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MARCH 2014

ARTWORK BY: KAREN LENG

PRINCIPAL’S COMMENT

Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou

It has been an incredibly busy term. As we near the end of a 12 week term, it is important to take the opportunity to reflect on the term that has been, and the up and coming term 2. Focus areas for reflection needs to be first and foremost, academic reflection.

Our junior school needs to be focussing on establishing good routines, study habits and a focus for the future. Our intention is to engage Year 9 and 10 students in learning that enables each student to experience a curriculum that engages, challenges and allows them to strive for personal excellence. If your daughter requires more support, please make contact with the school, via her tutor group teacher and Deans, as soon as possible.

Our staff will continue to provide support for our students through academic tracking and mentoring. The questions that our tutor group teacher’s are asking of your daughter are:

• What are your academic goals for 2014?• What are your co-curricular goals for 2014 (this means activities outside the classroom, such as music, drama, sport or debating)• What are your strengths?• What are the areas you need to develop?• How will you achieve your goals?• Tell us about your support systems? i.e. people or systems who will help you achieve your goals

If you haven’t done so already, this is a great starting point for a “learning conversation” with your daughter. On our new website www.hghs.school.nz, we have put together a suggested way to track your daughter’s NCEA credits. Please take the time to look at this in more depth and to work with your

daughter to see how many credits your daughter is working towards this year.

Interim reports will be issued April 16th, via your daughter. We will also endeavor to have her report e-mailed to you as a pdf file or have it available on the parent portal. Parent interviews will be held on May 7th and 8th at Hamilton Girls’ High School and we encourage you to meet your daughter’s teachers to further support her learning. Information on how to arrange your parent interview online will be available shortly.

We are excited to announce the launch of our new website, which went live a week ago and is located at the same address: www.hghs.school.nz. Advantages of the new website include a more robust page layout, easy navigation, more detailed information about our school organization and student achievements. The site will be updated on a regular basis to better reflect up to date information, including notices, up and coming events and student achievement. We hope that you find the new website has a fresh look, is easy to use and is informative. Feedback will be sought at a later date.

On another note, I wish to acknowledge and thank all the students, coaching management and staff for representing Hamilton Girls’ High School with pride at the recent Summer Tournament last week. Special congratulations to Georgia Allen, winning Gold in the U18 Single Sculls, HGHS Softball team for being placed 2nd in NZ and to the HGHS 7’s rugby team for winning the North Island 7’s tournament at the Mount.

MARIE GORDONPrincipal

BUSINESS STUDIESOn Friday the 7th of March, five Level 2 and Level 3 Business Studies classes from our school went along with Mr Mitchell and Ms Murdoch to WINTEC for the Young Enterprise Scheme E-Day (Enterprise Day). We learnt a lot on what we would be doing this year as part of Young Enterprise Scheme. There were various other schools there too and some that came from out of Hamilton. There were many guests there to speed-coach the many student business groups at E-Day. We got speed-coaching from a variety of local business people and we were able to explain our product ideas to them and in return, we received advice on how we could improve our businesses to run more efficiently. We thought it was a great day and we had a lot of fun. We can’t wait to start making our products and selling them. Lisa Joe and Brenda Woods – Year 13 Business Studies students.April 14th - Lunchtime in the Quad

ACADEMIC NEWS

GALA DAY FUNDRAIsER

VISUAL ARTSLEVEL 2 DESIGN

The girls have just handed in their first internal assessment. One of the tasks was a brief given to us by Ara Taiohi for people working with young people group. The brief was to create a poster for the National Youth Week competition, the theme being ‘Be the Change’. This gave the girls a great opportunity to apply the skills they are starting to learn using the Adobe Creative Suite in a real life/industry setting. The girls used Photoshop for this task where they started to learn more aspects of the programme. The girls also looked at a few different designers and did their own brainstorming before they started their layouts. Here are a few examples of the outcome. As you can see, they have all come up with their own individual ideas. The competition closed on the 21st of March. Good luck to the entrants.

IMAGES ARE AS FOLLOWS:

LEFT PAGE: Top Row - Romana AuerBottom Row - Leah Nicholson

RIGHT PAGE: Top Row - Gabrielle Gardner and Alysha EllisBottom Row - Leah Nicholson and Karen Leng

The focus of Year 10 English this term is writing. All Year 10 students have been analysing effective writing and are now beginning to produce their own creative pieces. The students in 10XA have written their own poetry, some of which is reproduced here for your enjoyment.

