students in the Year 1-8 classes, establishing a solid foundation and understanding of the basics of literacy and numeracy is absolutely critical. These tools Taihape Area School are essential for their learning and development in the Senior School, and Monday 20th May 2013 enable them to tackle the demands of NCEA, and beyond. Term 2 – Newsletter Number 3 Of all the skills we learn in life the ability Phone - 06 3880130 to read must be near the very top of the Email – [email protected] list. For people who can read fluently, and [email protected] who have the ability to comprehend the written word, there are few barriers to Website - http://tas.spikeatschool.co.nz their learning and personal growth. Tena koutou katoa Reading is a wonderful recreational Welcome back to another very busy week. option, and for many of us the holidays The term has settled into a nice rhythm wouldn’t be the same without the with indoor core curriculum business company of a good book. As a parent complemented by a high level of student sharing a bedtime story with your involvement in extra-curricular activities, child/ren is the icing on the cake at the including sport. Most days after 3pm, the end of an inevitably school is a real hive of activity, with sports busy day. Watching a practices scheduled for the various winter child curled up on the codes. sofa engrossed in a book is a treasure. As well Learning Conferences are being held. These Conferences are an essential As well as reading for opportunity for parents to get alongside pleasure, the ability to read opens up the their children and classroom teachers, or boundless world of knowledge. Reading deans, to discuss progress made, and set enables the mind to think over objects of goals for the way forward. This interest, which enable a person to make partnership is crucial to enhance the informed decisions; its food for the soul, personal growth and development of our for it nourishes the human intellect in young people. probing things deeper, and analyzing things; and it provides guidance to people, For all students each step through the to occurrences they have not yet been school system is increasingly important as exposed to in life. Reading keeps your they come to terms with the benchmarks brain working and keeps you up to date associated with that particular phase. For with language and modern vocabulary or slang. Reading expands your imagination when speaking your mind or making your and your knowledge. choice”. From Yahoo -“Reading books has many Reading is without doubt an essential and benefits both mentally and morally. Firstly, extraordinarily important life skill. your mind will be active and engaged into Have a great week!! old age, and reading can help you forget Richard McMillan the problems in your life, and get you Principal captivated by the adventures of someone else. School Closed Reading from adults also helps set a good, Please note that School will be closed on mentally engaging example for the new the following dates: generation. And reading has benefits that rd Monday 3 June Queen’s Birthday can help with everyday activities. With Tuesday 4th June Queen’s Birthday st more reading come better reading skills, Monday 1 July Teacher Only Day (NCEA Realignment) thus allowing easier comprehension of, oh, say, instructions on Board of Trustee how to build something or warnings Elections on chemicals. Reading is a fun and great way Key dates for the forthcoming Board of to leave the stresses of Trustees Election: May your life and just 21st May Election papers sent out unwind”. 30th May Election Day To quote an unknown source - “the more June 5th June Votes counted you read, the more you know; 6th June Trustees take Office the more you know, the smarter you grow; Boards are elected for a 3-year term. If the smarter you grow, the stronger your interested, but unsure of what is involved, voice; please contact a current Trustee, or Principal, Richard McMillan. Quotes of the Week “All parents damage their children. It cannot be helped. Youth, like pristine glass, absorbs the prints of its handlers. Some parents smudge, others crack, a few shatter childhoods completely into jagged little pieces, beyond repair.” ― Mitch Albom (The Five People You Meet in Heaven). “The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you.” ― Stephanie Perkins (Anna and the French Kiss). This Term May Wednesday 22nd Wanganui Secondary Schools Cross Country Monday 27th Celebration Assembly Thursday 30th BOT Election Day June 3rd & 4th Queen’s Birthday Weekend (School Closed) 5th – 7th Peoples Saver Course (Rooms 4, 6 & 9) Tuesday 11th Primary Schools Young Leaders Conference 11th – 