Rotorua Lakes High School “Mauria te pono - Keep steadfastly to the truth”
NEWSLETTER ISSUE No. 16 – 4 JUNE 2021
CHALKBOARD From the Principal – P. 1 Information – P. 2 - 3 Student Successes – P. 3 - 5 Sport – P. 5 - 7 News from Teachers – P. 7 Careers / Gateway – P. 8 - 9 Notice Board – P. 9 Contacts – P. 9
Kia ora Koutou, This week I have had the pleasure of attending the Secondary Schools Principal’s Conference in Blenheim. A huge thank you to Deputy Principal Jo Sturme for stepping in as Acting Principal. The school was in very safe hands. Well done to our students, who attended the Isport Foundation “Connecting to Character” Youth Leadership Day on 28 May in Rotorua. A total of 51 schools were chosen and approximately 700 students attended the iSPORT Foundation Leadership Day. A star packed event with Richie McCaw, Dan Carter, Willie Apiata, Honey HiremeSmiler and Les Elder the guests of honour. Our students were thrilled to meet our NZ stars and even had the chance to join workshops with them! Such a fantastic day for our students – they did us proud! Our competitive challenges assembly was this week. A tight and exciting game of football between our Houses. Well done to all our students. As always, a big thank you to our Heads of House for putting in the hard work in organizing these events. Our sports teams had a very busy week this week with our Rock Climbing team competing in the BOP Secondary School Champs. Our swimmers showed their formidable talent at Taupo XLR8 meet last weekend with 2 gold, one silver and 1 bronze medal wins. Another win for our 2nd Girls Hockey team and our Girls Football Team, who had their first win! Well done. Our Girls Rugby had their first competition game against JPC this week and played an awesome game. Our Boys Hockey team are always consistent and had a great game this week against top of the table Taupo nui a Tia. It is also fantastic to see our Netball Team and our Squash Team have so many wins! (For all details and results please see pages 5 – 7). We have an extra day to look forward to this weekend. Have a great Monday off and enjoy the break. Ngā mihi
Jon Ward, Principal / Tumuaki, wardj@rotorualakes.school.nz 1
INFORMATION ___________________________________________________________________________ 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 2 1
Subject History Music PE (assessment full day at the redwoods,
Standard 91001 & 91002 91278 90970 & US20137
Date Tuesday 8 June Wednesday 9 June Wednesday 9 June
91399 90985 91222 91463 91090 91270 91416
Monday 14 June Thursday 10 June Monday 14 June Monday 14 June Monday 14 June Monday 14 June Monday 14 June
mountain biking)
3 1 2 3 1 2 3
Economics Economics Economics Health Education Music Solo Performance (1st piece) Music Solo Performance (1st piece) Music Solo Performance (1st programme of music)
___________________________________________________________________________ YEAR 12 ENGLISH At the moment all Year 12 English students are working on their research A/S 91105 Use information Literacy Skills to form Developed Conclusions. This standard is important as it is worth 4 University Entrance Reading credits. Students can access the David Schaumann NCEA Flipped Classrooms to assist them with this standard. The videos offer some very good advice on how to break down the English standards. To enter this site, they need to ask their English teacher for the access code.
___________________________________________________________________________ VISUAL ART DUE DATES 11 Paint and Print Wednesday 23rd June AS 90914 AS 90915
12 Painting Wednesday 23rd June AS 91311 AS 91316
11 MMP Wednesday 23rd June AS 90914 AS 90915 12 Design Friday 25 June AS 91310 AS 91315 11 Sculpture 25th June
12 Photography Wednesday 23rd June AS 91312 AS 91317 13 Design Friday 25 June AS 91450
MONDAY 7 JUNE 17 June 25 June
12 Sculpture 25th June
13 Painting Wednesday 23rd June AS 91446 AS 91451 13 Photography Thursday 24th June AS 91447 AS 91452
Teacher M Malcolm
Teacher H Howard
Teacher S Chow
13 Sculpture 25th June
Teacher J Flitton
BRIEF LOOK – TERM 2 2021 PUBLIC HOLIDAY (QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY) Senior Leadership Conference All Day (for senior prefects, House Captains) Junior Reports issued 2
25 June 29 & 30 June 2 July FRIDAYw 9 JULY
NCEA Tracking reports issued Report evenings Te Arawa Secondary schools kapa haka regionals END OF TERM 2
___________________________________________________________________________ VOLUNTEERS FOR READER / WRITER RLHS is looking for volunteers to become Assessment Assistance (Reader/Writers) for our Tamariki during in-class assessments/tests or for our upcoming NCEA exams. If you would like further information or can provide assistance for this area, please get in contact with the school or email gainsfordh@rotorualakes.school.nz
___________________________________________________________________________ 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.
