Academic Excellence Breakfast
We celebrated academic excellence at the Tauranga Yacht Club on Monday 25 March.
With the magnificent Mount Maunganui as a backdrop, we acknowledged the Year 12 and 13 students who had their NCEA endorsed with excellence. The students were joined by a significant adult in their lives.
Ōtūmoetai College is proud of the high academic achievement of these students and acknowledges the hard work and consistent effort that is required to achieve excellence. We also recognise the encouragement and support from home which has enabled these students to achieve their academic best.
Homestay Families Wanted
Takitumu Maori Pasifika Homework Hub – Help Needed Please
We’re looking to re-start Takitumu Māori Pasifika Homework Hub in Terms 2 & 3 from 3:20-5:30pm each Wednesday. We need at least 3 people who are willing/able to help cook the dinner. We’ve got two volunteers so far, so this commitment would be once every three weeks.
Ingredients are kindly donated by Good Neighbour and can be dropped to your door or collected from the College. If you think you might be able to join our small team of aiga/whānau, please reach out to one of our kaiako Māori or email Ms Nicola Hawkes – nhawkes@otc.school.nz
The Great K Valley Cycle Adventure
Join in this family friendly scavenger hunt by bike in the Kopurererua Valley on Sunday 21st April, in the school holidays.
The event is designed to:
- Be lots of fun for anyone who enjoys getting on a bike, especially families, work colleagues and groups of friends. There’s a short course and a longer one. This is not a mini Tour de France!
- Raise awareness of the valley as the biggest urban wetland reserve in New Zealand and its amazing recreational, historical, ecological and climate change mitigation value.
Raise funds for the Graeme Dingle Foundation www.dinglefoundation.org.nz whom you may already have running KiwiCan, teaching values like integrity and respect to your 5 to 12 year olds, or Project K, building confidence, a positive attitude and teaching life skills to some of your year 10s.
