This week, year 1-10 students were treated to a visit from four New Zealand authors and illustrators who are on a tour of the schools in the Mackenzie area. 📚

The Year 12 Biology students are continuing to learn about mammalian body systems. As part of this, they dissected lungs in order to investigate adaptations for gas exchange.

Head Student Finn McKinley has news from recent sporting events, plus a look forward to what the Student Executive team has coming up.

Twizel Area School had the opportunity to welcome NZ's top Rowers to Te Manahuna for the annual Maadi Cup regatta. Our rowers and Kapa Haka crew led the parade along with the Mayor and walked from the Musterers hut down Ruataniwha Road to Mackenzie Drive and onto our School field with rousing chants and school songs.

M2 students have been studying animal welfare this term. As part of the topic, they were lucky enough to have Zippy from Vetlife Twizel visit and teach them about tiger poaching. 🐯

Harold and the Life Education team have been at TAS this week, delivering their programme to ākonga in Years 1-8. Lessons have covered subjects including healthy eating, resilience, and kindness.

Level 1 Foods students are starting on a unit around kids' birthday parties and Hauora. They got to brainstorm about their favourite party foods from their childhood, after which they headed to the supermarket to buy the food.

Twizel Area School students continued their amazing run of results when a select few competed in the Country High School Athletics Day last week!🏃🏼‍♂️

Once again, we have an abundance of unnamed Lost Property left at school that needs to be collected. This includes a multitude of sweaters, shirts, and even shoes, hats, and puffer jackets!

All the information you need for the upcoming netball season is here, including registration, teams, fundraising, costs, and more. 🏐

Room 7 students have been studying Under the Sea this term. Tallulah made her Dolphin poster from things found around the school. 🐬

At the end of last week, students in Room 6 created monochromatic portraits using felts, crayons, and paint to create their masterpieces. 🎨 🖼️

Last Friday, a group of TAS swimmers went to Kurow to participate in the Upper Waitaki Swimming. Some great results mean we will have nine students representing us at the North Otago competition! 🏊

Head Student Ralph Henderson wraps up a very busy sporting week and looks forward to the next few weeks of an event packed calendar.

Last weekend, Twizel Area School participated in the Secondary Schools South Island Rowing Regatta with schools from the very top of Te Waipounamu to the very bottom competing. 🚣

Harold and the Life Education bus have been delivering their programme to Year 1-8 ākonga this week. 🦒

Room 5 and 6 students are loving their swimming time this term. Their increased confidence in the pool is great to see. 🏊‍♂️

Cam has been busy in his construction class with Mr van M this week. 🪚 🧰 He even made time to stop off at the new entrant class to share his work with the younger tamariki!

Wellbeing Friday is off to a great start in the Junior School. This term we are focusing on encouraging the wellbeing of the tamariki by giving them a personal choice in what they would like to do within this time.