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Rotorua Boys’ High School

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

New Building Plans

Choral Supreme

“RAUKURA”Our Haka

KO WAI TE KURA?RAUKURA!

TE RANGI KAI RUNGATE WHENUA KAI RAROTE MOANA KAI WAHOTAKU AU KAI ROTOKO TE AITANGA A RAUKURAI TE RANGI E. I A HAHA!KA TU TE IHI, KA TU TE WANAKA WHAO TE PUHA O TAKU TUPUNAKI ROTO I AHAU, E TU AKE NEI. I A HAHA!

MY STRONG ATTACHMENT TO RAUKURA,MOVES ME BEYOND THE SKIES.MY FIERCE INNER POWER SOARS AS I FEEL THE PRESENCE OF MY ANCESTORS.

“RAUKURA”A CREED FOR ROTORUA BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL.THE UNIVERSAL IDENTIFIER FOR ROTORUA BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL AND ITS STUDENTS.

“RAUKURA”OUR IDENTITY, OUR SENSE OF BELONGING.THE CHALLENGE LAID BEFORE EACH STUDENT TO AIM FOR SUCCESS. THE SOURCE OF PRIDE AND INSPIRATION FOR ALL.

“RAUKURA”OUR DESTINY.THE FOUNDATION AND FOOTPRINT OF THIS SCHOOL.IT ESTABLISHES A SET OF VALUES WE BELIEVE IN AND ASPIRE TO.IT COMMANDS THE STANDARDS AND EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT IS REQUIRED TO SUCCEED.

E AI RA TE TITIROKI NGA MARAE TAPUE TAKOTO NEI. I A HAHA!KA TU MAI TE TOAKA HUPEKE KI RUNGAKI TE WHENUA E. I A HAHA!WHIUA KI RUNGAWHIUA KI RARO…

I REMEMBER THE MANY SACRED MARAE THAT WE ARE ALL A PART OF AND THE WARRIOR IN ME IS AROUSED.I STAMP MY MARK UPON THIS GROUND.CAST IT TO RANGI.CAST IT TO PAPATUANUKU.

“RAUKURA”AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED THROUGH PURE DETERMINATION, DEDICATION AND DISCIPLINE.THE CODE OF CONDUCT THAT SHOULD BE ADHERED TO IN THE ACADEMIC ARENA, ON THE SPORTS FIELD AND IN THE CULTURAL DOMAIN.

“RAUKURA”THE BENCHMARK WE ASPIRE TO.THE PLATFORM WE LAUNCH OUR DREAMS FROM.THE MANA AND PRESTIGE OF ONESELF, WHANAU AND SCHOOL.

“RAUKURA”ATTAINING OUR ULTIMATE GOALS.OUR BEING.OUR STATEMENT TO THE COMMU-NITY, COUNTRY AND WORLD.

TE TARA O TAKU WAHANGA KA HORAHIAWHAO WHAO MAI ANA TE URE, MIMITI ANAKI TAKU PA WHAKAIRO E TU AKE NEI. I A HAHA!MAU ANA TE WEHI E.ANA KSS ANA KSS AUE HI!

AND THE YOUNG MAN IN ME STRIVES TO THE VERY END TO LEAVE AN IMPRESSION.AWESOME

KO WAI TE KURA?

“RAUKURA”

House Choral Competition 2017

b) The Interhouse Competition now starts to focus on Interhouse Kapahaka which will be planned over the next week or two and culminate in performances on Wednesday 27 September 2017. If the standard involved in our Choral Contest translates through to the Kapahaka House Competition this too will be a wonderful event. Best wishes to all Houses and to the Seniors of each House that provide the leadership to allow this wonderful event to take place.

c) Our First XV has concluded a very impressive season given that they are a particularly young team with only 6 or 7 of the squad of 23 not returning to school next year. Our team over the course of this season won the Chiefs Cup, came third in the New Zealand Super Eight Schools Competition and Runners Up in the Chiefs playoff for a place in Top 4. This places our team in the top eight of the country again this year, and that for a school of our size is highly commendable.(Photo)

d) Our Under 14 White Rugby Team at the other end of our rugby spectrum became Bay of Plenty Champions after an impressive win of 22 - 15 against Aquinas College/Te Kura o Mauao. Congratulations to all coaches and players associated with that side.

e) Our Under 15 Rugby Team playing in the 3rd Division of the Baywide First XV Competition won their competition with impressive and resounding victories throughout the season.

f) Our Hockey First XI concluded their season by coming runners up to Taupo-nui-a-Tia in their Bay of Plenty Competition.

g) Our Football First XI has steadily improved throughout the season. They have slowly climbed the rankings in their Bay of Plenty Competition and are looking to build on those improved performances next season.(Photo)

h) Our Junior Football XI has also performed well this season and they finished second equal in their Under 16 League.

i) Our Junior and Senior Basketball Squads this year – and we are talking about 14 different squads that have continued to build and flourish as the basketball wave hits our school. Certainly we have a very talented group of young basketballers coming through our school which bodes well for the years to come.

j) Congratulations to Michael Stanley (pictured, above left) in Year 11 who we have just heard has been selected as part of the New Zealand Mens Artistic Gymnastics Team to represent New Zealand at an invitational event in Texas in December. This is a wonderful achievement and we wish Michael the very best for the challenges ahead.

Winter Tournament 2017Further to the above reports the school has been represented by nine different teams over the course of winter tournaments held last week.

I am pleased to acknowledge and congratulate the coaches, managers and players as well as all the parents and supporters of these nine teams as follows:

1. Our Golf team attended the New Zealand Age Group Championships held at Bridge Pa at

From the Desk of thePrincipal

Dear Parents, Caregivers, Old Boys and Friends of the School,

Nga mihi nui ki a koutou me te tangi hoki ki a ratau kua riro atu.

As Term 3 draws to a close it is another opportunity to reflect on what has been a really busy and exciting time for our school.

Rotorua Young AchieversOur seven Rotorua Young Achievers have been selected and are in the process of developing their profiles and being photographed as part of the 2017 Rotorua Young Achievers Exhibition. Our Young Achievers and their selected categories are as follows:

Rehua Selwyn Leadership, Academic Achievement, Excellence in Sport and Performing ArtsNathan Kenah Leadership, Academic Achievement and General ExcellenceHayze Perham Leadership and Excellence in SportNikora Wade Academic Achievement and Excellence in Performing ArtsTawharau Mohi Academic Achievement and Excellence in Performing ArtsTrent McVarnock Leadership, Academic Achievement and Service to the CommunityKewarei Hawkins-McClutchie Academic Achievement and Excellence in Sport Congratulations to you all on your selection.

Hazye Perham Nikora Wade

Recent SuccessesAs mentioned a number of recent successes are worthy of celebration.

a) The 2017 Interhouse Choral Competition was certainly the best yet in terms of standard and impact. An outstanding presentation of four Choral items from each of our four Houses and all performances were most impressive.

Our Judge Turanga Merito in the end and in a close contest selected Frobisher House (pictured) as the winning house for the Choral Contest 2017.

Hastings and we were delighted that in the Under 15 section James Tauariki with scores of 78, 76 and 75 came third whilst in the Under 17 section Riley Sutherland with scores of 76, 76 and 74 came fourth. Congratulations to both boys and the other members of the Golf Team and Coach Mr Davey for this success.

2. Our Junior A Basketball team which is a team that seems to be building nicely for the future participated in the A Grade Section of the Northern Zone Tournament held at Papakura where they finished third after a 15 point win over Tauranga Boys College in the playoff for third and fourth. Congratulations to our basketball team and their Coaches Mr Elers and Mr Tait.

3. The Junior B Basketball squad participated in the A Grade of the Northern Zone Tournament in Papakura where they performed above expectations coming 8th place out of 24 teams. The Junior B squad made it through to the quarter finals, but narrowly missed out on getting a place in Top Four. Our Junior B’s are coached by Damion Hinga.