ENGLISH

PHYSICAL EDUCATION1APS and 1APO Beach Education Assessment at RaglanOn 14th and 17th March our four Level 1 PE classes travelled bright and early to Raglan to complete the Beach Education assessments that they have been working on since the start of term 1. The day started with a 5km run along the beach dodging the jellyfish, followed by beach sprints in the soft sand. The students also took a tour of Raglan surf life club and then participated in workshops on first

aid, CPR and keeping safe in rips. The afternoon included a run- swim- run where the conditions on Monday were brutal, followed by a beach flags competition and a tube rescue. It was a long and tiring day but we were proud of the commitment and determination shown by all students. Well done girls!Miss Cox, Mr Devcich and Mrs Rakete

SCIENCE9LAP ScienceWe have been learning about the states of matter and Mrs Le Miere brought in some dry ice which is solid carbon dioxide.

When we put a metal spoon on the solid carbon dioxide it made a squeaky sound because the solid boiled and changed to a gas. We also put some dry ice into a beaker with water. It bubbled lots and the indicator showed that it made the water turn acidic. It was fun!

On Monday the 10th March, the Social Studies department invited David Bennett, MP for Hamilton East to come and speak to the Year 12 classes about the gay marriage legislation. The students have been examining different perspectives around this issue and David Bennett was an MP who changed his position on this Bill in the third reading. He spoke to the girls about how MP’s get to have conscience

votes and why different MP’s vote for different reasons. Mr Bennett also explained why he changed his vote from not wanting a change in the existing legislation to voting for a change. His first-hand account of this is invaluable and many students were able to use his perspective to help them develop their answers for the internal assessment on Social Actions.

SCIENCE

SOCIAL STUDIES

There are four Y12 Biology classes at Hamilton Girls’ High School and the students in these classes are busy practising their microscope skills for an Achievement Standard worth 3 credits. The students are practising the preparation of biological material for viewing under the light microscope to enable the detail of cell structures and components to be determined. After preparing slides and focusing the material under the microscope the students record their observations in biological drawings in order to identify the specialised features.

The material being prepared for viewing includes different plant tissues such as onion epidermis, potato cells, Elodea cells and rhubarb leaf epidermis and animals cells such as cheek cells. As well as this they have looked at daphnia and lots of different unicellular organisms. This has been lots of fun and some students have been taking some great photos with their phones. These are some of the pictures the girls in Mrs Bergman’s class have taken.

The Microscope World: Yr 12 Biology

MP visits Year 12 Social Studies

9EA have been practising their poetry writing skills using figurative language by working in a group to produce a poem around the theme of New Zealand.

Image: Yvannia And Georgia saying their poem “Home”. Poem to the right.

HOMESwinging in the hammock by the Pohutakawa treeNot a care in the world, I feel so free.Hot summer daysBeaming sun raysKids going slpash,Waves going crash.

Chips attracting seagulls, like bees to honeyEar to ear smile because the weather is so balmy.Salt in the air,Sand in my hair.

A beautiful breeze, floating across the seas.The wind whistles, the water ripplesDrawing in the sand, getting tanned.

To call this our home, we are proudThe land of the long white cloud.This is the grand, And beautiful New Zealand.

Earlier this term 42 Year 11 Geography students travelled down to Rotorua to get some first hand experience on the Tarawera eruption of 1886. First we had an insightful visit to the Rotorua Museum, where an educator spoke with the girls about the different types of eruptions that had happened in the area. They also experienced first hand what it would have been like to have been in the eruption in the Movie Simulator. After lunch, we travelled out to the Buried Village. These are the buried remains of the Te Wairoa village which was destroyed in the eruption. Here the girls were able to see first the amount of ash and volcanic mud that rained down on the village and the impact on the cultural and natural environment that the eruption had on surrounding areas. It was an extremely interesting and valuable trip for the girls and provided them with a real life examples for their external exam on Extreme Natural Events.

Year 11 Geography Tarawera field trip

SOCIAL STUDIES

In the Philippines:We don’t get two weeks of vacation at the end of every term. We only have Christmas and Summer vacation.

School starts at 7am and ends at 4pm.

We can’t choose our subjects. We are required to take all of them. They are, English, Filipino, Maths, Science, History, Technology, and Livelihood Education, MAPEH – Music, Arts, PE and Health and Values Education.

