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November 2016
Tauranga Girls’ College
Message from the Principal Dear Parents Welcome to November, a month of change as our seniors take study leave this week to prepare for the NCEA external examinations and our juniors work through seven weeks, including their junior examinations, building up to our Junior Diploma celebration assemblies on 14 December (Year 9) and 15 (Year 10). Celebrating across the curriculum has been our focus for the last few weeks, with Sports Prizegiving on Thursday 13 October and Arts Prizegiving on Wednesday 19 October. The lists of achievements and the levels of performance have been outstanding. Celebrations continue with our, Academic Prizegiving on Wednesday 02 November and our Maori community Prizegiving on Friday 11 November. 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 Makayla Daysh, an International Basketball player and ex-student and for Arts Prizegiving Stephanie Adams, also an ex-student and currently studying music in Melbourne. Both were outstanding speakers and role models for our girls. In the week when our students on their junior examinations in Week Six there will be a study day on Monday 14 November when students will stay home and focus on revision. 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 2017.
Pauline Cowens Principal Head Girls Tate Fountain: Head Girl Georgia Coughlan: Sports Captain Molly Alton: Deputy Head Girl Sarah Coleman: Arts Director
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Achievements International and National:
Football: Rachael Collins has been selected in the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Under 14 Football team.
Gymsports:
Rugby 7’s:
Medea Jones competed at the NZ Gymsports National Championships held in Invercargill in the holidays. She competed in two events and her accomplishments include: Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Step 7 Gold medal and National Champion title for Vault apparatus. 6th place overall on Balance Beam, 7th place overall on Floor. In Sub-Junior International Tumbling Medea won Bronze medal.
At the Bay of Plenty Secondary School Rugby 7’s Competition Tauranga Girls’ College entered 4 teams. The U15 Championships division was won by the A team with the U15B placed 2nd in the Development division. The U19 Championship division was won by the Tauranga Girls’ College A team. The U15 A team consisted of Ayla Bowring, Minardi Daniel, CJ Galvin, Chanelle-Erica Kuka, Shakira Kumar-ToiToi, Myracle Mongo, Ariana O’Brien, Kaewa Savage, Teagan Meyer and Ro Silo Togotogorua. The U19 A team: Jade Carter, Minardi Daniel, Hope Garner, Bree Meyer, Teagan Meyer, Sela Moataane, Angel Mulu, Felila Simanu, Jade Tuilaepa, Jayleigh Tamati and Phabian Patrick.
North Island/Bay of Plenty/Local Bay of Plenty Sports Awards 2016: Congratulations to the following students and coaches who have made the list of finalists for the Awards. The calibre of the nominations was exceedingly high, with over 110 nominations received. Tauranga Girls' College Senior A Volleyball Team in the Secondary School Girls' Team of the Year category. Tauranga Girls’ College U17 Double Sculls Rowing Team in the Secondary School Girls' Team of the Year category. Angel Haeata-Burrows in the Best Student Contribution to Sport category. Jeff Robb and Leo Scott in the Secondary School Coach of the Year category. Brooklyn Storey and Frances Lloyd in the Secondary School Sportswoman of the Year.
