A
in Wonderland
PERFORMANCE TIMES: 7.30pm - Sat, 2nd August 2.00pm - Sun, 3rd August 10.30am - Mon, 4th August
HAMILTON GIRLS’
HIGH SCHOOL
July Newsletter
6.30pm - Wed, 6th August 7.30pm - Thur, 7th August 7.30pm - Fri, 8th August 7.30pm - Sat, 9th August
Tickets available from the Finance Office at Hamilton Girls’ High School and door sales are also available. More information available at www.hghs.school.nz A HAMILTON GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL & HAMILTON BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL JOINT PRODUCTION
PRINCIPAL’S COMMENT Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou Term 3 is an incredibly busy time. Amidst the busy co-curricular programme, it is also the business
this production. They have been able to draw on
end of the academic year for senior students as
the talent of our students and certainly bring out
they complete internal assessments and prepare
the best in them.
for the term 3 practice external assessments. The key competency of “Managing Self” is extremely
Our combined HGHS and HBHS Kapahaka group,
important and an area that our students may need
Te Maurea Whiritoi, represented our school
support for from home and school.
with pride at the Nationals in Gisborne last week. Although they were not placed in the top 3, they
Parents of Years’ 11-13 would have received
have had an amazing journey to the Nationals
reports at the end of term 2, which summarised
under the watchful eye of staff members: Whaea
your daughter’s achievements to date including
Hollie Gray, Toti and Frankie West. Thank you to
NCEA credits and their performance in their
our staff and family members who supported our
internal assessments. We welcome any feedback
group. Special thanks must go to Lisa and Phil
on the new report format. Our staff are currently
Hokianga for their support.
completing Junior Reports and these will be issued this term. This is a timely reminder to contact your
Our chorus Uptown Girls and the Senior Quartet
daughter’s subject teachers, tutor group teacher or
Aspire will perform in the Barbershop Finals in
Dean should you require further information.
Wellington on August 13th. We wish them all the very best for this competition and know they
At Hamilton Girls’ High School, we believe we offer
will carry our name with pride. Thank you to
wonderful opportunities outside of the classroom.
Mrs Dickinson for her leadership of the trip to
A small group participated in the Nepal World
Wellington and our vocal tutors.
Challenge adventure and certainly there were many exciting stories to share, including trekking
Finally, thank you to our senior students for
through the Himalayas. Many thanks to Mrs
looking sensational and behaving wonderfully
Whaanga and Ms Hodgkinson who made this trip
at our Senior Ball on July 26th. We were really
possible and for bringing our girls’ home safely.
impressed with the code of conduct throughout the evening. Special thank you to the Year 13
Performing Arts at Hamilton Girls’ High School is
Deans, Mrs Huser and Mrs Wenham, for their
an area we are continuing to grow. Our production
organisation.
“Alice in Wonderland” had our opening night on Saturday and it certainly is a “must see”. The creativity, brilliance and talent on display in our combined HGHS and HBHS production is amazing. I would like to pass on our thanks to Mrs WynneJones and her amazing team of staff who have led
MARIE GORDON Principal
A
in Wonderland
sports at hghs
WAIKATO / BAY OF PLENTY CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS The rain cleared to reveal a stunning Waikato day and
5th, Laura McNab 11th and Jessica Lusby 12th. Our
great conditions for the Waikato / Bay of Plenty Cross
Intermediate girls pushed through with Isla Blake
Country Championships held on the 30th July 2014.
finishing 21st and Katie Lush finishing 23rd. Our
The Champs had been been postponed earlier due to
Junior girls, who got the day underway, all completed
adverse weather conditions was rescheduled from Te
the 3 km course in under 15 minutes. Kelli Brown
Aroha College to the Hamilton Gardens. The track,
had a great race and finished in 8th place in a time
which involved loops of various distance depending
of 12:38 just 30 seconds behind the 1st place getter.
on age, provided great viewing for spectators, as
Katlyn Steedman, Sharnae Taylor and Mackenzie
well as opportunities to provide support, and a few
Higham finished in 24th, 26th and 27th respectively
challenging hills for competitors.
and all were within 55 seconds of the 1st place-
Hamilton Girls’ High School took a team of 14 including nine Junior girls, two Intermediate girls and three Senior girls. The Senior girls took out the overall Senior team title with Tessa Leong finishing
getter showing the quality of the field overall. Abbie Hanson, Lilli Moth, Bailey Gallagher, Anaiah Rangi and Grace Cox all had great races and it was a good experience for them all.
