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Tauranga Girls’ College Newsletter Principal with Head Students
Message from the Principal Nga mihi nui ki a koutou parents, friends and whanau of Tauranga Girls’ College. Welcome back after our Easter break which this year takes place ahead of the April School Holidays. Endless Opportunities When I last wrote to you, I mentioned the vast pool of talent that surrounds me at the College. Let me expand on that further. Staff and students invest a lot into being the best that they can be. The opportunities that the College provides for its young women is simply amazing. Opportunities to travel overseas comes in various forms. The Business Studies dept led by Mrs Summerville heads to Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai. The trip hones in on successful NZ Business Enterprises operating in the largest market in world, China. Mr Armstrong leads the Social Sciences excursion to the United States. This trip with its emphasis on history provides our young women with a chance to experience a vastly different
culture to that in NZ. Both trips give our students further opportunities to collaborate, to self manage (you have to make sacrifices to fund such trips) and to experience knowledge and understanding that will enable them to adapt, communicate, and be resilient in an ever changing world. These skills go beyond single subjects, instead providing a rich, life long learning in and out of school. Look out for more news on the trip to Vietnam and to Greece in the next newsletter. Success Continues Skye Lunson-Storey of TGC is one of 10 students selected by Young Enterprise and the NZ Chamber of Commerce in Singapore to travel to Singapore to extend students Global Business knowledge. Skye is passionate about textiles, fashion and dance. Skye’s motto of always aiming high to achieve her aspirations is inspirational to us all and whilst she doesn't always achieve her goals, more often than not, her dedication and
commitment enables her to realise them. Congratulations also to the those students who competed at Summer Sport Week. Several of our teams were placed. A few highlights included the Gold Medal performance by the U16 quad down at the National Rowing Regatta in Twizel, Kate Hawthorne being placed 1st in the K1 in Canoe Slalom and Maia Coster who was a finalist in the Horse of the Year competition. I also want to thank our Senior Kapa Haka leaders who were using their talents to teach myself and our Yr 13 leaders the haka in our whare. Intrigued by what was taking place in Mereaira, I found that the haka was being taught. As I have yet to learn this, it was opportune for me to be taught by Brooklyn GlanvilleRolleston (Māori Kaupapa Leader) The huge variety of opportunities for young women to lead and excel is a constant reminder of what our young women can and do achieve at TGC. I also take this opportunity to congratulate Ms Pollard as
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Manager of the NZ Secondary Schools Athletics team who are in Paris. Welcome also to the TGC staff community, Netball Co-ordinator Celine Well Being Two weeks ago I had the pleasure of listening to Dr Lucy Hone and Dr Shimi Kang. Many of you will have read Dr Hones’ articles in several NZ newspapers including the Magazine in the Sunday Star Times. Dr Hone is director of the NZ Institute of Wellbeing and Resilience. Dr Kang, a Harvard-trained doctor is author of The Dolphin Parent: A guide to Raising Healthy , Happy and Self-Motivated Kids. Dr Kang has enabled thousands of children, adolescents and adults to move toward positive behaviours and better health. Both speakers touched on resilience training and mindfulness as strategies for wellbeing. This is an area that we must all consider and actively work to develop and then implement as it not only impacts on school learners but us all. Our lives are more complex and busier than they once were and being proactive in addressing this is essential. Being adaptive to situations unfamiliar to you is one strategy that teachers can build into their learning and teaching programmes as it enables
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a safe and guided opportunity to become ‘stuck’ and then unstuck. Our College is a PB4L school (Positive Behaviour For Learning) and is one example of our College’s contribution to systemic school wide change. Building Upgrades You will be pleased to hear that the MoE are doing major repair work to F Block one of our creative spaces. The repair work will take all of Term 2 and work will begin during the April Vacation. Disruptions will be kept to a minimum but both staff and students can expect there to be some re-rooming during this time. We look forward to an improved block come Term 3. Health and Safety laws must be met so all staff and students will need to adhere to the requirements while work is in progress. Community Consultation Last but certainly not least. What do you want for your daughter/ mokopuna/granddaughter, neighbour’s daughter, or any young women in school in Tauranga? What about the vision for the next generation who will become our 2019-2023 intake? What should TGC do to future proof our College in order to ensure that our young women are not only equipped to
do well but can be the change agents we want them to be? To be the best that they can be in whatever role they may chose both here or overseas? To be adaptable, effective communicators, resilient, contributors to society, empathetic and culturally diverse? The Board of Trustee’s needs to hear from you. Our consultation is about to begin, so start jotting down your thoughts in preparation. Finally, thank you for the positive words of encouragement, the conversations, the commitment to send your daughter(s) to TGC. I have appreciated the conversations I have had with many young women who enjoy and value their College. It has been a fabulous Term One for me as Principal. To be the school of choice for young women in the region is my long term goal. That journey has begun and the road ahead is an exciting one for us all.
