Rotorua Lakes High School “Mauria te pono - Keep steadfastly to the truth”
NEWSLETTER ISSUE No. 22 –30 JULY 2021
CHALKBOARD From the Principal – P. 1 Information – P. 3 - 5 Student Successes – P. 6 - 7 Sport – P. 7 - 8 News from Teachers – P. 8 Careers / Gateway – P. 9 - 12 Notice Board – P. 12
Kia ora Koutou, Welcome back, I hope you had a great break. Term 3 is a busy term for our school, a key building block for academic success, as well as an opportunity for us to shout about the great environment that our school offers for students and community. Coming up soon we have our road shows going out to our feeder schools to give them a taste of what our school is about. One of the key dates for parents to note is our Open Night on 19 August from 5 - 8 pm. We cordially invite all members of our community to this event to have a look around, engage with some of our students and staff and enjoy our hospitality for this period of time. Please put this date in your diary, and pass on to anyone you think may be interested in enrolling, we would love to see you here. We then have our Open Day on 23 September where students interested in enrolling come in and participate in various activities across our entire curriculum. Subject Choice evening on 4 August is an opportunity for students and whanau to talk about their pathways, where our Teachers in Charge will be available to discuss and clarify what their department offers. This is a really important event to ensure that students have all the information needed to make the best choice for their future. (further details of these events page 4). A reminder that we have a Teacher only Day coming up on 11 August. (further details on page 3). We are making headway with our main entrance and reception up-grade and are on schedule. You can still find all the help and information you need at our student reception. We apologise for any inconvenience and will keep you informed of our progress. Hope to see you all soon, have a great weekend. Ngā mihi
Jon Ward, Principal ,Tumuaki, wardj@rotorualakes.school.nz 1
Voice of Rangatahi Survey Sport Bay of Plenty has been circulating an online survey with secondary school students across the region. The following information will explain how and why we are conducting the survey at Rotorua Lakes High School. Why are we surveying Rangatahi (Young People)? Young people are important to us, and experiences during secondary school years can inspire or discourage a life-long involvement in physical activity. We want to ensure that rangatahi have great sport, physical activity and active recreation experiences at school and the more you know about a population group, the better placed you are to provide opportunities and experiences that meet their needs, ultimately supporting a lifelong love of being active - we need to be making decisions that are informed by the audience who we are looking to cater for. Why will the survey be in schools? We want to find out what more can be done to support schools and teachers, and link schools to sport and recreation organisations in their communities. We are targeting secondary schools from across the country, so we have information from a cross-section of rangatahi across New Zealand. We want to survey all secondary school students and school is the best place to reach young people. Do schools have a say in how and when the survey is administered? Yes. The survey is circulated to students and is completed online. It is up to the school as to when and where the survey is completed. The survey has been set up, so it is easy for schools and students to take part at a time which is convenient for them. Data Protection Students will have their say but will not be identifiable down to the individual level. There is a section at the end of the survey that asks participants to voluntarily provide their name, date of birth and postcode. These details will enable the responses to be combined with other data held by Sport NZ and/or other agencies (e.g. Statistics NZ), but will be removed once this done (i.e. individuals will not be able to be identified). If for any reason you do not want your child to participate in the survey you are welcome to opt your child out of taking part. To opt your child at Rotorua Lakes High out please email: lizzyg@sportbop.co.nz
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INFORMATION ___________________________________________________________________________ TEACHER ONLY DAY Please note that our school is closed on Wednesday 11 August 2021 for a Teacher only Day directed by the Ministry of Education to develop the current changes to NCEA teaching and assessment. These days are important for the development of our school and we appreciate your understanding and cooperation in keeping your child at home. Please note our charter bus will run as normal for those students attending Mokoia Intermediate.