Instead of combining credits from all subjects to pass, each subject is graded individually. We receive these grades every term and by the end of the year, we’ll get the average. For each subject we are graded on homework, quizzes, recitation, performance output,

project and the exam. We have three full days of exam at the end of every term. All of these are repeated four times through the year.

We all speak Tagalog but we are required to speak English in most subjects, as it is the medium of instruction. We stay in one classroom for the whole year. It is really fun because we develop strong friendships.

Moving to HGHS was a very big change but I do like it better. I crammed a lot back in my country. It felt really good to know that I have a lot of time here. In HIS (Philippines), we were all Filipinos, so it’s a great experience to be in this school where there are a lot of international students.

First of all both schools have hard subjects. I know it would be easier for me to work, complete tests, exams and homework at my old school as we use Tongan which is my first language. Here it is more difficult for me to learn as I am still struggling with the language but I like the way the teachers at HGHS teach students.

Both schools teach mostly the same subjects except HGHS has Spanish, Japanese, Chinese and French.

Both wear uniforms. I liked my old uniform but I like HGHS uniform more.

There is no winter in Tonga.

Both schools finish around the same time, but my old school has only one week of holidays between each term. We have 4 terms also that start on the last week of January and end in the last week of November.My old school is co-educational.

My old school allows hitting (corporal punishment) for boys only. Teachers are allowed to hit boys if they have done something horrible but teachers don’t hit them very hard.

My old school has an assembly every Monday and Friday mornings and for special occasions like a funeral. Notices like athletics are read out in front of the whole school.

My old school is a Catholic school, not very expensive to attend like some of the other private schools. There are about 30 schools in Tonga.

I think the best way to increase or develop English for International Students is for the teachers to give us basic word exercises and test us regularly, making each exercise harder. All of this depends on the student – if they are willing to do it.

In Kiribati schools starts at 8.00 and finishes at 3.00. When we go to school in Kiribati, we don’t speak English; we speak in our own language. When we are late to school the gate is locked and we have to go back home. We have 6 subjects and in Kiribati we don’t have poly groups. However we have only one lunchtime. School breaks at 12.00 and all the students go inside the dining hall. First we go and order our food, and then we go and sit around the tables and wait for our food. The people who work inside the hall bring our food to us. We are not allowed to stand up and take our food because there are people who

bring our food to us. After we have eaten they take all our rubbish to the rubbish bin. Then we go to our last period when the bell has rung.

In NZ school starts at 8:40 and when we are late we need to go first to the office and take our pass. We always speak English at school in NZ, but we have Poly in school and we have two lunchtimes. We break at 1:25, then we go and buy our food and sit near the classrooms or near the library and eat. When we finish we take our rubbish to the bin and wait for the bell to ring.

School in the Philippines - Shaira Mendoza

Comparing HGHS to my old school back in Tonga - Mele Nginingini

Differences between school in Kiribati and New Zealand. Betty Taraua

ESOL

Scholarship ClassesScholarship classes have started for Calculus at Level 2 and 3. Both classes run after school on Mondays from 3.30pm. The Level 2 class is taken by Ms Chan and Level 3 by Ms Leong.

Statistics Scholarship classes will be starting in week 9. A definite day and time has not yet been finalised but, if you are in the 3MTS class and are interested, please contact Mr Eltringham in V5 (email: eltringhamd@hghs.school.nz) to let him know your name and days, and times you are not available out of possible Monday, Thursday or Friday afternoons (3:30 start).

Maths TutoringThe Mathematics Department is running lunchtime tutorials in the first half of lunchtime for all year levels and the schedule is as follows in M11: There will be a current teacher of that year level taking the tutorials.

The Year 9s seem like an awesome bunch and we are very pleased that they are settling well into school and into their maths classes.

There are no study periods timetabled for Yr 11 and 12 seniors this year but students are expected to do some revision and/or homework daily. This will help them to keep up with their lessons. Year 13s need to make good use of their study periods and manage their time wisely.

Message

To Parents and Students who no longer study Maths:We are currently trying to source second hand Graphics calculators (Casio FX 9750GII) for our students to purchase. If you have one that is no longer used and are willing to sell it, please phone the school (ph: 839-1304, ext 844) and leave your name and phone number. We can give you an idea of what it will be worth and pass on your details to potential buyers. You can then organise the sale yourselves.

MATHEMATICSCongratulations to Denis Eltringham who has been appointed as the Assistant Head of Department of Maths in a long term relieving position for 2014.

