Tryathlon

Tauhei Combined School 860 Tauhei Road, RD5 Morrinsville, 3375

Phone: 887 6844 Fax: 887 6848

Email: office@tauhei.co.nz

www.tauhei.co.nz

Well done to all children who responded to the challenge of a tryathlon.

It was great to see the children applying the swimming, biking and running skills we have been

practicing at school in a challenging context. A part of our school curriculum and an important life

skill we set ourselves goals and strategies to work through challenging situations.

Recently there have been repeated messages in the media about the high death toll due to drowning and the need for all New Zealand children to learn to swim especially since we are surrounded by water.

It is the aim of the NZ Swim that all children should be able to swim 200m before leaving primary school.

The following children achieved their distance ribbons:

800m 400m 200m 100m 50m

Brooke Madison Tess Blake Penny

Jordyn Lila Olivia H Lindsay

Amber Tami Connor Elliott Alex D

Casey Alex H

Championship Swimming Morrinsville District Schools

Morrinsville College Tuesday 8 March

Racings start at 9:45 Leaving school at 9:00am

The following children have been selected to represent Tauhei Combined School at the District Swimming Sports: Jordyn Bell, Tami Jackson, Casey Rushbrooke, Alex Dewhurst, Alex Harris, Olivia Ryan, Madison Martin, Olivia Harris, Amber Singh, Blake Martin, Lindsay Lammas, Penny Sluys-Tamanui, Brooke Bell, Tess Rappé, Lila Jackson

School Newsletter Learn together - minds alive

Aroha, trust, perseverance, pride, truth

Date: 29 Feb 2016 Term 1 Week 5

Swimming Sports

Leadership Day

Thank you Milly, Renee and helpers. Our leaders were inspired by the opportunity to attend

Leadership Day 2016.

Thank you Milly for helping at our Tryathlon on Friday.

You made a very challenging course.

Up coming Events

Fish – 11 March, Fish and the Food Pyramid, Cooking fish!

15 April Deep Water Experience

Up Coming Events:

4 March School Field trip to Tauranga

8 March District Swimming Sports – College

24 March Bike Day Paeroa - Thames

15 April Deep water experience

25 – 29 April EASTER BREAK

11 April Zero Waste Programme

15 April Deep Water Experience

Milly’s Corner

Save

the date

Sandy and Muddy Shore Otumaetai, Tauranga

Date: Friday 4 March Leave school 8:30am

Meet at Otumaetai 9:30am What to bring:

Togs 2 towels Morning Tea Lunch Water Bottle Walking shoes

Leaving School at 8:30am 9:30-11:00 - We will be using the Marine Metre Squared resource supplied by New Zealand Marine Centre to sample the area ad look for evidence of what lives there. We will count and record animals and plants that live on and under the surface.

Hairy MacLary Sculpture Project “Hairy MacLary came from a tiny sketch in an ideas book that popped into my mind from goodness knows where and I just thought he looked as though he needed a book!” Dame Lynley Dobb 11:00am-11:30 We will visit Hairy MacLary and his friends bronze sculptures on the Tauranga waterfront.

Down Wharf Street and across The Strand, came Hairy Maclary to play with his gang……. Walk around/up Mount Maunganui 11:45-1:30pm – we will have lunch and swim at Pilot Bay Mt Mauganui DataBase

We would like to take this opportunity to make sure our records are up to date. Please check and return the enrolment form we have on your child/children. Make any changes as needed. If these could be back at school by Wednesday 2nd March.

Notices

Trip to Tauranga

School Donation & Stationery :

Newsletter by email?

Please keep these payments coming in. Thank you to those who have paid.

Option to receive newsletter by email alone. Would you rather receive your newsletter by email? Please let Suzanne in the office know and she will add you to our email list. It is one way we can save on printing and paper costs.

Do you have common sense? Are you computer savvy? Do you like filling in the details?

If so then this could be a great way you could contribute to an amazing school fundraiser and

community gathering.

We are looking for an administrator extraordinaire to help out the PTA with our Wild Game

Hunt project. We need someone to help us out with emails, databases, media releases and

communication. This can be a behind the scenes role to assist with the smooth running of this

great event.

If you are interested or would like more details please contact the school office or Bronwyn

Lammas on brodeanfarms@farmside.co.nz or 027 659 3093

Pumpkin Update

How is everybody’s pumpkins going? We hear there are some whoppers out there and some cute wee ones. Let us know. We are planning a weigh in on the 2nd of April from 5pm. BBQ will be out, bring your meat and a salad to share. Hope to see you there Any questions feel free to contact Mel 0275 655 792

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Permission Slips: Sandy & Muddy Shore Tauranga My child/children __________________________ have permission to attend the Trip to Tauranga on Friday 4th March. We will meet you at Otumaetai Beach at 9:30am Yes No I am willing to take transport Yes No I am able to take ______________ children with me My child/children will need transport Yes No (Children need to be at school by 8:20) Signed _______________________ Family Name: _____________ Date_________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Newsletter: I would like to start receiving my newsletter by email: Yes No My email address is: _____________________________________________________________

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Swimming Sports My child/children ________________________ have permission to attend the District Championship Swimming Sports on the 8th March. I can help with transport Yes No I can take __________ with me.

Signed: ___________________ Family Name: ____________ Date: _________