Genesis 15 May

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Wednesday 15th May 2024

Genesis Genesis

Te Reo Māori Assessment

Tēnā tātou katoa The Senior Tikanga class has been learning all about different types of karakia that can be used for certain events, and occasions. Karakia are Māori incantations and prayers used to invoke spiritual guidance and protection.

In the Karakia assessment, they had to recite an appropriate karakia for a particular hui. We chose our school assembly as our hui. Although they were very nervous and worried about what could happen, they did a great job and passed their assessment.

Kei runga noa atu koutou!

“Tūwhitia te hopo, mairangatia te angitū!”

Feel the fear and do it anyway!

238 Union Street MILTON T: 03 417 4483 E: genesis@tokohigh.school.nz

Uniform Reminder

Now that we are starting to feel the effects of winter weather, it is time to remind students of the uniform requirements.

Softshell jackets are still able to be worn, or the new longer, waterproof jacket which is available from NZ Uniforms.

Thermal tops are able to be worn under the polo tee shirts or checked shirts. These are to be black or navy. Hoodies and other non–uniform items are not acceptable.

Students wearing skirts are allowed to wear navy stockings.

There are some items of second hand uniform and new uniform pieces available at the school office, or you can join the Tokomairiro High Second Hand uniform page on Facebook by going to https://www.facebook.com/groups/1056602061990214.

For any questions about uniform, please talk to your child’s dean.

Toko TV

Have you checked out Toko TV yet?

Click on the links below: Episode One, Last Day of Term One 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=OZFK3zWUGrM Episode Two, Meet the Prefect Team https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CZN116LIkY Episode Three, Proposed International Option for 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVl2SbTjtUM&t=20s Above left: Daiha Coulter-Butler and Pippa Greene, and right: Millanian Potae, share their karakia.

Stained Glass Art

Te toi whakairo, ka ihiihi, ka wehiwehi, ka aweawe te ao katoa. - Artistic excellence makes the world sit up in wonder.

Ayson Wardell and Felix Papalii display their personal stained glass crests. Students looked at work by Roy Miller before completing their own designs. Awesome work!

School Reunion Labour Weekend 2024

A school reunion is planned for Labour Weekend 2024, for pupils of Tokomairiro High School who attended in 1982-83. If you were at school at that time then this is for you. There are already some ex teaching staff coming for this event and the invitation also goes out to other ex teachers.

Check us out on Facebook THS Reunion 82-83 for registration details and feel free to put any photos you may have or make contact with someone you lost touch with.

There are some events currently being planned culminating in a dinner on Saturday night. If you have any questions, please email me at rodgerweatherall1@gmail.com. I look forward to hearing from you.

Dates to Remember…2024 Wednesday 15th May

Parent Teachers Evening

Friday 17th May

EOHS Sports Exchange

Wednesday 22nd May

Cross Country

Thurs 23rd to Thurs 30th May NCEA Common Assessment Activities Monday 27th May

Teacher Only Day

Monday 3rd June

King’s Birthday Holiday

Tokomairiro High School Newsletter...

SCHOOL MISSION: Inspiring Excellence in Education, in Character and in Life.

Tena koutou katoa It sometimes amazes me how much happens in a few days at a high school and I really can’t believe that this is week three already. This week marks support staff day on Wednesday. Our kura could not operate without the tireless effort of our amazing team of support staff and I along with the teaching staff are very grateful to each and every one of our non-teaching staff who work at Tokomairiro High School.

Recognition System As a school we have always recognised the achievements of our students but we have now formalised a recognition system that is clear and easy to follow. Mr Simpson explained the new and yet unnamed system in a recent assembly.

The new streamlined system will recognise students in four categories: Academic, Sport, Cultural and Service. There will be bronze, silver and gold awards available in each category and these will be awarded at a special awards assembly.

For each category with the exception of Academic students can submit a nomination that will be submitted to a committee for review. So far there have been multiple nomination forms completed and I am really looking forward to the first awards assembly later this year.

Haere mai Last week we welcomed our new Sports Coordinator. I am very pleased to announce Rebecca Mallon has been appointed to this position. Rebecca has already hit the ground running with winter sports starting, our first annual sports exchange on Friday and also cross country next week.