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Our students need your help! If you would like to volunteer your time to help our tamariki at RLHS as a Reader/Writer/Typist during exams, then we are having a training evening for “Assessment Assistant” volunteers and staff. We would love the help from our community as many of our students have special learning needs that require your support, that will allow them to succeed at school. The details of the training are below and if you would like to know more please email me at gainsfordh@rotorualakes.school.nz. All support is welcomed. Event Venue: Rotorua Lakes High School Staffroom Time: 6pm - 7pm Date: 12th August 2021 Tea and coffee will be provided and some nibbles. Please RSVP to: gainsfordh@rotorualakes.school.nz by 9th August 2021 This training is directly from NZQA and the Ministry of Education to give you a clear understanding around the responsibilities of an “ Assessment Assistant”.
___________________________________________________________________________ STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION FOR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Nominations are invited for the election of one student representative to the Board of Trustees. Nomination forms can be obtained from Student Reception. Nominations close at noon on Friday 20 August. Please take completed forms to Student Reception. Nominations should be accompanied by a candidate’s statement. A list of candidates’ names will be displayed, as they come to hand, at Student Reception. Election (if required) will be held on Friday 24 September. Signed L Gilbert Returning Officer
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ATTENDANCE EVERY DAY MATTERS!
Regularly attending school really matters, right from the first days at primary school to the end of secondary school. Ensuring that students are at school at 8.45am ready to learn, means that children have every opportunity to learn and participate in school. Attending school is key to setting our young people up for life, as well as being required by law. If your child is under 16 years old, they must go to school every day, unless they are sick. Getting a qualification is one of the main building blocks for success, and regular attendance at school makes all the difference. If a child or young person stops attending school regularly, it becomes harder for them to stay connected to school friends and teachers, and harder to catch up with work they have missed.
___________________________________________________________________________ SUBJECT INFORMATION EVENING Students in years 10-12 are currently considering their subject choices for next year. They have received a booklet to help them in this process. Staff have been discussing this with them over the last week. Subject information is available through SCHOOLPOINT. Next Wednesday 4th August we are holding a subject information evening for whanau and students. This is being held in the Auditorium from 4-6pm. Staff from all the departments will be present to discuss what their department offers and answer any questions you might have. To access our Subject Choice Advice booklet please click on this link https://www.rotorualakes.school.nz/wp-
content/uploads/2020/06/Subject-Choice-Advice-2020.pdf We will be using schoolpoint (the same one we used for parent interviews) for students to select their subjects. This will not be turned on until the day of the open evening Wednesday 4 August to encourage the students to have conversations about their choice. Students will be able to make their selections after planning their course and talking with their teachers and whanau. We ask that parents "OK" their child's choices through their login to school point (instructions below). HOD's will then confirm the student has made the prerequisites or is likely to make the prerequisites of the course they have chosen. At the option evening we will have some devices available for families to use. If you need any help logging into or using schoolpoint please contact Ms McLeod or Mrs Walker mcleodd@rotorualakes.school.nz walkerb2@rotorualakes.school.nz or 07 345 6124.
How to approve your child’s courses: 1. 2. 3. 4.
Log into SchoolPoint Navigate to "My Courses" in the left hand navigation You will see the subjects your child has chosen. The information button gives you more details about the subject This is where you approve each subject choice your child has made
___________________________________________________________________________ OPEN EVENING FOR YEAR 8 THURSDAY 19 AUGUST 4 – 6 PM DC PRICE AUDITORIUM An invitation is extended to parents and students interested in enrolling in 2022. Meet our teachers, enjoy a tour of our school and obtain info about the school and the programmes / courses we offer.
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OPEN DAY – ROSTERING HOME OF YEARS 10, 11, 12 AND 13 TUESDAY 25 AUGUST – ALL DAY All staff are involved in this important school event to demonstrate what our school offers. Only Year 9 students attend on this day, Years 10, 11, 12 and 13 students have a study day at home. All buses run as normal.
