Yesterday, the Prime Minister advised that in Alert Level 2 schools are safe environments for children, young people and staff and that additional public health control measures are in place to prevent the spread of disease and to support contact tracing.

This week for writing, Room 9 were given the above prompt, and the challenge to write a 100 WORD ONLY story on the prompt. They were asked to use strong adjectives and language features to paint a picture of what is happening. Read some of the stories below. Bored at home? Give it a go! There are also a range of prompts on https://100wc.net/ :)

Tahuna has a pretty flash Laser Cutter capable of producing PPE. With the help of Bevan Potter from Absolutely Plastics we have been able to source some plastic we can make into face shields. Any Hairdressers or Barbers in our school community that would like some please contact me to register your interest.

Art, Design Technology, DigiTech, Food Technology and Hard Materials...check out some of the amazing work students have been producing.

The Hub has a daily challenge with our online learning and one day this week it was to create a stop motion film.

Roughly 20 students out of 600+ in attendance over the past eight days. Good to see them all here working on their class projects. Thanks also to our parents who are busy teaching at home! Remember to email your teachers and Mr Scoles with your articles.

What a busy couple of weeks the students in the lab have had.

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75 Members of Taiopeka successfully practise over Zoom.

Room 9 student, Sam Stoddart, took his maths unit to the next level, creating a movie night for his entire family.