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Emily Paterson Silver, Team Pursuit, Junior Worlds (p. 3)

6 September 2019

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Principal’s Comment

Ko te mura o te ahi!The heat of the battle!

It has been a huge week for both Junior and Senior Kapa Haka, as well as the Senior Pasifika Group. The Junior Kapa Haka performed twice this week at the 10th Murihiku Polyfest with a very polished display of Māori performing arts discipline. The Pasifika Group lifted the roof of the ILT stadium with a highly energetic and emphatic performance led by year 13 Lupe Taufa. A huge shout out to the Taufa kāinga for all your support and hard work. Our Senior Kapa Haka started the week with the biennial

Secondary School Kapa Haka Competition where Kaytlin Tomlins won, deservedly, the Kaitoa (1st) Kaitataki Wahine (Female Group Leader). After this they performed an entertaining bracket during the day at Polyfest, completing the week with a solid and uplifting performance of their competition bracket on Thursday night. A huge thank you to all who have assisted our groups over the past many months. Without you it would not be what it is.

Mauri ora!Neitana (Nathan) Tane

Whanau Report

Andy WoodPrincipal

Lockdowns and MeaslesWe have listened carefully to the learnings of CHCH schools following the tragedy earlier this year, with particular reference to the realities of “Lockdown” procedures. Some Christchurch schools have also had genuine lockdowns for other unrelated reasons since. This has led us to review our procedures - and key equipment to be provided in every classroom. (Thanks to the PTA for assistance with this!) Sadly, the need for such preparations is clearly greater in this day and age, and it behoves us to carry out drills, and know what to do.Every emergency situation is different however, and planning has to be generic based on expected scenarios, which may or may not turn out as expected. One of the problems experienced by CHCH schools however, was that of parents turning up at school to collect their children while the school was in lockdown. This clearly compromised the integrity of the safety of everyone, and in some cases, police were

asked to assist schools with this issue.If Hargest is “Locked Down”, please do not come to the school to uplift your children! Speaking of emergencies, the measles outbreak in Auckland is another example of schools having to make critical decisions carefully but nimbly. NZ is small and people are very mobile, so we suggest you check your child’s measles vaccination, and if necessary, arrange a visit to the doctor with some urgency. These things don’t always happen “somewhere else”!

Nga mihi nui

Andy WoodPrincipal

The Board met our new Head of Special Needs (The Student Support Centre), Mr Richardson, and were updated on the issues, successes and challenges of this very special part of the Hargest programme.We considered a report from the principal on the current information about the national Review of NCEA; the Review of Tomorrows’ Schools; and the government’s new scheme for providing extra support to schools for helping with learning and behaviour needs. (Learning Support Coordinators). Unfortunately Hargest will not benefit at all for the forseeable future, in relation to 600 new positions being funded nationally. The Ministry of Education is assessing the merits of a re-development of parts of the

Hargest Senior Campus site. We do not expect to find out what the scope of work will be until the end of this year. However, preliminary work is proceeding on the replacement of the heating boilers for both campuses.The school has been congratulated by the Ministry for the quality of its programmes in relation to the provision of ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) for migrant and refugee students. This area is ably led by the Head of ESOL, Mrs Marion Elder.

Kia ora Koutou

Chris O’Connor BOT Chairperson

Chris O’ConnorBOT Chairperson

From the Boardroom

Matua Neitana Tane

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Staff Welcome

Chrissie Bakker The Health and PE Department welcome Mrs Bakker. She steps into the role vacated by Mr Jackson. Mrs Bakker started teaching PE and Dance at Southland Girls High School before teaching PE and Dance at Long Bay College and Alfriston College in Auckland. She has also taught PE and swimming in Azerbaijan.

Hello to all! The July PTA meeting saw a great turnout. We had a report from Senior and Junior campus who have had another busy term so far, with the Sport and Rec segment, Ball extravaganza, Student exchanges, Production, two choirs at the Big Sing, Science Competition, to name a few. The PTA gave approval for funding of Lock Down Kits for the school, as part of their Disaster recovery process and procedures, or Lock Down Preparedness. We had an update on the Bus Shelter Project, and had the opportunity to provide feedback and discussion around the Sport and Rec programme from a parents point of view, and also a Q & A session on parental understanding of the Form Class Structure. I mention these items, as the PTA meetings are not for cheese rolls fundraisers, but a great place for feedback loops, hearing from the Senior Leadership teams, at Senior and Junior Campus, as well as meeting other parents/caregivers. So feel free to join us for

any of the PTA meetings listed below.The PTA hosted the Open Day BBQ at Junior Campus. As always this was a busy day for all the teachers and students in attendance, and there was a great turn out of excited potential year 7’s for next year. A BIG thanks to the PTA helpers on the day, it was greatly appreciated. Time flew by and 500 sausages later, we were done for the day - needless to say we didn’t have sausages for dinner that night!!

The schedule for the 2019 meetings are as follows, we welcome you to attend the next PTA on 17th Sept 2019. It was agreed that future PTA meetings would be held in “The Brig” (above the foyer) at Senior Campus – all are scheduled to start at 7.30pm. September 17th November 19th Monique ShirleyChairperson

PTA Report

Monique ShirleyChairperson

Results from the Junior World Cycling Champs in Frankfurt Germany: Emily Paterson from NZ Junior Womens Team pursuit gained a silver medal with .007 sec off the winning gold medal ride of Italy. Also a great ride from Conor Shearing who was placed 4th in Junior Men’s Team pursuit and 5th in Individual Sprint.

