TAURANGA GIRLS’ COLLEGE
April 2018
Tauranga Girls’ College Newsletter Principal with Head Students
Message from the Principal Nga mihi nui ki a koutou parents, friends and whanau of Tauranga Girls’ College. Welcome back after our Easter break which this year takes place ahead of the April School Holidays. Endless Opportunities When I last wrote to you, I mentioned the vast pool of talent that surrounds me at the College. Let me expand on that further. Staff and students invest a lot into being the best that they can be. The opportunities that the College provides for its young women is simply amazing. Opportunities to travel overseas comes in various forms. The Business Studies dept led by Mrs Summerville heads to Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai. The trip hones in on successful NZ Business Enterprises operating in the largest market in world, China. Mr Armstrong leads the Social Sciences excursion to the United States. This trip with its emphasis on history provides our young women with a chance to experience a vastly different
culture to that in NZ. Both trips give our students further opportunities to collaborate, to self manage (you have to make sacrifices to fund such trips) and to experience knowledge and understanding that will enable them to adapt, communicate, and be resilient in an ever changing world. These skills go beyond single subjects, instead providing a rich, life long learning in and out of school. Look out for more news on the trip to Vietnam and to Greece in the next newsletter. Success Continues Skye Lunson-Storey of TGC is one of 10 students selected by Young Enterprise and the NZ Chamber of Commerce in Singapore to travel to Singapore to extend students Global Business knowledge. Skye is passionate about textiles, fashion and dance. Skye’s motto of always aiming high to achieve her aspirations is inspirational to us all and whilst she doesn't always achieve her goals, more often than not, her dedication and
commitment enables her to realise them. Congratulations also to the those students who competed at Summer Sport Week. Several of our teams were placed. A few highlights included the Gold Medal performance by the U16 quad down at the National Rowing Regatta in Twizel, Kate Hawthorne being placed 1st in the K1 in Canoe Slalom and Maia Coster who was a finalist in the Horse of the Year competition. I also want to thank our Senior Kapa Haka leaders who were using their talents to teach myself and our Yr 13 leaders the haka in our whare. Intrigued by what was taking place in Mereaira, I found that the haka was being taught. As I have yet to learn this, it was opportune for me to be taught by Brooklyn GlanvilleRolleston (Māori Kaupapa Leader) The huge variety of opportunities for young women to lead and excel is a constant reminder of what our young women can and do achieve at TGC. I also take this opportunity to congratulate Ms Pollard as