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Swimming Success

Posted: Monday February 29, 2016

Madi Wills achieved national recognition at the recent NZ Champs. She won a Gold and a Bronze. A number of students also participated in the South Island Town and Country meet in Ashburton.

In the Library

Posted: Monday February 29, 2016

Mrs Burrows loves to buy new books for the library. If there are any books that you like to read and she doesn't have them go and talk to her. She really appreciates any new ideas.

Vision Screening for Year Seven

Posted: Sunday February 28, 2016

Vision screening for Year Seven students is coming up soon. Here is some information about this process.

Tahuna Students Excel in Surf Lifesaving

Posted: Sunday February 28, 2016

Tahuna students were to the fore at the Southern Regional Surf-lifesaving champs at New Brighton Beach, Christchurch held recently.

Girls Cricket Tournament

Posted: Sunday February 28, 2016

The Tahuna girls cricket team competed in the NZ Post Shield competition on Tuesday 23rd Feb.

Tahuna Netball 2016

Posted: Sunday February 28, 2016

So far 150 students have registered their interest in playing netball for a school team.

Learning Mandarin!

Posted: Sunday February 28, 2016

Nĭ hăo! Lessons have begun for all of Tahuna's students as well as 10 other schools in the Otakou Cluster.

Would you like to learn more about Tahuna’s
Te Taiopeka Whānau? 

Posted: Friday February 26, 2016

We have a hui on Thursday 10th March at 5pm, Tahuna Staff Room. All whānau welcome.

Chocolate Fundraiser

Posted: Friday February 26, 2016

The chocolate fundraiser is going well again this year. We are hoping to have one more big push over the next week before we wind up at the end of next week. This is our one big fundraising event so please get in behind it.

NZ Post Boys Cricket Victories

Posted: Thursday February 25, 2016

The Boys First XI started off it's campaign with two victories last week.

TRY...AND THEY REALLY DID TRY!

Posted: Saturday February 20, 2016

4O Competitors and 20 medalled! Eight events four wins and a sack full of silver and bronze.

"Why be Average when you can be Amazing?"

Posted: Wednesday February 10, 2016

Having Adventures in the Great Outdoors

Posted: Wednesday February 10, 2016

Outdoor Education provides an opportunity to enhance the wellbeing of individuals, groups and communities by involving them in activities that foster adventure and challenge.

Sporting Opportunities in Term One

Posted: Wednesday February 10, 2016

Sports are underway already in Term One. Please remind your children to go along to meetings if they are interested in playing a summer sport.

Room 9 Visit the Otago Museum

Posted: Wednesday February 10, 2016

As part of our Year 8 Unit on Pasifika, all Year 8 classes will visit the Otago Museum to take part in the Maori Art and Music Education programme and the Celebrating the Pacific Education Programme.

What's Happening in Year 7?

Posted: Wednesday February 10, 2016

It has been a wonderful start to 2016 in Year 7 with our new Tahuna students looking fantastic in their uniforms and eager to be involved in whatever is on offer.

BYOD - Bring your own device at Tahuna

Posted: Wednesday February 10, 2016

Tahuna offers students the opportunity to bring their own device to school to support their learning

Students enjoying the new design benches in workshop A

Posted: Wednesday February 10, 2016

Six new mobile design benches have changed the way students can arrange their Technology learning environment.

Mandarin Language Assistants

Posted: Wednesday February 10, 2016

Tahuna is lucky enough to have three Mandarin Language Assistants joining us this year to support our classroom teachers in teaching Mandarin Chinese. We have welcomed, Liu Xin Yu, Ren Xin and Peng Zheng. They will be working in all our classes over the course of the year as well...

Staff Profile – Jess Cooper

Posted: Wednesday February 10, 2016

Miss Cooper liked Tahuna so much as a College Teacher she decided to come back and start her teaching career here.