Rotorua Lakes High School “Mauria te pono - Keep steadfastly to the truth”
NEWSLETTER ISSUE No. 30 – 25 OCTOBER 2019
CHALKBOARD From the Principal – P. 1 - 3 News – P. 3 - 6 Careers – P. 7 Notice Board – P. 7 Contact Us – P. 8 Our Sponsors – P. 8
Kia ora Koutou, This week we have seen recognition of some of our school leaders at the Young Achievers Awards on Wednesday evening. As you may have seen on our facebook post, the following students were recognised: Freddy Ray-Collier Anais Lawson Kyra Mita Taylan Onan Stella Pinckney Ila Ford-Robertson Puti Puti Rowberry These young leaders are both a testament to their own efforts and hard work and also a positive reflection on the support that we have offered as a school. We will be sad to lose them at the end of this year but we look forward to hearing about their future successes beyond Lakes High. On Thursday evening, DP Pani McLean, Matua Taumata Soloman and I attended a Whanau Hui at Whangamarino School. This was a great opportunity to build connections with our community and discuss how we can promote positive pathways for our students within our school. A big thank you for the warm welcome that we received and for the large turnout of parents listening our to Korero. We are always looking to develop and the feedback we have been given is very helpful. Our artists have been busily working to complete their NCEA portfolios. The culmination of all this hard work was the exhibition on Friday afternoon where students and our community were able to view the boards whilst being entertained with music from our Performing Arts Students. It is great to be able to hold these celebrations of success and I hope that some of you were able to make it to that event.
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Enjoy the long weekend and for those who are interested in Rugby, Go the All Blacks (as a born Englishman, I may have a reserve team if the All Blacks don’t win!)
Nga mihi
Jon Ward Principal / Tumuaki
__________________________________________________________________________ POPPIE YOUNG WINS THE ADULT SECTION OF THE DEPT OF CONSERVATION PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION Year 12 photography student Poppie Young has won the ADULT section of a Bay of Plenty Photography competition. The competition was run by the Department of Conservation, and was divided into a number of categories. Poppie won the Scenery section, with her work “fern in ice”. This photograph was published as a large mural in Rotorua Library. As well as this, she won $300.00 for her efforts, and two passes to the Rachel Pool at QE Health. This winning photograph has been on display at the Rotorua Public Library, for our local community to enjoy. This was an outstanding achievement by this talented year 12 student. BRILLANT WORK WELL DONE!
___________________________________________________________________________ WORLD SKATE OCEANIA ARTISTIC COMPETITION Two of our very talented students, Maegan Fraser (yr 10) and Hannah Sparks, (yr 11) represented New Zealand at The World Skate Oceania Artistic Competitions in Melbourne in the first week of the school holidays. They both skated brilliantly and were part of the winning team and also winning the Oceania Trophy for Show & Quartets. The results were: Maegan Fraser & Hannah Sparks - 1st in Senior Small Show Group. Maegan Fraser - 2nd in Youth Quartet. Hannah Sparks - 3rd in Youth Quartet. AWESOME RESULTS – VERY WELL DONE!
___________________________________________________________________________ 2019 ROTORUA YOUNG ACHIEVERS AWARDS EVENING The Rotorua Young Achievers Awards Evening was held this week on Wednesday 23 October at the Energy Events Centre. It was a great evening and our Young Achievers represented the school proudly: (from the left back row: Freddy-Ray Collier, Principal Jon Ward, Taylan Onan, Ila Ford-Robertson, from the left front row: Kyra Mita, Anais Lawson, Puti Puti Rowberry, Stella Pinckney)
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Ila Ford-Robertson Taylan Onan Freddy-Ray Collier Stella Pinckney Putiputi Rowberry Anais Lawson Kyra Mita
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Excellence in School Leadership Excellence in School Leadership Excellence in Leadership, Cultural & Community Involvement Excellence in Academic Achievement & Performing Arts Excellence in School Leadership & Cultural Involvement Excellence in School Involvement & Performing Arts Excellence in Sporting Achievement
Well done to you all! _________________________________________________________________________ OUR TALENTED ARTISTS Congratulations to Kayleigh Pyke, River Mutton, Scott Edwards and Ella Rowell who had great success at the Rotorua Art awards at the energy event centre last night. River Mutton (seen left next to her painting) is competing for another award: People’s Choice. Vote for River’s painting online using the link below. Your
vote
decides who wins this, so let’s all get voting! https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/5278773/Rotorua-Museum-ArtAwards-2019-people-s-vote?
