Community Newsletter - April 2018

AnnouncementsCongratulations to...Kimberley and Sam Glass on the birth of their second son, August, a brother for Huxley

Also welcome to little boys born at the end of last year:Lewis Rutherford, second son for Camilla and Tim, brother to Alfie. Third grandchild for Sue and Alastair.Lachlan Bennett, third child for Stacy Bates and Nic Bennett. A little brother for Rylee and Ella, sixth grandchild and first grandson for Robyn and Bruce

And Happy Birthday to...Gus Chapman-Cohen on his 50th Birthday on 7th March

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Riddle me this1. I am black when clean and white when dirty. What am I?____________2. A man is in his car. He sees three doors; a golden one, a diamond one and a silver one. Which

door does he go through first?_____________3. My goal is to have $12. If I save $1 a month then it will take me 12 months to save $12. If I save $2

a month then it will take me 6 months to save $12. What if I saved $1.50 each month? How many months would it take me to save $12?____________

4. What is at the beginning of the end, the start of eternity, at the end of time and space, was in the middle of yesterday but is nowhere in tomorrow?___________

5. When my father was 31 I was 8. Now he is twice as old as me. How old am I?_____6. I am a three digit number. My tens digit is five more than my ones digit. My hundreds digit is eight

less than my tens digit. What number am I?___________7. You throw away the outside, eat the inside, and throw away the inside. What am I?_____8. Wednesday, Tom and Joe went to a restaurant and ate dinner. When they were done they paid for

the food and left. But Tom and Joe didn't pay for the food. Who did?_________

Tarras SchoolOn behalf of all the students, staff and families of Tarras School I would like to take this opportunity to say a very big thank you to all the local sheep farmers who supported FOTS by donating sheep for the Wanaka A&P Show.Shirlmar, Nine Mile, Forest Range, Longacre, Geordie Hills, Long Gully, Cloudy Peak, Bendigo, Lindis Downs, Tarras Downs and Pete Jolly. The students with community support sold books of raffle tickets too. We were happy to have raised just over $3,000 through this fundraiser towards school camp. Of course we must acknowledge the whanau support who without their dedication the Wanaka A&P Show stall would not have happened. We would also like to thank Ravensdown who donated money to FOTS for the lamb they used for their own stand. Our students are now very excited and happy that they have achieved their goal and can now dream about the adventures they will have up in Wellington in June.

It is with great sadness that we are farewelling Melissa from her position as Principal Release Teacher. Melissa has decided that it is time to support her husband who is taking on a new adventure. We will all look forward to the days she comes back to visit us. I have already got her to sign a contract that ties her down to coming and writing the school end of year play!! Melissa, we wish you and your whanau all the best with the future. We have had good interest in the position and we are hoping that we can employ a new release teacher before the start of Term 2.

The sports for this term are rounding up, swim sports are all finished with Sophie and Bronny representing the Upper Clutha Zone in the Central Otago Swimsports. All the students took part in a triathlon in Omakau, Cash was the star here coming 3rd in his age group against Poolburn and Omakau students. Now we are all confident bike riders I have high hopes for more placings next year.

The school holidays are fast approaching with Easter giving us a long weekend. School will close on 13th April and start again on Monday 30th April. In consultation with parents we have decided to trial a 2.30pm finish time for Term 2 & 3 with a review before Term 4. We are hoping that this will enable our students to get to more sporting/social clubs in Cromwell or Wanaka and arrive on time, with hopefully less parent stress!

Be sure to check out our website https://sites.google.com/view/tarrasschool or follow us on Facebook or Instagram - search Tarras School to find us.

Nāku NoaRachelle, Melissa, Letitia, Pete and Sam Roll as of 01.04.18 : 6

Community Newsletter - April 2018

Book ClubBook club this month will be held at

Kate’s house (11 Cemetery Road)

Wednesday 11th April at 7.30pm

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Community Newsletter - April 2018

Tarras PlaygroupEarly in Term 1 we changed the meeting day for

Playgroup. We are now meeting on a

Wednesday morning from 9am-12pm. This has

seen an even bigger increase in numbers

attending regularly. It is great to see such a

range of wee ones around the area all ranging

from newborns through to 4 year olds. We

have Grace from REAP coming to visit on

Wednesday 11 April to do a range of Te Reo

activities with all ages.

Congratulations to Kimberley, Sam and Huxley

Glass on the arrival of August. At 2 weeks old,

August has already joined in with all the other

little ones at Playgroup.

Happy Birthday to Winter Waller and Ella

Bennett. Both girls are 3!

Dog Trials Thank you to everyone who supported us for

the catering at the recent dog trials. All the

donations of food, raffle and auction items help

make this event possible for us. We are now in

the stages of organising the catering for the

Otago Regional Dog Trials coming up on the

18-19 of April. For those of you who missed out

on a phone call for the local trials, don't worry,

we have you on our list for the Regionals. We

will be starting to make phone calls over the

next week or two.

Tarras Golf Club

Golf-Opening Day was held on 17th March. An Ambrose was played with 20 players in the field. The winning team was Graeme Rive, Kylie Mills, Wayne Bosley and Robert Pearson with 56.6 nettComing up:❏ Saturday 14th April-Omakau Inter-club at Tarras❏ Sunday 22nd April-Auckland tournament for Tarras

members❏ Wednesday 25th April- Lethbridge Trophy, Wanaka

Inter-club at Wanaka❏ Saturday 5th May-Club Tournament, 27 holes

Tarras Golf-the Tarras Women's Pennant team competed in the 36 holes Zone 1 Pennants at Arrowtown on 26th April. Our Team was Carmel Hyndaman, Jan Gibson, Sue Macassey, Annabel Spiers and Chris Illingworth. Thank you to our caddies, Barb Annan, Jan Allen, Alison Leoff and Murray Hyndman. Arrowtown won and we were 4th.Congratulations Murray Hyndman for being nominated as a member of the Otago Eagles Society. Members are nominated for their services to golf in their region. Well done Murray and good to see the Tarras flag flying across Otago. The Eagles raise money for junior golf.Opening day was attended by 20 players. The Ambrose winners were Graeme Rive, Kylie Mills, Wayne Bosley and Robert Pearson

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Tarras Community ChurchEaster Sunday (1st April) Service at 11amMorning tea afterwards -- Look out for the Easter BunnyAll WelcomeDuty: Billie Marsh and Bev BatchelorNB: There will be no service on the 2nd Sunday (8th April)Our next service led my Damon Pummer will be 13th May at 11am

Tarras Rural WomenA great night at the movies in March for those of us who braved the wintery weather. Can recommend “Finding your Feet” to everyone. Lots of laughs and poignant moments too. We had an enjoyable meal afterwards at the theatre. Our April outing on Thursday 12th is a return visit to Madge Snow’s garden in Wanaka. This time we are welcome to take cuttings etc. Time to be advised.

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F.O.T.S.Friends of Tarras School are holding their AGM on Tuesday 10 April 2018 at 7.00pm at the School. All Welcome!!!