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5

Yr 9 Yr 10 Yr 11 Yr 12 Yr 13

Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9 Day 10

Yr 9 Yr 10 Yr 11 Yr 12 Yr 13

Most of the schools in Fiji don’t have many special events, for example Pasifika by nature, Drama etc. Students get hidings, e.g. slapped on the face. The uniforms are different from here.

In Fiji Form 7’s (Year 13) wear uniform. Schools here are much bigger than the schools in Fiji. Female students have to braid their hair in some schools in Fiji. This is different to girls’ schools here. Not many

accessories are allowed. Fijian schools don’t have tutor groups. Kids on the island don’t really use lunchboxes, especially the ones from the villages. They don’t talk back to the teachers. Students wear different kinds of jandals and jackets. They don’t use timetables like the ones we use here. Students stay in one class and don’t change rooms, only the teacher changes. There is only one Dean for Years 9-13.

How are schools in Fiji different to schools in New Zealand? - Kelera Masiniqa

TECHNOLOGY

We’re just over half way through Term 1 and technology has already started off with a bang. Technology is an important part of school and life in general. It has that fun side of cooking, sewing and building things but you also learn valuable skills in analysing, problem solving, critical thinking and you gain technical knowledge and skills. These skills and knowledge are useful for all parts of life, and it’s training for when us students go out into the Tech industry or other jobs. Technology is now a University approved subject and it is highly sought for in jobs.

We’ve got a wide range of technology areas such as digital technology, food technology, soft materials (textiles), biotechnology, product design, graphics, hard materials, early childhood and hospitality.

Year 9: Year 9’s have been learning to use the food rooms, learning about cosmetic products and after experimenting they’ll be designing and making their own. The year 9 product design classes have been learning how to use google sketch up to make 3D models, they’ve been researching jewellery and containers as well as learning skills and techniques involved then practising and testing these skills. Digital technology: The junior digital technology classes are learning skills around word processing, typing with both hands and layout documents, while the seniors are building on these skills and using databases. There’s currently a code club running which just started last week, where you learn how to programme and anyone is welcome to join. Design and visual classes: The senior design and visual classes have been learning skills such as sketching models and computing images, and they’re researching around a topic to help innovate

design ideas which they’ll later use in a product design portfolio. The year 10 visual and design classes have been learning skills such as how to sketch and render and have been designing eras in history, looking at each particular style and how it came about.

Biotechnology: The senior biotechnology classes have been learning about health and safety as well as researching and investigating soap (cosmetics), and the skills and processes involved, such as melt and pour skills, and cold process. Food technology and soft materials: The junior food technology and soft materials classes have been learning skills to do with sewing machines and cooking and learning the importance of health and safety. The senior food and soft materials classes have been researching planning tools and concepts around their chosen contexts and issues, to later design and produce a final product.

Hospitality: Due to changes being made to the hospitality standards this year, food and nutrition standards have been introduced. Early childhood: Early childhood has full classes this year and it’s a promising subject area, as this leads on to courses in Early Childhood care.

Kelsey White.

My name is Kelsey White and I am fortunate to have been given the role of Year 13 Technology prefect for 2014. I am a textiles (soft materials) student, and have been part of technology since I started school in Year 9.

SPORTS RESULTS

CENTRAL ZONE SCHOOLS ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPSA Day of Outstanding Athletics We travelled to Porritt Stadium on 4th March full of trepidation but excited about our events. HGHS had a large team with 42 athletes representing our school. We were dignified in our approach and our sportswomanship epitomised everything our school is about. Our team spirit was outstanding, with many of the intermediate and senior girls mentoring the juniors and we were definitely the team that cheered the loudest in the home straight! Our finest athletes were on show and they didn’t disappoint! In order to qualify for the Waikato Bay of Plenty Championships our athletes had to achieve a top six finishing position. In total 23 students managed to do this and will be competing again at Porritt Stadium on Saturday 22nd March, so come along and support us. In our junior age group Tiana Parker came 1st in the javelin and 2nd in the shot putt and Jazmin Felix- Hotham came 2nd in the

