Wishing our NCEA students well for their External Examinations, starting next week!

Room 9 ākonga have enjoyed using their green fingers this week working in He Māra Kai (The Food Garden) at school and in the Community Garden.

On Friday, November 12th the school invited Ms Douglas to a special event at school to celebrate her career.

You’ll know from the multitude of media reports regarding the vaccination mandate for education staff that we have now passed the deadline for the first dose.

All our senior leavers were given a letter to take home last week. The letter includes the following information...

No one enjoys stuffing up, but mistakes are how we learn. So how we face our own failings can really help our kids.

Last Friday, Room 9 students joined senior ākonga for a hīkoi (walk) to Te Whare Mahana Marae to practise their waiata.

We have, this week, been approached by New Zealand Police in regards to a complaint by a member of the school community surrounding students wearing (or in this case, not wearing) bike helmets when cycling to and from school.

At the beginning of 2022, the SkoolBag app, used for school notifications and absence reports will be turned off. This will be replaced by our new Student Management System.

Anxiety sometimes look like procrastination, and procrastination can result in panic. Time for a plan!

Recently, the school has received feedback from one of our students about the lack of sandpit facilities for the middle and senior school areas. We invited this student to take action to resolve this matter.

Students in M1 have been learning some Soft Materials Technology beginner skills.

NZQA is changing how students can sit their NCEA exams – from hand-written papers, to online, using a device. If your rangatahi is sitting a digital exam, they can use the 2021 Digital Exam Student Checklist to prepare.

Trust Aoraki Limited's funding round six closes on Wednesday, 24 November 2021. The board will consider applications by Monday, 13 December and notification of successful and unsuccessful grants will be made within seven days of the meeting.

This week our Junior Students have been working with the Police Education Officer, Maire Froud, on their bike and walking safety.

This week Room 8 has been connecting with our local Twizel Community by looking at the new pipes that are being put in outside the school and around town. We incorporated this with our visit from Nicki Tempero who is working on our digital fluency and various ways it can be used to show their learning.

A huge congratulations to the five Year 7 & 8 boys who have been selected to play in the South Canterbury Rep teams this Sunday, 7th November against Mid Canterbury in Timaru!

Twizel Rowing Club are fundraising to help cover insurance and maintenance on rowing equipment. Available from Sunday 7th November, sheep manure is $6 per sack with free delivery around Twizel township.

Ākonga in M3 have spent the end of Term 3 and the start of Term 4 learning about technological outcomes and creating a distinctive soft toy owl that is uniquely theirs. The owls were made using recycled woollen blankets and students had to meet certain specifications that included their owl having eyes, wings and a tummy.

Twizel Area School would like to thank Twizel Community Care (especially Kristin Murdoch) for funding an opportunity for some of our students to participate in the Warrior Princess Programme.