Twizel Snow Club would like to invite caregivers and whānau members to its AGM for the 2023 season. 🎿 🏂 ⛷️

The Southern Area Schools Tournament was a whirlwind event that took place last week at Lawrance Area School. A total of 30 athletes representing our school travelled down to Lawrance to participate in the thrilling three-day tournament, filled with a variety of sports.

Twizel Area School welcomed Chris Long, author of The Boy from Gorge River last week. He talked to students in Years 3-9 about his book, life, and travels.

In the past week, students in M3 had the opportunity to engage in a hands-on learning experience focused on understanding forces acting on objects. This was achieved through a combination of trial and error, group work, and collaboration. Utilizing their collective creativity and intuitive thinking, the students embarked on designing and testing various structural ideas.👨‍🔬

The Middle School Journalism Option class have been researching the infamous Mackenzie Panther, have you seen it?🐈‍⬛

Deputy Head Student Emily Schaar has some sporting updates, plus a reminder about the Senior Formal including where to buy your tickets.

There are lots of activities planned for Bully Free Week, culminating in Pink Shirt Day, next Friday. Check out the plan for the week!

It was a great trip down to Dunedin for interested Year 13 students to visit the University and Polytech, this week. 🎓

Ākonga in Room 8 have been learning about fractions this week, using words, numbers and pictures to show their understanding. 🧮

Room 5 students have been working on a project centred around the theme of "Do the right thing!" The project is focused on utilising information and communication technology (ICT) and is designed as a challenge for the students across the Junior and Middle School classes.🎥

Term 2 news from the Junior School, including reminders about toys, assemblies, and contacting teachers.

Last Thursday, the M4 students were given a unique opportunity to visit Genesis and their Hydropower plants located in Tekapo, providing them with firsthand experience and knowledge about the generation of electricity through hydropower.

Keeping us up-to-date with changes to your contact details or other important information is easy through the web portal or SchoolBridge app. 💻📱

Wednesdays are an opportunity for students to participate in various activities designed to promote a healthy mind and body. There's something for everyone, from yoga, to kapa haka, to chess. 🧘‍♀️♟️

We caught up with the Senior English class this week to see what the students are working on. 📑✏

M4 and M3 students have been learning about genetics, and creating DNA code sequences using pipe cleaners. 🧬

Creativity was flowing this week, with ākonga taking part in 'Decorate your own Cupcake' on Monday Lunchtime.🧁

Congratulations goes out to Billy Garbutt for successfully applying and gaining an On-Campus Experience (OCE) scholarship for Year 13 secondary students of Māori descent to experience learning at the University of Otago. 🎓

Head and Deputy Students, Billy and Fred, look forward to a busy couple of weeks with the Southern Area Schools Tournament in Lawrence, and the Otago Tertiary Open Days.

The 2023 netball season got underway last week with all the Twizel teams performing well, with some excellent results.