100m, 2nd in the 200m, 3rd in the high jump and also anchored the 4 x 100m relay team into 2nd place. For the intermediates Eden Bates had an outstanding day with 1st in the triple jump, 2nd in the high jump and 3rd in the long jump; Michaela Foster was 2nd in the shot putt; Keely Jennings was 2nd in the triple jump and 3rd in the 400m; Makaia Riki TeKanawa was 2nd in the javelin and Stephanie Lualua was 3rd in the shot putt. In our senior age group Tessa Leong ran an outstanding race in the 3000m, finishing 2nd; Mikaela Jefferson was 3rd in the shot and Jhanayah Nathan was 3rd in the discus. Other qualifiers in their respective age groups were Talei Fendall, Kelsey Phillips, Liekina Finau, Abbie Hanson, Anna Gallaher, Sharnae Taylor, Tara Kingham, Ashleigh Stoupe, Katie Lush, Renee Allan, Peaches Fletcher, Stacey Littleworth and Rhiannon Dunn. What a day girls! You did HGHS proud! Miss Cox

sports at hghs

SPORTING SUCCESS AT HAMILTON GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL

SUMMER TOURNAMENT WEEK

Sporting Success at Hamilton Girls’ High SchoolThe last month has been a golden one for many of our students and teams at Hamilton Girls.

Georgia Allen not only won the NZ Club U18 single scull final but was a convincing winner at the North Island Secondary Schools Regatta in the U18 single scull final.

Tenika Willison, Te Awatea Whitiora-Te Uira, Carmen Mataira, Leah Meagher and Manaia Waudby were part of the winning U21 team at the Touch Club Nationals. Furthermore, Tenika Willison and Te Awatea Whitiora-Te Uira were both selected for the NZ U19 Girls Touch team.

The HGHS Senior Touch team showed their class at the Waikato-Bay of Plenty Zones competition. Not only did they go through the competition unbeaten but no tries were scored against them. This is a truly outstanding effort.

Katie Lush had an outstanding performance at the Waikato Secondary Schools Triathlon championships

not only taking out her age group, but also coming in first female overall. This is a great achievement for Katie, who continues to go from strength to strength. This placing earned her a spot in the New Zealand Secondary Schools Championships held on 27th March in Gisborne where she finished 16th in the U16 division.

The athletics team also had some stand out performances at the Waikato-Bay of Plenty Championships. At the Waikato-Bay of Plenty Championships Eden Bates took out the Intermediate High Jump, Jazmin Hotham won the Junior Girls 200 metres and Mikaela Jefferson the Senior girls 300 metre hurdles at the Waikato-Bay of Plenty Championships. Eden, Jazmin, Mikaela, Tessa Leong, Michaela Foster and Tiana Parker qualified and were selected to attend the North Island Secondary Schools Championships in Masterton.

We are very proud of all of these students and their accomplishments.

From Monday 24th through until Sunday 30th March we had a number of teams seeking National and Regional honours in their respective codes. Our rowing team headed off to Lake Ruataniwha in Twizel for the AON Maadi Cup, our U19 rugby 7’s team went off to Mount Maunganui for the North Island Secondary Schools, the bowls team played here in Hamilton in the Waikato Secondary Schools competition and Waka Ama headed to Rotorua for the New Zealand Secondary Schools

Champs. Softball headed to Christchurch to play in the National Division 1 championships. Waterpolo competed in the Senior North Island Championships in Auckland and Basketball also played in Auckland at the first 3 on 3 National Championships. Our Equestrian team competed in the North Island Inter-school Dressage Championships held at St Peter’s School, Cambridge and Katie Lush headed to Gisborne for the North Island Triathlon Championships.

WAIKATO BAY OF PLENTY SCHOOL ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPSOur elite squad of 19 athletes represented Hamilton Girls’ High School on Saturday 22nd March in the Waikato Bay of Plenty School Athletics Championships at Porritt Stadium. Our athletes were professional in their approach, extremely determined, supportive of each other and a real pleasure to watch. In order to progress to the North Island Secondary Schools Championships in Masterton on 5th and 6th April, athletes had to achieve a top three finishing position in their respective finals or gain a qualifying time. There were some fantastic performances throughout the squad which are shown below.

