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Dear Readers of TAN
As the excitement of the first week and a half
settles down into the routine of school work, the
halls seem a bit quieter. Now is the time to begin our
studies, and prepare for the impending work load (I
know I am already a bit behind). However the excite-
ment shall rage on with upcoming events that
students are eagerly awaiting, and the hopes for an
equally exciting school year. Cain Sleep, Deputy Head Boy
The Twizel Marae Visit By Kian Murphy, M1 On Tuesday morning Mum dropped me off at the marae. After Komene greeted Mr Feasey, he invited the school to come onto the marae. We sang a waiata (Aoraki ae), then Komene did another greeting in Maori and said we could go into the marae but we had to remove our shoes first. While we were in the marae Komene told us that a marae is a warm house where everybody is welcome to come and visit. We headed back to school after that to do some activity’s which included Maori music, haka and kiorahi.
Ring Ring Ring…..
That’s my alarm! Yay, we are going to the marae today. I can’t wait to see inside for the first time. After the welcome, Komene said “come on in”. We all said “wow, it looks cool in here!” “What did you like Caleb?” I asked. “The maori game we played. What did you like?” “I liked that we got to take our shoes off”.
By Jacob Mayo, M1
Attention Students! The new white recycling
bins around the school are for clean paper ONLY!!
Remember - just paper, and it must be CLEAN!!
Issue 1052 13th February 2014
Did you know that you can read the latest TAN and check out the School
Calendar and other news on our website: www.twizel.wordpress.com
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Be My Valentine Cupcakes & Heart-shaped Biscuits for
sale at school TOMORROW!
$1.00 small
$2.00 large
Available from 8.30am in
the Office Foyer
The Senior Foods Team
TAS SWIMMING SPORTS The day was hot and so was the competition!
Congratulations to Ruataniwha on yet another
runaway win in the water. The official House
results were:
Ruataniwha 247
Pukaki 155
Ohau 126
Individual results are attached to this TAN.
WEETBIX TRYATHLON YOUTH
CENTRE TEAM Dunedin, 2nd March
Please put your name down on the list at
the Office if you are a YC member and keen
to be part of this team.
Training is TODAY, 5.30pm at the pool.
Bring your bike, togs, and $1.00
Kia Ora and Welcome to TAN A special welcome to the following new students:
Lily Burgess, who started her school days in Room 7 last week,
Keetra Lloyd (Y10), Meg Gibson (Y10), Isaac Kitto (Y8),
Kaitlyn (Y4) and Hannah (Y2) Allison, and Campion (Rm 5)
and Oliver (Y3) McShane. Also welcome back to Aurelia
Walsh (Y12), Stormy-Lee Wilson (Y7)and Carmen Ayers (Y4).
It has been a very active week since the last TAN:
Swimming: On a very hot Friday we had the Year 5-13 swim-
ming sports, and it was great to see such fantastic House partici-
pation and good competition in the pool. Meanwhile, as long as
the weather is fair, we are getting as much quality swimming
instruction in the pool as we can. Parents can support this by
making sure children have swimwear every day; the decision to
swim at a particular time can then be based on the actual pool
temperature and conditions at that time, and not be limited by
whether or not enough children have their gear. To help
improve swimming we have put extra staffing hours into
swimming instruction, as well as extra hours into reading and
mathematics for the first six weeks of term.
Te Ao Māori: On Monday afternoon the teachers went to Te
Whare Mahana to learn more about the Maori world, the tikanga
(way of doing things) and kawa (protocols), and discuss ways to
improve learning about these. Teachers learning rakau, waiata
and Haka continued well into the evening.
On Tuesday morning our school students were joined by those
from Tekapo School, and formally welcomed on the marae with
a whero, or challenge. Students then had a lesson inside the
Marae, taken by Komene, they then returned to school and the
Events Centre for the day’s activities. In rotation they learned a
new Haka, a new waiata, rakau or stick games and either how to
make and use poi, or play KI- o- rahi out on the fields. This was
all put together with a half hour performance in the Events
Centre in front of a good turn out of parents. We intend to build
our students knowledge in these areas, as part of what we be-
lieve a 21st century New Zealand citizen needs to know, and to
ensure our students experience the full range of learning re-
quired by the New Zealand Curriculum.
