TERM 4 / WEEK 2ISSUE #11 2017

HGHS BULLETIN

“A wise woman shapes her own destiny”

OPERATIONS UPDATEUNIFORM SHOP

The School Uniform welcomes second hand uniforms if they are in good condition, these items are used and kept for emergency needs and on occasion given to students with difficult circumstances.

With 2018 approaching quickly it is now time to start thinking about school uniforms.

• Year 9 students for 2018 (those that are in year 8 at present ) or any other new students can come into the uniform shop for a fitting and to order their uniform early. We do have a package deal available for new students and limited stock is available now for those who get in early.• Year 11 students going into Year 12 for 2018 will need to purchase our senior uniform which has a different blouse and blazer.• Year 12 students going into Year 13 for 2018 will need to purchase a grey tie.All these items can be purchased from the school uniform shop. We recommend the purchase the uniform as soon as you are financially able as stock and sizes can sell quickly. Our hours are on our website and the shop staff are more than happy to meet outside of those hours by calling us and making an appointment our number is 07 8399697.

LOCKERSSenior students must have cleaned out their lockers by the now, if a padlock and key was borrowed from the school can this be returned to the uniform shop, if you purchased your own padlock can you remove it should be removed by now. We will be cutting off any remaining padlocks from the 1st November, this will incur a charge of $7.00 that will be added to your Kamar account.

ID CARDSWe still have a number of ID cards that have yet to be collected by the students. These are held at the uniform shop and can be collected before school, morning tea and lunch time. School regulated socks are available in a pack of three from the uniform shop these are the only socks that should be worn to school. Black stockings can be brought from the shop as well. .

BOOK RETURNS:Junior StudentsReturn all books by Fri 1 DecSenior StudentsReturn all library books by Tue 7 NovReturn all textbooks by Fri 1 Dec

If books are not returned students may be blocked from issuing in 2018 and/or charged for replacements

STUDENT ELECTIONRebecca-Rose Ngati has been re-elected as our BOT Student

Representative.

LEAVING/ SIGNING OUT PROCEDURESSIGNING OUT The Student Services Team Leader is the only person to provide a Leaving Certificate. 1. Before a student is provided with a leaving form they must have a

meeting with their Head of School.2. If the student tries to request a leaving certificate from administration

staff they must be directed to the Head of School first. 3. The Head of School is to have a meeting with the student to

establish reasons and pathway out of school. 4. When the meeting has taken place and the Head of School is satisfied

the Head of School is to notify the Student Services Team Leader giving clearance for the student to receive a leaving form to be completed.

5. Head of School is to make sure the process to complete the sign out form is explained clearly.

PROPERTYPlease remember to be Sunsmart out on the school grounds, wear sun block during break times and during PE classes.If you have any known allergies to Bees please let the school nurse know via email (nurse@hghs.school.nz) or include in enrolment form under allergies, as the spring months bring more insects than usual onto our wonderful gardens and trees.

School Drop offs and Pick upsCan you please maintain the pickup and drop off points at any of our 5 gateways on Hill street. This relieves any congestion at our busy Ward street Bus bay area. Please keep clear of all carparks as the majority of which are for staff only. We thank you for your co operation as this can be a stressful time of the day for all concerned.

HEALTH CLINICOur Health Clinic has a great opportunity to have student nurses from time to time to learn through observation.A student nurse may be in the clinic for one day, please be aware if your daughter visits the clinic on this day the student nurse may be present.

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION

MATHEMATICSJunior Placement Exams coming up in Week 3. The Year 9 Maths Exam is on Thursday 2 Nov 8:45am and Year 10 Exam is on Friday 3 Nov 8:45am. Students should be at school by 8:30am and will be given directions about where to assemble closer to the time. Students will need their own equipment including a calculator. Parents can support their daughters by reminding them to get studying and to use Mathletics for revision for yr 9 and 10 exams. Remember there is free tutoring available in M 1.1 during Monday lunchtimes.

CAREERS Student Job SearchStudent Job Search (SJS) is an online service that helps students gain work experience and extra money while studying at tertiary level.

Their service is free to students who are enrolled in tertiary study for 2017, or who have a letter of confirmation from any NZ tertiary education provider. Students can then start using SJS up to four months before they start study.

SJS advertises thousands of jobs every year on their website, just for tertiary students. Students can register and start applying for jobs by going to www.sjs.co.nz

THE LARGE CLOUD, TE KAPUA NUIThe Large Cloud, Te Kapua Nui, a temporary crochet art work was scheduled to be erected at Hamilton Lake on Friday 13 October , weather permitting. Te Kapua/Cloud will be there over the summer and then composted.

About 45 people from Hamilton and ex Hamiltonians have created this work over three months. The cloth measures 10m x 2.3m and is made from garden twine donated to us by Donaghys. Hamilton City Council Open Spaces team have been enthusiastically supportive and their arborists will be in the treetops on Friday.

