Wednesday 12 March 2014

Old Cars




Old cars are not like modern cars at all. My family is lucky to have a Plymouth. Ever since I was a baby we have been part of Art Deco. My mum, dad and I are part of the V.C.C (Vintage Car Club).

In the end of  2011 the V.C.C decided to build a new club house because the other one was getting too old. They looked for a new venue and in 2012 and they found somewhere, right next door to the Meanee speedway. Everyday we would have to go over to the new clubrooms and see all the progress. Finally they were finished! A library, lounge, dining room, kitchen and a huge paddock. At the end of 2012 they opened up the car club.

Once a month we have a meeting and do all the old car stuff and so on. It’s really funny because the men swap parts and give each other tips. I hope in the future there will be old cars not only in museums but also hopefully on the road. It’s really cool watching someone have their first experience in an old car. 

We were lucky enough to have the V.C.C come to school and take us for rides around the field. For many of the children this was their first experience in a vintage car and a moment they will remember forever. 

Art deco is a lot of fun, maybe you should go next year to experience it for yourself.


Shona Jenkinson

Monday 10 March 2014

Iron Kids



On Friday 28th of February I entered a run called Iron Kids which was held in Taupo. My mum, my sister and I travelled up to Taupo the night before my race, after a good night sleep I was ready to rock! When I got there I was very nervous at first but when I got to the start line I felt fine. We had to do 3 laps of a course, all together the 3 laps make 2km.

Bang! Off we went. All I needed to do was keep a good pace and try to stay running. When I was on my last lap I stated to get the stich, I kept running but I was a bit slower. As I got to the red carpet that leads to the finish line I stated to sprint “YAY! I DID IT!” I received a medal from an iron man champion. I finished in 12 minutes.

I did it because my dad did iron man the next day. Dad is my iron man champion.

By Karlin

E.O.T.C


In week four of Term 1 the senior team went to Pandora Pond as part of an E.O.T.C (Education outside the classroom) trip. While we were at the pond we got to do lots of activities like; sailing, fishing, kayaking, an estuary walk, and beach art.

The yachts were practically ‘on the water’ bumper cars when we had hardly any wind. We all seemed to end up in the same place, going nowhere! When our sail caught the wind our little red, yellow and orange boats scooted all over the pond, darting to one end and back. We had to keep our boats facing into the wind if we wanted any chance of movement.
On our estuary walk we saw heaps of crabs, some fish and an eel! Our guide, Jake explained all about the estuary and how it had changed drastically over the years. It was fascinating to find out that before the Napier earthquake in 1931 the estuary stretched all the way out to the airport.
We had a fantastic time during our E.O.T.C week, we learnt a lot and developed our confidence in trying new things. Below is a slideshow of pictures that were taken while we were at Pandora Pond. We hope you enjoy looking at them.

By Brennan



E.O.T.C from Claire Bojesen-Trepka on Vimeo.

Sunday 9 March 2014

Swimming Sports


Swimming Sports

On Monday 3rd March 2014 Mahora School had their swimming sports. We were kids were able to compete in width races and length races.

Some of the width races were running across the pool, freestyle, backstroke, flutter board, noodle and dolphin diving. For the length races we had; freestyle, backstroke, and breaststoke. The finalists from the length races had to compete in the championship races.

 The whole school ready to watch a final.


The Mahora kids all showed courage by entering in at least 3 events. For every event we entered, our house got a point. Many of the kids that sat on the side of the pool cheered and encouraged their teammates to keep going.

Karlin, Brock, Blake - Freestyle final.


By Brock