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STUDENT SUCCESSES ___________________________________________________________________________ OUTSTANDING SWIMMING Congratulations to our swimmers who competed in the Taupo XLR8 meet over the weekend.
Hannah Kiernan yr 9: Bronze in the 200 Breaststroke Top 10 placings in 50 Free, 100IM and 400 Free 100% personal best times 3
Stella Weston yr 11: Gold in the 100 Free Silver in the 50 Free 200 Breaststroke and 50 Breaststroke
Samuel Trass yr 11: Gold in 200 Back, 50 Back and 100IM Bronze in the 400 Free Outstanding swims from all three students in their buildup for NZ Secondary Schools. Fantastic results!
___________________________________________________________________________ iSPORT Well done to our students, Samuel Trass, Uenuku MalcomPapworth, Kya Stuart and Maraea Paul who attended the Isport Foundation “Connecting to Character” Youth Leadership Day on 28 May in Rotorua. A total of 51 schools were chosen and approximately 700 students attended the iSPORT Foundation Leadership Day. The Foundation inspires and enables NZ Youth to participate in sport and be the best they can be – no matter their circumstances. They believe every child has a right to be physically active, have access to positive role models and be the best they can be regardless of their circumstances. The guests of honour were Richie McCaw, Dan Carter, Willie Apiata, Honey Hireme-Smiler and Les Elder. Our students were thrilled to meet our NZ stars and even had the chance to join workshops with them! Such a fantastic day for our students.
___________________________________________________________________________ FANTASTIC COMPETITIVE CHALLENGES A tight game of football between Okareka and Tikitapu on Tuesday - nil all at the end of game time so a penalty shootout was held and Tikitapu won 3-1. It was an exciting game between Rotokakahi and Tarawera with the score 8 – 4 going to Rotokakahi. Great fun!! Well done to all our students😊
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SPORT ___________________________________________________________________________ BOYS 1ST HOCKEY What a night it was in mild Taupo. The Boys travelled to verse top of the table Taupo nui a Tia. The Boys showed what they were made of and played the best game of the season yet. With strong and clever defensive play, and determination to attack we certainly rocked the opposition. 1-1 at half time, after an equalising goal by Jayden Fraser, was a fair score for 30 mins of strong play. The second half was no different but unfortunately a couple of calls against us allowed the opposition to score a further two goals. We come away from that game knowing it's all coming together due to the hard work by the team and superb coaching by Kieran King . Well done Boys! Player
of the Day - Jamaallulah Abdul Rahman. ___________________________________________________________________________ ROCK CLIMBING On Friday 28 May, we sent a small team of climbers to compete in the BOP Secondary Schools Championships at Rocktopia, Mt Maunganui. Although no podium finishes, our climbers all did very well in a very competitive competition. Our fabulous climbers were: Liddy Zuidmeer Tomas Zuidmeer Velko Trifonov Kaspa Grunwell Huge thanks to Aly Bennett for taking our team over and helping at the event😊
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___________________________________________________________________________ 2nd XI GIRLS HOCKEY Another win for the team with a score of 3-0 vs Tokoroa. A cold night and a tough game with some people away sick and only one sub but the girls played well. Goals by Harriette Davies, Ashleigh Randell, and Kyara Sassenburg. Player of
The Day - Poppy Croucher. ___________________________________________________________________________ GIRLS FOOTBALL Great game on Wednesday with our Girls Football Team. We played Rotorua Girls High - final score was 2 to 1 win to Lakes! Goal scorers for Lakes were Miyume Ueno and
Olly Garrood. Players of the Day were 3 defence players
Kya Stuart, Capryce Proctor and Milla Phipps. Well done to the team.