THE DAY WE GOT RID OF BUT, TRY AND CAN’T
CONGRATULATIONS
Between Sunday 31st August and Friday 5th
September our 1st XI Football, 1st XI Hockey, Premier Netball, Senior Premier Basketball and Junior Premier Basketball head away to compete in National and Regional Secondary School Tournaments. It is well documented that performing well at any level isn’t just about physical preparation, it is also critical to be mentally prepared. Our Football, Netball and Basketball teams were lucky enough to have a session with Christina Jacklin who guided the teams through a process that helped them reveal a team vision and an individual vision which will assist them in achieving their goals and dreams. It was also about focusing on language for success and challenging ourselves to say goodbye to BUT, TRY and CAN’T. We wish the girls all the best in their final
HGHS would like to congratulate Pania Monk who was selected in the Tournament Team from the Netball New Zealand U19 Age Group National Tournament held during the school holidays in Dunedin. Only 12 players are acknowledged and recognized by Netball New Zealand and we are very proud to have 1 player named. Pania is a member of the Eastern Waikato U19 Representative Team.
CONGRATULATIONS
preparations for tournament and we look forward to updating you all on the last month as they lead into tournament and bringing you updates on their performance throughout the week via the HGHS website, stay tuned.
Congratulations to Kaly Harcourt and Baylee Luttrell who attended the BMX World Championships in the Netherlands.After competing, Baylee is now ranked 4th in the World and Kaly is now ranked 8th in the World.
HOCKEY 2014 Congratulations to the below students who have made representative teams for Hockey this year: Waikato Under 18 - Libby Clement Midlands Under 18 - Olivia Scotland Waikato Under 15 Representative Teams: A Team: Renee Allan
Sharnae Taylor
Baleigh Stirling
B Team: Litara Allan
Kelsey Lomas
Eleanor Rosemergy
WORLD CHALLENGE 2014 11 students have spent the last 8-12mths fundraising
During this 6 day trek to the Summit of Poon Hill we
$7800 to participate in the Nepal World Challenge
encountered many species of animals from donkeys
adventure. World Challenge work with the students
which bound down the track at us to dogs which
to plan and organise the trip which consists of a
followed us from village to village, snakes which
trekking, community service and rest and relaxation
frightened the Sherpa, bugs & spiders everywhere,
phase. Our trek phase consisted of a 6 day trek
but it was the leeches that we will never forget.
to Poon Hill. The project phase of the exhibition
Summiting on Poon Hill was incredibly exciting; to
took us to Pokhara to work in a small community
have journeyed through the mountains and to finally
school set outside of Pokhara. The school was a
reach your goal was exhilarating, it was a shame that
new primary school called Shram Breean. Some of
we were surrounded by cloud and unable to see the
the jobs the girls had to do were to paint the main
stunning view of the tenth highest mountain in the
school building and help cut the grass. The girls
world.
also brought sports equipment, books, paper, pens and pencils for every student. The last part of the
While all 3 other phases were exciting and
expedition was rest and relaxation.
rewarding, rest and relaxation was a highlight for everyone. During this time, we had many
It was an amazing 3 weeks. The group consisted
unforgettable experiences, including watching the
of Kelly Brough, Olivia Carter, Sara Elgoran,
Chitwan sunset on the river, watching elephants
Michaela Foster, Shania Hales, Lydia Jackson,
bathing, a cultural show, a jeep, canoe, and jungle
Laura Macnab, Rosie Marshall, Baylee Mitchell,
(walking) safari where we encountered rhinos,
Tegan Perry, Tessa Preddy and Lyric Walker-
elephants, and many crocodiles. Sight-seeing in
Eketone.
Pokhara included a Tibet Refugee Camp, World Peace Pagoda, Devi’s Falls, Old Pokhara, the Gurkha
Trekking through the Himalayas was one of the
Museum, and the International Mountaineering
absolute highlights of our trip. It was a memorable
Museum. We also did sight-seeing in Kathmandu,
journey through villages with incredible mountain
where we went to Swayambhunath, the monkey
views and friendly locals who were always willing
temple, as well as the Boudhanath Stupa, which is
to lend a hand and help out wherever needed.