Tara Kanji Principal
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Goodbye Mrs Bailey
April 2018
United Nations Speech Competitions This was a Bay of Plenty regional competition held on Monday 26 March. Tauranga Girls’ College was represented by Helena Andrews, Emily Newbury and Grace Westenberg. Each student delivered an eight minute speech on the topic: “How should we balance climate change issues against economic growth in New Zealand? All three students delivered their speeches with confidence and flair. While none of them were placed in the top three we are very proud of their efforts and of how well they acquitted themselves.
Debating
After teaching over 5000 students in her 44 years at Tauranga Girls’ College, Sheryl Bailey Head of the Food and Fashion Department is set to retire at the end of this term. A celebration of her time at school will be held in Kaileys Training Restaurant, where she will be surrounded by friends, family, colleagues both past and present and students who have enjoyed her expertise and care during her time at the school. Sheryl is an avid gardener and enjoys frequenting the local eateries to sample current food fashions. Sheryl is also looking forward to being able to spend more time with her family.
The first round of this year’s WBOP Junior Debating competition was held at Tauranga Boys’ College and was a Tauranga Girls’ College dominated event! The number of teams we can enter depends on the number of judges we can provide and, thanks to three of our Year 12 girls stepping into this role, we were able to enter a record four teams. Big thanks and congratulations go to Gabrielle Dackers, Jessie Huang and Kasey Bennett for becoming official adjudicators. Kasey and Jessie were even called upon to provide some impromptu speeches for one team to argue against because their opposing team had defaulted. The final result? 3 of our 4 teams won their debates against teams from TBC, Otumoetai College and Katikati College.
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Nga Wahine o Merearia Project In 2017 Tauranga Girls’ College careers advisor, Ann-Marie Wilson, identified a group of Year 12 Māori student leaders to take part in a two-year pilot project to empower them with the skills to help empower others. As the programme was designed to be student led, the girls met with local iwi to communicate what they wanted to achieve through the project. This included making connections in the community with iwi and other secondary schools as well as empower others for a better future and to also challenge them within themselves and as a group. During the first year of the project the girls took part in a Cultural Connections and a Leadership Skills training day as well as a Careers Discovery Tour to visit different businesses associated with health, aquaculture, horticulture and communications. As the project progressed the girls’ confidence grew and they organised a special afternoon tea for local Kuia at school. They also took part in a leadership workshop on Whareroa Marae as well as attended workshops to learn the process required to produce a video. This resulted in two inspirational videos being launched at the recent Māori Youth Summit ‘He Rangatahi He Anamata Our Youth, Our Future’ at which members of the group also played an active role. The programme was linked to the Māori Economic Strategy, He Māuri Ohooho which outlines six priorities, one of which is to develop the skills and qualifications of individuals to participate in the economy and help generate greater wealth and prosperity for Maori across the region. Tauranga Girls’ College and other Western Bay of Plenty secondary schools will continue to build relationships with local Māori through the Kiwi Leaders Programme with support from Priority One’s Instep programme.
Young Enterprise Success Skye Lunson-Storey has been one of the 10 students selected nationally by Young Enterprise with both the Latin America and the South East Asia Centres of Asia-Pacific Excellence (CAPEs) to travel, fully funded, to Singapore in April. Skye will be representing the College whilst attending a one -week tour to learn about the culture and business community in Singapore, including site visits to businesses and schools. She will end the week by partnering with local students to complete a business challenge. This is an excellent opportunity for Skye to extend her global business knowledge, to network with other likeminded students and will aid her in the development of her innovative new business venture which she has created with partner, Abbey Crawford, OffKuts.