Junior AthletesJazmin Felix-Hotham- 200m Champion (27.57seconds) and 2nd in the 100mTiana Parker- 3rd in Javelin

Intermediate AthletesEden Bates- High Jump Champion (new personal best of 1.61m) and Triple jump 3rd placeMichaela Foster- 3rd in shotKeely Jennings- 4th in 400m but achieved the qualifying time

Senior AthletesMikaela Jeffeson- 300m hurdles Champion, 2nd in 100m hurdles, 3rd in 100mTessa Leong- 2nd in 3000m

Tenika Willison

Selected for the NZ Under 19 Touch Team

Te Awatea Whitiora Te-Uira

Selected for the NZ Under 19 Touch Team

Georgia Allen

Gold Medal for Single Sculls at the NISS Rowing Competition

2014 SPORTINGHONOURS LIST

JAZMIN FELIX- HOTHAM

200m Champion

MIKAELA JEFFERSON

300m Hurdles Champion

University Liaison VisitsThis is a busy term with a number of universities coming to make presentations to our Year 13 students about the various courses and degrees they offer. These are usually held at lunchtime in V3. By the time you read this newsletter, we would have already hosted the Universities of Auckland, Massey, Otago and Canterbury, as well as the Auckland University of Technology (AUT). If students missed these liaison talks, they are welcome to call into the Careers Office to pick up their latest information booklets.

The following is a list of Liaison visits for the remainder of this term:

Wednesday, April 9 Waikato University Liaison visitMonday, May 26 Victoria University Liaison visit

By going to the websites of tertiary providers, Year 13 students should be familiarising themselves with their courses, their entry requirements and any scholarships they may have on offer.

Looking Ahead1. Senior students interested in a career in the agriculture industry will have the opportunity to participate in the annual Get Ahead day on April 3 at Karapiro, which features activities and talks about careers in the agri-science and agri-business industries as well as “hands on” farming.

2. Year 13 have the chance to gain their First Aid certificate on a two day course in the April holidays.

3. Term Two – STAR courses for seniors begin with the chance to spend a day on a wide variety of courses eg interior design, horticulture and landscaping, child minding, Police preparation, hospitality and interactive multimedia.

4. Liaison visits by Victoria University ( May 26) and the Defence Force (May 21) as well as Open Days for Wintec (June 27) and the Waikato University (May 16) and the Careers Expo (June 8) will be held during Term Two.

More details on all of these will be in future newsletters.

CAREERS

Hamilton Girls’ High School Careers now has a Facebook page. We look forward to providing you with up to date news of our events and tips related to future career pathways, as well as offering tips about how to job hunt, prepare a CV and prepare for interviews.

All you need to do logon to Facebook and click the ‘Like’ button on our page. You can find us searching Hamilton Girls High School Careers or by visiting the the link below: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hamilton-Girls-High-School-Careers/723761624310264?fref=ts

HGHS Careers Facebook Page

Kimberley Allan at The Warehouse—Central HamiltonHi, my name is Kimberley and I participate in The Warehouse Red Shirts in School Gateway Community program. To make this brief, this program consists of bookwork, homework and shop work.

Yesterday I completed my 4th week of this program and am feeling accomplished. The work is hard and tiring but very fulfilling and I love to help the customers to the best of my ability.

I have made many new friends that I know will always stay just the way they are now: amazing, of course. I have also learned many new skills that will benefit me in retail if I decided to continue. Some customers can be a little intimidating but most of the time they’re nice to interact with and can make your day very interesting.

The staff are extremely encouraging and love to learn all sorts of things about you. They want to know what you want to do as a career, what school you go to, what your favourite colour is (just kidding), etc… And they make you feel at home. I think that that is an important element to have in a work place and it is most certainly present at The Warehouse.

Cairo Kingsbury at Riverlea Theatre

This year I decided to get involved and applied to do Gateway Work experience. I was placed in classes in Riverlea Theatre, have my name put down for backstage work and have the opportunity to do film crew work.

All this happened within a few weeks and I’m very happy with where I’ve ended up. Without Gateway I wouldn’t have meet all the amazing people I have or gotten involved in the area I love.

And it’s even better that I’m earning credits while I’m at it. I’d recommend giving it a go. This is a great opportunity, one that won’t come again after school.

