2018 Sports Dinner

Congratulations to Clarity – Start-up Company of the Year at the Regional Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Awards, and to the Sustainability Committee for gaining a Bronze Enviroschools Award. Next week is the Young Sportsperson of the Year Awards; nine EGGS students are finalists (details in this issue of EGGSNEWS), and I am looking forward to this celebration of outstanding sporting talent.

Meet the Maker, at Mini Newmarket, was a great event, and we look forward to partnering with Barfoot and Thompson and Mini, our major sponsors for the event, again. For a full list of sponsors see Page 6. We have a wonderful team of volunteers made up of parents, staff and PTA – special thanks to Mark Jones who coordinated this event, and if you would like to be involved in future events please contact the Foundation Office – details on Page 7. Plans for the L Block redevelopment are advancing quickly now. As I mentioned at Senior Prizegiving, we need your help with this project. Please remember the Donor Wall of Honour where an amount of $500.00 or more donated will be recognised in the main entrance of the building. Thank-you to those who responded generously the day after Prizegiving - let’s meet our target in good time to make sure that we can proceed to the specifications the students deserve.

You may have seen in the media that Year 11 students across the country, sitting the Level 1 Digital English Examination yesterday, had a ten minute hiatus when NZQA’s digital assessment provider’s server went down. The exam time was extended by ten minutes at the end and students here coped with the disruption with maturity. All affected Epsom students, and their parents, will receive an information email today regarding this. NZQA are obviously working to make sure that his sort of disruption is not repeated in any other digital examinations.

Year 9 students are currently working towards their  Community Aroha Day at the end of the month and Year 10 are preparing for the Year 10 Careers Day and their Ki o Rahi tournament day. While the NZQA examinations are on it is important that Year 9 and 10 students move around the school quietly, especially when close to D/E Block, and when leaving at the end of the day. The tuckshop continues to operate at interval and lunchtime. Lunchtimes are not a problem, but during interval exams are in session so students need to be mindful of keeping noise to a minimum in the tuckshop area.

Ngā mihi / Regards

Lorraine Pound - Principal

Volume 3, Issue 17 - November 2018

Coming up in Week 5....Fri 16 Nov Pre enrolment Day

Coming up in Week 6...Mon 19 Nov NCEA Exams continueFri 23 Nov Mufti Day

JUNIORPRIZEGIVING

thursday, 13 December 2018

Marjory Adams Hall

The Sustainability Committee for 2018 receiving their Bronze award at the Enviroschools celebration on the 1st of November. We worked with Enviroschools this year and worked through 7 projects successfully to reduce the carbon footprint at Eggs

We are very proud of this achievement.

Sustainability Committee

GENERAL NEWS

Congratulations to Year 13 Business Enterprise team, Clarity, for being awarded the “Start-Up Company of the Year” at the Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Auckland Regional Awards on Wednesday 31 November. The team at the awards ceremony, Rebecca Reader, Macy Davies and Renee Domazet produced a Business Pitch focussing on Clarity’s innovative package with a direct link to well-being. Their key goal has been to help women get through stressful times in their lives.

Clarity produced a locally sourced healing package targeting mental illness and specific problems women face. Their key goal has been to help women get through stressful times in their lives. The product was innovative and sustainable showing a strong sense of community and ethical business practice. Seeing Clarity’s success and positive feedback was the most rewarding highlight of the team’s journey.  Our congratulations to Clarity team members. The passion, drive, motivation and resilience was the key to their business success.

CURRICULUM NEWSYear 13 Business Enterprise

Suffrage Showcase in the LibraryLibraries, she wrote, are a democratising and liberating force that encourages new thinking and offers

“support to immigrants, students, to anyone with a well-developed curiosity or deep need for community. It is a place for minds to meet minds and hearts to move hearts.”

Margaret Attwood

This term the library had the pleasure of playing host to a Suffrage Showcase, an exhibition of creativity around the theme of ‘What 125 Years of NZ women’s suffrage means to me’. A handful of our brave and talented students took to the library floor giving voice to their unique stories with eloquence and verve.

The Suffrage Showcase was the inspiration of Year 13 Learning Egg prefect Jesslyn Woo. After entering the Kate Edgar Charitable Trust competition with her beautiful song about what NZ women’s suffrage means to her today, Jesslyn asked if she and a few friends could use the library space to showcase more creative expression around this theme.

