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Welcome back to Term Two.

Project Based Learning (PBL), Swimming and Winter Sports are under way!

We have enjoyed welcoming new groups of students to our tech areas this term. Our key focus is reducing waste at Tahuna, the following is some of what will be covered over the coming weeks.

In what has long been a tradition for Tahuna and many other Dunedin schools, a group of Tahuna students once again represented the school at both the recent Dawn Parade and the Andersons Bay posy laying ceremony.

Taiopeka, pasifika, djembe, orchestra, marimba band, theatre sports, choir and visual art was on display for whānau, family and friends of the community to celebrate.

The recent cold snap has reminded us that winter is just around the corner!

Pride and appearance goes hand in hand with standards, building self-esteem and confidence. Formal uniform and PE are seperate. Hoodies should not be worn as part of

Looking for a challenge? This could be just the ticket!

Wellington-based STRIKE BAND came to school this week to entertain the children.

Our Interactive Science elective had a great first session last Friday.

Bit chilly over at Chisholm Links on Friday but the golf elective group made a great start to the term. Wilson, Tony and Steve put the golfers through their paces on the new driving range and the practice putting surface. We are looking forward to Parker from Golf Otago helping out over the the term too.

The chess elective has taken off!

We still have a Year 7 and Year 8 netball team that doesn't have a coach...can you help or know of someone that could assist us please?

Once again, as in previous years, we're delighted to see so many of our Tahuna hockey players give up their time to umpire this season.

Today, R13 was lucky enough to have a visit from the Blake Foundation.

Do you need food scraps to feed to your chickens or pigs? Can you help us reduce our waste...If so please email jenniescott@tahuna.school.nz

Room 11 students are working with Lego to programme a truck to dump the "load of rubbish," it carries. They have also programmed the truck to travel forwards and backwards. Changing the original design and problem solving to manipulate the truck to do these additional tasks.

Electives have started and we have a high number of students participating in Dance, Theatre Sports and Aerobics.

Electives on Friday afternoons for term 2 will be an exciting adventure for 20 students as they learn to program EV3 Lego robots using Scratch in the E-Tech workshop.

Late last week we were very lucky to once again have Emily from World Vision visit us at Tahuna. Emily is a Youth Ambassador for World Vision and was back at Tahuna for the second year running.

Menzie from Room 6 recently competed in the Lovelock Relay in a cross country team event.

See what we have been getting upto this week in Tech!