GATEWAY

Hamilton Girls’ High

Academic CouncilAcademic Captain - Alex Mayer

Mathematics Prefect - Holly RobinsSocial Sciences Prefect - Hyebin Han

Science Prefect - Georgia AllenInternational Languages Prefect- Yasmin Brinkworth

Technology Prefect - Kelsey WhiteEnglish - Yasmin Brinkworth

Health & PE Prefect - Emma Ballard Ka Awatea Prefect - Carmen Mataira

Arts CouncilArts Captain - Georgia MorrisonVisual Arts - Ashleigh Miles Pasifika - Ema BourneKapahaka - Devena Ruwhiu-EdmondsMusic - Cecelia LockleyDrama - Samantha FowlerDance - Olivia GodfreyMulticultural - Amun MuhktarMedia - Ashley Beuncamino

Deputy Head Girl - Stephanie Hunia

Head Girl - Tessa Cowley

SENIOR LEADERS 2014

Service CouncilService Captain - Danni RyanAshley Smith - School Services PrefectOlivia Voss - Community Services PrefectJacqueline Kirk – Campbell HouseAnna Hall – Edgecumbe HouseVasanthi Lualua – Heads House PrefectJacqueline Bragg – MacDiarmid HouseAntonia Timings – Wilson House Prefect

BoT Student Rep - Brooke Baldwin

Sports CouncilSports Captain - Stephanie Hunia

Tessa LeongEmma Ballard

Emily CollMikaela Jefferson

Sarah RendleTerina Te Tamaki

Kennedy Simon Te Awatea Whitiora-Te Uira

Ariana Hira-HerangiManaia Willison

Student Council - Kaitlyn Cook

NCEA

Key NZQA DatesStart checking your results on the

NZQA Database 11th April 2014

(Updated on the 5th day of each Month)

NZQA Fees School’s deadline – 13th June 2014 Financial Assistance School’s deadline – 13th June 2014

Last Date to Withdraw from External Exams School’s deadline – 15th August 2014 Last Date to Withdraw from Internal Standard

Unless you have been given an adequate assessment opportunity

School’s deadline – 21st November 2014

NZQA Fees are due to the Finance Office by the 13th June 2014NZQA will charge an extra $50.00 fee for any late payment. They will also withhold student’s results until the fees are paid in full. This could cause problems for any student wishing to gain entry to courses, polytechnic, or university in 2015.

NZQA Fees for Domestic Candidates Entry FeeEntry for all NZQF standards including Scholarship subjects $76.70

NZQA Fees for International Fee Paying Candidates Entry FeeEntry for all NQF standards $383.30Entry for each Scholarship subject $102.20 per subject

Financial AssistanceTo be eligible for financial assistance the applicant (normally the parent or guardian of the candidate) must be the fee payer and meet at least one of the following criteria: Be receiving a Work and Income or Study Link benefit. (benefit-based applications) Have a joint family income that would entitle the applicant to receive a Community Services Card.

(income-based applications) Have more than one child undertaking these qualifications in the same year, irrespective of income

and the total fees to pay are higher than $200. (multiple candidate applications)Applications are due to the Finance Office by the 13th June To apply: Complete the “Application for Financial Assistance” form. You can obtain a financial assistance form from the student finance office or download it from the NZQA website (http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/assets/qualifications-and-standards/qualifications/ncea/Application-For-Financial-Assistance.pdf)

Eligible for beneficiary or income-based assistance

Not eligible for beneficiary or income-based assistance

One child who is a candidate $20.00 Full fees ($76.70 for NZQF and 3 Scholarship subjects)

More than one child who are candidates

A maximum of $30.00 per family

Where fees are payable for more than one candidate, a maximum of $100.00 per child and $200.00 per fee payer1

International fee paying students are not eligible for financial assistance.

NZQF = New Zealand Quantifications Framework

NCEA

Key NZQA DatesStart checking your results on the

NZQA Database 11th April 2014

(Updated on the 5th day of each Month)

NZQA Fees School’s deadline – 13th June 2014 Financial Assistance School’s deadline – 13th June 2014

Last Date to Withdraw from External Exams School’s deadline – 15th August 2014 Last Date to Withdraw from Internal Standard

Unless you have been given an adequate assessment opportunity

School’s deadline – 21st November 2014

NZQA Fees are due to the Finance Office by the 13th June 2014NZQA will charge an extra $50.00 fee for any late payment. They will also withhold student’s results until the fees are paid in full. This could cause problems for any student wishing to gain entry to courses, polytechnic, or university in 2015.

NZQA Fees for Domestic Candidates Entry FeeEntry for all NZQF standards including Scholarship subjects $76.70

NZQA Fees for International Fee Paying Candidates Entry FeeEntry for all NQF standards $383.30Entry for each Scholarship subject $102.20 per subject

Financial AssistanceTo be eligible for financial assistance the applicant (normally the parent or guardian of the candidate) must be the fee payer and meet at least one of the following criteria: Be receiving a Work and Income or Study Link benefit. (benefit-based applications) Have a joint family income that would entitle the applicant to receive a Community Services Card.

