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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.

Letter from The Principal

Ali Shanks and I first became friends in our Year 7 class at Tahuna a few years ago! She shares what has been happening with her family in Hamilton during lockdown.

Celebrity Chef Michael Coughlin has kindly shared his Breakfast Buns recipe with us. I'm sure your parents and would love this served up for a breakfast treat. The recipe is attached below as a pdf file. Click on to download.

Both Grace Gemmell (Room 16) and Emily-Rose Young (Room 5) entered a song in the New Zealand Music Month "Hook, Line and Singalong" competition, and both won!

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.

While the netball season may be delayed in starting, that gives us time at home to practice our skills! Check out https://netfitnetball.com.au/ or the Netball South Facebook page for more skill videos.

Photos of pupils work at home in their bubbles.

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!

Students, Teachers and Families of The Hub have locked in a class dress up party every Friday!!

Living in lockdown is not easy at first, then you find ways to make it more interesting!.

22nd April 2020 Teaching Staff of Tahuna Normal Intermediate 31 Auld Street, St Kilda, Dunedin 9012

“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.

Have a look through some of the arts, crafts, and baked goods that Room 9 has been whipping up during lockdown. Some of these activities have been a part of our online learning programme and others have been by choice!

Charlotte and Hannah have been missing the collaborative work approach that we have in the classroom. So, they have come up with a plan to continue learning collaboratively from home!

Temple Chirnside has been keeping herself entertained by creating various animals, creatures and magical brooms! She asked me what animal I would like her to make and I said a wolf, then I asked for a pegasus and wow, look at the wings on that!

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

During lockdown me and my family tried to find something new to do every day to keep us busy and entertained.

This lockdown has been an amazing experience to learn and practice new skills while also being bored and trying to find ways to stop the boredom.

Here is an easy to follow recipe to make delicious Cheese Muffins!

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

Written by: Zaakirah Hassen

Maia Scott Exploring The Outdoors

Poem By Gus Coetser

Recipe by Brooke Moses Rm17

The Lab has been busy working through the child to child teaching and resource kit over the past few days.

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

From My Bubble.... To Yours!

By Justyn Stephens

Huge congratulations to Kiana and her team who placed 1st in the teams event at the Dunedin Schools Triathlon last month.

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’.

Tahuna 2nd in Otago Lit Quiz this year and every team top in a section!