Rotorua Lakes High School “Mauria te pono - Keep steadfastly to the truth”
NEWSLETTER ISSUE No. 9– 12 APRIL 2019
CHALKBOARD
From the Principal – P. 1 - 2 News – P. 3 - 4 Sports – P.4 Careers / Gateway P. 4 Notice Board – P. 5 Contact Us – P.6 Our Sponsors – P. 6
Dear Parents/Caregivers _______________________________________________________________________ WAKA AMA SECONDARY SCHOOLS NATIONALS LAKE TITITAPU, 26 – 29 MARCH 2019 by Lisa MacFarlane This year we had a J16 Girls team consisting of: Hinewai Bennett, Sugar Bryant-Kameta, Jasmine Emile-Chhura, Anahera Lewis-Kemara, Anahera Mear, Kamorah Shaw, Hannah Tansey, Pipi Uhl and Ngahuia Werahiko. For the first time in 4 years we also had a J16 Boys Team: Cyprus Christie, Steven Doherty, Jurell Fitzell, Matiu Hepi-Ritete, Dante Lamont, Cody Managh and Stevie Tantrum.
Also competing in the W1 singles races for their first time ever using our new school one man waka’s were: Jasmine Emile-Chhura and Anahera Mear, competing in the J16 Girls age group. Both made plate final but did not place – well done girls
on your first ever singles event!! Racing in the J19 Girls W1 Singles was Kyra Mita who paddled fantastically well to come away with the Bronze Medal in a final full of NZ reps – brilliant Kyra – well done. The J16 girls / boys mixed W12 race was the first race for our teams with our crew making the plate final just missing out on the podium in 4th place.
RESULTS: J16 Girls -
500 m turns – bowl semi 250 m – plate semi J16 Boys 500 m – plate semi 250 plate final coming 2nd place for silver ribbon – Well done Boys!
A BIG thank you to coaches Maurice Pomare, Sarah Uhl and our volunteer Puti Puti Rowberry for the week who helped co-manage our team. Over 120 schools competed this year – the biggest ever and for many new paddlers our Lakes students exceeded our expectations. VERY WELL DONE!
_______________________________________________________________________ BOP SECONDARY SCHOOL SWIMMING BOP Secondary School Swimming was held on Friday at Baywave, In Tauranga. In the Junior category:
Stella Weston
placed 3rd in 50 Breast, 10th in 50 free.
Samuel Trass
placed 6th in 50 fly and 7th in 50 back.
In the senior category:
Skye Cox took 3 podium finishes - 2nd 100 free, 3rd 50 free and 3rd in 50 back.
Congratulations to our team. And we wish Skye and Samuel all the best for their upcoming National Age Group Swimming Championships in Wellington during the school holidays. A BIG thank you to Claire Baylis for her ongoing support and encouragement of swimming within RLHS.
_______________________________________________________________________ ASSESSMENTS The following assessments have been set down to take place within the next two weeks. There may be times where, due to unforeseen circumstances, changes will need to occur. This will be done in consultation with the class(es) concerned. Level 3
Standard 91455
Subject Design
Date Due 2 May
TERM 2 KEY DATES 2019 Mon 29 April Mon 6 May Tues 7 – Fri 10 May Mon 3 June Fri 21 June Tues 25 June
START TERM 2 CAREERS EXPO FOR YR 12 & 13 12/HISTORY & 12/ECONOMICS TRIP TO WELLINGTON PUBLIC HOLIDAY Reports Issued Report Inverviews 4 – 6 pm
Wed 26 June Wed 26 June Sat 29 June Fri 5 July Fri 5 July
Report Interviews 3.30 – 6 pm. NB: School closes early at 2.55 pm – buses run as normal School closes early for report interviews School Ball Kapa Haka Secondary Regionals END OF TERM 2
I wish you all the best for safe and relaxing break. Have a great Easter see you in Term 2. Yours sincerely
Principal
NEWS REMINDERSNEWS FOR THE YEAR _______________________________________________________________________ TRACKING REPORTS Tracking reports were issued on Monday. At that time students reflected on their reports to set goals for term 2.