4. Our Senior A Basketball team played in the Zone 2 AA Secondary School Basketball Premierships held at the ASB Baypark Stadium in Tauranga. They were placed in Pool D which also included the eventual tournament finalists, Hamilton Boys’ High School and Melville High School. They came out of pool play 5th after some tough and disappointing losses. The boys went on to win their remaining games to finish 17th. Being a young team they look to use this learning as they move onto next year’s competition.Our Senior Basketball squad is coached by Mr Davidson and Mr Courtney

5. Our League First XIII participated in the New Zealand Secondary Schools Championships in the Premier Grade also in Papakura. The team played exceptionally well only losing one game and that was a two point loss to Kelston Boys’ High School who were a finalist. Our team by virtue of that loss ended up playing for fifth to eighth and ended up coming fifth after a decisive win over Tokoroa High School.

Our team was also pleased to have Tom ‘Ale named as Player of the Tournament and to have four team members make the New Zealand Secondary School LeagueTeam:• Tom ‘Ale• Hayze Perham• Selesitino Ravutaumada • Tukimihia Simpkins

The NZ Secondary Schools Rugby League Team will be brought into camp on 3 October and play NSW Combined High Schools in two matches 4 October and 7 October in Rotorua and Auckland respectively.

Our League Coaches are Mr Simpkins and Mr Wharerau, Trainer is Mr Macdonald and Team Manager Mrs Kareko.

6. Football First XI played in the Malcolm Cowie Tournament in Papakura and as mentioned earlier in the newsletter our football team is building with a young squad of juniors alongside more experienced seniors. The First XI ended up with a good win in their first cross over after pool play and had them finish in 20th place.

Our Football Coach is Mr Trembath and Manager is Mr Roe.

7. Hockey First XI played in the Mayhill Cup in North Harbour and had a fantastic tournament winning right through to the final where in a highly competitive game they ended up losing 0 – 1 to New Plymouth Boy’s High School and thus came runners up. Our Hockey team by virtue of this result is eligible to go into the Rankin Cup in 2018.Our Hockey Coach is Mr Dalton and Manager is Mr Lewis.

8. Under 15 Rugby played in the National Under 15 Tournament held in Wellington and in this very competitive environment just didn’t seem to get the rub of the green in the wet and windy conditions in Wellington and ended up coming eighth. Coach for this team is Mr Coleman and Mr Mita, Team Manager is Mr Cameron.9. Our Under 14 Rugby Team which was a composite team from our four Under 14 Bay of Plenty Competition teams played in the New Zealand Super Eight Tournament in Palmerston North. Our team enjoyed two good wins and two narrow losses and ended up coming forth. Again, playing the best Under 14 teams in the country. The Coach for this team was Mr Florence and Manager is Mr Tahuriorangi.

Once again, congratulations to all our winter tournament teams who flew the Raukura flag so proudly over the course of last week.

Enrolments 2018Our Enrolment Programme consisting of school visits and open days has now been concluded and we are hopeful of a strong Year 9 cohort coming into our school in 2018. Formal enrolment documentation is currently being received and we look forward to finalising enrolments and then inviting these confirmed enrolments to our school for their orientation day on Tuesday 14 November 2017.

Any enrolment enquiries please contact Ms M Hartley on 348 6169 ext 827, or by email mhartley@rbhs.school.nz

The school also enjoyed hosting 30 student leaders from Rotorua Intermediate School on Tuesday 22 August 2017 for a day focussed on leadership skills and led by a team of our Prefects plus a group of Prefects from Rotorua Girls’ High School.

Future Property PlansIt is an exciting time as the school considers modern learning environments and property

developments that will allow our school to keep high levels of achievement and performance into the future. In this regard and as you will see on the cover page of this newsletter a number of images of future property developments are being developed showing how our school might look in ten or so years time should all these plans come to fruition.

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2. New Science Block

3. New Library

4. New Music Space

5. New Classroom & Social Learning Space

6. New P.E Facility

7. New Stadium - Full Size Basketball Court & Tiered Seating

8. Upgraded for Arts Facility

9. New Viewing Decks

10. New Teaching Kitchen

11. New Tuck Shop

Academic Review DayI take this opportunity to acknowledge and thank all those parents and whanau members that supported our boys at the Academic Review Day which was held on Wednesday 10 August 2017. On the day we had 80% of students attend with whanau and a further 8% undertook their academic review over the phone giving us an 88% coverage on the day. Again, this is a really high rate of engagement and I appreciate everyone for the value they obviously have placed on this programme.

Footloose 2018The school has now confirmed that our musical production next year will be “Footloose” and it will be directed by John Drummond with Turanga Merito as Choreographer.

Auditions for Footloose will take place after Labour Day this year beginning on Tuesday 24 October through to Thursday 26 October 2017. These auditions will take place here at our school.

Opening night for the Musical Production will be at the Civic Theatre on Friday 25 May 2018 and planning is already underway to ensure this show will be the best yet! The season runs from Friday 25 May through to Saturday 2 June 2018. Please hold this date!

Hall of FameA further induction of a number of highly successful former students will take place on Friday 1 June 2018, and I look forward to announcing in a future newsletter the selected former students that will be the next group inducted into our prestigious Hall of Fame.

Student TrusteeNominations have been called for the election of a Student Representative to the Board of Trustees for the next 12 months and to this end I would congratulate Temuera Hall and James Scott. I wish the successful candidate the very best as he considers and participates in governance for our school.

At the same time I thank Sean Osborne-Curtis for the excellent way in which he has represented students over the 12 months of his term.

Manu KoreroAn exciting event coming up in Week 9 of this term is our attendance at the National Manu Korero Finals where Whatukura Mohi and our Head Prefect Rehua Selwyn will contest the Junior Maori and Senior Maori sections respectively.We take this opportunity to wish these young men the very best as they challenge other highly performed orators in this most demanding competition.

Ka rere ngā whakamiha ki ngā Kākā-wahanui, ngā manu whakariripa i te kupu korero mō tō kōrua tū ki te Whakataetae Manu Korero e heke mai

ana. Kia kaha, kia maia, kia manawanui.

20 Years of New Zealand Super Eight SchoolsThis year is the 20th year that the New Zealand Super Eight Schools has been in existence. This initiative that started here at Raukura has grown into what is considered the premier sporting alliance / sporting competition in the country. This has been a wonderfully successful co-operation between these eight like minded boys schools from throughout the central North Island.

A celebration dinner to mark the 20th Anniversary and I am confident that this alliance of schools will continue to develop ways in which our schools can continue to work together in sport and cultural activities and in professional development opportunities for staff.

Te Arawa AwardsThese awards showcase Te Arawa talent and excellence in sport, cultural activities, service to the community, academia and positive contributions. The following students are being recognised at this year’s event on Friday 29 September:

Te Arawa Rangatahi – High SchoolRehua SelwynHohaia MacfarlaneRenati WaakaJames ScottManaaki Te KowhaiTe Arawa Rangatahi – TeamRaukura Kapahaka

Te Arawa Junior Sportsman of the YearRayna Whakaari

Te Arawa Sports Team of the YearRBHS Waka Ama Team - Raukura

Big Vote 2017As the triennial elections approach I am keen to establish within the senior school an awareness of the importance of voting and an awareness of responsibilities our senior students have to be part of this important process. To this end and following approaches from three candidates a series of three seminars has been established which saw on Tuesday 12 September Te Ururoa Flavell (Maori), Wednesday 13 September Ben Sandford (Labour), Thursday 14 September Fletcher Tabuteau (New Zealand First, who was unable to attend due to flight delays) spoke to our Year 13 boys and on Friday 15 September Todd McClay (National) spoke to our seniors. In acknowledging these speakers it is worth noting that Ben Sandford and Fletcher Tabuteau are both former students of our school and indeed Fletcher is a former staff member. I should add that Todd McClay was a former student of mine from my time at Wesley College.In closing, congratulations once again to all who have been part of our Term 3 success story as detailed above and throughout this newsletter. Thank you one and all for your support of our boys and our school as we strive to set high expectations and achieve worthwhile goals. This support and this level of achievement is what makes our school so special.

