TAURANGA GIRLS’ COLLEGE
July 2017
Tauranga Girls’ College Pauline Cowens, Principal
Message from the Principal Dear Parents, Caregivers and Friends of the College As Term 2 draws to a close we can look back on a highly successful first half of the year, where we have all focussed on our values of respect, participation and pride through all the opportunities that students have taken up, exploring a huge range of experiences in and out of the classroom. The pages of this newsletter, Facebook and Twitter all provide a record of many of those experiences, as well as the successes and the service ethic that lies behind them and we congratulate all those involved. Participation, our second value has been very much a focus for June/July with our recent Workday producing its traditional large total of funds and a huge thank you must go to each and every student who has contributed to funding resources for learning for our
school community. This year’s money will be spent on a variety of things requested by students, including drink fountains, air conditioning and technology.
Participation of a different kind, in the creative arts, and the combined schools production of Peter Pan by talented students from both colleges gave us all some great entertainment in Week 9 of this term and congratulations to all concerned and to Tauranga Boys’ College for hosting this year’s event. With the successes of Stage Challenge a little earlier in the term our students have done very well. And as we look to the return of students into Term 3 we move into planning for 2018, with feedback on recent performance for junior student at our Junior Parent Teacher conferencing evening in the first week of term on Thursday 27 July, information at our
Open Evening for incoming Year 9 students in Week 3 on August 10 and on August 16 our Option Evening for the rest of the school, supporting students in planning learning pathways into 2018. In the meantime I wish you all a safe and relaxing holiday break and see you again for an equally busy and productive Term 3.
Pauline Cowens Principal
Head Girls Left to Right, Mikeely Ivil: Deputy Head Girl, Jerushah Keightley: Co Arts Director, Madison Randall: Head Girl, Caitie Farley: Co Arts Director, Caitlin McGeorge: Sports Captain
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Sport INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL Aerobics Catrin Pearce has been selected to represent New Zealand at an International Sport Aerobics Competition in Phoenix, Arizona, USA at the end of July.
Cross Country Nationals
Taekwondo Congratulations to Frances Lloyd who has been selected to represent New Zealand at the ITF World Championship in Dublin, Ireland in October. She will be defending the titles she currently holds. At the Caboolture Taekwondo Open in Brisbane Pratistha Chauhan was awarded a gold medal in Senior U62kg division. Brooklyn Storey gained a silver in Junior U62kg division.
Tumbling Gemma Gilmore came 1st in her category in the South Island Tumbling, she is now South Island Champion for SubJunior International in Tumbling.
Tauranga Girls’ College team competed at the National Secondary Schools Cross Country Championships in Christchurch. There were approximately 1000 athletes taking part from around 135 different schools all over the country. Due to injuries we only had a team of 7 competing (Arleah Tippins, Paris Heslop, Sophie McConnell, Abigail Mortimer, Tabitha Marshall, Crystal Aranui, Maia Flint). Maia Flint won an individual bronze medal in the Year 9 girls’ 3000m race in a large field of over 100. The senior girls’ division is very competitive, with a number of talented girls at international level. Our best placed athlete was Arleah Tippins who placed 34th. Regional Relay Cross Country Championships were held on the Sunday. Athletes were selected to represent their province in an exciting relay of 5 athletes, each completing a 2km cross country loop. Arleah Tippins was selected to compete for Waikato/BOP Senior girls and her team was placed 3rd. Maia Flint was selected for the Waikato/ BOP Year 9 team and ran a very strong last leg to win a bronze.
Volley Ball
Swimming
The following Tauranga Girls’ College students represented the BOP at the Volleyball New Zealand National Inter-Provincial Championships in Wellington: U17A Women (Bronze) Olivia Philpot, Calie Strange Renee Harris (also selected in Tournament Team as “Best Middle”) U20A Women (Gold) Emma Mabbott (also selected in Tournament Team as “Best Outside Hitter”) U20 Development Women (Silver) Ella Lawry
Congratulations to Ruby Matthews, Year 13, who attended the Swimming Bay of Plenty award ceremony in Rotorua and was awarded the following: Breaststroke long course and short course female swimmer of the Year (in BOP). Butterfly long course and short course female swimmer of the Year. Individual Medley long course and short course female of the Year. Top Final Points athlete 2017.
