Kia ora, and Hello, Dear Readers of TAN,

With the first term soon to be ending, people are getting stuck into school work, and focusing on getting results. On the other hand the town is buzzing with rowers, left right and centre. Congratulations to the students who competed this week at Lake Ruataniwha rowing in the Maadi Cup, they would have had an oarsome time! Congratulations also to the athletics who went to the Aoraki Athletics in Timaru, and Go Hard to the swimmers going to Dunedin this weekend. Have a good rest of today, and a pleasant tomorrow! Liam Stewart, Head Boy

Autumn ~ By Kiara Thyne, Year 2

I see the leaves brown, purple, red, green,

orange and yellow. The leaves go flutter,

flutter, flutter down to the ground. I hear the

leaves rustling down. The wind blows gently on them.

They smell like new shoes from the shop. I can’t wait

to see what they look like in winter.

Issue 1058 27th March 2014

LUCKY BOOK CLUB ~

Orders are due back by

next Friday, 4th April.

Images of our Twizel

Rowers at Maadi

2014

Taane and

Nick take

the strain

Holly and

Santana at

full steam

Niamh, Brooke, Holly and Santana in the quad Niamh and Brooke line up with the

help of a boatholder

The Twizel girl’s Quad appears out of the mist…..

TWIZEL HOME & SCHOOL

FUNDRAISER

On: Saturday 12 April, at 3.30pm Where: Twizel Event Centre

Family (2 adults/2 children) $15.00 pre paid Individual $5.00 prepaid

Tickets available 31 March from School Office Visit: www.kiwiflyerthemovie.co.nz for more info

Not Playing Rugby? What about giving soccer a go? Registrations with the

Kurow Riverside Club are now open. Registration Day is this Sunday at Duntroon Domain from 3.00-4.00pm, or

contact Donna on 03 4360188 or email admin@wpml.co.nz

School Jersey Update We were informed today that the knitwear company who manufacture our jerseys have promised to have them to the monogrammers by ‘the end of the month’. From there, the monogram process takes five days, and we should have them a day or two after that. So we will be looking for them from Monday 7th April, and hoping that the temperatures stay warm!

TWIZEL JUNIOR NETBALL CLUB AGM

Date: 7.00pm, Thursday 3rd April, 2014.

Where: Mackenzie Country Inn, Ostler Road,

Twizel.

All parents of netball players are welcome. We need new

committee members to help run the club, so your attend-

ance is requested please. For information please phone

Diane Aronsen (03) 4350506. (President)

Kia Ora and Welcome to TAN Congratulations to our rowers who raced gallantly against the best school rowers in New Zealand this week. The best placed of our crews were Taane Whetu and Nick Preston-Marshall, who finished 13

th in the time trial repechage for the Under 16 boys

double scull; followed by Niamh Summers and Brooke Rabbidge who were 14

th fastest in the Under 15 Girls double scull

repechage. For all of the squad it was their first season of competitive rowing, and I am sure they will have benefitted from the experience. It was great to see them looking good out on the water; bring on next season!

At the end of last week Mr Grant presented a seminar at a Mahara/My Portfolio conference in Wellington. My Portfolio is an online digital student and teacher collaboration tool that assists pupils to learn by using the cloud to store teaching resources and students’ work. Teachers and students can then comment on and discuss each other’s work. It is a good exam-ple of new kinds of collaborative learning that the internet ena-bles, and a method we are interested in developing further as we find better ways to help students learn.

On Tuesday we had the Defence Force bus visit, which gave students the opportunity to hear and ask questions about careers in the Forces. Also visiting this week was a Liaison Officer from Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology, who discussed training opportunities with students.

Today I was privileged to join Rooms 4 and 5 students, along with 12 parent supporters, as they rode their bikes on the A2O trail along the shores of Lake Pukaki and back to Twizel. It is good to see children getting out and enjoying the special qualities of the great outdoors we have around us.

Reports: Progress Reports for Year 1-10 students are being written this week for sending home next week. These will give a summary indication of how your child has progressed in learning this term. The National Education Guidelines require us to give parents and caregivers of children who have completed their first, second or third year of schooling an Anniversary Report. We will issue these as closely as possible to each child’s anniversary. These reports will show the children’s progress and achieve-ment in relation to the National Standards in Reading, Writing and Mathematics, and on the rest of the curriculum. It will also involve parents in Three Way Conferences. If your child’s anni-versary of starting school is in this part of this term you will receive an Anniversary Report and take part in a Conference with your child’s teacher, as this marks the end of a learning year for younger children. At the end of Term 2 teachers will hold Three Way Conferences with all students (other than anni-versary students) and their parents to ensure relevant learning goals are set for the second semester. We appreciate that this process may cause some confusion for parents of Year 1-3 students, however along with all other schools we need to comply with Ministry of Education directives. Year 11-13 students will receive a report from their academic mentors next week after discussion between the mentors, the students, other teachers and the student. Parents are of course welcome to make an appointment to discuss their child’s progress at any time!

Coming Events: Good luck to those swimmers going to Otago Primary Schools Swimming Champs on Saturday - Jack Andrew, Nikau Whetu, Maddison Skinner, Kaya Skinner, and Holly Skinner.

Wednesday April 2nd

7pm Transition meeting for parents of

New Entrants

Dates to Remember 17 April End of Term 1 5 May Beginning of Term 2

Ka kite ano William Feasey, Principal

OFFICIAL SECTION Star Students

Week 7, Term 1

Room 7 Alex Developing excellent work habits Room 9 Amelia All-round progress & good work Room 13 Oliver Working hard in all learning areas & becoming a responsible class member Room 4 Finn A positive attitude for learning Room 5 Lewis A pleasant, helpful attitude in class