19 March 2021 by RLHS

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

NEWSLETTER ISSUE No. 08– 19 MARCH 2021

CHALKBOARD From the Principal – P. 1 Student Successes – 2 - 6 News from Teachers – P. 6 - 8 Term Info – 8 - 9 Sport – P. 9 Careers / Gateway – P. 9 Notice Board – P. 10 Contacts – P. 10

Kia ora Koutou, It was a pleasure to see all of you at our Investiture Assembly on Tuesday this week. Recognising and congratulating all our students who were endorsed with NCEA Excellence and Merit was a pleasure and I am very proud of the hard work and dedication the students have put it to this. Also, thank you to our teaching staff who have put in a huge effort in helping and supporting these students to achieve. We also had the chance to once again congratulate our 2021 school leaders and peer support leaders who received their badges. Thank you to you all. (further details on pages 2 - 5). I have just seen our Year 10 students returning from camp, looking slightly weary. There will be more of a write up next week with some pictures. All those spoken to seemed to have a very positive experience. After a few postponements, on Monday 15 March this week, we had our Swimming Sports day at the Rotorua Aquatic Centre. It was a day filled with our students competing and participating in our competitive and fun events. The new sized swimming pool was a huge success and we had fantastic weather which completed a great day. A big thank you to all staff for organizing, but most of all to our students who were so well behaved, fiercely competitive and had great fun. (further details on pages 5 - 6). We are looking forward to our Summer Tournament Week next week. I wish all our teams luck and success in their events including our rowers in the Maadi Cup (yes, I am the teacher in charge of rowing!😊) Have a relaxing weekend. Ngā mihi,

Jon Ward Principal / Tumuaki, wardj@rotorualakes.school.nz 1

STUDENT SUCCESSES ___________________________________________________________________________ CELEBRATORY ASSEMBLY On Tuesday 16 March this week, we held a special assembly to congratulate and acknowledge the successes of our students. The students who achieved their 2020 NCEA Certificates Endorsed with Excellence and Merit were congratulated. Our 2021 school leaders, BOT Student Rep and peer support leaders were also presented with their badges. A big thank you to all staff who helped to organize and of course, to all parents and caregivers who attended. It was a great assembly and great results for all our students.

Well Done! NCEA LEVEL 1 EXCELLENCE Maha Logan Sam Kahurangi Liam Jasmine Agustina Chloe Jacob Hannah-Lee Cody Lucy Anahera Emma Kiran Liam Tremayne Alana Kenneth

Asif Burrell Cheesman Dewes-Green du Plessis Emile-Chhura Gonzalez Diaz Hastelow-Foley Heighway Hodgman Managh Maunder Mear Paul Ponnen Snook Te Whau Wilkinson Yang

NCEA LEVEL 1 MERIT Cheyenne James Melissa Korban Cullen Spencer Nikau Corey Sophie Damien Bianca Maegan Aria Taylah Te Rina Fiona Ruvae Jessica Megan Jessica Bailee Alec Anna Erawapo Dillan Kerry Charlotte Kei Tabitha Stevan Briar

Alsop Atkinson Bentley Birchall Caines Calvert Cronin Davidson Dunn Enright Fafeita Fraser Galvin Hyde King Lambdin Leigh Merriman Middleton Moore Murphy Nathan Phillips Poona Roper Salter-Holmes Smith Tanisaka Taylor Von Wielligh Wilkinson 2

NCEA LEVEL 2 EXCELLENCE Rheana Eden Rhys Jack Koyuki Clay Isidora Andy Connor Megan Nicole Emma Sam Amy Alexandra Joshua Melissa

Brell Brons Downes Eggleston Ellis Fookes Gonzalez Diaz Kwok Lynd McLeod Moree Phibbs Pinckney Van Boven Vincent Walden Weinberg

NCEA LEVEL 3 EXCELLENCE Yani-Marijke Antonie Tessa Fathima Arabella Kayla Rebecca Katie

Du Plessis Lombard McCarthy Mohamed Isham Pearse Rahman Reid Stewart

NCEA LEVEL 2 MERIT Muhammad Matt Areesha Zakaria Shyan Michael Abigail Harry Aryan Liam Lily Emily Emma Monique Zack Declan Harry Zoe Yezsa Joel Genesis George Hannah Jai Jade Brendan

Abdul Rahman Anderson-Tule Asif Bin Jefri Holster-Haidzir Boyd Carney Donald Durbin Emile-Chhura Gatenby Gordon Hammond Herbert Hingston Kelly Lowies Miller Muggleton Pagtolon-An Roper Smith Snook Sparks Tuavera Wilson Yip

NCEA LEVEL 3 MERIT Holly Muhammad Amanullah Katryn Libby Caitlan Christine Maia Christine Jana Amirfarnam Mia Ihipera Riley Ryleigh Robert Ryan Casey Sariah Eraia Jamie Jet Samantha Danielle

