TAURANGA GIRLS’ COLLEGE
May 2018
Tauranga Girls’ College Newsletter Message from the Principal Welcome to the second term and the excitement that this brings. Carol Dweck, Stanford University Professor of Psychology talks about the Growth Mindset and the power of ‘YET’. Term Two with its autumnal feel and wet weather reminds me of Dweck's influence. Having a Growth Mindset allows us to exercise our brain and develop a greater self belief and certainly not let the weather get us down. When things are going well, we increase our self belief, but equally, when things aren't going so well, there is a tendency to give up. In a school context, Dweck reminds us not to give up, but to develop resilience and to remember that learning is not always going to be easy. In fact, when it is easy, little growth in learning occurs. When a challenge is before us, showing some grit, digging deep where you don't understand, remembering, you don't understand ‘YET’. Learning isn't always linear as some may have you believe and for many of us we have to try and try again and
when we do, we grow our resilience.
vision that future proofs educating young women at TGC 2019-2023.
This College is rich with opportunities. I have spoken about this before and each month I hear of the successes we have had as members of our TGC community have taken on challenges or taken up opportunities.
I take this time to farewell to Ms Mordue, Ms Gallant and Mrs Gover in the next few weeks. I look forward to welcoming and introducing you to our new staff in due course. I hope you have your tickets for our joint TGC and TBC production of “Beauty and the Beast”. I know it will be a fabulous show and one that the entire family will enjoy. Last but certainly not least, I share a link with you in which I share my views on Tauranga Girls’ College. The NZME journalist was Jaden McLeod and I was one of a number of new Principals to be interviewed. The link can be accessed through our website: www.tgc.school.nz
You will have read in the local paper of our NCEA results as compared with other secondary schools in this region. TGC did extremely well. TGC continues to have high standards of academic attainment and it is my intention that we will continue to provide a robust curriculum that gives every young women the opportunity to succeed. I have high expectations of everyone in this College, both staff and students alike and our values of Respect, Pride and Participation are key to this. As the BoT undertakes its community consultation, it gives you along with the wider community, the opportunity to contribute to a
Tara Kanji Principal