School email addresses:

office@tairua.school.nz lou@tairua.school.nz

brendanf@tairua.school.nz catherine@tairua.school.nz

samanthat@tairua.school.nz Roger Elliott B.O.T chairmen.

nel@tairua.school.nz 07 864 7006.

Term dates: Term 1 02/02/2011 - 15/04/2011

Term 2 02/05/2011 - 15/07/2011

Term 3 01/08/2011 - 07/10/2011

Term 4 24/10/2011 -

Sea Week At Tairua School: We had an awesome day down at Tairua Beach last Thursday to celebrate Sea Week. The children were split into their four houses for the days events, rotating around four activities. The beach clean up is always an important aspect of the days proceedings and af-ter much searching and scouring a significant amount of rubbish was found.

Message from Flynn Cleary-Morgan

We did a beach clean up and were not happy with what we found. There were cans, bottles, plastic, foam, rope, glass, corks and hundreds of cursed cigarette butts. The reason why we don’t like this is because if animals and sea-life eat this stuff, they will die, then others will come and eat it and so on. Also this rubbish does not rot down. People need to stop putting rubbish on the beach and keep the world as green as it can be, take responsibility for yourself.

H.P.V and Year 7 Booster: Chrissy Baird, our public health nurse is in this Thursday from 1:30pm administering vaccinations to those stu-dents that have elected to receive one. If you have any concerns or issues please make contact with the school, or Chrissy before Thursday.

Waterwise / Sailing Programme: Here is our waterwise programme for week 6.

Wedns 9th of March—10:00– 12:00, Kayaking Sailing

Thursday 10th of March—10:30-12:30, Kayaking Sailing

Friday 11th of March—11:30– 1:30, Kayaking only

Surf Academy: This Wednesday we will be meeting at the Tairua Surf club at 3:30 to complete session 2 for surf acad-emy. We have an outgoing tide (5.06pm Low Tide), 1.2m swell with easterly winds. The conditions may change between now and Wednes-

day so please check the school notice board outside the office for any new developments. We had a ratio of 1:2 over in Pauanui, that made for a safe learning environment and we will require just as many eager parents and caregivers this week.

Major School Events for Term 1: Surf Academy - Begins Wed 16th Feb Waterwise (Sailing and Kayaking) - Begins Week 3. Junior Parent Evening - Tuesday the 8th of March. Parent teacher conferences.- Week 7 Mon, Tues

Community Notices:

Mercury Bay Day Camp 18th –21st April: Visit our website www.daycamp.co.nz for all informa-

tion concerning Day Camp.

Enrolments open 8th March and close 25th March. Be

in early as numbers are limited to 300. Forms available

on website or from school office. Further enquiries to

Alistair e-mail daycamp@xtra.co.nz.

Whangamata Gymnastic Club: Fun and enrolment night. Classes starting on Tuesday

8th March 4:30pm for children 7 years and over. Any

inquiries phone Wendy 865-8622.

Kiwi Fun Gym for children 4 to 6 years will start 3rd May.

Netball 2011: Any girls wanting to play netball this season please see

Louise in the office. Any enquiries please contact Mar-

garet Povey.

Tairua Library News March 2011:

Books Change Lives: Which books have changed your life? New Zealand

Book Month 2011 is all about celebrating our New Zea-

land authors and books and promoting the idea of

books changing lives. Have you read a book by a

New Zealand author lately? The TCDC Libraries have

displays throughout the libraries, featuring a diverse

range of books by New Zealand authors. You can win

a New Zealand book by entering our New Zealand

Book Month Quiz. There is a quiz for adults and a quiz

for children, so make sure you are into win!

What: NZ Book Month: displays, questions, quizzes and

prizes.

When: Throughout March

Global Citizens of the Future

Next Wednesday the 16th of March the Student lead-

ers have organised a super hero’ day. Kids can come

along to school dressed up as a fictional super hero’s,

police officers, fireman, USR, anyone of the super

hero’s seen on T.V working in Christchurch. There

will be a sausage sizzle ($2)and juicies ($1)for sale with

all proceeds going to the Christchurch community.

There will be parade just before lunch followed by an

activity afternoon for the kids. More details next week.

Global Citizens of the Future

TAIRUA SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 8th March 2011 Week 6 of 11

Kia Ora tatou

We had a fantastic turn out for last weeks Tairua

School Swimming Sports. 93% of our children attended

this event, along with parent/caregivers and members

of the wider school community. Our school swimming

programme has been highly successful this season

and we will continue to build on the progress made

this year. I think you will all agree that our new pool

area is exceptional, making this swimming sports the

best we have ever had. A big thank you to those par-

ents that participated in the student/ teacher/ parent

relay race. The parents won by the slimmest of mar-

gins, with the teachers and students taking out 2nd

and 3rd. Thank you to Brett Rhind and Dean Hoefsloot

for their efforts on the BBQ raising $204.00 for the Can-

terbury Quake Appeal.

Parent / Teacher Conferences, Week 7 Towards the end of this week you will receive your par-ent/teacher conference appointment. We have had a positive response from the parents and caregivers, making the timetable next week extremely tight. If you have any issues with your appointment time please make contact with the classroom teacher.

School Assembly: This week Room 1 will be hosting our school assembly.

These assemblies are always a great opportunity to

catch up with what the children have been studying

and acknowledging the achievements of our children.

Assembly begins at 2:30pm.

TAIRUA SCHOOL NEWSLETTER Room 1 Junior Parent Evening: This evening, commencing at 7pm in Room 1, Nel will run the parents of those children in Room 1, and Kick Start parents, through Tairua School’s Junior school curriculum. Nel has a deep understanding of curriculum and implements an experiential based learning programme. PM.P, Foundation skills, Jolly Phonics etc are but a few programmes that feature in your child’s daily learning experiences. This is Nel’s formal, community parent/conference for parents unlike the conferences set up next week. Our Harvest Festival: Last Thursday our students, staff, parents/caregivers and wider school community came together to celebrate the efforts of our Garden competition par-ticipants. This competition has been running for over 3 months developing a wide range of skills and atti-tudes reflected in our C.I.T.I.Z.E.N concept. On behalf of the students and staff I would like to acknowledge the efforts of all those parents/caregivers that came along to cook, clean, set up, serve and assist with this truly spectacular day. Once again we have created an iconic day for our school community that brings students, staff and families together, embracing and creating the unique resources that we have avail-able to us.

The Week Ahead at Tairua School Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Monday

Newsletter out Surf Academy B.I.S / MOVES Yr 7/8 Manual Staff Mtg

Swimming Ext H.P.V vac Kick Start Art Club

Junior Parent Evening Swimming Ext Junior Assembly Rm 1