The public is encouraged to visit, picnic, take pictures and upload them onto the following website. https://www.facebook.com/cloud.tekapua/

A MESSAGE FROM THE SCHOOL GUIDANCE COUNSELLORS:

Kia Ora,Here in our department we are seeing more and more cyberbullying happening. Please go over the below message From Constable Pete with the Waikato police. Ensure your daughter’s know what to do if they experience bullying and the potential consequences to them if they are behind it.

Have a lovely Term 4 everybody.Pam, Robin & Rachel – School counsellors - Hamilton Girls High School

Have you or your children ever sent a hurtful message (txt, email, comment) to someone with the intention to hurt them emotionally?

Ever posted photos online of another person with the intention to degrade them or harm them? Are you someone who’s created a fake profile to get back at someone, to catfish, troll, or abuse others so they won’t know who it is that’s doing it?

Before you send that hurtful comment, post that photo without another person’s permission, create a fake profile or even a hate page, you better think before you act.

Posting any form of digital media online of via txt/email/phone/computer with an intention to harm another person is ILLEGAL and an offence under the Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015 and you could be prosecuted.

Think you’ll delete it so we don’t have the evidence? Think again, in certain circumstances we can obtain production orders through your cell phone provider, or social media network. This production order provides us will all the information such as the texts which were received and sent, messages sent and received on Facebook and Instagram etc.

As in my previous posts on YOU MATTER

Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.Your next message, comment or photo could push someone over the edge.Why are you doing it? What do you personally gain from sending these messages to other people? This behaviour needs to stop!

YOUR WORDS ARE POWERFUL, USE THEM FOR GOOD!• Constable Pete#StopCyberBullying#YouMatter#WordsArePowerful#MakeAStand

***If you or someone you know is the victim of cyber bullying, follow this link and make a report online. The initial report should be made through Netsafe prior to coming to the police. Make sure you obtain the evidence also, this includes screenshots of messages/ photos etc.

http://www.netsafe.org.nz/report

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In memory of fellow Old GirlAmber Parker

(17.10.1973-22.09.1990)

Twenty seven years ago a tree was planted at Hamilton Girls’ High School in memory of 17 year old student, Amber Parker; a much loved daughter, niece, cousin and friend, who was taken much too early, in a tragic car accident. The tree prospered but, unfortunately, it had to be cut down late last year for safety reasons. Thankfully, the history of the tree has been preserved.

With the combined efforts of Hamilton Girls’ High School staff and Amber’s mother, Sally Parker, an intimate memorial took place on Thursday, 28th September 2017. A few of Amber’s close family members and friends were welcomed and a ceremony, to bless and plant the miniature Liquid Amber Tree, followed. While the ceremony was quaint, the emotion and gratitude expressed by Amber’s family was immense.

We acknowledge the expertise of our kaumatua, Matua Taki and the beautiful waiata sung by some of our very talented kapa haka girls, and we thank everyone involved for making Amber’s tree memorial the special event that it was.

The sapling is located on the corner of Tristram and Ward Streets, next to the original tree stump.

“If there ever comes a day when we can’t be together, keep me in your heart, I’ll stay there forever”.

- Winnie the Pooh

LACROSSEFabulous win by the Waikato U15 Girls Lacrosse Team at the 2017 ALA U15 Boys & Girls Lacrosse National Tournament in Australia on Saturday after a week of tournament games.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/sport/97672999/waikato-lacrosse-team-heading-

home-with-australian-trophy-secure You may have already seen the article but I thought Hamilton Girls would be keen to know of our two representatives in the U15 Waikato Team, Carlin Blake and Keita Perry (Co-Captain).The final score was 8-6 of which Keita scored 4 goals and Carlin 1. They both play for Hamilton Girls Lacrosse. The game was live-streamed on the Australian Lacrosse Network on Saturday night and can still be viewed on their Facebook page.

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2017 SPORTS AWARDS

2017 sports awards were held in on the 19th October with a lovely dinner celebrating our sporting successes. We were inspired by our guest speaker Nikki Hamblin who enthralled us with her journey to the Rio Olympics. Our Sports Captain Bayleigh Stirling also reflected on her sporting time here at HGHS.

This Year our 2017 Senior Sports person of the year is Madison Fox, Senior All Rounder is Jazmin Hotham, Junior Sports person of the year is Grace Wisnewski junior all rounder is Kiriana Nolan.

Our team of the year is our national Champions Senior touch team.

2017 MAORI AND PASIFIKA AWARDS

Warm Pasifika Greetings,As we near the end of the school year, the Pasifika Mentoring team wants to take the time to give thanks. To Mrs Gordon, thank you for your continued support in expecting excellence in all that Pasifika undertakes. You have encouraged us to always aspire to be the best we can be. To the teachers, thank you to those who have worked closely with the girls in the Pasifika Mentoring Programme. There has been marked improvement in grades and attitudes to learning. To the Pasifika Council, thank you for accepting the invitation to serve the Pasifika students, which you did with aplomb.

