TERM 3 NEWSLETTER
HGHS NEWSLETTER
2019
Hamilton Girls’ High School
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SAVE THE DATE!
SAVE THE DATE! YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN US FOR THE UPCOMING TERM 4 EVENTS
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MAORI AND PASIFIKA AWARDS LOCATION: Ngaa Puawaitanga DATE: 24th October TIME: 6.00pm - 8.00pm RSVP: by 28th September
SENIOR PRIZEGIVING LOCATION: Hamilton Boys’ High School DATE: 5th November TIME: 6.00pm RSVP: by 15th October
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SPORTS AWARDS
LOCATION: Ngaa Puawaitanga DATE: 6th December TIME: 10.00am RSVP: by 20th November
LOCATION: Ngaa Puawaitanga DATE: 22nd October TIME: Doors open 5.30pm (Please be seated by 6.00pm) RSVP: by 28th September
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LOCATION: Ngaa Puawaitanga DATE: 29th October TIME: 6.00pm (exhibition opens at 5.00pm) RSVP: by 15th October
Please send all RSVP’s to principalsea@hghs.school.nz
SONNINGHILL HOSTEL
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Sonninghill Hostel Leavers Dinner Please be seated by 7.00pm
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MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL Term 3 is always a culmination of amazing achievements in both the academic, cultural and sporting arenas of our school. This term, our senior students have been involved in assessments, primarily trial assessments related to NCEA externals that they will be sitting beginning Thursday 7th November.
MARIE GORDON Principal
A number of students will also have had the opportunity to work on completion of NCEA internal standards and portfolios to ensure they are ready to submit by the due date. Your daughter will receive feedback from her teachers via the parent portal, and will receive guidance on areas she will need to focus on to complete the internal standards and prepare for the NCEA external exams. This guidance will be invaluable to her preparation over the few weeks remaining, until the exams begin. Some sacrifice may be called for; some hard work will be necessary but the absolute priority for each student is to focus on their preparation for examinations. The recent winter tournament week was for many of our young women the climax of a very busy few months. Those who were involved during this particular week had the opportunity to test themselves against some of the very best teams from throughout the country. We are exceptionally proud of our 1st XV Rugby Team whom successfully defended their National Title and were crowned champions for 2019 and our LaCrosse team that were placed third in New Zealand. Hot on the back of Winter Tournament, our Barbershop Quartets also performed creduously in Christchurch, coming home with Gold and Silver medals, as well as our amazing Dance students that were also placed in the top 3 in New Zealand at the Dance Nationals in Palmerston North. This is testament to the hard work, sweat and tears that goes on behind the scenes. My thanks to all our teachers who have worked hard over the term to maximise the achievement of our students in the classroom, their core responsibility, and have also given freely of their time outside the classroom both in sports, performing and visual arts and our clubs, providing opportunities for your daughter to participate in. The level of support for co-curricular activities from our staff is fantastic. We are indeed fortunate to have a large number of staff willing to contribute to the wider life of the school. I also acknowledge and appreciate your contribution as parents in supporting your daughter’s involvement in curricular and co-curricular activities. Your involvement and support of your daughter is essential for her to achieve her potential across a wide range of activities. I would like to take this opportunity to invite parents to our prizegivings to celebrate our student achievements. It is a wonderful way to support your daughter, their friends and the school, and is a special time of the year. I wish all the Hamilton Girls’ High School community a very relaxing and enjoyable holiday and look forward to welcoming all our students back safely next term. Marie Gordon Principal
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION LIME SCOOTER SAFETY Important message:
The safety and well-being of our students remain a priority at Hamilton Girls' High School. The recent introduction of Lime Scooters to Hamilton has raised several issues relevant to our duty of care: Please be aware of the following: Lime Scooters are not allowed on school grounds at any time. Only students age 18+ are allowed to use Lime scooters, in accordance with their user agreement. Any student using a Lime scooter for their commute must obey the road rules, and are strongly encouraged to wear their helmets. A student caught in school using a Lime scooter will be subject to the school's disciplinary procedures. Sharleen Nathan Deputy Principal
CYBER SAFETY
Monitoring online activity can be difficult for caregivers. A message I think is vital for parents is to ‘set expectations’ around online use. Netsafe is a wonderful website to explore with handy tips and information on cyber safety, internet use, digital citizenship and more. Talk to your daughter about the type of behaviours you’d like her to adopt. For example, how long they should spend online, what apps and social media sites you’d like them to use and what is appropriate content to view. This will be different depending on the age of your daughter, and what you feel comfortable with. Technological options like parental controls can help, but it needs to be teamed with online safety education. You can find out more about online safety education at netsafe.org.nz
SCHOOL PICK UPS
Please drive carefully in and around our school site. You may be aware that there is a great deal of congestion on our Ward street entrance ways and Parents are often asked to collect their daughters from Hill street. If you are doing so can you please keep clear of other driveways and carparks on Hill street. We have had concerns coming in from Business owners regarding 3.15 pm traffic causing parking issues.
UNIFORM REMINDER
A big thank you to the parents and students for supporting the school values and expectations regarding the school blazer. It is great to see our students before and after school wearing their school blazer with pride as they enter and leave the school gates each day. This simple act shows a sense of pride, being and belonging. In Term Four, students can wear summer sandals. All uniform guidelines can be found in the parent and student handbook and the school website.
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SHARLEEN NATHAN
Deputy Principal Mental Health Awareness week falls on our last week of Term 3 and is a timely reminder for all of us to look after ourselves and be mindful of our personal wellbeing and ‘listening’ to the needs of our mind and body.
All the Deputy Principals attended a conference in Wellington this term and had the privilege of listening to ‘Lucy Hone’ who works of the NZ Institute of Wellbeing and Resilience. She challenged us to come from a ‘strength based’ approach and consider what you are good at and develop those skills; rather than just focus on what you need to work on. Another ‘take away’ was to list your strengths, pick your top five and keep them somewhere you can access them for when you need a ‘pick me up’.
Recently, Constable Pete has been running hour long Cybersmart assemblies. There are some very important and serious messages for students; particularly around their privacy settings on social media as well as friend requests and accepting friends. Another key message was to ‘think before posting’. The ‘Harmful Digital Communications Act’ aims to deter and prevent cyberbullying and harassment - cyberbullying is illegal. As HGHS prepares for the implementation of the new Digital Technology Curriculum for 2020, it’s important that our students are bringing their devices to school and that they are charged. Next year, Secondary Schools must include Digital Technology in all Year 9 and Year 10 programmes; hence, each of our curriculum areas will include activities or units that teach Digital Technology Progress Outcomes. We continue to use Schoology as our Learning Management System and many resources pertinent to your daughters learning can be found there and often need to be accessed during lessons.
We launched our official Hamilton Girls’ High School Facebook page at the start of this term and it has been wonderful in keeping our school community informed with school news, up and coming events, achievements and celebrations. I’d like to thank Mr Winter and Shawnee Hooper for their work in getting this project off the ground.
Charity Week, Week 9 of Term 3, was well supported with over 6000 items/serving donated to Waikato Women's Refuge and the SPCA. First place by one point was Edgecumbe; Heads 2nd, Wilson 3rd followed by Campbell 4th and MacDiarmid 5th. We are now moving into our summer sports and looking forward to seeing our girls take the opportunities on offer to get involved in exra-curricular activities. I have been running trials for our Sevens teams and it looks like we will have 5 school teams; it’s fantastic to see more girls ‘having a go’ at Sevens and other opportunities on offer. Wishing you all a safe and enjoyable Term break.
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REBECCA EARLY
Deputy Principal This term our learning community has focused on unpacking our “why”. Who are we and what do we stand for? Furthermore, what are our aspirations for our girls? We have created a new vision and 6 values, alongside an outline of the leaver attributes we hope our girls will leave with in their kete, ready to face the challenges of the future. The progress forward with our curriculum change needs to be anchored strongly in our purpose.
VALUES EXCELLENCE
COURAGE
CURIOSITY
noun the quality of being outstanding or extremely good.
noun the ability to do something that frightens one; bravery.
noun a strong desire to know or learn something.
Sounds like... “I have…” • succeeded • accomplished
Sounds like... “I will...” • try my best • persevere
Sounds like... “What if I...” • investigate • experiment
Looks like… • Attending classes • Showing up for commitments • A tidy uniform
Feels like... • Pride • Success • Winning
IDENTITY
Looks like… • Contributing to classroom discussions • Working with others beyond your peer group • Standing up for yourself and others
Feels like... • Bravery • Inner strength • Uncertainty
RESILIENCE
Looks like… • Asking questions • Searching for answers • Wide-eyes
Feels like... • Investigation • Growth • Independence
CREATIVITY
noun the fact of being who or what a person is.
noun the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.
noun the use of imagination or original ideas to create something; inventiveness.