_______________________________________________________________________ FROM THE HEALTH & WELLNESS CENTRE Just a reminder that over the holidays youth are seen free by the Piripoho Nurse based at Te Ngae Medical and at Rotovegas Health. You do not need to be enrolled at either.
_______________________________________________________________________ INFO FOR THE UPCOMING BOARD ELECTIONS
(Please note date for Rotorua Seminar in the poster below) NZSTA would like to encourage parent and whanau participation on school boards in order to help shape and support the education of their children. To that end, we will be rolling out the Korari Programme for anyone interested in finding out about standing for the school board elections and having a say in the education of their children. The courses below are also available on our website: 1. Korari: a programme that provides you with governance training to help you understand the role of school boards of trustees. 2. Korari form: NZSTA will support anyone who advises us they are interested in becoming a trustee, by way of the workshops but also providing access to our Learning Management System where online modules re. school
governance, student achievement etc. can be completed. 3. Community member guide to the role of the board of trustees: This explains a lot of commonly asked questions and information about becoming a trustee. For all forms and information visit New Zealand School Trustees Association
SPORTS _________________________________________________________________________ EQUESTRIAN NEWS by JESSICA MOORE On Wednesday 3 April, three students from the equestrian team went to the secondary and intermediate school Gamblers. Jessica Moore riding Cartuccio, Tabitha Taylor riding Alizay and Jane Dorne riding Jasmine made up the team for the event. The year 9-10 class had Tabitha and Jessica in it and both did great in the showjumping but Jessica sadly had an unfortunate fall in the cross country with only 7 jumps left and Jane went awesome in the year 11-13 class. On Tuesday 9 April, Briley Jones riding Teddy and Tabitha Taylor riding Alizay went to the school gymkhana. Tabitha came home from the show with a first place in one of the flat classes which was cool.
CAREERS & GATEWAY _______________________________________________________________________ The following UNIVERSITIES will be in to talk to interested students this term during lunchtime on these dates:
KEY DATES FOR YOUR CAREER CALENDAR TUES 30 APRIL MON & TUES 6 & 7 MAY SUN & MON 5 & 6 MAY FRI 10 MAY THURS 16 MAY FRI 17 MAY WED 22 MAY THURS 11 JULY
Otago Uni Liaison Introduction visit – 1.30 pm in L1 Careers Expo Otago Uni Open Day Wintec Open Day Canterbury Uni Info Evening Waikato Uni Open Day Massey Uni Info Evening Canterbury Uni Open Day
Contact the Careers Department for further info: Barbara Walker 3 456124 x 235 walkerb2@rotorualakes.school.nz
SCHOOL NOTICE BOARD
Introducing a new 'Youth' category for 2019 The Sir Peter Blake Trust recently opened nominations for the 2019 BLAKE Awards and this year we are very excited to introduce a new ‘Youth’ Category for people aged 13 – 20 years.
Previously, the BLAKE Awards have been presented to New Zealanders in their mid-careers only. However, we believe there are many outstanding young people, including high-school students, who deserve to be recognised at this level for their leadership.
This new award recognises and celebrates young people aged 13-20 whose leadership is creating an impact on a sustainable future for New Zealand. Consideration will be given to leadership creating impact across any social, cultural, environmental or economic areas of New Zealand society.
The BLAKE Awards are our premier awards for leadership achievement in New Zealand, and we have an outstanding Alumni of recipients including Peter Beck, Dr Michelle Dickinson and Dame Tariana Turia.
We are seeking nominations for outstanding young individuals who will potentially be selected for the inaugural Blake Award – Youth which will be presented at a black tie dinner in Auckland on Thursday 5 September 2019.
Nominations are now open and close on Sunday 5 May.
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CONTACT US we are here to help
Phone: 07-345 6124 Email: office@rotorualakes.school.nz Web: www.rotorualakes.school.nz
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