Most Improved Swimmer

Congratulations to Micah who was awarded Tauriko School's most improved swimmer...you can be very proud of what you have achieved Micah. Thank you to the Te Puna/Bethlehem Lions who support us to award a medal to this student and who also donate $100 to the school to go towards swimming equipment. 

West Cluster Swimming Sports

On Friday the 18th of March, 16 Year 5 and 6 students from Tauriko School set off to the West Cluster Swimming Sports at Greerton Aquatic Centre. They were faced with students from six other schools that had brought their best of the best swimmers.

They had an action packed day, filled with 12 races and as a group achieved some great results:

• Georgia Barnett:1st in 25m Breaststroke, 2nd in 25m Freestyle and 50m Breaststroke, 3rd in 50m Freestyle and 100m Freestyle.
• Taylor Groves: 2nd in 25m Freestyle, 3rd in 50m Freestyle
• Alex Hall: 2nd in 25 Backstroke, 50m Backstroke and 50m Breaststroke, 3rd in 100m Freestyle
• Zane Davy: 2nd in 25m Backstroke, 3rd in 25m Butterfly
• Laura James: 2nd in 25m Backstroke 
• Tauriko Mixed Boys Relay: 1st place
• Tauriko Mixed Girls Relay: 2nd place

Georgia Barnett, Taylor Groves and Alex Hall all had qualifying times to compete in the Western Bay Swimming Champs in week 11 of this term.

Well done to all of our students who competed. You all should be proud of your efforts. 

Swimming Sports Results

Congratulations to all our competitive swimmers who challenged themselves to compete in competitive races at our Whole School Swimming Sports. Here the results from these races.

Tauriko School Swimming Sports - House Results

What a fantastic day we had last week at our annual school swimming sports.

Great competition and water confidence shown by all. 

House points have been added up and the results are:

Swimming Sports 2016

Competitive Shield:

1st Totara

2nd Rimu

3rd Kauri

4th Kahikatea

Winning house for Super Effort Points and Behaviour:

Kauri

Kauri House will get the opportunity to have a free swim next week as their reward for winning the Super Effort points. The juniors from Kauri house will swim on Tuesday lunchtime, Middle school on Wednesday and Senior School on Friday. The house leaders from Kauri will be able to swim each day with their house members. 

Whole School Swimming Sports

What a great day we had at our Whole School Swimming Sports. The students all demonstrated confidence in the pool and it was a great celebration of the skills they have learnt. Stay tuned for our house points and some recounts about the day.

Congratulations to the following students from Year 5 and 6 who will be representing Tauriko School at the West Cluster Swimming Sports next week. Best of luck and swim hard!

Year 5:
Georgia Barnett
Charlotte Rose
Laura James
Imogen Aulding
Taylor Groves
Alex Hall
Tom Dyer
Danny Nelson

Year 6:
Rebekah Burgess
Sara Esterman
Katie Elsom
Emma Neustroski
Zane Davy
Josh Coster
Ben Charman-Moore
Dylan Maris
Gibby Le Comte

House Results for Swimming Sports

Congratulations to Yellow House for winning the House competition for swimming sports.