We had a fantastic camp in Rotorua in March. Along with learning to water ski, wakeboard and knee board the pupils enjoyed Maori culture at Te Puia, waka paddling on the lake, a glow worm walk and interacting with the falcons at Birds of Prey.
Many thanks to all the fantastic parents that come along to help!

We have had a very busy start to the new school year. All pupils have been having weekly Grasshopper tennis coaching which has been a lot of fun. Technology at Tauranga Primary has been a highlight for many since beginning their Year 7 class.
There are 12 newly appointed House Leaders and they have been to a worthwhile Dynamo training day at Greenpark School run by Sport BOP.
The Room 2 House Leaders are:
Hannah, Max, Brooke, Nic, Alec and Laura.
CONGRATULATIONS!
On Wednesday the Year 7 and 8 classes visited DiveHQ for a lesson in deep water survival techniques. This will be helpful as we are off to camp at Lake Rotoiti soon.
The sports minded are in training for the Splash, Dash and Paddle to be held on Friday at Pilot Bay. Good luck to those contestants!

This event was held recently in Rotorua. We sent a Year 7 boy’s team comprising of Hamish McCarroll, Daniel Kilpatrick, Isaac Marshall and Michael Dowd.

They managed a commendable 4th out of 14 teams in the relay event.

Many thanks to Brendon Dowd for managing and supporting the team.

Two teams of Year 7 and 8 students were invited to compete in the Tauranga Intermediate School annual LITERATURE QUIZ .

The teams were: Poppy MacIntyre, Katie Allen, Oliver Massey, Spencer Ford, Chelsea Austwick, Erin Carter, Larissa Futter and Sophie Hubbard.

They did very well to come 5th equal out of 24 teams. Congratulations!

Thousands of people enjoyed the fun day on Sunday. As the mowers raced children got their thrills on exciting gala activities such as the chair o plane, zorb, rifle shooting and plate smashing. The cafes served delicious food all day and the Year 6 businesses did a roaring trade in their colourful shops. Overall it was an awesome day!

We all had a fantastic day on Friday 22nd October. All morning we were busy in our classroom creating photo frames, table centre pieces, flowers in unusual containers and carved vegetables and fruit. Then it was pet time in the afternoon. Cailey and Alice brought rats! Chelsea brought her enormous dog Cleo and Cole brought Cassie the labrador.

Our decorated cakes were very impressive with Alice taking out first prize!