November 2015
Dear Parents/Caregivers Welcome back to the start of Term Four! For our senior students only two weeks remain until study leave begins for them for their NCEA external exams, two weeks to prepare thoroughly for the best outcomes in November. For our juniors there are another seven weeks remaining until our Junior Diploma celebration assemblies on December 14 (Year 9) and 15 (Year 10). Much to be done before those occur! There has also been much to celebrate across the curriculum in the last few weeks, with Sports Prizegiving on Thursday October 15 and Arts Prizegiving on Thursday October 22. The lists of achievements and the levels of performance have been outstanding. Celebrations continue with our, Academic Prizegiving on Wednesday November 04 and our Maori community Prizegiving on Friday November 13. It is a feature of the leadership development for students at this school that the House and Arts Councils take full responsibility for the Sports and Arts evenings, annual highlights for us and for them. Our guest speaker for Sports Prizegiving was Kelly Hudson, an International Hockey Umpire and for Arts Prizegiving Chennoah Walford, exHead Girl currently Equity Officer for the Student Association at Victoria University. Outstanding speakers and role models for our girls.
While our senior students focus in the upcoming two weeks on external examination preparation our Junior Students will be focussed on the Junior Examinations that begin in the sixth week of Term Four, as they prepare for their Junior Diploma certificate and graduation outcomes. Once the junior examinations are over the Deans at both Year 9 and Year 10 levels have been working hard on organisation for the period of time before the end of year, putting in place some extra learning opportunities both in and out of the school. At all levels of the school students are encouraged to make the most of the next few weeks, to invest time and energy in learning as they develop their talents and study skills, to seek help to fill any gaps in their understanding and to ensure that they are ready for the next steps on their learning journey into 2016.