With Omicron cases starting to become more prolific within Te Aroha, I thank you for your vigilance and safety-first approach you are taking in order to help protect your children as well as other members of our school community.

The school wishes to thank everyone for their strong communication, this has really helped the planning at our end.

A reminder once more if your child/ children are sick or displaying any symptoms please keep them at home.

Keep up the great work!

John Byers

We are delighted to report that our new senior toilet block is in use and looks great. Whilst the overall project is almost complete, final painting touch ups will be carried out during the April Holidays. Additionally, sliding aluminium windows will be installed in the Rooms 1-4 and Rooms 9-10 blocks also in the April Holidays, giving these spaces an even fresher look.

This is a friendly reminder to stay in your own family space and keep social distanced from

other adults and children. Ideally, wait at your vehicle and your children will be directed to

you by staff. Thank you for your co-operation.

On Wednesday 2nd March we were very fortunate to hold our School Swimming Sports. We took a group of 70 children to the Te Aroha College Pool to compete in a wide range of competitive races. It was an awesome day with the children showing great support for each other and making us all very proud. Back at school were another group of swimmers that competed in a variety of races. Mrs Findlay organised this and we heard it was a fun day with lots of great swimming. We are sure that they all slept well on Wednesday night!

We had a fantastic crew of helpers that worked hard all morning making this happen. A huge thank you to Ally, Elle, Kristina, Shina, Grant, and all the teachers and staff involved for all of their efforts in making this day possible. Another huge thank you to Te Aroha College for letting us have the swimming pool to ourselves to make this possible.

Results:

