Rotorua Lakes High School “Mauria te pono - Keep steadfastly to the truth”
NEWSLETTER ISSUE No. 25 – 17 AUGUST 2018
CHALKBOARD From the Principal – P. 1 - 2 News & Events – P. 3 - 5 Department News – P. 5 - 6 Sports – P. 6 - 8 Careers & Gateway – P. 8 School Notice Board – P 9 - 10 Notice Board for Students/ Whanau – P. 11 - 13 Contact Us – P. 14 General Community Notices – P.14-15 Our Sponsors – P.16
Dear Parents/Caregivers
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RLHS STUDENT EMMA JACKSON FIRST PLACE at the ROTARY CLUB SECONDARY SPEECH CONTEST A few words from Emma: In 54 years of competition, Lakes High has only won it 4 times, and our last winner was in 2001, so seeing my name on a badge next to some exceptional students is very surreal. The feedback I received from the judges, people I knew and complete strangers was utterly mind blowing. To think I only had two weeks to prepare, and was still changing my speech the night before is crazy. For me personally it is a massive honour, not only winning, but also the feedback I received. Massive thank you to Ms Walker who supported me through the entire process, including telling me I was crazy when I Emma with her parents Emma with, Mrs Richardson (left) informed her I decided the night before not to use cue & Ms Walker (right) cards. The help she gave me was priceless. Ms Richardson too for her support on the night. And always, thank you to my parents who watched me panic continuously in the days leading up to it, but always had the confidence that I would pull it together (I certainly didn't have that confidence). So many amazing things have happened this year and words can't really describe how extremely honoured and blown away I am by this all.
Congratulations Emma we are very proud of you.
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PRELIM EXAMS Next week students who are entered into NZQA externals in November will be sitting Prelim exams. These exams are very important and students are expected to attend in full school uniform. The results from these exams are to help inform students / parents / teachers on the level the student is currently at and what needs to be worked on. They are also used for class placings and a derived grade for NZQA if needed. A derived grade is requested by NZQA in a situation where a student is unable, because of a medical or traumatic event, to sit their November exam(s). _______________________________________________________________________________
CATCH UP CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES Students are invited to attend Catch Up Credit Programme on August 23, 24 27, 28 if they do not have any exams. On Mon 27th and Tuesday 28th there will be a Level 2 course for 10 credits. They will need to come in School Uniform, Sign in at the Duty Dean and see notice there for venue.
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UNIFORM A reminder that gumboots and blankets worn to school will be confiscated as these are not part of our uniform as designated by the Board of Trustees. _______________________________________________________________________________
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 1
Subject Standard Date PHOTOGRAPHY 90916 Thursday 20 September (end of week 7 TERM 3) - It is critical that students keep up with the programme set by the classroom teacher. Any students who have not completed and printed board 1 of the folio by now, will be expected to get this done in lunchtimes until it is complete.