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Maadi Cup 2018 The TGC Rowing Squad of 27 girls, 5 coaches, 14 parents and 1 teacher travelled down to Lake Ruataniwha, Twizel, for a week of national competition at Maadi Cup. Over 1300 athletes and 120 schools were competing for a spot in the finals – tough! We experienced four seasons over the course of the week, with racing being suspended for 1½ days and snow falling on the mountains behind the lake. The officials did well to catch up and the girls raced hard. Every athlete in the TGC squad made a final, with 7 crews making A or B finals. Top results came from the U15 coxed quadruple sculls (7th), the U15 Octuple Sculls (5th)and the U16 coxed quadruple sculls gaining a gold medal – the first gold for TGC in 11 years. TGC placed 19th nationally out of the 120 schools competing, something for which the relatively small squad is very proud. Congratulations to all girls involved and thanks to squad captain Grace Ede for her hard work during her final season. Octuple athletes: Lia Chalmers, Olivia Phizacklea, Danielle Neilson, Emily Holland, Annabel Robinson, Katie Swinehart, Brooke Poutawera, Scout Atkins and Elloise Cleghorn. U16 Squad U15 Quadruple athletes: Lia Chalmers, Brooke Poutawera, Danielle Neilson, Annabel Robinson and Elloise Cleghorn. U16 Quadruple athletes: Rosie Frood, Courtney Ryan, Saffron Hann, Tayla McCormick and Molly Johnson.
Under 15 Quad
Octuple Team
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Surf Lifesaving National Championships TGC girls came away from the Surf Lifesaving National Championships with a number of medals. The Championships were held in Gisborne over 16 - 18th March: Lily Alton won a Gold medal in the U19 Surf Canoe Long course Lily Alton and Olive Pearce won a Bronze medal in the U16 women Taplin Relay Olive Pearce and Olivia Carr-Manoit won a Bronze medal in the U16 Surf Teams race Rebecca Barron and Tabitha Marshall won Gold in the U19 Surf Teams Race and Tabitha Marshall won Silver in the U19 2km Beach Run. Tabitha Marshall
Rebecca Barron
Liy Alton and Canoe Team 1
Tennis The weather was perfect for our senior 2018 Tauranga Girls’ Tennis Championships. A slight breeze with a light cloud cover. Most of the entrants were regular TGC Tennis Champs players since they were juniors, so it was lovely to see them play again. For the doubles we played a round robin tournament, followed by play offs for final places. The singles competition was a regular tennis draw. Singles: Championship: Winner = Kalais Going Runner Up = Arleah Tippins Plate: Winner = Parvati Goundar Runner Up = Jessie Chang Doubles: Winners = Kalais Going and Arleah Tippins Runners Up = Lara Morscher and Rachel Suter Third = Rachel Collins and Paris Allum
Kalais Going
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Touch Rugby
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Cricket
Tauranga Girls’ College were placed 4th at the Bay of Plenty Championships.
Canoe Slalom It was another successful year for Tauranga Girls’ College at the New Zealand Secondary School Canoe Slalom Championships where we came away with the ‘Best Girls’ School’ Trophy and special congratulations to Jess Cotterill winning three medals and Kate Hawthorne winning 5 medals. This is an outstanding effort for these two year 9 students.
Athletics Kayli Tuiraviravi has been selected to trial for the Youth Olympic Games and will attend a competition in Vanuatu in May. An Oceania team will be chosen from this competition to attend the Youth Olympic Games in October this year. She will compete in the 200m. At the Waikato Bay of Plenty Athletics Championships Junior Girls; Tiarna Allen placed 3rd in 3000m Molly Cachemaille placed 3rd in Long Jump. Intermediate Girls; Kayli Tuiraviravi placed 1st in Long Jump and 3rd in the 80m hurdles. Maia Flint placed 1st in 1500m and 3rd 800m. Senior Girls: Arleah Tippins placed 1st in 1500m and 3rd in 800m. Abbie Mortimer placed 3rd in 1500m
Aquathlon Abbie Mortimer in Year 12 placed 4th in the U19 Girls National Secondary Schools Aquathlon (Swim Run) Championships held in Nelson this week, and she also finished 8th in the Triathlon (Swim Bike Run).
The Tauranga Girls’ College 1st X1 Cricket team won the Northern Districts NZCT Secondary School Girls qualification tournament. Winning this tournament has earned the team the right to represent North Districts at the New Zealand Cricket National Tournament from 30 November to 3 December at a venue yet to be confirmed. The team members are Briana Perry (Captain) ,Holly Topp(Vice), Amy Clegg, Christina Gatenby-Hinton, Nensi Patel, Emily Pilbrow, Holly Ramsden, Rebecca Rickard, Paris Robertson, Sarah-Jane Stone, and Lola Vahey Bourne. They are coached by Mrs Leach
Rugby 7s We had two teams competition at the North Island Secondary Schools’ Rugby 7s Championships at Blake Park, Mt Maunganui on the 22nd and 23rd of March. Both the U15 & Open girls teams competed in the Championship divisions of the tournament. The U15 girls are a committed group of girls who showed a lot of learning over the term and finished the tournament placed 3rd equal after losing their semi-final to Hamilton Girls’ High School. The Tauranga Girls’ Open team started the tournament with a loss and then had 3 excellent wins with many tries being scored. The girls played off for 3rd and 4th against Putaruru College where they had a
solid win to come away with the bronze medal.
