18 October

Rotorua Lakes High School “Mauria te pono - Keep steadfastly to the truth”

NEWSLETTER ISSUE No. 29 – 18 OCTOBER 2019

CHALKBOARD From the Principal – P. 1 - 3 News – P. 3 – 5 Sport – P. 6 Notice Board – P. 6 Contact Us – P. 7 Our Sponsors – P.8

Kia ora Koutou, A good start to Term 4 has seen some fantastic achievements for our students over the term break. As said in my last newsletter, I hope that many of our senior students used this time productively to consolidate their understanding and guarantee success in the upcoming NCEA external exams.

Term 4 is always a whirlwind of activity with exams, prizegivings, portfolios being finalized and everyone working towards successful academic outcomes.

It is great to see all our students back, refreshed and focused for the term ahead and we look forward to working with them in the fine summer months coming up.

Nga mihi

Jon Ward Principal / Tumuaki

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___________________________________________________________________________ SWIMMING SUCCESS Over the school holidays two of our RLHS swimmers competed as part of the Swim Rotorua Team at the NZ Short Couse Open Championships in Auckland. For Samuel Trass (13yrs) his national short course debut was very successful with him winning the bronze medal in the 200 metres butterfly with a best time. Samuel also took two more top 10 placings with a cracking 30.19 seconds in the sprint 50 butterfly (6th place) and another best time in the 100 butterfly (5th place). Samuel also stepped up to be part of the Swim Rotorua open age men’s Medley and freestyle relays teams. Their top result was 14th in the 400 Medley relay.

Samuel Trass (far right) – bronze medal in the boys 13 years 200 metres butterfly

Skye Cox is a seasoned competitor at this level, but this year was competing in the tough 17-18 year age group as a 17 year old. Skye continued her excellent recent from, placing an awesome 5th in 200 backstroke and 8th in 100 freestyle. Skye’s 200 backstroke was fast enough to qualify her for the open age C final which she won, dropping 3 seconds and placing her the 13th fastest woman in New Zealand in the event! Huge congratulations! Skye also joined the women’s Swim Rotorua relay teams which placed 9th in NZ in the 400 Medley and Freestyle Relays, and 10th in the 200 freestyle relay.

Awesome results very well done to you both! ___________________________________________________________________________ MOUNTAIN BIKE CHAMPS Our Year 9 student, Milla Phipps had great results winning both the Enduro and XC race in the under 14’s, at the National Secondary Schools MTB Chams in Dunedin 4 – 6 October 2019.

Fantastic results Milla well done!

___________________________________________________________________________ NATIONAL GYMNASTICS Agustina Gonzalez Diaz was one of the gymnasts that represented the Bay of Plenty during the school holidays at the National Gymnastics Championships held in Auckland.

This was her first time at Nationals and she performed extremely well in this high pressure event. She placed 11th overall in New Zealand.

Congratulations Agustina, a fabulous achievement!

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___________________________________________________________________________ PHOTOGRAPHY SUCCESS AT THE RINGA TOI EXHIBITION Excerpt from the Daily Post Tuesday 8 October

Year 12 student Ben Balle (Tuhourangi) has returned home to Rotorua after living in Auckland.

It was his first year taking the photography class but he said being included in the Ringa Toi Exhibition has opened his eyes to a future in photography.

“It has really shown me my potential. I never considered it growing up, but I was into wildlife photography so I decided to give it a go this year. It’s that feeling of returning home after a long time. This place keeps me grounded and I wanted to capture that environment” Balle’s photo series was initially a candid shot but on reflection, he wanted to capture his feelings while being in his happy place.

Congratulations to our Year 12 student, Ben Balle, for is success at the Ringa Toi National Exhibition.

Brilliant work, very well done. __________________________________________________________________________ HILLARY OUTDOORS TRIP

By Katherine Goodrick On the 6th of October 19 brave Year 10 students arrived at RLHS to attend the Hillary Outdoors centre for a week long camp. The students had to apply to attend the camp and the focus was on developing leadership skills. They were split into two groups for the activities during the trip. On Monday both groups did some hiking and also completed teamwork challenges. In addition to this they also completed a high ropes course or went on a flying fox. Tuesday was caving day, both groups got to experience 3

caving and glowworms in a beautiful part of New Zealand.

Wednesday and Thursday were the big days as students completed an overnight out in the bush. One group went up to the snow and then hiked down to their campsite for the night while the other group canoed to an island where they camped.

On their way back to main camp on Thursday they completed some more ropes course/abseiling activities. Finally, at night they completed team challenges which incited much laughter.

Friday was the day of departure but first they had to compete against the other groups at the centre. They had to get everyone across the pool without touching the water. Finally the students performed a haka for the instructors, Liandra Allen and Stuart Lyall, who had supported them all week. Students had a great time and would like to thank everyone who helped fundraise and organise this amazing opportunity.

