Our Vision To be the best we can be Www.tauraroa.school.nz Tuesday June 10th 2014 Phone 432-2643 To Mataroria Rawhiti in Year 13 who won the City and Guilds Secondary School Culinary Challenge hosted by North Tec. As a regional winner he will represent Northland in the National Finals on September 12. Mataroria is part of the North Tec's Cookery Academy this year, along with 5 other Year 13 students from Tauraroa. To the following senior students who have gained 'Excellence' credits in recently completed NCEA assessments, bringing the total assessments at 'Excellence' level to 82: Level 1; Sasha Watson, Maddison Beer, Dean Watson (Mathematics) School Notice Board Spelling Bee please encourage your student(s) to prepare for this. We have 20 Year 9 and 10 students entered in the NZ Spelling Bee competition with other Year 2 - Year 10 classes participating in an 'in school' event on June 10. Spelling is a focus area in our school's 2014 goals. This is one way of challenging students to learn new words in a competitive and positive setting. Matariki Wearable Arts Celebration Wednesday June 25 at 6pm; plates of Hangi for sale $8; please pre order via tanara@tauraroa.school.nz deadline to purchase a plate of hangi is 3pm Fri June 20. The school canteen will also have food available from 6-7pm Seafood Chowder & bun; Hot chips; Mini Hot dogs; Ice Cream Sundae; Cup Cakes; Tea Coffee; Soft Drinks; Come from 6pm to see your child's work on display in the Library, MP1 and the area in front of Room 8 & 9. Tauraroa Area School 225 Likes Thursday June 19 Is the start of our annual book fair in the library; the books will be on display for a week. Anyone is welcome to peruse and buy - the more books we sell, the more books we can buy for the library. World Vision 40 Hour Famine Thank you to all who participated or supported the Famine; Next week is banking week so booklets and all money must be returned by Monday June 16. This year the funds are being raised for villages in Malawi. Sausage Sizzle Wednesday lunch times at the rear of the staffroom $2 per sausage $2 per drink Juniors order via your form teacher. We have recently mailed updated statements for each family. Please contact Elaine or Debby if you have any queries about these. A huge 'Thank you' to the families who have arranged to promptly clear their accounts and to those who are continuing to do so, your efforts help enormously. Y11 -13 students, NCEA fees have been added - $76.70 - if you qualify for assistance PLEASE get a form from school ASAP a s this needs to be sorted before the end of Term 2. Consideration and Concern for others Eventually you can get into the nuts and bolts of reality: nurturing, caring, and getting along. Musician: Jody Watley Kowhai Awards 10 MERITS Victoria Atkinson, Chiquela Blomfield, Selena De Weyer, Kylie Dickson, Emile Dyson, Paige Fisher, Micaela Fourie, Rochelle Fourie, Wyleigh Goodhew, Taite Gregory, Britta Groot Meredith, Connor Guest, Shalise Hunt, Jessica Hunt-Orr, Teiringa Matiu, Finn Panoutsos, Amy Parker, Sarah Pilcher, Tamaragh Potter, Nathan Ryken, William Southall, Xaviour Tavendale, Thaddeus Venables, Emma Weir, Jamal Archibald, Charlotte Atkinson, Stephanie Batistich, Calarnie Bettin, Talia Carter, Emily Dainty, Finn Doherty, Jade Dyer, Samuel Graham, Monique Harding Baker, Nathan Harris, Alex Hunter, Cayle Kake, Jade Lunn, Ashley Mansell, Taine Marker, Keely McCollum, Kody Mischewski, Cruz Neill, Matthew Nissen, Emily Paston Ross, Kingston Paston-Ross, Ani Quirey, Alex Saunders, Gabrielle Saunt, Blaise Stewart, James Walton-Jones, Cole Whitaker, Emily Winters-Dodd, Max Woolhouse. 20 MERITS Samantha Dutton, Danielle Lunn, Emily Mills, Jade Morgan, Ethan Walton-Jones Sports Report TAS Rugby team had their first game of the Maggie Dixon U15 Rugby competition last Tuesday. The team played an exceptional game against a slightly larger Pompallier team. We ended up winning 38-12 at home in front of a school crowd. They play again against Bay of Islands College (up there) on Tuesday June 10. We had an extremely successful week at Kensington Park for the Northland Area Schools Sports Tournament last week. We took 30 students away to compete in Volleyball, Futsal, Netball and Rugby. Both the boys and girls teams won the Futsal and Volleyball competition and our Netball team placed 5th overall. With these exceptional results Tauraroa Area School was named the overall winning school. On top of this we had several students named in the NAS team for their