NEWS ___________________________________________________________________________ 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
Standard
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Drama
90999
2
Drama
91220
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Drama
91519
Date Assessments will continue (and any resits) Tuesday 29 – 31 Nov Assessments will continue (and any resits) Tuesday 29 – 31 Nov Assessments will continue (and any resits) Tuesday 29 – 31 Nov
___________________________________________________________________________ 2019 ACADEMIC PRIZEGIVINGS Our Prizegiving Ceremonies this year are as follows: SENIOR PRIZEGIVING Tuesday 5 November, D C Price Auditorium at 7 pm JUNIOR PRIZEGIVING Friday 6 December, D C Price Auditorium at 11.30 am YEAR 13 LEAVERS DINNER Thursday 5 December at Rydges Hotel (doors open at 7 pm dinner at 7.30 pm)
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___________________________________________________________________________ TREAT FOR YR 13 TOURISM - DAY OUT AT MITAI As an end of year treat, Yr13 Tourism students were invited to Mitai for the full hangi and concert experience. Students were able to witness the waka arrival, hear about traditional food preparation, experience the concert performance, go on a glow worm night walk and partake in a delicious hangi buffet. A lovely way to finish the year visiting many premier tourist attractions in Rotorua.
___________________________________________________________________________ FANTASTIC TURN OUT FOR BREAST CANCER TRUST WALK On Wednesday 23rd October 3 staff members and 14 students dressed in pink and attended the Rotorua Breast Cancer Trust Walk. A great afternoon was held by all, fun dancing to warm us up (it was a bit chilly) and then a 3.4km walk around the government gardens in a sea of pink. All of this was in aid of fundraising for breast cancer awareness.
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___________________________________________________________________________ GREAT DAY AT LOCAL ROTORUA ATTRACTIONS Last week the Yr9 Extension class was able to visit sites around Rotorua associated with two of their Term Three Projects. They visited Velocity Valley and Skyline as part of their Tourism project, and Wingspan as part of their Falconry project. It was a fun day where students were able to hear about the theory they learned in class.
___________________________________________________________________________ A SELECTION OF ARTWORK FROM OUR VERY TALENTED STUDENTS
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___________________________________________________________________________ The Asthma Nurse (Lakes Region) will again be attending Rotorua Lakes High School to support and educate asthmatic teens around their asthma. We offer a free one on one assessment service where we assess all newly enrolled students who have asthma, as well as those who might be having issues managing their asthma. We seek to improve our regions asthma outcomes by educating people around their asthma so they can better understand their condition and how best to manage it. We also aim to keep students in school and reduce school absenteeism caused from poorly controlled asthma. We make sure the students are on the right medications, and use good asthma inhaler technique and help the student to find ways for them to best manage their asthma individually. Please inform the school nurse (smithr@rotorualakes.school.nz or 3459502) if you do not wish your child to be seen by the Asthma NZ nurse. To find out more about us please visit our website at https://www.asthma.org.nz/ Or contact Nurse Educator Amanda Vercoe, Phone: 021 0844 1635 Email: Rotorua@asthma.org.nz
___________________________________________________________________________ We have a number of items in lost property. Please check at student reception. Items will be re-sold 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! ___________________________________________________________________________
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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CAREERS
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NOTICE BOARD
LAKE TARAWERA COMMUNITY
SPRING FAIR 27 OCTOBER 10 AM STONEY POINT Come along, have fun and support your local fair CASH ONLY 7
CONTACT US we are here to help
Phone: 07-345 6124 Email: office@rotorualakes.school.nz Web: www.rotorualakes.school.nz
Thank you to all our Sponsors
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