TAURANGA GIRLS’ COLLEGE
July 27 2018
Tauranga Girls’ College Newsletter Message from the Principal Welcome to the excitement of Term 3! It commences with the opening of our 2019 Year 9 enrolments and a full school assembly with a focus on ‘finding your passion’ and ‘if not me then who?’ I have a range of inspiring speakers who have agreed to share their stories. Term Three is always a very busy one and with so much already planned, making sure our young women are focussed on learning and making a positive difference ensures that we all bring about the best in each other at TGC. As I continue to emphasise, success can be measured in many ways. We have had amazing academic success, scholarship wins and accolades in business enterprise, sport, the arts and in culture. Our combined production of Beauty and the Beast was nominated for 8 awards last weekend and our Kapa Haka roopu Te Tauranga o Ngā Waka stood at the National Kapa Haka competition for the first time in 14 years. As the Board to Trustees collates the community consultation doc-
umentation, what is repeated are comments that focus on “opportunities, girls learning, supportive teachers and academic excellence”.
Introducing new staff members to our learning community Year 9 Co-hort Dean Anna Leach is a former alumni, having been Sports and Cultural Captain at TGC in 1997. She has been on staff since 2005, coming from Rotorua Girls’ High. She began in the English Department before transitioning to Social Sciences where she has taught Y9 and 10 Social Studies, Tourism, History and is TIC Sociology as well as a very proud tutor teacher. Her passion for students and learning has seen her teach all levels, from booster classes to extension and make connections across all subjects and ages. Anna's passion for the pastoral well-being of students has seen her constantly at school activities getting to know her students to best help grow them as people in
order to enhance their opportunities to succeed as a student. She is the TIC, coach and manager of the TGC 1st XI cricket team who attained 4th in NZ. Her personal relationships with students often sees her referred to as Mumma Leach, gained through a balance of nurturing, investing, and disciplining for the benefit of her students and she is known for the phrase 'it's because I care'. Anna is excited and honoured to be able to get to know the incoming Y9 students and whanau of 2019 and help them to grow, discover, learn, enjoy and succeed in which ever manner best suits them while at Tauranga Girls’ College. Inclusive Learning Leader Tena koe My name is Karen Gilby and I am pleased to be joining the Tauranga Girls’ College staff as the Inclusive Learning Leader in the Learning Support department. I have spent the last 5 ½ years as the Head of Learning Support at