Tawhai School

Thursday 29th March saw all 4 touch teams play their last game of touch for the season. Each team had to play a double header as a catch up. The Tawhai AB’s lost both their games, the second one a very hard fought battle1-2 against Belmont Broncos. The Turtles, Taniwhas and the Black Ferns all won their games, the Black Ferns running in an impressive 11 tries against The Belmont Tigers.
There was a prize giving after the games and it was very pleasing to see how well supported by family & friends the 4 Tawhai Teams were! It was noted that when the children weren’t playing their games, they were on the side lines cheering for the other Tawhai teams.A big thank you to the people who have given up their time to  coach the teams:
Kim Kiri, Junior Bates, Janette Page, Sharon Gilmour, and Hayden Wyllie.

Results of the Prize Giving

The Tawhai Turtles
MI Phoenix H
MVP Connor T

The Tawhai Taniwhas
MI Cassidy F
MVP Tianna M

The Tawhai Black Ferns
MI Emily R
MVP Kayla F

The Tawhai All Blacks
MI Logan F
MVP Cooper P

Year 3/4 Best and Fairest team: Tawhai Turtles
Year 5/6 Best and Fairest team: Tawhai Black Ferns
Best overall touch teams: Tawhai School
Undefeated: Tawhai Taniwhas

Highlights from all 4 Teams

Touch Prize-giving.

The touch games on Thursday were still played despite the adverse conditions. The Taniwhas and the AB’s won their games, the turtles lost to Avalon and the Black Ferns won by default. (but had some game time with a friendly) The children seemed to thoroughly enjoy the wet conditions!

All the teams in action.

This took place at Taita college on Thursday 15th March. 30 students from the senior school who had been receiving coaching in the basics of rugby league, played in a fun tournament against other schools in the Northern Zone cluster. This event was run very successfully by the year 12 P.E students from Taita College and supported by Wellington Rugby League.
It was fantastic to see so many students taking part, displaying amazing talent with their ball skills and speed with their running. Tawhai had two teams at the event and players of the day were Cooper P and Kerenza M. An outstanding effort!
I would like to make mention of the excellent behaviour and attitude shown by our students throughout the day. Well done to all who took part.

Janette Page.

Flag League Tournament.

On Friday 16th march, students from Tawhai, Koraunui, Pomare and Taita Central Schools assembled at Stokes Valley Pool for the Northern Zone Sports. Tawhai was represented by 30 students from years 4-6. Competition was fierce with a number of races too close to call. After a morning’s swim, Koraunui took out first place, with Tawhai in 2nd place, Pomare 3rd and Taita Central 4th.
A fantastic effort by everyone that took part; There is certainly a wealth of talent in our schools.
An extra congratulations to the following students who are now going to the Interzone Swimming Event on 28th March at Naenae Pool. Cooper P, Neve T, Alysha B, Hamish T, Bre L, Nikita O, Mary M and Lydia S.

Click on the photo below to view the highlights……….

Northern Zone Swimming

The Tawhai School Touch teams were all down at Fraser park for the second round of the season. The spectators were treated to some very skillful play and some awesome tries! Both the Tawhai Taniwhas and Turtles won their games: 6-2 and 7-3 respectively. The AB’s lost 5-8 to Avalon and the Black Ferns were beaten by Belmont 7-2.

Click here to view highlights of each game…….

Tawhai Taniwhas 15th March

Tawhai Turtles 15th March

Tawhai AB's 15th March

Tawhai Black Ferns 15th March

Friday, 9 March was the Senior Swimming Sports for Year 4-6. This took place at the Stokes Valley Pool and it was lovely to see a selection of parents and grandparents there to support their children. A variety of events took place, the usual freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke to the fun ping pong and fancy dress races. A number of our children will now represent Tawhai at the Northern Zone Event on Friday 16 March at Stokes Valley Pool.

click on the photo below to view some pictures of the event……….

Tawhai Swimming Champs

To view results, copy and paste the link below onto your browser…………

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Fnehh0oC1523ZLlVqagDD7eoR4XWAR7R4TGK5dyF4kA/edit

After 2 weeks of miserable weather which saw all touch games cancelled, the season finally kicked off this Thursday at Fraser Park. This year there are 4 Touch teams playing for Tawhai School, a year 3 Boys team ( Tawhai Turtles), a year 3/4 mixed ( Tahwai Taniwhas ), a year 5/6 Boys team (Tawhai AB’s ) and a year 5/6 Girls team ( Tawhai Black Ferns ) The AB’s and the Taniwhas both won their games, the Taniwhas having to play a double header. The Turtles drew and the Black Ferns lost.

Below are photos taken of all the teams in action………

Tawhai Taniwhas

Tawhai Turtles

Tawhai AB's

Tawhai Black Ferns

This week, the students from Room’s 1, 2, 2, 14, and 15  have gone down to Stokes Valley Pool for the first 2 out of 8 sessions taken by qualifed instructors from Swim City.  KiwiSport is a Government initiated project that provides funding for schools for year 1-8 students and year 9-13 students via the Ministry of Education and for community projects via SPARC to regional sports trusts. Swimming and water confidence are part of the national curriculum for schools and learning to swim is a key part of the fundamental skills project. Swimming develops both locomotor and stability skills in children and builds self confidence and self awareness.

Click on the link below to view photos of Rooms 3 & 14 taking part in this programme…………

Rooms 3 & 14 down at the pool.

Today saw the last round of touch games at Fraser Park for our 4 Tawhai Teams. All the teams did very well, there were 3 wins and a very hard fought draw for the Black Ferns. There was a prize giving for each league, but this time, the organizers have decided that there wouldn’t be any playoffs for placings. Instead each coach named the most improved player and the most valuable player for their team.

Click below to view some highlights of 2 of the 4 games played……..

Last games of Touch, 8.12.11

click below to see movie clip of the Black Ferns game against Belmont Which ended up in a 4-4 draw……..

Tawhai Black Ferns v Belmont.

About 60 students from Tawhai represented their school at the Northern Zone Athletics held at Naenae Park last Tuesday. The students did well amidst some very fierce competiton from Pomare & Koraunui. The overall placings were as follows: 1st- Pomare with 81 points, 2nd- Koraunui with 61 points, 3rd Tawhai with 41 points.
Below is a power point showing a number of recounts written by students who took part in the Tawhai School Athletics and by those students who went on to represent their school in the Northern Zone Athletics.

click on the link below to view the photos……..

Northern zone Athletics

Click below to view results……….
Northern Zone Results