Suffrage Day - September 19

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The Kate Sheppard Memorial is in Oxford Street, Christchurch.  It is a beautiful depiction of these courageous and resilient women. It was unveiled on 19 September 1993 to commemorate 100 years since women in New Zealand were given the right to vote. White camellias have come to represent women's rights. They were given out to women who signed the petition and as a sign of support for the efforts being made by Kate Sheppard and others in the suffrage movement.

For more information about who the women are in the statues and what is inscribed on the memorial go to Kate Sheppard Memorial.

Roald Dahl Celebration

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Roald Dahl was born in Llandaff, Wales on 13 September 1913. This year he would have been 100 years old. He is well-known for children's books such as Matilda, the Twits, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Esio Trot, The Witches, James and the Giant Peach and many more. Many of his books have been made into films, the BFG being the most recent one.

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Re-read some of his books, consider reading his autobiography Boy: Tales of a Childhood to learn more about Roald Dahl's life. Come along to the lunchtime Kahoot quiz and enter the competition.

Success at the Jimmy Carter Quiz

A team of Nga Tawa students were the runners up of the Jimmy Carter Quiz held by the Manawatu Lions Club this week. The quiz involved answering 35 questions and building an Apollo Lunar model. The Nga Tawa team was the fastest to construct the model, proving girls can do anything as good as their male counterparts.
Curious about why it is called the Jimmy Carter Quiz, the answer is on the yellow poster. Visit the library to view the great job the girls have made of the lunar model.

Well done Shannon, Victoria, Bridget, Tamaira, and Phoebe.