Volleyball This term there will be an inter house volleyball competition. This will take place on Thursday lunchtimes. To launch the competition last week the Student Selects played the Staff All Stars. It was a tough fought battle with the lead changing multiple times during the game but eventually the Student Selects won the game by a point.

Darts Darts is proving to be a very popular activity for our students. Last Friday afternoon we were very fortunate to have the help of Stan Westwood from the Mosgiel darts association.

Stan came to help our very enthusiastic darts players to upskill and develop their technique.

He will also be helping us find a way to play other schools without the need to travel.

Tiny’s Values Milton We have for many years now had the school values of Whakaute/Respect, Haepapa/Responsibility and Butchery Te Hiringa/Excellence. These values are embedded in 112 Union Street, Milton everything we try to do around school and are values that we feel are very important. We have recently had a visual representation created for each Ph 417 8223 of our values which are below.

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NCEA Common Assessments The first window for the 2024 NCEA Common Assessment Activity Literacy and Numeracy tests start next week. Most students in Year 11 and many in Year 10 will be completing the Reading, Writing and Numeracy tests which will be held on the mornings of Thursday 23rd, Friday 24th and Tuesday 28th May. Teacher Only Day School will be closed for instruction on Monday 27th May for a Teacher Only Day. This teacher only day is one of the nationally provided days overseen by the Ministry of Education. There will be no availability to supervise any students on this day.

Nga mihi Vicki Wish, Principal

Public Health Nurse - Abby Brookland

Available Tuesdays at Tokomairiro High School in the Guidance Counsellor’s Office.

Phone 027 241 1506 to make an appointment.

Genesis

The Genesis is a free publication, delivered weekly to homes and businesses in Milton, and is available on the school website, Facebook or via email. The Genesis office is open Tuesday 8:30am - 3:30pm and Wednesday 8:30-12. If the office is unattended, any articles, advertising or payments can be taken to the school office or left in the secure box in the office door.

Genesis Deadlines: Advertising and Articles - Monday 12 noon. These can be emailed to the Editor at genesis@tokohigh.school.nz.

Genesis is delivered FREE to your letterbox on Wednesday afternoons. Any payments or donations can be made to Tokomairiro High School, account number 03 1736 0009803 000. Please use GENESIS and your name as reference. - Carolyn Shanks, Genesis Editor

Bible Reading for the Week

“Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground. .” - Psalm 143:10 TERM 2 RESULTS HOCKEY 7/5 Toko Tane 1st XI vs Taieri College 1st XI | 0-0 DRAW 10/5 Toko Kwiik Sticks Mixed vs EOHS Green | 7-3 WIN 13/5 Toko Wahine Girls 1st XI vs St Hilda’s 9B | 7-1 LOSS FIXTURES HOCKEY 17/5 Toko Kwik Sticks Mixed vs Lawrence Area School | 4:30pm | Kings 20/5 Toko Wahine Girls 1st XI vs OGHS Sapphires | 5:35pm | McMillan Turf NETBALL POD’s Week Ending 11th May Toko Kokaho Whole Team Toko Senior A Pippa Greene Toko Takahe Kyra Stephen Toko Gold Mariah Giles Toko Silver Georgia Durham Toko Steel Jada-Rose Carr

Marine Biology Trip

In the first week of this term our Year 12 and 13 Biology students spent three days participating in a Small Animal Study at the Marine Centre in Portobello.

Year 12 students were studying the Rocky Shore community. They were able to go out and sample the population, as well as take measurements such as the salinity of the sea and the light intensity of the shoreline where the animals were found.

Year 13 students developed their own study using the Half Crab. They carried out various individual studies which included whether light, ph, salinity and temperature affected the crabs' movement and time it took for them to reshelter.

We were also very fortunate to be able to observe the dissection of a dogfish (which is a type of shark) and a rather large octopus that they had in a tank, which had been brought into them around six months ago and was getting ready to be released back into the wild. It put on an amazing show for us on two of the days of our trip out there and was great entertainment, especially around meal times when it was chasing its dinner around the tank!

The Science Department would like to take this opportunity to thank the PTA for helping with the funding for this trip and to Rose, Nicole and Cheryl-Marie for supporting our students.

