Omicron came knocking on the Newlands' family door this week, this is their story.

Deputy Head Student Lily Brophy has news about the Teacher Music Match House Competition and the Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival.

Ākonga in Room 9 have been writing about their river trip to see the Sockeye Salmon. A great experience for students and some awesome writing to boot!

Ākonga in Room 7 have been exploring their creative sides the past week!

Room 5 students made a primary colour self-portrait. It took them three days to finish, Sophie and Noah explain how they created their art.

Students from Years 4 - 10 participated this week in an international Computational Thinking Challenge called Bebras. The competition is an initiative aimed at promoting Computer Science and in particular Computational Thinking (CT).

If your tamariki tests positive for COVID-19, what happens next and how do you self-isolate for the required amount of time?

Please find attached a letter from Hon Jan Tinetti about supporting our children and young people and how to have your say in the Highest Needs Review.

Our Athletics Day results, including full House Competition points, can be found here...

The aim of the Home Learning section is to group all the relevant information and support that students, parents and whānau may need. You will find teacher contact details and student learning packs, along with links for resources and support for wellbeing, among other things.

The Sport Twizel Community Sports Grant is open now! 🤽‍♀️ 🏂 Is your local sporting club looking for funding to support or develop your sport? Do you need to purchase equipment, run an event, or travel to a sporting event?

This week's M4 Camp went ahead, although they were forced to head back to Twizel a day earlier than planned due to Mother Nature's hand!

Lucky Book Club and Library Hours reminder, plus SeaWeek and our weekly review

Sports Captain, James McDonald has the winning house from Athletics Day to announce, plus a reminder about tomorrow.

Middle School and Senior students took part in their annual Athletics Day last week. It was great to see everyone enjoying themselves with some "friendly" House competition thrown in too!

The learning in the Middle School this week has been as varied as usual with everything from cooking to robotics to metal sculpture...

As part of their Science module on Life Cycles, last week M1 and M2 started surveying the fish that are spawning in the Twizel River.

Room 4 students have been doing a study on Turtles that included a visit from Mrs Holden's very own turtle called Chaos.

Harold and the Life Education bus visited Twizel Area School this week, delivering their programme to Year 1-8 ākonga.

M3 students need help with their latest art project.