Newsletter 8th December 2017

In this issue

11 December - Year 8 Outing

12 December - Prizegiving 2pm

13 December - Concert at Kings PAC 7pm

14 December - Year 7 Outing, Year 8 Social 7-9:30pm

15 December - Last day 12pm finish

Orientation/ Meet the Teacher - 2pm Monday 29th January

First Day of Term One - Tuesday 30th January

Meet the Teacher Evening - Tuesday 30th January 7pm

Specialist Teacher Presentation - Tuesday 30th January 7.30pm

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Karen Parker

Marae week 2017

Tikanga and Te Reo shone last week as the Year 7's held their Marae week.

Johanna Newman

Room 7: Marae Week

Marae week was a week of wonderful exploration and creating, the students in room 7 were able to experience making poi, flax weaving, toku toku panelling, necklace making and kai cooking. Monique "I loved making poi" Fox " I liked doing the weaving and food making". Excellent week had by all.

Gregor Croudis

Marae Week in Room 19

A full on week in Room 19 with various art work, flax creations and Maori food being created at Tahuna Normal Intermediate.

Yvonne Toa

OTAKOU MARAE VISIT ON TUESDAY

Rooms 4, 11, 12 and 13 has a wonderful snippet of aspects of Maori culture and practice when they were fortunate enough to spend the day at the Otakou Marae with Komene and Paulette Cassidy and their helpers.

Tim Arnold

HARD MATERIALS

TRANSPORTATION is the theme, natural timber the primary material.

Karen Parker

Marae week 2017

Tikanga and Te Reo shone last week as the Year 7's held their Marae week.

Tony Hunter

2017 Another Fantastic Year at TNIS

The 2017 School year is coming to end and it is appropriate that we reflect on another very successful and rewarding year at Tahuna.

Emma Stuart

Picture Books

Year 7 students have all been working hard to produce their very own picture books!

Roddy Scoles

Boys A Touch team win Back to Back Finals

Down but not out at halftime, the boys dug deep and finally overwhelmed Balmac in extra time.

Jade Reddington

Year 8 Otakou Marae Experience

Rooms 1, 3, 5, 9 & 10 visited Otakou marae on Monday. They were welcomed by Komene and Paulette Cassidy who guided Tahuna students, staff and parents around the wharenui, urupa and church.

Yvonne Toa

Community Outreach

A group of our talented performers entertained the elderly at the Nation's Church last Wednesday morning.

Roddy Scoles

2020 Information Book for Parents

Click on the link below for all information about 2019

Petra Leonard

Tomahawk Lagoon

Shelby, Lucy, Kyall, Amadee and Ruby have been regulars down at the Tomahawk Lagoon, water testing.

Marianne Coughlin

Haka/ Poi

Room 16 Winners! Room 18 Runners-up!

Shannon Brawley

Marae week in Room 14

What an amazing week for all of us!

Yvonne Toa

Social Media and Bullying

Sam Stedman received an award at the Otago Science Fair for his project on Social Media and Bullying.

Grant Philips

Marae Week Images 2017

What an awesome week of Māori language and cultural activities.

Room 6

Marae week

Fantastic weather and engaging activities created a very exciting week!

Liza Whitson

Year 7 Pupils experience Marae Week.

Enjoy looking at the photos of year 7 pupils and what they experienced during Marae Week within the Specialist Rooms at Tahuna.

Roddy Scoles

Tahuna Fundraiser 2018 - Sunday May 6th

We have been lucky enough to be chosen by Lions to be the recipient of the Taieri Gorge Fundraiser for this year. It is really important that we get great support for this opportunity so that we can supply resources in Science & Technology for current students and those to come.

Shannon Brawley

Room 14's Volunteer Project

Picture Books with a purpose!

Anthony Breese

Songwriting and Creativity

This term the students at Tahuna have been writing songs in music. Some of the students have had the opportunity to record their song with Mr Breese and uploaded to soundcloud.com for the world to hear.