Napier students’ creative playhouse wins award for decoration

&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;" alignright size-full wp-image-1767" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;schoolnewsnz&period;fastrackdev&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;09&sol;SND19-wk2-Paint&lowbar;challenge&lowbar;winners&period;jpg" alt&equals;"SND19-wk2-Paint challenge winners" style&equals;"margin&colon; 5px&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"169" &sol;>Four Napier students have been awarded for their creative take on a children&&num;8217&semi;s playhouse as part of this year&&num;8217&semi;s BCITO Build-Ability Challenge&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> <&excl;--more--> <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Tamatea High School students Josh Stoddart&comma; Huata Puhara&comma; Tomas Knight and Anita Samountry have won the &&num;8216&semi;Best Decorated Award&&num;8217&semi; from Dulux NZ for their themed playhouse&period; Twenty-four schools went head-to-head in the nationwide competition led by BCITO and supported by Dulux NZ&period; The teams were tasked with designing and building a playhouse to defined specifications&comma; which will be gifted to local community groups&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dulux NZ National Trade Stores manager Murray Gray said the judging panel was impressed with Tamatea High School&&num;8217&semi;s attention to detail and creative use of colour&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;The students showed the correct painting processes to create a well-finished and beautiful playhouse&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>One side of the team&&num;8217&semi;s playhouse is dedicated to a &&num;8216&semi;drive-through store&&num;8217&semi; complete with a petrol pump&comma; grocery store and pay station&period; The front is themed as a magical castle with cut out dragon characters adding &&num;8220&semi;an extra look and feel to the final design&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The school chose to donate its colourful creation to the children of Flaxmere-based kindergarten Morgan Edcare&period;&nbsp&semi;Head teacher Paula Mihaka said the children were thrilled to receive the playhouse&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;The students listened to what we wanted and managed to get so many other ideas in to their design&comma;&&num;8221&semi; she said&period;&nbsp&semi;&&num;8220&semi;The walls provide a great deal of play and learning <a class&equals;"wpil&lowbar;keyword&lowbar;link" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;schoolnews&period;co&period;nz&sol;2015&sol;10&sol;developing-opportunities-at-school-with-a-view&sol;" title&equals;"opportunities" data-wpil-keyword-link&equals;"linked" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">opportunities<&sol;a>&period;&&num;8221&semi; Dulux NZ is rewarding each Tamatea High School team member with a &dollar;50 Rebel Sports voucher and the school with &dollar;1000 worth of paint supplies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dulux Trade brand manager Lisa Maathuis said the company was thrilled to have been involved in the project&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;The construction industry is in need of more apprentices and the BCITO Build-Ability Challenge is a fantastic opportunity for young people considering their future to gain skills and experience in the sector&comma;&&num;8221&semi; she said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For more information on the challenge visit <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;buildability&period;co&period;nz" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">www&period;buildability&period;co&period;nz<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;