_________________________________________________________________________ CHARTER BUS All Charter Bus students must have purchased their bus passes by Friday 6 August 2021. A term pass costs A 10 ride pass costs
$200.00
$30.00 Payable at student reception ___________________________________________________________________________ NCEA EXAMS DATE RANGE 2022 The 2022 Examination Timetable for current NCEA standards and New Zealand Scholarship will run from Monday 7 November until Friday 2 December. No sessions are scheduled for Canterbury Anniversary Day (Fri 11 Nov) and Westland Anniversary Day (Mon 28 Nov).
___________________________________________________________________________ BRIEF LOOK – TERM 3 2021 4 August Subject Information Evening 4 – 6 pm 6 August Senior Tracking Reports issued 11 August Teacher Only Day 13 August Epic Community Concert at RLHS 19 August Open Night 20 August Tough Guy & Gal Challenge 16 – 22 August NZ Short Course Swimming Champs 25 August Year 8 Open Day - 5. 30 – 7.00 pm 27 August Senior Tracking Reports issued 30 August – 3 September Secondary Schools Winter Tournament Week 8 – 14 September Senior Exams 22 September Report Evening – 3.30 – 6 pm 1 October Senior & Junior Reports issued Saturday 2 October School Ball FRIDAY 1 October END OF TERM 3
STUDENT SUCCESSES
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___________________________________________________________________________ WHAT A PERFORMANCE In the school holidays Eirwen Robinson participated in the piano section of the Tauranga Performing Arts Competitions. Eirwen was awarded first place in her age group for her performance of “Opening Night Jazz” by Martha Mier. She also received the third place award for her performance of Two Part Invention number 6 in E major by JS Bach and two other very highly commended prizes. Well done, Eirwen. Photo credit: Brendan O'Brien
___________________________________________________________________________ TOTAL SUCCESS AT ROLLER SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS Great results from our fantastic skaters. Outstanding!!
Northern Area Artistic Roller Skating Championships: Junior ladies international free skating: Maegan Fraser second place, Hannah Sparks fourth place
Cadet men’s international free skating: Liam Fraser first place
Preliminary free skating: Harriette Davies second place
Junior international quartets: Maegan Fraser first place
Cadet international quartets: Liam Fraser first place, Harriette Davies second place
Junior international show skate:
Advanced ladies free dance: Maegan Fraser first place
Advanced free pairs: Liam Fraser first place
Maegan Fraser & Liam Fraser first place
Advanced ladies figures: Hannah Sparks sixth place
Artistic Roller Skating National Championships: Cadet men’s international free skating: Junior ladies international free skating: Maegan Liam Fraser first place Fraser first place, Hannah Sparks second place Preliminary free skating: Harriette Davies sixth place
Junior international quartets: Maegan Fraser first place
Cadet international quartets: Liam Fraser first place, Harriette Davies second place
Junior international show skate: Maegan Fraser & Liam Fraser first place
Advanced ladies free dance: Maegan Fraser second place
Advanced free pairs: Liam Fraser first place
Advanced ladies figures: Hannah Sparks sixth place
Club show challenge: Maegan Fraser & Liam Fraser, Hannah Sparks and Harriette Davies second place
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Our Year 10 student, Scott Heron, placed 5th in the Mens 13-14 DMT at Nationals which were held in Auckland, 21st-24th July 2021. Scott represented the Bay of Plenty and was part of the Bay of Plenty Gymsports Nationals Team. Very well done Scott!
___________________________________________________________________________ RUGBY VICTORY In the last week of the school holidays we had 7 of our girls rugby players and 2 boys playing for Central BOP U16/18 teams in the Toi Ohomai Youth Development Tournament. Both girls teams managed to win silver in the finals!
They were all fantastic and did a great job! Well done! Our girls were: U16 Girls Maraea Paul (captain) Manawa Gates, Dylan Guptill. U18 Girls Genesis Smith-Huriwai, Nevaeh Hira, Teneka Huriwai, Tekuiamoeawa Tamati Our boys were: U16 Marco Smit U18 Harry Durbin
SPORT ___________________________________________________________________________ FANTASTIC SWIMMING Three RLHS students qualified to compete at NZ Secondary Swimming Championships in Auckland last weekend along with over 700 students from around the country.
