Tawhai School

As a result of not playing the week before, the 3 Tawhai Teams had to play a double header on  24th March on a very pleasant afternoon at Fraser Park. The boys team had a win and a loss, the girls team had a loss and a draw and the mixed team won both their games. Full results will be published in the next newsletter. The final games of the season  are to be played this Thursday. Both the girls and boys team are playing off for a third or fourth place, the mixed team are in the Grand Final!!!!

Click on the link below to see action from some of the games played last week………

https://picasaweb.google.com/113327258423854236133/TouchRugbyGirlsAndBoysTeam#

In Room 2 our topic for term one is ‘All About Me!’. In this topic study we have been learning about many things and one of the main areas we have been focusing on in the last few weeks is valuing ourselves as individuals and acknowledging that we all bring special things with us to the classroom.

The ‘Best Loved Soft Toy’ idea came about after we read Diana Noonan’s ‘Best Loved Bear’ story and the kids in Room 2 asked whether we could have our own competition. We got a notice typed up and sent it home, invited some guest judges along and, as a class, came up with our own marking criteria. We decided the soft toys would be judged on how original their name was, its ‘huggability’ (how many hugs it had had), how well it had been cared for and how well it was dressed.

When the day of the competition finally came (Wednesday, 23 March 2011), Room 2 was absolutely buzzing. We set the toys up around the classroom and they were all clearly numbered for when the judges came in. We also got visits from Room 10 and Room 4 throughout the day and Mrs Poole even brought in her bear (which is 39 years old!) to share with us.

At the end of a fun filled day of sharing a special part of ourselves with our class the prize giving took place. All toys were given a medal for taking part but the overall winners for each category are as follows:

Overall winner – Alysha Brownie

Best cared for – Danielle Norton and Josh Taylor

Best dressed – Joel Brien and Yuri Sidorov

Most hugged – Taylor Brooker and Jasmine Clout

Most original name – Neve Te One (Cheesella) and Lucy Shackleton (Delilah)

Here are some pictures of Room 2 with the toys they love so much.

Joel’s alligator, Crackling, was wearing some of Joel’s undies from when he was three

Yuri made a passport for Fluffy who was dressed in a Canada outfit.

Mrs Poole sharing her very special teddy with Room 2 and Room 4.

Josh sharing his lion, JD, with the class.

Our overall winner was Alysha because she has had Dolly since she was born. We could just tell Dolly had been so well loved by the crack in her head and her worn out clothes. Well done Alysha.

After a hard day of competing some toys decided to camp out in Room 2 overnight. Princess even came prepared with her very own sleeping bag!

30 Children from Tawhai School were selected to participate in the Northern Zone Swimming Champs, held down at Stokes Valley Pool on Friday 18th March. There were 6 Schools participating at this event, Tawhai, Koraunui, Tui Glen, Pomare, St Michaels and Taita Central. The Parents/Grandparents/ Friends who attended were treated to some very  competitive swimming. Koraunui won  with a total of 249 points, but Tawhai did very well coming second with 112 points. 9 children from Tawhai have qualified to swim in the Interzone Champs down at Naenae.

To view results click on the link below………..

Northern Zone Swimming Sports 2011

To view some of the action at the Pool, click on the link below……..

https://picasaweb.google.com/113327258423854236133/NorthernZoneSwimmingChamps18thMarch#

Pamela from Stokes Valley Library and Katrina from the National Library visited  the Junior Syndicate on Thursday the 17th March,  to promote Book Month and to entertain  the children with an enactment  of a book nominated for the N.Z Post Book Award, Baa Baa Smart Sheep , written by Mark Sommerset. .Pamela encouraged the children to come along and join Stokes Valley Library if they weren’t already a member, but they needed to take a parent along with them to help them sign up. Pamel also invited the children to “ Stories @ 6″, a monthly storytime of 6 year olds plus, on the 25th March at 6pm.The “Master Storyteller” Dick Weir will be there to read some of  his works.

The Annual Tawhai School Swimming Champs were held on Friday 11th March at The Stokes Valley Pool & was very well attended by parents/grandparents.  Children competed in a variety of races over  a 2 and a half hour period, from fun Ping pong & fancy dress events to the more formal freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke. Approximately 30 Children have qualifed to enter the Northern Zone phase which will also be held at the same pool on the 18th March. Other Schools competing in this competition will be: Koranunui, Tui Glen, St Michaels, Pomare and Taita Central. Some students from this event will go on to compete in the Interzone event at Naenae Pool on the 6th April.

Please click on the link below to view results………

Tawhai School Swimming Champs

Please click on the link below to view some photos taken at the event………

https://picasaweb.google.com/113327258423854236133/TawhaiSchoolSwimmingChamps#

Thursday 10th March proved to be a very successful afternoon for all three teams, the Girls team winning 6-0( player of the day: Emma Jade Walker), The Boys team 3-2(player of the day: Wynn Hanning),  and the Mixed team 7-5 (player of the day: Simon Scully)

Click on the link below to see the Girls team in action:

https://picasaweb.google.com/113327258423854236133/TouchRugby10thMarchGirlsTeam#

Click on the link below to see the mixed team in action:

https://picasaweb.google.com/113327258423854236133/TouchRugby10thMarchMixedTeam#

To whom it may concern,

On Tuesday 1st March, 2011, students from Tawhai School in Stokes Valley, Lower Hutt held a coin trail to raise funds for the people of Christchurch. Two senior students designed large cardboard pictures of the Cursaders emblem and then the students placed their coins on the edges of the pictures. The whole school contributed $687 on Tuesday. We all dressed in the  Canterbury colours of red and black and decorated the playground with red and black balloons and streamers to make the school come alive for this special fund-raiser. The students all assembled together to take a look at how much money $687 looked like- most of it in coins. The crusader emblems were very heavy when they were covered in coins. Then on Friday 4th March, our PTSG held a sausages sizzle and a further $320 was raised. So with a total of over $1000 raised from our school community, we all felt very proud to be able to offer such a great donation to the people of Christchurch.

Yours sincerely,

MacKensie  O (on behalf of the students at Tawhai School)

Only two out of the three teams played on this beautiful day at Fraser Park, the boys team on a bye this week. Both the girls team and mixed team won their games without subs.

Click on the link below to see action hightlights from both games:

https://picasaweb.google.com/113327258423854236133/TouchRugby3rdMarch?authkey=Gv1sRgCPX12I-AiK-ZmwE#

Last week Tawhai School had a visit from Jo and Sarah with the Life Education Mobile Classroom. Many of the children were already familiar with Harold and Tam.But for those children who have not been at school for very long, it was an opportunity to experience the sophisticated sight and sound techniques used to teach the children about health and physical education, based on the 3 philosophical messages that life education believe are essential to childrens developement.

• That they are unique and special.
• That their bodies are magnificent.
• That we need to support and respect each other.

All classes visited the classroom twice and will be given a workbook to take home.

click on the link below to see  some photos of Ms Randell’s class enjoying their time  in the classroom.

https://picasaweb.google.com/113327258423854236133/LifeEducationVisit02?locked=true#