26 October

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

NEWSLETTER ISSUE No.33 –26 October, 2018

CHALKBOARD

From the Principal – P. 1 - 2 News & Events – P. 3 - 4 Department News – P. 4 - 5 Sports – P. 6 Careers & Gateway – P. 7 Notice Board – P. 7 - 9 Contact Us – P. 9 Our Sponsors – P. 10

Dear Parents/Caregivers _________________________________________________________________________ ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL HILLARY OUTDOORS CAMP The last Sunday of the holidays 30 Year 10 students embarked on the journey of a lifetime – The Hillary Outdoors Camp. Three wonderful parents had volunteered their time to go, and so with trepidation the group ventured forth.

Students were encouraged to push themselves outside of their comfort zones both mentally and physically. They were able to experience mountain climbing, snow sliding, abseiling, caving, tramping and sleeping outdoors. It was great to see the development and growth of students over the course of the week, and a relief to see them still smiling when they arrived back in the carpark on Friday. A huge thanks to Stuart Lyall, Leslie Eggleston and Rama Chadwick who attended the trip. Also we would like to thank NZCT for helping to fund this amazing opportunity for students.

2019 YEAR 10 TRIP TO HILARY OUTDOORS The Hillary Outdoors Camp is an opportunity given to Year 10 students at Rotorua Lakes High School. Next year it will be happening in the last week of the Sept/Oct school holidays, starting Sunday 6th October

until

Friday 11th October. _________________________________________________________________________ INVITE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE POWHIRI – DUKE & DUCHESS OF SUSSEX A small group of 10 Maori students from Puketawhero have been selected to participate in the Powhiri for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and meet the pair in person, who will be touring New Zealand next week.

The Powhiri will take place at Te Papaiouru marae on Wednesday the 31st of October at 11.25am. Our students will join in with senior kapa haka groups from Te Arawa and a handful of other schools to welcome the Duke and the Duchess to Rotorua.

This is a huge honour for our school and we have no doubt our tamariki will enjoy the moment and do Rotorua Lakes High School proud. ________________________________________________________________________ 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 Health & Safety Visitor Safety Protected Disclosures Finance Policy Refunds to International Fee Paying Students Property Management Foreign Fee Paying Students in Compliance with the MOE Code of Practice Yours sincerely

Principal

TERM 4 KEY DATES 2018 EXCELLENCE ASSEMBLY SENIOR PRIZEGIVING NCEA & NZ SCHOLARSHIP EXAMS JUNIOR EXAMS TOP TOWN ELECTIVES LEAVERS DINNER JUNIOR PRIZEGIVING

1 NOVEMBER 6 NOVEMBER (please note change of date) 7 NOVEMBER – 5 DECEMBER WED 14 & FRI 16 NOVEMBER 30 NOVEMBER 3 – 5 DECEMBER 6 DECEMBER 7 DECEMBER

NEWS & EVENTS _________________________________________________________________________ HELP DONATE TO FIJIAN VILLAGERS As many already know, the Lakes High U15 netball team will be travelling to Fiji in December to compete at the Fiji International Netball tournament. Along with playing in this 4 day tournament, we are also sponsoring a local Fijian team to attend this tournament. We will meet the team we sponsor and hangout with them over the 4 days of the tournament. This will be a very cool experience.

Although Fiji is a destination for many international tourists and sports teams, very rarely do they go past the resorts, beautiful beaches and tourist visiting spots. 35% of Fijians live below the national poverty line which means that they are not able to afford basic necessities like food, clothing and adequate shelter. Many live barely above it. During our trip we will be visiting a local village and will spend time with the local villagers. So when we do visit, we will be seeing conditions that we are not used to.

During this visit, we would like to take gifts to give to the villagers. We would like to take stationery for the school kids, along with 2nd hand clothes and toiletries to be shared amongst the families. We would like to offer our school community the opportunity to help donate to this cause. If you or your family have any unused clothes, or outgrown them, and would like to donate them to a Fijian family - please drop them off at the school. There will be a box in the main reception where they can be left. Also, if you would like to buy in your next shop at the supermarket, an extra a bar of soap, a deodorant, toothpaste, a toothbrush or another toiletry item and donate that would be awesome too.

Every little bit helps and a big thank you in advance to those who will donate an item or two to this fantastic cause. We can’t wait to see the smiles on the faces of these families when they receive these donations, and we will make sure we take heaps of photos to share with you.

Thanks Kimiora Insley

_________________________________________________________________________ YEAR 13 LEAVERS DINNER The Annual RLHS Year 13 Leavers Dinner will be held this year at the Rydges Hotel, Fenton Street on Thursday 6 December 2018. Parents and family are invited to attend. The evening will begin with drinks and a buffet meal, followed by a celebration of the achievements of all Year 13 students.

This is a semi-formal occasion. A very tidy standard of dress is required (e.g. no jeans, t-shirts, jandals etc) and appropriate behavior is expected – no whistling, calling out etc.

Students attending are under our normal school rules including no smoking and no alcohol. The only concession to these rules is those students who are with their parents or caregivers. They may have alcohol with their meal if purchased by their parents and are of legal age. No intoxicated persons will be admitted to the function.