In September the library had been set up with a number of large interactive ‘Suffrage 125’ displays – the bright idea of our Library Committee leaders, Sylvia Orr and Shonnia Logeswaran. This was a wonderful backdrop for the powerful feminist monologues and deeply thought provoking poetry, song and commentary. Teacher Anna Richardson had also been asked to speak. Anna summarised by referencing the words and mindful actions of Kate Sheppard.

A huge thank-you to the students who felt comfortable enough to share their work and talent. Your combined words and actions so beautifully identified our feminine otherness – harmonising our uniqueness and our differences and highlighting the equalities we are still seeking.

…Breaking news! Jesslyn’s entry went on to win a significant prize in the Kate Edgar Competition! Congratulations Jesslyn.

Michele Coombridge Director of Library Services

2018Graduation Dinner

29 November 2018

HOMESTAY FAMILIES REQUIREDEpsom Girls Grammar School has International Students arriving to start in Term 1 of 2019, who require homestay accommodation.  $295 per week is paid to cover full board.

If you would enjoy hosting an international student and are able to provide a caring and supportive environment to make her part of your family life, have a spare room, live within close distance to Epsom Girls Grammar School and speak English as your first language we would look forward to hearing from you.

For further information please call Jo Bostock or Florence Huang on 970 6757 or email accommodation@eggs.school.nz

OLD GIRLS ASSOCIATIONMembers of the OGA Committee are finalising preparations for the 2018 Graduation Dinner. It’s always a wonderful occasion when we celebrate the end of an era for Year 13 students. Our guest speaker is Dr Erica Whineray (EGGS 1986-1989) Founders Award recipient in 2017. We look forward to seeing Year 13 girls and their families on Thursday 29th November for a special evening to remember.

Regards Sally Blyth & Lynley Sheweiry - Co-Presidents, OGA

FOUNDATION NEWSMeet the Maker Meet the Maker took place last Friday in the Mini Garage Newmarket and was a hugely successful L Block fundraiser for the adult EGGS community. It was a fantastic event with an electric atmosphere where our guests enjoyed New Zealand’s beer brewing excellence, boutique fine wines and hearty food. The evening provided the perfect stage to meet the makers, to come together and appreciate the entertainment on offer including a giant live auction with Murray Smith welcoming bids from all corners of the room.

Thank you for supporting our fundraising efforts to advance learning at EGGS. We are very proud to have brought together such an amazing group of supporters, sponsors and contributors – we value and acknowledge your generosity.

The final figure for the amount raised is to be confirmed shortly, but we envisage it will be well over $35,000. A huge achievement overall!

Thank you again for being part of such a wonderful experience.

A special thanks to:

Major Sponsors:

The Makers:Brothers Beer

Hakanoa Ginger Beer

Hallertau

Harwood Hall

I Love Pies

Little India

Odyssey Wines

Pirie’s Butchery Mt Eden

Urbanaut

MC:Justin Brown

Auctioneer:Murray Smith, Barfoot & Thompson

Supporters:Acrow Caci Clinic Mt Eden Circus Circus City Cake Company Coney Stanley Events Container Door De Post Belgian Beer

Dominion Constructors Ltd Exile Hair Design Mt Eden Food Snob

Griffins Guy Harkness Art

Huntley & Palmers

Justine Hawksworth Art KC Loo Landscape and Grower Supplies

Loaf Molliere’s Office Max

Real World The Remarkable Chocolate Co

Rialto Newmarket Roses Florist Sabato Sals Pizza Snowcentre Newmarket Spark Arena Tania Earwalker Interior Design

The Jones Family

The Lawson Family Thin Lizzy

Finally yet importantly, a heart-felt thank you to the awesome event organising committee, our dedicated EGGS parents. An enormous amount of hard work went into making the event happen for which we are very grateful.

Honour your family, an individual, friends or lost loved ones on a dedicated wall inside L Block and at the same time be a catalyst for good - help us transform L Block into an innovative learning space. With one-off donation of just $500 you will become a permanent part of EGGS history, your name will go on in perpetuity allowing future generations to benefit from your kindness.  Thank-you for supporting us.

To engrave you name in history click here

Creat a lasting LegacyCreating a charitable legacy can be one of the most lasting and impactful acts you can do, and the EGGS Foundation would love to partner with committed individuals who are ready to take that step. You can create a bequest for the future that supports the causes you care about the most including education, sports, teaching, and the arts and culture, or you can leave a gift that meets the most critical needs of the school over time. With your generosity, we can advance learning at EGGS.

