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Project Day

Junior students at Tamatea High School recently spent a day working on a project of their choice. The students chose an interest and as groups worked to explore a big idea. Students with a music talent got together and discussed how they could do something worthwhile with their musical abilities. A brainstorming session explored ideas and the group decided to go busking and use the proceeds to support kids in need through the KidsCan Charitable Trust. Now Phone and Broadband company from the Ahu...

Dr Lance O'Sullivan

Tamatea High School were proud to be able to host Dr Lance O’Sullivan in their school this week. Lance was in Hawke’s Bay to present at the Beyond Me Inspiration Conference that was organised by Ironmāori creator, Heather Skipworth. Dr O’Sullivan was named New Zealander of the Year in 2014 for his contribution to Māori health in Northland. He has been acknowledged as an emerging leader  by the Sir Peter Blake Trust. The Readers Digest named him the second-most-trusted New Zealander ...

Fast, Clever and Ambitious

Logan Carroll is the head boy of Tamatea High School and Mariah Wainohu is the head girl. Both are great examples of young Hawke’s Bay students who are going places.Logan is the fastest secondary school student in the Hawke’s Bay over 100 metres. He plays fullback and centre for the school first XV and has scored a number of tries using his blistering pace. There’s more to this young man than just sports though. He has passed level 1 and level 2 NCEA with endorsements and this year his aca...

THS Endorsement Students

All the Tamatea High School students who achieved endorsement for NCEA last year have been celebrating their achievement with their Principal who took them to lunch at EIT’s Scholars restaurant. In order to attain an endorsement in NCEA, students must achieve 50 or more credits at the merit or excellence level. Mr Fabish said “These students are our top achievers who have worked hard with the support of their teachers to get good grades. I’m proud of the kids and their teachers for doing s...

Freedom to Choose

At the end of 2017 the leaders at Tamatea High School reviewed their uniform rules – especially given there was a lot of media attention on unisex uniforms. In consultation with the students the school decided to change the school rule to allow the girls to wear short and long pants. Without a lot of fuss, the girls have enjoyed the option to wear trousers. Many of the girls are still wearing skirts and stockings, but some who prefer pants are wearing those instead. Yr 13 student Chontelle K...

Flower of Scotland Bloom in Ahuriri

This week the Ahuriri rugby teams played two development teams from Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh, Scotland. Ahuriri is the combined William Colenso College, Tamatea High School and Te Ara Hou rugby team and it was a real priviledge for them to play the international visitors. Merchiston Castle School is a private boys school of 400 hundred students. The fees are $60 thousand per year and the school is one of the top rugby schools in Scotland with a number of Scottish Internationals as o...

One Year On - Stella Dornan

Stella Dornan has just completed her first year at Tamatea High School and she is thrilled with her success. She passed her Junior Diploma with Excellence and was also awarded the Year 9 Academic Excellence Award for 2016.When asked what was the key to her success, Stella explained that she has worked hard in class, completed her homework and pushed herself to learn. She plays Netball and Basketball for the school and also has a part time after school job. She’s a busy girl, but she has made t...

Tamatea High Scholars

Most schools celebrate their top scholars with a certificate at a school assembly. Robin Fabish, the principal of Tamatea High School, decided to take a different approach when he took the Tamatea High School top scholars out to lunch last week.Mr Fabish said “These students have worked really hard to gain merit and excellence endorsements in their NCEA courses and we wanted to make a big deal of that. Treating them to a special lunch shows how much we value their achievement.” The school s...

New Heads for Tamatea High School

The auditorium at Tamatea High School shook with the sound of haka as the students demonstrated their enthusiasm for their new Head Boy and Head Girl. Connor Beere is the school’s Head Boy. He is a local Tamatea lad who went to Bledislow Primary School and Tamatea Intermediate before making the choice to spend his 5 years of secondary schooling at Tamatea High School. Connor chose to attend Tamatea High because his mother was impressed by the calibre of the seniors and the positive school envi...

New Lead Principal Appointed

The Ahuriri Community of Learning (COL) have appointed Robin Fabish, Principal of Tamatea High School as their new Lead Principal.Minister of Education, Hekia Parata, is driving the COL initiative to promote collaboration between primary and secondary schools. The Ministry of Education has a goal to create pipelines of education from pre-school through to tertiary institutions. Schools all around the country have been joining together to create a seamless learning experience for students in thei...