the largest temple in Asia. - Sara Elgoran
ACADEMIC NEWS
SCIENCE USING A RUBEN TUBE TO STUDY SOUND WAVES
We had a sealed tube with gas connected at the other end and a speaker connected to the other. There are holes drilled all along the top of the tube to let the gas out. We lit the gas and turned on the speaker. When we hit certain frequencies we could see the fire showing the soundwaves. When the frequency was higher the wave length was shorter, when the frequency was lowered the wavelength was longer. When the volume was lowered and increased the amplitude (height of the wave) did so also. - Kendal Grylls-Thomas Miss Purvis connected the tube to gas. She let it run through until the flames were constant across the tube. Connected to the other end is a speaker and a signal generator. She used this to change the frequency (changes the pitch, higher or lower) or she twisted another knob changing the amplitude (affecting the loudness of the sound) . When the frequency was lowered the wavelength got longer (the waves were further apart). If the amplitude was changed then the height of the wave differed. - Morgan McLellan The Rubens Tube consists of a long metal tube, a gas source and a signal generator. Then you light the flame and turn on the sound generator. The holes on the top of the tube allows the flames to go through. As the pitch gets higher, the wavelength gets shorter and the amplitude gets louder. - Maia Barbuzza
Zoe Poole 9XA (pictured left) created a website for her project in Y9XA Science with Mrs Purvis. She grew her own plants in the classroom and investigated how different plants grow and reproduce. Please visit her website see what she has to say. https://sites.google.com/site/scientificgreenmachine/
TECHNOLOGY
YEAR 9 FOOD TECHNOLOGY ASIAN MASTERCHEF COMPETITION At the end of Term Two our first interclass Asian
high standard of cookery and presentation. The
Masterchef competition was held. Year Nine Food
winning team consisting of Macy Carter, Rebekah
Technology students spent the first two terms
Hall, Baylee Lutrell and Taylor Davey prepared a
learning how to cook a wide range of Asian recipes.
delicious meal of satay kebabs, stir fried vegetables
Two teams were chosen from each of the three Food
and rice followed by banana crepes with caramel
Technology classes to compete in the Masterchef
sauce. The team who scored second place included
Cook Off. Each team had to prepare two dishes
Sofia Del Grosso, Samara Compton and Aimee
to present to the judges. Entries included a range
Holton with sweet and sour pork filo parcels and
of Chinese, Thai and Indian entrees, mains and
lemongrass sorbet.
desserts. The judges were very impressed with the
THINKING TOOL STRATEGY RELATE
QUESTION EXPLORE
This thinking strategy is designed to push your thinking so that you can create your own questions about a topic. • Decide on a topic or use one provided by your teacher. • Brainstorm everything you know about the topic. • Create as many questions as you can on the topic that you want answers. • Explore your answers and begin to refine your response.
BUSINESS STUDIES The BP Business Challenge is a three day, EOTC,
through some pretty nerve-racking and exhilarating
business simulation run by the Young Enterprise
activities. The students were split into groups and
Group not-for-profit organisation. This organisation
they decided on a product or service that they felt
goes to secondary schools all over New Zealand to
met a need in the community. They learnt about
run this extremely worthwhile, interesting and exciting
research, SWOT analysis, marketing, management,
course. Schools must apply to be accepted by Young
communication, target markets, product
Enterprise, and our school has been lucky enough this
specifications, cash flow projections, investment and
year to get the Business Challenge made available
had a fantastic time through it all.
to us. Because we have had such a successful and worthwhile experiences with SELL, St John’s Year
The three days culminated with the groups presenting
10 Enterprise Studies classes wanted to join in as
to a number of impartial judges brought in from our
well. (And measles were NOT going to stop us)!!!
local commercial environment. These judges were all
The Business Studies Department thanks all of the
business people who know what it takes to survive in
teachers, staff and students who were flexible around
the “real world” and were able to give our students
this time to allow our students to partake in this
some clear pointers and feedback about their
fabulous experience
presentations, products/services and information.
The 40 St John’s and 40 Hamilton Girls’ students
These judges were highly impressed by what they
gathered together for the three days, and although
saw here at Hamilton Girls’ High School. A quote
they were mostly strangers at the beginning of the
from one judge was “I thoroughly enjoyed the
time, they quickly learnt to work together for the
experience and if the young ladies that took part are
good of their “business” and to support each other
an indication of the people who are going to run our
country in the future, we are in safe hands.” Another judge noted that “I really did enjoy the experience and can say that KPMG will be keen to be involved again next year.” Thanks to our Business Studies students, Hamilton Girls’ High School is gaining an extremely good reputation in the local community. Well done to all the students who completed the three day course!!! But the positive feedback did not end there. The Young Enterprise facilitators also enthused about all aspects of Hamilton Girls’ High School. The facilities, especially Ngā Puawaitanga, were indicated as being top notch. The products that they described were considered to be remarkably practical and viable. The enthusiastic involvement of staff (and most specifically the personal interest shown by both our Principal, Mrs Gordon and our Deputy Principal, Mrs Carter) was commented on frequently. The Year 10 Business Studies students, of both schools, who took part should be extremely proud of themselves. Well done!!! It’s almost beside the point to note the winners, as all participants seemed to get so much out of the course. However, we did have a number of winners on the last day. Each member of the third place winners earned a large block of Cadbury chocolate and a $5 gift voucher. The second placing meant a a $5 Whitcoulls voucher, a large bar of chocolate and another large snack for each member. The winners of the first prize each got a large bar of chocolate AND a $20 iTunes or Warehouse voucher. And that doesn’t even mention the winners of the three other prizes for Best Customer Service, Most Innovative Product and Best Visual Display. Needless to say, all of the participants were winners on the day. And St John’s is very keen to come back and do the whole thing again next year!!! Something for all Year 9s to aspire to.
