Last Friday, we sent 28 students down to Oamaru to compete at the Year 3-8 North Otago Rippa Rugby competition.

Last Thursday, our school had the exciting opportunity to host a sport skydiving demonstration by the skilled team from Skydive Mount Cook. After months of planning and securing necessary approvals, the demonstration finally took place on our very own school field.

What a regatta! What a journey! The Aon Maadi Cup Regatta week was an experience that not only the rowers, their whānau and the school will never forget but each corner of our town seemed to embrace Maadi Cup fever.

Middle schoolers competed in the Bluelight Police Physical Competency Test in Timaru last week. This involved working as a team to complete a course, including jumping through a window and carrying a 75kg dummy!

Staff in the Junior school have a Paid Union Meeting from 12.30 pm until the end of the school day on Thursday, 4th April.

Congratulations to Year 12 students Sadie and Kiara who have been invited to attend the 2024 South Island Rowing trials at Ruataniwha.

This week, year 1-10 students were treated to a visit from four New Zealand authors and illustrators who are on a tour of the schools in the Mackenzie area. 📚

The Year 12 Biology students are continuing to learn about mammalian body systems. As part of this, they dissected lungs in order to investigate adaptations for gas exchange.

Head Student Finn McKinley has news from recent sporting events, plus a look forward to what the Student Executive team has coming up.

Twizel Area School had the opportunity to welcome NZ's top Rowers to Te Manahuna for the annual Maadi Cup regatta. Our rowers and Kapa Haka crew led the parade along with the Mayor and walked from the Musterers hut down Ruataniwha Road to Mackenzie Drive and onto our School field with rousing chants and school songs.

At Twizel Area School, we value open and clear communication between home and school and there are a number of different ways that whānau can communicate with us. It is important caregivers know the correct channels so your questions, queries, and problems can be dealt with accordingly.

M2 students have been studying animal welfare this term. As part of the topic, they were lucky enough to have Zippy from Vetlife Twizel visit and teach them about tiger poaching. 🐯

Harold and the Life Education team have been at TAS this week, delivering their programme to ākonga in Years 1-8. Lessons have covered subjects including healthy eating, resilience, and kindness.

Level 1 Foods students are starting on a unit around kids' birthday parties and Hauora. They got to brainstorm about their favourite party foods from their childhood, after which they headed to the supermarket to buy the food.

Twizel Area School students continued their amazing run of results when a select few competed in the Country High School Athletics Day last week!🏃🏼‍♂️

Once again, we have an abundance of unnamed Lost Property left at school that needs to be collected. This includes a multitude of sweaters, shirts, and even shoes, hats, and puffer jackets!

All the information you need for the upcoming netball season is here, including registration, teams, fundraising, costs, and more. 🏐

Room 7 students have been studying Under the Sea this term. Tallulah made her Dolphin poster from things found around the school. 🐬

At the end of last week, students in Room 6 created monochromatic portraits using felts, crayons, and paint to create their masterpieces. 🎨 🖼️