Ākonga from Year 7-13 attended Attitude presentations on Wednesday, covering subjects encompassing all aspects of total wellbeing.

Ever wondered about how we learn things? Or, how our kids learn things? They’re little ‘sponges’ apparently, but what does that actually mean in theory? How do they soak up what they do, and why?

You may have noticed we've re-vamped our Junior Assembly 'Star Student' Certificates?

Monday is Cooking Day for the M2 Middle School class and for the last couple of weeks, they've enjoyed making Apple & Cinnamon Turnovers and French Toast! Maybe we have some aspiring Jamie Olivers in our midst? 👩‍🍳

Through all the winter weather, cancellations and road closures, the Room 7 ākonga made it to Tekapo Springs for their ice skating day yesterday, accompanied by the M1 middle schoolers (and the sun)! ⛸ 🐧 ❄️ 😎

Head Student Louie Skinner has news about upcoming sports events as well as a reminder for our senior students.

Twizel Area School netballers this week organised a Non-Uniform Day and Bake Sale to raise money to help with their trip to the SISS Netball Tournament in Timaru later this month, with the final amount raised going a long way to achieving that goal!

Last week's Junior Assembly was an amazing celebration of the incredible work and learning going on at Twizel Area School with our Star Students shining brightest. Ka pai to everyone who showed off their work!

On Monday this week, Jump Jam kicked off for all ages! It was awesome to see such a large group of keen groovers come and have some fun as well as burn off some energy before heading back to the books after lunchtime!

From netball to Snow Club and Sport Aerobics, the sporting prowess of Twizel Area School students certainly doesn't stop when they step outside the school gates.

Thank you to the community members who came to the Seesaw Information Session on Monday and also to Nicki Tempero from CORE Education, who gave her time to talk about Seesaw and how students at Twizel Area School from Years 1-10 are using it regularly in their classrooms, replacing the old style paper portfolios.

Why do people do the things they do? And here’s one that’s probably even more important to us parents: How can we motivate our children to do the right thing?

On Wednesday 24th August, we are running a Non-Uniform Day to raise money to help Monique van der Westhuizen with her Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) project. Come to school dressed in your PJs with a gold coin donation! 😴

Some whānau members have recently asked about student attendance and what circumstances equate to legitimate time away from school. Here is the Ministry of Education’s guidelines for parents regarding attendance and why it matters.

This term ākonga from M1 and M2 are completing the Wonder Project's 'Power Challenge' learning how we power our towns, and designing & building their own windmills to power a mini town. They've also made ping pong ball launchers using paper cups and balloons!

The Year 1-8 Upper Waitaki Cross Country in Omarama is fast approaching. Those students involved have taken home a permission form to be completed...this form needs to be returned to the school office by tomorrow, Friday 5th August.

Academic and Arts Captain, Lily Brophy, has news about next week's Non-Uniform Day, along with Snow Club and basketball.

Well done to all the teachers and students who attended the First Aid Course last Saturday. It was a long day for a number of students and teachers completing the whole day course and a shorter day for those teachers who were getting recertification of their previous qualification. 🤕

Caregivers and whānau members are invited to attend a SeeSaw session with Nicki Tempero from CORE Education on Monday 8th August from 5-6pm. Come along and test your knowledge or learn some new skills with Twizel Area School’s new eportfolio app.

We've all seen the Netflix show, now you can read the books! Thanks to the Skittles & Coffee Club fundraising Rainbow Day last term, the Twizel Community Library is now the proud owner of all the Heartstopper book series, plus follow-up books written by Alice Oseman.