individual codes and some of these will be travelling to Nelson in the July holidays. These were; Volleyball Sam Mills, Joseph Cherrington, Elese Russell, Sally Pitkethley, Jordan Delaney Futsal Julian Thomsen, Sam Mills, Blake Moorhouse, Abby Chambers, Natalie Dawes, Sally Pitkethely, Brittnee Knox Football Blake Moorhouse Netball Jessica Whitaker, Katelyn Gunson, Amy Ogilvy Rugby Isaac Van Praag Health Consultation at Tauraroa Area School Every two years schools are required to consult with the community as to the content and delivery of the school’s proposed Health programme (including sexuality education). This consultation process is currently taking place this year at Tauraroa Area School. Details around the Health programme across the school and the consultation process can be found on the school’s website. Please feel free to provide feedback, concerns or issues to us either by an email to ray.petrie@tauraroa.school.nz or a written letter before the 4 July 2014 to be considered in the 2014/2015 consultation and amendment process. Plea for word games has anybody out there got games such as Scrabble, Upwords, Bananagrams or other word games that they could donate to school to be kept in form rooms for wet lunchtimes? They need to be complete, of course. If you have, could you bring them in to Mrs Tor Head of English or leave them in the office. Spelling Bee those in Year 9 and 10 entering the Spelling Bee this week, make sure you have learnt as many of the 100 words as you can by 10 June 7/8 winter sports Kensington; Spelling Bee written Thursday. We wish them good luck. tests 11 June School photos (note change of date) 17 June Year 4-6 Winter Sports Kensington Change of date 20 June Polar Bear Swim (P4) / Mufti day / Disco 23-27 June Matariki celebrations / Excellence week School photos are now on 23 June Board of Trustees meeting Wed June 11 25 June Wearable Arts 27 June Speech final 28 June School Ball Bus Safety Procedures - please can all parents picking up their children 2-4 July School bands and choir tour at the end of the day park further down the road alongside the rock wall 4 July End of Term 2 and well away from where the buses are parked. It is extremely 21 July Term 3 commences dangerous for parents and students to be walking in between the buses 24-29 Aug Year 10 OPC at the end of the day and this will not be tolerated. Thanks Danny Jewell 28 Aug Open Day - Bus Co-ordinator. 26 Sept End of Term 3 13 Oct Term 4 commences 10 Nov Kids can Cook (Y7-10) Word of the Week 10 Dec End of Term 4 Manoeuvre Jessica Hill Rm 6 “At midnight my kitten Lappu turns into an 2015 agile creature of the night and she has taught herself how to skillfully 29-30 Jan Teacher only days manoeuvre her body around thistles.” Ollie Walker Rm 6 “I manoeuvred 2 Feb Start of term (except Y9,10) slowly through the darkness, my heart beating wildly while I searched for the 3 Feb Whole school cats that were fighting.” Jaime Gollop 7 DMS “It is important to manoeuvre 23-27 Feb Year 11&13 Camps around manure in cow sheds.” Evan Maunder 13 VR “This year will be very 9-11 Mar Year 9 & 12 camps strenuous for the senior students manoeuvring their way through the 2 April Last day Term 1 hardships of school life.” 20 April Term 2 Begins Next week's word is: Strenuous. Important Dates Blue Light Mid-Winter Christmas Dance Party for primary school aged children; Friday June 20 at 6pm - 7.30pm @ Hora Hora Rugby Clubrooms; cost $3 Native Healing Herbals School Holiday Program send your kids to a place where they will learn valuable skills in a fun environment; A school holiday program that isn't just about filling in time, kids will learn valuable life skills and knowledge on how to make healing kawakawa balm, all natural lip balm, cook a healthy meal from garden to plate, make soap and kowaowao (clay flute) using native plants, no chemicals & beneficial ingredients, in a fun safe environment. Ages 8-13years, limited spaces, bookings essential. For dates, fees and details Ph 021-0289-2743 or 021-233-5438 or visit www.nativehealingherbals.co.nz Community MGK Sports Club Meals from 6pm onwards on Friday nights. Family friendly environment. The bar will be open and delicious meals and takeaways abailable. Come along and bring the family. Phone orders welcome 432-3769 Mangapai Hall Society Inc AGM Tuesday June 24 at 7pm at Mangapai Hall; All Welcome To Rent available from June 23; 3 bedroom house & garage; Mgk Road, 3 km from SH1; $300 per week.NO pets; Ph 432-2862