A.C GrinterPrincipal

THE MUSICAL

ROTORUA BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOLPRESENTS

25 MAY - 2 JUNE 2018

FOOTLOOSEStage Adaptation by DEAN PITCHFORD and WALTER BOBBIE

Based on the Original Screenplay by Dean PitchfordMusic by TOM SNOW Lyrics by DEAN PITCHFORD

Additional Music by ERIC CARMEN, SAMMY HAGAR, KENNY LOGGINS and JIM STEINMAN

Director - John Drummond Choreographer - Turanga Merito Musical Director - Cameron Hay

From the Desk of the Deputy PrincipalTeaching & Learning

Faculty Course Assessment Assessment Title Credits Due Date

English

1ENA AS 90855 Create a Visual Text 3 Term 3 Week 9

1ENG AS 90855 Create a Visual Text 3 Term 3 Week 9

1ENB AS 90855 AS 90854

Create a Visual Text Form Personal Responses to Independently Read Texts

3 4

Term 3 Week 9 Term 4 Week 2

1NLS US 26625 US 11900

Spoken Interactions Computer Skills

3 4

Term 4 Week 2 Term 4 Week 2

Mathematics

1MAS AS 91035 Investigate multivariate data sets 4 Term 3 Week 9

1MAT AS 91036 Investigate Bivariate data sets 3 Term 4 Week 1

1NLS US 26627 Use Measurement to solve problems 3 Term 4 Week 2

Technology

1TEC 22924 Develop a simple product 10 Term 4 Week 2

1FTT 24356 24355

Apply elementary workshop procedures for BCATS Demonstrate knowledge of construction and manufacturing materials used in BCATS projects

8 4

Term 4 week 2

1AUT 21858 21670

Demonstrate good work habits Demonstrate knowledge of general engineering tasks

4 3

Term 4 week 2

1DVC AS 91068 AS 91066

Undertake development of design ideas through graphics practice. Use Rendering Techniques to communicate the form of design ideas.

6 3

Term 3 Week 10

1DGT AS 91071 Implement basic procedures to produce a specified digital information outcome

4 Term 3 Week 9

1FHO 15920 Prepare and present sauce and soup in the hospitality industry

2 Term 3 Week 10

1FHO 15892 Demonstrate knowledge of terminology use for food and recipes in a commercial kitchen

5 Term 4 Week 4

Social Sciences

1GEO 91009 Sustainable use of the environment 3 Term 3 Week 10

1BTM 90841 Investigate aspects of human resources process in a business

3 Term 3 Week 8

1BTM 90984 Demonstrate understanding of decisions a producer

makes about production 5 Term 4 Week 2

Physical Education

1PED

90962 90966

Participate actively in a variety of physical activities

and explain factors that influence own participation

Demonstrate interpersonal skills in a group and explain how these skills impact on others

5 4

Term 4 Week 2 Term 4 Week 2

The Arts

1ART

90916 90915

Folio Board Submission: Produce a body of work informed by established practice, which develops ideas, using a range of media. Use drawing conventions to develop work in more than one field of practice.

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Term 4 Week 1 Term 4 Week 4

1MCA 23007 23008

Demonstrate knowledge of carving designs and their meaning. Describe carving images, objects and their uses.

5 5

Term 3 Week 9 Term 4 Week 2

1MUS 91092 Compose two original pieces of music 6 Term 3 Week 10

1MUS 91091 Demonstrate ensemble skills through performing a piece of Music as a member of a group.

4 Term 4 Week 3

Maori

1MPA 27547 Identify ngā momo rakau 4 Term 3 Week 10

1TRM 91085 Whakarongo kia mohio ki te reo o tona ao 6 Term 4 Week 2

Faculty Course Assessment Assessment Title Credits Due Date

English

2ENA

AS 91101 AS 91106

Produce a selection of crafted and controlled writing which develops, sustains and structures ideas Form developed personal responses to independently read texts, supported by evidence

6 4

Term 3 Week 9 Term 3 Week 9

2ENG

AS 91101 AS 91106

Produce a selection of crafted and controlled writing which develops, sustains and structures ideas Form developed personal responses to independently read texts, supported by evidence

6 4

Term 3 Week 9 Term 3 Week 9

2ENB

AS 91101 AS 91106

Produce a selection of crafted and controlled writing which develops, sustains and structures ideas Form developed personal responses to independently read texts, supported by evidence

6 4

Term 4 Week 2 Term 4 Week 2

2LIT AS 91104 Analyse connections across texts, supported by evidence

4 Term 4 Week 2

Mathematics

2MAC AS 91266 Evaluate a statistical report 2 Term 3 Week 10

2MAS AS 91268 AS 91266

Investigate a simulation Evaluate a statistical report

2 2

Tem 3 Week 10 Tem 4 Week 2

Science 2SCI

AS 91189 Investigate a geological event in a NZ locality 4 Term 3 Week 9

AS 91167 Demonstrate understanding of Oxidation-Reduction

3 Term 4 Week 3

Technology

2AUT US 249 Carry out automotive industry workshop tasks 5 Term 4 week 2

2DVC AS 91343 Use visual communication techniques to compose a presentation of a design

4 Term 4 Week 2

2DGT US 2784

Create and use a computer spreadsheet to solve a problem

3 Term 3 Week 9

2FHO 13281

Prepare and present basic sandwiches for service

2 Term 3 Week 10

2FHO 13344 Demonstrate knowledge of Characteristics of commercial cookery methods and their applications

3 Term 4 Week 4

Social Sciences

2GEO 91241 Understanding an urban pattern 3 Term3 Week 10

2ECO 91227 Analyse how government policies and contemporary economic issues interact

6 Term 3 Week 10

2ACC 91175 Demonstrate understanding of accounting processing using accounting software

4 Term 3 Week 7

2ACC 91386 Demonstrate understanding of an inventory subsystem for an entity

3 Term 3 Week 10

2TOU 24726 Describe and compare social and cultural impacts of tourism

2 Term 3 Week 10

2TOU 24730

Demonstrate knowledge of the business of tourism

4 Term 4 Week 3

Physical Education

2PED 91330 Perform a physical activity in an applied setting 4 Term 3 Week 10

2PED 91329 Demonstrate understanding of the application of biophysical principles to training for physical activity

4 Term 4 Week 2

Maori

2TRM 91284 Whakarongo kia mohio ki te reo o te ao torotoro

4 Term 4 Week 2

2MPA 27550 Demonstrate knowledge of nga momo rakau whawhai

6 Term 4 Week 3

The Arts

2MCA 23012 Demonstrate knowledge of function and

significance to explore the value of Whakairo. 5

Term 3 Week 9

2MCA 23011

Demonstrate knowledge of Whakairo

production for meaning, intention, function

and an artist’s methodologies.

5 Term 4 Week 2

2ART 91321 Folio Board Submission:Produce a systematic body of work that shows understanding of art making conventions and ideas within painting.

12 Term 4 Week 1

2ART 2580 Explain design elements used to generate Maori art design.

4 Term 4 Week 3

2ART 2594 Employ drawing techniques to create Maori art.

4 Term 4 Week 3

2MUS 91271 Compose two substantial pieces of music 6 Term 3 Week 10

2MUS 91272 Demonstrate ensemble skills by performing a substantial piece of music as a member of a group.

4 Term 4 Week 3

Faculty Course Assessment Assessment Title Credits Due Date

English

3ENG AS 91475 Produce a selection of fluent and coherent writing which develops, sustains and structures ideas

6 Term 3 Week 9

3LIT AS 91478 Respond critically to significant connections across texts, supported by evidence

4 Term 3 Week 7

3LIT US 1279 Write in plain English 3 Term 4 Week 3

Mathematics

3MAS AS 91580 Investigate a Time series data set 4 Term 3 Week 10

3MAT AS 91583 Conduct an Experiment 4 Term 4 Week 2

Science 3SCI

AS 91601 Biology Investigation 4 Term 3 Week 10

AS 91411 Socio-scientific issue 4 Term 4 Week 3

Technology

3BTT 13002 Demonstrate knowledge of timber used in construction

2 Term 4 week 2

3FHO 13315 Prepare and cook rice and farinaceous dishes in a commercial kitchen

6 Term 4 Week 4

3DVC AS 91628 Develop a visual presentation that exhibits a design outcome to an audience.