Swimming: Results from the Bay of Plenty Short Course Swimming Champs 02-04 September: Ella Moor 2nd 200 Free,4th 100 Back,4th 200 Back,5th 100 Free Kim Cadzow 2nd 100, Back,3rd 200 IM,4th 400 IM,2nd 100 Fly,4th 200 Back Ruby Matthews 1st 100 IM,1st 200 Fly,2nd 50 Breast, 1st 50 Fly,1st 400IM, 2nd 100 Breast. Results from the 2016 NZ Short Course Swim Champs held in Auckland. This competition is a little different from the National Age Group Meet in that they race against their age group in
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the morning and then the top 40 go through to A-D finals (10 in each) in the afternoon. This effectively gives them an Age Group ranking and an Open NZ ranking. This year the event was also a qualifier for the World Championships which meant many elite swimmers turned up making getting in the top 40 finals extremely difficult! Kim Cadzow - 7 top 10 results, 3 open finals 100 Back - 1:05.46, 5th (4th NZ age); Finals 35th open 200 Back - 2:24.12, 6th (5th NZ age); Finals 37th open 50 Back - 31.21, 7th (5th NZ age) 400IM - 5:16.98, 6th Finals 27th NZ open 200IM - 2.29.99, 7th 100IM 1:09.99, 9th 50 Fly - 30.63, 10th (9th NZ age) 50 Free - 28.15, 13th (12th NZ age) 100 Free - 1:01.61, 16th (14th NZ age) Ruby Matthews – 6 age group medals, 8 top 10 results, 8 open finals 200IM - 2:16.96, 1st Finals 6th open 400 IM - 4:50.49, 1st Finals 2nd open 100 Breast - 1:11.16, 2nd Finals 10th open 200 Breast - 2:33.93, 2nd Finals 7th open 50 Breast - 33.72, 3rd Finals 15th open 200 Fly - 2:18.28, 3rd Finals 6th open 100 IM - 1:04.95, 4th (3rd NZ age); Finals 10th open 100 Fly - 1:04.93, 5th (4th NZ age); Finals 19th open Ella Moor 200 Back - 2:30.47, 15th 100 Back - 1:08.16, 15th (14th NZ age) 50 Free - 28.43, 17th (16th NZ age) 100 Free - 1:01.68, 16th (15th NZ age)
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50 Back - 32.33, 16th (15th NZ age) 200 Free - 2:12.79, 18th (17th NZ age)
Reminder:
Trampoline:
attend school on that day.
At MIGS Recreation Trampoline and Tumbling Competition Kelly Taylor placed 1st in Trampoline and 2nd in Double Mini Tramp.
Junior Assessments:
Water Polo: Grace Westenberg gained Silver in Division 1 as part of the Tauranga U16 A team. Lucy Paterson played for the Tauranga B team in Division 2, also gained a Silver in that division.
Congratulations: Congratulations to Nathalia Luna Sanz and Tina (Jiyun) Jeong for taking home second place in the 2016 International Youth Silent Film Festival! They were awarded a $750 cash prize and have been invited to attend the international film festival with workshops and awesome opportunities to rub shoulders with film gurus in Portland, Oregon next year. They might be asking Santa for plane tickets for Christmas. The film screenings and awards was fantastic. The top 10 films (including three Tauranga Girls’ College films) were played with the live Wurlitzer organ. If you have never had the chance to see this being played at the Baycourt it is highly recommended!
Year 9 and Year 10 Junior study day on Monday 14
November: Students do not
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appreciation with a cappella version of A Whole New World, and were then taught some traditional Māori games. A big thank you to the Māori students, as well as Te Rangimarie and Whaea Jaz.
Students must attend Tuesday 15- Friday 18 November.
Schoolhopper Fares: 2017 The Bay of Plenty Regional Council has informed the college the of the following increases regarding Schoolhopper fares for 2017: Bus fares on Tauranga’s Schoolhopper bus network will increase at the beginning of Term One 2017. Student fares will be standard across both the Tauranga urban Bayhopper and Schoolhopper networks. January 2017 New fare Student Cash $2.00 Student Smartride $1.60 including Schoolhopper
This information will also be communicated via in-bus notices, radio and print advertising leading up to the beginning of Term One, along with inclusion on their website.
Powhiri: On Monday 17 nine students arrived from Ritsumeikan Keisho Junior High School in Hokkaido, Japan. The girls were delighted with the warm welcome they received from the Māori girls who put on a Powhiri with entertaining songs, a poi demonstration and a haka. The Ritsumeikan girls showed their
International (and migrant) Students Speech Competition: All our families hosting both long-term and short-term students this year were invited, to show our appreciation for the great support they give to our girls. Along with lots of delicious food, the families and their homestay students enjoyed musical performances by Kosu Iwao and Ayaka Narita, and a traditional Japanese dance from our shortterm Japanese group from Ritsumeikan Junior High. It was a lovely night and each family went home with a small gift.
