TAURANGA GIRLS’ COLLEGE
October 2016
Tauranga Girls’ College
Message from the Principal Dear Parents Welcome back to the start of Term Four! It is good to re-join the Tauranga Girls’ College community after being away for hip surgery and to pick up where my very capable team of Senior Leaders finished at the end of Term Three. I come back at a time when for our senior students only two weeks remain until study leave begins for their NCEA external exams, two weeks to prepare thoroughly for the best outcomes in November. Our juniors have 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 13 and Arts Prizegiving on Wednesday October 19. The lists of achievements and the levels of performance have been
outstanding. Celebrations continue with our, Academic Prizegiving on Wednesday November 02 and our Maori community Prizegiving on Friday November 11. Our guest speaker for Sports Prizegiving was Makayla Daysh, ex-pupil, star basketball player in the United States and now a Rugby 7’s player, for Arts Prizegiving Stephanie Adams, singer and for Academic Sophia Frentz, scientist. 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. 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. Students are all encouraged to make the most of the next few weeks, to invest time and energy in learning, to seek help to fill any gaps in their understanding as they develop their talents and study skills, 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