This week we proudly celebrated our motto "Learning Today, Leading Tomorrow". This week is an annual event where our students celebrate the many opportunities they have to develop their leadership skills and they listen to inspiring speakers. Photos of all events are on our "Events and Celebrations" page.
This year Flynn Kelly (Tauranga Boys College Head Boy) and Madison Randall (Tauranga Girls College Head Girl) talked to our senior students on Tuesday to share their view of leadership - what it means, who great role models are and how they became leaders.
During Leadership week we celebrated the opening of our library and our Writers Club and Librarians spent time with Rebecca Larson as she discussed ways she gets her inspiration for the writing and illustrations of her books.
This morning, as the week drew to a close, we cut our Library Refurbishment cake and enjoyed every piece. A huge thank you to Sarah Clark from The Cake Tin, one of our amazing parents who made this for us.
Yesterday we had our leadership assemblies where two students in each class are awarded. Steve Bocock, the branch manager of the Westpac Bank awarded the Sir Peter Blake award for leadership to Jessica Hayman at the Year 3 - 8 assembly. Congratulations to Jessica, this is a huge accolade and well deserved.
Leadership Week is always a huge celebration of the many leadership opportunities students have at Tauriko School and of the focus the school has on growing young leaders who practice their leadership at all times today and who will be leaders of our country in so many different ways in the future.
Growing staff in leadership is also a passion of mine. We grow staff in formal Deputy Principal, Assistant Principal and Team Leader roles. We also have staff who grow their leadership as leaders of curriculum teams or in leading students in the activities they are involved in eg Jump Jam, Choir, Kapahaka, Ukelele bands, the Green Team.
I am away on sabbatical for Term 3. As part of this time I get to spend time researching and thinking about ways in which we might further grow leaders across our school
I am proud of the strong, effective Leadership Team team that we have at Tauriko School. I know that the school is in good hands and that the school community will support Lisa Rose, as Acting Principal, and the leadership team over Term 3 while I am away.
Mathathon
On Wednesday, sponsorship packs were sent home with each student for the upcoming Mathathon (to be held on Tuesday 8th August at 9am). If over the holidays, your child was able to spend some time learning the questions they have been allocated and seek some sponsorship to support their learning that would be great! All funds raised will help the PTA fund a new outdoor maths learning zone at Tauriko School. There are some great individual and class prizes up for grabs 
including a class trip sponsored by Flipout for the top fundraising class.
Further information is available on the school website (with a link from the homepage) however if you have any questions please do not hesitate to email pta@tauriko.school.nz or call 027 233 2676.
Suzanne