___________________________________________________________________________ GIRLS RUGBY On Monday 31 May our Girls Rugby team went to JPC to play their first competition game. The girls were a bit nervous but once the whistle blew they were into it! With strong tackling from all the girls but in particular Teneka Huriwai, Genesis Huriwai and Marae Paul. This led to our first try to Genesis with great turnover ball and good service from half back Dylan Guptill. Other try scorers were Maraea Dewes-Green,
Aliah Manuel, Tiraha Karakia, Dylan Guptill (2), Genesis Huriwai (3), Phoenix Andrews and 2 conversions to Manawai Gates. It was a great game from both teams with great sideline support from our parents, nanny’s and koro and fellow students. Final score to Lakes 47-22
Players of the Day – Manawa Gates and Dylan Guptill ___________________________________________________________________________ NETBALL RESULTS Here are the results from our great games this week: Junior A vs Murapara AS we won 35 -10! Player of the Day Emma Dibley Senior A vs JPC Senior Development. We won! 26-19 Players of the Day: Kayla George and Patience
Reihana Junior Blue vs JPC Queen Bees 10 -34 to JPC. Player of the Day Bayleigh Pari Fantastic results – well done to all our teams and their outstanding coaches and managers😊 6
___________________________________________________________________________ BOP SECONDARY UNGRADED SQUASH CHAMPS On Wednesday 2 June we travelled to Tauranga to compete in the above competition with really fantastic results.
Hayden Martin Tokoaitua Owen Lachie Hoggard Ethan Hoggard Kobe Christie Kobe Smith Kaden Wood Matthew Gray
Winner Championship Pool 1 Winner Championship Pool 2 Winner Special Plate Pool 3 Runner Championship Pool 1 Winner Championship Pool 3 Runner up Championship Pool 2 Winner Consolation Plate Pool 2 Winner Special Plate Pool 2
Ethan Hoggard & Hayden Martin
Kobe Christie
Tokoaitua Owen & Kobe Smith
Kobe Smith & Kaden Wood Lachie Hoggard in action!
Matthew Gray in action!
NEWS FROM OUR TEACHERS ___________________________________________________________________________ VISUAL ARTS The year 9 art teachers have been busy getting ready for the upcoming cartoon clay unit starting soon. Is your son/daughter in Art this option? They will need the following recycled items: A named ice cream container with lid (or similar) A shirt to protect their uniform An old toothbrush A plastic bread bag (or any type of similar size) An old rag/ cloth Optional: a garlic crusher or play doh gear to make clay hair! All these items will be returned at the end of the unit of work
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For further information please see Mrs Hodge.
CAREERS / GATEWAY / FUTURE PATHWAYS
Rotorua Work Exposure Tour -
“You can’t be what you can’t see”
15th June 2021
Limited Spaces - you must see Mrs E Hingston in the Gateway office before Tuesday to register your interest This is an opportunity for your students to see some of those workplaces who offer on the job training (apprenticeships) and expose them to some industries they might not know about. They will explain about the trade apprenticeship pathways and entry level positions like trade assistants within their industry. The three local businesses have opened their doors from the following industries, Timber Manufacturing, Metal and Engineering and Plumbing, Gas and Drain Laying. Not looking to attend university, and interested in career opportunities within Rotorua Interested in further trade apprenticeship opportunities Can get NCEA L2 Math and English (or are already working towards) Contact the Gateway Department for further info: Eva Hingston 3456124 x 258 hingstonev@rotorualakes.school.nz
___________________________________________________________________________ Each week on the noticeboards around the school there will be different career pathways/job opportunities for students to see. These opportunities will be explained along with pay scale and job opportunities within NZ. We are hoping this will help our students understand the many unnoticed pathways available and help them understand various roles. Please ask your students to view these each week. This could be a great discussion point at home. 8
LAST WEEK Receptionist Retail Sales Assistant Wood Processing worker Medical Imaging Technologist
THIS WEEK Graphic Designer Dental Assistant Collision Repair Technician (Panel beater)
If your students have any questions they can come and see me in the Gateway office or email me. Thanks Eva Hingston. hingstonev@rotorualakes.school.nz
___________________________________________________________________________ Wednesday 16th June – Massey Uni Liaison Visit - 1.30pm in L1 Tuesday 29th June – Auckland Uni Online Open Day Friday 23rd July – Lincoln Uni Canterbury Campus – 10.00am – 4pm 29th July – Otago Uni Virtual Open Day Fri 30th and Sat 31st July – Massey Uni Virtual Open Day 1st August – University Hall’s of Residence applications Open Tuesday 29th June – Auckland Uni Online Open Day School Leavers & 1st Year Scholarship close 25th August – Auckland Uni Saturday 28th August – Auckland Uni Campus Open Day Contact the Careers Department for further info: Barbara Walker 3456124 x 235 walkerb2@rotorualakes.school.nz
NOTICE BOARD
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___________________________________________________________________________ Phone: 07- 345 6124 Email: office@rotorualakes.school.nz wwww.rotorualakes.school.nz
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