Samuel Trass (15yrs) smashed his personal best time in the 200 butterfly to place 8th nationally and secure a new qualifying time for the New Zealand Open Short Course Championships where he will compete in August. Samuel showed his versatility placing well in 50 backstroke, 200 backstroke, 50 fly, 100 back, 20th 100 fly and 50 free with a new personal best time. Hannah Kiernan (13yrs) racing at her first national competition improved her national ranking in most of her 11 events. Her strongest performance was her 200 metres Breaststroke where she dominated her timed final and lowered her time by over 2 seconds to place 11th. Hannah also placed well in 100 7
breaststroke and 50 breaststroke and 200 Individual Medley. Hannah lowered her 50m freestyle time by over a second.
Stella Weston (16yrs) raced an exciting 50 Breaststroke winning her timed final with a personal best time of 37.27 seconds to place 20th. She swam strongly in the 200 and 100 breaststroke. Stella and Samuel joined forces in the 2 by 50m freestyle relay and place 8th in the 16 & over age group with Samuel leading off in 26.12 seconds and Stella coming home in 29.28 secs. In the first weekend of the holidays Stella, Hannah and Samuel competed at the BOP Champs in Tauranga. Competing against over 350 swimmers from around the Bay these three came away with some outstanding results. Stella Weston won Bronze medals in 200 Breaststroke and 50 Breaststroke and narrowly missed out on a medal with a 4th placing in the 100 Breaststroke.
Hannah Kiernan finished with top 10 finishes in 200 Breaststroke, 50 Breaststroke, 50 free and 100 Breaststroke Samuel Trass won Gold medals in 50 Back and 100 Back, Silver in the 200 back. He also had top 10 finishes in 100 Fly, 50 Free and the 100 free relay. He also gained 3 NZ Short course times.
___________________________________________________________________________ WATERPOLO Congratulations to Year 11 students Madyson-Manaia Martin, Sasha-Lee Tawhara and Samuel Trass who represented Rotorua in the U16 National Waterpolo Champs in the holidays. Very impressive. Well done.
___________________________________________________________________________ JUNIOR A NETBALL Lakes v RGHS Junior Green won 32-9 Player of the Day was Amy Morgan😊 As always, our netball teams are fabulous!
___________________________________________________________________________ JUNIOR BOYS BASKETBALL Lakes v RBHS Clippers Won 59-49 Player of the Day was Tokoaitua Owen😊
Great win boys!
NEWS FROM OUR TEACHERS ___________________________________________________________________________ INTERHOUSE Interhouse is Monday 2nd August. On this day, students will choose two activities to compete in, against the other houses. Students are to come to school in house colours - prizes for best dressed! (no paint). Choices for activities that day: Ki O Rahi, UniHockey, Ti Uru, Handball, Basketball, Flags, Kahoot, Ultimate Frisbee, and Battle of the Creative Minds - start thinking about which two you want to play. Get involved and have fun!
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Come along and enjoy dinner and a show😊 We are hosting a free community concert on Friday 13th August at 6.30pm. Performances from Rotorua Lakes High School, Mokoia Intermediate, Lynmore School, Rotokawa School, Whangamarino School and Owhata School. Food trucks and stalls will have food available to purchase from 5.30pm onwards and during the intermission. Don’t miss this fantastic event!