CyclingWorld Championships

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ILT Art AwardsCongrarulations to Sarah Zhao who was 2nd place overall in the ILT Art Awards with her work entitled Bonds, medium: acrylic on board. The exhibition was on at Raw Gallery.

Speech Finals Junior Campus

EiS Technology Challenge Junior Campus

Last week several schools from throughout Southland had teams entered in the EiS Technology Challenge.The Junior Campus had two teams entered in the Yr 7-8 competition. The teams had two challenges to complete.The first was to make a catapult to launch a table tennis ball into the air as high as possible.The second challenge was to make a shovel that could be used to shift a pile of sand from one place to another.

Recently we held our Year 7 and 8 speech finals at the Junior Campus. All of our students, as part of their classroom programme, presented a speech to their class. Two students were then selected from each class to compete in a syndicate final. Following the two syndicate finals the top 10 at each year level were selected for a Year Level final. Thank you to all the judges that gave up their time to judge both syndicate and year level finals. Year 7 Results1st Merrin McEwen 2nd Harvey Robertson 3rd Libby Crawford Highly Commended: Joel TiatiaOur winners from our year 7 and 8 finals went on to represent James Hargest College at the Cluster speech final held at Verdon College on Monday 26th August.Maia’s speech on why Maori should be a compulsory subject really impacted the audience by making them think about the future of the language; and Merrin’s speech on health awareness as kids left the audience with much to consider in a world with increasing stress.Congratulations to Maia and Merrin on making it to that level of competition where the standard of speeches was exceptionally high.

Year 8 Results1st Maia Fletcher2nd Jeoffrey Elke3rd Cindy NguyenHighly Commended: Fahim Firdaus

World Pipe Band Championship

Declan and Finn Cruickshank competed with the NZ 2019 Grade 1 Champion Pipe Band, Canterbury Caledonian at the World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow recently. They were up against some very experienced top class bands and performed extremely well over the two day event, being placed within the top 12 Grade 1 bands in the World. Well done Declan and Finn.

20th September Entries $15 to main

school office by Friday 6th September

ICAS Mathematics Competition

Hamish McKenzie with his team’s shovel shifting the sand heap

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Shakespeare Competition

Each competitor presented a prepared piece and then took part in an impromptu group performance from Hamlet. The competition was ajudicated by Jonathan Tucker

CompetitorsIndividual presentations• Natasha Guha-Tyrie presented a

monologue by Phoebe from As You Like It• Mackenzie Fallow performed an extract

from Richard the Third, Act 1 Scene 1 - Richard

• Donald McIntosh presented the epilogue from A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Puck

• Darcy Herrick performed a scene from Macbeth- Lady Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 5- Lady Macbeth

• Liam Barnes presented a scene from The Merchant of Venice - Act 3 Scene 1 - Shylock

• Wilson Ludow performed Othello, Act 1 Scene 1- Iago

• Rachel Boniface presented a piece from Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 5 - Ophelia

Impromptu PieceAll performers then presented an extract from Hamlet, Act 1 Scene 2. A scene where the King, Queen, Laertes and Polonius discuss Hamlet’s miserable frame of mind after his father’s death. While Hamlet has suspicions of his own.Results1st Liam Barnes2nd Rachel Boniface

InterrobangMagazine Launch

NZ Economics Competition

Wednesday 25 September, at 6:30pm in the library - a magazine of creative writing and art• The magazine will be on sale• Writers will read their pieces aloud• Nationally-renowned poet Cilla McQueen will be the guest speakerFeel free to come along for fingerfood and fun.

Congratulations to the following students who achieved very good results in this academic competition run by the University of Auckland School of Business:

High Distinction Libby FlettDistinction Shea SmithDistinction Michael MoynihanDistinction Liam Barnes

New Zealand Brass Band 2019 Championships

Florence McKenzie and Gabriel Quack from James Hargest College received 1st place in the Under 19 Duet section, at the The New Zealand Brass Band Championships 2019 in Hamilton in July.

Both are members of the Invercargill Ascot Park Hotel Brass Band and competed in a range of different events over the four days. Gabriel has since returned to Germany.

All students are expected to find a job for 5 hours and return

$25.00 to School on Thursday 19 September.

Students who have tried hard to find a job but have been

unsuccessful are to report to the Library at 9.00am

in uniform.If your child is sick, parents/

caregivers are asked to phone the school office by 9.30am and bring a note the following day.

SPECIAL PROJECTSheltered area at front

of school

Contact Mrs Elder on 2176129 (ext 208) if you have any work

to offer or for general enquiries.

Year 9 and 10Work Day

Wednesday18 September

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James Hargest College Open Day — Languages

Fuels for Schools Programme

Top: “Making of pinatas” one of the cultural topics in Year 9 Spanish. Above: JHC student helpers in the traditional costumes/wear for French, Spanish and Japanese. On the the day they were using Language Perfect on their devices, explaining to families its use in the classroom and home to learn and revise language.

Thank you to Southfuels for their donation - the Robotics Tech Bundle!