1 (10S3 only) SCIENCE
Yours sincerely
Principal
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All week – 20 to 24 August
TERM 3 KEY DATES 2018 SENIOR EXAMS Secondary Schools Winter Tournament Elective Books returned JUNIOR & SENIOR REPORTS ISSUED JUNIOR & SENIOR REPORT EVENING SCHOOL SPORTS PRIZEGIVING EUROPE TRIP Last day Term 3
22 – 28 August 3-7 September 7 September 14 September 19 September 20 September 24 September – 12 October 28 September
NEWS & EVENTS
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VISUAL ARTS FOLIO DUE DATES 2018 The following art folio submissions listed are external assessments. For this reason any folios not received by the required due date and time will unfortunately get a Not Achieved grade. Please be aware that extensions can NOT be given for these standards. After school tutorials are now running in the art room each week for any students who may need extra help. (Thursdays 3.15 - 4.30). The art room, sculpture room and photographic darkroom are also open lunchtimes to give students the opportunity to get work completed. Level 1 Mixed Media and Photography Due date 20 September (by the end of class that day) Level 2 Design/Painting/Photography Due date 26th October 9am in the auditorium Level 2 Sculpture Due 24th October (by the end of class) Level 3 Sculpture and Photography Due on the courier Thursday 8th November (students to arrange this with their teacher prior to the day)
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES STUDENT REP ELECTION 2018 Nominations Forms are available from Student Reception for the Student Representative on the Board of Trustees. Nominations close on Tuesday 4 September 2018. All full-time students in Year 9 and above are entitled to stand for election and vote. Election day will be held on WEDNESDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 2018. _________________________________________________________________________________________
OVERSEAS TRAVEL The Principal requests a letter from parents / caregivers advising of all overseas travel for your child during term time. Thank you for your cooperation. _________________________________________________________________________________________
STUDENT ABSENCES It is expected that parents phone the school absence line (345 6124, ext 244) before 8.30 am to let us know that their child will be away from school. A written letter from home explaining the absence must be supplied to the House Group tutor on the student’s return to school if you have not phoned in. We also have an ABSENCE LINE FOR TEXTING 027 765 4957. For those of you who do not have a land phone line, you may text your child’s absence. Please give your name, your student’s name, House Group and the reason for absence. THANK YOU _________________________________________________________________________________________
SENIOR EXAMS Senior Exams are scheduled to be held from WEDNESDAY 22 – 28 AUGUST 2018 Students must attend every exam in full school uniform. When not sitting an exam, students are expected to be at home studying.
DEPARTMENT NEWS ________________________________________________________________________________________
YR 12 & 13 TOURISM FIELD TRIP The 12 and 13 Tourism classes went on their Term Three field trip last week to Te Puia, Kawarau Jet, 3D TrickArt Gallery and Redwoods Treewalk. Students were able to hear from operators about the history of the area, the development of their businesses and what it's like to work in the tourism industry. Interestingly two of our guides were ex-RLHS students! A fun day had by all.
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MATHS HOMEWORK CENTRE Each WEDNESDAY from 3.30 – 4.15 in A11 All Welcome - Please bring a snack and a smile
SPORTS ________________________________________________________________________________________
END OF LOCAL NETBALL SEASON The Rotorua Netball season has come to an end and RLHS has had a very successful season. We had 5 teams this year and they have all shown good improvement in their game and have had some great successes. The Senior Development Team finished their season as Runners Up in their grade. The Junior A Team were winners in the Collegiate A Banner Round and Joint Winners of the Collegiate A Championship Round. The Junior Blue Team were Winners in the Championship round in their grade. Our Junior Gold team were 3rd in the Collegiate B grade, and our Senior A team were 4th in the Senior Secondary A grade.
Well done to all the girls this season. Also a big thank you to our coaches and managers this season, along with the support of our fantastic whanau and friends.
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GIRLS HOCKEY TEAM Girls Hockey played in the freezing cold rain on Tuesday night in Rotorua. The 2nd X1 had an impressive game against JPC and came away with a Win. 1-0. Great work girls and Lauren Crowe was the Player of the Day. The 1st X1 team played JPC and had a brilliant game but lost. Well done girls, it was cold but you hung in there with a 3-2 loss. We are proud of all of you.
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BOYS SOCCER The final game for Rotorua Lakes High School 1st XI Boys Football dawned bright and sunny. But by the time game time rolled around at the Rotorua Boys high pitch the wind was whipping up a storm. 12 of our boys took to the field and after a bit of a slow start and some missed opportunities Jamie Trass scored the first goal. This made him hungry for more and he scored the 2nd goal as well. Boys High challenged back with a goal of their own and we went into half time with the score 2 - 1. Thankfully after a rev up at half time from the coach the boys came out fighting and Josh Morley scored 2 more goals leaving the final score 4 -1.
