Newsletter 14th March 2019

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25th March - Otago Anniversary Day

12th April - End of Term 1

29th April - Start of Term 2

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Tony Hunter

Parent - Teacher Interviews well attended

Our Term 1 Parent interviews have just concluded this week with a high turnout of parents and students attending.

Jennie Scott

Tahuna Netball 2019

We have had great interest shown so far by students wanting to join a netball team for Tahuna! We have held meetings and students should have brought home notices regarding trial dates and key information.

Kate Walsh

Tahuna Touch Rugby

Karen Parker

Water testing at Tomahawk Lagoon

Check out our fabulous scientists observing their testing site.

Kate Walsh

Rippa Rugby with Kings High School

Room 13 show off their Rippa skills.

Kristy McBride

Kelly Sports Physical Education Programme

At Tahuna we are lucky enough to have coach Jeff from Kelly Sports in to teach us valuable skills around physical education and co-operative games.

Roddy Scoles

New Student Management System

Tahuna has changed their Student Management System from 2019 - We are now with Edge. What does this mean for you as a parent/caregiver?

Hugh Jack

Peninsula Bus Student says "Thanks!"

Last year in term one we had a school bus that picked up Peninsula students and dropped us off right outside school. This was without question, very convenient.

Jess Cooper

Dunedin Schools Triathlon

Awesome competitors, awesome results!

Jennie Scott

Year 8 Food Technology

Students have been busy measuring, designing and planning their creations so far this year!

Jess Cooper

Room 20 Campers

In Week 4, Room 20 headed out to Camp Waiora for a fun-filled adventure with lots of exciting activities!

Salote Rouvi

Leadership @ Tahuna

James Freeman and Madeline Henderson demonstrate excellent leadership skills through teaching classes Hockey skills for PE.

Kristy McBride

Technology

One of the many highlights at Tahuna!

Kate Walsh

Tirohanga Camp Room 13

What a fantastic three days at camp! Here is a selection of photos, showing all the fun we had.

Rob Wells

Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination for Year 8 Students

Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination for Year 8 Students 29th April

Yvonne Toa

Team 5 Assembly

Teams have been invited to perform at Friday assemblies to showcase the talent within our school.

Shannon Brawley

2019 Otago Lit Quiz Heat

On Monday 11th of March Miss Brawley took 9 students to the Otago Lit Quiz heat at DNI.

Sean Minhinnick

Mandarin Language Teaching

Through technology the word is becoming a smaller place, it is vitally important we all develop skills to communicate and collaborate in our globalised world.

Roddy Scoles

Athletics Success

Jorja Gibbons was recently named in the Otago Grade 12 and 13 Athletics team to compete at the national interprovincial champs at Easter. The Meet is in Christchurch and Jorja is competing in the hurdles, 100m, 200m, long jump and relay. Good luck Jorja!

Jess Cooper

Cricket Season Has Started!

Jess Cooper

Georgie's Cricket Success!

Roddy Scoles

Emma Wright Body Confidence Talk

Emma is revolutionising the way we teach our children about body confidence. Her target audience is parents of primary and intermediate school children as she is passionate about early intervention and building a fence at the top of the body image cliff. Her talk is full of great practical advice and tools that can be applied immediately and effectively.

Tony Hunter

Paid Union Meeting 22nd March is cancelled

NZEI, the teachers union has announced a paid union meeting on Friday 22 March, 2019 has been cancelled and school will continue as normal on Friday. This is as a mark of respect for the 50 children, men and women murdered in Christchurch on Friday and to ensure schools and ECE services can focus on children and their needs.

Jennie Scott

Year 7 Food Technology

Combine an excited buzz of hard working students and many delicious aromas and you will find yourself in the Food Tech room with our fabulous Year 7 students.