Masterton Intermediate School

07/09/2026

This bike was left on our school grounds last week.
It is ready for collection from it’s owner.

04/09/2026

31/08/2026

Today Room 19 & 12 took a trip over the hill to Te Papa. This was their treat for being the top two fundraising classes for the fun run in term 1.

Alot of fun had by all 😀

27/08/2026

This term, Room 2 and Room 11 have been exploring Alan Gratz’s powerful novel Refugee, following the journeys of Josef, Mahmoud and Isabel. The story has sparked rich conversations about culture, identity, belonging and understanding the experiences of others.

To bring our learning to life, one of our wonderful Room 2 students brought in abaya, burka and hijab, giving students the opportunity to explore these items and, if they wished, try them on.

Our teachers were also able to share their own connections to the Middle East. Having lived in the Middle East, Mrs Hepburn was able to bring in her dad’s Omani dishdasha, kumma and musr, while Mr O, who has lived in the UAE, brought in his kandura, ghutra and agal. Several students were excited to have the opportunity to try them on.

Students were fascinated to learn about the cultural significance of these different items of clothing, and the experience led to some wonderful conversations and increased awareness and understanding in our classrooms.

It has been a rich learning experience and a great example of how we can connect with and better understand the wider world through literacy.

The images shared in this post have been published with the permission of the students involved.

27/08/2026

Wairarapatanga Ākonga Workshop #2

A great day of learning - thanks to Evelyn Chase and the staff at Pukaha for sharing their ❤️ of te Taio and purakau with us😊 Our akonga have been truly inspired and have generated ideas to share with our community by the end of 2026.

27/08/2026

Our akonga at MIS have been very busy this week. We have been docking and planting pine trees. Thank you to Kaleb Rowlands from Stand Forestry for running workshops on pine tree planting and Murray's Nursery for donating the pine trees.

25/08/2026

It was a lovely evening to end the 2026 netball season! Thanks to all of our coaches and umpires who have given up their time to help over 100 kids play this season!

25/08/2026

The last digital technology lesson for the year for this pod. They have been working on a Game Design unit covering several different applications. Today they could choose which one to finish on. Options included Bitsbox, which is simplified Javascriot, MakeCode arcade, Minecraft, Scratch and Spheros. There were lots of iterations, debugging, frustration and laughing.

21/08/2026

Fun day Friday! Lots of fun and laughter in assembly today! What a great way to end the week!

16/08/2026

Today we had two teams, Shark Girls & Water Boys compete in the regional Aquabots competition.
We experienced successful moments and some robotic fail moments but they all worked together and demonstrated great teamwork!
The water boys placed third so they’re now invited to the nationals being held late November in Blenheim!