By the end of the first week The Hub connections are being made, our culture is being developed and it's buzzing with activity, learning, community and collaboration.

By Elisabeth Donaldson

By Jordyn Mason

It was a sunny afternoon when we arrived at camp Berwick and an excited vibe buzzed between the students like some invisible energy net. There was a faint warm breeze in the trees that lined the oval shaped camping ground and water gurgled peacefully in the stream near by, that ran past the confidence course on the other side of the tree line, that separated the tents from the rest of the forest. Our class dumped their bags and we went for a tramp around the dark lake, the wind glanced off its ominous surface and I could feel the goat sprits calling me to its depths! Now that’s a whole other story! The afternoon and night flew by in a blur full of team building activities, confidence course, flying fox, a midnight hike and a rope in the forest activity. These activities challenged us to work together as a team, show bravery and confidence as well as work together as a team. Back at camp I was sleeping with Hunter and Josh and together we put up or tent for the night. I could tell it was going to be an awesome camp. By Matthew Hammond

The Rocket Challenge is the first programme in the Wonder Project family. It’s designed to get young Kiwis excited and wondering about science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).

Maia Scott and Madison Glossop both secured their elite fitness badges in term 3.

With athletics day coming up we have been busy developing our athletic skills.

In the Hub this week there were two exhibitions held to showcase the work of the students in helping to plan for a bright future for Dunedin.

Every fortnight we have fitness and PE coaching from professional instructors - it's hard work but fun!

A sneak peak of our picture book study......We read and analysed a wide range of picture books before planning to write, illustrate and publish our own.

In the Hub, our students are examining some of the major issues facing Dunedin as it faces environmental and city planning challenges.

It's not only the books we learn from in the Tahuna library.

Building, constructing and manipulating....... Bringing Angry Birds To Life!

On Thursday we were lucky enough to have students from Kings in to show us a few footy tricks. They even taught us how to play 'crab football'

This week in The Hub we have been integrating Te Reo into our everyday language through a variety of activities.

Easing our way back into the swing of things at level 2.

The Hub has a daily challenge with our online learning and one day this week it was to create a stop motion film.

Living in lockdown is not easy at first, then you find ways to make it more interesting!.

Lockdown doesn't always mean slow down.

By Matthew Hammond, Year 7

Tiana Stout-Roden - Year 7

Maia Scott Exploring The Outdoors

During lockdown me and my family tried to find something new to do every day to keep us busy and entertained.

Come and hear all about my bubble and what we've been up to.

This lockdown has been an amazing experience to learn and practice new skills while also being bored and trying to find ways to stop the boredom.

These are some of my Lock Down Highlights , about the awesome things happening with the Balogh Family!

Our family daily challenge is to make or create something each day. Simple enough for the kids to take ownership, yet fun and effective for the whole family. Here are some links below. Give them a go 😉

Students, Teachers and Families of The Hub have locked in a class dress up party every Friday!!

Over the last few weeks we've been busy creating beautiful poetry and other writing to share with another school in Taupō.

In The Hub we're using Banqer to inspire our students to be knowledgeable, curious, creative, and confident with their money.

Aria McFelin and Pierce Johnston have been voted by their peers as Class Councillors for Room 19A.

Deeper Learning: A collaborative classroom is key to teach students how to listen and ask good questions with exercises designed to scaffold deep, meaningful collaboration. Students gathered at a table engaged in a high-level task, discussing, possibly debating an issue, making shared decisions, and designing a product that demonstrates all this deeper learning.

Congratulations to Abby McBride, Maia Scott and Sophie Moors

We all need our batteries re-charged from time to time, right now in The Hub we're on FULL POWER!

So much fun was had by us all as we all learned new sporting skills and developed others.

‘Identity is the deep knowledge of where I come from, where I’m going and to whom I belong’

Every now and then The Hub have a dance party to kick start our day. What are the benefits?.......

Scattegories, Upwords, The Game Of Awesome, 5 Second Rule, Articulate, Charades, Story Cubes, Scrabble & Trivial Pursuit just to name a few……..

Every week, the students of The Hub all get to participate in basic facts testing and activities that are tailored specifically to meet individual learning needs.

"If it is meant to be, it is up to me" Where we see ourselves in the future.

Why is it important for students to have a voice? Children spend a lot of time at school. ... While listening to student voice is important, research shows that the benefits for students don't come from just hearing their own voices; it's more about how other people (students, teachers, schools) respond to students' voices and work with them to make ideas come to life.

A wee sneak peak of what we get up to during interval and lunchtimes.

"Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand" -Stevie Wonder-

With two students in The Hub who have received blue cards in the first week we wanted to explain how Tahuna's values system works.

During week one The Hubsters had the opportunity to visit each of our specialist teachers in our technology department and experience a little of what goes on in these classes.