eTAN - Twizel Area News
Edition: No 20 , Thursday 3 September 2020
thank you for your efforts in making the Tēnā koutou and Welcome Mackenzie Basin safe. This dedicated work has limited the loss of This week we have messages from: property to the residents on the Mt Cook ● Head students Road. ● Acting Principal ● Madeleine Hawkesby P hotographs (Commissioner). The students were looking their best on We have messages about: Monday as the school photo day came and went. The MPR room was used for our photos ● Class activities this year due to the high winds and smoky ● Lost property backdrop the day brought. ● Visit to Otago University and We will wait to see the results of the day’s Polytechnic work and we will let you know when and how ● Mackenzie Combined Ice Hockey to order your snaps. Team ● North Otago v Country Rugby Tournament Week Although alert levels are dictating the viability of many events we had one of our senior students selected for a representative team Dear Readers of TAN, still able to compete. I hope you have all had a good week and Oliver Beirne (Y11) was selected for the enjoyed the snowfall on Tuesday. Mackenzie College Ice Hockey team which This week we had school photos so I'm sure won every game at the South Island everyone will get nice photos. Seniors have Championships. Congratulations to Oliver mock exams coming up in week 9 so make and his teammates on their success. sure you are all prepared. Enjoy the rest of your week and have a nice North Otago Cross Country weekend. Unfortunately this event was cancelled some Sarah Aronsen, Deputy Head Student time ago, but we did not receive this information as we had not been included on the email list. This has now been rectified so I see this as an opportunity to keep up the training to be well prepared for next year’s event. From the Acting Principal Core Education The Risk of Fire As part of our Kahui Ako work we will have We need to take a moment to thank the Darran Ingram from Core Education working adults in our community who responded to with staff on Thursday and Friday. He has a the rapidly changing situation of the fire that busy two days working with teachers who started at the weekend. A fire of the have undertaken different inquiries as part of magnitude witnessed on Sunday and their professional development. Monday showed how fast fire can take hold in the tinder-dry high country where we live. The Sound of Music So, to the fire fighters, Civil Defence, Council, The dress rehearsal for The Sound of Music St Johns, Police, pilots, coastguard, machinery was held last night, with glowing reviews operators, ground staff and support staff from the attendees I have spoken to. I am looking forward to seeing this well-loved eTAN - Twizel Area News
Edition: No 20 , Thursday 3 September 2020 show tonight, and wish the students and staff tourism attracting people to the area. The involved all the best for the season. school has recently been allocated funding for a rebuild to the value of $21 million. Ka kite anō koutou mā. Located in the Canterbury high country with Neil Potter the Southern Alps at our door, we have a comprehensive outdoor education programme that includes all Y1 - 13 students. We also have a strong drama programme,
with our students gaining national From the Commissioner recognition.
Tēnā koutou whanau, parents and caregivers We are looking for a professional leader who sets high standards and has a proven track This week I commenced advertising for the record of leadership. Experience managing new permanent Principal. I have set out and dealing with change is a definite below the advertisement which has been advantage, as well as project management placed in the Education Gazette and through skills. a number of different advertising channels. You will have excellent communication skills, Jonathan Young, who is currently Principal at people management skills and the ability to Waimate Centennial School, has agreed to connect and build strong relationships with join the appointment panel. Jonathan staff, students and the parent community, as actually has a connection to the area, owning well as the wider community. The ability to a holiday home in Twizel. galvanise a school community around a So the appointment panel is myself, Jonathan common vision is essential. Being Young, Dr Ian Hall, Nicola Graham, and Dr Jen approachable, inclusive and consultative is Purdie. also important for this role, as well as being Kind regards culturally aware and responsive.
Madeleine Hawkesby This is an exciting opportunity for an Commissioner enthusiast and energetic leader to lead a school into its next chapter.
Tumuaki/Principal - Twizel Area School An application pack can be downloaded from the website or obtained by request from ● Exciting opportunity to lead the build of a [email protected] new school If you have any questions please contact ● Located in the scenic Mackenzie district Madeleine Hawkesby on 021 495 993 or ● Key leadership role in growing community [email protected] Twizel Area School is a decile 8 state Applications close on 28th September 2020 co-educational area school for students in and should be sent to Years 1 - 13. The school is at the centre of the [email protected] expanding Twizel township and acts as a hub for parents and community. There is a The position commences on or about 14 ‘whānau feel’ in the school. December 2020, or an alternative date by agreement. A school house is available if Over the last six years the roll has steadily required. increased to 232, with new industry and eTAN - Twizel Area News
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CLASS ACTIVITIES Room 13 We are doing some coding with Beebots. Room 7 The students had to design a programme on a whiteboard, programme the Bee Bot and Riley reading her wonderful story she wrote about the fire to her classmates. then test it out on the gridboard. If their programme did not work they had to go back and debug and try again.