Sounds like... “I am...” • part of the community • a citizen of the world
Sounds like... “I can…” • overcome • get back up
Sounds like... “Imagine if I…” • tried it in an alternative way • looked at this differently
Looks like… • Personal style • Cultural taonga • Myself
Feels like... • Home • Acceptance • Me
Looks like… • Learning from mistakes • Editing and resubmitting work • Perseverance in the face of difficulty
Feels like... • Coping with disappointment • Not giving up • Strength
Looks like… • Innovative designs • Originality • Inventiveness
Curiosity WHAIA RAWATIA TÕKU AKE PITOMATA
BE THE BEST THAT I CAN BE
REMEMBER WHY YOU STARTED
PÛRUATIA TE MOKO
HOW CAN I GROW?
KO WAI AU? HE AHATAKU KOHA KI TE AO?
KO HÃNEANEA TE HOARIRI O PITOMATA
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Manawareka
MÃHEA ATU AU KI TE AO MÃRAMA? Auahatanga
Manawaroa
WHO AM I? WHAT’S MY PURPOSE?
Feels like... • Selfexpression • Authenticity • Imagination
EXPLORE WHAT’S POSSIBLE
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VISION “Empower young women to dare to excel as innovative individuals who are globally connected” EXCEL
EMPOWER
GLOBALLY CONNECTED
be exceptionally good at or proficient in an activity or subject.
make someone stronger and more confident, especially in controlling their life and claiming their rights.
be connected to the international community.
verb
Students excel when they…
verb
Students are empowered when they…
• Strive to reach their full potential • Aim high and work hard • Persevere through difficulties • Are allowed to fail successfully
• Take responsibility for their own learning • Are able to take risks • Participate in the school community • Learn about and take part in civic duties
DARE
INNOVATIVE
have the courage to do something.
introducing new ideas; original and creative in thinking.
verb
adjective
Students are globally connected when they… • Are socially aware of their place in the world • Have empathy for others • Use technologies to make connections with the wider world • Are conscious of the world beyond themselves and New Zealand
adjective
Students are daring when they…
Students are innovative when they…
• Speak up for themselves and others • Have the courage to try • Work towards their personal best • Push their goals to the limits
• Have the freedom to be creative • Try new approaches • Are pushed out of their comfort zone • Are encouraged to be imaginative and collaborative
LEARNING PATHWAYS Year 9 2020 The following table outlines the three Learning Pathways and their similarities and differences, so that you and your learner can make an informed decision and Learning Pathway selection for 2020. PATHWAY #1 Teacher directs learning with opportunity for Student voice/input
PATHWAY #2 an
Learner and Teachers learning contexts
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Subjects taught as stand-alone classes
Cross-curricular approaches to learning
26 - 30 learners to one teacher
52 - 55 learners to at least two teachers
Learner likes to be guided, scaffolded and supported to complete tasks
Self-management and independent learning skills are already developing
Learner likes a combination of individual, group and whole class learning activities
Learner thrives on project based learning, collaboration and working with others
Learners and their whaanau have chosen HGHS rather than a ILE (Innovative Learning Environment.)
Learners may have had a positive experience in a ILE (Innovative Learning Environment) and are keen to continue this style of learning
PATHWAY #3 Learner may have needs, strengths or abilities that require a specialised and more personalised approach to learning. This could include, but is not limited to: • GATE • Realising Potential • Elite Sportspeople • Previous experience in a Kura Kaupapa Information will be supplied as part of the enrolment process, and/or maybe identified by preliminary testing and information from contributing schools.
Which Learning Pathway is right for you?
HGHS LEAVER PROFILE HGHS LEARNERS WILL BE PASSIONATE, LIFELONG LEARNERS WHO ARE:
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AGILE THINKERS INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE CURIOUS RESILIENT EFFECTIVE AND PURPOSEFUL COMMUNICATORS COLLABORATIVE EMPATHETIC AND COMMUNITY MINDED P. 7
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HGHS KEY COMPETENCIES INTEGRATED MODEL
AKO SOCIAL WELLNESS
EMOTIONAL WELLNESS
SPIRITUAL WELLNESS
How might I develop and maintain a sense of belonging, inclusion and connectedness?
How might I cope with life effectively and develop connections and relationships?
How might gain my sense of purpose?
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Family, friends, neighbours/community, school Value systems Beliefs and traditions Communication Relationship building Active participation
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Stress Management Support systems Resilience Emotional Intelligence
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Personal identity Self-awareness Values and beliefs Understanding the diversity that makes up my school community Identify my priorities and the things that are important to me Short term and long term goals
ACADEMIC WELLNESS
DIGITAL WELLNESS
VOCATIONAL WELLNESS
How might I manage my academic workloads and prepare myself well for my future?
How might I ensure my interactions with technology promote and support my mental/emotional and physical health?
How might I take advantage of the opportunities and experiences available to me to help me identify my passions and areas of interest to best prepare me for future aspirations?
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Academic goals Learning how to learn including note-taking and research tips Study skills Referencing Growth vs Fixed Mindset Time Management What is success to me? Satisfaction and enrichment
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Digital assessment Balancing online v real life Steps to wiser digital use Digital breaks/guidelines Digital consumption Meaningful interactions Advancing digital skills (beyond Y9 passport) Cybersafety/bullying/the law
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Career Central Develop vocational awareness Employability skills Guest speakers shining spotlights on their journey
PHYSICAL WELLNESS
ENVIRONMENTAL WELLNESS
FINANCIAL WELLNESS
How might I manage and maintain a quality of life that allows me to get the most out of life without undue fatigue or stress?
How might I live a life that is in harmony with my natural environment and that encourages me to respect my surroundings?
How might I manage my future financial situation by understanding how I make, manage and spend money?
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Activity assessment Sleep Nutrition Hygiene Relaxation Habits Time Management
How do my daily habits affect the earth? How do I protect myself from environmental hazards? Reduce, reuse, rethink, recycle Aware of risks in various situations Surround myself with people and things that I find positive and inspiring Participating in my community Caring for personal belongings and maintaining comfortable school and living spaces
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Grow, Blow, Glow (save, spend, give) How do I give back? Home/School/Community Financial institutions & credit ‘Things’ and ‘Stuff’ Low-cost nutrition Bills Part-time jobs what/why/how/pros/cons/values References
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MARIA DUNN Deputy Principal
Teenei tuku mihi atu ki a kotou katoa. Term 3 has been extremely busy. The Student Council ran 2 Mufti day events over the term. Our last Mufti day was a blast from the past. Was great to see staff and students dressing up in 80’s fashion.The council also held a Health and Wellbeing week during the first week of August, with wellbeing activites for students to get involved in. Student Council members were also busy providing WISE Mentoring to students across all year levels. This has kept the team busy. Senior students completed their practise exams and by now have had feedback from their teachers.This feedback is important to know how well they did or did not do and most importantly have an indication of what they need to do to continue striving for NCEA success as they build towards the end of years examinations.All senior students do not have long after the Term 3 Holidays.
TERM 4 VISION TESTING Tuesday 22 October, all year 10 students will be involved in Vision Testing. You can find information regarding the testing here. Please make contact with your daughter’s Head of School if you do not wish your daughter to be tested.
A student advisory group was formed and made up of Student Council and Kahui Arataki members. The objective was to gain student voice regarding the Rongohia Te Hau survey data gathered from students, teachers and whaanau. Although we are moving towards the warmer time of the year, students should still be in correct uniform. If students do not have the correct uniform, a note needs to be supplied. We would appreciate support from parents and caregivers with this request. School uniform requirements for each term are available on the website and parent handbook. http://www.hghs.school.nz/index.php/2014-01-19-20-57-40/uniform-dress-code HEADS HOUSE It has been a positive term for both staff and students in Heads House. We are leading the PB4L Wise card participation, and our Heads students can be proud of their participation in the House Chant competition. RANGATIRA TIPU (Leadership and Growth Week) A reminder during Term Four year 10 students are involved in a leadership camp, which is a compulsory part of the school calendar. This takes place from 2- 4 December. Letters and reminders have been sent out by members of our Pastoral team. If you have not received anything it is important you get hold of your daughter/s Head of School.
Anyone who thinks they may have measles should stay at home. Phone the doctor to alert them of the symptoms and allow them to make arrangements to get assessed safely and without infecting other people.You can also call Healthline on 0800 611 116 for advice.” Two doses of the measles vaccine provides the most effective protection. If you’re not sure of your vaccination history, you can check your Well Child/Tamariki Ora (or Plunket) book, or ask your general practice. You are contagious 5 days before to 5 days after rash onset, counting the day of rash onset as day 1. Immunisation is the best protection against measles and the MMR vaccine is available free from your GP.
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CRAIG SCRIMGEOUR Deputy Principal
POST SENIOR PRACTICE EXAMINATIONS – WHAT’S NEXT?