UPCOMING EVENTS Friday 17th May -EOHS Sports Exchange 21st May -Rippa Rugby Tournament 22nd May -Cross Country 29th May –Top Team 30th May –Cross Country Relay, Milton

Articles and Reports The Toko Wahine 1st VI team getting a pep talk from Captain Annie Graham at this week’s game.

The Genesis relies on articles and reports supplied by the community to fill our pages. Please email these to genesis@tokohigh.school.nz

Year 9 and 10 Social Sciences

Our Year 9 and 10 Social Sciences class have been unveiling stories of our town's past by recording data from cemeteries.

We were lucky to have Noeline and Nancie from the Tokomairiro Historical Society come and talk to us about the importance of collecting data to show societal trends.

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Striking a Chord in Year 7 and 8

The Year 7 and 8 Music Class have been working hard to learn chords on their favourite instruments.

We are looking forward to having a class jam session at the end of the term!

Left: Cash on the piano, and right, Tristen on guitar.

Bridge

Autumn Pairs 25th April 2024 A Phillips / J Turnbull 56.25% C Gorinski / A Broome 56.25% J Scott / K Powell 53.13% T Tetlow / R Devlin 50.00% T Morland / L Clark 34.38% Milton Pairs 2nd May 2024 K Powell / D MacAulay 59.38% V Stanley / T Morland 53.13% T Tetlow / J Turnbull 50.00% J Scott / A Broome 43.75% L Clark / L Rutherford 43.75% Toko Champs 9th May 2024 C Gorinski / J Scott 62.50% L Clark / K Powell 56.25% T Morland / V Stanley 56.25% A Broome / K Roughan 50.00% J Turnbull / R Devlin 31.25%

Toko Rugby Report On Saturday the Toko Premiers travelled to Heriot where they last won in 2004 which shows how difficult it is to get a victory Toko Premiers ripped in right from the outset with much better intensity and accuracy from previous weeks. They were rewarded with an early try to DJ Kane, however Heriot responded with 17 unanswered points. Toko bounced back with an excellent team try to Lightening Lockie Finch and a moment of brilliance to Dylan Greer which gave Toko a narrow 19-17 lead at halftime.

Toko continue with their dominance with further 2nd half tries to Damon Clement and Jared Hayes before Toko running on fumes late in the game which allowed Heriot to close the result to a well deserved 36-27 victory to Toko.

Toko played a high octane game which made for outstanding viewing on their best performance of the season. Standouts were DJ Kane, Liam Kingma, Kaleb Hayes and Dylan Greer but the whole squad outplayed their opponents.

Unfortunately Toko Seniors had to default last weekend which is disappointing to hear. If you commit to playing on Tuesday at least follow them with it.

Toko have the bye next weekend but on 25th May is our Club Day so all teams playing at home with a full day planned. All our wonderful sponsors come along on that day for some excellent hospitality as we thank you for your contribution.

-The Judge

Toko Junior Rugby Club 11th May 2024

Rippa– Toko Blue POD: Te Korau Hauraki-Joseph Coaches Choice: Chelsea Martin

Milton Sub Association Indoor Bowls Interclub successfully returned last week. Moneymore played St Mary’s and beat them 3 games to 1. Moneymore won 8-7, 14-11 and 6-5 and St Mary’s win was 20-6.

Glenledi & Milton Country Club tied 4-all. The Country Club won 12-5 and 8-7, while Glenledi won 9-1 and 8-4.

Final points after one round are Moneymore 2, Glenledi & Milton Country Club 1 and St Mary’s 0.

Milton’s Peter Grant was in the winning team of South Otago‘s N.Z. Mixed Fours. He teamed up with Christine King and Colleen and David Fenton to beat Alanna and Chris Moffit, Stephen Preddy and Yvonne Thomas 10-6 in the final. Next day he was runner up to Robert Wilson losing 127. There were 16 entries with seven qualifiers. Peter narrowly knocked out Alistair Allison 7-6 then put paid to Barbara Reads hope when he beat her 15-6 in the semi finals.