6 Term 4 Week 2

3DGT US 2785 Create a computer spreadsheet to provide a solution for organisation use

5 Term 3 Week 10

3TEC US 2678 US 2679

Demonstrate competence in Gas welding Demonstrate competence in Brazing

6 6

Term 4 Week 3

Social Sciences 3GEO 91428 Examining a contemporary event from a geographic perspective

3 Term 3 Week 10

3ACC 91409 Demonstrate understanding of a job cost subsystem for an entity

4 Term 3 Week 10

3TOU 17788 Identify and explain the history of natural attractions and significant sites in Maori Tourism

5 Term 4 Week 2

Physical Education 3PED 91500 Evaluate the effectiveness of a performance improvement programme

4 Term 4 Week 1

3PED 91501 Demonstrate quality performance of a physical activity in an applied setting

4 Term 3 Week 10

3RAC 91500 Evaluate the effectiveness of a performance improvement programme

4 Term 4 Week 1

Maori

3TRM 91650 Whakarongo kia mohio ki te reo Māori o te ao whanui

4 Term 4 Week 2

3MPA 13360 Perfrom moteatea 15 Term 4 Week 3

The Arts

3ART 91456 Produce a systematic body of work that shows understanding of art making conventions and ideas within painting.

14 Term 4 Week 3

3MCA 23013 Apply Maori art conventions, design and practices to develop Whakairo.

6 Term 3 Week 9

3MCA 23014 Develop ideas to create Whakairo 6 Term 3 Week 9

3MCA 23015 Examine meaning in particular Whakairo situations.

6 Term 4 Week 2

3MCA 23016 Examine and interpret change in particular Whakairo situations.

6 Term 4 Week 2

3MUS 91416 Perform two programmes of music as a featured soloist.

8 Term 3 Week 10

3MUS 91849 Compose three original songs that express imaginative thinking.

8 Term 4 Week 3

Our students in Years 10, 11 and 12 have recently completed their subject selections for next year. As we continue to broaden our curriculum to meet the needs of our students, we have offered four new and exciting courses in the senior school in 2018. This is my opportunity to profile these to you.

AgriBusiness - NCEA Level 2With a growing demand for skilled workers in the primary industries, Dairy NZ, Beef + Lamb NZ and eleven business partners from within the agriculture sector have worked with NZQA to create New Zealand’s first Agribusiness curriculum for secondary school students.

Agribusiness will study topics in the area of plant science, soil science, food science, microbiology, agri-management and finance, economics, digital technologies, agri-innovations, agri-marketing, primary production processes, future proofing, growing value and international trade. This course will expose students to the wide range of skills required and the opportunities available in the primary sector up to and beyond the farm gate.

Engineering - NCEA Level 3This course will develop skills in the areas of product design and engineering manufacturing. Students will be required to research, think critically, work creatively, plan, and self-assess to enable them to communicate ideas in a creative & critical way. The course will offer 14 credits in NCEA Achievement Standards and six credits in Unit Standards. Students will be required to explore areas of product design through in-depth brief development, considering fitness for purpose, informing decisions through stakeholder interviews, and producing a prototype. Students will be required to design and produce a barbecue or brazier using two wheel rims.

Police Preparation - NCEA Level 3The course will provide students with an understanding of the knowledge, skills, attributes and attitudes associated with policing in New Zealand. Upon completion, students will receive a certificate of completion. It will be a programme offered in association with Unitec and NZ Police to help prepare boys for entry to Police College/Police Training at the beginning of 2019. The topics covered will include:

• The context of policing in New Zealand• Relevant legislation, policies, strategies, procedures and ethics within policing in New Zealand• The integration of theory and practice associated with policing.

Dance - NCEA Level 1 - NCEA Level 3This course is designed to develop competent dance students. Students will learn performance and choreography skills together and individually. Students will learn to critically analyse all areas of dance performances. Students will learn about the history of a number of different dance genres from a range of cultures. This course enhances students creativity, confidence, co-ordination, fitness and teamwork. This dance courses are designed for all students from different backgrounds to enjoy and engage in dance.

Mr M Dalton - Deputy Principal Teaching and LearningEmail: mdalton@rbhs.school.nz Twitter: @_mattdalton

From the Desk of the Deputy PrincipalStudent Support

Term 2 Leadership Awards - 2017Year 9Will Florence (Citizenship) - 9A, Manawahe Multisport Race, BOP/Waikato Mountain Biking, BOPSS Cross Country, RBHS Outdoor and Adventure Club, Water polo, U14 Elite Rugby, Selected to attend Waikato Young Leaders Day, Leading Year 9 Academic Traffic Lights with 39 Excellence Credits, 100% Pass Rate, 100% Pass Rate with Excellence in Science and Technology, 100% Attendance

Te Rei-Tuuta Tamaarangi (Academic) - 9E, 37 Excellence Credits in Junior Certificate, 100% Pass Rate with Merit or better, 100% Pass Rate with Excellence in Chinese, English, Physical Education (Basketball), Tikanga and Science, Selected to attend Waikato Young Leaders Day, Junior Basketball

Daniel Kenah (Cultural) - 9R, Shakespeare Festival, Super Eight Drama, 2nd XI Hockey, 100% Pass Rate Junior Certificate with half of his credits at Merit or better,

Reef Pohatu (Sporting) - 9T, RBHS Golf Team that won the BOP Manihera Memorial Golf Tournament, 4th Placing Super Eight Golf Tournament, 100% Pass Rate, Achieving with Excellence in Physical Education (Golf Academy) and Chinese

Year 10Sameed Khan (Academic) - 10A, 32 Excellence Credits Junior Certificate, Achieving with 100% Pass Rate with Excellence in Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, English and, Chinese, 100%

100 % Attendance Awards Term 2 2017

Year 9 Rimoni ApoHaeora Boynton-Rata William Davis Lenix Ututaonga-EdmondsAngelo FornasiereRiley HineDivontay KarereSeth McMahonMax PakiTiaki RahurahuAlex RisonNav SaraiTodd StoreyKahukura Waipoua-BryersMax HarveyArmstrong KautaiAnaru O’Connor

Te Raina Waaka Levi Fraser Harlem Ramsay

Year 10 Maneo Armstrong Ngatai Armstrong Zach CooperAidan EdhouseAwanuiarangi GardinerTiaki MarakiJustyce McQueenDyvone PilisiHaruto Takahashi Te Hokinga UtutaongaNgakohu WalkerGideon GraceTe Awanui Te Ramapiupiu

Victory TamatiYear 11 Mel CroppJaedon-Ford HakekeJunta HamanoDevin Hiniduma AcharigeRyota IrikomaNikki JacobsOndray KukaKin LeeMate RadicsTukutuku RalmMichael StanleyRiley SutherlandYuvraj TailiJordan UrwinChris WernerCaleb HingaManu Akauola

Year 12 Erick Alvarez CanalesBernie HatiDallas Ngatai-GuldeSavisesh RajanAntonio TuiakiRishay AnandOliver NixonAman TailiBradley WigginsEllis Breadmore

Year 13 Pita HeluBrayden LawrenceCallum McCaull

Attendance

Kahutia Te Hau (Cultural and Academic) - 10A, Super Eight Debating, Rockquest, Backstage Crew for Stage Challenge and Hairspray Production, Chinese Drummers, U15 Rugby, 100% Pass Rate Junior Certificate and targeting Excellence Endorsement, Achieving with Excellence in Mathematics, Music, Physical Education and, Social Studies

Connor Franklyn (Service to School) - 10A, Super Eight Junior Oratory 3rd Place, Hairspray Production, Rockquest, Stage Challenge MC, Love Soup Volunteer, Shakespeare Festival, Chinese Drummers, Junior A Football, 100% Pass Rate Junior Certificate and targeting Excellence Endorsement, Achieving with Excellence in Mathematics and, Social Studies, 100% Attendance

Bronson Palmer (Sporting) - 10X, RBHS Golf Team that won the BOP Manihera Memorial Golf Tournament, 1st Place NET Result, 4th Placing Super Eight Golf Tournament, On target to achieve Junior Certificate

Whatukura Mohi (Cultural) - 10T, Junior Maori Section Winner at Nga Manu Korero Regional Competition, Achieving at Merit or better in Junior Certificate, Achieving with Excellence in English and Mathematics, Junior Basketball,

Year 11Finn Parsons (Sporting) - 1st Place NZ U16 Downhill Mountain Bike Championship, RBHS Outdoor and Adventure Club, 100% Pass Rate NCEA Level 1

Te Manawanui MacPherson (Cultural and Sporting) - Shakespeare Festival, Hairspray Production, Leadership group for Stage Challenge, Choir, Cricket 1st XI Hockey, BOP U15 Hockey, NZ Maori Men’s Hockey, 100% Pass Rate NCEA Level 1