The school regards this dinner as a family celebration. Students must be accompanied by their parents/caregivers and are unable to purchase individual tickets for themselves. It is possible for students to be accompanied by another Lakes High student’s parent/caregiver but permission must be sought and approved before such a ticket can be bought. See Ms Howard.

Names of all persons attending must be listed on the return section of this form. Current students of RLHS who are not Year 13 may not attend.

Doors open 7 pm, seated for dinner 7.30 pm.

Tickets are on sale from the school at student reception at a cost of $55 per person and must be shown at the door upon entry. Tickets cannot be charged to student accounts. Tickets must be purchased before

27 November 2018.

For any other questions please contact Ms Howard howardh@rotorualakes.school.nz

__________________________________________________________________________ 2018 RLHS LEAVERS JERSEYS Leavers’ jerseys are now available to order.

The jerseys are $35 Order forms are available from student reception Please return order form by Friday 2 November 2018

No orders will be accepted after cut-off date Payment to be made at the time of ordering – cannot be placed on student account To our sponsors ROTORUA FOREST HAULAGE for their very generous help

___________________________________________________________________________ FEE STATEMENTS Fee statements are being posted early next week. We would appreciate prompt payment. Thank you.

___________________________________________________________________________ CHARTER BUS Senior Students bus tickets are $90.00 for Term 4. Year 9 & 10 bus tickets remain at $180.00.

Students must be in possession of a valid ticket by MONDAY 29 OCTOBER.

DEPARTMENT NEWS __________________________________________________________________________________________

PRODUCT DESIGN FOLIOS All Product Design folios for Levels 1 and 2 – final submission deadline Friday

2nd

November 2018 __________________________________________________________________________________________

MATHS HOMEWORK CENTRE

Each Wednesday from 3.30 – 4.15 pm in A11

All Welcome Please bring some questions, a snack and a smile

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WEARABLE CREATIONS FOR 9S3 9S3 have been working on a Wearable Creations for two Project Days and this was their parade.

They described their creations with links to theme and inspiration in front of our judge, Ross Dunn. Huge amounts of effort and extra time was put in by many groups and the standard was very high overall.

impressive!

Well done 9S3 very

SPORTS __________________________________________________________________________________________

SWIMMING SUCCESS AT THE CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS Over Labour Weekend Skye Cox was part of the Swim Rotorua team at the Central North Island Championship. Skye was an integral team member in helping Swim Rotorua win the Top Club Trophy and $1,000, she was competing in the 16 & over age group. Skye won the 200m Backstroke, placed second in 100 metres freestyle, and 100m backstroke, and was 3rd in 50m backstroke. Skye was also placed in the top eight in her other three events. She was also a very valued member of the Open age girls relay teams that placed second in both relays.

Skye has also recently competed at the New Zealand Short Course Championships in Auckland. Skye qualified to race five events and placed 10th in her age group in 200m backstroke with a personal best time by 3 seconds. Great achievements -

well done!

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HARD OUT AT THE HUSQUVARNA ADVENTURE ENDURO! A HUGE congratulations to

Zach Sefuiva

who did amazingly well over the weekend coming in 4th in his class in the Husquvarna Hard Adventure Enduro! He raced for 13 hours over 250km off road Hard Enduro tracks/trails. Many riders had to pull out due to injury or broken bikes. Luckily Zach was unscathed.

An epic battle – fantastic result – very well done!

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The Renovators in Rotorua have an opportunity for a reliable student who is willing to show up on time with a can do attitude to experience the painting and decorating trade through a gateway capacity. This opportunity could lead to full time employment or an apprenticeship going forward for the right candidate. Check out their website: https://www.housepainterrotorua.co.nz/ If you have a student that fits the above description that is interested in the painting and decorating trade then please contact Sarah Erskin-Shaw on office@renovators.net.nz ________________________________________________________________________________________

Mistress of Cakes have a vacancy for a Dish/Kitchen Hand, Friday Evening shift 4.30 pm - 9.00 pm. Must be responsible, reliable, trust worthy and able to work unsupervised. Please contact: Siobain Higgins, Shop 2, 26 Lynmore Ave, Rotorua p. 07 345 6521 m. +64 27 772 6655 www.mistressofcakes.co.nz

SCHOOL NOTICE BOARD

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GET READY FOR SUMMER AND SWIM WITH

SWIM ROTORUA Swim Rotorua Swimming Club provides professional coaching for students who have already learnt to swim right through to swimmers competing at national and international events. We have squads for 8 year olds to adults, a flexible timetable, and can improve swimming skills for safety, competitions, triathlons, underwater hockey and waterpolo. For further information, check out our website or contact

Tara Watt

at 022 332 6922. Get ready for the summer and join now, and see your student make lots of progress, improve their skills and fitness, and have plenty of fun

Claire Baylis Making the Difference Water Safety Programme ________________________________________________________________________________________

CONTACT US we are here to help

Phone: 07-345 6124 Email: office@rotorualakes.school.nz Website: www.rotorualakes.school.nz

Thank you to all our Sponsors