Have nothing to do???
(Kmart car park)
MATHEMATICS EDUCATION PERFECT COMPETITION
https://www.educationperfect.com/c/#WTT2HG The Mathematics ‘Education Perfect’ competition starts on 28th July and ends on 7th August. Each question answered correctly gives an entry into the final draw with a prize of an Ipod shuffle and a class prize of a Pizza shout. These are exclusively for HGHS, as well as there being an International Maths competition. We encourage all students at all year levels to participate. Each student has been given a username and password. Please, check with your teachers for this information.
WAIMATHS QUIZ – 14TH AUGUST, 2014 The Waikato Mathematics Association will be holding the WaiMaths Quiz on 14th August, 2014. Teams are being selected and the students will be competing to
CASIO WAIMATHS 2014 QUIZ NIGHT - THURSDAY 14TH AUGUST The upcoming Year 7 to 11 Casio-WaiMaths competition will consist of the following: A: CASIO WaiMaths 2015 Poster Open to Years 7 to 8 and Years 9 to 10 B: Poster about the Mathematics Competition Open to Years 7 to 10 C: Video Competition Open to Years 7 to 11 D: CASIO WaiMaths QUIZ Competition Date :
14th August, 2014
Venue : Hamilton Gardens Pavilion
get into these teams. There will be one team for each year level at Year 9, 10 and 11. Poster and video competitions are also being held and students can get more details from their Mathematics teachers if they are interested in participating in these competitions.
ART The Art Department has been upgraded with a new art room (pictured below). D6 is a workspace especially for senior students and features a specialty paper sink for printing and eight brand new Mac computers, as well as maintaining its role as the Art Book Room. Originally the space was two rooms, a book room and one of the photography dark rooms. The renovation was completed late last term and students are already making great use of the larger space.
WAIKATO CULINARY FARE The Waikato Culinary Fare 2014 took place on the 26th and 27th of June and was hosted at the Rotokauri Campus, Wintec. Students from all
CLASS
SECONDARY SCHOOL CULINARY COMPETITION
Cup Cakes
over the Waikato region entered Everyone had a fabulous time and
NAME
50
Participation
Sanjani Prasad
65
Merit
Eilish Dockery
47
67
we came home with lots of awards.
71 76
We entered a team of 25 students medals (see the table below)
MEDAL
62
and the competition was fierce.
in various classes receiving several
RESULT
Café Cake
96
Merit Merit
Bronze Bronze Gold Gold
59
Participation
68
Merit
76
Bronze
in.
77
Bronze
A big thanks to Kerry Middleton for
79
Bronze
86
Silver
89
Silver
91
Gold
79.25
Bronze
and a special congratulations to
Mystery Box
93
Participation
Maddison Fatu, Emma Lynn and Raine Pearse & Tegan Ranstead
76
for obtaining Gold medals, making them overall winners of each of the respective classes they were entered
everything she did to plan, prepare and get us to the competition. You’re the bomb!
Chicken Dish Barista Competition
70
Original/Innovative 63 Non Alcoholic Cocktail
ENGLISH
Bronze
Bronze Merit
Jenna Kaye Brooke Megchelse Afia Tieku
Stacey Woods
Maddison Fatu Emma Lynn
Maddison Fatu Tamzyn Fordham & Kelsey Lomas
Afia Tieku & Charli Ansley Jenna Kaye & Brooke Megchelse Stacey Woods & Codie Finch
Jessica Bishop & Danté Bruns
Ashleigh Jeffcoat & Tahlia Ollington Maddison Fatu & Darshikha Mala
Faye Vidal & Madelyn Roxas Raine Pearse & Tegan Ranstead Codie Finch Codie Finch Codie Finch
The English Department has been focusing on our
The Year 9 English Speech Competition will be held
skills and understanding of Oral Language lately –
on Friday 15th August, in Ngā Puuawaitanga. The
particularly with the Year 11 and Year 9 classes. Both
families of finalists are welcome to come and support
have been engaged in preparing for their respective
their daughter and the rest of our Year 9 speakers.
speech assessments and competitions.