Students in Years 11 to 13 (and some junior students too) have recently undertaken Practice (Mock) Examinations. They will all have now received their grades and received feedback from their teachers. Teachers have also provided written feedback and feed forward comments on the Portal which is specific to each assessment and addresses how well the student has performed, what the student has done well or not done so well and suggestions for improvement moving forward, so it is important that students and parents/caregivers log into the Portal and read these. To access the results and comments:
YEAR 9 AND 10 PLACEMENT EXAMINATIONS
If you daughter is in Year 9 or 10, then examinations will be scheduled in class time between Wednesday 30th October and Monday 4th November. These examinations are in English, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies. Performance in these examinations creates a platform for entry to courses in the following year, including informing our decisions about placements into some courses, as best suited to your daughter’s demonstrated achievement. An examination timetable will be sent out in early Term 4.
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Go to the Portal: kamarportal.school.nz Login using your username and password. If you do not know this then please phone the school office and they can provide you with this. Select “Results” in the blue bar. This opens a drop-down menu from which you then select “Current Year Results”. A list of all the assessments, grades and comments (where provided) should now be visible. These are organised by subject name, so scroll through the list to view all of the assessments.
With the NCEA and Scholarship examinations starting on Friday 8th November (the end of week 4 next term) students should have their examination preparation well in hand. This should involve a study timetable and sticking to it, choosing to put aside interruptions and distractions in an effort to actively focus on revision and examination preparation. Constant electronic communication needs to be managed to allow for significant periods of uninterrupted concentration for study. Scheduling timed break periods that include exercise and rewards is a great way to stay motivated and allows time for your brain to process information.
KATRINA WHAANGA Deputy Principal
This has been another very busy term with Winter tournament week taking place in week 7. I would like to thank all of the coaches/managers/parents and supporters that assist their daughters to get to all trainings throughout the season. Congratulations goes to the 1st XV Rugby team who finished 1st in New Zealand for the second consecutive year winning the Barbarians Top 4 rugby tournament. The Lacrosse team also had a fantastic tournament finishing 3rd in New Zealand. Thank you to Keita Perry for her leadership and support of growing Lacrosse at Hamilton Girls’ High school. Also thank you to Greg New who has been an invaluable coach and supporter of Lacrosse. Leading up to Tournament Week Te Amai Hudson our Sports Captain for 2019 and I organised a workshop for our Team Captains. The focus was on how can each Captain/ Leader support their team mates and help them to encourage their players to rise above adversity, pressure and demands of participating in a National Tournament. It was interesting for each of the Captains to see what kind of leader they were and what traits sit alongside each profile. The HGHS Sports Awards will be held on Tuesday the 22nd October in Nga Puawaitanga.
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Invitations will be sent out over the coming weeks, I hope to see many of you there to celebrate the successes of all our students. This term we have had a number of International groups visiting from overseas. Fukuoka Kaisei are our Sister school in Japan. We have had the pleasure of hosting this school for a number of years. The group consisted of 18 students and 2 teachers, it was nice to welcome back Aotea Apiti who is an ex-student but has been working in Japan. The group participated in a number of school activities - Sport, Cooking, Maaori Games and activities, a trip to Otorohonga to see the Kiwi, a Museum visit and a River Cruise. Finally Nelson Mandela once said, “There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.” Always strive to be the best version of you. Never underestimate what you are capable of. There is only one term left for our year 13 students so please make the most of your opportunities and work to your potential.
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KAMA SCUTTS Business Manager
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Phase one of the new online enrolment processes are a success to date and as a school we intend to reduce paper based processes. From both an environmental and financial perspective, this will benefit school stakeholders. Our community are always welcome to hire our facilities by arrangement. Please see the hire section of our website for more information: HGHS Hires We also welcome support from our community through advertising in our newsletter. Enquiries to: newsletter@hghs.school.nz A reminder about the Text my Lunch initiative. This allows anyone to text a lunch to one of our students whether it be your own child/learner or you can gift a lunch that we will pass on to a student of our choice via our Head Girl. https://www.txtmylunch.co.nz/
Brenna Mathews The prizewinner of basket of goodies from sanitarium
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ACADEMIC NEWS PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT Level 2 sport classes took on the tough guy tough gal challenge on a cold, rainy Friday. The students endured a 12km race involving hills, obstacles, mud and more mud. It was much tougher than we ever expected but all finished with a smile on our faces. 6 of our girls took out placings in the top 10 including Ella Hickman making the podium with 2nd place and Sheridan O’Keeffe taking 3rd on the podium. Overall it was a successful day achieving the goals we had set previous to the event. Tino pai to all the participants.
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Level 3 Sport and Outdoors students have had the opportunity to try 2 challenging and fantastic new physical activities. Springboard diving and Olympic Weight lifting! Each of the students got to challenge their body and also their minds to overcome challenges and participate to the best of their ability! The girls took to the challenge with enthusiasm and grit. We would like to thank Danny Hallen from Waikato Diving and Ray Everest from Olympic Weight Lifting New Zealand and the fantastic young ladies he coaches, Samara Wright, Aimee Cable and Matanoko McDonald who helped to demonstrate the lifts, coach and impart their knowledge. The girls really appreciated their time and learned a lot of interesting things.
Both 3APO and 3APS carried out rafting at vector wero in Auckland on Friday 2nd August. Whilst there we learnt the meaning of the name vector wero, which in Maori means challenge. This was perfect as the current assessment we are carrying out is about new experiences, and often with new experiences comes challenges. Carrying out a water activity in the middle of winter was a great challenge for the girls as they were required to overcome this in order to enjoy the day. Before jumping into a raft we were given a thick wetsuit, protective gear and a paddle. Once the girls had adapted the fun became unlimited. After a few hours of much giggling, screaming, flipping and turning it was time to head back home. Huge thank you to Mrs Johnstone and Mrs McCathy for taking us, and our awesome bus driver Mike.
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT It has been a quiet but focussed start to the term. From the Junior school, we are pleased to report that Maryam Habib and Hilary Clarke successfully qualified for the semi finals of the Regional Spelling Bee competition. We wish them well. Open Day was a success and thank you to all the student helpers who gave up there time to lead activities. A special thank you to Nicola Wills our English prefect, who spoke so well. As expected, all of the senior English classes are preparing for the upcoming Practice Exams. Families, if you are wondering how you can help your student, please encourage them to revise, create a revision timetable and get plenty of rest and exercise.
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TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT WHATS BEEN HAPPENING IN THE TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT
YEAR 9 ASIAN INSPIRED POP UP CONTAINER CAFÉ During Term 2 our Year 9 students were put into cross curricula groups, from: Food Technology, Design and Visual Communication, Textiles and Digital Technology, where they worked together on a collaborative group project called “Asian Inspired Pop Up Container Café”. This required them to coordinate their ideas and have regular group meetings. The groups then showcased their final result in Week 9.The results were outstanding with displays of a very high standard, including models of the café design, websites in theme, interior design products completed and fresh food as a sample of what the actual café might look like.
CULINARY FARE 2019 On Thursday 4 July and Friday 5 July, 17 HGHS girls competed in the WINTEC Culinary Fare. This is an annual event that attracts entries from a number of schools from as far away as Auckland, Taupo and Whakatane. HGHS was awarded top secondary school overall. This was a tremendous effort from our students who entered a number of sections and scored highly giving us more points to take out overall winner.
TEGAN ANDREW’S SILVER MEDAL CUPCAKES
Our girls had been researching and trialing ideas for the last term ready to enter in either Static Display or Live Kitchen. Judging is by qualified WINTEC Chefs and marked out of 100. Each competitor can be awarded a Gold, Silver, or Bronze medal, or Merit and Participation certificates depending on the mark received. Live Kitchen is particularly high pressure with 1 hour to prepare the dish. HGHS won the following medals: • 4 Gold • 5 Silver • 14 Bronze
GRACE WILTSHIRE’S GOLD MEDAL CAFÉ
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TAYLA ERICKSON’S GOLD MEDAL CHICKEN DISH
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DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT THE WAIKATO REGIONAL ROBOCUP CHALLENGE The Waikato Regional RoboCup Challenge took place at Hillcrest High School during the last week of Term 2. This year we had three teams competing - one in the Junior Rescue and the other two in the Senior Rescue section. Team Soggy – Jayden Beljac, Kathryn Evans, and Yashna Nand Team Wallie - Johanna Vreede, Mia King and Fernanda Pasada Team CL - Nivedita Lal, Ashlynne Singh, Sakina Hamid and Sabriya Khandarash The girls worked in groups and used EV3 Logo Robot Kits to build and program their Robots for the Waikato competition. Each team had a challenge to ensure that their Robot got around the track in the fastest time. They spent many hours getting ready for their challenge with many hours of perseverance and problem solving taking place. The girls need to be congratulated for staying focused after their mentor Miss Julie Capil passed away suddenly a few weeks before the competition. She would have been very proud of their determination to get to the competition. Congratulations to Team Wallie who came second in the Senior Rescue
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY Y13 STUDENTS Congratulations must also go to Taylor Begovich and Renee Atutahi, two Y13 students who have successfully passed Computing 101 their start university paper. Good time management, determination and hard worked proved fruitful as they have both gained A+.
