Room 11 Success Stories!

Our students have been proudly representing the Tahuna Values of Creativity and Success by getting involved in our wider community from making Basketball teams to winning competitions in Gymnastics and Singing.

Te Atawhai Campbell, Zoe Melville and Emerson Michael-Roberts all made it into an Otago Basketball team. Te Atawhai and Zoe made one of the Under 15 Basketball Otago teams and competed at the South Island Basketball Competition. The competition was held here in Dunedin which they won. Emerson made the Under 13 Basketball Otago Development squad and is hoping to make the A team this season. All three of these students are very committed to the sport and are now passing on their skills by refereeing other teams after school. Well Done guys!

Quietly and diligently, Gracie works away in class. Little do some know they could be sitting next to a future pop star! After performing at a local pre show in the Octagon before Ed Sheeran took the city by storm, Gracie Young recently attended the Gold Guitar Awards in Gore. A huge and very prestigious celebration of Country music in New Zealand. Gracie sang Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ in the Gospel category where she scored highly, winning her first place in the Junior category overall. Gracie also won the Tamworth Encouragement Trophy alongside her grand prize of $500 and a brand new guitar! Well done Gracie we look forward to following your singing success in the future.

Jess Allen Le-Cocq shared her identity project last term where we all learned that she is a very passionate gymnast with great dedication to the sport. Jess is a part of the Dunedin Gymnastics Academy and is a Level 6 Rhythmic Gymnast. Jess attended the Otago Invitational Rhythmic Gymnastics Competition recently where she performed a Club routine, a Ball routine and a Rope routine where she scored well winning her the title of ‘Overall Level 6 Individual’. Jess also performed in a group routine which included Amelia Simpson, another Tahuna student, the group came out second in the Grade 5 Category on the day. Congratulations Jess your dedication and training paid off you have some real talent in this area!

Gracie's Image (ODT, 2018. Gold Guitars success for city thirteen-year-old. Retreived from: https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/gold-guitars-success-city-13-year-old)