Last week Twizel Area School welcomed close to two hundred students from across the South of the South Island to participate in the 2022 SAS Tournament. It was an awesome event that celebrated everything great about Area Schools.

Do your tamariki or rangatahi play online games? Do you know what's safe and what isn't? Netsafe has created the Online Gaming Whanāu Toolkit to help parents and caregivers get to a place where they are confident to engage with their children on the world of gaming.

The Kai Warmer is now available for the winter. Students can bring their food to be heated for lunchtime during the colder weather months.

We all need a holiday from time to time, but it's very important that the school is notified about this and in plenty of time. You can do this through the school portal.

Ākonga in Room 4 have, this week, been looking at the artwork of Spanish artist Pablo Picasso.

Congratulations to William Newlands on being accepted to attend Young Inspiring Explorers™ Summit taking place in Christchurch on 11-12 June 2022.

Deputy Head Student Lily Brophy has news about the Area Schools Tournament and Pink Shirt Day.

Twizel Area School turned pink this week to support Bully Free Week and Pink Shirt Day. Donations of cans and non-perishable food were also delivered to our local Food Bank as part of the ‘Give What you Can Appeal’.

Ākonga in Room 8 have been preparing for the Area Schools Tournament this week by creating paper chains and banners to welcome Roxburgh Area School.

Twizel Area School played host to the Defence Force Recruitment Visit this week and there was plenty of interest & enthusiasm among the students who attended.

Senior ākonga spent the day on a welding course at ARA Polytechnic in Timaru last Friday. Read what Sienna thought about her day.

Congratulations to our Star Students from last week's Junior Assemblies. They were presented with their award and WAKA Value card.

Everyone has the power to prevent bullying. Being an upstander is one of the best ways to make a difference at school, in the community, or with your whānau.

Sports Captain, James McDonald has news on the upcoming Southern Area School Tournament, plus a Pink Shirt Day reminder.

The Middle School Gaming Option students took part in an e-sports tournament, part of the Rocket League, last weekend in Invercargill. Read Indie and Isabella's thoughts on their experience, plus where our teams placed in the tournament.

Room 8 ākonga have been looking at measurement and using a variety of things to measure the inside of a pretend chilly bin. The students had to work out how many would fit into each box and explain their working out.

The start of Term 2 has seen some awesome work coming from classes, and individual students, within the Junior School. Their TAS Value of Awhinataka has been clear to see!

Did you know that New Zealand has 3 official languages? Ākonga in Room 7 have been learning Sign Language and showing their TAS value of Whānaukataka with our national anthem.

After all the covid restrictions over the last few months, Junior Assembly is back!

Ākonga from M1 & M2 have donned their Sherlock Holmes hats this week to learn what forensic scientists do when they arrive at a crime scene.