NEWS ___________________________________________________________________________ SPORTS PRIZEGIVING Our apologies. The following names were left off the honours list in the last newsletter.

HONOURS AWARDS Excellence in Sport New Zealand Representative New Zealand Representative New Zealand Representative New Zealand Representative New Zealand Representative New Zealand Representative New Zealand Representative

Kyra Jayden Maegan Luke Kyra Kyra Kyra River

Mita Fraser Fraser Gardner Mita Mita Mita Mutton

Excellence in Sports NZ Youth Mini Stock Speedway Team NZ Artistic Roller Skating Team NZ Sport Climbing Team NZ J19 Long Distance Singles Rep NZ J19 Womens Long Distance Waka Ama Team NZ U23 Whitewater Rafting NZ U18 Whitewater Kayaking Team

___________________________________________________________________________ EXHIBITION OF SENIOR STUDENT ART WORK AND MUSICAL TALENT

Friday 25 October 3.15 – 5pm in the school auditorium Next Friday October 25th the Visual Art department is having an exhibition of senior portfolios that have been created for NCEA assessment. Please come along to the auditorium and look at all the excellent art work your teenagers have produced this year. For the first time, our artists who are also musical are bravely performing and singing while you look around, it should be a great event. Any one is welcome, the more the merrier!

___________________________________________________________________________ CHARTER BUS Please note Charter Bus charges for Term 4 2019: $200 for Year 9 & 10 $100 for Years 11, 12 & 13

All students to be in possession of a valid ticket by Wed 23 October 4

___________________________________________________________________________ FEE STATEMENTS Fee statements have been emailed to those parents / caregivers with email addresses. The reminder will be sent home with students on Monday. Please contact Debbie McLeod mcleodd@rotorualakes.school.nz if you do not receive your statement by this method or phone to update your email address.

___________________________________________________________________________ LOST PROPERTY We have a number of items in lost property. Please check at student reception. Items will be resold or given to charity if not collected by Friday 1 November 2019.

___________________________________________________________________________ NZQA Students should be logging into their area on the nzqa site (www.nzqa.govt.nz) regularly to check their entries for externals, current results and how they link to Pathways and also they can see their personalised exam timetable. All they need is their NSN (this is on all the tracking reports and can be accessed through the KAMAR and Schoolpoint portals).

We strongly encourage students to do this often! ___________________________________________________________________________ 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 Subject 1 2 3

Drama Drama Drama

Standard 90999 91220 91519

Date 28 Oct 28 Oct 28 Oct

BRIEF OUTLOOK – TERM 4 2019 28 October 2019 PUBLIC HOLIDAY – LABOUR DAY 5 November 2019 SENIOR PRIZE GIVING 8 Nov– 1 Dec 2019 SENIOR EXAMS 14 – 15 November JUNIOR EXAMS 29 November 2019 REPORTS PRINTED 2 – 4 December 2019 ELECTIVES 5 December 2019 LEAVERS DINNER 6 December 2019 JUNIOR PRIZEGIVING 6 December 2019 REPORTS ISSUED 6 DECEMBER 2019 LAST DAY OF TERM __________________________________________________________________________________

JUNIOR WATERPOLO TRAINING Junior waterpolo training starts Thursdays 6.30 - 7.30 Games are Friday nights TERM 4 __________________________________________________________________________________

VISUAL ARTS PORTFOLIO DUE DATE This project is an external assessment worth 12 credits (year 11 and 12) and 14 credits (year 13). As this is an external assessment, failure to submit finished folios on time will result in a Not Achieved grade. Due date is:

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SPORT __________________________________________________________________________________

BOP U15 HOCKEY TEAM Over the holidays 4 Year 9 students playing in the Bay of Plenty U15 Development Hockey Team competed in the Grant Mcleod competition in Counties. Tama Te Whau, Rupert Lewis, Matthew Gray and Ethan Hoggard represented their region and our school exceptionally well both on the pitch and off the pitch. They played 6 games, winning 2 with most of the losses very close.

Highlights were, a classy win against Counties 4-2 (including a goal from Tama) and an outstanding effort against tournament winners North Harbour. They went down 1-0 and frustrated them a great deal with their tenacious defence and never give up attitude. Congratulations boys.

SPORTING SUCCESS

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NOTICE BOARD

Spring into Summer with Swim Rotorua Swimming Club Come along and get fit whether for waterpolo, waka ama, triathlons or Athletics. I am Greg, the new coach of the Metro Squad at Swim Rotorua. I have recently moved here from South Africa where I have national colours for competing at the World Student Games for swimming. I am making the sessions in the Metro Squad as interesting, diverse and multipurpose as possible. We have swimmers, water polo players and some students just swimming for fun.

Bring a friend and try swimming. Sessions available most days. Email swimrotoruaadmin@gmail.com or phone: 022 332 6922.

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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Thank you to all our Sponsors

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