Best Performance at Swimming BOP Central Swimming Long Course Champs 2017. Best performance at Swimming BOP Short Course Champs 2017. Runner up Swimmer of the Year She broke 23 Bay of Plenty Age Records and 3 Bay of Plenty Open Records. After years of hard training, Ruby has been offered a position with the Swimming NZ High Performance Swimming Squad next year. This is a huge honour for her to swim with the best of NZ.
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Sport NORTH ISLAND/BAY OF PLENTY Badminton Senior Bay of Plenty Qualifying Tournament: The Div 1 team came 2nd so are through to the BOP Championships. Div 2 - Blue came 1st, Red 2nd, orange 3rd. The Blue and Red teams will go through to the BOP Championships, orange may go through, depending on the results of the other regions.
Div 2 Orange, 3rd
Div 2, Red. Year 13 team including Caitlin McGeorge, TGC Sports Captain
Div 1, 2nd
Div 2, Blue, 1st Div 2, Yellow
Squash
This month has been a busy month for squash fixtures with a total of 6 teams being set off to compete in various divisions of the BOP secondary schools squash tournaments. On Thursday 15 June four teams competed in Division 3 for new and ungraded squash
Div 2, Green
players. For many girls this fixture was the first time they have played in a competitive setting. Many new skills were learnt and much fun was had. Rotorua Lakes High were overall champions dropping only 2 sets in their challenge for victory but Tauranga Girls’ College were placed both 2nd and 3rd. Second place went to Lola Vahey Bourne, Joanne Sutton, Cara Schlebusch. Third place went to Sophie Bailey, Anneliese Darby and Imogen Dawkins. On Tuesday 13 June, two further teams were sent to Te Puke and Whakatane to compete in Division 2 and Division 1.
Division 2 were placed 2nd to Te Puke High and consisted of Emily Chamberlain, Natasha Davies and Alyssa Lewitt. Division 1 was also placed 2nd to Te Puke High after 3 rounds of extremely close competition. In round one the team did not drop a set. In round two they had much harder competition but came out winners to play off for the championship and claim the title of Top BOP secondary school team. Despite gallant efforts from all team members the final results were not in our favour, however SQUASH was definitely the winner on the day.
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Sport
Underwater Hockey The Northern Zone Underwater Hockey competitions were held over two weekends in June, with both TGC teams qualifying for Nationals in September. The Junior team travelled to Auckland 09-11 June to compete against 9 other teams and came home with a silver medal. This team, Flora Larsen, Hannah Rose, Cara Schlebusch, Skye Schlebusch, Tania Simpson, Courtney Smith, Brooklyn Watts, Charlotte Webb and Georgina Wooller has been coached by a Y12 student Sarah Nicholls. Sarah was also awarded the Best Fair Play Coach this year, so a many congratulations to Sarah Nicholls of 12PTD. The senior team competed at Baywave 23-25 June, competing against 7 other teams and qualified 4th.
Hamilton Exchange On 29 June, Tauranga Girls’ College hosted their annual Hamilton Exchange competing in 5 different codes across 9 different teams against Hamilton Girls’ High School. This is an annual event where Tauranga Girls’ and Hamilton Girls’ High School alternate between locations and this year was Tauranga Girls’ turn to host. The tournament is a hard fought competition between the schools where the shield is won each year. Hamilton was a fierce competitor and took the shield this year after winning the majority of the rounds. However, Tauranga Girls’ College was victorious in
Junior A Football, Junior A Netball and 1st XI Hockey. Tauranga Girls’ College look forward to next year’s event as well as future fixtures.
Synchronised Swimming At the North Island Synchronised Swimming Championship, Martha Bunce was placed 2nd in Aquarinas Duet/Trio and 1st as part of a team in the AquaComboTeam
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TGC introduces
Spirit of Adventure
Elite Sports Performance Tauranga Girls’ College are introducing a Elite Sports Performance class at Year 9 and 10 to support the young women who excel in their chosen sporting fields and to make sure they are supported in their academic endeavours.
performing at a high level within at least one sport. These students must have a clear desire to compete at an elite level and have the motivation to work hard to achieve this goal. If you have the desire to wear the Silver Fern this is the class for you!