Gardner Abdul Raham Baker Barrett Barrett Crowley Davies Edwards Furstenburg Ghobadi Hatu Haverkamp Lambert Lawrence Meredith O’Callaghan Sargison Sefuiva Staunton Trass Tyler Vincent Vooght 3

HEAD GIRL & BOY – 2021 Isidora Gonzales Diaz - Head Girl Aryan Emille-Chhura - Head Boy DEPUTY HEAD GIRL & BOY - 2021 Eden Brons - Deputy Head Girl Jack Eggleston - Deputy Head Boy

PEER SUPPORT STUDENTS 2021 Areesha Asif Shyan Boyd Eden Brons Mikaela Douglas Rhys Downes Lilly Edwards Jack Eggleston Aryan Emile-Chhura Clay Fookes Liam Gatenby Isidora Gonzalez Diaz Lily Gordon Emily Hammond Monique Hingston

Zak Holster-Haidzir Gabby Holt Andy Kwo Connor Lynd Megan McLeod Nicole Moree Jared Nish Yezsa Pagtolon-An Emma Phibbs Sam Pinckney Kael Pyke Jake Sanderson Kamorah Shaw Josh Walden

2021 PREFECTS PREFECTS – GIRLS

PREFECTS – BOYS

Eden Brons Emma Phibbs Genesis Smith-Huriwai Isidora Gonzales Diaz Lilly Edwards Megan McLeod Melissa Weinburg Mikaela Douglas Monique Hingston Nicole Moree Rebecca Lyall Shyan Boyd Yezsa Pagtonlon-An

Aryan Emile Chhura Brendan Yip Clay Fookes Harman Wilson Harry Durbin Harry Munday Jack Eggleston Jammaalullah Abdul Rahman Josh Walden Liam Gatenby Sam Pinckney

2021 HOUSE CAPTAINS Cultural Captain Sports Captain Academic Captain Environmental Captain

Jammaalullah Abdul Rahman Emma Phibbs Nicole Moree Yezsa Pagtolon-An

Okareka House Captains:

Harry Munday & Sam Pinckney

Deputy House Captains:

Harry Durbin & Liam Gatenby 4

Rotokakahi House Captains: Deputy House Captain:

Harmen Wilson & Genesis Smith-Huriwai Ava Slade & Shyan Boyd

Tikitapu House Captains: Deputy House Captains:

Campbell Forrest & Brendan Yip Lilly Edwards & Harry Miller

Tarawera House Captains: Deputy House Captains:

Regan Maxwell & Jake Sanderson Bailee Hardiman & Koyuki Ellis

___________________________________________________________________________ SWIMMING SPORTS On Monday 15 March, after a few postponements, Rotorua Lakes High School held its Swimming Sports day at the Rotorua Aquatic Centre. It was a day filled with our students competing and participating in our competitive and fun events. We also had extra games for our nonswimmers which, judging by the feedback, was something we will definitely keep going for next year. It was a brilliant day out with the new sized swimming pool a huge hit. We would like to thank all the staff who assisted in this event but most of all to our students who made it such a success and had some fantastic costumes! Huge congratulations to the following students who are the Rotorua Lakes High School swimming champions for the year 2021: Senior Boy Liam du Plessis (RO) & Clay Fookes (TA) Senior Girl Rebecca Lyall (OK) Intermediate Boy Samuel Trass (OK) Intermediate Girl Stella Weston (TA) Junior Boy Tokoaitua Owen (TI) Junior Girl Hannah Kiernan (TI) There were a variety of school records broken during the event. Congratulations to the following students: Junior Girls Hannah Kiernan (Tikitapu) broke 3 records: 100 Free set in 2020 by Lizzie Avis 50 Back set in 2014 by Kairangi Cox 50 Fly set in 2019 by Stella Weston Intermediate Boys Samuel Trass (Okareka) broke 3 records: 100 free his own record from 2020 50 free set by Jack Weston in 2013 50 fly his own record from 2020 Relays

Okareka beat relay record previously set by Okareka seniors boys in 2019, two of the boys in this team also swam in the previous record holding team (Sam Pinckney and

Samuel Trass). Team: Sam Pinckney, Samuel Trass, Liam Gatenby and Harry Munday. 5

Congratulations to Tarawera House and everyone who participated in this event. The overall placing for Swimming Sports was:

1st 2nd 3rd 4th -

Tarawera Tikitapu Okareka Rotokakahi

178pts 175pts 161pts 111pts

___________________________________________________________________________ GREAT ACHIEVEMENT (excerpt from the “Weekender”)

NEWS FROM OUR TEACHERS ___________________________________________________________________________ YEAR 13 TOP ART TRIP Next Friday morning, 26 March, all Year 13 Visual Art students will be heading to Rotorua Museum to see the NZQA exhibition of the best folio work. This year Rotorua Lakes High school has a photography folio in the exhibition, which we are looking forward to seeing again. All students have been given a notice with a permission slip attached, if caregivers could return this promptly, the art staff would appreciate it.

