Newsletter 18th August 2017

In this issue

20th August - Remuera Intermediate Arrive

23rd August - Sassenachs Rugby Tournament at Bishopscourt

31st August - Netball South Tournament

1st September - Otago Cross Country

5th September - Stars on Stage

12-15th September - Polyfest

18th September - Tahuna Athletics Day

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Bill Boyes

Tahuna team wins first Epro8 competition

We entered two teams in the first ever Dunedin primary school EPro8 competition held at Tahuna Intermediate for local primary schools.

Aleisha Coltman

Netball Finals

Netball finals were held this week with 8 out of 12 teams competing

Kristy McBride

Otago Science Fair Success

Millie Todd shares her Science Fair journey.......

Aleisha Coltman

Amelia Simpson's Gymnastics Success

Shannon Brawley

Creative Excellence Elective

Ayanna and Mia are two of the Art and Craft elective kids who have been busy creating on Fridays.

Marianne Coughlin

STARS ON STAGE

Tickets will go on sale at 9am Monday 21 August. Tickets are available from the following: Online: www.ticketdirect.co.nz By phone: 0800 224 224 or 03 477 8597, Counter sales: Regent Theatre Box Office, or any TicketDirect outlet. Price - $17/adult, $10/child + BOOKING FEES

Salote Rouvi

Homonym Bingo and Maths Resources in Room 1

Students in Room 1 have a go at using new resources for reading rotations, and mathematics resources.

Petra Leonard

Otago Science Fair

21 Science fair projects entered into the Otago Science Fair alongside other schools. 29 prizes awarded for Tahuna!

Keith Hutton

Year 8 O'Mathalon Champions 2017

The team of Ray Ma, Cam Fraser, Ethan McGregor and Michael Court dominated last night at the Edgar Centre with a 100% correct record. Our Year 7 teams also did really well with two podium finishes. More to come in this weeks Newsletter on Friday

Edie Nevell & Luke Salisbury

Outdoor Table Tennis Table Destroyed

It wasn't great to find our Outdoor Table Tennis Table destroyed by some incredibly selfish people in the school holidays. It is solid concrete so it would of taken a few people to lift and tip it over.

Karen Parker

Health and Physical Education focus

Term three focuses on Health and Physical Education.

Aleisha Coltman

Calligraphy in Room 19

Room 19 has been doing some calligraphy this week

Shannon Brawley

Tahuna Badminton is off with a bang!

The Tahuna Badminton squads have begun the Badminton season with great success.

Courtney Lousley

Do you want to be a Homestay family? We have opportunities coming soon.

We welcome our International Guests to our school. There are opportunities to welcome a student into your home during various times of the year. There is a group arriving in August 2019.

Yvonne Toa

SPCA Cup Cake Fundraiser

Great to see Spencer Campbell, Bella & Molly Langley and Bella O'Connor use their initiative and culinary skills to prepare this huge batch of cupcakes.

Petra Leonard

Otago Science Fair

21 Science fair projects entered into the Otago Science Fair alongside other schools. 29 prizes awarded for Tahuna!

Jess Cooper

Basketball Talent at Tahuna!

We have a lot of talent at Tahuna and 18 students have been chosen to represent Otago for Basketball.

Kristy McBride

Maths At Tahuna

Making connections between maths and the real world.......we aim for: rich tasks, materials, open-ended questions, hands-on, teacher not “giving”, developing deep, conceptual understandings, lots of group work, lots of student to student talk. Here's what some our students think......

Riley Mclean & James More

International Football Experience

Next Friday on the 18th of August the Dunedin Technical Lions are leaving on a football tournament in Japan.

Roddy Scoles

2019 Enrolments

We are now taking enrolments for 2019. Either come into the school office or fill out the form online on our website, click on the link below. Enrolments close September 14th. Please contact the school office if you have any questions about out-of-zone enrolments.

Salote Rouvi

Reminder: Te Taiopeka will have practice at school on Tuesdays 3pm-4:30 in preparation for the Otago Polyfest. Thanks for your support!

Kelsey Brocklebank

Ariki Cup.

Tahuna blew the competition away at Kettle Park.

Tony Hunter

Successful start to Term Three

Welcome back to another term. The term has started very well with the Parent - Teacher Interviews held in the first week and they were very well attended . If you missed out on one do not hesitate to contact your child's teacher and arrange one.

Roddy Scoles

‘One in Hundred, x Two’

What an achievement by Ray and Emma!

Jess Cooper

Miniball Finals on Monday!

Over the past two terms we have had 11 miniball teams competing in the Allstars Competition. Now it's finals week.

Jess Cooper

Room 9 Goes Rock Climbing!

This week, Room 9 ventured out to Logan Park for our first rock climbing session in preparation for Long Beach later this term.

Yvonne Toa

2017 Sir Peter Blake Leadership Award

On the last day of Term 2 , Lachie Cameron was the recipient of this prestigious and well deserved award at our Merit Assembly.

Grant Philips

Tahuna Ski Trip 2017

Once again Tahuna students hit the slopes of Coronet Peak in Queenstown and made the most of the amazing fresh snow that had fallen on the night we arrived. It was EPIC...