Careers Evening

Tuesday 11th August 6-8pm

School Gym

We are proud to announce

Tuakau College’s first Careers

Evening, there will be universi-

ties, polytechnics, private

training organisations, local

businesses and much more.

We would like to have as

many students and parents as

possible, everyone welcome

from year 7 to 13. We have

live entertainment and spot

prizes, there is something for

everyone. Thanks to our

Year 12 student Shania

Tomes for making the fantas-

tic poster to promote this

evening.

Melanie Devaney

Gateway/Technology Teacher

School News

2016 Enrolments Sports Year 7 & 8 Duathlon

Orientation Day

Wednesday 19 August

9am to 3.15pm

Open Evening

Tuesday 8 September

4pm to 7pm

Enrolment Testing

Wednesday 9 September

9am to 1pm

Current Y6 & Y8 students only

Congratulations to Ivana Row-

land who has been selected to

trial for the Northern Mystics

after her impressive U19 Na-

tional Tournament . Good

luck Ivana!

The Year 7 & 8 Duathlon will be

held on Thursday 24 September.

If your child is interested in com-

peting, please ensure they have

registered their name in the

Sports Office by Friday 31 July.

There will be a training pro-

gramme run before this event.

Tessa Wilson

Sports Co-ordinator

30 July 2015 Newsletter 8/2015

Tuakau College

COMING UP

10-14 Maths Week

11 Aug Careers Evening

12&13

Aug

Piopio Exchange

17-21

Aug

Year 12 Ski Trip

19 Aug Orientation Day

26&27

Aug

Academic Goal

Setting

31 Aug

– 4 Sep

Winter Tourna-

ment

2 Sep Franklin Cross

Country

8 Sep Open Evening

9 Sep Enrol Testing

15 Sep PTA Meeting

17 Sep IZ Cross Country

...don’t miss our

great line-up for

Careers Evening.

Put it in your

diaries now.

ALL WELCOME!

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Franklin Science Fair

The Franklin Science Fair was

held at Pukekohe High School

between 14 to 18 June. There

were 3 sections in the Franklin

Science Fair that students

could enter, a poster about a

precious resource, a techno-

logical device, or an experi-

ment. Tuakau College entered

14 students into the competi-

tion, 5 were placed as finalists.

Our finalists were:

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Taylah Beal (7N) who

produced a technological

device: A Handy Jacket.

Max Siemelink (7N) who

produced a technological

device: An Efficient Rat Trap, a joint experimental project

entry from Aanja Van Der Heyden and Nikki Mosch (7N)

for their investigation into Producing Clean Water. Tyler

Gillibrand (10N) for her

Oceans poster (all pictured

below). Tyler was not only a

finalist, she went on to

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be placed 3rd in the Year 10

poster section of the Franklin

Science Fair. Well done to all

students who took part.

Kathryn Garthwaite

HOD Science Department

Science Department

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The Tuakau College Science Department would like to thank

Merv Thomson and Paul Stoneman from Altus Enterprises

in Greenlane, for their generous

donation of work benches for the

Horticulture area. These work

benches will be used to extend the

misting unit within the plastic

house and will increase the area

we currently have to accommo-

date the growing number of students taking Horticulture within

the school.

Kathryn Garthwaite

HOD Science Department

Science Department

Science Fair Entries 2015

Caregivers of year 8

students:

Please be aware that the

nurses will conduct an in-depth health assessment on

your child in year 9. If you do

not want the nurse to com-

plete an assessment could you

please opt out by contacting

the health centre on exten-

sion 155.

Alison Robertson

School Nurse

Health Centre

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Could you please keep your

child at home if they are un-

well, too many students are

coming to the health centre

unwell at the start of the day

potentially infecting other

students and staff. Please

keep us updated with your

latest contact details, it is

unfair of students to have to

wait in the Health Centre in

some discomfort for long

periods of time because we

do not have any updated con-

tact details. Continued next column...

School Uniform

Tuakau College Uniform

Shop

Wednesday’s 2.30-5.00pm

(extended hours at busy times

of the year will be advertised)

The shop only holds sample

sizes and orders will be made

weekly.

NZ Uniforms Shop

28E Lambie Drive, Manukau

Mon-Fri 9.00-5.00

Sat 9.00-1.00

NZ Uniforms Online

nzuniforms.com

NZ Uniforms Online is about

two weeks away from being

up and running. A reminder

that all students enrolling at

Tuakau College will now be

required to wear the new

uniform.

Alison Fletcher

Assistant Principal

YEAR 9 SUPERSTARS!

Congratulations to Tavania Han-

nah, Aiden Miller and Sian Ander-

son in Year 9 for attending and

participating in the Waikato

Young Leaders Day conference.

They did extremely well, whilst

gaining a wealth of knowledge of

how to adopt and practically

implement leadership skills. These students are commended

for representing Tuakau College

with pride.

Nicole Oosthuizen

Year 9 Dean

Grease The Musical

Pukekohe Performing Arts is

show casing Grease The Mu-

sical at Harrington Theatre in

November. They urgently

need more boys to audition,

girls are also welcome as they

need a large cast. If you can

sing dance or act please email

Sharnie Carlyle at: info@ploc.org.nz by the 7

August 2015.

TUAKAU COLLEGE

UNIFORM SHOP PRICING

ITEM YEAR PRICE

Blazer $135.00

Jacket $110.00

Jersey $85.00

Tie $30.00

PE Shirt $28.00

PE Shirt - Cotton* $18.00

Sports Short $48.00

GIRLS

Skirt - Long $55.00

Skirt - Short $45.00

Senior Blouse (11 - 13) $45.00

Junior Blouse (7 - 10) $45.00

BOYS

Trouser $55.00

Short $45.00

Senior Shirt (11 - 13) $45.00

Junior Shirt (7 - 10) $45.00

* Limited stock & sizes available

Plain black calf-length socks can be purchased elsewhere Please note: Prices are subject to change and that there may

be a slight difference in pricing between stockists

Waikato Young Leaders Day Pukekohe Performing Arts

Elizabeth Street, Tuakau

PO Box 102

Tuakau 2342

Phone: 09 236 8521 Fax: 09 236 8522

E-mail: secretary@tuakaucollege.com

www.tuakaucollege.com

Tuakau College Ball 2015

King & Queen of the Ball

Devan Thompson

& Jasmine Welch

Prince & Princess

Paiariki Davis

& Rochelle Bebbington

Duke & Duchess

Xavier Lusby

& Sarah Wallace

Ball Committee

‘Garden of the Night’

Mikayla Wilson

Renee Eaton

Jaime Kelpe

Jamie Coyle Bennenbroek

Jasmine Welch

Bailey Gregory

Joelle Swift

Georgia Bruce