PEP Sports Exchange

Created by Tihei and Noelani from the Media Team

Leopard Escapes Zoo in the USA

A leopard escapes from Hogle Zoo in Utah, USA. He escaped in a public area but it was lucky for the people that they all hid in the shop, café and other buildings. The leopard was a 4 year old girl and her name was Zeya. Zeya was found an hour later asleep near her enclosure. The strange thing was that no one knows what happened when she escaped.
In my opinion I say that they're not doing their jobs at the zoo because they did not see what happened or they did not stop the leopard from getting away.

Reported by Manukura

Matariki And The History Behind It

In late May and early June Matariki starts which is the Maori new year. There are lots of names for Matariki such as Subaru and the seven sisters. To celebrate Matariki people learn how to make things out of flax, remember about the past and think about the future. People fly kites to celebrate Matariki because they believe that the kites fly up near the stars. Matariki is also the name of the biggest star in the cluster of stars.

Reported by Rajpreet

Matariki

This month in New Zealand it is Matariki. During Matariki some people see the 7 sisters. Matariki is celebrated because of Maori New Year. Traditionally it was to remember the dead, and to celebrate new life. In the 21st century, observing it has become popular again. There are lots of celebrations happening all around the country.

By: Harshpreet   

International space station breaks a world record.

An international space station breaks a world record. They have completed a huge achievement 100,000th orbit of the earth. Go onto Kiwi Kids news and find the feature article. Watch a cool video and answer some questions. This event took place on May 23 2016. Just go onto Kiwi Kids news and search space and it should be the first article. The questions involve who, what , where, when.

By: Harshpreet   

3 Metre Long Python

A Thai man Named Attaporn Boonmakchuay got bitten by a python on the toilet seat. His wife was forced to pull him off the seat because there was no option. This incident happened in Thailand at his house in Chachoengsao Province east of Bangkok on the 1st of June. This happened because the snake got in to the plumbing system somehow.

Reported By Rajpreet 

Maori Emojies Comming To Your Phone

In July there's gonna be Maori emojies coming out and it includes waka ama (outrigger canoe). All the emojies are coming on your phone. It has been developed just for New Zealand. They are cropping up online after being unveiled two weeks ago. In my opinion it's great having Maori emojies because if someone is Maori they can send each other messages to their phones.

Reported by Manukura

Papatoetoe East Primary School New Website

 

On Monday we had released our new school website. We thought we could make our website more interesting and we have even got a new face book page. Kids can look at the page with their teachers and parents but we can't be active on it unless we are 13 and over. But do ask your parents to check it out so you could check it out too. We have got a digital citizen form that you and your parents should read and sign to promise to be a good DIGITAL CITIZEN.

Thank you Mr Van Wijk -  Mrs Van Wijks son, Mrs Clark, Mrs Crawford, and Mrs Capstick.