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Positive Behaviour for Learning Revision During Term Three Break for students Bradley Busch Psychologist@Inner_drive The weeks and months leading up to exams can be challenging for you. So how can you revise better? Which techniques really work, and which don’t? What can you do to improve your memory, mood and concentration? Before you do any revision - Eat breakfast It is estimated that around 39% of girls skip breakfast some or all of the time. It’s not called the most important meal of the day for nothing: research has found that skipping this meal significantly reduces students’ attention and their ability to recall information. Simply having a bowl of cereal will give you the concentration and memory boost you need. During revision sessions Start early and spread it out Actors don’t leave their rehearsals until the day before opening night. Athletes don’t only train the day before a match. To commit something to memory takes time. Spreading out your revision sessions on a particular topic (eg one-hour sessions over 10 days) is more effective than spending the same amount of time in one go (ie 10 hours in one day). This effect, known as “spacing”, helps because it allows time in between revision sessions to forget and re-learn the material. Test yourself Leading researchers in the field of memory consider testing
yourself as one of the most effective ways to improve your ability to recall information. Testing yourself also helps you check for any gaps in your knowledge. Practice papers provide a good starting point, as well as quizzing yourself at the end of your revision session. Look at previous NCEA exam papers online. Teach someone After you have tested yourself, teach the material to someone else. This has been found to help aid memory and recall: it is known as “the Protégé Effect”. Teaching someone else requires you to learn and organise your knowledge in a clear and structured manner. Think twice about using highlighters Despite being the favourite weapon of many students tackling revision, research suggests they don’t work very well. People learn and recall information better if they connect it to other pieces of information. Highlighters don’t do this. They isolate single pieces of information. Quite often, you end up highlighting whole chunks and passages of text, which can give the appearance of having worked hard, but is of little value. Don’t listen to music Students who study in a quiet environment can recall more than those who revise while listening to music. Extroverts, and those with an exceptional ability to control their attention, are not negatively affected as much: but it doesn’t help. At best, for these students, it just doesn’t hinder them as much as everyone else. Don’t fool yourself by thinking you work better with music. Get some fresh air and exercise You cannot
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work all day, every day. Nor should you. Revision has to be about quality, as well as quantity. Going outside and getting some fresh air will help you feel refreshed and better able to focus afterwards. Doing a little bit of exercise will also help you to deal better with stressful situations: it reduces anxiety and increases self-esteem. This must be good when preparing for exam. Sleep Students are encouraged to work hard and revise a lot before their exams. However, there comes a time when you need to stop and go to sleep. Knowing when can be tricky. There is a link between being a perfectionist and struggling to sleep. If you are falling asleep within five minutes of your head hitting the pillow, you should probably be going to bed earlier. Other sleep tips include having regular bedtimes, not being on your mobile phone in bed, but if you are, you should turn down the backlight. As research into psychology continues to develop, we learn more and more about how best to help students learn. Revision time can be challenging as it often requires students to monitor their own behaviour when working independently at home. Hopefully, by sharing what helps improve your memory, mood and concentration, we can better equip you to meet the challenges head on.
All the best for your NCEA exam
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Ngā Wahine Whakamana students visit local business
inspirational Māori leaders. Instep thanks Manawa Ora Integrative Health and Research Centre, Moana Radio, Coastal Marine Field Station and Zespri for making the day such a success for the students.
Zealanders to compare our experiences and explore a new city. I would recommend doing a student exchange to anyone - my only regret is that I couldn’t stay for longer! Hannah Speight 13NBL
Prizegivings
Māori
Super toll! A Y13 student looking back….
