Powhiri and Orientation Day

The Board has been working diligently on the Principal Recruitment process since early January. The position is now advertised and we thank all members of our school community who contributed to the consultation phase. The Board met in February to sign off on the Charter, Annual Plan, Budgets and Targets for the 2020 year. We are grateful that Phil has hit the ground running and has contributed to our planning documentation, whilst also handling some serious matters at our school. Thank you to all staff and students for their actions during the lockdown, your response has been praised. We continue to roll out property improvements in the school, the C Block toilet area is next. We are working on a plan for the $400k extra funding the Government granted late last year. The Board is pleased with the Level 1 NCEA results across the board, with some highlights also at Level 2 and 3. We look forward to examining this data in more detail at our March meeting. This then informs our decision making going forward with regards to our programmes and resources. To conclude, it has been a positive start to the year, highlighted by the colour and participation at our recent Athletics day and by all accounts a very enjoyable Year 13 camp.

Deputy Head Girl Abby Rameka, Head Boy Huia Foua, Head Girl Case Mastny-Jensen, Deputy Head Boy Dylan Foster.

TAUHARA COLLEGE ATHLETICS 2020 CHAMPIONS

24th Feb - 6th March

Anamata CAFE (Clinics and Advice for Everyone) is a Youth One Stop Shop (YOSS). The Nurses/Practitioner are available at our School Clinic for students during the following hours (no bookings required):

Sunday 1st March 2020

The Elaine P. Snowden Astronomy School is a 6-day FREE residential school for year 13 students who enjoy physics and are interested in astronomy. Please note travel to and from Christchurch (and transfers) to attend the astronomy school are provided. Students spend time at UC's Ilam campus, staying in the halls and attending lectures and they travel to Tekapo to observe the night skies at UC's Mt John Observatory. Applications close Monday 2 March.

Please note: New finish date Term 4

A variety of students (Yr 10 Land Based Studies, Yr 11 Land Based Studies and students from the Special Needs Unit -SNU) have been very productive learning about weeding garden beds, harvesting vegetables and fruit, using different gardening tools, planting new seedlings, watering, and building frames around garden beds, this term. It has been an exciting time watching our gardens change, and enjoying some of the previous years crops.

A reminder that during Term 2 & 3 the winter uniform is to be worn.