HGHS BULLETIN“A wise woman shapes her own destiny”

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Kia ora koutou

The past two weeks have been frantic as we have dealt with a myriad of things. Our senior prize giving was held in Claudelands for the first time and we were really pleased with the evening. Congratulations to all recipients of awards. A special congratulations to our Academic Dux,

Krystal Lin, and our Proxime Accessit, Te Miringa Panapa.

Krystal Lin received a Top Scholar Award for her outstanding results in 2015, where she gained excellence endorsement for NCEA Level 3 and also gained scholarships in Biology and Chemistry as a Year 12 student. During the evening she also received a Distinction Award in five subjects, three trophies, and a University of Auckland Top Achiever Scholarship for $20,000 that she will be accepting to study Biomedical Science in 2017 and beyond.Her academic success has been outstanding, placing:· 1st in Mathematics with Statistics· 1st in Physics· 1st= in Music· 1st= in Spanish· 4th in English· and in 2015, as a Year 12, she placed 1st in Level 3 Biology, 1st in Level 3 Chemistry, and 1st in Level 3 Mathematics with Statistics

As we look to 2017, we are excited with the changes in our pastoral and guidance team. Rather than organise the school through two structures of a vertical school and horizontal deaning, we will be organising the school around the house structure. Each small school with our large school will be led by a Deputy Principal, Head of School and Vertical House Dean. The aim is to ensure that we maintain a

sense of belonging, provide strong academic mentoring from Year 9 through to Year 13 and continue to develop a strong sense of house pride and school pride. Student voice has indicated that we review our Tuesday timetable, and as a result the student timetable will be organised around 48 hours over 10 days. We will be following a similar structure to other schools in Hamilton of an earlier finish, one day in the week. This will allow student led activities such as tutoring to take place, co-curricular practices, university visits, workshops, leadership activities and so forth.

Finally, a reminder that a TEACHER ONLY DAY will be held on November 11th.

*Our end of term newsletter will feature all of our prizegivings.

Marie GordonPrincipal

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

KEY DATES THIS FORTNIGHT

7 NOV8 NOV

9NOV - 2 DEC9-11 NOV

10 NOV11 NOV16 NOV

18-20 NOV

9.00am-11.30am - Year 8 Entrance Test 19.00am-11.30am -Year 8 Entrance Test 2NCEA & Scholarship Exams10TKA CampYr 10 Extension Field TripTeacher Only Day (School Closed)Y8 Entrance Test Catch-upsTouch Training Camp

BOOK RETURNSSeniors: Years 11-13All library books should have been returned by Friday, 4 November (Week 4)All textbooks to be returned by Friday, 2 December (End of NCEA Examinations)Juniors: Years 9-10All library books to be returned by Friday, 18th November (Week 6)All textbooks to be returned by Friday, 2 December (Week 8)If books are not returned students may be blocked from issuing library books and textbooks at the beginning of the 2017 school year and/or may be charged for replacement copies.

TEACHER ONLY DAYA Teacher Only Day has been scheduled for Friday, November 11th. Please make alternative arrangements for your daughter on this day.

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SPORTS AWARDS

PASIFIKA AWARDSWarm Pasifika Greetings,

What a busy three weeks it has been for Pasifika. We recently celebrated Pasifika success at the Maori and Pasifika Awards evening and we are proud of the extra effort the girls made this year; it was celebrated in true HGHS Pasifika style, with song, dance and food. We were treated to a fabulous presentation from our Guest Speaker, Niall Williams, a member of the NZ Blackfern Sevens team who won silver at the Rio Olympics. We congratulate all award winners and a special mention to our MCs for the evening: Ariona Ieremia and Muri Martell for doing a stellar job. What a memorable occasion.

We cheered Christian Baledrokadroka - Pasifika recipient and Te Miringa Panapa - Maori recipient in the inaugural Principal’s Awards. In addition, other top awards were presented to: Georgia Lambert - Maori Leadership trophy and Christian Baledrokadroka - Pasifika Leadership Trophy and the Awhinamai award.

A hearty congratulations to all of our recipients.

NOTE: More congratulations and celebrations of our Awards Evening will be shared in the upcoming school newsletter.

Our Annual Sports Awards were held on the 20th October with a dinner in Nga Puawaitanga.

We were lucky enough to get Terina TeTamaki to speak about her road to the Olympics as part of the Women’s 7’s team gaining a silver medal. It was so nice to see an old girls come back to share her story.

Our top winners of the night were the ‘Team of the year 2015 Condors 7’s’ who

have won 3 years in a row.Our junior All Rounder was TeAmai Hudson and

our Senior All rounder was Jazmin Hotham, with

Sports person of the year going to Junior Peyton Tofaeono and our senior winner was Michaela

Foster, who was the captain of the Under 17 Fifa world cup team that competed in Jordan

Madison Fox

TE KURA SUMMER SCHOOL 2016/17 - Credit catch ups

From 28 November, Te Kura will be accepting short term enrolments for students who want to use the summer break to achieve additional credits or specific standards to get into a tertiary course, training, employment or higher level of NCEA next year. Students will access their learning materials through Te Kura’s online teaching and learning environment from 20 December, so each student needs access to a suitable device and internet connectivity. Qualified teachers will be available online to answer any questions and assess students’ work. Credits for school work submitted for assessment by 7 February can be counted towards students’ 2016 Record of Achievement. Standards on offerStandards are available in the following subjects:

All levelsAgriculture/horticulture, Business studies, Chemistry, Digital

technology, Economics, English, History, Physics, Science

Level 1 onlyLiteracy for everyday

Numeracy for everyday

Levels 1 and 2 onlyMathematics with statistics

Levels 2 and 3 only

Art history

Level 3 onlyCalculusStatistics

How to enrolStudents can enrol over the phone from 28 November by calling us on 0800 65 99 88 and selecting option 1 from the menu. To qualify for free enrolment with Te Kura, students must be:• aged 16 to 19 years• not enrolled full-time at any other school• New Zealand citizens or permanent residents living in

New Zealand. Older students will be charged an administration fee of $110 per course.More detailed information will be available on Te Kura’s website and Facebook page within the next few weeks.www.tekura.school.nzwww.facebook.com/tekuranz/

ACHIEVEMENTS

INLINE HOCKEY:Madison Fox played for the Waikato U/16 and Senior Women's Waikato team at the recent Inline Hockey Nationals. The team won gold for both teams and Madison was named MPG for the second year in a row. Madison also just competed with the waikato Junior team at the Inter-Regionals where the team won gold. A GREAT year for Maddy.

Bayleigh Stirling

Hannah Riddle-Pelchen

Tia Kemara

Hylan Potts

Ocean Tahu-Middleton

Jahneece Rewha

Manaia Rapana-Feather

NETBALLWe have had a group of girls make Netballs Waikato Bay of Plenty performance squad for 2016/17. Selectors have tracked netballers since July competing and performing in the following tournaments.Netballers will take part in a morning’s workshop on 14th and 15th November where they will have an opportunity to meet each other, learn more about how to be a better athlete and have a closer look at their proposed Performance Level Programme for 2016

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JUNIOR WATER POLO Our Junior Water polo team competed in the Challenger Cup over Labour Weekend. They came up against some very experienced teams. This was an opportunity for the girls to develop new skills and watch some high class water polo.

BLACKSTICKS CHAMPWe would like to congratulate Bayleigh Stirling who has made the Junior Blacksticks Squad 2016/17

Does your child have an interest in exploring the world of digital technology?

Waikato-Tainui and AUT are running a four-day noho waananga for Year 9 and 10 students who are tribal members and keen to check out digital technology. This is a marae-based

programme, facilitated by expert AUT and tribal tutors. There is no cost to participants.

Sun 13 November – Wed 16 November

Te Puea Marae, 1534 Miro St, Manukau

Enquiries to Hinga 021 181 1009

hinga.whiu@tainui.co.nz

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Please visit the Careers Dept for more information or contact Tainui directly.

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NZQA

DERIVED GRADES A student who has been disadvantaged because of a temporary impairment or a non-permanent disability, close to or during an examination, which has prevented attendance or affected performance in the examination, may apply to NZQA for Derived Grade.- A Derived Grade is where NZQA takes your Term 3 Exam results or authentic topic tests (proper tests done under exam conditions) to substitute as your external examination result.- NZQA require that all applications must be made through Mr Mitchell (NZQA liaison)- Mr Mitchell is available as follows - During the examination period Mr Mitchell will be available each day in the NZQA liaison office (located upstairs in the Atrium) from 11am to 12 pm and 2:30 pm to 3:10 pm. - Alternatively, you can make an appointment by contacting the school office. They will take your name and Mr Mitchell will contact you to organise an appointment.- NZQA require you to complete a Derived Grade form (available only from Mr Mitchell) and provide documented evidence from a suitably

qualified professional (e.g., doctor in the case of illness) of the serious disadvantage.- NZQA recommend where possible that students still sit their examinations and then apply for a derived grade. The better of the two grades (derived and actual) will be taken as your final result if your application is successful.- All completed applications must be submitted to Mr Mitchell by Monday 5th December.

INTERNAL ASSESSMENTGrade Appeals: Monday 31st October is the last day you can appeal against any reported grades.

Handing Work in after the stated deadlineIf you are handing in work after an assessment deadline then you must submit this to the student office and complete the signing in process. The school will take no responsibility for late work not submitted in this manner.

EXTERNAL EXAMINATION TIMETABLE

EXTERNAL EXAM TIMES

ExamYou should

be at school by

Lines will be sent to the

examination rooms at

You will not be allowed entry to the room

after

You are NOT allowed to leave the

exam until

You are allowed to go to the toilet

after

You are NOT allowed to leave the

exam after

Examination will end

Morning 8:45am 9:00 am 10:00 am 10:15 am 10:30 am 12:15pm 12:30 pm

Afternoon 1:15pm 1:30 pm 2:30 pm 2:45 pm 3:00 pm 4:45pm 5:00 pm

School contactMr Mitchell is the Principal’s Nominee (NZQA Liaison) at the school.You can contact him by: E-mail: mitchellm@hghs.school.nz

Phone: 07 839 1304 EXT 839Mail: Mr Mitchell Principal’s Nominee PO Box 4082 Hamilton

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- You will line up in the same way you did for the school examinations. However, this time the handwritten number beside your name will represent the desk that you will sit at. In the examination room there will be a desk with your number on it and it will contain your personalised examination papers.

- Students who are not in their correct lines will have to wait until all the other students have entered their examination rooms before they will be allowed to enter.