August 2015
Dear Parents/Caregivers Welcome back to the world of learning at Tauranga Girls’ College as we embark on Term Three of what has so far been an incredibly busy and successful year for so many of our girls. Term Two being eleven weeks long just gave more space for our young women to demonstrate their talents and succeed, something that continued through the holidays for many! As this term gets underway already our active and supportive parent body, our PTA have prepared to stage their annual fashion parade, showcasing local fashion retailers as well as the talents of our students in preparing their items. The return to full function of our hall, Drama and Music suites, is well timed to allow for this significant event in our calendar. On the curriculum front junior students’ parents have been updated face to face on the progress their daughters are making so far this year and coming up on August 12th all students and their families will be welcome to attend our Option Evening and plan pathways through the school for next year. There have also in this early stage of the term been some staffing changes as Mr Richard Hendra departs for two terms of work with the Royal Society in Science Education, having won a prestigious scholarship to undertake this work. We look forward to his return in 2016. We are also this
term without the services of our Deputy Principal in Charge of Year 11, Mrs Philippa Ferguson, as she takes a three month break brought about by health issues. We look forward to her return in Term Four. Two staff members who will leave us later this year are Mr Andrew Chapman, recently appointed to a leadership position at the Bay of Plenty Polytechnic and Mrs Tania Lewis-Rickard who will be going to Papamoa College. We congratulate both these staff on their appointments and wish them well in their new roles. Something we are looking forward to later in August, as part of the cycle of review of our school’s curriculum delivery and outcomes is the visit in week six of this term of a team from the Education Review Office. There will be opportunities for students and parents to meet with the ERO team and have input into the review and a timetable of meeting times will be circulated closer to the actual review date. We look forward to this external confirmation of the progress this college has made since our last (very positive) review in 2012.
Principal
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