Caleb Piua (Service to School) - NZ U16 Men’s Touch, Rotorua Touch Referee,, Ki-O-Rahi National Tournament, Rockquest / Pacifica Beats, 58 Credits NCEA Level 1, 100% Pass Rate with Merit or better, Achieving with Excellence in Mathematics and, Physical Education

Jimah Ruland-Umata (Academic and Cultural) - Regional and National Chinese Speech Competition, PI Group, 100% Pass Rate NCEA Level 1 with 36 Excellence Credits, Achieving with Excellence in Chinese, Mathematics and, Chemistry, 100% Attendance

Year 12Takeshi Endo (Service to School) - Gives everything a go!, Stage Challenge, PI Group, Choir, Chinese Drummers, 1st XI Football, Has attained NCEA Level 2 already with 103 Credits,

Teina Grant (Academic)- 24 Excellence Credits NCEA Level 2, 100% Pass Rate, Achieving with Excellence in Mathematics and Physics, Aiming for Excellence Group, Social Basketball Team

Matua Kohi-Osborne (Sporting) - North Island Golden Gloves Boxing, Attends National Fight in July, Achieving with Merit in Whakairo (Maori Carving)

Erawhiti Beale-Poihipi (Cultural) - Member of Raukura Kapa Haka, contributes to pohiri for differing manuhiri, J19 Men’s Waka ama, has attained NCEA Level 2 already and is targeting Merit or better

Year 13Callum McCaull (Citizenship) - National J19 Men’s Waka ama Champion, Love Soup Volunteer, Crankworx Volunteer, Year 9 Camp Leadership, Te Wero, Stage Challenge, 100% Attendance

Piri Marsters (Cultural) - Choir Conductor, Rockquest Band, Waikato Science and Engineering Trip, 5th XV Rugby, On target for attaining NCEA Level 3

Tutepourangi Thompson (Cultural) - Super Eight Drama and Theatre Sports, Stage Challenge, Hairspray Production, 1st XI Football, Targeting NCEA Level 3 with Merit Endorsement

Tuwhakaiti Winsor (Sporting) - 1st XI Hockey Co Captain, BOP U18 Hockey, Baywide Hockey Umpire, T10 Cricket, Love Soup, 67 Credits NCEA Level 3

Barnabas Radics (Academic) - 100% Pass Rate NCEA Level 3 with 29 Excellence Credits, Achieving with Excellence in Physics, Calculus and, English, RBHS Chess 2nd Placing BOP Championships

2017NZQAExternalExaminationTimetable

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Date Time NCEALevel1 NCEALevel2 NCEALevel3 ScholarshipFriday10November

9:30am

2:00pm Music Physics Accounting

Monday13November

9:30am English TeReoMaori

2:00pm

Tuesday14November

9:30am Chemistry

2:00pm History English

Wednesday15November

9:30am Science

2:00pm Chinese Geography Chemistry History

Thursday16November

9:30am Biology Music Biology

2:00pm Chemistry

Friday17November

9:30am

2:00pm

Monday20November

9:30am Mathematics

2:00pm Economics Physics

Tuesday21November

9:30am TeReoMaori MusicStudies

2:00pm English

Wednesday22November

9:30am

2:00pm Biology Geography

Thursday23November

9:30am Geography Accounting Calculus

2:00pm

Friday24November

9:30am History History

2:00pm BusinessStudies Mathematics

Monday27November

9.30am Statistics

2.00pm Chinese Earth&SpaceScience

Tuesday28November

9.30am Physics

2.00pm

Wednesday29November

9:30am

2:00pm Economics

Thursday30November

9.30am TeReoMaori Earth&SpaceScience

2.00pm Chinese

NZQA / NCEA Student Information

Monitoring your achievement and progress is easy with the NZQA Learner Login page. Enter the following web address and you will be able to access your personal learning information.

Check it out!www.nzqa.govt.nz/students

If this is your first time checking out the website and using Learner Login, you will need the following to be able to register for free! and login;

1. NSN (National Student Number) – any staff member at school can give this number to you or you can also access this by contacting the NZQA call centre

2. Password or Pin number – You will be asked to create a password and pin number3. It will take less than 60 seconds of your time to register!

On completing the Registration and Login process, you will be free to browse and access all there is to know about your learning!

Firstly, I recommend watching a short video clip with parents/caregivers about NCEA and how the new Course Endorsements work. Just Click ‘What are endorsements’ and you will have access to a short video clip or read the info which is certain to answer all your questions.

Secondly, take a look at the following; · Entries and Results (order new result documents / certificates)· Credit Summary – All years· Credit Summary – For a particular year · Track your progress and predict your outcome· Your Rights and Responsibilities for External and Internal Assessment· University Entrance and Scholarship

How much does NCEA cost?

Domestic Student FeesEntry for all NCEA Standards (excluding Scholarship) $76.70 per studentEach Scholarship Entry $30.00 per subject

Fees for International Fee Paying StudentsAny standards $383.30 per studentEach Scholarship Entry $102.20 per subject

****Complete and return a Financial Assistance Form before September 1 to reduce the NZQA Fee****

If you have any further questions about how NZQA and NCEA works you will find it on the student page or you can also contact the NZQA call centre on 0800 697 296.

Enjoy your search.

Mr B Buckton (B.Sp & Ex Sci, Dip Tchg)Deputy Principalbbuckton@rbhs.school.nz

It’s been a busy term for our school on the enrolment front! We’ve hosted our Open Days with Kaitao Intermediate, Mokoia Intermediate as well as students from some of our smaller rural schools such as Galatea, Kaharoa and Ngakuru. We also welcomed for the day our Year 9 Tai Mitchell hostel boarders for 2018 and their whanau.

After formally welcoming our manuhiri to our school, the students were involved in a number of workshops throughout the morning, including Graphics, where students designed their own nerf gun, Cooking; where students whipped up apple turnovers, Social Studies; where students art work images were brought to life using a 3D app, Music; where students put a musical piece together with everyone on an instrument - (can you imagine trying to coordinate that) as well as Art, Maths, Science and Hard Tech.

After American hotdogs for lunch, all students were able to select a sports ‘academy’ to participate in for the afternoon. Choices ranged from rugby to hockey, football to golf. All students then met back in the Colman Theatre to wrap the day up, and watch a slideshow of the day’s events. Students were also given some information regarding our Apple device initiative, which carries on in 2018 as we continue on our journey of learning with digital technology.

We repeated the process again for an awesome group of young men from Rotorua Intermediate.

The purpose of these Open Days are so boys can experience what ‘a day in the life of a Raukura student’ looks like and feels like. We want all boys who enrol with us for 2018 to make an informed choice based on experiences they have had. We hope all Year 8 boys involved in this year’s Open Days enjoyed their time with us.

If you would like to enrol at our school for 2018, feel free to contact me at mhartley@rbhs.school.nz, or by phone 07 3486169 ext 827 so we can arrange a time to meet. Otherwise, enrolment information can be completed online at www.rbhs.school.nz (follow the ‘Enrolment’ tabs) or by collecting a pack from the front office.

Ms M Hartley (M.Ed.L.(Hons), B.Ed., Dip. Tchg.)Year 9 Deanmhartley@rbhs.school.nz

From the DeansYear 9 Dean Ms M Hartley mhartley@rbhs.school.nz ext 827Year 10 Dean Mrs K Hemana khemana@rbhs.school.nz ext 803Year 11 Dean Mrs C Zilionis czilionis@rbhs.school.nz ext 895 Mr K Botha kbotha@rbhs.school.nz ext 895Year 12 Dean Mr H Lockwood hlockwood@rbhs.school.nz ext 836Year 13 & 14 Dean Mrs R Mudge rmudge@rbhs.school.nz ext 880International Students Mrs T Grinter tgrinter@rbhs.school.nz ext 837

From the Year 9 Dean Ms M Hartley

From the Year 10 Dean Mrs K Hemana

Kia Ora Raukura whānau,

Whaia te iti kahurangi – to the stars through hard work

With the end of year looming our boys are working very hard to achieve the goals that they have set for themselves, alongside their House Group Tutor.

Academic Review Day was and is always a great time to share with our whānau the successes to date and to refocus on the end goal. Our Year 10 boys should start thinking about the options they’d like to take in Year 11, and have discussions with their teachers about the possibilities for NCEA.