Equestrian Congratulations to Maia Coster who was a finalist in the Horse of the Year Competition and to Kiani Taylor who came first in the Calls 3 Y 11—13 and also to Minnie Davie who was 9th in Class 2, Yr 9—10 We had a small group of riders represent Tauranga Girls’ College at the Bay of Plenty Schools’ Gamblers Stakes at Edgecumbe Pony Club. Kiani Taylor took the title in the senior division.
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English Department Readers and Writers On the 17th of May, a group of Tauranga Girls’ College students will be busing up to the Auckland Readers and Writers Festival. At the festival, students will experience a range of national and international authors as they share their life as writers. The headliner this year is New Zealand’s own Poet Laureate Selina Tusitala, followed by contemporary YA writers Alex Wheatle, A.S. King and Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock. It will be a day our students will long remember. Contact Carina Rumney for more information.
Poetry in Action Presenting their production of “Words of War” to a selection of year 11 – 13 students on June 29th, Poetry in Action will mark 100 years since the celebrated World War 1 poet Wilfred Owen died. The production will include a range of Owen’s poetry, often studied at school, including Dulce et Decorum Est. Poetry in Action will not only bring life to Owen’s words but to also show past and present attitudes towards war. Cost is $10 per student – contact Sally McCann for more information.
Carrie Rudzinski Esteemed New Zealand author and world slam poet Carrie Rudzinski will be speaking and performing for our year 10 and 11 students on the 2nd of May. Ranked 4th in the world at the 2014 Women of the World Poetry Slam, Carrie Rudzinski has performed her work across five countries and almost all 50 states of the USA. She is the author of four collections of poetry and works as the National Coordinator for Rising Voices Youth Poetry Slam and New Zealand Poetry Slam. Contact Piper Mejia for more information.
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Teddy Bears’ Picnic On Tuesday the 20th of March, our 2018 Arts Council hosted this year’s Teddy Bears’ Picnic where our gully was transformed into a teddy bear woodland. Children from our neighbouring school; Gate Pa Primary were invited to attend. In total we had 120 students of Years 1 - 2 from Gate Pa Primary and children aged up to 5 from Te Puna Reo o Pukehinahina. “Every Teddy Bear who's been good is sure of a treat today There's lots of marvellous things to eat and wonderful games to play” (Anne Murray) The Kaupapa Māori committee organised a tiger hunt/obstacle course through the forest, where the aim was to hunt out our TGC tiger mascot. The Performing Arts committee provided cupcakes for each of the children to decorate. The Communications Committee ran the classic parachuting game while the Music committee played and taught “Duck, Duck, Goose”. The Visual Arts committee painted faces and the Musical Arts committee taught the children a song to sing. Our Arts Director and Secretary were in charge of storytelling. The children were able to experience all of the awesome activities we held and enjoyed the treats, games, learning a new song and transforming into their favourite animal. Tauranga Girls’ College Arts Council really enjoyed hosting this event and had an awesome time organising it. It was all worth it to see the smiling faces of the children while they danced and played at our Teddy Bear’s Picnic. We can’t wait for the next one in 2019.
International Homestay Family Picnic Evening Thursday 8th March saw homestay families with their international daughters, gathered together on the viewing steps around the pool on a beautiful, warm Tauranga Evening. The idyllic weather encouraged children to swim and families to chat. The International Department decided to give a night off cooking for their Homestay families, so burgers, sausages, fillings and buns were provided, followed by a lemonade ice block. This was appreciated by everyone. Our new Principal, Tara Kanji, took time to speak to every family, building up a positive, community feeling about TGC. Our special thanks to our BBQ chefs.
