Head Student Billy has a reminder about this week's Junior Athletics in Kurow and the start of next week's NCEA exams for our senior students.

Room 8 students visited the Twizel Fire Station last week as a "thank you" for the cards they wrote after the recent fire at Pukaki. This was instigated by Cruz, who thought we needed to thank them for all the work they had done. 🙏

This Monday was Dress-Up Day at Twizel Area School today, with ghosts, ghouls, superheroes, and even a dinosaur roaming the hallways! 🦖 👻

Ralph Henderson, Dave White, and Orlando Narruhn helped Mackenzie College to second place in the South Island Secondary School Championships for Boys Under-16 Rugby 7s, this weekend in Fairlie!

Last week, our M1 Year 7 class had an adventure-filled week; read some of their writing and reflections on their week around Temple Valley and Aoraki Mount Cook.

Head Student Monique has a reminder about next week's Dress-Up Day, as well as some thanks to those who participated in last week's Fun Run and Movie Day.

Arts in Action has officially kicked off, and this year's theme is all about wearable art. This exciting event involves students from all year groups, providing them with a unique opportunity to showcase their creativity in a tangible, personal way.

Ka pai to everyone who walked, ran, canoed, and volunteered their way through the Twizel Hard Labour Weekend. As always, the Twizel Area School community was out in force!

Last Friday, the Fun Run at Twizel Area School was exciting and energetic. Students, teachers, and the community joined forces to celebrate fitness and participation. Participants of all ages raced through the colour stations, displaying determination and, most importantly, fun!

After bringing Touch Rugby back into school last year we now have a large mixed team of talented players ranging from year 8-13. This season we have entered a Twizel Area School team into the newly formed Twilight Touch comp that is held on Thursday evenings.

Last week, we were fortunate to receive generous donations from Mel Schuar, Anneke Smit, and Brooke Smith. They contributed gardening equipment and an assortment of seeds to benefit the students in Room 9.

The awards for our students keep coming this week. On Tuesday, Finn McKinley and Monique van der Westhuizen travelled to Timaru to attend the South Canterbury YES Regional Finals!

Following on from the regional awards, Monique gained entry to the National Awards which were held in Auckland last week.

Head Student Billy has some reminders about tomorrow's School Fun Run, Labour Day, and the forthcoming NCEA Exams.

This week, the Junior tamariki enjoyed diverse activities, from dog walking, arts and crafts, board games, flower planting, sports, and creation time. Not only does this foster their physical, emotional, and social well-being, but it also allows them to explore their passions and interests.

We are delighted to have been shared in an article that Meridian has just put up featuring a past student, Pearl Campomanes. Pearl was only with us for two years but in that time she made her mark in our school, being an outstanding online student studying Electrical Engineering and becoming our school Dux.

Over the past term M3 was involved in a Market Day Project as part of their Year 9 Social Sciences course. This project enabled students to work in small groups to plan and run a short-term business enterprise. They developed their own stall ideas and worked cooperatively with their group to produce, market and sell their product(s).

We are absolutely thrilled to announce that three of our Year 13 students have been awarded scholarships to Otago University for 2024.

Deputy Head student Emily has some reminders to start the term, including next week's Fun Run and the M1 Camp.

Students from Rooms 9 and 13 are delving into the fascinating world of endangered species this term, learning about the Kiwi and making some awesome artwork.