Fuel Up and Reward the School

You purchase 100 litres we get 50c

Every $1000 earned means technology or sports gear for the kids

CALL 0800 99 99 89 TO GET INVOLVED

Southfuels School Sponsorship Programme

Youthmark Awards 2019

The 2019 Youthmark Awards are being held on Wednesday 30 October at 7.00pm in the

Waiau Room at the Ascot Park Hotel

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Hokonui Maori Endowment Fund

Applications are invited from tertiary and secondary school students Year 9 onwards for the Hokonui Endowment Fund. The Hokonui Endowment Fund is an education fund for applicants who can trace their whakapapa to the original Maori Owners of Rakiura/Stewart Island. Applicants must be a Southland resident. For more information contact either:

Christian Fife: 027 225 0086Laina Niha: (03) 212 8962Ricky Topi: (03) 212 8556

Louise Fowler: (03) 212 8577Karen Johnson: (03) 212 7384

A copy of the Application Form for the 2019 academic year can be obtained from Careers. All applications received must use this form and need to have all relevant sections completed, including verified bank account details, whakapapa and essay. A hardcopy of the completed application form needs to be received for processing by Sunday, 29 September 2019.For further information, a Facebook page has been set up via the following link: https://www.facebook.com/foveauxstrait/

Last opportunity to purchase class

photos - senior campus

Photo inspection at school reception counter

September 20th

$12

Snow CavingYear 12 Outdoor Education

Year 12 went to the Snow Farm outside Wanaka where they did cross country skiing, and built and sleept in a snow cave.

CLASS PHOTOS LAST CHANCE!

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Polyfest 2019Hautonga!

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Level 3 TourismThe Level 3 Tourism classes visited Queenstown to study the impacts of tourism on the local community, the range of attractions and activities Queenstown offers and the opportunities Tourism offers for future employment.

We visited AJ Hackett Bungy and Zipride with a record 23 thrill seeking students either jumping or zip-riding at the Kawarau site. After lunch we visited Queenstown Resort College to hear about tertiary study options for their Hotel Management and Adventure Tourism courses.

The afternoon continued with visits to Fear Factory and Skyline Gondola and Luge. A great day out was had by all.

ShareYourWai Photo Competition

Taken standing in the water of the Waihopai River near the dam, Georgina Hawke’s photo was the winner in the youth section of Environment Southland’s ShareYourWai photo competion. Running alongside a survey about water as part of the People, Water and Land programme - Te Mana o te Tangata, te Wai te Whenua, this project tackles Southland’s water quality

Term Dates for 2019Term 3Friday 27 September: End of Term 3Term 4: Monday 14 October: Start of Term 4Tuesday 10 December: End of Term 4

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DebatingSouthland Competition 2019

JHC organised the Southland Competition this year.The first two Junior rounds were on Friday 16 August then the winners went through to the semifinals, on the Sunday. All the Senior rounds were held on Sunday.

Hargest Seniors have worked thoroughly preparing juniors and the results were stunning with our teams winning three out of the four categories.

• Senior James Hargest Team - 1st: Mackenzie Fallow, Liam Barnes, Donald McIntosh (top left, from left to right) Best speaker: Donald McIntosh JHC• Yr 11 Natasha Lewis, Charlotte Emmerson Love, Tarrah Shirley (top right, from left to right) Best speaker: Charlotte Emmerson Love • Yr 10 James Hargest College Team - 1st: Nicole Lina, Ashley Phillips, Alice McIntosh (right, from left to right) Best speaker: Alice McIntosh JHC

• Year 9 James Hargest College Team - 1st: Sewmi Dissanayaka, Melanie Hart, , Briana Robinson (left, from left to right) Best speaker: Sewmi Dissanayaka

Southland Youth Jazz Band Well done to Daniel Wells, Jenni Kerr, Jaewon Lee, Jeromy Tiatia, Haein Shin, James Monaghan, Alex Thomson (Year 13), Rachel Checketts (Year 12), and Florence McKenzie (Year 11) who took part in the Southern Jam Youth Jazz Festival as part of the Southland Youth Jazz Band (SYJB) this month.

The nine Hargest students, who were selected for the Southland representative band, took part in a week of public performances across Marlborough. The ensemble gained a Silver Award at the festival and both Haein (guitar) and Jeromy (vocals and compere) received commendations from the judges for their performances. Daniel, Jaewon, Jeromy, and Alex were also selected this year for the SYJB’s elite six-piece combo who gained a Bronze Award at the festival.

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James Hargest College Evidence Exam Timetable Wednesday 11th September Morning Wednesday 11th September Afternoon

L1ENA L1ENB L2MAO L2PHY L3GEO L3JAP

3 HR 3 HR 3 HR 3 HR 2.5 HR 3 HR

L1ACC L1MAO L1ART L2AGH L2GEO L2MED L3MAT L3STA

2 HR 2 HR 2 HR 2.5 HR 2.5 HR 1.5 HR 1 HR 2 HR

Thursday 12th Morning Thursday 12th Afternoon

L1MXT L2MXA L2MXB L2MXG L3CLS L3FRE

1 HR 3 HR 1 HR 2 HR 3 HR 3 HR

L1HIS L2ACC L2ART L2FNT L3CHE

3 HR 2 HR 2 HR 1.5 HR 3 HR

Friday 13th Morning Friday 13th Afternoon

L1DRA L1ECO L2BIO L2BUS L3ENA L3ENB

2 HR 3 HR 3 HR 1 HR 3 HR 2 HR

L1SPA L1GEO L2ENA L2ENB L3BIO L3ECO L3LAT L3MUS

3 HR 2.5 HR 3 HR 3 HR 3 HR 2.5 HR 3 HR 3 HR

Monday 16th Morning Monday 16th Afternoon

L1SCG L2CHE L2FRE L3PHY

1.5 HR 2.5 HR 3 HR 3 HR

L1FNT L1MUS L2MUS (THEORY) L3ART L3HIS L3SPA

2 HR 2.5 HR 2 HR 2 HR 3 HR 3HR

Tuesday 17th Morning Tuesday 17th Afternoon

MCAT L1MXB L2ENL L2HIS L2JAP L3MED

1 HR 1 HR 2 HR 3 HR 3 HR 2 HR

L1ENL L1MED L2DRA L2MUS(AURAL) L3FNT L3MAC

2 HR 1.5 HR 2 HR 1.5 HR 1.5 HR 3 HR

Wednesday 18th Morning Wednesday 18th Afternoon

L1AGH L1FRE L1JAP L2CLS L2ECO L2SPA L3ACC L3DRA

1.5 HR (digital) 3 HR 2.5 HR 3 HR 3 HR 3 HR 2 HR 2 HR

L1HPE (internal) All morning exams have a 9am start except L1MCAT which starts at 9:30am All afternoon exams start at 1:15pm.