The class will be offered as an option for students but there will be a selection criteria and careful consideration given to who would best benefit from being in the class.
Tauranga Girls’ College is proud to have a history of producing world class sports women and is committed to supporting and helping young women develop into future champions through the introduction of Elite Sports Performance.
The class is for students who are
Self Defence A half year course for Year 11-13 students. We do two practical lessons and two theory lessons each week. During the practical lessons we not only learn how to defend ourselves from an attack, but also how to prevent being attacked in the first place. During our theory lessons we look at a wide range of topics including: Drugs and Alcohol, Sexual Harassment, Anger and Stress also Problem Solving. All of the theory assessments are Unit Standards. Through this course our students gain confidence in themselves, make fabulous new friendships, and participate in a wide variety of activities to help with their learning. We are lucky to have many experienced instructors who come into the school. Christine Young from TMAA has been working with these classes for a few years now. It is awesome to have such great female role models for our girls.
Year 10 Dean ,Caroline Gill, took 10 students on a Spirit of Adventure Trophy trip (voyage 741A) from 25 - 30 June. The students boarded the Spirit with 3 other schools (Hamilton Boys’ High, Northcote College, and Mangere College) to compete for the bragging rights of winning the Spirit trophy. Our team ‘TGC Tigers’ competed against the other three schools and placed second. Our girls were challenged by a number of activities which included ship-handling, teamwork, problem-solving, and water sports (in and on the water). We also went ashore and competed against each other in competitive games that involved ingenuity, leadership and fun. Congratulations to the following girls on an amazing week and the growth they each individually made: Nikita Borrie (10LCK) Alexandria Fairweather (10WLL) Sarah Heins (10FLT) Jaymee Hill (10WRT) Nakeisha Jarvis (10JNS) Mia Krueger-Reedy (10OSL) Flora Larsen (10HKG) Piper McConnell (10OSL) Annabel McMann (10WLL) Hannah Rose (10LCK)
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Waikato University Analytical Chemistry Competition
Dael Summerhays-Sunnex, Geena Williams, Joanne Sutton and Florina Bianca Goyena made up the team attending the Analytical Chemistry Competition in June. TGC was placed 3rd out of 25 schools from Taupo to Pukekohe.
July 2017
TGC Student Joins Youth Advisory Group Congratulations to Akira McTavish-Huriwai (Year 11) who has been selected as a member of the Tauranga City Council Youth Forum. The first meeting was held on Wednesday 21 June and the group will meet for six weeks. The meetings will include: presentations from groups and organisations seeking the views of young people, discussion and creating submissions and developing ideas and initiatives that help increase youth participation in civic life.
Western BOP Regional Debating Competition
English News Mooting
Moot 1: That NZ is exploiting its natural resources through exportation. TGC was the negating team. Madeline Thompson Emily Kneale Grace Ede
The Mooting team—Anna Jenkin, Francesca Taylor, Chae Son, (shown below) are through to the Finals against strong competition. More than 60 teams in the initial round were reduced to 8
and now there are just 2 teams. These girls can be congratulated on their strong preparation, excellent poise in presenting arguments and their ability to respond to challenging questions.
Moot 2: That schools should permit alcohol at senior ball functions We had two teams involved: Nadia Snegirev Grace Westenberg – 1st best speaker Jasneet Bola – 2nd best speaker They were the negating team and won. The other team going through to the semi finals : Grace Ede Madeline Thompson – 1st best speaker Emily Kneale
Speech Competition The winner of the Year 13 Speech Competition was Niharika Sharma followed by Teagan Wilson as runner - up. In a second round of speeches for people who could not attend the actual Competition, Ashlee Keenan-Orr, whose speech was outstanding, gained a Highly Commended award.
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July 2017
Stage Challenge 2017 Congratulations to all involved in the Tauranga Girls’ College Stage Challenge entry, a magnificent visual display of talent. The judges were impressed too, awarding the group 2nd place in the Tauranga Open Division with awards of Excellence for: Costuming character Concept Visual enhancement Drama Soundtrack Performance skill Choreography Stage Crew (Led by Lara Rasmussen Student Achievement (Callie-Jay Dobbs)
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Year 11 Student Wins International Art Award.
