Newsletter 16th June 2017

In this issue

6th July - Tahuna Cross country @ Tahuna Park & Disco

7th July - Reports out and last day of Term 1

24th July - First day of Term 3

25th & 26th July - Parent Interviews

28th July - Tahuna Ski Trip

2nd August - Tahuna Science Fair

7th August - Otago Science Fair

8th August @ 7pm Tahuna Open Night

20th-28th August - Remuera Intermediate visiting Tahuna

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Karen Parker

Can we sustain life in a greenhouse?

Will our microgreens grow

Salote Rouvi

Algebra in Room 5

Room 1 students Meg, Cass, Sara and Sarah enjoy hands on Maths in Room 5.

Shannon Brawley

Edible (kind of) Rainbows!

Our density experiment in Miss Brawley and Mr Tunoka's Science Elective led to students eating rainbows

David Owen

Lots of free books for Tahuna Library - courtesy of Kellogg's and New World

This week we were the lucky recipients of a box of 20 free books for Tahuna's Library.

Roddy Scoles

Community Noticeboard

All community notices are attached below. If you would like any information shared with our school community please send through in pdf format.

Roddy Scoles

Remuera Exchange 2017

What a week! So much fun in such a short time. Independent skills enhanced and some lifelong friendships gained. All students were fantastic ambassadors for Tahuna.

Roddy Scoles

Hockey 'A' Team In New Gear

Our most successful sports team over the past 8 years, our Hockey 'A's played in brand new uniforms last Friday night.

Siale Tunoka

Otago rugby players visit Room 7.

Today we had several ORFU players come and visit room 7. We asked the hard questions about love, life and the wonderful game of rugby.

Liza Whitson

Football at Tahuna

Football is a sort after sport option on Friday's.

Salote Rouvi

IRB @ Moana Pool

The Year 8's Learn Survival Skills in the Water.

Ray Ma

Ground water level monitor from the Design Tech

In the Design Tech room, we have successfully implemented the PICAXE technology into a everyday usage - Monitoring of the ground water level.

Roddy Scoles

Intro to Scuba at Dive Otago

We are back at Dive Otago for our term two dive courses. Emma and Thea are back instructing keen students the basics of Scuba and advanced Snorkelling techniques.

Salote Rouvi

Haka @ Tahuna with King's High

Ex-Tahuna student Di'Angelo Wade, Tumai Cassidy and Chance help out at Tahuna for our Haka Elective.

Kelsey Brocklebank

Table Tennis

Isaac Hobbs talks us through the success our Tahuna pupils have experienced in Table Tennis over the past few weeks.

Roddy Scoles

Hellers Sausages for Schools

A huge thank you to Hellers for the massive donation of 480 sausages to our school so that we can raise money for sports uniforms!

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.

Shannon Brawley

The dreaded fidget spinner - does it really help us learn?

Miss Brawley's maths class conducted a statistical investigation to find out!

Roddy Scoles

Tahuna Environmental Science Making a Difference

For the past eight years keen scientists from Tahuna have been keeping an eye on the quality of water at Tomahawk Lagoon. Our findings have been shared with other interested parties but this year with the help of our long term Science Advisor, Mr Andrew Innes, Tahuna Scientists are maintaining regular monitoring at our chosen site.

Karen Parker

Dr Nic Rawlence Otago Palaeogenetics Laboratory

Dr Nic Rawlence came to talk to the year 7's about climate change and adaptation.

Kate Williment

Aerobics Success

Kate and Emily recently experienced a good result at aerobics competitions. Kate has shared a recount of their achievements.

Tim Arnold

Year 8 in HARD MATERIALS

Keith Hutton

Canteen Price List 2019

The Canteen provides food through ordering Tuesday-Friday. Most food needs to be ordered as it is supplied to the school through outside providers. Students can order in their classroom in the morning. The Canteen is open for sales at lunchtime Tuesday-Friday with limited items for sale.

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