2 HR Students should be at their venue at 15 mins before the exam starts.

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Southland Secondary Schools’ Jazz Fest

Thursday 24 October 20197.00pm at Ascot Hotel

Door SalesAdults $10.00

Students $5.00

• Please ensure your son/daughter has minimal disruption prior to and during this week.

• All students must sit all exams for the subjects that have external exams.• All morning exams start at 9.00am with the exception of Level 1 Maths CAT which

starts at 9.30am. All afternoon exams start at 1.15pm. L1MCAT refers to the Mathematics Algebra Common Assessment Task. Students in L1MXT and L1MXG must attend this external exam.

• All students must stay for the duration of the exam. Some exams finish after 3.20pm (as do the NZQA exams in November). Students are asked to make alternative arrangements to travel home.

• Preparation for the school exams is particularly important. Should a student need a derived grade because of some unforeseen circumstances in November where they cannot sit their exams or their performance is impaired, the derived grade will most likely be based on their evidence exam.

• Students should be at school well before the exam starts.• They can take a plain water bottle and any pens/pencils, calculator, etc into the exam

in a clear plastic bag.• Cellphones, watches, etc should be turned off and be placed in a plastic bag on the

floor.• School uniform must be worn for all exams.• Check dates and times of exams carefully.• The school library will have areas open for study.• Ms Haywood will make arrangements for exam clashes and students will be notified

in advance.• Should a student be sick and unable to sit the exam, contact should be made with

Mrs Elder on 2176129 ext 208 to reschedule.• If your son/daughter has some pre-scheduled specialist medical appointment etc

that cannot be changed, they should see Mrs Elder in advance to make alternative arrangements.

Senior Evidence ExamsWednesday 11 - Wednesday 18 September Please encourage your daughter/

son in Years 11, 12 and 13 to strive for Excellence!NZQA recognises high achievement through official endorsements as follows:

Certificate Endorsement: If you gain 50 credits at Excellence your NCEA will be endorsed with Excellence. If you gain 50 credits at Merit (or a mix of Merit and Excellence) your NCEA will be endorsed with Merit.Course Endorsement: If in a single year you gain 14 or more credits at Merit and/or Excellence for a course (subject), you will gain endorsement in that course. At least 3 credits must be from externally assessed standards and 3 credits from internally assessed standards in that course (Note: this condition does not apply to Physical Education or Level 3 Visual Arts).100 Club: Students who get 100 Excellence credits are invited to join our elite 100 Club!

Hargest has a fine tradition of students excelling at the top end. This doesn’t happen by accident. It takes serious planning, goal setting and hard work. Students have access to all the resources, tutorials, dedicated teachers and support from home to help them reach these goals.Let’s help our 2019 students make the most of their opportunities here as they have done in the past!

Striving for Success!

Subject information for 2020 will be issued to Year 10, 11 and 12 students on Tuesday 24 September (the last week of Term 3) by Form Teachers.There will be an opportunity for students and caregivers to talk to teachers in charge of each subject on Thursday 17 October (Week 1, Term 4) after school.

Subject SelectionYear 10, 11 and 12 for 2020

ILT Jazz Fest

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In our game the character is a backpacker travelling through a forest. The forest is being polluted by a local factory. At this level the character has to defeat the factory owner who makes pollution clouds you have to avoid so you don’t lose power. In this picture there is a drinking potion to help power up and a jetpack to help get around faster (Soyul, room 6)

Tahi Rua Toru Tech ChallengeJunior Campus

Room 6 and Room 1 are taking part in the Tahi Rura Toru Tech Challenge. The competition is supported by the Ministry of Education and the IT industry as an introduction to the new Digital Technologies & Hangarau Matihiko curriculum into schools. The competition involves small teams of 3-4 students completing a project-based challenge which solves a problem in their local school or community using digital technologies – and having fun along the way! The competition helps students work through the entire process of problem solving. In a digital tech context this includes defining a problem, experimenting on possible solutions, taking guidance from industry mentors, creating a solution and reflecting on it.

This is one of the coins you collect in our game. The coin is bright and shiny with different coloured gems. You will find these coins at the end of each level. The game is about air pollution and the coins are colourful so they stand out (Nirvana, room 6)

This character’s name is ‘Pollution Cloud’. He is an enemy in the game. He will attack the player and spit pollution at them. Better get him quick! (Ethan, room 6

This character’s name is ‘The Boss’. He is the final enemy faced in the game. In the game he is polluting the ocean and the land and needs to be stopped! (Ethan, room 6)

This the building where all the trash comes from in our game (Connor, room 6).

Our problem is that children don’t know enough about sustainable practices. Our solution is to make a game using the ipad app Bloxels that teaches about an aspect of sustainability. Each team has chosen their own lesson(s) and use the game to teach it, examples are; putting rubbish in the bin, turning off the tap when you clean your teeth and travelling through polluted environments to reach a sustainability house.