Tauranga Girls’ College in the Dragons Den….. Based on the popular TV show Shark Tank, the Dragons' Den competition is a key event in the YES year. June 06 saw the Brite team (Callie-Jay Dobbs, Madison Sykes, Gabriella Eaton, Abbey Herbison and Ashley Cundy) compete against other schools and placed 1st in the competition winning $300 for Best Overall Pitch for their dyslexic product idea.
Liberty Turtle (Libertatum testudo graeca)
Rebecca Kneale
Rebecca Kneale has been named as winner of the 2017 Science Without Borders Challenge, an international student art competition that highlights important ocean conservation issues. The theme for this year’s challenge was “Reef SuperSpecies,” which challenged participants to creatively illustrate a Reef Super Species, an organism that has adapted to a deadly threat facing coral reefs. The organisation received 280 entries from around the world.
NZ Japanese Trivia Championships 2017 Year 10 Japanese language students Keeana Hickey, Shayla Winders, Mari Stevens and Emily Chamberlain travelled to the University of Waikato in Hamilton on Friday 16 June for the New Zealand Secondary Schools Japanese Trivia Championships. This quiz night is run each year simultaneously around the country with 50 participating schools and 8 venues from Auckland to Southland and results are shared instantly. Everyone enjoyed themselves at the Waikato/Bay of Plenty venue and the Tauranga Girls’ College students excelled themselves serving the refreshments this year – Japanese treats - sweet bean rice cakes (omochi), pickled plum (umeboshi) tasting, tea (ocha), grape soda and rice crackers (osenbei).
Blend and Go Frozen Smoothies also did well, coming 5th overall (their product was a very popular stand at the recent Seriously Good Food Show at the ASB Centre last weekend). Andraya Heyes, Catherine Sutton, Tayla Fruean, Chae Son and Julia Newman. Great result from both teams, congratulations to all the girls.
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July 2017
Head Shave for Leukaemia and Blood Cancer
Congratulations to Asha Clark (Year 9) who has recently won second place prize in the Youth Section in the National Flash Fiction Day Competition. The National Flash Fiction Day is New Zealand’s celebration of the shortest form of fiction writing, on the shortest day of the year. Asha’s short story called ‘Dear Satan’ is a letter of complaint written to Satan regarding accommodation in Hell. The story will be published in a book of short stories later in the year.
Grace with hair shaved and the class celebrating winning the Year 9 shield challenge
Grace with hair shaved and the class celebrating winning the Year 9 shield challenge
As part of Shave for a Cure, Grace Adams has had her head shaved. Grace has fundraised over $1500 for Leukaemia and Blood Cancer NZ,
Combined Production— Peter Pan– A Musical Adventure
Tauranga Girls’ College 60th Birthday! 2018 will see Tauranga Girls’ College celebrate 60 years since its founding and a major event at Easter to commemorate this special occasion!! More details to come!
The tradition of combined productions continued as Tauranga Boys’ College staged Peter Pan with a students from Tauranga Girls’ College. The students had a rollicking good time and demonstrated great energy, musical talent and acting skills. The show was a sell out. Congratulations to all concerned, both on the stage and backstage. on a great show!
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The Social Science Department prides itself on implementing real life experiences for our students and preparing them for tertiary education. Social Studies is taken as a core subject in Years 9 and 10, branching out in the senior school into History, Geography, Classical Studies, Sociology and Tourism. There are over 600 students taking Social Sciences in the senior school, there are 10 classes in Year 13. Staff L-R: Nicky Hodson, Jess Ruthe, Rowan Oswald, Rita Perigo, Mark Elliot, Murray Armstrong, Ewan McLeod, Philippa Ferguson, Anna Leach, Kate Mordue, Rose Wright, Pam Jones (absent Shirley Keno)
Social Science enables students to experience the high relevance of their studies with involvement in major events.
The Centenary of World War 1: A major initiative undertaken was on a ‘Field of Remembrance’ project which had significant media interest and coverage, along with our Gallipoli Centenary Remembrance Service. Our students made
a clean sweep in all the awards in the Regional WW100 Committee secondary school competitions, winning the entire $1,700 prize money. As a follow up to this we had a History trip to the WW1 battle sites in Belgium and France and just recently a Year 13 History student (Amanda Yang) has won the National Secondary School’s Passchendaele Competition with an all- expenses paid 3 week trip to Western Europe as a NZ Young Ambassador. $2,000 cash was also awarded with the Hon Simon Bridges coming to school to present her with the cheque.
