April 24th Newsletter

ANZAC Day Services will be like no other this year, with people remembering the fallen soldiers and honouring the returned servicemen and women at home, in their bubble. Adam Salisbury, of Room 9, has made a list of ways you can commemorate this important day while in lockdown.

Some of our students have been busting through the isolation boredom by flexing their creativity in a bunch of ways - one of these creative kids is Dimitri Latton.

Lots of us have been commenting on the birds we are noticing in our neighbourhoods. In our neighbourhood it is not just birds we have been lucky enough to see. Dolphins, Sea Stars, Seabirds, Crabs & Shellfish to name a few. Have these creatures always been there and we've just been too busy to notice? What have you been lucky enough to see? If you have any good photos showing local biodiversity please share to roddyscoles@tahuna.school.nz for our next newsletter!

“Hold on Timothy!” Mother yells, “I’m coming to get you, too!” The storm crackles above me. I whimper. Why has she picked me to be last? I’m the youngest! I’m the weakest! Suddenly a freak gust of wind comes from nowhere. The branch snaps and I am blown away, a possum riding the wind - until there is no wind to ride. I come to a halt as the wind dies. Below me is certain death. A flash of blue stands out against the green. The stream! Of course! I angle myself towards the stream, unsure whether or not I will make it… I make it. I land in the center of the current where the water is deepest - but also fastest. I hold on to my stick like it is the most precious thing I will ever hold. Where do I go? Rapids ahead of me, with no way of safely getting ashore - or is there? I spot a branch directly ahead of me overhanging the river. I jump up and grab it. I have a moment of deja vu - I can almost hear Mother saying “Hold on Timothy!” All of a sudden the adrenaline dies. I can barely find the strength to keep awake, let alone hang. A voice from behind me says “Hold on Timothy, I’m coming to get you!” I turn around. Mother marches toward me and I fall into her arms. I’m asleep before she catches me.

Over the week, students have been completing various tasks under the theme of ANZAC.

An amazing 'pobble' story by Mikayla based on the above photo

Recipe by Brooke Moses Rm17

Hi everyone, hope you are all safe and well in your 'bubbles'!

Exisle Publishing is a local book publisher that specialises in non-fiction titles for adults about health and wellbeing (including several parenting titles that might be useful at this time!), as well as children’s picture books that are designed to be ‘books with heart on issues that matter’.