Citizens of the World 2019Junior Campus

Citizens of the World Ambassadors depart on Saturday 14th September. We are super excited; we will be spending six days in L.A, exploring the fun parks and Hollywood

Lane, before departing for Seattle on Friday 20th September. We are looking forward to staying with our host families in Tacoma and being immersed in their culture.

We want to acknowledge the huge contribution from whanau and the community that has enabled us to take part in this exchange. We appreciate all your support.

Service AwardsJunior Campus

Congratulations to the following students who received Service Awards:

Road Patrol:Terry Brown, Thehas Perera, Tom Loader, Britt Elsey, Riley McCallum

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Year 10 camps take place in November of Term Four.

We rely on parent helpers to enable us to run these

camps. So if you are able to help out it would be very

much appreciated. Your child will soon have forms to fill in

if you are interested in helping out. If you have any questions

regarding camps, please contact

Miss N Laird or Miss C Raynes.

Year 10 Camps

Tuesday 29 October & Wednesday 30 October7pm - Senior Campus Hall

Adults $8, Students $2

YEAR 9 & 10 PLAY

STARCROSSED

Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet meets 1920s New York…with a twist or two

CHANGE OF DATE

Shave For A CureThe Leukaemia & Blood Cancer New Zealand team would like to thank James Hargest College for taking part in Shave for a Cure. James Hargest College had a team of 3 who braved the Shave, sucessfully raising an incredible $2,660! This is a fantastic achievement. They are impressed by the efforts of the students, staff and those in the school community.

TOP TIPS FOR BEING SCAM SAVVY

• PINs and passwords are confidential. Don’t write them down and share with anyone• Your bank will never ask you to disclose your PIN• Don’t put any mail with sensitive information in the rubbish. Rip it up or shred it if you can• Avoid repetitive or sequential numbers for your PIN. Never use your date of birth - it’s one of the first things a scammer will try• If you notice anything out of the ordinary, contact your bank immediately• If you receive a call out of the blue from someone you don’t know or can’t verify, hang up straight away• Never give someone you know remote access to your computer or any other device • Look out for unexpected emails, both from people you may or may not know, with urgent requests for personal or financial information• Don’t click on unusual links in emails

From: bnz.co.nz/about-us/ supporting-communities/ scam-savvy-week

For extra information visit:

Netsafe netsafe.org.nz

Cert NZ cert.govt.nz

Consumer Protection consumerprotection.govt.nz

Year 8 students have an option selection morning at the Senior Campus on Wednesday 18 September. They will bus up and back, departing after morning roll call and returning to the Junior Campus in time for lunch. The Year 8 teachers will be with them and morning tea will be provided at the Senior Campus.The following is a likely list of options they will be introduced to:• Agriculture & Horticulture• Information Technology• Food Technology• Fashion & Design • Music• Design Technology• Graphics• Art• LanguagesAn information notice will be sent home later in the term.

Year 8 Options

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Library Dress Up DayYear 13 2019

Bake Sale

Thanks to all supporters of the #bakeitbetterforstarship Bake Sale at JHC, overall we raised $796.34 for Starship Children’s Hospital. Awesome effort!

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Te Wiki o te Reo Maori-

Maori Language Week_

Kia Kaha te Reo Maori

Nga Mihi

aroha

Kia Ora

Whanau hui

waiataHaere mai

Ka kite ano

9-15 2019September

Designed by Katie Heads, Year 12

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was one of the season highlights is an understatement. Going down by a try in the first 5 minutes, wasn’t the ideal start. However, this was quickly remedied by the team scoring the next nine tries, coming out the victors 62-14 to the delight of all.

And the season is not yet over for Jacob Mika (U16), James Billows (U18) and Mitchell Tinnock (U18). Immense congratulations to these players who have been selected in their respective Southland Age Group Representative Squads. They have inter-provincial games and South Island tournament along with many more training sessions to look forward to.

All the teams appreciate and thank their coaches, managers and supporters. Some of the weather this year tested the weather tightness of jackets and umbrellas, but the supporters supported come rain, hail or shine.

A great bunch of people having fun in rugby. It doesn’t get better than that..

Rugby

They say in sport that “It was a game of two halves”. In so many ways, this has been a season of two halves for the boy’s rugby teams at James Hargest.

The Under 14 team got together early in the season and crafted the team rules. It was important to the team, coaches, manager and parents to have a strong culture and a set of values as a solid foundation for success. The goal for the year was to make rugby fun so that the lads want to come back and play next year. The team played 11 Southland wide games, winning seven, losing four and, finishing third in the competition, as well as winning the inter-school game against Taieri.

The boys should be very proud of the way they improved during the season and the results they achieved. The coaching and management team is most proud of the way the team lived the rules they set and the culture that they developed.

With the efforts of many, a combined Hargest/Verdon/Aurora/Te Wharekura Under 17 team was created this year so that the players who wanted to play rugby could - despite each school not having sufficient for their own team. This team won one of their first five games. As the players learnt more, including about each other, they became a united unified team and went on to win 5 of the next 7 to make the Southland Under 17 final, where they lost narrowly to Central Southland out at Winton.