___________________________________________________________________________ ROAD SAFETY YOUTH EXPO Last Tuesday Year 11's attended the Rotorua Road Safety Youth Expo at the Rotorua Energy Events Centre. It was a great day where our students represented RLHS well and got to interactively engage in activities about Road Safety issues. There was serious thinking happening about Road Safety, the risks, possible consequences and ways of prevention. Students had an awesome day and took home with them some important messages and some more information for families about Road Safety. Following on from this expo, Year 11 students will be looking more into Road Safety, the legalities surrounding driving and licenses and some further education around Road Safety in their Careers and Guidance course at school.

___________________________________________________________________________ TECHNOLOGY SAFETY For students to work safely in Technology classes they are expected to have covered in shoes and NO dangling jewelry e.g. nose rings, ear rings etc. For safety reasons students will need to be removed from all Technology workshop classes if these safety guidelines are not followed. Thank you for your cooperation.

___________________________________________________________________________ 11 MATHS SCHEDULE The three 11MAT classes are sitting this 2 part Statistics Standard in Week 8 according to the following timetable. Students will need to bring a calculator for the assessment. If your child is unable to attend when they are timetabled to sit this assessment, please let their Maths teacher or Mr Shaun English (HOD Maths) know as soon as possible.

CLASS & TEACHER Period.

Monday Week 8

Ms Draper

Mrs Richardson

Mr Allen

___________________________________________________________________________ WAIKATO SOCIETY OF ARTS Youth Art Competition This is a great competition for all students, both Junior and Senior. If you have an artistically minded teenager in your family, encourage them to give this competition a go!

For more information go to this website: https://wsa.org.nz/awards/national-youth-art-awards-2021/ ___________________________________________________________________________ MATHS HOMEWORK CENTRE Each WEDNESDAY from 3.30 – 4.15 in A11 All students are Welcome - Please bring a snack and remember this is a space where all students can come and complete homework, get some help if needed or simply have some time to do the mahi.

___________________________________________________________________________ ASSESSMENTS The following assessments have been set down. 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 1 1

Subject Science Maths Rotorua Rafting Trip

2 3 3 2 1

LST LST ECO ECO Geography

Standard 90935 91035 90978 US 485 27836 27837 91401 91225 91013

2 3

Geography Geography

91241 91430

Date Week 8 Monday week 8 Tues 30 March (first of 2 outdoor activities) Thurs 18 to Tues 23 March Thurs 18 to Tues 23 March Tues 30 March Tues 30 March Fri 26 March (Task 1 and Task 2 a & b) Wed 7 April (Task 2c and Task 3) Thurs 1 April Fri 9 April

TERM INFO ___________________________________________________________________________ BUS BAY Please remember that the bus bay is strictly for school buses to pick up and drop off students safely. Please do not park in the bus bay.

___________________________________________________________________________ FROM THE BOT The following policies are currently up for review. If you would like to view any of these policies, we invite you to come into the school where they are available at the Principal’s PA office. Alternatively, if you would like a copy emailed, please send an email to humphriesj@rotorualakes.school.nz 8

Staff Use of School Devices (new policy) Fee Protection Policy for International Students

__________________________________________________________________________ 2021 Please note the following term dates for 2021: BRIEF LOOK – TERM 1 2021 22-26 March 30 March 1 April 2 - 5 April 6 April 9 April FRIDAY 16 APRIL

Summer Tournament Week BOP Swimming Championships School Athlectics Day (please note the change of date) EASTER HOLIDAYS SCHOOL HOLIDAY Tracking Sheets Jnr / Snr Issued END OF TERM 1

FROM OURSPORT DEPARTMENTS ___________________________________________________________________________ BOYS HOCKEY TRIALS Please note - due to size of trialists we have moved the trial for Monday 22nd to the Rotorua Turf in Smallbone Park from 5.30 - 6.30. Boys need to be at the turf 15 mins prior ready to go. Any issues please contact Ms Sturme.

CAREERS / GATEWAY ___________________________________________________________________________

TRADES SECRETS, ROTORUA (Lynette, BCITO) 12th May at the Pullman Hotel. For parents and students, with employers and apprentices hosting. Join us for an evening to discover the TradeSecrets about a career in building and construction. Students can register via https://bcito.org.nz/tradesecrets/

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KEY DATES FOR YOUR CAREER The following UNIVERSITIES will come in and talk to interested students on these dates: Wintec Open Day, Hamilton - Friday 26th March Victoria Wellington Uni Liaison Visit - Monday 29 March in L1 – 1.30 pm Auckland Uni Liaison visit – Monday 29 March in L1 - 1.30 pm Massey Uni Liaison Visit – Monday 10 May – 1.30 pm in L1 Careers Expo – Monday 10 & Tuesday 11 May – Rotorua Events Centre Contact the Careers Department for further info: Barbara Walker 3456124 x 235 walkerb2@rotorualakes.school.nz

NOTICE BOARD

___________________________________________________________________________ Phone: 07- 345 6124 Email: office@rotorualakes.school.nz wwww.rotorualakes.school.nz