(Please note however that the speaking order will
The Year 11 competition occurred at the end of Term Two, with Mirella Willson, Tara Given and Sumayyah Gordon judged the best speakers in the year (more details of their achievements will follow in the next newsletter).
only be decided the day before, and as a courtesy to our young women, entrances/exits will only be possible during audience changeover between period bells.)
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
10SPORT ULTIMATE FRISBEE
On 27th June, both 10 Sport classes competed in the annual 10 sport ultimate Frisbee competition. The classes were split into 5 different teams, to compete in 7v7 games. The tournament was carried out over lunchtime & period 5, where each team faced each other. There were some outstanding skills displayed in some wet and muddy conditions. Congratulations to all the teams that competed in the tournament. The overall winners were – Lena Mitchell, Amelia Macnab, Bayleigh Stirling, Renne Allan, Tara Kingan, Parehikairo Kaihau, Hannah RiddlePelchen, Shivani Mistry, Jessica Weaver.
13APS/APO TOUGH GIRL SECONDARY SCHOOL On Thursday 26th June both classes traveled up to Auckland to compete in the 12km off road tough gal mud run. The girls were excited and ready to go bright and early for a 6am departure. It was perfect conditions, nice and muddy and plenty of competition. The 1st HGHS student in was Mikaela Jefferson who finished in 1hour 13minutes, coming 2nd overall female. HGHS was also named the 2nd toughest girls school. Congratulations to all the girls who competed in the event, you should be very proud of your efforts and the results gained for your performance standard. Mrs Perry & Miss Hodgkinson
YR 12 ADVANCED PE SPORTS FITNESS DAY What an amazing day we had together; rain, mud, sweat, hardcore exercises, running and amazing attitudes!!! We participate in a day of variety of methods and principles of trainings. These included Xfit at the Hamilton Lake with Fee from Te Rapa Cross fit. This was an hour workout which included hill sprints, hold logs squats, burpees and many more exciting and hard challenges. Then back to change for our next workout which was RPM at Les Mills. Followed by lunch, then our last team challenge - 8 km river run as a Letter Collector. What can I say? Awesome work and effort on a terrible day for training. You really showed your mental toughness and perservence which is excellent for the up and coming 12km Mud Run for Tough Guy Tough Girl in Rotorua. Mrs Irwin - 2APS Teacher
SOCIAL STUDIES 10MA & 10MI ‘TREATIES UNIT’
Both Social Studies classes enjoyed a fun period where they researched costumes common in 1800’s New Zealand. The classes then went on to dress their model in a costume of the time period. The costumes ranged from wealthy landowners, whalers, settlers, Maori chief’s and slaves. Students go on to comment on aspects of these costumes and some interesting facts about the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. Ms Tovio – Social Studies Teacher
“…..Some Maori chiefs used weapons such as Taiaha and Patu. The weapons are useful for hunting and make the chiefs look powerful. The Treaty of Waitangi was signed on the 6th of February, 1840. At first most of the chiefs didn’t agree with the treaty. However, Hone Heke strongly believed in it and as
time passed the other chiefs did to.” Shreha Shant
“An example of an accessory from a costume would be sword. It is good for sword fighting and fighting off enemies. An important fact I have learnt is that the treaty has been rushed and it took a while for the Maori chiefs to sign it”. Caitlin Smith
“The clothing for a slave was not useful at all and their clothes were always very dirty. I learnt that most of the Maori chiefs trusted the missionaries a lot.” Sam Ouch
“We created a costume from the 1800 portraying a Maori woman. This Maori woman was a chiefs wife, who were the first settlers in New Zealand.” Amy Dunn
INTERNATIONAL We would like to extend a warm welcome to our new International Students attending HGHS (pictured above). From France we welcome Claire Guttadauro, Alix Malmanche, Andrea Tauveron, Marina Francois and Mathilde Jeancelme. Germany – Tabea Mangold and Lotta Ludwig. Cambodia – Kathlyn Chhuh Ee San. Denmark – Emilie Reif-Lindvald. China – Jing Jing Dai and Ziqui Wang, and from Hong Kong, Alice Ka Ying Lai.
LANGUAGES The annual “Language Perfect World
School Champion for 2014, after scoring a grand
Championships” was held last month, and many
total of 16899 points.
of our students took part again this year. A pizza party was held on Thursday night for the extra keen
Our students also gained 15 Gold Awards (3 000
students, with several students spending their free
points or more) 11 Silver Awards (2 000 points or
time frantically learning vocabulary on the Language
more) and 36 Bronze Awards (1 000 points or more).
