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Sunday, August 16, 2015

Senior Poetry Writing

A number of students from Kahurangi and the Navigator Centre were able to submit entries to the Margaret Mahy Starlight Essay and Poetry competition - here are the poems they submitted.




eyes of god

I feel the presence
A holy aura
Seven sisters angelically float and dance in the midnight sky.
They start to project light, even brighter than the night before.
Dance and jive in the purest of dark skies.

While stars sparkle through the moonlight,
Bringing families and friends closer as one.
Food gets cooked on scorching hot rocks.
Waiatas get sung by people of all ethnicities.
But at the end of the night
When all's said and done
Blinking little eyes will continue to blink
Above our heads

By Eric Jiang





Stars

Stars are always there, sparkling like diamonds,
Stars are your shining light, to find your way,
Scattered across the sky.

Dancing their way along the dark midnight curtain,
Many different colours and patterns to amaze you ,
Red stars, yellow stars, blue stars
They all sparkle the same,
Southern Cross, Orion, and the Scorpion,
Constellations of New Zealand.

By Alyssa Brazendale





Our Bright Cross

Stars are the universe's oil lanterns,
They flicker, shimmer and glow.
You should not touch, since they are hot,
But a look is all you need.
They make our dark vanish,
But not all of it.
The blinking diamonds float in the sky,
They burn like a candle.
Our one and only cross,
Has kept our country known.
They will go out,
But we will never forget the cross of our land.
It shines like our own hearts,
Which could be gone,
But never forgotten.


By Max Fry





The Star Forest

Look outside at night, what do you see?
a jungle of stars and a moon shining bright.
All except one, the lonely sun,
who shines all day long.

Near, far and everywhere,
are glowing eyes of the forest panther.
A galaxy of fireflies,
grouped to make a butterfly.

Mammoth stars, out-shining the little ones,
but nothing peeps through the dreaded clouds.
When the wind washes the clouds away,
the panthers and fireflies come out to play.

One final flicker, one final shine.
Tired at last, the animals are.
While the sun rises beyond the mountains,
the stars fade away to rest.


By Kelsey Osborne





Stars

The stars twinkle as I look over the fence
I see them reflecting on the lake
They shimmer and shine bright
Under the moonlight

As I look at them through my window
They sprinkle glitter on my lawn.
Shining upon me,
I can see their constellations,
A huge picture of them all.

I don’t know?
Do they bounce upon the midnight sky to get to the other side?
Do they go there and hide?

Stars shine through the trees,
Making pixies fall asleep -
I make a wish -
and fall in a deep deep sleep.

By Alice Knowler





Stories in the sky

I look up at the sky
Guess what I see?
Hercules the hero looking at me
I was humbled by his presence
Hercules, now defender of the heavens

I turn my head
I am in awe
Seeing Centaurus, the mentor
Trainer of the heroes of Greek times
Now living in the skies

Looking up high
Something catches my eye
Pleiades, seven sisters from olden times
When these stars rise people cheer
Because it is the start of the Maori new year!

I turn to the south
I look up high
I see the Southern Cross, compass of the sky
Helping sailors find their way
But goes away with light of day

When I see these stars I feel at home
These stars need to know that they are not alone

By Sophie Collis





Monday, August 3, 2015

Celebrating Science and Technology Success!

A number of GATE students from Haepapa, Kahurangi and the Navigator Centre received special mention at school assembly last Friday, July  31, 2015.  These students were the lucky recipients of the Science Award Trust Investigation badge.  The Science Award Trust run a national badge scheme for primary and secondary students across the breadth of the scientific disciplines.  A rigorous process is followed in order to keep the value of the awards maintained and the projects completed last term by these students, met those criteria.

The students are as follows,
Back Row:  Callum Whitley, Trent Shailer, Sophie Collis, Axis Simon, Christopher Rankin
Front Row:  Carter Fuldseth, Mackenzie Swindells, Kaija Fouhy, Caleb Woisin
Absent:  Riley Best