Speech Winner
The winner of the year 11 speech competition is Sophie Finn She spoke about how Disney princesses as role models are an unhealthy addiction
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Hinemoana Hawaiki Rising Sailing Waka
This month we were fortunate to secure sponsorship for two students, Kaiwhiri Pita-Grey and Haile Kii-Keepa Grey, to experience an 8 day voyage on the Hinemoana. The experience not only provides students with an opportunity to learn traditional navigation methods using the stars, but also to grow and build upon their strengths and personal skills and resources. Through the challenges and activities over the eight days students develop a belief in themselves and their future potential. - “Definitely a great experience! I never thought I could learn so much in such a short time, not only about traditional navigation but also about myself” – Kaiwhiri - “The Hinemoa waka voyage inspired me to appreciate the small things in life and helped me to rebuild my confidence” – Haile Please contact Chantal Stopford or Ann Marie Wilson 578 8114 ext 725 if you would like more information on these voyages.
Waikato University Expo On Friday the 16th of March, cohorts from several local colleges, including a busload of Tauranga Girls’ seniors, met at Baycourt Community and Arts center for the Waikato University expo. The event was specifically targeted to students interested in studying at their Tauranga campus set to open in 2019. Waikato University has had a local presence in the Bay of Plenty since the 1990s, with courses first available at the Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology. The construction of this state of the art campus has been underway for the past several months in the Tauranga CBD, the University’s main goal being to increase convenience for potential local students. The expo explored the study options available at this new campus, including Science, Engineering, Health, Maori studies, Arts, Film, Mathematics, Engineering, and more. Interest from local colleges was highly prevalent, especially among Tauranga Girls’ pupils. A Waikato representative stated that she is ‘really excited for the campus to be revealed’, a sentiment widely shared by both staff and prospective students who now have the unique opportunity of attending Waikato University, in a formal sister campus, right here in Tauranga Moana.
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Māori Department The first unit, ‘Taku Whānau’ has now been completed in all Te Reo Māori classes. The unit is about making connections to who you are and where you are from. In addition, the students have learnt Māori kinship and relationship terms as well as grammatical structures pertaining to family descriptions. The oral assignment for this unit required students to research their pepeha and find out a bit of information about their immediate whānau. All students were required to give an oral presentation in Te Reo Māori with a time stipulation which differed for junior students and senior students. We know that students aren’t always keen to speak in front of others however, this task allowed opportunity for the girls to put together cue cards, a power point or to use photo albums to help present their kōrero. It was most enjoyable listening and watching with interest as each student shared about their whānau including special photos. Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou i tū wāhine mā! The senior students are now preparing for their Manu Kōrero speeches and the NCEA internal assessment for Kōrero. Junior students in the Te Reo Rangatira class are also preparing for the Manu Kōrero speeches, Rāwhiti Ihaka (junior section). We look forward to these presentations on the week of the 21st of May. Our first Cultural Assembly was held on Tuesday, 27th March. This was previously known as the Māori Assembly. The change to the name came about through a request from the Student Leadership Team to make these assemblies more inclusive of other cultures. The focus is still on celebrating Māori achievement but is now open to all students and staff to attend. It’s pleasing to report that our first assembly was well supported by students with some positive feedback received. We anticipate another good turnout at the next cutlural assembly in Term Two which will include guest speakers.
Nāku noa Nā Whaea Terehia Channings HOD Māori
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National Youth Jazz Competition Stars Congratulations to the Tauranga Girls' College/Katikati jazz combo "Thomas the Tank Engine" who won a huge number of awards at the National Youth Jazz Competition held as part of the Tauranga Jazz Festival Shenazzar Sta. Lucia was award Best Vocalist and Best Outstanding Jazz Musician, (the first time this award has been given to a vocalist), Gena Grey was awarded Most Outstanding Keyboard Player, Louie Campbell (Katikati College) was awarded Best Bassist and the combo was awarded the Best Overall Combo.
The members of Thomas the Tank Engine are: Shenazzar Sta. Lucia - vocals Kayla Ross - Drums Helena Wright - Guitarist Geena Gray - Vibraphone Louie Campbell - Bass The musical director is Murray Mason
We invite you to support this combined production of Beauty and the Beast TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE Wednesday 9 May 7.30pm Thursday 10 May 7.30pm Friday 11 May
7.30pm
Saturday 12 May 2.00pm Saturday 12 May 7.30pm
Booking fees apply Adults
Through sponsorship at $100.00, (individual cast member) $500.00 (Bronze), $1500 (Silver),
$28.00
Senior Citizen $22.00 Student
or $2,500.00 (Gold) Thank you to our Platinum Sponsor, Legacy For further details please email lboubeehill@tgc.school.nz or
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TGC Art Department trips to the Tauranga Art Gallery This March our Year 11-12 Contemporary Maori Art, 10 Nga Toi, and Year 12 & 13 Painting students were hosted through two exhibitions on show the Tauranga Art Gallery; ‘TU [the space between]’ an exhibition by local contemporary Maori artist James Ormsby, is a series of works that includes his signature drawings, oil paintings, and a performance work. Our CMA girls were lucky to have James Ormsby himself there to talk about his work and answer some very thoughtful questions. Students also experienced ‘Art that Needs You’, an interactive contemporary art exhibition with art that people can touch, feel, engage with, listen to, take in, and even take home. This was incredibly valuable and inspiring for our art students.