Perfect website.
A further 47 students earned a Credit Award for reaching 500 points or more.
Final results included an impressive four Elite awards. These students, Sapna Pandaram and Eden Poihipi,
Overall our school came 5th in New Zealand for
Rachel Li and Joanna Knowles, each scored over
French and 6th for Spanish. A great effort by the
10,000 points. Congratulations to Sapna Pandaram,
students and teachers of those languages.
who will be awarded the trophy for Language Perfect
POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR 4 LEARNING During Term 2, all members of our School community have been working towards being WISE: Willing to Learn, Interacting with Respect, Striving to Understand and Engaging to Achieve. Students have the opportunity to complete Student Affirmation Cards by demonstrating the behaviours that are considered WISE. We are delighted to report that 402 students completed one or more Student Affirmation Cards and a total of 886 cards were completed. A student who completes two cards is awarded a Bronze PB4L Certificate and three completed cards earns a Silver PB4L Certificate. This term we have awarded 190 Bronze Certificates and 108 Silver Certificates. The following students have all completed five Student Affirmation Cards and they are the deserving recipients of our Gold PB4L Certificate. Please join with us in celebrating this fantastic achievement.
GOLD CERTIFICATE RECIPIENTS Kyla Han HAD Chloe Barlow CCA Ashley Bezuidenhout CHP Michelle Blake CCH Melina Gray HWJ Leila Green XLH MacKenzie Higham HAD Molly Ives HMP Rajwinder Kaur HMP Rosie Ngatai EBC Sian Potter MPY Anjali Rajiv MBE Alissa Sills MPY Tanika Smith-Hall HAD Renee Allan WKY Hannah Black WSI Hanel Blom CMH Thida Cheum WKY
Dayna Peek HAD Sideqa Sharif XHD Heidi Thomas WSI Kaitlin Wolfe WLG Stacey Woods HCC Lucy Yeoman ECT Amy Wilkinson CHS Darshana Raman WSH Olivia Shaw WMW Sofia Malik WSH Olivia Hooker WWS Karen Minota Salinas HWJ Anita Rangitaawa CCA Shania Thomson CMG Katie Hunia HAD Harneet Singh WCL Arshpreet Kaur XSP
Summer Douglas CDY Fenella Finlay-Yates CHY Hineahukura Magner-MacDonald XWS
GATEWAY
MONIKA JARKIEWICZ AT COMMUNITY LAW WAIKATO
Starting in June, I have had the privilege of doing work experience at Community Law Waikato. Working with the team of Lawyers and case workers at Community Law Waikato has given me a huge insight into the world of Law, and has shown me what it is like to work in Law. I’ve really enjoyed doing a variety of different activities relating to different aspects of Law, such as attending Court Hearings, going to different high schools to watch Law being taught and attending Employment Mediation meetings. I’ve loved having the chance to explore an area that really interests me. I would definitely recommend doing Work Experience to anyone considering working in a certain field.
CHLOE MILLER AT RADIUS KENSINGTON CARE Recently I took part in a Gateway programme that has helped me to draw conclusions as to what I want to pursue as a career in future years. I have had the amazing opportunity of working in Kensington Radius Care, where I worked with nurses who care for elderly people. I had an awesome experience whilst learning how to care for the elderly involving eating habits and exercising which enabled me to adapt abilities relating to care/working with others that helped me to figure out what career I wanted to look into. I especially enjoyed talking to the residents in Kensington and learning about their lives because it developed my social skills and made the programme really enjoyable for me. I would highly recommend Gateway for everyone, so they can have an amazing experience like the one I have had.
CAREERS UPDATE TERTIARY STUDY 2015
HEALTH CAREERS DAY
scholarships for study in 2015 have been encouraged
enjoyed a day of presentations at Waikato Hospital,
to start preparing the necessary scholarship
where they learnt about a wide range of professions
information. The school subscribes to www.breakout.
in the Health industry. These included medical
org.nz which is a data base of scholarships and the
radiation, occupational therapy, social work, theatre
students can access this at any school computer. All
nursing, and anaesthetic technician. With an aging
tertiary institutions also have a scholarship section on
population, this industry is keen to employ more
their website, which should be checked for the criteria
enthusiastic young people.