Making a gift in your will is a unique way of reflecting your own interests, passion and vision. Whether you wish your gift to be made in memory of someone close to you, to carry on your own name in perpetuity or to be given anonymously, it is a gift with value that will make a difference to thousands of young women every year.

Speak in confidence with the Foundation Office by phone 09 970 6753 or by email foundation@eggs.school.nz

For more information click here.

Donor Wall of Honour

2018 School Sports Captains Harriette Overend & Olivia Missen

Terewai Majurey

SPORTYSPOTTY

Congratulations to the following Epsom Girls Grammar School students who have been announced as finalists for the Auckland College Sport- Young Sportsperson of the Year Awards! The Awards will be held on Thursday 22nd November at Eden Park.

Sophia Morcom - Lacrosse

Sarah Weekley - Tennis

Rosa Watson - Underwater Hockey

Laney Strachan - Football

Kate Gammie-Baglini - Lacrosse

Harriette Overend - Lacrosse

Congratulations to all students who received awards at the Epsom Sports Dinner, held a couple of weeks ago.

Well done to the following recipients who received the Special Sports Awards:

The Victor Macky Cup for Service to School Sport as the School Sports Captain: Harriette Overend and Olivia Missen

The Sports Council Junior Trophy for Outstanding Team Spirit: The Junior B Basketball Team

The Sports Council Senior Trophy for Outstanding Team Spirit: The 1st XI Hockey Team

Catherine de Vos Cup for Overcoming Difficulty: Terewai Majurey

EGGS Sport Volunteer of the Year: Graham Taylor

The Gary McCrystal Trophy for Best International Performance: Ella Wyllie

The Lois Dalley Memorial Cup – Coach of the Year: Logan Townsend

Old Girls Association Cup for Best All Round Sportswoman: Madison Kerr

The Lois Dalley Memorial Cup – Sportswoman of the Year: Harriette Overend

See our facebook page for more photos from this event

BasketballCongratulations to Florence Dallow who has made the final selection for the NZ Under 15 Basketball Team for the Oceania Champs taking place in Papua New Guinea in December!

Sports Dinner

Grace Jung - Golf

Ella Wyllie - Cycling

Amie Hucker - Cricket

Congratulations to two of our Premier Netball players- Ana Manuopangai and Anna Millar who have been selected into the Netball NZ 2019 National Development Camp in January.

Junior B BasketballNETBALLNZ.CO.NZhttp://www.netbal lnz.co.nz/news/detai l/2019-national-development-camp-athletes-named

2019 Sports CaptainsWelcome to our 2019 Captains:

Sports Captains: Sophie Davies and Sophia Morcom

Sports Liaisons: Kate Gammie-Baglini and Jade Raby

Congratulations and welcome to all of our Sport Code captains for 2019:

Sport Sport Captain(s)

Aerobics Margaret Wang

Artistic Gym Tyla Bow

Athletics Jorien Fourie

Badminton Joyce Wang

Basketball Akita Papara-Welch

Cricket Amie Hucker

Cross Country Jemma Cherguit

Cheerleading Laney Pyles

Curling Katrina Shepard

Cycling Annabel Brown & Lucy Thomson

Diving Harriet Woodward

Dragon Boating Lucy Spence

Equestrian Siobhan Binns

Fencing Jessica Kaiser

Football Laney Strachan & Kate Baker

Hockey Alisha Khushal & Isabella Kihi

Lacrosse Jade Panoho

Lifesaving Caitlyn Ashby

Sport Sport Captain(s)

Mountain Biking Poppy Buissink

Netball Meg Bradley & Kristina McCourtie

Orienteering Cartier Matthews

Rowing Jade Raby & TBC

Rugby Mau Gautusa

Skiing Milli Stewart

Squash Erica Francis

Swimming Amelia Wells

Table Tennis Kelly Ding

Tennis Sarah Weekley

Touch Terewai Majurey

Trampolining Maddy Niven

Triathlon/ Duathlon Terri Warner

Ultimate Frisbee Cynthia Zhou

Underwater Hockey Sarah Raines

Volleyball Grace Clark

Water Polo Annabel Waddell

Weightlifting Faith Dent