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Friday 11 November 5.30pm Tauranga Girls’ College Hall 11 Māori student leaders from Tauranga Girls’ College spent the day visiting four local businesses to hear the inspirational stories of successful Māori women in the Bay working in careers associated with horticulture, aquaculture, health and communications. During the trip the girls received valuable tips on the importance of developing skills in selfconfidence, relationship building and creative thinking. During their visit to Moana Radio the girls had the opportunity to be interviewed by Mana Moana host, Josh Te Kani. Josh’s feedback was that the girls had a lot of natural talent, and were awesome during their interview. Radio can make people very shy and nervous, but the girls were very well-spoken, proud and extremely intelligent. Josh believes these young girls could definitely be future
Junior I have had a wonderful three years at Tauranga Girls’ College, but the highlight of my time here was definitely my exchange. I spent seven weeks in Germany over the 2015-2016 summer as a part of the Tauranga Girls’ College Language department exchange. During my time in Germany, I improved my language skills beyond belief. Because of this, I found it much easier to integrate into Level 3 German than I otherwise would have. I also visited many amazing places, improved my self-confidence, and became more independent as I was put into situations which I never would have encountered in New Zealand. One of the highlights of my trip was definitely the trip to Berlin which was organised by the exchange facilitators. I really enjoyed meeting up with other New
: You are cordially invited to attend your daughter’s prizegiving ceremony: Year 9 Awards Wednesday 14 December 10.00am, Hall Year 10 Awards Thursday 15 December 10.100am, Hall
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Academic Prizegiving: Congratulations to:
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Proxime Accessit
Emma Godden
Tate Fountain
Student Leaders for 2017
Head Girl Madison Randall
Deputy Head Girl Mikeely Ivil
Arts Director Pita Phillips
Sports Captain Caitlin McGeorge
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Calendar Day
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Event
Wednesday Friday Monday Tues-Fri Mon-Fri
09 Nov 11 Nov 14 Nov 15-18 Nov 21-25 Nov
Tuesday Thursday Tues-Tues Thurs-Mon Thursday Fri-Sun Mon-Tues Mon-Wed Tues-Thurs Wed-Thurs Wednesday Friday
22 Nov 24 Nov 29 Nov-06 Dec 01-05 Dec 01 Dec 02-04 Dec 05-06 Dec 05-07 Dec 06-08 Dec 07-09 Dec 07 Dec 09 Dec
NCEA begin Maori Prizegiving Junior Study Day Junior Assessment (Y9 & 10) Junior Production NISS Volleyball Jnr Champs Year 9 Activities Day Orientation Day Sendai Seiryou from Japan National Track & Field Road Race Champs Y9 Technology Challenge NSS Condors Rugby 7’s U19 tournament Senior students book return days Chorale Workshop Big Band Workshop Combo Workshop Leavers Dinner Symphonic Band Workshop Guitar Ensemble Workshop Y9 Prizegiving Y10 Prizegiving End of Term 4
Wednesday 14 Dec Thursday 15 Dec
Dates 2017: Monday Wednesday & Thursday Wednesday Thursday Friday Monday Thursday Friday
23 January: 25 & 27 January 01 February: 02 February: 03 February: 06 February: 13 April 14 April:
Office opens Course changes Year 13 start Year 9 start Whole school Waitangi Day Term 1 ends Easter
Monday Monday Friday
01 May 05 June 07 July
Term 2 begins Queen’s birthday Term 2 ends
Monday Friday
24 July 29 September
Term 3 begins Term 3 ends
Monday Monday Tuesday Wednesday
16 October 23 October 12 December 13 December
Term 4 begins Labour Day Y9 finish Y10 finish
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Contacting the College for 2016 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 Deans: Mrs Carolyn Nemeth & Mrs Judith Somerville Ext 766 Year 10 Senior Leader: Mrs Millar Deans: Mrs Bridget Prendiville& Ms Kylie Valentine Ext 769 Year 11 Senior Leader: Mrs Ferguson Deans: Mrs Audrey Keightley & Ms Margot Glaser-Brown Ext 770 Year 12 Senior Leader: Ms Rowlands Deans: Mrs Jackie Gould & Mrs Robyn Mankelow Ext 767 Year 13 Senior Leader: Ms Rowlands Deans: Ms Caroline Gill & Mr Don Wallis Ext 768 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: Mrs Millar or the Principal: Mrs Cowens. 930 Cameron Road, Tauranga 3112 Ph: (07) 578-8114 Fax: (07) 578-8447 info@tgc.school.nz www.tgc.school.nz
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