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SCIENCE DEPARTMENT Education Perfect Science World Series Awards. The annual World Series competition and is designed to extend, motivate, and inspire students towards academic success. It was a seven day event. Over 100 000 students from 32 countries were tested on their Science skills including understanding, Science investigations, Science as a Human Endeavour and in context. To get an Elite Award you have to be placed in the top 0.2% of all competitors. The Science Department would like to congratulate the following students for their outstanding results in the world. 1. Chhengchir Tang who got 50th in the world and received an Elite Award. 2. Nicola Travieso Haronga and Zeel Ravalnn who received an Emerald Award. 3. Megan Cole who received a Gold Award 4. Lucy Ballantyne who received a Silver Award 5. Yaya Wang, Grace Bosch, Maryam Habib, Nivedita Lal, Fathimathu Swaliha who received a Bronze Award
Level 3 Biology Trip to Auckland Zoo At the Level 3 Biology Zoo trip, we attended three amazing lectures surrounding our NCEA external topics. We began with a quick insight into Human Evolution and were then split into groups - half of us went out to explore the zoo and the rest stayed to learn more about Human Evolution. It was very cool because they not only had a replica of a human skeleton but also a chimpanzee one, so we could clearly see the adaptive skeletal difference between the species. Next we got into small groups and were handed a skull which we had to determine belonged to which hominin species based on the skull adaptations in relation to our prior knowledge. The interactive environment was really helpful and we learnt a lot by being able to visualize and see everything in front of us.We then swapped over and ventured out into the zoo where most of the animals were close to the viewing areas, as they were under the shelter due to it being a bit cold and rainy. We finished the day with a final lecture on speciation within New Zealand. This was very interesting as we have so many native species to New Zealand, whereas many other countries around the world have limited native species. It was then emphasised that we need to keep our native species safe with climate changes occurring rapidly as well as protecting them for human introduced pests. While Biology is one of my favourite subjects, there aren’t many times we get to do exciting practicals like in chemistry, or field trips like the social sciences, so this was a fantastic experience.
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Wintec Star Course: Health Careers 13 Science Year 13 Science students were hosted by Wintec staff with presentations from midwifery, nursing, occupational therapy and physiotherapy departments. Each session provided information on course options and entry requirements as well as suggested attributes required by each discipline. Activities included bandaging races, checking how clean our hands are, after washing, nursing vision impaired patients and a lab treasure hunt with urine testing, X ray examinations and samples of human lungs. Some of the feedback comments included: •
“On Friday I learnt some things that I didn’t even know in midwifery. It was helpful in a way as it gave me an interest in maybe pursuing nursing for my career choice”.
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“It was very interesting - my future career path that I had in mind changed by the end of the day because during the practical activities it made me more aware of jobs that they do other than the ones we already know of”
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“Gave me a positive insight into life at Wintec, and I now know about other career avenues I didn’t know about before’.
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“Got some information about what it’s like to be a nurse”. SEJ
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BUSINESS DEPARTMENT BUSINESS STUDIES TRADE FAIRS In Term Three, the Business Department held two trade fairs. The senior event was at Gourmet Garage, Claudelands, with teams from Year 12 and 13 Business Studies. In total, there were 20 teams from a variety of schools in the Waikato area. Each business is a part of the nationally recognised, Young Enterprise Scheme (YES), and their stalls were judged based on product, customer service, organisation and overall presence. The trade fair contributed to their nine credit Business Plan Standards. Congratulations to the Year 13 group, Aretes de Arcilla, who were joint winners of the competition. Their product was clay earrings. This is the third year in a row that HGHS has been a winner/joint winner of the regional trade fair. Our Year 10 classes participated in our Product Launch Trade Fair. A total of 27 Teams descended upon the hall to sell their products that they have thought of, made and marketed over 10 weeks. There were three judges, two from the business community and also Ms. Jan Cooke, Computer Technology Teacher, who assessed the stalls. They noted the range of ideas, marketing and high standard of the teams this year. Congratulations to all the category winners, including BEE HAPPY who won the overall supreme award.
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MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT Term 3 Senior NCEA mock exams are now completed and students should be receiving feedback that will inform their revision during the final weeks leading up to these external assessments. This should have a positive outcome for their performance in the November exams. The term 3 mocks are an opportunity to test their knowledge and skills and find the gaps in their understanding.This will enable students to plan their revision programmes and utilise the remainder of the year effectively. Teachers have spent some time checking, moderating and analysing their class results and this will enable them to provide timely, constructive feedback and follow-up over the remaining five weeks of timetabled classes.
As always, the mathematics department will provide a selection of free lunchtime tutoring sessions in M 1.1 for Y 11 – 13 respectively. Keep an eye on the Daily Notices for updates or ask your teacher.
BLOOD DONATION DAY: Many people receive donated blood for many different reasons. It is not everyday you can do something to save someone's life but that's exactly what you do every time you donate blood. On behalf of the wellness centre, thank you to all the staff and students who donated blood on Thursday 1 August, 2019. The day was a great success with 60 students attending donating blood with the Blood bank collecting 40 units of blood. A big thank you to members of the student council who were available to provide care and refreshments to those people who gave blood. Just one donation can help save the lives of up to three people. Blood is a priceless gift - it is a lifesaver.
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SPORTS AT HGHS NPGHS SPORTS EXCHANGE: On Thursday 8th August we held the annual Sports exchange with New Plymouth Girls High School. They arrived on Wednesday evening and were hosted with our girls and all really enjoyed the hospitality from the whanau they were with, so we are truly grateful for those who hosted NPGHS students. The conditions were a little ‘iffy’ on the day with potential heavy rains and lighting from 10-2pm so the call was made early in the morning to play Basketball games off site at The Peake in Rototuna and have the 3 Netball games inside the Large Gym, and the Football at Innes Common and Hockey at Gallagher Turf. Post our games we held an prizegiving and afternoon tea for both schools in Nga Puawaitanga. The results were as followed: Netball Premier: 43-40 Win to HGHS Netball Res: 31-16 Win to HGHS Netball Yr 10A: 31-30 Win to NPGHS Football 1st XI: 3-0 Win to NPGHS Hockey 1st XI: 1-0 Win to NPGHS Basketball Jnrs: 44-41 Win to HGHS Basketball Snrs: 52-29 Win to HGHS Overall a win 4 to 3 for HGHS for the whole exchange!
MVP: Hylan Potts MVP: Marewa Samson MVP: Alex Matai'a MVP: Charli Christensen-Rose MVP: Leah Hodges MVP: Kaden Moeke MVP: Tyler Mitchell
A Huge Thank you to everyone involved in the organisation of this Sports Exchange, there is a lot of work that goes on behind the scenes, however challenging games that the girls were able to experience makes it all worthwhile. Also a special mention to our officials that were called upon to officiate the games, we appreciate you giving up your time as well and Thank you. The following girls were student umpires for the Netball games, who held themselves well in the umpiring role Arie Dargaville, Maddison Coffey, Keana Shum, and Nakaia Paama, a huge Thank you also!
INDIVIDUAL SUCCESSES A Huge Congratulations to Monique Spedding who placed 2nd at the WSS Duathlon Event out at Lake Karapiro A Huge Congratulations to our 2018 Premier Netball team for making a Finalist for the Netball WBOP Awards for Team of the Year and to Mrs Williams for being a finalist for Coach of the Year!!
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GET 2 GO: The junior adventure racing team took part in the regional Get 2 Go challenge at Lake Karapiro. This competition involves a team of 8 students completing 4 one hour mystery activities going head to head against other adventure racing teams in competition for the ultimate prize of a place at the national competition herald on great barrier island. The team did exceptionally well working amazingly well together and getting the most out of each other all day. Unfortunately, we placed 2nd this time and so missed out by the smallest of margins on a place at the national finals. Congratulations to The team Alex Matai’a, Sophie Matai’a, Ella Smith and Lucy Rennie. Special mention to MVP for the day Lucy who was exceptional on both the mountain bike and paddle boarding phases.
NETBALL:
1ST XV RUGBY:
Another long Netball season has come to an end for our 31 teams entered into the Hamilton City Netball Competition. A HUGE thank you to all our coaches, managers, supporters that volunteered their time to support the girls being involved in Netball, without you all involved our girls would not be able to play Netball so Thank you! Also another HUGE thank you to our referees who were committed to their duty and really took onboard the responsibility of umpiring the HGHS games, Thank you! So many results from all our teams, but here is their final game scores as follows:
The 1st XV Rugby has had an outstanding season to date. The finished up winning the WSS Competition and retaining the Vanessa Coutts Trophy. From there they then took on the Chiefs challenger for their journey to Top 4 on Saturday where they played Manurewa High School who were the winners of the Counties Manukau Region. It was a tough game for our girls, and gratefully they finished with a 50-0 win under their belt. They have one more challenger to secure a spot in Top 4 which is playing against the Bay of Plenty winners who is Rotorua Girls High School, which will be played this Saturday 31st August at Hamilton Girls’ High School fields. So if you are around get out and support these girls as their final qualifier to attending the Top 4 National rugby competition. Good Luck ladies and Management!
