Kia Ora Koutou Katoa, Talofa Lava, Malo e Lelei, Ni Hao, Anyoung Haseyo, Konichi Wa, Gruetzi, Guten Tag, Bonjour, Ola, Hello.

Have a read to see what the Tall Poppies have been up to lately.

Triennial Board of Trustee Elections 2019 and Paid Union Meeting

Each year the Bethlehem/Te Puna Lions Foundation presents a medallion to Tauriko Schools most improved swimmer. This student also gets their name on our crest, which is in the school office. We are also very lucky because they donate $100 to the school for swimming equipment. Thank you for this we really appreciate it.

Well done to Tahlia Roscoe, Samantha Vos and Tyler Nelson for swapping their Tauriko School red swim caps for West Cluster green caps and being part of the team representing West Cluster at the Western Bay Swimming Sports on Wednesday 10th April.

Tauriko students proudly belong to one of 4 School Houses - Kahikatea, Kauri, Rimu and Totara.

Kobe Taylor, Caleb Griffin, Ella Lloyd, Sam Groves, Georgia Barnett and Taylor Groves represented Tauriko School at the WEEBET Aspiring Athletes programme held at Blake Park on Thursday 4th and Friday 5th of April. These students were selected for their outstanding ability in their chosen sport and spent the day learning new skills.

The amazing Green Team can be proud of themselves for the hard work and fantastic effort they have been doing to help keep our school a warm and inviting place to be.

Term 1 Sports have now wound up with Tennis, Sports Time, Flippaball, Water Polo and Rippa Rugby all finishing up in the past week.

ANZAC Day takes place on April 25th. It is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand. It recognises those killed in war as well as honouring returned servicemen and women. The ceremonies are held at war memorials across the country, or in places overseas where New Zealanders gather.

Our School Council and Class Representatives have had their first meeting of the year and have also had their first official event.

Early next term, Lex Mawson from Parenting Place will visit Tauriko School to talk about the safe use of Technology.

Is your child interested in Technology? The popular Coding Course is open for signups now...

The School Council were proud to support this national campaign that was organised by New Zealander of the Year, Mike King.

On Wednesday 27th of March the Senior School headed to Lake Okataina Camp for a three day camp, and what an adventure we had...

We are excited to be working with Patrice from Gobsmacked again for our whole school production this term.

Congratulations to our Year 5 and 6 Tauriko Team who competed in the Bay Of Plenty Top Schools competition on Thursday 20th March at Gate Pa School.

Our Head Students, Charlotte and Taylor were invited to support the official opening of The Crossing on Thursday the 4th of April.

Hip Hop with Val is a fun introduction to dance for Year 0 – 8’s with a focus on building self-confidence for the children.

The Tauriko School Annual Quiz Night date has been set - tickets will go on sale early in Term 2 ....

Today Room 13 had the privilege of learning how to sketch a face with local Artist Kris Coburn. Kris is a wonderful teacher who is very relatable and incredibly engaging. His teaching technique was easy to follow, with clear, explicit step-by-step instructions. We thoroughly enjoyed our special Art session with Kris and would like to thank him for sharing his expertise with us. Please see flyer for additional information if you would like to take part in private Art classes.

Reading Eggs is an on-line programme with games and activities that promote positive reading behaviours. It is an award-winning programme five essential keys to reading success – phonics, phonemic based on solid scientific research, it focuses around the awareness, vocabulary, comprehension and fluency.