The Battle of Gate Pa (Pukehinahina) Sesquicentenary This presented a once in a lifetime opportunity for our students to engage in such a significant event featuring and commemorating our locality and city. Our students won both the regional junior and senior secondary school Pukehinahina Trust competitions. Outstanding work was recognised and published in magazines with a national readership such as the NZ Memories, the NZ Legacy and the Historical Review magazines. Our top 13 History student’s entry on ‘Gateway to Tauranga: Gate Pa and Beyond’ won 2nd place in the ‘NZ Young Historian of the Year’ award.
Maatangi Whenua This is a Geography competition testing geographic skills, concepts and understandings, our teams compete in the WaikatoBay of Plenty division. For the past two years this has been won by our students, we are hoping to continue with further success later this year.
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Curriculum Trip Opportunities in the Social Science Department We aim to immerse students in the events we study with trips customised around major topics taught. Recent years include international trips to: Russia, Poland and Germany (History 2015) “a trip of a lifetime”. France, Belgium, Greece and Italy (History and Classical Studies 2016) “a highlight of my years at school”.
Field Trips within New Zealand Field trips and Geography are synonymous with one another. We strongly promote our students getting out in variety of New Zealand environments: Mauao, Waitomo Caves, Tauranga Urban, Tuahu Track, South Island High Country and Tongariro National Park. These learning experiences encourage the girls to think critically and are extremely rewarding.
Planned trips within the next year: Samoa (Tourism in October 2017) United States of America (History for April 2018)
Experiencing the tourism industry is critical to our Tourism classes and being teenagers they love the adventure destinations. For Year 12, Rotorua Canopy Tours offer breath-taking zip lines and swingbridges through NZ native forests and a chance to learn more about eco-tourism. In year 13 the thrills of Waitoma Black water rafting is a highlight of the year.
Asia Wise The Social Science Department recognises the significance of New Zealanders becoming Asia Aware. The Asia Wise Challenge is an Australasian competition with over 5,000 entries annually, testing knowledge about Asian history, geography and economics. For the past 2 years our best students have attained the highest marks (98%) in all of Australasia, an incredible achievement. This year we had further high success with results at 96%.
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“If you talk to a woman in a language she understands, that goes to her head. If you talk to her in her own language, that goes to her heart” ‒Nelson Mandela (adapted) “One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way” ‒Frank Smith “The limits of my language are the limits of my world” ‒Ludwig Wittgenstein
Exchange Opportunities There are exciting exchange opportunities available for those students wishing to spend time in other countries, improving their language skills and appreciating the culture of other countries first hand:
French-Speaking Switzerland (from Year 11) Germany/New Zealand (from Year 11) Japanese Scholarships- Kasaoka Scholarship (3 weeks), Kunei Scholarship (10 months) Let’s Homestay Exchanges, Individual exchanges to a Spanish speaking-country or to China.
Andraya Heyes, Year 13 10 Month Japan Exchange Scholarship 2016 “Spending ten months in Japan has greatly impacted my life. Suddenly I became aware of the sheer size and possibility this world holds as new opportunities opened up for me. Not only do you gain an eye opening perspective of the world, but you also form new relationships and open up future career ideas, pathways and opportunities. So my piece of advice is this: take a language and go on an exchange... because words will never do it justice.”
Paris Lynn Year 12 German Exchange At the end of 2016, I took part in German Exchange. Although my German was not very good at the time after one week, I understood more conversations and was managing to take part in everyday activities. I recommend the exchange to the students learning German as it is an experience which will stick with you forever. You will learn more than you think not just about the language but yourself.