Netball Year 9A Netball 9B Netball 9 1.1 Netball 9 1.2 Netball 9 1.3 Netball 9 1.4 Netball 9 1.5 Netball 9 1.6 Netball 9 1.7 Netball 9 1.8 Netball 9 1.9 Netball Year 10A Netball 10B Netball 10 1.3 Netball 10 1.4 Netball Senior A Netball Senior B Netball Senior C Netball Thunder Netball YTB Netball Year 10 Social Netball Year 11 Social Netball Prem Development
HGHS 28-15 CHS HGHS 24-26 Waikato Dio HGHS 27-10 HGHS 9.12 HGHS 10-27 HGHS 9 1.1 HGHS 15-15 Hillcrest HGHS 19-18 SHGC HGHS 32-9 RHS HGHS 5-22 Kia Ora HGHS 17-18 Hillcrest HGHS 15-9 RHS HGHS 7-10 Hillcrest HGHS 31-27 Waikato Dio HGHS 23-38 CHS HGHS 18-21 SHGC HGHG 16-18 NRSC HGHS 26-24 Hillcrest HGHS 22-36 St Pauls HGHS 18-20 SHGC HGHS 19-23 St Peters HGHS 13-22 Te Kopuku High HGHS 25-3 HCS HGHS 5-34 Waikato Dio HGHS 26-31 TAC
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Congratulations to Vici-Rose Green and Makayla Neil for there Taniwharau Rugby League team winning Auckland competition in the weekend. Vici-Rose was also named in the 2019 Region of Origin North Team. Keep up the great work ladies!
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A huge Congratulations to Katie Forbes, Katelyn Hannah, Jamie Nasmith who were selected in the Waikato Lacrosse U15 team who are going to Auckland on the 22nd Sept for a Regional tournament - and Katelyn & Jamie are then progressing to Adelaide for a tournament for the same team.
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A huge Congratulations to Dylan Mathers, Carys Coffey who were selected in the Waikato Lacrosse U18 team who are going to Auckland on the 22nd Sept also for a Regional tournament.
A huge congratulations to all our Netball teams and more specifically to our Year 10A Netball team who won their grade and beat Dio in the final. Also our Year 9A finished 3rd place for their grade as well, so well done to the girls and their management personnel for their work to get them there.
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HOCKEY 1ST XI
WINTER TOURN LACROSSE
The Hamilton Girls' High School 1st XI hockey team competed in the top Fed Cup/Marie Fry tournament in Auckland. We had a tough pool, but as a team, we worked together qualifying second in pool play after playing three games in two days. Our cross-over to get into the top 8 was against our Midlands Intercity competition rivals, Bethlehem College. After an hour of intense, physical hockey it was 1-1. After 5 rounds of nail-biting shoot outs, we came out with the win 3-2. Having never been in the top 8 before, there was an array of hugs, tears and excitement shared by everyone apart of and supporting our team. Our quarter-final against St Margarets College was tough, we put up a good fight but unfortunately went down 3-0. We then played one of our best games against Rangi Ruru Girls' School, defending hard while Rangi Ruru played with 11 field players for the last 15 minutes of the game and had 14 attacking PC's against us. We ended up winning 2-0, securing a play-off against Whangarei Girls' High School for 5th and 6th. After playing seven hockey games in six days, we, unfortunately, ran out of legs and lost to Whangarei Girls' High School. However, this ranked us 6th out of the 160 1st XI teams that compete during secondary school tournament week. This is something that we are extremely proud of because we have made history. No other girls' hockey team from the Midlands region has ever done this well at Fed Cup. It is also something that we have always aspired to achieve and we had a lot of fun, making many memories along the way. On behalf of our team, thank you to our coaches, Jack and Jo, our tournament manager, Julie, parent help, Leigh and our TIC, Greer, for an amazing week away. We will remember this tournament for a long time to come. Another big thanks to all of the parents and supporters for making all of this possible and for always encouraging us throughout this journey.
Our HGHS Prem lacrosse team has had another very successful and rewarding season this year. NZSS was no different. As this was only our 2nd year at nationals, so making top 8 after day 1 was pretty exciting. We then played MAGS in a super intense quarter final and won 8-7 to put us into a semi vs remaining champs STP. The bonds we created off the field, definitely contributed to the connections on the field and the girls all played the game of their lives.We ended up narrowly losing 9-7, however (as told by their captain this was by far their toughest game for a few years. The 3/4 playoff was against our rivals CHS, the girls had so much belief in themselves and each other and we came away with the win 12-7 to come 3rd overall! A few highlights were definitely seeing how much the team has improved and the sideline dance parties. On behalf of the team, we would really like to thank coach Greg New and assistant coach Linly Karshagen for all the time they've invested into our team and our manager Shane and TIC Ms Gain for the behind the scenes work. From only qualifying for NZSS last year to placing 3rd is such an amazing achievement and it couldn't be a prouder end to my 5 years of high school lacrosse!
NETBALL On our first two days at UNISS we won 2 out of 3 games coming 2nd in our pool and making top 16. We then needed to win 2 games in our next pool to qualify for top 8 but unfortunately losing to MAGS 27-20 and Avondale 35-34. The girls played amazing netball, fighting till the last whistle but each player took learnings from these games. On Friday, we had our last two games winning against St Pauls then playing an awesome game against Trident coming up short and therefore placing 10th in A grade. From a very young team, many of whom will return next year this was an amazing effort and bodes well for the next couple of seasons.The tournament was capped off with Ivari Christie named in the tournament team which is an amazing achievement for a Year 11 player.
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NAMENT WEEK BASKETBALL SENIORS
FOOTBALL
RUGBY 1ST XV
Tournament week for the premier basketball team consisted of 4 days and 7 games at the Secondary schools Zone 2 Regional competition. An easy breeze through the first 3 days saw the team win every game with over 100 points and no team getting over 40. Finals day - we made it hard for ourselves in the semi finals against Rotorua Girls High but managed to come away with a win with a last second half court shot, beating the buzzer to win the game. In the finals, meeting our home town rivals St Peter’s Cambridge. Unfortunately the team lost. But have gone through 2nd place into the Secondary School Basketball Nationalsin a couple weeks. Many thanks to coach Tyler Wilkinson, assistant coaches Shelley Mitchell and Carolyn Grey, manager Jenna Riley- Rata and teacher in charge Katrina Whaanga.
On Sunday the 1st of September the HGHS 1st XI Football team flew down to Christchurch to attend the Lotto Premiere girls Tournament. Going into the tournament we weren't sure how well we would do with a new team made up of lots of juniors and new players.We enjoyed the first few days playing 2 hard games each day in the beautiful weather. However only just missing out on a spot in the top 16 by very narrow scores. We continued playing hard into the week and the weather took a turn for the worst. Unfortunately the results didn't go our way this year, placing 28th out of 32, though it's still a great achievement for our girls. We never lost by more than 1 goal, even to Hillcrest who came 2nd. Thank you to Miss Kenny, Dave McGall, Jaime Foster and Jan Marr for making it happen.To our year 13's, Chloe Bayliss, Lucy Mason and Alyssa Chisholm, thank you for being a part of our team and we wish you well for your future.
The Top 4 Rugby National tournament has quickly become the showcase of secondary schoolgirls’ rugby and that which all school girls players aspire to play at, and a player pathway to higher honours such as the Womens NPC or Sevens competitions and New Zealand teams.
NWBOP NETBALL AWARDS
The team met Christchurch Girls in the final. Both teams came out strong but the physicality and on field play from HGHS proved to be too much for Christchurch Girls. HGHS were the superior team. The final score was 58-7 to Hamilton Girls’ High.
BASKETBALL JUNIORS The Junior Basketball team had their Regional tournament in Rotorua as well during tournament week. They had some great games, with some convincing wins, and a close semifinal game that just through them out of the contenders for 1st or 2nd but came away with a convincing win over St Peters for a 3rd placing Overall. Well done girls, a fantastic effort and thank you to the Coach and Management personnel and to Mrs Whaanga for attending the trip with them.
A huge congratulations to our 2018 Premier Netball team that received the Team of the Year award at the Waikato Bay of Plenty Netball Awards evening. Photos below are some members of the team that attended the evening and the full 2018 team photo at Nationals in 2018.
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We have Old Girls’ that are testament to this: Jazmin Hotham, Montessa Tairakena, Terina Te Tamaki, Tenika Willison, Kennedy Simon to name a few. The pathway to the final for our HGHS team Convincing wins against Manurewa and Rotorua Girls High School in our local Chiefs regional competition. Beating Manukura in the semi final 50-7. HGHS played outstanding rugby in wet, cold conditions that exemplified a well drilled, disciplined team with exceptional skills.
