisit key ideas and strategies related to Positive Behaviour for Learning (PB4L). This is our second year in this school-wide initiative. We welcome Brenda Newton who will be facilitating the programme this year.
Throwing and passing a can of coke represents how some children may turn up to school upset. Opening the can of coke after shaking simulates a child becoming angry. We discuss the variety of situations that children may find themselves in and how we can understand better how to help them.
Bernie is the Life Education tutor and inspires our students with interesting facts, questions, and helpful information. Of course, Harold is always on hand to reinforce key messages.
Briana proudly shares the investigations from Room 12.
Arahia and Hannah are fascinated with the optical illusion.
Brooklyn from Room 9 ponders the possibilities of life on the moon.
Whaea Rangihuia was preparing the next sample of hot water with Kawakawa - a natural herbal drink.
Science can be a lot of fun using simple materials as our two students discovered.
Kayleb from Room 5 used materials from home to construct his mobile creation.
Charlie from Room 9 was showing us what food colouring and detergent can do when mixed with milk.
This was our first talent quest and our students were certainly up for the challenge. The Ambassadors who organised the talent quest received 16 entries from over 30 students comprising a few solo performers and the rest made up of groups. This was the group who performed in the first of two lunch-time sessions.
Our students enjoy the opportunity to get involved in activities outside the normal classroom programme. 
Kapa haka practices are taken during class time on Wednesday mornings. Thanks to our tutors Byron, Pryor and Jamus.
Parent coaches play an important part in taking practices. Matua Te Maapu is taking one of our mini ball teams in an after-school practice. The players listen well and always try their best to follow instructions.
Here is another after school practice with one of our hockey teams going through set drills.
Teacher aides were given the task of producing a story book they could use with children they work with. This included learning how to customise page settings, uploading images, inserting images, text and shapes, formatting, saving and printing. 
ICT Lead Teacher Wendy Stafford, worked with our teacher aides on Teacher Only Day, developing a resource using Microsoft PowerPoint, and using iPads in Special Education.
Education consultant, Sharon Ross is supporting our Reading focus this year. Sharon is reading "Goldilocks and The Three Bears" with Tessa Threadgill, our reading leader showing how expression and use of text is very important with children's reading. The focus is on listening, thinking and enjoyment. 
Malfroy School had 17 students enter this major event. Thanks to Mrs Timpany who started the training programme at the start of the term. Students were provided a passport to track their mileage. They had to reach a minimum of 40 kilometres to qualify for entry. These are our Year 5 students at the starting line ready to run 2.1 Km.
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