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Tahuna Normal Intermediate

Newsletter 4th April 2016

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

Contents

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

by Grant Philips

Ava Reid, Charlotte Campbell, Josephine Tarasiewicz & Tamara Freeland

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Tahuna Cricket Boys off to Nationals

by Roddy Scoles

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.

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Geo Tech team at Brighton Beach

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

by Rob Wells

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

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Room 17 Camp Berwick 2016

by Grant Philips

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. 

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

by Roddy Scoles

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.

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Tahuna Triathletes head to Otago Champs

by Roddy Scoles

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

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Pulse Energy Highlanders Jersey offer

by Roddy Scoles

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.

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Literacy Planet

by Grant Philips

Ready for take off!

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Brother Design Stars Competition 2016

by Jennie Scott

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

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So what is a Technological System?

by Jennie Scott

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

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Proud as punch with this jumbo cookie

Fabulous Fun in Food Technology

by Jennie Scott

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

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Cole and his huge smile.

An Iron man in the making.

by Terry Hokianga

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.

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Tahuna Netball Update 2016

by Jennie Scott

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

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

by Karen Jamieson

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. 

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Local Grom's Shred At Colac Bay Surf Champs!

by Kristy McBride

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

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Chico and Alex at Dunedin Public Hospital.

Dog Squad with the Otago SPCA

by Alex Livingstone

Chico and Alex at Dunedin Public Hospital visiting patients at the children's ward.  

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Room 19's time on camp

by Cole Gibbons. Chelsea Saunders

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

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Term 1 Tahuna after school Art Classes.

by Liza Whitson

After school Art classes are very popular.  

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Exciting opportunity at the Art Gallery

by Liberty Copson

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

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Recounts in Room 15

by Johanna Newman

Room 15 have been working on recounts. ( We use recount writing to retail events and describe things that have happened)

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Fellowship Reading Group discuss the future of the New Zealand Flag.

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

by Salote Rouvi

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

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Riley Shaw gains points for Otago Athletics at the Interprovincial Athletics over the Easter Break

Otago Athletics comes 5th in the Interprovincial Athletics Competition 

by Salote Rouvi

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

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Water Safety

by Salote Rouvi

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

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Surfer Girl - Anika Ayson

by Anika Ayson

Anika Ayson shares with us her Surfing achievements over the summer.

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Safari Dunedin 

by Karyn Hearn

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

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Tomahawk Smaills Beachcare Trust – Planting Day

by Roddy Scoles

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).

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Vision Screening for Year Seven

by Roddy Scoles

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

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Holiday Programmes

by Roddy Scoles

Checkout the different Holiday programmes available in our community.

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