Our Careers Advisor, Michelle Wiggins, will spend time with each class in Term 4 preparing our boys to make suitable decisions with subject choices based on their intended pathway. Whānau will be notified of the option choices in due course, and if you have any questions please direct these at your sons’ House Group Tutor, in the first instance.

Junior CertificateAt this stage in the year I can report that we are on target to achieving our academic achievement goals for the year. Our aim is to have 60% of our cohort gain an endorsement in their Junior Certificate. Our boys know that if they gain an Excellence endorsement that they will be presented with their Junior Certificates at the end of year Junior Prize-giving, which is a great incentive.

Celebrating Success• First and foremost we celebrate two students who have already gained enough credits to pass

their Junior Certificate with Excellence – Keden Wichman and Sameed Khan – well done!• Students who have achieved a 100% pass rate to date are: 10A - Aidan Tonge, Jared Hamilton, Tyler Coote, Kirimaniania Jonathan, Gerald George, Kelvin Cunliffe, Kellan Stevens 10E - Ngatai Armstrong, Maneo Armstrong 10X - Byron Hinga, Zach Cooper, Shaydon James, Toataua Porima, Hurinui Gage-Te Hau 10T - Pita King, Toterewa Malcolm 10B - Haamiora Kingi

Highest pass rate in 10SLP (Supported Learners Programme) at this point - Gideon Grace• We also celebrate the following boys for being recognised as future leaders, who will attend the Sir Edmond Hillary Outdoor Pursuits Leadership Camp early in Term 4: 10A Keden Wichman, Ngakohu Walker, Herewini Ngatai, Finlay Martin, Kahutia Te Hau, Evan Richards-Ward, James Tauariki, Connor Franklin, Sameed Khan, Nicholas Williams, Jared Hamilton 10X - Toataua Porima, Jorge Everson, Manaia Hapi, Bless Perese-Elliot, Xavier Mitchell-Winsor10T - Pumi Black. Whatukura Mohi, Pita King, Rangiahua Te Rangi10E - Hikurangi Ruwhiu-Edmonds, Tukaha Kokiri-Tangaere, Joshua Robinson 10R - Gerrit Van Eeden• A huge congratulations goes to Taataau Te Whata for winning Gold with Gi at the National Grappling Tournament in Auckland recently – an exceptional achievement!

Ngā mihiMrs K Hemana (M.Sp.Tchg (Hons)., P.G.Dip.Ed., B.Ed) HOD Library / Dean of Year 10khemana@rbhs.school.nz

Pūkaki Award Wellington ReportTenei Te mihiKia ora, my name is Herewini NgataiLast term I was fortunate enough to be chosen by our very own Dean Mrs Hemana as Raukura’s Year 10 Pūkaki Scholar for 2017. This is a Ngātai Whakaue young leader’s scholarship which is a privilege that is bestowed upon one Year 10 Raukura student every year recognised for their leadership amongst their peers.

I among other young leaders from Rotorua Girls’ High School, John Paul College, Rotorua Lakes High, Western Heights and Te Kura o Te Koutu who got to go on a trip down to Wellington for a day alongside some people from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.It all started Friday 23rd June, 6:30am when we all met at the Rotorua Airport to fly down to Wellington. From the moment we stepped foot on the plane, to the time we arrived back here in Rotorua, we all knew we were in for a jam packed day. It was as soon as the plane touched down in Wellington that our day began to unravel.

We met with her Excellency Dame Patsy Reddy and asked her about the role of Governor General and all of the responsibility that came with it. We got to have morning tea with her before we were ushered back onto the bus to go to the Reserve Bank. At the Reserve Bank we were greeted with a warm welcome and a kai, while we asked them about the job the Reserve Bank has in New Zealand. We got to hold one million dollars, and for a full minute I can say I was a millionaire. Our next stop was Te Papa.

We got a limited edition tour of all the Māori artefacts that they had collected over the years. The wairua there left us a bit star struck. We also got to go to the Gallipoli exhibition which was very interesting. Our last stop was at Parliament where we got a behind the scenes tour of what goes on in the building. We got to go into the House of Parliament as well as learn about Bills and Politics.

Our flight home that night was cancelled due to the fog which caused the Reserve Bank to host us for the night at an amazing hotel with even better food. All six of us did marae styles in one room and stayed up late talking etc, and so it was definitely one of the highlights of the entire trip. On a personal note, bring a change of clothes because you never know what might happen.

This trip has really helped me to develop my leadership skills in every aspect. I learned that there are many types of leaders, and leadership comes in all shapes and sizes and just like everything in life, if you work hard enough you will achieve your dreams. To take risks and push the limits, to seize opportunities in your lifetime and most importantly, have fun whilst achieving those milestones or dreams.

I am very grateful for this opportunity, it was truly an honour to represent not only Raukura but also Ngāti Whakaue. I would like to thank our Reserve Bank of New Zealand hosts Mr Humpherys and Mrs Pullen who took us around Wellington, Whaea Sonia and Mrs Hemana for supervising us. I would also like to thank not only the school but the people behind this great learning experience, it was really inspiring for me to be surrounded by great and successful men and women, and I hope to one day inspire the future generation also.

Thank you,Herewini Ngatai Year 10

On Friday the 25th August, a team of senior students volunteered to collect donations for the Daffodil Street Appeal.

Split into groups they collected on the street as well as knocking on the doors of local businesses.

The group of boys who represented our school looked really sharp in their No1’s and did a great job in raising several hundred dollars for the Cancer Society in our groups. Following the collection, we were treated to the best morning tea and lunch at the Cancer Society’s office in town.

Daffodil Day

Year 13 Daffodil Day volunteers, Corbett Rakaupai, Teina Grant and Takeshi Endo.

RBHS Love Soup

The Love Soup volunteer programme is still going strong with 50 boys helping out (including Year 13, Takeshi Endo and Year 9, Turahui Payne, pictured). The boys volunteer in small groups four times a week at the Marantha Church on the corner of Old Taupo Rd and Devon St.

Potentially life saving blood has been donated by Rotorua Boys’ High School students as part of the school’s annual blood donation day.

The New Zealand Blood Service spent half of last Tuesday based at the school hall.

School nurse Jacqui Guyton said 49 students were “brave warriors” who saved the lives of others in the community by donating blood.

“One unit of blood can be used for up to three people. This is one way that our students are able to give back to the community,” Mrs Guyton said.“This is our third year holding a blood donation day here at Rotorua Boys’ High School and we hope to continue it on a yearly basis so our students can become regular donors.”

Deputy head boy Nathan Kenah was among the many who gave blood.

“It’s for a good cause to potentially save someone’s life and help others who are in need,” he said.

“It shows good support for the community. It’s not just for those in emergency situations like a car crash but those who are unwell, like our Year 13 dean, Mrs Mudge, so it’s really good for the boys to be able to help her and others out as well.”

Year 13 prefect Nikora Wade also donated. The aspiring medical student said it was important he and his fellow students were able to donate.

Steve Dalgety, New Zealand Blood Services’ recruitment team leader for Waikato/Bay of Plenty, said the organisation set up physically each year at Rotorua Boys High School, Western Heights and John Paul College to host blood drives.

“We would like to become more actively involved in more locals schools. We can only actively encourage students donating once a year due to their age, so we come to the schools here in Rotorua every 12 months. We typically go to schools between March and the middle of September.”

Mr Dalgety said the organisation was encouraging youth, and Maori, to get involved.

“Nationally we have loyal donors, which is fantastic, but it means we get an ageing database. We are really trying to encourage youth because they will be sustaining our donors into the future. If they are donating from the ages of 16, 17 and 18 to the age of say, 60, that would be a great situation.”

- Rotorua Daily Post

Boys roll up sleeves for blood drive Prefects WorkshopOn Tuesday, August 22 we hosted the student leaders of Rotorua Intermediate School. These student-led sessions were an opportunity for both our Prefects and Rotorua Girls’ High School to talk about leadership, goal setting and teamwork in an inclusive environment while supporting our junior Community of Learning School. The RIS students were also able to take part in an inquiry exercise in our SOLE (Self Organsed Learning Environment) classroom led by Mr Dalton. We received great feedback from the principals, teachers and students involved.