The 1st XV had some close games during the round robin component but did not notch up a single win. A long-planned team-building trip to a tournament on the Gold Coast of Australia really did turn the season around. On their return, the band of brothers with their newfound complete trust, belief and heart won 3 of the 4 games played, including the semi final, and the inter-school at Taieri. The game that they lost 31-10 turned out to be the team that they would play in the Southland U18 Plate final - SBHS Development. To say that the game

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Canoe Polo South Island Secondary Schools Championships

Congratulations to the following teams:Silver Junior Open (Year 10’s) - bottom right, from left to right: Harry Moran, Blake Young, Caleb Reid, Harrison Brown, Lochie GaltSilver Senior Girls (Year 11’s) - right middle, from left to right: Megan Donlevy, Lena Huia, Lucia Robold, Emily Donlevy, Isabel Flett4th Senor Open (Year 10 - 13 mixed) - top right, from left to right: Patrick Haveron, Caleb Reid, Liam Peterson, Jack Deans, Lochie Galt, Ivo Robold. Not present: Lena Huia, Megan DonlevyTournament Team: Lena Huia (Year 11) and Ivo Robold (Year 13)

Underwater Hockey South Island Championships

James Hargest College Underwater Hockey were well represented at the recent South Island Club Championships in the Schools Section, gaining 3rd place. This is a young team with a lot of development still to come which makes this result even more impressive! They are deservedly proud of their bronze medals!Courage Award to Ingamar who injured his thumb early in the competition, strapped it up and played left handed for the rest of the

competition! And also to Tannin who had to step up to support Ingamar! Team members are : Grace Chilton 11SS, Amy Ingham 11RBH, Ingamar Siegruhn 9MFE, Tannin Kingi 9 RCD, Katie Melgren 9RJS, Tobi Davies 9HLE.Lovely to see Caleb Westbury (ex student) who came along to provide some in-pool coaching and support. Thanks to our incredible coaches Brian Ingham and Quenton Stephens

Congratulations to the following Senior Campus students who have been selected as members of the Southland Gymnastics Team who will compete at the New Zealand Championships soon. These students have been training 20 hours a week and have had to pass national qualification criteria to be eligible for selection.

Aerobics: Holly CunliffeMens Artistic Gymnastics: Lewis Thomson and Samuel BeckWomens Artistic Gymnastics: Lucy McKeeTrampoline and Tumbling: Amelia McKenzie and Lucy Voorkamp

Gymnastics Senior Campus

Gymnastics Junior Campus

From the Junior Campus, the following students have been selected:

Aerobics: Lucy Cooper, Mikayla Mortimer, Rachel Rees Men’s Artistic Gymnastics: Robson McKee Women’s Artistic Gymnastics: Samara Morris, Libby Webb Trampoline and Tumbling: Libby Harding, Samara Morris

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Oamaru Intermediate School Exchange South Island Secondary Schools Championships

On Wednesday 7 August, 85 JHC students and accompanying staff set off to attend the annual interschool sports exchange between Oamaru Intermediate School and James Hargest College. This event is always a highlight of the school year and 2019’s exchange was no exception. The majority of JHC students were billeted with generous host families from Oamaru. Our students were welcomed into their hosts’ homes with open arms and have established lasting connections with their new Oamaru friends. The exchange started with volleyball and basketball on the Wednesday evening. JHC were dominant in the girls’ basketball winning 54 - 6. However it was Oamaru who had the edge at the end of the night with wins in the volleyball and boys’ basketball. The following day was full of sporting action, culminating with JHC victories in the football, hockey and rugby on Thursday afternoon. It was extremely satisfying to see the rugby team put on a performance to be proud of, securing a very rare win; 52 - 31 (Kobe Rooney scoring 47 of the team’s points was an

Indoor Bowls Southland Secondary Schools

Rugby U15 Girls 15’s Team

Mitchell Tweedie and Ella Yeo at the Southland Secondary School Championships were placed 2nd

The James Hargest U 15 Girls combined with Eastern to compete in the recent U15 15 a side Southland inter- school tournament. They played exceptionally well and were a tight unit. Thanks to Roly and Garth (the coaches) for all their hard work and to the girls who played hard and fair and our sideline supporters.

impressive feat)! Despite the late run of wins on Thursday, it was Oamaru who secured the exchange shield for the year, winning eight events to JHC’s seven. While the result was unfortunate (and made for a slightly quieter return journey home), we were very proud of our students’ efforts and the spirit in which they played their games. The lasting friendships established ensured the exchange was a positive experience and a success for all students.ResultsVolleyball: 2- 0 (OIS)Girls’s Basketball: 54 - 6 (JHC)Boys’ Basketball: 45 - 40 (OIS)Swimming: 41 - 37 (OIS)Badminton: 9 - 3 (JHC)Table Tennis: 18 - 4 (JHC)Chess: 11 - 5 (JHC)Boys’ Harriers: 6 - 5 (OIS)Girls’ Harriers: 8 - 4 (OIS)Touch: 6 - 2 (OIS)Year 7 Netball: (OIS)Year 8 Netball: 44 - 9 (OIS)Football 7 - 3 (JHC)Hockey 11 - 0 (JHC)Rugby: 52 - 31 (JHC)Overall Result: Oamaru won 8 - 7

JHC performed well and took out the boys competition. Our girls team were second Boys team, back row from left to right: Jacob Dudley (Year 10), Casey Thwaites (Year 12), Hamish Dudley (Year 12)Girls team, front row from left to right: Alex-Zaria Laurie (Year 11), Madison McGearty (Year 7), Katie Paskell (Year 11)

Squash Southland School Championship

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U14 Boys Team 1st Marshall Erwood and Deacon Grieve

Senior Campus students achieved the following results: U16 Girls Team1st Rhylee Akeroyd and Emily Hay

U16 Boys Team 1st Morgan Borrie and Jacob Smith

U19 Girls Team 2nd Jaz McLeod and Summer Jubb

U19 Boys Team 2nd Hunter Gough and Brendan Eyles

Duathlon NZ Schools Championships

4th Cain Wilson 5th Ben Todd

U12 Girls Team 2nd Libby Crawford and Katie Oliver

U13 Girls Individual 3rd Katie Lawrence

U13 Boys Individual 3rd Tane Wilson

U13 Boys Team 2nd Kayne Borrie and Jack Scott

The New Zealand Secondary Schools Duathlon was held at Teretonga Park. Well done to all competitors and a special congratulations to our new NZ Under 12 Champion; Finn Edwards!

