Issue 1038 29th August 2013 Dear Readers of TAN, Success at Aoraki Secondary Schools Ski/ Finally, at last, snow has come to the hills; there may be hope Snowboard Champs 2013! yet for the rest of the season! I’m sure many people are look- ing forward to Snow Club today and tomorrow, and the ski Our Ski and Snow Board Race Teams competed against fifteen races at Ohau next week. Hopefully there is more snow to other schools at Dobson Ski Field last Sunday, achieving come over the weekend so the season will last for longer. some great results. The team of Kaya Skinner, Nikau Whetu, However, some of us are still stuck back here at school, toil- and Jayde Officer took out first place in the Year 7/8 event. ing away industriously as we finish internals and work to- In their age group, Jayde was 5th fastest boy, Kaya 3rd wards practice exams in a few weeks time. fastest girl and Nikau was the fastest boy on the day. Before that we have the School Formal, and preparations are In the Y9-Y13 age group our two Year 9 students competed well underway, but of course students must remember that against much older skiers; however they achieved great although the Formal is much more interesting, practice exams results with Niamh Summers the 3rd fastest girl, and Taane come first in terms of priorities. Whetu the 3rd fastest boy. To help fundraise for the Formal, the committee held a Mufti In the Senior Snowboarding Boarder X competition our team Day and an extremely successful Bake Sale on Monday. of Gideon Thompson, Vini Watt and Zane Morris-Bamber It was nice to see everyone in dress up mode, and enjoying came first! Gideon made it through to the final, finishing 4th overall. the delicious home-made baking. Josh Nelson, Deputy Head Boy Further Success On The Snow - Also competing in ski racing at the weekend were Jack Andrew, Mackenzie Frost, “THE LEADING EDGE” Jenna Evans and Holly Skinner. Jack and Mackenzie both achieved 3rd places at Mt Hutt, and Holly and Jenna finished 5th A great vintage NZ film starring Mark Whetu and the and 6th respectively at The Remarkables Skifield. late Billy T James; and featuring some amazing local scenery. A special screening will take place in the Mackenzie Country Hotel Conference Room at 7.00pm, Wednesday 11th September. Tickets $10 each; with a lucky draw for a signed copy of “Legs on Everest” by Mark Inglis. Tickets are available from the Twizel Area School Office. A Twizel Snow Club Fundraiser. Rooms 4 and 5 Kaki Release Trips Please return permission slips as soon as possible so we can decide if these trips can go ahead. There will be no Snow Club on Thursday, so students can now go with their own class - Room 5 on Tuesday and Room 4 on Thursday. Students need to bring lunch, a drink, warm clothes and gumboots or a change of shoes and socks. The Y7/8 & Y9 Snow Team members who came away with some great results at Mount Dobson on Sunday. Dogs Outside School Dogs can scare some of the people arriving at Meadow Fresh Competition school. Would dog minders please ensure that The stickers are starting to roll in now, keep it up their dog is kept well away from the routes people everybody! In case you are not aware, our school is use to come into school. Then everyone can have taking part in the Meadow Fresh Cool Stuff for Kids. a more relaxed start to the day. We are collecting Cool Stuff for Kids stickers and can STILL HERE AFTER PRODUCTION…. win fantastic prizes for our school. Stickers are on all Meadow Fresh Yogurt and Milk bottles. Get your Two wooden chairs, that didn’t get broken in the brawl! Would the kind person who lent them to us please give collection sheets from the School Office. us a ring and jog our memories so we can deliver them Ask your neighbours, Grandparents, Aunties back to you - thanks! and Uncles to collect for us too! OFFICIAL SECTION Congratulations to the skiers and snow boarders who took part in the Star Students Aoraki Secondary Schools sports held at Mt Dobson on Sunday. This event had been postponed from the weekend before, but the wait was Term Three, Week 4 well worth it for our Snow Sports team. The Aoraki region encompasses Mid and South Canterbury from Mt Hutt College (who also run an extensive snow sports programme), through to the Oamaru Secondary Schools and, as was mentioned at the Prize-giving, these schools collectively have the highest proportion of students who snow sport in the country. Boarder X is a spectacle in itself, as the riders compete four at a time on a narrow, banked course, and there can be a lot of jostling for positions as only the first two go through to the next round. Our snow board team did particularly well to win, as although we have had talented snow boarders in the past, not enough of them had finished the boarder X course in high enough places to podium before. Although we did not have enough seniors to form a team, the skiing talent is evident in the fact that our two 3rd placed individuals, Niamh Summers and Taane Whetu, are both in Year 9, competing against much older individuals from other schools. The depth of our talent was also shown by the Year 7-8 team taking out the mixed team category. One of our annual goals this year was to make sure Year 12 and 13 students have the knowledge and results needed to go to the next stages in their individual pathways, whether that be university, polytech- nic or into the workforce. To advance this, seniors have been individual- ly mentored by teachers to make sure they are on target for the goals they have set, and we have also arranged extra visits from people to advise them on tertiary studies. On Monday we had the Studylink (http://www.studylink.govt.nz/) people here to talk with them about options to fund their studies, and today we have a representative from Canterbury University to talk with a few seniors about studying there. Teachers have been busy with a lot of professional development lately. Ms Arkless went to Christchurch for a Best Practice workshop last week; this week Ms Douglas and Ms Medwin have been to Timaru for Incredible Years Training; and Mr Grant is away today at an English Room 7 Ted Applies himself to all of his school workshop. work. Great effort. Coming Events: Room 9 Alizay Excellent progress in Reading. Tonight 7:00pm: Board of Trustees meeting in Room 19. Room 13 Charlie Awesome class member; always All are welcome to attend. helpful & reliable Monday 2nd Sept: North Otago Primary Cross country. (As before, this event is out of sync with the Primary Upper Waitaki Cross Country in Room 4 Jenna Positive & co-operative attitude to Omarama (19th Sept) so we have made provision for those especially learning interested in running in the North Otago event to travel to Oamaru with a Room 5 Bailey Cheerful, pleasant, and diligent parent to participate. attitude in the classroom Tuesday 3rd Sept : Room 5 is off to see Black Stilts as part of their follow up to the Bird Study at the beginning of the year, with Room 4 to follow on Thursday. More Ukulele Orders are Needed To Get Ka kite ano, Them At This Special Price! Just $26.00! William Feasey, Principal Orders are now being take for good quality, entry level ukuleles, available in a variety of TWIZEL AREA SCHOOL colours: Student Representative Election for Board of Trustees Red, Pink, Yellow, Purple, Green, Black, Blue, White. Nominations are invited for the Election of one Student If we can get twelve orders or more these Representative to the Twizel Area School Board of Trustees. All full time students from Years 9 – 13 are eligible to be ukuleles will cost $26.00 + postage. nominated and vote. Payment will be due on delivery. Please put your order in at the Office A nomination form and a copy of this notice will be distributed to all eligible voters on the student roll. Further nomination forms can be obtained from the school office. Home & School Needs Nominations close at 12 noon on 6 September 2013 and should be accompanied by a candidate’s statement. You! (Please Note New Date) The voting roll is open for inspection at the school and can be viewed during the hours the office is open. The Home & School are looking for new and enthusiastic committee mem- There will also be a list of candidates’ names for inspection, as they come to hand, on the Board of Trustees notice board by the bers to come on board to give new ideas to help Office. raise money for the school in 2013/2014. Please The Poll closes at noon on 20 September 2013. feel free to come along to our next meeting; M MCDONALD 7.30pm, Wednesday, 4th September in the Returning Officer School Staffroom .