Everyone eagerly watches to see if the programme Arlo put into the Beebot following Leithen’s instructions is working.
Wonderful reading! Off to show Mr Potter our reading logs.
Bailey checks her code while Angela is giving Romy the programme to put into the Beebot.
I saw a fire. It was big. Really big. It destroyed the forest. I went across the road. By Alex
I am looking at the smoke. We were wondering what the smoke was from and guess what we found out on the News. It was a fire! A big fire the helicopters are trying to fix the fire by pouring water on it with monsoon buckets. By Riley
Room 8 Room 4
Ryder from Room 8 working hard on his Practising Takahia paki. words.
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Ice Skating Room 4 and 5 We played a game called Kī-o-rahi.. The game is about throwing a ball around. Two teams play a role. Here are the rules: The X’s are poles . The ball needs to touch the poles They get points. Then you have to touch the middle of the playing ground to score a point. It’s red vs black.
Sarah and Cameron enjoying their tube ride. The playing grounds names are: Te ao: the big outer ring Te rotu: the centre of the playing ground. This is where you score . Pawro: the first ring Te marawa: the kickoff Te waiua: the barrel By Jack Lennon
Interval on Tuesday - everyone having fun in the snow.
eTAN - Twizel Area News
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M3/4 Checking for speeding cars on Mackenzie Otago University and Polytechnic Visit drive -physics lesson.. It was an early 6.00am start for students on 10 August to get to Dunedin in time for the first session of the Otago Tertiary Day. For several years, the University and the Polytechnic have joined for a two-day event for students, caregivers and career advisors to visit the campus of both providers. It is normally held in April or May however due to Covid it was delayed. The students plan their day online beforehand by searching sessions and creating their own personalised schedule in the Open Day app; no more printing out maps and info! Finn singing the Sound of Music and Levi Our students’ interests were quite enjoying playing the piano in Music Options. widespread among the various departments. Some of the sessions they attended were an introduction lecture on neuroscience, nursing, health science first year, medicine and surgery, and physics. Some departments provided tours of their facilities letting the students see first-hand the type of experiments they were involved in. T hey also took the opportunity of visiting various residential colleges which is always of interest to first year students. Not all students that went on this trip, intend LOST PROPERTY to go to University or Polytechnic next year; some choosing instead to take a gap year and work to help fund their future study and also to have a bit more life experience with people and culture in our community. After the traditional stop at a fast food outlet in Oamaru, it was back on the road again and into a dark Twizel at 7.15pm. A long day but as a teacher very fulfilling to see our young people excited about the possibilities of their future. Michele O’Carroll (Careers)
Some of our ever-increasing pile of Lost Property items. The shoes at the bottom left of the photo are in very good condition, and the macpac puffa has some black tape on the sleeve. These items will be added to our uniform shop if they aren’t claimed by the end of next week.
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ICE HOCKEY SUCCESS
The Mackenzie Combined Ice Hockey team, coached by Lain Hellmrich of Fairlie, are a combined team of senior students from Twizel Area School, Mackenzie College and Timaru Boys High School. This team practices 3 nights a week at the Tekapo Springs ice rink. North Otago On Monday 31st August they started their campaign at the South Island Secondary VS Schools Championships beating Burnside Otago Country High School 14-0 in their first game and 5 September 2020 2 PM winning 2-0 over St Andrew’s College. The Free Entry latter, being an intense match with the scores At the Twizel Area School Grounds tied 0-0 with 3 minutes to go. On Tuesday they defeated Kings High School 3-1 and Dunstan High School 9-0 On Wednesday 2n d September the Mackenzie Kids Skills Session Combined team made it through to the 9am-10am with North Otago players South Island Secondary Schools final, They played Wakatipu High, who had also won all their games. Due to Covid the teams played with no spectators, so many parents and supporters were at the end of a group chat, receiving updates from Simon the team manager. It was intense, waiting for the ping of a new alert. A goal with 5 minutes left to play and a score of 1-0 meant Mackenzie Combined Ice Hockey team became the South Island Champions!! “Very proud of this group of young adults. Great team, great company to be around. Humble, respectful and strong individuals. No egos, No dramas. As parents you should all be very proud” said Lain Hellmrich. Information from Vanessa Beirne (understandably proud Mum)