Pictured is 11-12 CMA and 10 NTO enjoying their visit.
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Tauranga Girls’ College Competitive Swimming Sports 2018 Junior 66m Butterfly 1st Lily Pearce, 2nd Jaime Hammerich, 3rd Hannah Richardson 100m Breastroke 1st Katie Hills, 2nd Ruby Walford, 3rd Ripeka Skudder 66m Freestyle 1st Lily Pearce, 2nd Jaime Hammerich 3rd Maia Blackburn 100m Backstroke 1st Ella Paterson, 2nd Sophie Sullivan, 3rd Naomi Mortimer 133m Medley 1st Lily Pearce, 2nd Katie Hills, Jaime Hammerich 100m Freestyle 1st Lily Pearce 2nd Jaime Hammerich, 3rd Hannah Richardson 66m Backstroke 1st Lily Pearce, 2nd Laura Thompson, 3rd Ripeka Skudder 66m Breastroke 1st Katie Hills, 2nd Ruby Walford, 3rd Ella Paterson
International Women’s Day Thursday 8 March
Intermediate 66m Butterfly 1st Eleanor Gilbert, 2nd Charlotte Webb, 3rd Hayley Dawson 100m Breastroke 1st Eleanor Gilbert, 2nd Hayley Dawson, 3rd Taylor Graham 66m Freestyle 1st Olive Pearce, 2nd Hannah Power, 3rd Charlotte Webb 100m Backstroke 1st Olive Pearce, 2nd Eleanor Gilbert, 3rd Hayley Dawson 133m Medley 1st Olive Pearce, 2nd Eleanor Gilbert, 3rd Charlotte Webb 100m Freestyle 1st Olive Pearce, 2nd Eleanor Gilbert, 3rd Hannah Power 66m Backstroke 1st Olive Pearce, 2nd Hannah Power 66m Breastroke 1st Charlotte Webb, 2nd Taylor Graham
Senior 66m Freestyle Lucy Paterson 133m Medley Lucy Paterson 100m Freestyle- Lucy Paterson Open 200m freestyle 1st Olive Pearce 2nd Eleanor Gilbert 3rd Lily Pearce
Champions Junior - Lily Pearce Intermediate - Olive Pearce Senior -Lucy Paterson Freyberg 1st Mansfield 2nd Rutherford 3rd Batten 4th
Calendar 07 April
Tauranga Girls’ College Ball
11 April
Rotorua Summer Exchange
12 April - 23 April
China Business Trip
12 April - 26 April
History USA Trip
13 April 30 April 9 - 12 May
Last day of Term 1 First Day of Term 2 Beauty and the Beast (Baycourt)
One celebration of International Women’s Day by three Tauranga Girls’ College students was a day spent visiting females working in a variety of trades under the Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation umbrella. The girls were hosted by two representatives from BCITO. Rahera Bidois, Nellie Makaere, and Ina Gisa, all Year 11 students, visited a selection of worksites, including a group of painters from the Painter Girl, a saleswomen from Carpet Court, a female builder with McMillan & Lockwood, and staff at Carter Building Supplies. The group found this experience both empowering and enlightening, and ‘would like to thank the different trades that opened up their doors to us’.
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Contacting the College 2018 We encourage parents to contact the College (578 8114) for support at any time during the year. The Pastoral Team includes: Year 9
Dean: Ms Robyn Mankelow
ext 767
Senior Leader: Mrs Bird
Year 10
Dean: Ms Kylie Valentine
ext 766
Senior Leader: Ms Millar
Year 11
Dean: Ms Caroline Gill
ext 768
Senior Leader: Mrs Ferguson
Year 12
Dean: Mrs Bridget Prendiville
ext 769
Senior Leader: Ms Rowlands
Year 13
Deans: Mrs Audrey Keightley and Ms Margot Glaser-Brown ext 770
Senior Leader: Ms Rowlands
Guidance Counsellors Ms Judy Burr Ms Chantal Stopford
ext 728 ext 724