Newsletter 21st May 2018

In this issue

26th May - Taieri Gorge Train Trip & Walk

4th June - Queens Birthday Weekend

5th June - Tahuna Cross Country at Tahuna Park

12th June - Puberty Meeting for Year 7 Parents at 7pm

4th July - Oamaru Intermediate Exchange at Oamaru

6th July - Last day of Term 2

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Roddy Scoles

Golf Sports Elective off to a great start

10 Keen golfers have been going through their paces with Alan Court at Chisholm Park on a Friday. Lots of excellent tips and techniques being passed from the Pro to those involved.

Shannon Brawley

Room 14 catches up with their friends in China

On Thursday afternoon we were extremely lucky to have the chance to talk to face to face with some very special people in China.

Salote Rouvi

Otago Cricket coaches @ Tahuna

Rhys and Harris face off as captains before a fun game of Three Bat Cricket.

Emma Stuart

Cricket at Tahuna

In P.E this term we have been focusing on cricket.

Yvonne Toa

Tahuna Represents on ANZAC Day

At 6am on the 25th of April, a small but dedicated group of Tahuna students assembled in Queen's Garden to join servicemen past and present, community groups and school pupils across Dunedin, to march in the Dawn parade.

Roddy Scoles

Bio Day at Tomahawk

Lots of learning happening at Tomahawk for our first Bio Day of the year. Andrew Innes and his team of Scientists have been working with our Extension Science group every fortnight so far this year. No fish caught this time but plenty of macroinvertebrates to study.

Jess Cooper

Room 9 Identity!

Shannon Brawley

Y6 Extension Science off to a sticky start!

On Thursday 20 Year 6 students from nearby schools gathered in the Tahuna Science Lab to begin this years Extension Science programme.

Salote Rouvi

Design Tech Project

Rhys stands with pride with his project he constructed in Design Tech this week.

Roddy Scoles

Aerobics Success

Results from Gymnastics Aerobics Invercargill Interclub Competition. Emma Green (year 8) - 1st, Level 4 Individual Katie Child (year 8) - 2nd, Level 5 Individual Both gained the qualification mark for Gymnastics New Zealand Aerobics nationals in Tauranga in October.

Kelsey Brocklebank

Netball Festival Day

With the Southern Steel in town Dunedin Netball took the chance to stage a fun Festival Day to begin the 2018 season.

Grant Philips

Tahuna Ski and Snow Boarding Trip 2018

This popular trip to Coronet Peak is booked in for the first weekend of next Term. Friday 27th, Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th of July.

Bill Boyes

Downhill Racing

In unit one of design tech, year 7 students like us work on a downhill racer project, although it is not really a race, students have to build a car that will go further than anyone else's.

Salote Rouvi

Mandarin lessons in Room 20

Students have fun learning colours in Mandarin lesson

Roddy Scoles

Otago Schools Swimming Champs

Otago Primary School Champs Tahuna’s team of 4 girls, all girls pulled personal best times and Ella made the 50 back final. The girls put in a brave effort in the girls yr 7 & 8 relays. They were the smallest team by far. The team was; Ella Wills, Libby Wills, Sophie Sam & Freda Kawharu-Tapsell.

Courtney Lousley

South Island Mandarin Language Success

Ruby Stretch-Treweek has won a place in the National Mandarin Language Speech competition to be held in Auckland on August 2nd this year.

Jess Cooper

Miniball has begun!

The miniball season has started and what a successful first round of games!

Karen Parker

Kebabs, Cricket and China.

It has been a busy start for the Year 7's this term.

Sean Minhinnick

Welcome to the 100km challenge!

Our maths focus for the first few weeks of the term is investigating length, area and perimeter. These key concepts have been integrated into our class fitness programme.

Oliver Bates and Emma Sinclair

Should the name Anzac be allowed as a baby name?

Room 6 has been writing persuasive arguments about 'should babies be allowed to be called Anzac'. Currently there is a law in place that prevents parents from using this name. Read through some of our argument writing and then decide for yourself.

Yvonne Toa

Tahuna Represents on ANZAC Day

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