We end the season in 4th place and want to take this opportunity to thank our coach Johnny Chemis, Manager Miss Beijeman, Supporters and Taxi's Ms Chemis and Leslie Eggleston, Ref's Luigi Gea and John Meredith and all the other parents who have supported the team over the past year. _______________________________________________________________________________________
BOYS HOCKEY Our season came to an abrupt end on Wednesday when the draw came out and we have no more games! Not wanting to finish the season like that, we scrambled together a game against A Grade team WHHS. The boys were apprehensive to be playing a higher level team but after an unsettled 5 mins settled into the game. Nil all at half time gave the boys confidence that this wasn't going to be a walk over! Second half our boys came out firing. The opposition scored first but soon after we equalised (goal by Jamalullah Abdul Rahman) and then again with a superb hit from a PC by Orrin Lewis. Unfortunately in the last few minutes WHHS scored again to bring the final score to 2-2. We were pleased with a draw but knew again we could have had a win! The season is now over and it was a great way to end. We could see in that last game that all the work and expertise coach Owen Mitai-Wells had put into the team had developed them into a strong unit. The boys are incredibly grateful to him for putting his hand up as a volunteer. Farewell to Captain Josh Donald - thanks for your contribution to Lakes hockey. Roll on next year!
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DUKE OF EDINBURGH Duke of Edinburgh's Hillary Award dates of Adventurous Journey opportunities being run by Gerry Purcell, our outside provider in the upcoming weeks. As usual, any groups of students that attend will need to be supported by a parent helper/supervisor in order to proceed. See Mrs. Allen or email allenl@rotorualakes.school.nz for more information or permission forms.
TRAINING COURSES SEPTEMBER THRU DECEMBER: BRONZE level AJ Training Course (2 days not overnight) - 8 & 9 September (Sat & Sun) BRONZE level AJ Training Course (2 days not overnight) - 2 & 3 October (Tues & Wed) SILVER level AJ Training Course (2 days overnight) - 29/30 September (Sat & Sun) SILVER level AJ Training Course (2 days overnight) - 4/5 October (Thurs/Fri) GOLD level AJ Training Course (not including Outdoor First Aid) (2 days not overnight) - 1 & 2 December Outdoor First Aid Course (managed by Red Cross, Tauranga) (One day) - 29 September Full details for each of the AJ courses will not be available until 25 August (as Gerry will be away overseas until 23 August) NOTE: Bronze level participants who have done the online training module must attend Day two of one of the
above Bronze level Courses (to gain necessary practical skills) before undertaking an AJ. AJ OPPORTUNITIES: BRONZE AJ (2 days overnight) - 6/7 October (Sat/Sun) BRONZE AJ (2 days overnight) - 13/14 October (Sat/Sun) SILVER AJ (3 days ) - 9-11 October (Tues-Thurs) SILVER AJ (3 days) - 20-22 October (Sat-Mon) (Labour W/end) GOLD Practice AJ - 20-22 October (Sat-Mon) (Labour Weekend)
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KEY DATES FOR YOUR CAREER CALENDAR 29 AUGUST 31 AUGUST 31 AUGUST 14 SEPT 18 SEPT 20 SEPT 9 – 12 OCT
Te Whare Wananga o Waikato/Waikato University Whanau/Family Information Evening Millennium Hotel 5.30-7.00pm Victoria University Open Day Wintec Health Taster Day Otago University Course Planning visit (1.30pm) Victoria University Course Planning visit (1.30pm) Massey University Course Planning visit (1.30pm) PIHMS Career Week
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COMMUNITY NOTICES for STUDENTS / WHANAU
UPCOMING LEARNER LICENCE COURSES: SeptOctoberNovember— DecemberWHERE TIME Course Cost
4-5-6 and the 25-26-27 2-3-4 and the 16-17-18 6-7-8 and 27-28-29 4-5-6 Lakes Prime Care building first floor 9am – 2.00pm $80
NB: The cost to go for your driver’s licence is $93.90, paid to AA or VTNZ. Students must bring their original birth certificate, valid Passport, bank statement or phone accounts, IRD number. Lillian Emery, Tutor/Road Safety Instructor, 0274 114 104 parents and students
CONTACT US we are here to help
Phone: Email: Website: Mail:
07-345 6124 office@rotorualakes.school.nz www.rotorualakes.school.nz Porikapa Rd, PO Box 7002 Te Ngae, Rotorua 3042
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