As a school, we are exceptionally proud of their achievements. Thank you to the coaching and management staff, Mr Scrimgeour and the parents for their support of the 1st XV rugby team.
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ARTS AT HGHS THE ARTS
MUSIC
DRAMA
We have a number of events that are fast approaching. We invite you to add the following dates to your calendar. From Dance, the regional Dance New Zealand Made competitions will be held at the Clarence Street Theatre on the 14 and 15 of August. In Music, students are preparing for the Band and Orchestra Festival on 23rd August at the Waikato University’s Gallagher Centre for the Performing Arts.The Contemporary and Historic Art and Design trip to Europe is in the final planning stages. The next parent/traveller meeting will be held on Wednesday 28 August in the D1 Art room at 6:00 pm.
We have had a quiet but steady start in the Music Department so far this term. There are a number of events the girls are preparing for. Three of these are the upcoming Practice Exams, the National Barbershop Competition, and the Band and Orchestra Festival.
At the end ofTerm 2 the twoYear 12 Drama classes presented The Happiest of the Three in the Drama Room to appreciative audiences. This play is a French Farce, and there were many delightful and humorous moments in the play which delighted audiences. All students performed well and there were a large number of Merit and Excellence performances. This term Level 3 Drama students have performed their Devised Drama pieces; very creative work, with a number of pieces demonstrating the conventions of Theatre of the Absurd. Still to come an evening production of the Importance of Being Earnest by Year 13 - watch this space for details.
VISUAL ART InVisual Art, the Levels 2 and 3 Printmaking students made their way to Arts Post to celebrate De Jana Sveistrup’s monoprint self-portrait entry in the National Youth Art Awards where she was a finalist. From there, students visited the Waikato Printmakers Exhibition before heading across to the Waikato Museum to enjoy the Contemporary Art Awards. At school, preparation for Practice Exams has begun.These will be held in Weeks Six and Seven. At this point, the majority of the NCEA Art students will be required to complete a substantial amount of work for their external portfolios. The Art Department is open for students to complete work at intervals, lunchtimes and most afternoons until 4.30pm. We encourage all Senior Visual Art students to take advantage of these facilities.
We encourage all of our senior students to check their revision timetables and make adjustments, where needed, to ensure you are maximising time for study, rest and exercise. The Barbershop quartets are in the throes of preparing for the upcoming National competitions that are being held in Christchurch, this year. Congratulations must go to our successful songwriters in the Lion Foundation National Secondary School Songwriting Competition. Four individual songs were selected as winners and will be published on this years ‘Play it Strange’ Album. Hayley Monaghan, Bryre Aish, Halle Aish, and combo Shekinah Tofilau and Susana Santini were all selected as winners and their songs were professionally recorded, mastered and published. Finally, we express our appreciation to Denae McCready, our Music Prefect and the Music students for the support they provided at the recent Open Day. We enjoyed listening to both the presentations and performances.
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MULTI-CULTURAL We are celebrating Filipino Language this month with Tagalog being the chosen language. To celebrate the Multi-cultural Committee has organised a flax-weaving activity. Flax-weaving is one of the many activities that is run in the Philippines for this celebration, and objects such as baskets and boxes can be made. Many of our students from overseas returned home at the end of Term 2, and in Term 3 we have welcomed many more. Feel free to come to G1 to enjoy the world! Thank you to Emma Jaramillo, Erica Chen, Lingling Sheng, Shabana Nazari and Bebe Liu for their amazing costumes that they wore at our recent Open Day in their national costumes. The books the students handmade last term, in which they wrote about their journeys to NZ, were displayed and much appreciated by the visitors to G1.
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MUSIC Last Friday, 23 August, saw most of the Music students travel across the river to the university to participate in the annual Orchestra and Band Festival. And what a festival it was! Congratulations must go to Mrs Dickinson for her leadership in guiding and encouraging our musicians to settle for nothing but the best. We also thank the itinerant music teachers for the hours of hard work teaching and preparing the girls to perform at their very best level possible. We were able to bring home a very credible haul with two bronze, two silver and one gold certificate as well as Most Promising for orchestra and Spirit of the Festival for the Jazz Band. The Samba gained top spot again with Gold and Best Percussion group award. Many thanks to Adrian Heyward for guiding the students to their success. We finish this report with two last thank yous. A huge thank you to our Music Prefect, Denae McCready for leading the girls so ably and an even bigger thank you to the girls for listening, practising the long hours needed to be the best and for just being willing to trust their teachers and leaders. We look forward to next year’s festival. The Music Council
THE ARTS Congratulations to Bailee- Middleton Wood and Mya Dixon for making the finals of the National Youth Art Awards. Their artworks will be on display at Auckland's Pah Homestead where they will be judged next to other top artworks from around New Zealand. We wish Bailee and Mya all the best and comment them for entering into the competition and getting through the rigourous selection process. All the best to our two Barbershop Quartets who head off to Christchurch to compete in the Young Singers in Harmony National competition.The groups will be accompanied by Jane Martin(vocal coach) and Mrs Mere Meha-Uelese. Milk and Honey girls include Denae Mc Creedy, Ana, Teokotai Hayley Monaghan, Jemima Hunter, Laura Dudley, Halle Aish, Natassja Kelly Medina and Alice Walker. All the best to the Hip Hop, Soloist and Duo dance groups who qualified for the National competition, They will be heading down to the National Competition in Palmeston North accompanied by Ms Shannon and Gain. All the best. Included are the two artworks: Baelee Middleton-Wood: artist book titled ‘Eratication’ Mya Dixon: large scale woodblock print
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GATEWAY Congratulations to the students who have completed their Gateway placements this year. We have placed over 70 students in various workplaces across the wider Hamilton region and helped them experience what working in their chosen industry would be like. Some students gain credits through their placement but the main purpose is for them to gain the key skills which businesses are looking for in their staff such as team-work, respect, communication, having a positive attitude, showing commitment, resilience and self-management. We are currently looking for a range of placements for students in 2020. We get a large amount of requests in the fields of Teaching (both Primary and ECE), Social Work, Accountancy or Finance, the Tourism Industry, the Retail sector and the Trades industry. If you are able to help then please contact Suzie Brace, Pathways Co-ordinator on braces@hghs.school.nz or 022 639 2614. There is no cost to you financially. The students are not paid for their placements as the focus of the placement is for the student to experience that industry and to support them in making some big decisions about their future.
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PASIFIKA Kia Orana Malo e lelei Aloha Mauri Taloha ni Fakalofa atu
Bula vinaka
Talofa
Warm Pasifika Greetings
We have been quiet over the past few weeks while the girls have concentrated on developing good study habits. Our Pasifika focus is to add value to learning and encourage the girls to be their best, always. With that in mind, we have been pleased with the number of students who have attended the weekly Pasifika Study Centre tutorials as well as the Monday night Power Up sessions. In addition, we thank Mrs Early for arranging the Optimisation Programme for some of our students who just needed the extra push to complete their assessments. We ask our Pasifika families to encourage your daughters to continue attending these extra learning opportunities. Finally, from the Service Committee, we were pleased to support K’aute Pasifika, an important Pasifika community group, in celebrating 20 years of service to Hamilton’s Pasifika community. The HGHS Pasifika chorale performed at the celebrations, alongside two of our girls who danced a beautiful kaparima. From the organisers, their appreciation was for the “amazing performance that showed a high degree of professionalism that made a lasting impression on the audience. Thank you for making our celebrations special.” Fa’afetai tele lava The Pasifika Mentoring Team
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MACDIARMID HOUSE WORD FROM THE TOP This term has been a whirlwind. We have already had the academic quiz and we have two more house events this term. Hunter and Tiani continue to lead with exceptional confidence and strength. My highlight so far this term has been the What’s in the box? competition in assembly. Well done team!! Our song fest group is already on its way for the competition at the end of the term with practises twice a week and tutor groups are busy gathering goods for the SPCA and the Women’s refuge. The house with the most items wins but also it is a great way to help out our community. Miss Shannon Head of School
WHAT'S IN THE BOX?
As we are introduced to a busy term, Hunter and I thought that we would introduce some fun for our girls! We had three selected boxes and in all three there were different objects - will the girls get a fright or will their hands be safe? We had two groups of three chosen from our MacDiarmid intrigued audience, three girls out of both rounds ended up guessing correctly and scored themselves a sweet treat! As we progress into our heavy exams it is always good to know our girls can also have fun in a stressful time with mock exams - we will look at a few different ways we can introduce this again through assemblies and a possible multi sport inter tutor group competition.