(income-based applications) Have more than one child undertaking these qualifications in the same year, irrespective of income

and the total fees to pay are higher than $200. (multiple candidate applications)Applications are due to the Finance Office by the 13th June To apply: Complete the “Application for Financial Assistance” form. You can obtain a financial assistance form from the student finance office or download it from the NZQA website (http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/assets/qualifications-and-standards/qualifications/ncea/Application-For-Financial-Assistance.pdf)

Eligible for beneficiary or income-based assistance

Not eligible for beneficiary or income-based assistance

One child who is a candidate $20.00 Full fees ($76.70 for NZQF and 3 Scholarship subjects)

More than one child who are candidates

A maximum of $30.00 per family

Where fees are payable for more than one candidate, a maximum of $100.00 per child and $200.00 per fee payer1

International fee paying students are not eligible for financial assistance.

NZQF = New Zealand Quantifications Framework

External Examination Timetable The external examination timetable can be viewed on the NZQA Website. nzqa.govt.nz./Information/ Students/Examination timetable

Alternatively you can go directly to the page by typing in http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/qualifications-standards/qualifications/ncea/ncea-exams-and-portfolios/external/national-secondary-examinations-timetable/

Course Endorsement Students will be able to have their strengths in individual courses recognised with a course endorsement at Merit or Excellence.

Students will gain an endorsement for a course where they achieve: 1. 14 or more credits at Merit or Excellence at the lower level that supports the endorsement 2. at least 3 credits from externally assessed standards and 3 credits from internally

assessed standards (Physical Education, Religious Studies and level 3 Visual Arts will be exempt from this)

3. sufficient credits in a single school year.

Certificate Endorsement Students studying for NCEA Levels 1, 2, and 3 certificates will be able to achieve these qualifications with Merit or Excellence endorsements.

1. Merit endorsement = 50 credits at Merit (or Excellence) at the same level, or higher.

2. Excellence endorsement = 50 credits at Excellence at the same level, or higher.3. Credits can be accumulated over more than one year for the purposes of certificate

endorsement.4. In any one year a learner will be awarded an endorsed certificate only at the highest level of

endorsement recognised that year except when a learner has achieved two or three NCEA qualifications in a single year.

School contact Mr 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 839

Mail: Mr Mitchell Principal’s Nominee PO Box 4082 Hamilton

Term One:Thursday 30th January toWednesday 16 April

Term Two:Monday 5 May toFriday 4 July

Term Three:Monday 21 July toFriday 26 September

Term Four:Monday 13 October toThursday 11 December

2014TERM DATES

KEY DATES APRIL 20141 APRIL 10Sport Tri Day 2ARP Field Trip2 APRIL 2TOU Field Trip 1SOS(6) Field Trip 3 APRIL 13APS Tennis Practical 1APO Tramp til 15 APRIL Whanau Hui 1SOS(2) Field Trip 2ECE Work Experience4 APRIL 1SOS (3) Field Trip NZSS Adventure Racing til 6 APRIL Kapa Haka Practice 2BIO Assessment 5 APRIL NISS Athletics til 6 APRIL World Challenge Training Camp til 6 APRIL Kapa Haka Practice6 APRIL Kapa Haka Practice8 APRIL 2BIO Assessment9 APRIL 3TOU Field Trip 2ECE Work Experience10 APRIL Yr 12 & 13 Science Wintec Field Trip til 11 APRIL 1SCIA Practical Assessment 1APO Tramp til 12 APRIL Kapa Haka Camp til 13 APRIL School Closes at 12.25pm11 APRIL 3APO Rockclimbing14 APRIL Sheilah Winn Competition til 16 APRIL15 APRIL 3LAW Field Trip Yr 12 & 13 French Field Trip 16 APRIL WSS Swimming Champs17 APRIL School Closed 24 APRIL NZSS Water Polo

PPTAThe school has received notice from the Post Primary Teachers’ Association (PPTA) of a union meeting to be held on Thursday, 10 April 2014 at 1.30pm for union members. This will mean that the School will be closed for instruction from Period 4 (12.25pm) on this day. Students are requested to go home from school and to use this time wisely, rather than venture into town.

If you are unable to make other arrangements, supervision will be available at school. Please e-mail administration@hghs.school.nz or phone our main reception desk on (07) 839 1304 to advise if your daughter requires supervision for the afternoon.