On Saturday the 9th of November Tauriko School had three teams compete at the North Island Regional Jump Jam competition.

All three teams have put in a lot of time and energy over the past three terms. They have had many before school, lunchtime and weekend practices, often having multiple practices in one week.

There were hundreds of teams across New Zealand who submitted entries for the Regional Competitions and only the best of the best were successful in making it to the next stage. We are very proud of how these teams performed even when they were up against some extremely tough competition. 

A huge congratulations must go to our Tauriko Dancing Queens who placed third in their category (Year 4 - 6 Advanced), which also placed them 5th in the whole of New Zealand.

Boys Team (Tauriko Men in Black): 

• Merit in technical execution
• Merit in presentation
• Excellence in costumes

Girls Team (Tauriko Dancing Queens): 

• Merit in presentation
• Merit in costumes
• Merit in creativity
• Excellence in technical execution.

Tall Poppies (Tauriko Fandangos):

• Excellence in costumes. 
• Excellence in technical execution. 
• Excellence in presentation.

A special thank you must go to the parents who helped with costumes, hair and make-up. Without your support these things would not be possible. 

Our Girls Team and Tall Poppies will be performing their routines at the Lakes Christmas in the Park on Sunday the 8th of December. 

Here's what some of the kids had to say: 

Caleb Griffin (Men in Black) - I enjoyed competing because it was super fun and there were no losers. 

Luke Cumming (Men in Black) - I enjoyed getting into the regionals. 

Sophie Neustroski (Dancing Queens) - I enjoyed performing with my friends and having fun. 

Cory Brill (Dancing Queens) - It was fun to perform with the other girls. It was so exciting finding out that we came third and fifth in New Zealand. 

Charlotte Rose (Fandangos) - I enjoyed being on stage with my friends because I like performing with them. 

Casey Beach (Fandangos) - I enjoyed getting through to the highest category and doing it all with my friends.