All students considering applying for tertiary
In early July, a group of Year 12 and 13 students
of the scholarship and especially its closing date. Students should be approaching three teachers for
It is important to keep studying science at school
references, verifying their birth certificate or passport,
if students are considering careers in the health
gaining copies of their academic transcripts and
industry.
preparing personal statements as per the scholarship they are applying for. Early preparation now will prevent a stressful rush close to the closing dates. Students applying to the Halls of Residence at NZ’s universities should also be gathering the necessary information for their applications. Applications open on August 1 for all Halls and these should be made as soon as possible after this date to ensure students do not miss out on places in the Halls. Some Halls are very popular and students have been advised how to apply for these in the Daily Notices.
TERM 3 KEY EVENTS
The following universities have confirmed visits to the school for course planning assistance to students wishing to enrol at these universities. They will meet with students, grouped according to the degree in which they wish to enrol. -
18 Aug - Waikato University
- 23 Sept – Massey University
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11 Sept – Victoria University
- 17 Oct – Otago University
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17 Sept – Auckland University
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Canterbury University and Lincoln University are not
booked so students should come to the Careers Office for help. AUT yet to confirm their date.
OTHER EVENTS
6 August – Massey University (Palmerston North) Open Day 20 August – Massey University (Albany) Open Evening–Arts and Business 22 August – Massey University (Albany) Open Evening–Health, Science and Engineering 29 August – Victoria University and Massey University (Design) Open Day - Wellington 30 August – Auckland University Open Day – Auckland (students can register for a free bus online)
coCURRICULAR
MOOTING
This year Hamilton Girls’ High School entered three teams into the Waikato Secondary Schools’ Mooting Competition held at Te Piringa – Faculty of Law, University of Waikato. Our teams were required
Bench, the Judge hearing our Moot. This experience
to put forward a legal argument before a judge
was very challenging and nerve wracking. Our
on a matter pertaining to Section 4.1(a) Summary
students got to act as Lawyers and to experience the
Offences Act 1981. Each team was required to
work of Barrister. The students who represented our
produce a written legal submission and then to
School were: Tamara Doney, Hyebin Han, Daisy
prepare and present an oral argument. As each of
Hobbs, Kate Williamson, Tanya Mhlanga, Aaniwa
our students presented their oral argument they had
Coffey, Vouchleang San, Maddison Harty and
to be prepared to take questions from the
Holly Smith.
VENDING MACHINE TRIAL
The school has entered into a trial partnership with Sanitarium Up & Go by accepting two vending machines on a trial basis. The machines are offered through the Sanitarium Health & Wellbeing initiative. Sanitarium will provide a range of Up & Go products and Grains to Go snacks. The school receives partnership proceeds from sales made through the machines and these will go toward Ngaa Puawaitanga projects and the Arts. Just a few facts about the product: •
UP&GO is New Zealand’s Leading convenient breakfast beverage option
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UP&GO offers hydration and Nutrition and has 10 essential Vitamins and Minerals
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UP&GO is High in fibre and 98.5% fat Free
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UP&GO is High in Calcium and has no artificial colour’s
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UP&GO is available in a range of flavours including Chocolate, Vanilla, Strawberry, Banana and Coffee
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In addition, UP&GO’s 350ML Energize has 20 grams of protein per serve
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NCEA Key NZQA Dates Students should check their results on the NZQA Database using their Learner Logon NZQA Fees Financial Assistance Last Date to Withdraw from External Exams Last Date to Withdraw from Internal Standard Unless you have been given an adequate assessment opportunity
Updated on the 5th day of each Month Were due on 13th June 2014 Unpaid fees are now overdue Were due on 13th June 2014 The school is still accepting late applications School’s deadline – 15th August 2014 School’s deadline – 21st November 2014
Unpaid NZQA Fees are now overdue, they were due to the Finance Office on the 13th June 2014. NZQA will charge an extra $50.00 fee for any late payment. They will also withhold student’s results until the fees are paid in full. This could cause problems for any student wishing to gain entry to courses, polytechnic, or university in 2015. NZQA Fees for Domestic Candidates Entry Entry for all NZQF standards including Scholarship subjects
Fee
$76.70
NZQA Fees for International Fee Paying Candidates Entry Entry for all NQF standards Entry for each Scholarship subject
Fee
$383.30
$102.20 per subject