CAREERS / GATEWAY / FUTURE PATHWAYS Just a few of our fantastic opportunities: If you have thought of - or are keen to see what paramedicine is all about? There is a great opportunity to have a tour around the new St Johns Ambulance station and chat to paramedics and others in the profession. 1 day course held here at school covering Interviewing Skills and Workplace Research Skills. This is a fun interactive course including practical learning, which will help you going into the work force. (10 Level 3 credits). Working at Heights - 1 day course which will be held here at school. This course teaches you how to use safety harnesses and equipment to work at heights. A valuable certificate to have going into any employment. There are very limited spots for this – so be quick to sign up! Come and see me in the Gateway office if you are interested. Mrs Eva Hingston Tel: 07- 345 6124 Ext 258 hingstonev@rotorualakes.school.nz
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CHECK OUT THESE GREAT SCHOLARSHIPS! ___________________________________________________________________________ Te Uru Rākau – New Zealand Forest Service Forestry Scholarships are open for applications. Applications close on the 15 August, so there are just over two weeks left for students to apply who are considering studying forestry science, forest management, or forest engineering next year. What do recipients receive? The scholarships are valued at $8,000 per year for degree study, or $6,500 per year for diploma study and also include paid summer internship(s) in Te Uru Rākau – New Zealand Forest Service and/or the forestry sector. There are nine scholarships available and we especially want to hear from applicants who are Māori or identify as female enrolling in a: • Bachelor of Forestry Science at University of Canterbury or • Diploma in Forest Management at Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology Scholarships are also available for all applicants enrolling in a: • Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) specialising in Forest Engineering at University of Canterbury There will be three scholarships awarded per qualification. All applicants must be New Zealand citizens or permanent residents. Supporting info: Video 1: shows the benefits that existing scholarship recipients are getting from the programme. Video 2: shows the diversity of career paths in the forestry sector and how forestry provides great long-term career opportunities for students interested in the outdoors, sustainability, the environment, science, technology, and engineering to name a few. Brochure: Social media posts: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn. Further information about the scholarships and an application form can be found at: www.mpi.govt.nz/forestryscholarships or by emailing MPIForestryScholarships@mpi.govt.nz
___________________________________________________________________________ the 2021 PwC Scholarship Programme is now open for applications! Apply for our PwC Scholarship programme. Our Scholarship recipients will receive a PwC mentor, $7,000 towards university fees and career opportunities post study. Students can apply via our website - www.pwc.co.nz/scholarship. You can find more information regarding our PwC Scholarship programme here
___________________________________________________________________________ SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS OPEN 1st AUGUST!! The Adastra Foundation provides financial and professional development support to extraordinary young New Zealanders in Waikato and Bay of Plenty in their pursuit of excellence. Since its establishment in 2007, The Adastra Foundation has given out in excess of $2.5 million to aspiring young athletes, dancers and musicians. The annual scholarships include a cash payment and professional development in the way of workshops with some of the most knowledgeable and experienced minds in sport and performance. Applications for 2022 scholarships are open from the 1st – 31st August. You can find the details of the scholarships here: The Adastra Foundation | Scholarship Opportunities
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2022 SCHOOL LEAVER STUDY AWARDS - APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN Yes, it is that time of the year again - scholarship season for Keystone Trust- and we have 10 Study Awards available for 2022. Will one of your students apply and get the opportunity of a lifetime? Keystone Trust Study Awards are the premium industry scholarships offered to students taking up studies for a career in the property and construction sector. Study Awards are available to school leavers who meet our eligibility criteria and will be entering their first year of tertiary study in 2022. A Study Award includes a scholarship of $5,000 per annum for up to three years for tertiary study/ textbooks and course costs/accommodation, plus industry mentoring and networking opportunities, a study buddy, introductions to our industry sponsors, workshops, site visits and paid internships.
Scholarships close at 5.00pm on Friday 13 August 2021 Applications require a number of attachments and references if you require further information follow the link below or email info@keystonetrust.org.nz
Apply for a Study Award here
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Fri 30th and Sat 31st July – Massey Uni Virtual Open Day Wed 28th July – The Future of Accountancy – Waikato Uni - 4.30-7.00pm 1st August – University Hall’s of Residence applications Open Tuesday Fri 20th August – Victoria Uni Open Day School Leavers & 1st Year Scholarship close 25th August – Auckland Uni Saturday 28th August – Auckland Uni Campus Open Day 23rd September – Otago Uni Course Planning Visit – 1.30pm in L1Contact the Careers Department for further info: Barbara Walker 3456124 x 235 walkerb2@rotorualakes.school.nz
NOTICE BOARD
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