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...Exchange Opportunities Carlie Morreel Y13 Georgina Dewar, Grace Thomas, Teagan Wilson and I all took part in the Switzerland Exchange over the last Summer Holidays. We were each partnered up with a Swiss student, who we hosted in July/August last year. Following this, we made the journey over to Switzerland where we stayed with our host families for 7 weeks. During this time we were able to improve our French language skills, experience a new culture and way of living, experience a different way of schooling,
and experience a true winter. Each of us were faced with different opportunities, and I am very grateful for what I was able to do. I got to ice skate on a frozen lake, travel to Belgium, France, and Germany, I visited Christmas Markets, went to the luge, learnt to ski, went hiking in the mountains, experienced a snow storm, and went to the Creux Du Van. Each experience was new and exciting, and I was often pulled out of my comfort zone. At the end of our 7 week stay with our host families, we met up with all the other NZ students and made our way to Paris, where we spent our last week. This was a completely different experience in itself. We continued immersing ourselves in the French language, and made the most of our busy itinerary which included visiting the Eiffel Tower in daylight and at night, visiting the Arc De Triomphe, Notre Dame, Sacré Coeur, Champs Elysées, and went shopping! The whole exchange experience was incredible and we all learnt so much about the French language, about the Swiss culture, and about ourselves. It was amazing!
Languages offered in 2018 will be:
Chinese (Yr 9 and 10) French (yr 9 to 13) German (Yr 9 to 13) Japanese (Yr 11-13) Spanish (Yr 10—13 ).
Places languages can take you: Careers in International and Multi-National companies in any sector such as: Media, Marketing,Tourism, PR,IT,Import/Export,Diplomacy Transport.
Chinese Community School Enrolments for Term 3 available in these classes Adult Class (2 levels) $90 per term Tuesday—6.30pm—8.30pm Children’s Clases (3 levels ) Primary and Intemediate age students $50 per term Saturdays 1pm to 2.30pm All classes are held in B Block Tauranga Girls’ College
Spanish Evening Classes for Adults Starting Date 2017 for Term 3 Classes run at three levels: Beginners Class Mondays 7pm to 9pm Intermediate Class Wednesdays 7pm to 9pm
Advanced Class Mondays 4:45pm to 6:45pm Term 3 classes start the week beginning Monday 24th July. All classes are held in C5. Fee $80 for 8 weeks.
To enrol and for more information, please email nrovekamp@tgc.school.nz
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CAREERS DEPARTMENT Careers and Education Hub visit 60 students along with Mrs Wilson and Mr Pitt attended the Fieldays on the 16 June. The girls had the opportunity to ask questions and find out more information about potential careers in the farming, horticulture, agriculture and related industries. They were impressed with the variety of roles that young women fill in this industry sector.
Massey University Hub
Dairy NZ
Ballance Agri- Nutrient.
More success for Brite
Brite Young Enterprise team (Callie-Jay Dobbs, Madison Sykes, Gabriella Eaton, Ashley Cundy and Abbey Herbison) The team entered the AUT Ideastarter Competition not realising that they had to live in Auckland. The judges were highly impressed but the team were unable to be part of the finals due to their location.
Madison Randall (TGC Head Girl) spoke to the Tauriko School Year 5-8 students during their Leadership Week. She described her own leadership journey and was thanked for speaking with such pride and passion.
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Curriculum Subject Selection 2018 In Term 3 your daughter will be choosing the subjects that she wishes to study next year. It is very important that she makes choices that are well informed and based on her ability and achievement in the subjects that she has taken this year. During this subject choice time the Careers Advisor, the deans and senior leaders will be visiting classes to discuss subject choices and to go through the Curriculum Guide for subject choice. The Curriculum Guide will be available on-line this year, information regarding on line access will be sent home at the start of Term 3. A useful first step in planning courses is for your daughter to have completed the course planning exercise starting on page 4 of the Curriculum Guide, which will take her through to career and education choices beyond school. Should you have any queries, your daughter’s Dean is the person to contact:
NCEA Candidate Information All senior students have been issued with the NZQA candidate information sheet along with a printout of the standards they will be assessed against for 2017. It is important that this information has been checked carefully and any alterations are sent to the student office. The table shows the fee structure for National Qualification entries for 2017. The government provides financial assistance to students entering for school qualifications if certain criteria are met.
Year 9
Ms Kylie Valentine
Year 10
Ms Caroline Gill
Year11
Mrs Bridget Prendiville
National
Year 12
Mrs Audrey Keightley and Ms Margot Glaser-Brown
Year 13
Mrs Robyn Mankelow & Ms Jackie Borell
Qualifications Framework
Entry
It is important to meet the deadlines set and to be accurate in selections. Changes are allowed up until the date indicated in the Curriculum Guide. However, students need to be aware that late changes may limit choices available.
