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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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