Newsletter October 28th 2016 Marae Week Special Edition

In this issue

2nd November South Zone Athletics

15th November Otago Champs Athletics

29 November Sports Awards 2.15 pm

7th December 7:00pm Concert

12th December Reports out & Prizegiving

14th December Y8 Social

15th December End of Year close at 12pm

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Grant Philips

DCC Cycle Skills Programme

The Tahuna Bike sheds have been filled to capacity over the past few weeks as our Year 7 students complete their Grade 1 & 2 cycle training with the wonderful team from the DCC.

Roddy Scoles

Fundraising 2017

Every year our revenue from our chocolate sales gains Tahuna plenty of funds to invest in iPads and other IT equipment. Because of this we are incredibly well resourced and the envy of other schools.

Kelsey Brocklebank

Table Tennis 2016

Tahuna students achieve highly in Dunedin school competition and representative tournaments.

Roddy Scoles

2019 Enrolments

We are now taking enrolments for 2019. Either come into the school office or fill out the form online on our website, click on the link below. Enrolments close September 14th. Please contact the school office if you have any questions about out-of-zone enrolments.

Grant Philips

South Island Diving Champion

How high would you go?

Karen Parker

Marae Week

What a fantastic week the year 7 students had during Marae Week.

Liza Whitson

Creativity in Art for Marae Week.

Tahuna Year7's have fun while showing their creative side within their stencils.

Bill Boyes

Marae Week Maori design

Year 7 students enjoyed their session in the workshop designing a gift or a Taonga with a meaning or story .

Courtney Lousley

Dunedin Schools Orchestral Workshop 2016

Year 7 to 10 students from Dunedin gathered at the Kings and Queens Auditorium for the annual Orchestral Workshop. Students from Tahuna experienced the day for the first time.

Tony Hunter

Important Community Message

Recently in New Zealand, we have become more aware of rehabilitating people from prison back into the community. There is an official process that must be undertaken so people in the community concerned are informed of the situation. This means that they can both be supportive and stay safe.

Charlotte & Madi

NZ Surf-Lifesaving Pool Nationals

Charlotte and Madi recently achieved some great results at this event and had some fun in the process. Read on to find out more about their adventure!

Room 6

Marae Week Reflections

Karen Parker

Marae Week

What a fantastic week the year 7 students had during Marae Week.

Kristy McBride

Marae Week Learning Experience

Did you know harekeke has many uses??

Aleisha Coltman

Harakeke Weaving in Marae Week

Room 19 weave with Harakeke

Roddy Scoles

Sports Day Completed!

Despite the cold weather this morning we managed to get the sports day finished. Lots of great results and plenty of smiles. Next week we send a team of over 100 students to South Zone. Holly and Abdul took out their respective races for the fastest girl and boy at Tahuna.

Rory & Blake

Stewart Island Camp a Big Success!

All students were fantastic and a real credit to their families. Big thank you to Mrs McBride & Miss Jamieson for their help in making it such a a great way to finish the term.

Tim Arnold

Road Crossings

Tony Hunter

Kia ora! Great start to Term 4

Term 4 has begun very well with everyone settling back into school routines after the holiday break. It is a busy term as there are many learning activities happening in and out of the school. Our focus as always will be on students giving their very best to achieve to the best of their ability no matter what the learning context.

Grant Philips

Marae Week Tech-Simply Awesome

As part of Marae Week our Tech Department was also caught up in all thing Māori.

Courtney Lousley

Digital Music @Tahuna 2016

Music this term is focusing on digital music. Kids have been using a range of apps and processes to create music with a specific emotional focus. Music is then added to imagery which enhances the feel of their music.

Kristy McBride

Never Too Old For Picture Books

Room 16 discover the magic of picture books.

Jess Cooper

Long Beach Rock Climbing

Last week Room 1 travelled out to Long Beach for a day of rock climbing and exploring caves. We were lucky to have beautiful weather and we all enjoyed the experience.