OPS @ TARANAKI MOUNTAIN-AIRS

Opunake Primary School students who play basket ball travelled to New Plymouth to watch the Taranaki Mountain-Airs to take on Hawkes Bay.  We had a great time supporting our local team, unfortunately Hawkes Bay were too good for the Taranaki lads, but we had a great time.

Yr 5/6 Rugby/Netball Teams

Today we finished our last game of netball and rugby for the Year 5/6 teams.  All of the players and the School Staff would like to give a big thank you to all of the coaches, referees, supporters and afternoon tea suppliers who helped with both teams this year.  Without everyones support it would be difficult run these teams.

Thank you,
Andrew

Lia's Medals

Lia brought her Grandfathers Medals to school to share.  Her Grandfather was Sgt Roche 32910 and he served in the New Zealand Army during World War 2.  It has been interesting finding out about family members who have served in the New Zealand Armed Services.



 

           

As part of our Inquiry and Reading Focus work about the ANZAC's Dinah completed an A-Z with items that she has read about.  Here is some of her work:

ANXIOS ARMY MEN FIGHTING IN THE BATTLE OF GALLIPOLI .
BOMBS HITTING THE GROUND OUTSIDE THE SOLDIERS TRENCHES.
CONQUERING THE ARMY THEY WERE FACING IN THE BATTLE OF CHUNUK BAIR.
DUMPING THE BODIES OF THE SOLDIERS ON THE WET GROUND.
EATING BISCUITS HARD AS BRICKS IN THERE SMALL HUTS.
FINDING BONES AND GUNS SCATTERED ON THE GROUND.
GALLIPOLI IS THE FIRST PLACE THAT THE NZ SOLDIERS FOUGHT A BATTLE IN WWI.
HAVING A BIG AND SCAREY JOURNEY AS THE WAR GOES ON.
IN THE WAR THE SOLDIERS COULD ONLY WASH THEMSELVES IN THE SALTY SEA.
JUMPING ARUOND SHOOTING AT THEIR ENEMIES.
KILLING THE PEOPLE IN WAR WHO THEY WERE FIGHTING.
LOOTING THE TRENCHES TO FIND A WEAPON TO SHOOT WITH.
MAKING THE SOLDIERS LEAVE THE WAR WHEN IT WAS OVER.
KNOCKING DOWN THE HUTS OF THE ENEMIES.
OVER TAKING THE SOLDIERS WEAPONS.
PLACING THE DEAD BODIES UNDER GROUND IN THE CEMETERY.
QUIVERING AS THE WINTERS COLDNESS GOES THROUGH HIS BODY.
RISKING MY LIFE FOR MY BEST, BEST BUDDY.
SAVING LIFE AS THE DAYS OF WAR GOES ON.
TALKING AND MAKING A PLAN OF HOW TO DEFEAT THE ENEMIES.
USELESS WEAPONS START FALLING ONTO THE GRUONG.
VOLTS OF LIGHTNING MAKE STEAM RISE FROM THE GROUND.
WAKING UP TO HEAR THE BOMBS HITTING THE WALLS.
EXAMINING  THE MENS BODIES FOR BONES.
YELLING AND SCREAMING FOR HELP AS HIS HEART GETS SHOT.
ZOOMING THROUGH THE BATTLE FIELDS LIKE A SPEEDY GODZILLA.

Skype Chat to China Pt 2

With summer school holidays about to start in China we took the opportunity today to reconnect with our new friends at the American International School in Shanghai.  For this chat we split up into small groups to have a more personal chat.  We talked about sports, what we do in our free time, tried to learn on words in Chinese as well as learning more about life for a student in Shanghai.  We will try to connect up again on Friday as we ran out of time today.

Homework

Week 5 homework up on the homework page, take a look.  Good luck and finding those 'at' words this week.

Southern Schools Riper Rugby Tournament

OPS Year 5/6 Ripper Rugby Team competed in this years Southern Schools Ripper Rugby Tournament.  We had a great day with some amazing skills on display for all to see.  We came 5th after the round robin phase of the tournament with a couple of close games not quite going our way.  Congratulations to Sinead, Charlie W, Cassidy, Arliyah, Breeze, Summer,  Liam, Caleb W, Manase, Sayen, Oliver, Noah and Vadim who all played great.  Thanks again to our supporters who came and watched, the students really get a lift from your support and again thanks to Mr Frank and the Taranaki Rugby Union for putting on a great day!

OPS v Manaia

The Yr 5/6 Rugby and Netball Teams had next outing against Manaia.  Unfortunately the weather was against us but both teams played really well and had close loses.  Thanks to our coaches and all of our supporters who came out in the rain.

Homework

Hello Everyone and welcome to Week four of Term 2.  It is hard to believe that June is upon us already!  This weeks homework has been updated onto the home work page.  Have a great week.

ANZAC INQUIRY

We are well into our new theme learning about ANZAC Day.  We have started to build our knowledge about the first ANZAC Day:  What happened?  Why it happened?  What affect did this have on the soldiers who fought there?  As we have looked through the information about the Gallipoli Campaign we have come up with a lot of questions.  We will be inquiring into these questions, not only to find out what happened but how they impacted on life for the soldiers as well as life back in New Zealand.   

As part of this unit we will be creating our own class wall of remembrance.    I am asking the students to go home and ask if they have any relatives that have fought in any wars that New Zealand has contributed to.  It would be great if we could find out information about our relatives who fought or played any part in any conflict, including any family members currently serving within the armed forces.  Any artefacts, or photos that could be brought to school would be great to share.