Profile of the Week
In a new feature for 'The Week at Tararua College', we will be profiling, each week, a student who is being a good ambassador for the College community. Our first profile is Year 10 student Kathryn Pound, who broke 6 records in the recent School swimming championships.
Name: Kathryn Pound
Class and house: 10 MI, Totara House
Home town: Pahiatua
Favourite subject: Physical Education
Sports: Swimming, cricket, basketball, netball
Hobbies: Training!!
The Year 9 parents evening was held last Wednesday evening. There was an excellent turnout of parents and care givers attending the information evening. All of the senior Management team spoke, as well as the guidance counsellor, careers advisor and the year level deans. We look forward to working with you and your children for their future time at Tararua.
Olivia Bollard, a Year 13 student in 2008, gained an NZQA Scholarship qualification in the 2008 external examinations. Her award was in soft material technologies (Textiles). She designed and made a tutu that could be adapted to portray three separate dance characters. In 2009 she is attending Massey University School of Fashion in Wellington.
From the beginning of this week through to the start of Term 4, our HOD Physical Education, Jenny Searle, will be on study leave to complete her Masters in Education degree, not surprisingly majoring in teaching and learning.
Tararua College has been a member of the WeLCom (Wairarapa eLearning Community) cluster of schools since its development in 2004. Online video conferencing courses have been available to our students for the last 3 years and we have had students enrolled in Music, Computing, Equine, Agriculture, French, Physics, Media Studies, Statistics and Calculus over this time. Students have also been able to sit in on video conferences from Te Papa, the Ministry of Education and also the All Blacks - before their departure to the last World Cup. A group of our students also participate in the monthly regional Gifted and Talented video conference. Staff are able to make use of the video conferencing facilities to confer and collaborate with other teachers in our cluster and from around the country.
Eager competitors line up for the 100m sprints
Nathan Watson displays his javelin style
Ben Pearson in full flight in the triple jump
For further information on this column or about Tararua College please email Mr. Mcknight at the College.
Tararua College, Churchill St, PO Box 94, Pahiatua, 4941.
Phone 06 3768344, email: admin@tararuacollege.school.nz
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