TUTORING
Option Evening
Year 13 students available for tutoring with all NCEA subjects. $10/hour, times negotiable. Contact Chantal Stopford ext 724 or Ann Marie Wilson ext 725 for further info or to request tutoring support.
An Option Evening is scheduled for:
Wednesday 16 August 5.00pm - 7.00pm in J Block. You are encouraged to attend this with your daughter, so that you can discuss subject choices with staff
Fee
$76.70
(NQF) Scholarship subject entries are per $30.00 subject NZQA Fees 2017 This term the NZQA fees are due no later than Friday 25 August for all students who are studying at NCEA level for this year. If you qualify for financial assistance with these fees, then please complete the form issued and get it back to school so that we can process your application. Forms are also available via the NZQA website: www.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/forstudents/fees/ financialassistance.html.
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Enrolments 2018
Open Night
Enrolments will open for the year 2018 the first week of Term 3 2017, and all contributing schools will receive their enrolment packs during that week. Applications for enrolment will close on Friday 01 September.
The Open Night for prospective students for 2018 will be held on:
All students living within the enrolment zone for the college have automatic right of entry. Out of zone students are also being accepted and enrolment packs for those students are available through the school reception. The closing date is also Friday 01 September. If you have friends outside the Tauranga Girls’ College zone who wish to send their daughters to our school please draw their attention to the way in which enrolment packs can be accessed. Should too many applications from out of zone be received, ballot date for Tauranga Girls’ College is Monday 11 September.
International Department Every year we have International Week, when the international girls promote their culture in the school through different events. The Food Festival gives the students the opportunity to make and sell their country’s traditional foods (proceeds from this year’s sale was donated to Women’s Refuge). The cultural concert this year was a wonderfully colourful event featuring song, dance and a fashion show which showed Chinese clothing through the ages.
Thursday 10 August at 5.45 pm. If you know of anyone considering sending their daughter to Tauranga Girls’ College in 2018 please pass on this date to them. Please invite them to contact the school reception for further details.
Leadership Summit
Ashlee Keelan -Orr Kaeleigh Karroll
Ashlee Keelan-Orr and Kaeleigh Karroll have been selected to attend this year’s China/New Zealand Sister Cities initiative for three days during the holidays from 12-14 July. It is for the next generation of leaders of the two countries and will host 34 students from China.
Held at the University of Auckland, School of Business, the Summit focuses on leadership within a global context. Some of the topics include cultural differences, global and personal leadership, global issues of tomorrow, get ready – be prepared, doing business together, building relationships, innovation and entrepreneurship. .
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Groundswell - Tauranga’s Inaugural Festival of Innovation 07-13 August, Tauranga City Groundswell, Tauranga’s inaugural Festival of Innovation is created to power the movement, spark collaborations, conversations and connections across the city. Showcasing how our business and people are leading the way through innovation, locations across Tauranga will come alive with a range of events to inspire and upskill the community. Featuring national and international innovators, Groundswell is a mustdo in the Bay this August. There are three types of events to encourage everyone to get involved: 1. Dip Your Toes - Just beginning to learn about innovation? These events will help you gain a greater understanding of the 'i' word. 2. Take A Swim - Keen to get more involved in the space? Improve your skills with one of our hands-on workshops. 3. Deep Dive - Are you an experienced innovator? Upskill at one of our industry specific events. Many events are free or subsidised. Here’s a selection of events, for the full schedule go to www.gswell.co.nz :
Canvas Careers Showcase - Forget about the world being your oyster, it’s your canvas! On Friday 11 August at ASB Arena, we invite secondary school students in the Bay the chance to talk ‘face to face’ with people from a wide range of industries and training providers. On Saturday the 12 August there will be another opportunity for the wider Bay community to check out this event.
The YiA Innovation Forum - a one-off chance to hear from international innovation talent, including Nike Innovation Developer Wade Flanagan, and Sinead O'Sullivan, who has worked with NASA, The European Space Agency and the US Centre for Climate Change.