Financial Assistance To be eligible for financial assistance the applicant (normally the parent or guardian of the candidate) must be the fee payer and meet at least one of the following criteria: Be receiving a Work and Income or Study Link benefit. (benefit-based applications) Have a joint family income that would entitle the applicant to receive a Community Services Card. (incomebased applications) Have more than one child undertaking these qualifications in the same year, irrespective of income and the total fees to pay are higher than $200. (multiple candidate applications) Applications were due to the Finance Office by the 13th June To apply: Complete the “Application for Financial Assistance” form. You can obtain a financial assistance form from the student finance office or download it from the NZQA website (http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/assets/qualifications-and-standards/qualifications/ncea/Application-For-FinancialAssistance.pdf) Eligible for beneficiary or income-based assistance
Not eligible for beneficiary or income-based assistance
One child who $20.00 Full fees ($76.70 for NZQF and 3 Scholarship subjects) is a candidate Where fees are payable for more than one candidate, a More than one A maximum of $30.00 per maximum of $100.00 per child and $200.00 per fee child who are family payer1 candidates International fee paying students are not eligible for financial assistance. NZQF = New Zealand Quantifications Framework
DERIVED GRADES AND TERM THREE EXAMS: NZQA provides students with an opportunity to apply for derived grades if they have been disadvantaged because of a temporary impairment or a non-permanent disability close to or during an external examination (held in November) which has prevented attendance or affected performance in such examinations. Students will be notified of the official criteria and application process for this in term four. Derived grades will be generated from the results students gain from their practice examinations held in term three, unless their teacher advises them otherwise. This is one very good reason why senior students should take the term three examinations very seriously. NZQA will not (even if the reason is beyond the student’s control) be able to award a student with a grade for an externally assessed standard unless they have a result from an appropriate practice assessment. Note: Derived grade was previously known as compassionate consideration. TEST CONDITIONS In tests, unless otherwise stated by the supervising teacher you: Must not bring written material into the test, for Must not leave your seat without permission. example, on notes, on refill, on hands Must not bring paper of any kind including tissues Must put up your hand if you need a teacher. Must NOT COMMUNICATE WITH ANYONE BUT Must not leave the room without permission. THE TEACHER. Must not start to write until told to do so. Are not given extra time if you are late. Are not to bring dictionaries either paper or Are not to be rude to the teachers. electronic. Are not to bring i-pods, cameras, phones, and other Must not bring food. electronic devices Must not bring programmable calculators with notes Must only use approved calculators (determined by stored in their memory to a test. Therefore, supervising teacher) programmable calculators will have their memories cleared by the teacher. COMPUTERS: Must NOT COMMUNICATE WITH Must place your bag and non-test items at the front ANYONE via e-mail (sending or receiving) when of the room. undertaking an assessment on a computer (The school’s electronic surveillance system can identify what each computer processed at every moment in the day) COMPUTERS: You are not to access any file other COMPUTERS: All assessment work done on than what your teacher has explicitly directed you to. computers must be logged under your own name Therefore, accessing the internet, e-mail, or another (You must not logged work under any other name as programme not directly authorised by your teacher it will not be possible to determine that work is your when the assessment was administered is forbidden own –i.e., it will jeopardize the authenticity of your and will be considered a breach of the rules. This is work) because it will jeopardize the authenticity of your work. The above conditions are designed to ensure that: 1 student work is authentic 2 the integrity of the assessment is not compromised; and 3 the assessor can conduct the assessment in a claim and orderly manner. If a student brakes any of the above test conditions then it will be dealt with as a Breach of the Rules 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 - Principal’s Nominee PO Box 4082 Hamilton
KEY DATES AUGUST 2014 30 JULY
National SS Kapa Haka til 2 August
1 AUGUST
Year 13 Bio Zoo Trip
2 AUGUST
Alice in Wonderland til 9 August
5 AUGUST
Hamilton Girls’ High School Open Day
School finishes at 12:30pm
6 AUGUST
3BUS YES Exam
7 AUGUST
Australian Maths Competition
Mufti Day
New Plymouth Girls’ High School Exchange
9 AUGUST
Hostel Set Leave til 10 August
NZSS Rogaine Champs 12 AUGUST
Barbershop Finals til 14 August
Y13 Shakespeare Day 14 AUGUST
Waimaths Quiz
15 AUGUST
Y9 Speech Competition
2HOS Field Trip 18 AUGUST
1APO Field Trip (Class 1)- Extreme Edge
International Languages Week til 23 August
20 AUGUST
Australasian Problem Solving
1 APO Field Trip (Class 2)- Extreme Edge
International Mufti Day 21 AUGUST
13APS/APO New Experiences Day
Whanau Hui 22 AUGUST
1 APO Field Trip (Class 3)- Extreme Edge
25 AUGUST
Senior Assessments til 2 September
26 AUGUST
Get 2 Go Challenge
29 AUGUST
2APO Orienteering Exam
Orchestra Festival 30 AUGUST
Hostel Set Leave til 31 August
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