Sports Round-up

From the Principal’s Desk

March 2021

Tarawera High School, River Road, Kawerau Phone: 07 323 6553 or 0800 827293 Fax: 07 323 6552 Email: office@tarawera.school.nz Tarawera High School, River Road, Kawerau Phone: 07 323 6553 or 0800 827293 Fax: 07 323 6552 Email: office@tarawera.school.nz

Kia Ora Koutou

Nau mai ki te Kura Tuarua o Tarawera. Welcome to Tarawera High School.

E omaki atu nei a reo rahiri ki a koutou e tangi tikapa ana mō to tātou tama i riro atu nei ki tua a paerau

kotahi tau ki muri. He rangi ka hura ake ai te kahu-mōtea, ā kia hoki ngā mahara ki a ia me tōna wā i

waenganui i a tātou.

We were honoured and privileged to be celebrating the life of Ethan Fitzpatrick on Friday 19th March at

7.30am on the anniversary of his passing. Staff, students, past and present, whānau, emergency services

and Kaumatua joined us at the end of our staffroom, as we unveiled a plaque, planted a tree and shared

our memories of Ethan’s life.

Every year students and staff from every school will be faced with the death of someone they know, and

will be forced to cope with loss while continuing their work/studies. How a student expresses grief will vary

according to their developmental level, their concept of death, and their ability to self-assess and express

feelings through language. We are aware that many students involved in this tragedy last year, are yet to

speak to anyone about it. Our Hauora team, based in our Tautoko Rangatahi centre has available to

students; Counsellors, a Nurse, a Doctor and a Social Worker. Our staff are also available to ākonga and

whānau, as a resource to support and āwhi those around us during this difficult time.

Earthquake/Tsunami/Evacuation The recent events on Friday 12th March saw the school’s emergency response plans put into place with regards to the early morning

earthquake that was felt, a possible Tsunami and the need to evacuate if required. However many of these natural disasters did not

eventuate for our Kawerau schools and in fact we prepared ourselves to receive evacuees from Whakatāne.

Staff and students acted calmly and responded to the instructions given with

regard to the possibility of a further earthquake and the need to evacuate to

higher ground if a tsunami was likely. For most students it was business as usual,

classes continued with no disruption to their learning, while many of the

Whakatāne schools were evacuated from their sites.

We were delighted to be able to host the Coastlands preschool in our Teen

Parent Centre on the day, after they were evacuated from Coastlands. Along

with them, we invited in members of the public from Coastlands and two Public

Health nurses and their families unable to get to their destinations.

Thank you to all our staff and ākonga who showed āwhina to our visitors. We are glad

preschoolers, their staff and all members of the Coastlands community who were with us that

day arrived back home safely.

Sports Results

BOP Secondary Schools Athletics Tuaine Te Rangi

3rd Intermediate Boy's 100m 4th Intermediate Boy's High Jump

Jason Aramoana

3rd Intermediate Boy's High Jump

Rangataua Rakei 2nd Intermediate Boy's Triple Jump

Tag Football Congratulations to the following

students who have been named in

Aotearoa Māori teams for this

weekend’s Oceania Cup

Ihaka Savage

Raiha Cassidy

Hawaiiki Rangiaho

Romeo Raki

Nikora Broughton-Peri

Harmony Broughton-Peri

Mrs Helen Tuhoro

PRINCIPAL

Senior Athletics

Team Vs Score

Year 7&8

Rippa Rugby

Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te

Orini ki Ngāti awa kura

13-7 W

Ahakoa he iti, he pounamu—A small effort can make a big difference

Rangataua Rakei

Raukura This year our school has been included in the first pilot

programme for the new Te Ao Haka standards being

introduced. If you would like to know more about this

programme, feel free to contact Matua Dwayne, teacher of

the Raukura class this year.

Senior Prefects

Junior Prefects

Newsletter 2021 Term 1

Kapa Haka

Uniform Vouchers Thank You to all the parents for a

great start to the year, our

students look great in their

uniform. As previous ly

advertised all year 7 students

who attended in the first two

weeks of school are eligible for a

uniform voucher to the value of

$150. These are now available

for collection at the school

office.

Visitors to School There should be no visitors entering the school

grounds. If you wish to see your child please

report to the office and we will have them

come to you.

First Aid The Outdoor Education students,

TPEC students as well as two staff

members took part in this Outdoor

First Aid course to gain 7 level 3

credits. The company used was

PEAK safety. There was a lot of

hands on learning with different

scenarios set up for the first aiders

to practice the skills they had

learnt.

Outdoor Education The Outdoor Education classes went fishing at Thornton this

week targeting some kahawai. Thornton is known for the

kahawai run but unfortunately our Wednesday class must

have got the tides wrong as we only managed to catch two

kahawai. The following day however was a fishing frenzy as all

our students managed to catch kai for their whānau.

March 24 Waikato BOP Athletics Rippa Rugby Module

March 25 Careers Expo Outdoor Education Fishing Year 7 Girls Self Defence Yr 7&8 EBOP Swimming Champs

March 30 BOPSS Swimming Champs Outdoor Education Mountain Biking

2 April Easter Friday

5&6 Easter Monday and Tuesday

15 April EBOP Ki O Rahi

16 April End of Term

Important Dates

Tana Peita, Alysha Purcell, Ariana Paul, Aisha Reyes, Kaelin Paul

Front Row: Hazel Gates-Paul, Taryn Van Der Werf, Nick Henderson,

Hiwi Peri-Woods

Back Row: Harry Tamblyn, Kate Haldane, Georgia Richmond

Kapa Haka

Every Wednesday

2.45pm - 4pm.