Thought for today - ‘If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door’.

WELCOME to the following students and their families. Cooper Shields R11 Tasman Shields R1 Hazel Haydock R2 David Sutherland R13 Juniper Stratford R2 Rebecca Eyre R13

SAIL COMPETITION Thank you to all of the children and families who entered the SAIL competition. I was impressed with all of the different ideas for how SAIL could be used around the school to promote Positive Behaviour for Learning: grounds, statues, murals, logos, sculptures and flags. I am pleased to announce the following winners of the competition: 1st place Noah, Theo and Lily Harvey 2nd place Charlotte and Jolina Hunger 3rd place Kate Bryant and Lucy Summerfield - Natasha Bankers, PB4L Coach

ROCK-DA-HOUSE On Friday the 4th of September at 7.30pm our school choir went to Nelson Boys College to perform at Rock-da-House. We all had to wear a brightly coloured t-shirt but Emily and I and the other Back Beaters got to wear a special t-shirt that said Rock-da-House across the front of it. The Backbeat Choir are a small group of students that do special harmonys to the Rock-da-House songs. Some of the songs we did were Ring of Fire, Be Okay, Express Yourself, Road Trip and Up. During the song Ring of Fire we got to put on some gloves that under the UV lights looked fluorescent orange and amazingly awesome!

- Hannah R, Rui

What a fantastic night. Congratulations and well done to the students who took park in Rock-da-House. You were all amazing! - Mrs Bowen, Principal

SCHOOL FUN RUN Last Friday we had the annual ‘House Fun Run’ down at the beach. The activities along the fun run were lily pads, tallest sandcastle, fill the bucket and ball throw. Our guest judge was Tevita Koalamatangi, a rugby player from the Chiefs and the Makos. He decided the best dressed house was Whenua, best chant was Tatahi and the best teamwork was Moana. After all the points were totalled 4th place went to Whenua, 3rd was Tatahi, 2nd was Moana and the house cup was awarded to Ra. “Some people were dressed in really cool wigs, moustaches, leggings and funny costumes” - Shakira “My favourite part of the day was the bucket filling challenge because it was fun and I got splashed” - Vichena “They were the loudest chants ever. My friend in Takaka said he heard them!” - Mr B.

School and Community Newsletter No 13 8 September 2015

Tahunanui School N

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I can – I will

Ka tāea – ka tutuki

BRAIN TEASER MORNING TEA

Congratulations to everyone who entered the brain teaser competition. The answer was 40. The Participants drawn for morning tea with Mrs Bowen were: Rore, Lee, Charlotte, Erin, Freya, Harrison, Llewellyn, Samantha, James, Sally, Noah H, Jolina as well as Jamie, Kate and Eva C who won last time but missed out on their morning tea.

PROJECT JONAH AT TAHUNANUI BEACH

On the 27 of September 2015 the staff of Project Jonah are coming to Tahunanui Beach to show people how to save stranded whales. If you don`t know what Project Jonah is, it is a charity that loves to help whales that are in trouble, if they were stranded they would be there as soon as they could. They are coming to our beach to teach us how to care for marine life. - Murphy S, Rui

LIBRARY VISIT Rooms 4-7 recently went to see Esther at the library for an art lesson based on Eric Carle's illustrations. He paints onto tissue paper and then uses this paper to create his illustrations of animals. First we

painted 3 different designs on tissue paper, then we drew the outline of an animal and used the tissue paper to fill it in. It was quite tricky but we had lots of fun. - Room 7

SCHOOL SPEECH COMPETITION

Excitement and nerves collided as the six school speech finalists prepared to share their speeches. Kate, Lucy, Georgia, Henry, Isabel and Om positioned themselves to the side and anxiously waited for the (now very late) mystery judge to appear. As time ticked by, Mr Lambie decided to make way with the finals, first up was Lucy. After five more wonderful speeches, feedback was given and the judges did a team huddle in the kitchen to determine the two lucky contestants who would then go to the interschools. As Mrs Bowen reappeared silence fell over the Muritai Centre. First she congratulated all six finalists on fantastic speeches. Then three words formed on her lips: Kate and Lucy! To this day we do not know who the mystery judge was, but everyone made a great effort and well done! - By Kate and Lucy

2015 MASKED PARADE

Friday 16 October If you have any fabric scraps or wool, (brown, white, grey or black) please drop into the school office. We are making props and would like some involvement from parents. If you are able to help please give Miss Hubbard in the Burrell Centre your name or email her at

elise.hubbard@tahunanui.school.nz

NATURELAND VISIT

I saw some sheep and owls. The owls were asleep and the sheep ran up to me. The monkeys had long tails and one monkey pointed his finger at me. - Nixon R13

NELSON TASMAN KINDERGARTEN At last, holiday care for your pre-schooler! Open to all children (3-4 years old), regardless of usual childcare provider.

Kindergarten venues in Nelson, Richmond and Motueka. Runs most days during the holidays 8.30am – 2.30pm. See www.ntk.org.nz for details.

