... SCHOOL LET US HANDLE ALL YOUR LEGAL ‘LEARNING, REQUIREMENTS IT’S WHAT For over 80 years we have provided our clients with prompt, pragmatic Cassie Mangakahia-Paarman brushes up on snorkelling WE DO…’ skills during the school’s Marine Reserve field trip. and innovative legal advice. Our friendly team provide a full range Nurturing a Community of Lifelong Learners of services to cover Te Rerenga is a small rural school situated on the Coromandel near all your commercial, Beach with 3 classrooms and a school roll of 59 amazing property, legal disputes students that come from Coromandel Town, Te Rerenga, Whangapoua, or personal legal requirements. Kuaotunu and . From Principal Anna Yates... We offer scheduled Students from Years 6-8 have an annual trip to Hahei to snorkel and consultations in kayak the Marine Reserve. The students had fun as they learned new and . sports skills while seeing how important it is to preserve the marine Email: [email protected] environment. Ph 09-303-4089 As a lasting legacy in their final year at senior, students organise a Website: www.renniecox.co.nz Fax 09-307-6499 fun event intended to bring the whole school together. In August, Ana, Lee and Reuben provided the organisational leadership and judging for a talent quest. They enlisted fellow Year 8 students to see to the sound, lighting and provide hosting expertise. The audience remarked on the confidence and abilities of all of the contestants.

Try our TE REReNGA’s got talent! award-winning A stand-out of the Talent Quest was the support of older students for MANUKA SMOKED the younger ones. STREAKY BACON Below, Saoirse Barton sings, supported by Gemma Louden. Right, Beth Simpson sang her way to become Talent Quest winner singing Jamie McDell’s ‘Life in Sunshine’. Principal Anna Yates enthused, “From the moment Beth opened her mouth, she blew everyone away”!

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are here for future generations. A petition has been started to gauge support for a marine reserve here in Tairua. For more information or a virtual tour of R.I.M.A (Recreating an Interactive Marine Atmosphere) visit our school website and locate Room 5’s blog. Call Sarah on 07 864 7002 or 021 238 9490 Room 5 was transformed by students into an interactive marine environment. Here they share their exhibits with parents, www.windowdressings.co.nz teachers, and other students.

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