Girls

Medley

8 Yrs: 1st Tyela van Kuijk

Freestyle 1 length

8 Yrs: 1st Tyela van Kuijk, 2nd Emma Waterman, 3rd Rylee Gamble

9 Yrs: 1st Sophia Western, 2nd Madeleine French, 3rd Paige Madden

10 Yrs: 1st Eden Loneko, 2nd Jayde King, 3rd Tennessa Duke

11 Yrs: 1st Joanna Glenn , 2nd McKenzie Horner, 3rd Sophie Holder

12 Yrs: 1st Amber Thomson, 2nd Charlotte Ryan, 3rd Arden Sutherland

Backstroke 1 Length

8 Yrs: 1st Tyela van Kuijk, 2nd Emma Waterman, 3rd Rylee Gamble

9 Yrs: 1st Sophia Western, 2nd Paige Madden, 3rd Olivia Davis-Gorrie

10 Yrs: 1st Jayde King, 2nd Tennessa Duke

11 Yrs: 1st Sahara Gardner-Walker, 2nd Joanna Glenn, 3rd Ariana Parker

12 Yrs: 1st Charlotte Ryan, 2nd Alexis Broekhals, 3rd Arden Sutherland

Breaststroke 1 Length

8 Yrs: 1st Tyela van Kuijk, 2nd Rylee Gamble, 3rd Emma Waterman

9 Yrs: 1st Sophia Western, 2nd Olivia Davis-Gorrie

10 Yrs: 1st Eden Loneko, 2nd Jayde King, 3rd Tennessa Duke

11 Yrs: 1st Trilese Large, 2nd McKenzie Horner, 3rd Ariana Parker

12 Yrs: 1st Charlotte Ryan, 2nd Amber Thomson, 3rd Arden Sutherland

Butterfly 1 Length

8 Yrs: 1st Tyela van Kuijk

Freestyle 2 Lengths

8 Yrs: 1st Tyela van Kuijk, 2nd Emma Waterman

10 Yrs: 1st Eden Loneko, 2nd Jayde King, 3rd Jessica Broekhals

11 Yrs: 1st Neikyla Younger

12 Yrs: 1st Amber Thomson, 2nd Charlotte Ryan, 3rd Arden Sutherland

Backstroke 2 Lengths

8 Yrs: 1st Tyela van Kuijk

Breaststroke 2 Lengths

8 Yrs: 1st Tyela van Kuijk

10 Yrs: 1st Eden Loneko

11 Yrs: 1st Trilese Large, 2nd McKenzie Horner

12 Yrs: 1st Charlotte Ryan

Freestyle 3 Lengths

8 Yrs: 1st Tyela van Kuijk

11 Yrs: 1st Sahara Gardner-Walker

Breaststroke 3 Lengths

8 Yrs: 1st Tyela van Kuijk

11Yrs: 1st Neikyla Younger

Boys

Medley

9 Yrs: 1st Lochlan Watts

10 Yrs: 1st Xavier van Kuijk

11 Yrs: 1st Blake Watts

Freestyle 1 length

8 Yrs: 1st Tyler Haines

9 Yrs: 1st Loclan Watts, 2nd Jayden Stockley, 3rd Hendrix Werahiko

10 Yrs: 1st Xavier van Kuijk, 2nd Lucas Gamble, 3rd Ronnie Horner

11 Yrs: 1st Blake Watts, 2nd Dayton Maney-Davies, 3rd Weston Kaumoana

12 Yrs: 1st Gaebriel Gamble, 2nd Calleb King, 3rd Michael Warburton

Backstroke 1 Length

9 Yrs: 1st Loclan Watts, 2nd Tamati Emery-Te Kani, 3rd Jayden Stockley

10 Yrs: 1st Xavier van Kuijk, 2nd Ronnie Horner, 3rd Lucas Gamble

11 Yrs: 1st Blake Watts, 2nd Dayton Maney-Davies, 3rd Weston Kaumoana

12 Yrs: 1st Gaebriel Gamble, 2nd Michael Warburton, 3rd Ayden Kumar

Breaststroke 1 Length

9 Yrs: 1st Loclan Watts, 2nd Hendrix Werahiko, 3rd Amuldeep Singh

10 Yrs: 1st Xavier van Kuijk, 2nd Lucas Gamble, 3rd Ronnie Horner

11 Yrs: 1st Blake Watts, 2nd Weston Kaumoana, 3rd Dayton Maney-Davies

12 Yrs: 1st Calleb King, 2nd Gaebriel Gamble, 3rd Jerry Collier-Tilsley

Butterfly 1 Length

9 Yrs: 1st Loclan Watts

10 Yrs: 1st Xavier van Kuijk

11 Yrs: 1st Blake Watts

Freestyle 2 Lengths

8 Yrs: 1st Tyler Haines, 2nd Levi Jensen

9 Yrs: 1st Loclan Watts, 2nd Nate Moore, 3rd Xavier Norman

10 Yrs: 1st Xavier van Kuijk

11 Yrs: 1st Blake Watts

12 Yrs: 1st Gaebriel Gamble, 2nd Calleb King, 3rd Jerry Collier-Tilsley

Backstroke 2 Lengths

9 Yrs: 1st Loclan Watts, 2nd Riley Smith, 3rd Nate Moore

10 Yrs: 1st Xavier van Kuijk

11 Yrs: 1st Blake Watts

12 Yrs: 1st Gabriel Gamble

Breaststroke 2 Lengths

9 Yrs: 1st Loclan Watts, 2nd Nate Moore, 3rd Amuldeep Singh

10 Yrs: 1st Xavier van Kuijk

11 Yrs: 1st Blake Watts

12 Yrs: 1st Gabriel Gamble, 2nd Jerry Collier-Tilsley

Freestyle 3 Lengths

8 Yrs: 1st Tyler Haines

9 Yrs: 1st Loclan Watts

10 Yrs: 1st Xavier van Kuijk

11 Yrs: 1st Blake Watts

12 Yrs: 1st Gaebriel Gamble, 2nd Jerry Collier-Tilsley

Backstroke 3 Lengths

9 Yrs: 1st Loclan Watts

10 Yrs: 1st Xavier van Kuijk

11 Yrs: 1st Blake Watts

12 Yrs: 1st Gaebriel Gamble

Breaststroke 3 Lengths

9 Yrs: 1st Loclan Watts

10 Yrs: 1st Xavier van Kuijk

11 Yrs: 1st Blake Watts

12 Yrs: 1st Gaebriel Gamble

Congratulations to our 2022 Champions!

Junior Boys Loclan Watts

Junior Girls Tyela van Kuijk

Intermediate Boys Blake Watts & Xavier van Kuijk =

Intermediate Girls Eden Loneko

Senior Boys Gaebriel Gamble

Senior Girls Charlotte Ryan

PLEASE NOTE: This is unfortunately a non spectator event due to covid restrictions.

We wish the teams and the managers all the best.

All games 10 mins

Each team has 3 games

5pm - Coaching for 30 mins with Coach Alex

Round 1 - 5.40pm

SAS Allstars v TAPS Court 1 GIRLS

SAS Falcons v Elstow-Waihou Court 2 BOYS

SAS Golden State v TAPS Tanks Court 3 BOYS

SAS Big Foot v Manawaru Court 4 BOYS

Round 2 - 5.55pm

SAS Peas in a Pod v TAPS Terrors Court 1 BOYS

TAPS Tanks v Manawaru Court 2 BOYS

SAS Falcons v SAS Big Foot Court 3 BOYS

Round 3 - 6.10pm

SAS Bellbirds v TAPS Court 1 GIRLS

SAS Golden State v SAS Peas in a Pod Court 2 BOYS

Elstow-Waihou v TAPS Terrors Court 3 BOYS

Manawaru v SAS Falcons Court 4 BOYS

Round 4 - 6.25pm

SAS Bellbirds v SAS Allbirds Court 1 GIRLS

TAPS Terrors v TAPS Tanks Court 2 BOYS

SAS Peas in a Pod v Elstow-Waihou Court 4 BOYS

SAS Big Foot v SAS Golden State Court 4 BOYS

Finish 6.35pm

Our whare shows all the areas that contribute to our wellbeing, including our: Taha tinana – physical health. Taha whānau – family and social health. Taha wairua – spiritual health, e.g. our “beliefs, values, traditions, and practices, that support self-awareness & identity” (Sparklers.org.nz).

Each week we have been looking into a new area and what it means to us. The clouds represent each member of Room 7 and show that we are all a part of this journey of discovery.

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