One of the School’s major events is the Choral Competition. Houses are required to come up with a chant for both entry and exit and then also sing the School Song, Tutira Mai and a song of their choice.

Each house has about 5-6 hours for practice and in that time Student Leaders take the reigns to choreograph what they hope will be the winning performance. We were lucky enough to have Sydney Lion Kings Turanga Merito as our Special guest Judge and he was blown away by both the nature of the competition and the quality from each of the Houses.

A random draw was had and Frobisher kicked things off with an awesome opening chant that captured the audience and set the tone for another year of Choral. As Turanga learnt very quickly just how hard this competition was to Judge, he made comments around the harmonies, choreography and individuals, particularly those that put themselves out in front of the school to display their talents.

With a total of 5.5 points separating first to last place, our Judges decision was made final. With 100 points for first place the results were as follows

1st Frobisher, 2nd Raleigh, 3rd Drake and Nelson 4th.

Nelson did however receive 20 bonus points for most participants based on a percentage for their House. Full performances can be viewed on the school’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlgKxClw7jg&t=277s

Mr C HodgeDirector of Sport chodge@rbhs.school.nz

Inter-house Choral Competition DEPARTMENT NEWS

MATHSWe hope you had a chance to see our display of Year 10 work on Academic Review Day! The Year 10 measurement assessment we showcased was designed to get our students involved in redesigning some of our classrooms, giving them a say in what will make their learning environment more appealing. Rather than just getting them to help design a classroom, we decided to use this opportunity to assess their measurement skills and give them the real life skills they will need in the future; planning, budgeting, problem solving, critical thinking and working collaboratively with others. We also gave the boys the choice of media they wanted to use; they could use a device, any software they thought would enhance their design, or pen and paper. The boys enjoyed this practical assessment and we hope you enjoyed seeing their hard work!

This term our accelerate and extension classes have been taking part in external Mathematics competitions and assessments. 9A and 10A took part in the Australian Maths Competition and 9A, 9E, 10A and 10E have just taken part ICAS, where they sat an assessment to judge their individual strengths and weaknesses.

To continue this competitive theme we are sending 4 teams from Years 9 and 10 to Otumoetai College to compete in the Maths Mind competition, good luck boys!

Mrs E. Couch (B.A. (Hons.), M.Sc., P.G.C.E)Teacher of Mathematicsecouch@rbhs.school.nz

TECHNOLOGY Year 10 TechnologyTerm 3’s Year 10 technology project, the firebox, has proved popular with students who are researching different designs and choosing one they wish to make. Students will also be making a methylated spirit burner from recycled cans to use with their firebox.

Level 1 students are continuing with their project which is to make a go-Kart out of a sack trolley. Students have already designed and made the front axle and steering components for their karts and are working on braking systems.

Level 2 Automotive Some Level 2 Students are continuing to manufacture stands for their Pocket Dirt Bikes that will give them welding and fabrication skills and others are beginning to assemble their bikes to develop their critical thinking, brainstorming and collaborative skills.

Level 1 Engineering students are currently working on completing an engineer’s vise as second and last project for the year. Students in this class have learnt how to use workshop machines and welders in a safe and responsible manner, as well as correct usage of hand tools and marking and measuring tools.

In Level 2 Engineering, the students have started assembling their mini dirt bike kits. It is awesome to see the collaboration and critical thinking displayed in assembling the kit.

Mr R Thaine (Adv.T.Cert., Dip.Tchg)Technologyrthaine@rbhs.school.nz

Food Technology In term 3 our Year 12 Food and Hospitality students still continue to impress. A full restaurant of teachers had nothing but praise for the quality of the meals presented. A two course meal consisting of Cajun Chicken Salad with Poached Pears and Ice Cream for dessert. Well done boys!

Mr K. Bioelle (Trade Cert., Dip. Tourism Mgmt. Dip.Tchg.)Food and Technology kbioelle@rbhs.school.nz

Senior Art external examinations are fast approaching. Below are the dates when the finished folio-board submissions are due to be assessed. They must be complete and submitted by 2pm on the day stated to the Mr Whitrow in C6.

Level 1 90916 v3 (12 credits) due 16th OctoberLevel 2 91321 v2 (12 credits) due 20th OctoberLevel 3 91456 v2 (14 credits) due 30th October

The Level 1 and 2 folio-board submissions are due in first week back Term 4 and I would urgestudents to use the Art facilities over the remainder of this term. Year 11 students should beassembling the folio submission by the end of Term 3, the 25 th September.

If you have any concerns please contact Mr K Whitrow via email.

Mr K Whitrow- H.O.D. Artkwhitrow@rbhs.school.nz

ART

Design and Visual Communication The new rotation of Year 9 DGT is working on building up skills in brief development, outcome development and evaluation.

The Year 9 classes in License teaches students to be smart, safe and responsible online.

Currently the year 9 DGT classes are developing basic programming skills in a gaming context. Standout

Year 13 student, Ali Al Omari with Old Boy and award winning archietectural designer, Darryl Church who spoke at senior assembly last month and visited the DVC class.

performers are Sulaiman Ansari, Rimoni Apo, Max Harvey, Lorenzo Matthews-Tonihi, Miles Tapsell, Aorere Waaka, Mikaere Albert, Justice Apiata, Smijo Joju, Daniel Kenah, Claytin Thompson and Seth Tibble.

The Year 11 DGT class has spent time developing their programming skills using the Python language. Congratulations to Devin Hiniduma and Codi Poutu for excelling in the programming work. The Year 12 DGT class are working on a variety of projects based on student ability and interests. Students have chosen a project relating to programming, web design, spreadsheets or desktop publishing. Congratulations to Hyung Park, Dray Forster-Ambrose and Jayden Prakash for outstanding results thus far.The Year 13 DGT class is working on spreadsheet assessment. This involves using complex formulas, macros, graphs and planning out a solution to a given problem. Barnabas Radics is a stand out performer in this class.

Mrs M. Magatogia (B.Des., Dip.Tchg.)Design and Visual Communications

CAREERS

Hospitality & Tourism - Ngati Whakaue/Sudima

Applications due by 4pm on the 31st of October 2017.In partnership with local iwi Ngati Whakaue Education Endowment Trust and Sudima Hotels & Resorts, we are proud to offer an annual scholarship to school leavers.This opportunity includes 1 year paid work experience at Sudima Lake Rotorua and a full scholarship to any New Zealand Tertiary Institute to complete a minimum Degree level qualification in Hotel or Hospitality Management. During their studies Sudima hotels will support the student with continued work placement and a permanent job offer on returning to Rotorua.To view the Scholarship Prospectus please click hereFor an application form please click here

Should you have any questions and like to discuss this opportunity further please feel free to contact our Director of Human Resources Phillipa Gimmillaro: phillipag@hindmanagement.com

Mrs M Wiggins - Careers Advisormwiggins@rbhs.school.nz

Teach NZ Scholarships

CHINESE

Ms W Chen (B.Ped., Dip. Tchg)Teacher of Chinesewchen@rbhs.school.nz

Our boys did very well in the Rotorua Inter-School Chinese Speech Competition, which was held in Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology last Friday.

Year 9 group: Reef Pohatu 1st placeTyreece Herewini 3rd place

Year 10 group: Tiaki Maraki 2nd place (Joint second place with a girl from RGHS.)

Year 11 group: Jimah Ruland-Umata 1st place

They all showed very high standard of language proficiency in terms of their delivery, content and pronunciation.

SPORTS NEWS

Golf Academy2017 Eagles Bay of Plenty Secondary Schools Tournament at Te Puke Golf ClubBest ¾ Stableford Teams Competition

Rotorua Boys High entered 13 students in this years event at Te Puke GC. Out of the 12 Teams entered our boys finished 3rd, 4th & 6th respectively.Liam Lloyd lead the way with a best individual stableford for the day with 48 points. Well done also in the individual gross with James Tauariki 73 (3rd place) and Riley Sutherland 74 (4th place).

3rd PlaceRotorua Boys High Team #1James Tauariki 38Joshua Robinson 38Rahiri Murray 36

4th PlaceRotorua Boys High Team #3 Liam Lloyd 48Liam Lochhead 32Daniel Ko 31

6th PlaceRotorua Boys High Team #2Riley Sutherland 37Jayme Martin 34Reef Pohatu 34

Liam Lloyd accepting best stableford individual honours.