Rippa– Toko Gold POD: Samantha Williams Coaches Choice: Tamati Rewita Rippa Toko White POD: Louie Smaill Coaches Choice: Aria Milligan Year 3 & 4 Toko Blue POD: Talisa Pulu Coaches Choice: James Toole

Year 5 & 6 Toko Blue POD: Hemi Lambert Coaches Choice: Max Stevenson Year 5 & 6 Toko Gold POD: Paraurahi Hauraki-Joseph Coaches Choice: Kaitoa Tahana Tackle of the Day: Rose Cook Year 7 & 8 Toko Blue POD: Makaahea Tahana Coaches Choice: Moss Cookson

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Quote of the Week:

‘If you haven’t got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me’ -Alice Roosevelt Longworth

Toko Golf

Euchre 1st May Winner: Steve Loser: Maureen (owaka) Raffle: Loraine

8th May Winner: Lyn Loser: Cath Raffle: Carol (Owaka)

News from the Trenches...

May is rapidly disappearing as quickly as the temperature has dropped. Still plenty of warmth and good times emitting from the RSA. Sadly I have to report of the passing Ray McLellan who for many years led the Anzac Day March and always looked resplendent in his impeccably maintained Naval Uniform. Ray always had plenty of stories and enjoyed a laugh over a quiet whisky. RIP Ray. We had an excellent turn out to our AGM last week which reflects how we continue to build a very strong base of members.

Don't forget to mark on your calender 7th June where the RSA is hosting a Quiz Night to raise funds for our swimming pool. Get your most intelligent friends together of if you only have idiots, come along anyway. Good times ahead This week the scoreboard will be covered up for the remainder of the Tipping Competition so now is when the craftiness comes through and the bluffing is cranked up a notch. I think a few tears (not many) were shed when the Highlanders thrashed the Crusaders last week, most of the tears belong to Bruce Good so make sure he's ok.

-Private Spike Pike

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7th May 2024 Jo Hitchon –Best Nett for Month— R Devlin 72 May Murdoch –Best Stableford for Month –R Devlin 36 Anna Burnett—Best Nett LGU Day—S Bearman 73 Eileen Kennard –Lowest Putting LGU Day –L Lister 30 Div 1: S Bearman 86 13 73 G Coote 105 27 78 L Day 94 15 79 Div 2: J Pierce 112 38 74 A Smales 105 29 76 L Rogan 107 30 77 c/b L Lister 109 32 77 9 Holers Noeline Cubbit Nett 42 c/b Closest (longest putt #9/18) L Lister

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Situations Vacant

Situations Vacant

Teacher Aide Vacancy We are looking for an enthusiastic part time Teacher Aide, term time only. The ideal candidate will need to be able to work with a range of students in a variety of settings around the school, be collaborative, encouraging and have a good level of literacy and numeracy.

To apply in writing, or for any enquiries and further details, please contact Vicki Wish at thsprincipal@tokohigh.school.nz Applications close on Friday 24th May.

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Community Singing Group 4th Tuesday of the month 7:00 pm Church Hall (by Heritage Church) All welcome

Milton Rebus Club Speakers, both local and further afield, are invited to come and talk to members each month. Efforts are made to include people with a wide variation of topics and ages and backgrounds.

Anyone interested in the speaker of the day is welcomed by members to join them for a cuppa and a chat as well.

Meetings are on the third Tuesday of the month at the RSA hall at 10 am. For further information ring the Secretary, Jill Lowery, on 417 8080.

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Tokomairiro Waiora Inc.

Tokomairiro Co-Operating Parish

4 Shakespeare St Milton

Sunday 19th May

Free Nurse Clinics 2024 The Nurse Clinics provide a range of services including: • Rangatahi checks • CERVICAL SCREENING SELF TEST available • Sexual health checks and contraception advice including emergency contraception • Pregnancy testing • Weight monitoring • Blood sugar and blood pressure checks • Heart, diabetes and breathing checks to identify risk of illness • Chronic disease maintenance • Access to Podiatrists • Access to Dietitians • Helping develop health plans to meet health goals • Advice on who and what is available to meet people’s health needs.

Next clinic Tuesday 31st May, 10am-2pm Open to all community members.

For appointment contact: Ph 03 417 7430 or 027 232 3769 or office@tokowaiora.co.nz

Articles and Reports The Genesis relies on articles and reports supplied by the community to fill our pages. Please email these to genesis@tokohigh.school.nz

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Sunday Service - 10am.

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