Tahunanui School News

Lucy and Kate

School Speech competition winners

School and Community Newsletter 8 September 2015 SOMETHING

TO SMILE

ABOUT

Q. Where do snowmen go to dance? A. To a snowball! Q. What do you call a chicken in a shell suit? A. An egg?

STRETCH TUATARA AWARD MUFFY AWARD

AWARD

Arapo - Rui Arapo has come a long

way in the last 6 months. He has worked incredibly hard on his recent speech and demonstrated great

confidence by performing it to one of the Tasman

Makos. His resilience has come along in leaps and bounds and he is making

pleasing choices in regards to his schooling. Arapo can light up the

room with his smile, has a good sense of humour and takes pleasure in helping out both his

teachers and classmates. Well done Arapo!

Vincent - Room 4 When Vincent is faced with a challenge he is

always persistent. He creates fantastic pieces of writing that can be described as magnificent. Vincent

is always willing to help others in an instant and at all times is respectful

to everyone and incredibly decent. He gets involved in

all class activities and is a fantastic person.

Congratulations Vincent!

DAFFODIL DAY Friday 28th August Tahunanui School had a daffodil day. We had to wear yellow to support the Cancer Society everybody who was wearing yellow had to bring a gold coin and was given a model daffodil to wear. Thanks to Tahunanui School we raised $327 :) - Student Council

CONGRATULATIONS

TERROR TOOTH One gloomy dark night people from church were glancing at the inky violent water. Then… something came out of nowhere, it was creeping up and out of the shadows. Next the thing plopped into the inky water. After a while the thing began to swoosh and splutter as it rushed splashing through the dark water. Suddenly he jumped on the slip-way where the village people stared in fright. The monster glared at the people with his massive red eyes and let out a screeching roar as loud as a lion. The village people nearly jumped out of their skins. They hurried off the slipway and hid behind a ginormous wall but the monster jumped over the wall and gobbled them up in one gulp. Crunch, squosh, squirt and dead! - By Erin, Room 6

Charlotte - Room 13 Charlotte is a kind and

caring member of Room 13, Tosswill Centre.

She always works hard and offers to help other

children without prompting. Well done

Charlotte!

BRAIN TEASER Five men were eating apples. A finishes before B, but behind C. D finishes before E, but behind B . What is the finishing order? Answers to be in by next Tuesday 15 September for morning tea with Mrs Bowen. Please place in container in the office.

Last weekend at the Nelson Rugby Club prize giving Ania won the Attitude Award for U8s and Rore Outstanding Player of the Year for U10s. Well done!

LIBRARY NEWS Congratulations to Sam N of Tamaki who won the ‘Count how many Daffodils in the Jar’ competition. The answer was 57 and he received a new book ‘The Demon Dentist’ by David Walliams as a prize.

We made coloured in daffodils in the library at lunch time on Daffodil Day. Photos have been displayed on the library

wall.

Next term all 2015 librarians will be having a shared lunch feast. This is by invitation only depending on their attendance and effort.

After school library and e-space continues to be available to all Tahunanui School families most Tuesdays and Thursdays 3.00-3.50pm. Come in for a cuppa, read the paper or issue additional books. - Mrs Trewavas, Librarian

BASKETBALL TRAINING CAMP

On the 27th of August there was a Steven Adams basketball training at Saxton stadium, about 300 kids went. The age group was 7 to 18 years old. There was only 2 people from Tahunanui school that went. It was Rore and me. The training started at 8.30am till 2.00pm. I went with my

mum and my dad and my dad’s friend. At the end there was a signing, it was so fun. - Marco, Tamaki WALKWAY Please use the walkway rather than the carpark when bringing children to and from school using the Muritai Street entrance. This will help model the careful behaviour we encourage in our children and keep everyone safe. Thanks for your support. - Mrs Bowen, Principal

READING TOGETHER WORKSHOPS

10 parents have recently participated in the Reading Together Workshops. They learnt strategies to help their children with their reading. These are some of their comments about Reading Together: - “I now understand what it is they are seeing and how hard it is for them” (the children) - “The most important thing for me is being given the tools and the confidence to help my child” - “Reading is now stress free and relaxing” - “Awesome and educating course” - “Highly recommended - “Fun and very helpful” - “I wish this had been around when my oldest started school. I think all parents should do this course”.

We will be running another series of workshops next term. The dates will be: 14 October 3.30 - 4.45pm 21 October 3.30 - 4.45pm 28 October 3.30 - 4.45pm 25 November 3.30 4.45pm A crèche will be available for all workshops. Please let us know if you are interested in participating in this valuable programme by Monday 21 September. - Karen Toll R15 email: ktoll@tahunanui.school.nz - Fiona Paurini R13 email: fpaurini@tahunanui.school.nz

COMMUNITY GARDEN SPACE Here in Tahunanui we have the chance to work together to create a community garden space on Muritai Street beside Burrell Park. Your part can be as big or as small as you wish. You can garden on your own, with your family or with locals. It is the chance to work on a section of garden and grow your own kai. Community gardens bring people together, at their leisure, to learn new skills. While having the benefit of providing families with a healthy and nutritious food source. They are a great way to teach people how to go about growing your own food, rather than just going and buying it from a supermarket. Come to the local meeting to

share your interest. Wednesday 9 September 12pm

Nightingale Library Tahunanui

69 Muritai Street Tahunanui Phone (03) 5486167 Email secretary@tahunanui.school.nz