YiA Innovation Showcase - Want to have a say in who becomes this year's Young Innovator? Come to Bayfair to experience the YiA Innovation Showcase and vote for your favourite idea in the YiA People's Choice Awards. StartUp Weekend - A 54-hour event where developers, designers, marketers, product managers, students and startup enthusiasts come together to share ideas, form teams, build products, and launch startups!
Most events are free or subsidised. Visit www.gswell.co.nz for more information. A special thanks to our key partners, Priority One, Callaghan Innovation, Bay of Connections and Cucumber for making this initiative possible.
The TGC CoL team have been busy this term working in small groups on our Evidence Based Inquiries. These inquiries cover a vast array of topics across the school and we have been very appreciative of both staff and student support:
Assessment methodologies Transition from Year 8 to Year 9 Whanau Engagement Outside sector involvement CRRP (Culturally Responsive and Relational Pedagogy)
We have been visiting classes, doing observations and also gaining student voice in order to create our evidence based reports. This has helped us gain insight on where to for Term 3 for the Tauranga Peninsula CoL. The team has also been given the opportunity to present our School Profile to the Board of Trustees which was mutually beneficial. The Across school representatives also spoke about progress with Evidence based enquiries. If you have any queries about the work the CoL team are doing please feel free to contact the school so we can talk.
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CALENDAR 6-Jul
WINTEC visit – all courses and pathways to Nursing 1:30pm
6-Jul
Auckland Waterfront Theatre Year 11 - 13
6-Jul
The Edge Talent Quest
7-Jul
Junior Reports issued
7-Jul
Tuakana/Teina End of Term outing – Mauao Pakiwaitara
7-Jul
LAST DAY OF TERM 2
11-Jul
Tauranga Performing Arts Competition (3-9pm)
23-28 Jul
13GEO - Waitomo Caves
24-Jul
TERM 3 BEGINS
25-Jul
Pat Buckley speaking to Y11
26-Jul
Maths Olympiad
27-Jul
Year 9 and 10 Report Evening
29 - 30 Jul
NZSS GymSports Championships
31-Jul
Carrie Rudzinski - Writers in Schools
1-Aug
Year 12 Geography GIS
3 - 4 Aug
NSS Squash Teams to Sun, 6th
4-Aug
Baywide Junior Basketball
4-Aug
Miss World
5 - 6 August
NZSS Duathlon Championship
5-Aug
Senior Model United Nations
6-Aug
BOP Zone Secondary School Championship Netball Waikato
7-Aug
BOPSS—Stableford Tournament (Golf)
10-Aug
Open Night
July 2017
Attendance When a student is absent from school because of illness parents/caregivers asked to: Phone the school office on 578 8114 prior to 8.00 am and follow the answer-phone instructions or email the school office using the email address: absences@tgc.school.nz Students must bring a note to explain her absence on the first day of her return. Students who cannot explain their absences will be marked as truant. After school detentions may be given to students who have a whole day’s absence without explanation. Notes need to include the student’s full name and tutor group and the caregiver’s name (printed and signed, date and and absence date. Non-medical absences during school term time: Where students will be absent from school for other than medical reasons parents are required to request leave in writing/email to the Principal giving the dates and reason for the absence.
TAURANGA GIRLS’ COLLEGE
July 2017
Contacting the College for 2017 We encourage parents to contact the College (578 8114) for support at any time during the year. The Pastoral Team includes: Year 9
Senior Leader: Mrs Bird
Dean: Ms Kylie Valentine ext 766
Year 10
Senior Leader: Mrs Millar
Dean: Ms Caroline Gill ext 768
Year 11
Senior Leader: Mrs Ferguson
Dean: Mrs Bridget Prendiville ext 769
Year 12
Senior Leader: Ms Rowlands
Deans: Mrs Audrey Keightley & Ms Margot Glaser-Brown ext 770
Year 13
Senior Leader: Ms Rowlands
Deans: Mrs Robyn Mankelow & Ms Jackie Borell ext 767
Guidance Counsellors
Ms Judy Burr ext 728 & Ms Chantal Stopford ext 724
If any matter remains unresolved, or is taking too long, please contact the Senior Deputy Principal: Ms Millar ext 707 or the Principal: Mrs Cowens.