Newsletter 4th April 2016

In this issue

4th April - Room 4 to Camp

8th April HPV Dose # 1 for Year 8 Girls

11th April - Room 15 to Camp

13th April - Room 18 to Camp & Vision Testing for Year 7 students

14th April - School Swimming House Event at Moana Pool

15th April - Last day of Term 1 + Merit Assembly

2nd May - First day of Term 2

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Grant Philips

Room 17 Camp Berwick 2016

We were lucky enough to call Camp Berwick our home and classroom last week. On our return we have all written a recount of some of our amazing experiences at camp.

Jennie Scott

Brother Design Stars Competition 2016

The search for NZ's brightest young talent is on!

Jennie Scott

Tahuna Netball Update 2016

Trials have been held and all teams have been selected for the upcoming season, with our first games beginning Thursday 12 May.

Cole Gibbons. Chelsea Saunders

Room 19's time on camp

Room 19 went to Camp Tirohanga in Week 7, here are two students recounts of what we got up to at camp.

Salote Rouvi

Current Flag Vs New Flag - What's Your Opinion?

Students in Room 9 write their own 'Matters of Opinion' during Reading.

Karyn Hearn

Safari Dunedin

is on its way. . . with more fun, more challenges, and more of Dunedin to explore! 2016 Saturday 9 April 1:00-4:00pm Register Today

Grant Philips

Lit Quiz Champions - ‘You Wouldn’t Read About It!’

Ava Reid, Charlotte Campbell, Josephine Tarasiewicz & Tamara Freeland

Roddy Scoles

Tahuna Cricket Boys off to Nationals

Tahuna Boys managed to finally break the hoodoo and progress through to the Nationals to be held later in the year after a big victory in the final against Balamacewen last week.

Roddy Scoles

Tahuna Triathletes head to Otago Champs

Last week Tahuna was represented at the Otago Champs for the very first time. Four top ten finishers was an outstanding achievement.

Jennie Scott

So what is a Technological System?

Year 8 Food Technology students concentrate carefully as they evaluate a technological system.

Karen Jamieson

Mandarin Language Assistants enjoying their time at Tahuna and in the Otakou cluster schools.

Our three wonderful Mandarin Language Assistants have settled into life in Dunedin and are now well involved in teaching in the Otakou cluster. Here, they tell us a little more about it.

Liza Whitson

Term 1 Tahuna after school Art Classes.

After school Art classes are very popular.

Salote Rouvi

Otago Athletics comes 5th in the Interprovincial Athletics Competition

A number of Tahuna students competed in the Interprovincial Athletics competition over the Easter weekend. Otago came 5th overall, the best in 17 years!

Roddy Scoles

Tomahawk Smaills Beachcare Trust – Planting Day

This is a fun morning out with other locals – we’d love you to join us! If you get there late come and find us in the sand dunes behind the soccer club (near the old Tomahawk School).

Rob Wells

GeoTech team out and about looking at rock formations in the Dunedin area.

Geo Tech Team 4 take some time to sit on a fault line at Brighton Beach.

Roddy Scoles

Pulse Energy Highlanders Jersey offer

The Highlanders 2016 Super Rugby Season is off to a great start, with three home game wins under their belt it’s shaping up to be a great season. Thanks to Pulse Energy, some of our students had a great time in the Kidszone for the Highlanders Vs Lions game on the 12th March.

Jennie Scott

Fabulous Fun in Food Technology

Enthusiastic and excited Year 7 students have experienced their first taste of Food Technology at Tahuna!

Kristy McBride

Local Grom's Shred At Colac Bay Surf Champs!

1st and 2nd place for local surfers, Luke Rogers and Oscar Cameron from Room 16!

Liberty Copson

Exciting opportunity at the Art Gallery

Alex Livingstone and I recently attended an art workshop with Mrs Whitson at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery.

Salote Rouvi

Water Safety

Tahuna supports Water Safety through our Year 7 and 8 Swimming programmes held at Moana Pool.

Roddy Scoles

Vision Screening for Year Seven

Vision screening for Year Seven students is coming up soon. Here is some information about this process.

Grant Philips

Lit Quiz Champions - ‘You Wouldn’t Read About It!’

Ava Reid, Charlotte Campbell, Josephine Tarasiewicz & Tamara Freeland

Roddy Scoles

PADI - Discover Snorkelling Adventure & Discover Scuba Course at Dive Otago

Early next term we will be taking a small group of students during sport time to Dive Otago and beyond to participate in a two day snorkelling course. This is the first time this has been offered at Tahuna.

Grant Philips

Literacy Planet

Ready for take off!

Terry Hokianga

An Iron man in the making.

Cole Gibbons is a man on a mission. 3 weeks ago he won the Port Chalmers Year 7 triathlon individual event and last week at the Dunedin Triathlon Champs he added another first and did so in an impressive manner.