PB4L CELEBRATIONS Congratulations to our TOP TUTOR for TERM TWO who had the most entries of wise cards who is MDH! Also a huge congratulations to the girls who have earnt their wise badges! You will be awarded these correctly in our next assembly as they have just been sent in. We also have a new initiative to help create more involvement for the collection of WISE cards! For every 2 WISE cards that each girl brings in per tutor will help to determine what ultimate tutor will grab a reward as being the tutor with the most WISE cards in. This helps to encourage out PB4L motive here at HGHS and to encourage the girls to recognise how their attitude in class plays a huge part in their work and involvement also.
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UPCOMING EVENTS SONG FEST Songfest practices are underway and we’re super excited to see the talent of Macdiarmid shine on week 10. Practicing twice a week, our girls have been learning song lyrics to our theme “kiwi artists” as well as putting a new twist on our school song. This is an exciting opportunity for our year 9s to experience the annual song fest and hopefully be able to achieve the win in this event. Tiani and I have decided that this is a great way to introduce a tutor group competition, the most active participants from each tutor group will be in to win a pizza lunch! We will wait and see who comes out with the most students at the showcase of songfest.
HEADS HOUSE PB4L PB4L is one the major house competitions events, has been a focus for Heads house, especially as we approach the latter end of the school year. It has been exciting to see many of our students exhibiting the WISE values of the school, and being proactive in completing affirmation cards. Due to the continued efforts of our students we are currently coming first, an improvement on our third placing in Term 1. Congratulations to all who have received their PB4L certificates and the following students who have received badges to date:
OWL badges: Grace Chapman, Maryam Habib, Gemma Nutt, Milana Mariu, Zainab Ghulam Sakhi, Tayla Dougherty, Nicole Agluba, Te Aurere Murray-Haiosi, Rezin Barber, Penina Frost, Ella Rich, Emma Woods, Phoebe Barnes, Sarah Purcell, Emma Solly, Paige Pohutu, Madison Rattray, Jordan Martinez, Charlie O’Leary and Hannah Corin. Maroon Pin: Isla King, Chhengchir Tang, Lynlee Zhou, Zaineh Abdelrazeq and Amy Fulton. Bronze Pin: Hannah Xiao and Raksha Sharma. Silver Pin: Emily Munro and Ashlynne Singh. Gold Pin: Jordy-Lee Fankhauser and Melissa Connolly.
CAMPBELL HOUSE News from Campbell House Hello my name is Nikita Page and I am the Campbell House Captain for 2019.These past two terms have been a blast for Campbell. For the 48 Hour Famine, Brenna Mathews raised the most money in Campbell, $125. Our Campbell Tutor group photos are really stunning this year with 3rd place going to CHS, 2nd place to CKY and joint 1st place for XMU and CSY. We are also celebrating the success of our Campbell students who have really engaged with the PB4L ( positive behaviour for learning ) programme. The following students have received an Owl badge at the end of term 2; Sabriya Khandarash, Shriya Risha, Niamh Trodden, Urennia Ogechi-Okoro, Amelia Lee, Janeya Wilton, and Te Okewhare Mahuta-Taylor. Along with Shyna Prasad, Brenna Mathews, Zara Safdar Ali, Jenaya Bland, Johanna Vreede and Kalani Bourke who have received a Maroon Pin. Christine Stols has received the Silver pin.All these students have completed 10 affirmation cards this year.Well done.
A big congratulations goes to XMU who have completed the most PB4L affirmations cards for term 2. Campbell House was fortunate enough to win the inter-house academic quiz for 2019 which was held on the 21st of June, Campbell entered three top teams who won. Well done to our junior team: Morgan Van Loggenberg, Tayla Browning, J’arne-Arlee Smith, Johanna Vreede. Well done to our senior team: Kimiora Whaanga, Angel McDonald, Brenna Mathews, Senumi Gunawickrama, Nikita Page. Also well done to our Campbell tutor teacher team: Ms Steele, Ms Dibley and Mr McCullum. This definitely gave our house a boost of confidence and is channeling a lot of energy into the girls in preparation for Songfest. The next upcoming tutor group competitions for Campbell House are: Tutor group yoga poses, tutor group video, most PB4L affirmation cards again and one more quiz! Campbell House is officially on social media! Be sure to follow us @campbell_hghs to get the latest notices and to see all the good things happening within our house. Also, we would love to know all the achievements that the Campbell girls are making in and out of school, be sure to flick our Campbell committee a DM through the instagram page so that we can acknowledge everyone’s achievements!
PB4L Johanna Vreede, Christine Stols, Sabriya Khandarash , Shyna Prasad, Shriya Risha, Urennia Ogechi-Okoro, Janeya Wilton
CAMPBELL HOUSE HOSTS HGHS ANNUAL CHOP THE MOP CHARITY EVENT
The Chop the Mop event was held on the 20th September to raise money for Women’s refuge. Money is raised through selling the hair to Freedom wigs, sponsorship and the gold coin donations to watch the event. We had 4 participants this year; Johanna Vreede 10CSC , Tia Meredith 13WST , Alysha Winterburn 13HRY and our very own Campbell tutor Ms Carney. Everyone agreed to have 14 inches of hair cut off. Once again, the event was highly successful and to date $500 dollars have been raised.
CAMPBELL NEWS.
The winner of our latest inter-tutor group competition “Creative yoga poses” was CSY. Congratulations.
EDGECUMBE HOUSE EDGECUMBE HOUSE YOGA TUTOR GROUP COMPETITION This term we had our girls in blue participate in a couples yoga challenge. With the girls having to come up with unique and challenging poses, they all exceeded our expectations… taking out first place with an outstanding video was ECD, while EBR coming in second with EPA following close behind in 3rd. Being sent amazing videos and photos of our girls participating in the challenge showed teamwork, student bonding and many smiling faces, bringing Edegcumbe closer together as a house.
STUDENT CHUBBY BUNNY COMPETITION During one of our house assemblies this term, we decided to play Chubby Bunny. A game in which players will place as many marshmallows into their mouths while being able to clearly say ‘chubby bunny’. A student from each tutor came up as a representative and participated in the game. Placed first with a total of 18 marshmallows, winning a jar full of mixed goods.
TEACHER CHOC BISCUIT COMPETITION During the same assembly, Edgecumbe decided to change things up a bit and allow teachers to join in on the fun. Teachers of Edgecumbe came up on stage and played the Choc Biscuit challenge, where they placed a chocolate biscuit onto their foreheads and try to move it down their faces and into their mouths without touching it. Ms Cox came first putting all the other teachers to shame as she expertly moved the biscuit down her face and into her mouth.What a great way to end our Week 3 House Assembly!!
PB4L Congrats to our top achievers for PB4L Term 2 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Owl Badges Emi Esteves Shabana Ghafoor Sajid Chloe Goldsworthy Chhengvouch Tang Nina Thompson Kaylee Janphanich Monique Spedding Maddison Hawkins Himani Mistry Mia Smith Nikkaella Lulu Inaaya Pasha Ruby Messent Nikita Malcolm Phoenix Nikau
Maroon Pin • • • •
Zeel Raval Queen Chakrabarty Emma Mallawarachchilage Rafeea Siddika
Silver Pin • Libby Marr • Neve Innes
25 Affirmations Cards • Karma Newton-King • Mariu Milana
END OF TERM CATCHUP WITH HOUSE LEADERS A massive thank you to my House prefect Simi, Deputy Thessa, and Head Tutor Group Leader Libby Kells. All 3 leaders have been instrumental in the functioning of House Assemblies and tutor group activities. It’s been awesome seeing them inspire and engage our girls in activities outside their comfort zone, and more importantly our Tutor Teachers too. As gratitude for their ongoing commitment, I rewarded the girls with a night out at Genji’s Hamilton. This was a nice way to end what was a stressful term, with Senior exams, and the organisation of Songest colliding with Charity week. Epic effort Girls!! Head of School Mr Tepania
A WORD FROM EDGECUMBE HOUSE PREFECT This term has been a crazy roller coaster ride, with the girls in blue tackling exams to charity week and songfest. Term 3 has been super busy for Edgecumbe, but nonetheless, I am very proud of our girls and of my deputy, Thessalonia, who has kept me sane. Many girls have put their hands up and are doing songfest with great attitudes, while everyone, including staff members, are happily giving item to help others for charity week. The year is almost over, but us girls who bleed blue are still at it! Simranjeet Singh PB4L TERM 3 Congrats to the following students: • Gold Certificates - Avalon Carter, Asiya Mohamed, Diya Desai, Jordyn Schollum, Anne Guiniven, Oriwa Atkins, Kaea Moeke • Owl badge - Cole Ace • Maroon Pin - Richa Patel, Jameliah Ilaoa • 25 Affirmation Cards - Eva Ah Mu, Dannielle Gravatt • 40 Affirmation Cards - Milana Mariu
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NCEA KEY NZQA DATES Special Assessment Conditions (NZQA might allow a student to have special help with their assessments, this help Apply to Mr Mitchell as soon as possible. This is because could include; extra time, a computer, a reader, a writer, a reader writer, enlarged students are only allowed these conditions for their internal papers, separate accommodation, etc. The student might need such help because of assessments after NZQA has approved their applications. a learning disability, medical condition, or some other reason.) Start checking your results on the NZQA Database
5th April (Updated on the 5th day of each Month)
NZQA Fees
School’s deadline – Friday 10th May 2019
Financial Assistance
School’s deadline – Friday 10th May 2019
Last Date to Withdraw from External NCEA & Scholarship Exams
School’s deadline – Friday 9th August 2019
Last Date to Withdraw from Internal Standard Unless you have been given an adequate assessment opportunity
School’s deadline – Friday 15th November 2019
FOR THE EXTERNAL EXAMS Students Students are will not be NOT allowed allowed entry to leave the to the room exam until after
Exam
Students should be at school by
Lines will be sent to the examination rooms at
Morning AM
8:45am
9:00 am
10:00 am
Afternoon PM
1:15pm
1:30 pm
2:30 pm
Students are allowed to go to the toilet after
Students are NOT allowed to leave the exam after
Examination will end
10:15 am
10:30 am
12:15pm
12:30 pm
2:45 pm
3:00 pm
4:40 pm
5:00 pm
Students will line up for the external exams in the same way they did for the school examinations. However, this time the handwritten number beside their name will represent the desk that they will sit at. In the examination room there will be a desk with their number on it and it will contain their personalised examination papers. Students will need an NZQA admission slips to enter the examination room. These will be given to students at the start of term four. IN THE EXAM ROOM Examination Rules (Students examination may be terminated in you do not follow these rules.) There must be NO COMMUNICATION AT ALL WITH ANYONE BUT THE EXAM SUPERVISORS. Do not bring a watch Do not start to write until told to do so. Do not leave your seat without permission. Put up your hand if you need a supervisor. You may not leave the room within the first 45min or the last 15min. If you are late wait at the door and a supervisor will show you to your seat. You will not be allowed in after the first 30min if you are late.You will not be given extra time.