Learning like this is enhanced when more parents and members
of the community are involved, so if anybody else is interested
in supporting this, please let us know.
Coming Events:
Tomorrow: A small group of our Year 11-13 NetNZ students
are going to Roxburgh to meet other elearning students and
teachers. NetNZ is the new distance learning organisation
resulting from the amalgamation of Cantnet and Otago Net and
is the means by which we can deliver to Senior students thirty
extra
subjects, from Accounting and Agriculture, to Samoan.
Mon 17th Feb to Fri 21st: M3 Huxley Camp
Thurs 20th Feb: Board of Trustees meeting
Mon 24th Feb to Fri 28th: M2 Camp
Tue 25th Feb: Y7/8 PCT Challenge Timaru
Fri 28th Feb: Junior School Swim Display
Tue 4th Mar to Fri 7th: M1 Camp
A reminder that http://twizel.wordpress.com has the up-
dated calendar of events under the tab labelled “school” ,
and that the latest news is under
the tab “news”. Ka kite ano William Feasey, Principal
OFFICIAL SECTION
Ruataniwha House members make their way to the pool
Emily & Caylen win the kayak relay for Pukaki
TAS Yr 5-13 Swimming Sports Results 2014
GIRLS:
Freestyle
Yr 5-7 1st Ellen Swanson 2nd Christine Joubert 3rd Mackenzie Frost
Yr 8-10 1st Maddison Skinner 2nd Brooke Rabbidge 3rd Abbie Weeds
Yr 11-13 1st = Kushla Lindsay & Rearne Officer 3rd Chelsea Lousley
Breaststroke
Yr 5-7 1st Mackenzie Frost 2nd Ellen Swanson 3rd Holly Skinner
Yr 8-10 1st Maddison Skinner 2nd Kaya Skinner 3rd Niamh Summers
Yr 11-13 1st Rearne Officer 2nd Kushla Lindsay 3rd Chelsea Lousley
Backstroke
Yr 5-7 1st Christine Joubert 2nd Ellen Swanson 3rd Olivia Hargest-
Slade
Yr 8-10 1st Maddison Skinner 2nd Keetra Lloyd 3rd Brooke Rabbidge
Yr 11-13 1st Kushla Lindsay 2nd Chelsea Lousley 3rd Rearne Officer
Championship 2 Lengths Freestyle
Yr 5-7 1st Mackenzie Frost 2nd Olivia Hargest-Slade 3rd Laelani Dodds
Yr 8-10 1st Maddison Skinner 2nd Brooke Rabbidge 3rd Niamh Summers
Yr 11-13 1st Kushla Lindsay 2nd Chelsea Lousley
BOYS:
Freestyle
Yr 5-7 1st Caleb Thompson 2nd Jacob Mayo 3rd AJ Van Der
Westhuizen
Yr 8-10 1st Gideon Thompson 2nd Taane Whetu 3rd = Jack Andrew &
Nikau Whetu
Yr 11-13 1st Vini Watt 2nd Josh Sheridan 3rd Jake Phillips
Breaststroke
Yr 5-7 1st Caleb Thompson 2nd Jacob Mayo 3rd Ryan Nelson
Yr 8-10 1st Taane Whetu 2nd Gideon Thompson 3rd Jayde Officer
Yr 11-13 1st Vini Watt 2nd Cain Sleep 3rd Zane Morris-
Bamber
Backstroke
Yr 5-7 1st Caleb Thompson 2nd Bailey Dyson 3rd Jacob Mayo
Yr 8-10 1st Gideon Thompson 2nd Taane Whetu 3rd Jack Andrew
Yr 11-13 1st Vini Watt 2nd Zane Morris-Bamber 3rd Shanon Lloyd
Championship 2 lengths Freestyle
Yr 5-7 1st Bailey Dyson 2nd Ryan Nelson 3rd Kyle Nelson
Yr 8-10 1st Taane Whetu 2nd Nikau Whetu 3rd Jayde Officer
Yr 11-13 1st Josh Sheridan 2nd Cain Sleep 3rd Jaden Jenkins