Newsletter 2 April 2015

Our Blue Card system has had a shake up and the old bronze, silver and gold cards have been replaced by colourful, new Values Bands.

The Tahuna Monitoring team spent the day gathering information on freshwater fish species at Tomahawk Lagoon.

Mr Hunter in his third last day day at Tahuna until term three.

Tahuna took out the Intermediate Tournament at Bayfield High School recently. Organised by Bayfield at Bayfield the Tahuna teams had a great time and would like to thank the organisers for the opportunity. We are looking forward to the Volleyball Tournament in Term 2.

As part of my job as Literacy Support Teacher I am lucky enough to teach talented writers. 

At the last two assemblies we have rewarded students who achieved outstanding selling records during our recent fundraiser. We also had spot prizes for any student that sold one box of the Cadbury Chocolate. 

The purpose of national monitoring is to assess and understand student achievement across the curriculum at the primary level in New Zealand and to monitor changes in achievement over time. The Arts are being assessed in the 2015 study. Year 8 students were involved in the trial throughout week eight.

The  photo below is a sneak preview of Science in term 2 for Year 8's.

Mr Owen is the tallest member of the Tahuna Staff. He also has many hidden talents.

A handful of Tahuna students recently represented Otago in athletics.

Poppy seedlings are being prepared so that a single poppy can be presented to a veteran or service person on ANZAC morning.