Things to bring to and use in the examinations Use blue or black pens. Bring a ruler You can bring a calculator (graphics calculators will have their memories cleared by the exam manger). If you use a calculator then bring a set of back up batteries. You can bring mathematical equipment such as protractor, compass and dividers SMALL bottle of WATER only. This is to be put on the floor under your chair in a clear water bottle with no label on it.
Do not bring paper of any kind including tissues
Put everything in a clear plastic bag. Keep your NZQA admission slip in there.
Do not bring dictionaries either paper or electronic
Ask the supervisor for extra paper if you need it.
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Things NOT to do in the examinations Do not use red and green pens as these are used by the NZQA markers Do not use pencils, twink, white out or any correcting fluid as NZQA will not allow you to have your examination paper reconsidered. Do not bring food
2019
NCEA DERIVED GRADES A student who has been disadvantaged because of a temporary impairment during the external examination period may apply to NZQA for a Derived Grade. • A Derived Grade is where NZQA takes a student’s Term 3 Exam results, or authentic topic tests, to substitute as their external examination result. • NZQA require that all applications must be made through Mr Mitchell • NZQA require students to complete a Derived Grade form (available only from Mr Mitchell) and provide documented evidence from a suitably qualified professional (e.g., doctor in the case of illness) of the serious disadvantage. • NZQA recommend that students still sit their examinations and then apply for a derived grade. The better of the two grades will be taken as their final result, if their application is successful. • All completed applications must be submitted to Mr Mitchell by the 1st December.
NZQA will NOT grant Derived Grades on grounds such as: • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Minor ailments Stress due to examinations Parents being on holiday Being late or misreading the examination timetable Day-to-day family disturbances Long-term conditions (e.g. physical disability, epilepsy, depression) Chronic relapsing conditions (e.g. glandular fever, ME) Ongoing personal trauma. Application after results are issued Candidate loses equipment or admission slip etc and becomes stressed before the examination Candidate attends court Candidate states examination was difficult and did not get special assessment conditions Candidate claims school did not teach them or tell them some vital information
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Any illness, incapacity or trauma that has been affecting the candidate for longer than the 4 weeks prior to the exams is regarded as ongoing, i.e. prior to 15 October 2008 Where medical evidence does not cover the examination period Any transport problem caused by individual car problems is not covered by compassionate consideration Lateness because of work commitments is not acceptable Candidate is required to work or look after children so cannot study Candidate breaks -up with girlfriend or boyfriend Religious festivals Candidate misses examination because the school made an error in the entry Candidate says illness stopped their study Candidate loses some or all of data or material related to an examination portfolio
SCHOOL CONTACT Mr Mitchell is the Principal’s Nominee (NZQA Liaison) at the school. You can contact him by: E-mail: mitchellm@hghs.school.nz Phone: 07 839 1304 EXT 839 Mail: Mr Mitchell PO Box 4082 Principal’s Nominee Hamilton
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NCEA External Examination Timetable DATE
TIME
LEVEL1
Fri 8 Nov
9.30 am
Fri 8 Nov
2.00 pm Geography
LEVEL2
LEVEL3
Physics
SCHOLARSHIP Calculus
Dance
Agricultural & Horticultural Science
Accounting
WEEKEND Mon 11 Nov
9.30 am Biology
Music
Media Studies**
Mon 11 Nov
2.00 pm
Chemistry
Agricultural & Horticultural English Science**/ Chinese
Tues 12 Nov
9.30 am
English**
Tues 12 Nov
2.00 pm History**
Te Reo Māori
Biology
Economics
Wed 13 Nov
9.30 am English**
Wed 13 Nov
2.00 pm
Media Studies**
Home Economics**
Statistics
Thurs 14 Nov
9.30 am Science
Making Music
History
Thurs 14 Nov
2.00 pm
Chemistry
Te Reo Rangatira
Te Reo Māori**/ Art History**
Geography
Canterbury Anniversary Day WEEKEND Mon 18 Nov
9.30 am Chemistry
Chinese
French
Mon 18 Nov
2.00 pm Classical Studies**
Health**
Economics
Tues 19 Nov
9.30 am
Biology
Geography
Tues 19 Nov
2.00 pm Physics
Home Economics**
Classical Studies**
Wed 20 Nov
9.30 am Mathematics & Statistics
Wed 20 Nov
2.00 pm
Drama
Thurs 21 Nov
9.30 am
Mathematics & Statistics
Thurs 21 Nov
2.00 pm Music
Accounting
Fri 22 Nov
9.30 am Accounting
Fri 22 Nov
2.00 pm Home Economics**
Drama
Japanese Biology
Physics Classical Studies History**
French
English** Economics
Geography
WEEKEND Mon 25 Nov
9.30 am
History**
Health**
Mon 25 Nov
2.00 pm Te Reo Rangatira**
Agricultural & Horticultural Science**
Tues 26 Nov
9.30 am French
Calculus
Tues 26 Nov
2.00 pm Economics
Accounting
Media Studies
Wed 27 Nov
9.30 am Media Studies**
Drama
Chemistry
Earth & Space Science
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Physics Te Reo Māori
2019
Everyday Heroes is back for a second year running during the next school holidays and it’s going to be bigger and better than last year. There will be more than 800 special goodie bags, and 100 for those who dress up as their favourite “Everyday Hero”. And for a bit of fun there’s a ‘Dunk Tank’, raising money for CureKids. The event will be in the northern carpark of The Base on Te Rapa Road, Hamilton, from 9:30am to 2pm on Thursday 10 October, rain or shine. More information is available here: https://www.facebook.com/ events/1567153903420642/?ti=icl When: Thursday the 10th of October 2019 from 9.30am till 2pm Where: The Base Shopping Centre, North eastern carpark Some of what’s happening so far: • Dunk tank Your chance to dunk a cop, a fireman or ambulance officer (with donations going to CureKids) • Interactive hands on displays • Loads of Giveaways and Goodie bags • Police Car rides • AOS and Dog Demonstration • Police Eagle helicopter landing • Photo opportunities • BBQ and food stalls • Entertainment for the kids Come dressed as your favourite everyday hero for your chance to win a special goodie bag containing a Police dog soft toy.
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KEY DATES THIS TERM
18 SEPT - 9 OCT 30 SEPT - 5 OCT 9 OCTOBER 16 OCTOBER 18 OCTOBER 22 OCTOBER 24 OCTOBER 29 OCTOBER 31 OCTOBER 1 NOVEMBER 5 NOVEMBER 2-5 DECEMBER 2-4 DECEMBER 6 DECEMBER
Europe Art & Design Trip NZSS Basketball Schick AA National Championships FLOW - Pasifika Leadership Course Media Studies Red Carpet Night Write that Essay - Go for Gold Workshop Sports Awards Maori & Pasifika Awards Arts Awards Leavers Dinner Hostel Leavers Dinner Senior Prizegiving MAD Week Y10 Camp Junior Prizegiving
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