13th Year 10 English Noho Wednesday 19th June School Photo’s 24th – 26th Year 11 Camp July Monday 1st Teacher Only Day Wednesday 10th Mufti Day- Cancer Society Fundraiser Thursday 11th Celebration Assembly Friday 12th End of Term 2 Supporting Your Child at • Allow your child access to books of high interest to them e.g. books from home, Home – Reading school library or town library. • Use sites such as www.readingeggs.co.nz • Listen to your child read regularly. In or www.sunshineonline.com.au. Years 1-2, they should have a book from School - encourage and praise their efforts. • Read to your child - this models the skills of reading for them. Hockey Rugby Last week we played the Freyberg High TAS 37 FREYBERG HS 07 School Mixed Team winning 10-4. The game started quickly with TAS scoring 3 11 May 2013 was supposed to be the quick goals. Freyberg fought back however start date for all secondary school’s and levelled the scores at 3-3 just after rugby throughout the land all except halftime. However some dominant play for us, TAS, who after many weeks of from the Taihape players converted gathering players had a few obstacles pressure into goals, with 7 more scored in our way like for instance the before the final whistle. numbers to field a full complimentary This was an excellent team performance, U14 or U16 team, Area School just with long periods of fluid, controlled, and didn’t have the population to do this mature hockey. Rowan Bradley, Bailey adequately and then with Ruapehu Nathan Max Sage, Kerryn Clark, and Josh College who formed the very Fellingham dominated the mid field, successful Northern Rebels rugby working hard, passing well, and creating team along with the TAS contingency countless scoring opportunities. Jonny were not to be in the mix this year. Sage demonstrated excellent positional play to score his hat trick, James Hamilton Of course being the mild, mannered scored his first goal with determined play and well balanced and now in the attacking circle. Gina Swanson, and experienced manager of a season past Amy Bradley worked hard on both attack calm and serene totally unflappable and defence, while James Morrison and person went into “Never fear Batman, Nicole Rees provided a secure backline. we will call in the A Team” mode and Although only the second game of the you guessed it the magic began. A season, this TAS Team shows considerable couple of txt to our HOD of sports and potential, and with significant room for “Bob’s your Uncle” we had the on-going development. beginnings of the Taihape Area School Summary U16 Rugby 2013. Taihape Area School 10 (Rowan Bradley, Josh Fellingham 3, Jonny Sage 3, James Hamilton, and Now as I stated in the first paragraph Bailey Nathan goals) defeated Freyberg High 4 11 May 2013 was the date for Draw secondary schools rugby to start and TAS v Awatapu on turf 2 @ 4.15pm. we were to be playing Rangitikei College U16 this of course did not Next Week TAS v PNBHS on turf 2 @ 4.15pm. eventuate as Rangitikei withdrew their team on the 11 hour and this information was received via txt, as All hockey information, including the draw and politics go this was cause for some results, can be found on the Hockey Manawatu urgent phone calls and some Website (path: - Competition - Draw/fixtures - explanations as we were also to find Secondary Schools - Monday draw). out that Ruapehu College would not be fielding a team in this competition as had been eluded too this left little using a large amount of intimidation to no competition for a TAS rugby on some of our smaller, lighter and team who had been training for weeks less experienced players were made to now, so for Area School our rugby pay time and again by the elusive looked bleak to DOOMED needless to captain Jesse Theobald and Robbie say TAS never got started. MacFarlane who continued to run and hit hard up front to allow the After some fierce phone conversations tries to keep building. Kamryn Mosen and emails to the rightful ears TAS getting a “hat trick” on his Manawatu got a deserved break and that came debut, Joseph Cowley making some from the Manawatu Rugby Union who fantastic runs and has a pretty good found no problem in allowing us to fend as well, Cully Noble who featured move from Wanganui Union to be part at halfback a position he is new too of their competition and it went showed he is able to get in there and without saying there was a HUGE what he may lack in sheer bulk sigh of relief and gratitude from The makes up for in aggression as does “A-team and some resounding shouts his pal Aaron Chapman another who of “SHOT” and “Chur” from some very is not to be taken for granted as he is despondent players.