Newsletter 30th October 2015 Marae Week Special Edition

In this issue

2nd - 11th November Year 7 Biking Continues

4th November - South Zone Athletics

17th November - Otago Champs Athletics

18th November - Kings & Bayfield Orientation Days for Year 8's

8th December - Sports Awards

10th December - Tahuna Concert

11th December - Reports out

14th December - Year 8 Social

15th December - Last day of school, 12pm finish

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Kristy McBride

Room 16 Learn About Maori Plant Use...

Students thrive on reconnecting with nature the holistic way

Tina Schumacher

Marae Week - Maori Art

Room 6 thrives with making Maori art patterns.

Roddy Scoles

Angus Cameron - Basketball Star

In the second week of the holidays there was a U13 South Island basketball tournament. The teams were Otago A,Canterbury Red and Black,North Canterbury,Southland Mid Canterbury and Nelson.

Roddy Scoles

ShakeOut 2016

We recently took part in the nationwide earthquake drill ShakeOut. At 9.15am on the 15th October Tahuna and 1.3 million other New Zealanders took part in this activity.

Bill Boyes

Mīharo mahi e koutou katoa –Amazing work by you all

Have a look at the wonderful creations made during Marae week 2015 in the specialist area.

Room 8

Marae Week Design

Fabulous week in the Tech block doing something new with Mr Arnold & Mr Boyes

Siale Tunoka

HARAKEKE - do NOT eat (there can be nasty consequences).

In Tahuna's exciting Marae Week, room 15 have been mainly focusing on harakeke.

Bill Boyes

Mīharo mahi e koutou katoa –Amazing work by you all

Have a look at the wonderful creations made during Marae week 2015 in the specialist area.

Grant Philips

Marae Week- Traditional Māori Games

The students loved the opportunity to learn and participate in a variety of Games & Physical Challenges with Mr Lousley.

Roddy Scoles

Fundraiser - Car Boot Sale

This is a fundraiser for a former Tahuna student, Anna Cooper, who has been selected as the only Otago representative for THIMUN, 2016 (The Hague International Model United Nations). This is an amazing opportunity where 4000 students from around the world (22 from NZ)gather at The Hague to debate policy, the theme for 2016 is 'Sustainable Urbanization'.

Kelsey Brocklebank

Marae Week 2015.

Room 13 Tukutuku Panels.

Terry Hokianga

Ka mate Ka mate!!

The All blacks are about to break out their famous haka "Kapo o Pango Sunday morning as they take on the Australians. This challenge has been a key feature in the success of our National team over our enemies.

Marianne Coughlin

Poi

Room 18 were the proud winners of the 2015 Marae Week Poi-off!

Courtney Lousley

The World Waits for no one...

A quick drive to Kings and 11 Tahuna students got to hang with nine bands, 22 guitars, bass, drums, microphones, amps get the opportunity to jam with Jon Toogood of Shihad.

Roddy Scoles

Taieri Rafting Adventure

A big group of Tahuna Students set off on an adventure to raft the Taieri this week. Conditions were testing but we had a lot of fun and had an awesome outdoor experience.

Patrice Connor

Drama Based On The Maori Myth of Mount Cargill.

As part of our learning during Marae Week we created a drama to explain how a local landmark Kapukataumahaka (Mt Cargill) was formed.

Terry Hokianga

Hangi for Lunch.

What a Way To Wrap Up Our Marae Week Experience!

Roddy Scoles

2016 Enrolments

Enrolments are steadily coming in for 2016. If you have a child coming to Tahuna, or know a child who is coming that isn't enrolled yet, please encourage them to do so.

Roddy Scoles

International Students at Tahuna

For the last two weeks we have been hosting four Thai students in Rooms 14 & 7. The students of those classes have done a fantastic job of making our guests feel very welcome.

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