Junior Campus students achieved the following results:

U12 Boys Individual 1st Finn Edwards 3rd Izaah Iosefo

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Florence McKenzie recently competed in the 2019 New Zealand Secondary Schools Slalom, held in the North Island on the Kawerau Slalom course.

Over the 14 days of Secondary Schools and New Zealand National competitions -Florence competed in K1, K1 team, C2, C2 men’s, C2 team, Extreme Slalom and Down River racing.

The photos show Florence on the left and Annalise McKenzie from Girls High on the right. In the K2 Annalise is in front. There were over 200 competitors, from all over New Zealand and Australia.

Florence placed 3rd in New Zealand in the Senior C2 Men’s Team with students from Mt Aspring College and 4th in the Intermediate Woman’s C2 event with team member Annalise McKenzie from Southland Girls High School.

Congratulations to James Fisken, Shogun Waniyapong, Andrei Casareo, Lauryn Fleming and Zuyo Waniyapong for coming in first at the Southland School Teams

Slalom New Zealand Secondary Schools

Table Tennis Junior Campus Championship Tournament

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Recent Art

Chess Regional Tournament

Congratulations to the James Hargest Senior and Intermediate Chess teams. Both teams won their sections at the Invercargill Regional Chess Power Tournament and several players qualified for the Chess Power Nationals in Christchurch.

Senior team (Top):2 Jacob Erikson3 Liam Barnes4 Libby Flett6 Liam Wills 7 Fred Mun

Intermediate team (Left)1 Liam Graham2 Liam Alcock3 Peter McIntyre4 Hector O’Rourke5 Alexander Scarlett6 Benjamin Whelan

8 Michael Clinckett9 Connor Dawson10 Hasnula Babaranda11 Corbin Fraser12 Alex Cunningham

13 Destiny Morgan-Fletcher14 Clara Voogt18 Callum Stratford21 Annabelle Smith 30 Katelyn Timlin

Year 10 designs for skateboards and surfboards painted on MDF

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Books Alive Festival

Last week, a group of enthusiastic readers travelled to Dunedin to participate in the Books Alive festival. The students were able to attend reading and writing workshops with two shortlisted authors in the New Zealand Book Awards - Young Adults section, Rachel Craw and Eileen Merriman. These were both very valuable and inspirational events. Thanks to the Dunedin Public Library and the New Zealand Book Awards Trust for inviting us.

Human Machine Unit Year 7

Over the term our Year 7 classes are working on developing their awareness of how our human body works and is kept healthy. Many classes can be seen out and about working on their fitness; with daily workout routines

happening in many classes that students have developed themselves. Other elements integrated into this unit include: our Life Education sessions, Pubertal Change and Anatomy units. Many students are also looking at overall well-being (hauora) incorporating elements of social, emotional, spiritual and physical health.Students in Room 5 have been looking at developing our mental

well-being through learning and developing mastery in a variety of contexts, focusing on areas of interest. This has included some students working on developing their digital coding skills (using Scratch), others improving their flexibility and skill in gymnastics and still others working on drawing or instrumentation skills. There are many different areas we will continue to grow our knowledge and practical abilities in over the term.

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Mayoral ReceptionKumagaya City Hall

A number of our language students participated in a 7 day on-line language competition at the end of August. Our top performing student was Nicole Lina (Y10).Elite (10,000 points) Nicole Lina (Y10 Spanish) Wilson Ludlow (Y12 Japanese)Emerald (5,000 points) Annalise Butt (Y10) Daniel Harley (Y11) Emily Wilson (Y10) Sewmi Dissanayaka (Y9) Brianna Loan (Y10)A number of other Hargest students also gained certificates at Credit, Bronze & Silver level.

Education Perfect World Language Championships 2019

During the course of the year, we have been operating a Young Enterprise business called ‘Head First’. The initiative for our team is to improve the mental health and wellbeing of our peers and communities. In Business Studies we have developed a wellbeing kit containing various pick me ups for

tough times, to purchase for yourself or gift to a friend.

Kits are $15 - with $1 from each kit being

donated to The Mental Health Foundation!

Purchase our product, and help a friend in

need below:

Instagram: headfirstnz_

https://head-first.mystorbie.com/

Young Enterprise Head First

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Fabrics RoomJunior Campus

Mrs Rodger is accepting all donations of: cotton fabric, clean, used denim jeans, clean used cotton shirts and other cotton fabric suitable for making bags for projects coming up in 2019. Donations of buttons, thread, yarn and ribbon will also be useful.

Year 8 HPV Immunisation Junior Campus

The next Year 8 HPV immunisation is on Tuesday 22nd October.

The Health Nurse, Mrs Lyn Sanderson is available at the Junior Campus. If you have any concerns please phone the school office and we will arrange for Mrs Sanderson to contact you. If students wish to see the Health Nurse they are able to make an appointment by placing a request in the green post box in the office foyer.

Health Nurse Junior Campus

When you phone in an absence, please give the reason so it can be recorded with the correct coding in the attendance system.

Please note that classes start at 8.50am and students are to be in class by that time. If students come in late, they are to go to the office before going to class to have their names deleted from the absence list.