Mr N DaveyDirector of Golfndavey@rbhs.school.nz

SwimmingLast month, two swimmers from Rotorua Boys’ High School took part in the Central Swimming (SC) Championships. This is a competition for swimmers from Hawkes Bay/Poverty Bay, Waikato, Taranaki and Bay of Plenty, as well as some from other regions.

Jo Nagera (17yrs) won the silver medal in the Open Age Final in 50 backstroke and the bronze in the open age 50m Butterfly, and was a finalist in four other Open Age Finals. In the 17 and over age group Jo won the gold in 50 Backstroke, and the bronze in the 50m butterfly.

James Baldwin (15yrs) in his age group won silver in 50m freestyle, silver In 100m backstroke, silver in 200m breaststroke. James also was an open age finalist in eight events, placing 5th overall in the 50m freestyle. He was also part of the Swim Rotorua Club men’s relay teams that won silver in the 400m medley relay and bronze in the 400m freestyle relay.Both boys were selected for the BOP Regional Relay team which won the silver medal in the 10x 50m relay.

This month, James took part in the New Zealand Secondary School Swimming Competition, representing Swim Rotorua Swimming Club.

Qualifying times for the competition were tough, and this year there were over 580 competitors. James is in the midst of hard training for New Zealand Short Course Competition which is just two weeks away.James competed in nine events and placed 8th in 50m freestyle.

Well done!

Ms C BaylissSwim Rotorua

Inter-house SportsTerm 3 has kicked off and a busy term with the Inter House Sports is on the cards. Senior Inter House Football got under way in week 2 and since then we have had the Choral competition (see pg 23) and Senior Basketball.With three House Flags flying over the large gym, each house wanted to break the deadlock and take the outright lead.

Day 1 saw Nelson House take a 2-1 win over a determined Drake House and Raleigh got up 2-0 over Frobisher. As the competition went on it was Nelson who dominated and they went on to beat Frobisher and also draw with Raleigh which was enough to give Nelson the inter House Football win.To finish off a fun week of football, the Staff challenged the year 13’s to a game which saw a 1 all draw outcome. Though the staff were much fitter, the Year 13’s can keep their heads up and remember that football was the winner.One of the School’s major events is the Choral Competition. Houses are required to come up with a chant for both entry and exit and then also sing the School Song, Tutira Mai and a song of their choice.

With a total of 5.5 points separating first to last place, our Judges decision was made final. With 100 points for first place the results were as follows

1st Frobisher, 2nd Raleigh, 3rd Drake and Nelson 4th. Nelson did however receive 20 bonus points for most participants based on a percentage for their House.

The attention quickly shifted to Senior Basketball. The flag above the gym changed colour to the Green of Raleigh House as they had done enough to sneak in front of Nelson after the Choral performance, so it was all on. Frobisher too are back in the game after adding the 100 points from the Choral to their overall score.

Nelson House went on and dominated the competition and Frobisher were again in the fight to finish 2nd. As a result of finishing last, the Raleigh House flag come down and again Mr Lockwood’s Nelson House flag was raised above the gym as they take a slender 15 point lead in the overall standings.

Currently the House points areNelson 210Raleigh 195Drake 170Frobisher 165

Mr C HodgeDirector of Sportchodge@rbhs.school.nz

STUDENT INFORMATION

2016 TERM AND HOLIDAY DATES Term 3 ends: Friday 29 September Term 4: Monday 16 October to Wednesday 13 December

The School will be closed on the following public holidays in 2016:

Labour Day Monday 24th October

OFFICE HOURSThe school office is open daily from 08.30am-3.00pm during term time. Parents and members of the public are urged to undertake any business with the school office during these hours.

Don’t forget to contact the school to update your contact details if they have changed recently.

ATTENDANCE HOTLINEParents are urged to use the Attendance Hotline to inform the school of your son’s absence.

The Attendance Hotline is 349 5137.

RBHS WEBSITEParents are reminded that the school has a website and this may be accessed at the following address: www.rbhs.school.nz

WELLNESS CENTREThe nurse is present at the Wellness Centre during school hours. You will need a note from your teacher if visiting the Wellness Centre during class time. The doctor is available on Tuesday and Wednesday during lunchtime for medical, accident or other consultations. This is a free clinic for all students. Please make an appointment with our Nurse. If parents have any wellness concerns for their son, please feel free to phone the Nurse.

Mrs J Guyton - Nurseph.3486169 ext 811, jguyton@rbhs.school.nz

PRIZE GIVING CEREMONIES

The Senior Prizegiving Ceremony will be held on Tuesday 8th November at 11am.

The Junior Prizegiving will be held on Wednesday 13th December at 11am.

Students attending Prizegiving are expected to be dressed in correct school uniform.

Old Boys News

Congratulations to the following Old Boys who recently graduated from Victoria University:

Matthew BangsMLA - Master of Landscape Arch

Angus CroweBA - Bachelor of Arts

Angus CroweBCOM - Bachelor of Commerce

Wilarachchige GoonatilakaBAS - Bachelor of Arch Studies

Carl GourlayBAS - Bachelor of Arch Studies

Manaia HihaBAS - Bachelor of Arch Studies

Bradley HowesBA - Bachelor of Arts

Shannon McEwenLLB - Bachelor of Laws

Shannon McEwenBA - Bachelor of Arts

James WicksMCOM - Master of Commerce

Congratulations to Old Boy, Clayton McMillan on his appointment as the Maori All Blacks Coach.

McMillan, is a Bay of Plenty centurion, playing 113 games in the Bay of Plenty jersey transitioned into coaching 15 years ago, while finishing up his playing day in Fukuoka, Japan.

Since returning to New Zealand he has held several age group and club roles in both Bay of Plenty and Wellington before taking the reins for Bay of Plenty in 2015 season.

Singer/ songwriter, Seth Hapu featured in the New Zealand Herald for his Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori cover of Crowded House classic, Don’t Dream it’s Over.

He’s working on the follow up to his first (self-titled) album - released in 2011 -which is looking set to release this summer.

Haapu returns to music after putting his own work on hold during which time he’s been helping to mentor up-and-coming Māori musicians through the development programme Pao Pao Pao.

From the Archives

NEWS FROM THE SCHOOL ARCHIVES

NEW NAME TO BE ADDED TO THE ROLL OF HONOUR FOR WORLD WAR II

Private Herbert Edward (Ted) Douglas 1 March, 1919 – 20 April, 1943.

Attended Rotorua High School, 1934 – 1936.

Captain of Drake House, 1936. Killed in Action in Tunisia, North Africa, on 20 April, 1943.

I have been working recently with Old Boy and Hall of Fame Member, Major Jack Hayes, from the Ministry of Defence in Wellington, on the men listed on the Rotorua Roll of Honour for World War I, World War II and the Vietnam War. In the course of checking the men’s names against our Admission Registers, I identified that Private H.E. Douglas was missing from our Roll of Honour. He is the sixth man I have found missing from this over the past 27 years. With the addition of his name our Roll of Honour now stands at sixty-six: two men were killed in World War I; sixty-three in World War II; and one man in the Vietnam War. Private Douglas’s name and Memorial Portrait will be added to the Roll of Honour in our War Memorial Hall where he will join his three younger brothers: Adrian and Joseph, whom, coincidently, was also killed in action on the same day that he was, and Wallace – all four Douglas boys having died in World War II. Mr. K.J. Lyall, SCHOOL ARCHIVIST & HISTORIAN.

I have been working recently with Old Boy and Hall of Fame Member, Major Jack Hayes from the Ministry of Defence in Wellington, on the men listed on the Rotorua Roll of Honour for World War I, World War II and the Vietnam War.

In the course of checking the men’s names against our Admission Registers, I identified that Private H.E Douglas was missing from our Roll of Honour. He is the sixth man I have found missing from this over the past 27 years. With the addition of his name our Roll of Honour now stands at sixty-six: two men were killed in World War I; sixty-three in World War II; and one man in Vietnam War.

Private Douglas’s name and Memorial Portrait will be added to the Roll of Honour in our War Memorial Hall where he will join his three youger brothers, Adrian, Joseph and Wallace who died in World War II. Incredibly, Private Ted Doglas was killed in action on the same day as Adrian and Joseph.

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