Absences/Late to SchoolJunior Campus Automatic

Payments A reminder please if you are making automatic payments to check you are using the correct bank account for the campus your child is at, ie;Junior Campus (Y7-Y8) 02 0924 0408612 01Senior Campus (Y9-Y13) 02 0924 0408612 02

Senior Campus288 Layard Street, Invercargill

Phone 03 2176129, Fax 03 2170351Email: office@jameshargest.school.nzWebsite: www.jameshargest.school.nz

We strongly recommend that all students from year 7 - 12 are equipped with a personal device next year. Since introducing 1:1 device use with a pilot class 4 years ago, we have been ‘rolling up’ a 1:1 device learning environment year by year. During this time the school has transformed many of its other systems to digital platforms. Students in all year 7-11 classes this year now routinely use access to their school digital platform (Google for Education) for their normal work. Device use is about ‘which technology is best’ - device or paper and pen, and often this means using both at once. Next year we continue rolling up this process. It is important that we prepare students for their future, not our past!

Which Device?As a school, we are comfortable for students to bring their preferred device to school. We do not advocate one device over another. Students typically use a range of devices including iPads, Laptops,

chrome books and tablets. As a primary device we recommend the following minimum specifications:• Minimum screen size of 7 inches

(minimum usable resolution of 1024 x 600)

• Running iOS11.0+, or Android 6.0+, Mac OSX 10.11+ (El Capitan) or Windows 10

• Battery life of 5-6 hours• Wireless Capability• Minimum storage for tablets of 32GB

(due to the increasing size of apps)• Google Chrome installed (Google

Cloud Print is used for printing from student devices)

• Protective case strongly recommended• Bluetooth keyboard or keyboard/

tablet case combination is recommended, particularly for smaller tablets less than 9” e.g ipad mini

We recommend buying a device that is or can be updated to the latest operating system as this will give the device a longer life and allow newly introduced apps to be used.

Devices

Medical CertificatesSenior Campus

If your child is absent for more than three days due to illness, a medical certificate may be required. There is a high level of correlation between attendance and academic achievement. We need students to be in class whenever possible.

A reminder to students to come to the office and sign out if you are leaving during the school day. Parents/caregivers are to come into the office to collect you and are not to go directly to the classroom. If you are returning later please come back through the office and sign back in.Please note that classes start at 8:50am and students are to be in class by that time. If students come in late, they are to go to the office before going to class to have their names deleted from the absence list.

Leaving school during the day – Signing out and back inJunior Campus

Sick BayIf you are feeling sick and need to go home, you must go through sick bay.The ladies will contact your parents to arrange to have you picked up or will seek permission for you to walk home. You must not just sign yourself out.

Junior Campus6 Layard Street, Invercargill

Phone 03 2179250, Fax 03 2173152Email: juniorcampus@jameshargest.school.nz

Website: www.jameshargest.school.nz

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E-mail NewslettersThe next newsletter will be issued via

email on Friday 19 October 2019.Hard copies of the newsletter will be

available from either the Junior or Senior Campus office.

You can view the newsletter on the Hargest web site www.jameshargest.school.nz

Information UpdatesIf you have any changes to your details (e.g. address, phone numbers, medical

details, emergency contacts, etc), please let the school know as soon as possible in

order to keep our records up-to-date. Please email Mrs France (Senior Campus)

with any changes atoffice@jameshargest.school.nz

or phone 2176129or Mrs Cribb (Junior Campus) at

juniorcampus@jameshargest.school.nzor phone 2179250

Parent, Caregiver, Whanau and

Community EngagementAt James Hargest College we are always

interested in engaging with our community and listening to parents, whanau and the wider community. If you have any good

ideas or there is something special that has happened regarding Hargest, or there are issues, concerns or complaints we should

be aware of, please contact the school office Senior Campus (2176129) or

Junior Campus (2179250) or via email, office@jameshargest.school.nz

You will be put in contact with an appropriate staff member

PTA meetings will be held in the Brigadier’s Room at the Senior Campus. All are scheduled to start at 7.30pm.

• Tuesday 17 September• Tuesday 19 November

PTA Meeting Dates

Change of DetailsHave you shifted house, changed

internet service provider or phone provider lately?

Please ensure that your details are up to date.

You can easily check what details we have by logging into

https://kamarportal.jameshargest.school.nz

Coming Events for 2019

Senior CampusSeptemberTues 10 Interhouse Haka CompetitionWed 11 Evidence Exams start Mon-Fri 9-13 Maori Language WeekTues 17 PTA Meeting 7:30 in the Brigadier’s Room, Senior CampusWed 18 Last day for Evidence Exams Junior Work Day Year 8 Options DayThurs 19 ICAS Maths CompetitionFri 20 Mufti DayWed-Fri 25-27 BP Challenge for selected Year 10 StudentsFri 27 Last Day of Term 3

OctoberMon 14 First Day of Term 4Thurs 17 Options Selection Afternoon – 4pmFri 18 Newsletter emailed Reports emailedWed 23 Gala ConcertThurs 24 Jazz FestivalMon 28 Labour Day

Junior CampusSeptemberWed 4 Invercargill Area Speech Final – Venue TBC Mon-Fri 9-13 Maori Language WeekSat 14 Citizens of the World Ambassadors leave for AmericaTues 17 Venture Southland Speech Grand Final – SGHSWed 18 Year 8 Options Day Southland Science and Technology FairFri 20 Sport and Rec ends Mufti DayTues 24 Rippa Rugby World Cup Thurs 26 School SocialFri 27 Last Day of Termz

OctoberMon 14 First Day of Term 4Tues 22 Year 8 HPV ImmunisationMon 28 Labour Day

Senior Campus Bell Times

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