The reason for these acknowledgments is that we have celebrated another year of success at the recent Sports, Maori and Pasifika, and Arts Awards evenings. Thank you to all who participated. We recognised and applauded the fruits of diligence in service, leadership, culture, academics and sport. At the Maori and Pasifika Awards we were inspired by guest speaker Louisa Wall who based her remarks on our school motto. Indeed, she challenged all of us to be confident, competent and curious. When we consider the successes celebrated that evening, her words were an encouragement to always strive to be the best. From the Arts Awards we were reminded again, that our Pasifika girls are musically blessed as they joined with members of the kapa haka roopu to perform a beautiful Maori and Samoan rendition of the Leonard Cohen masterpiece “Hallelujah”.

Very soon we farewell our Year 13 students. As such, we wish you all the best in your future endeavours. We will miss you but will watch with interest, as you take the next steps in your personal life journeys. Keep in touch, give back to your community and strive to do your best, always.

The Pasifika Mentoring Team

NZQA

School contactMr Mitchell is the Principal’s Nominee (NZQA Liaison) at the school, you can contact him by:

E-mail: mitchellm@hghs.school.nz Phone: 07 839 1304 EXT 839 Mail: Mr Mitchell, Principal’s Nominee, PO Box 4082, Hamilton

INTERNAL ASSESSMENTGrade Appeals: Monday 6th November is the last day a student can appeal against any NCEA internally assessed grades.Handing Work in after the stated deadlineIf a student is handing in work after an assessment deadline then they must submit this to the student office and complete the signing in process. The school will take no responsibility for late work not handed in this manner, as it will not be possible to prove that the work was submitted, in case there was a dispute.

EXTERNAL EXAMINATIONS

- Students must wear their uniform correctly to their external exams. They will not be able to line up with the other students if they are not in the correct uniform. They will have to wait until all other students have entered their examination rooms before their uniform situation can be resolved. This may mean they could be late for the start of their examination.- Students will line up in the same way they did for the school examinations. However, this time the handwritten number beside their name will represent the desk that they will sit at. In the examination room there will be a desk with their number on it and it will contain their personalised examination papers.- Students who are not in their correct lines will have to wait until all the other students have entered their examination rooms before they will be allowed to enter.

DERIVED GRADESA student who has been disadvantaged because of a temporary impairment or a non-permanent disability, close to or during an examination, which has prevented attendance or affected performance in the examination, may apply to NZQA for Derived Grade. Points to note about this:

- A Derived Grade is where NZQA takes a student’s Term 3 Exam results, or authentic topic tests (proper tests done under exam conditions), to substitute as their external examination result.- NZQA require that all applications must be made through Mr Mitchell (NZQA liaison)- You can contact Mr Mitchell as follows: o During the examination period Mr Mitchell will be available each day in the NZQA liaison office (located upstairs in the Atrium) from 11am to 12 pm and 2:30pm to 3:10 pm. o Alternatively, you can make an appointment by contacting the school office. They will take your name and Mr Mitchell will contact you to organise an appointment. o E-mail mitchellm@hghs.school.nz OR phone 07 839 1304 EXT 839- NZQA require a student to complete a Derived Grade form (available from Mr Mitchell) and provide documented evidence from a suitably qualified professional (e.g., doctor in the case of illness) of the serious disadvantage.- NZQA recommend where possible that students still sit their examinations and then apply for a derived grade. The better of the two grades (derived and actual) will be taken as the student’s final result if their application is successful.- All completed applications must be submitted to Mr Mitchell by Monday 4th December.

ADMISSION SLIPS- Students will need a NZQA admission slips to enter their examination rooms. Students will not be allowed into their examination rooms without one.- Students tutor group teachers will give out the NZQA admission slip in the second week of this term.- Students can get a copy of their admission slip from Student Reception. This could take up to fifteen minutes if there is a long queue, so students will need to be at the school at 8:30am for morning examinations and 1:00pm for afternoon examinations if they do not have their admission slip with them.- Students should load their exam times onto your phone to help remind you when they are on.- Students are not to write anything on their admission slip. Students will not be allowed into the exam room if there is any writing whatsoever on their admittance slip. This is an NZQA rule. If this happens, then students will be told to go to student reception and get a replacement. This may mean they may be late to the start of their exam.

Water Bottles- Must be clear pump bottles and stored only on the floor. All labels must be peeled off the bottles. Any bottles with writing of any sort will be confiscated until the end of the exam.

Watches- No watches are allowed as they could be SMART.

Calculators- Students need to know how to clear their calculators and reset the functions. This is so they can reset them in front of the Mr Mitchell. If they cannot do this, then someone will have to be called upon to clear the calculator, this may make the student late to their exam. - If a student brings a second calculator into the room for use, in case their main one fails, it must then be stored in your emergency pack under their chair until required. It must also have been presented for clearance before the exam starts.

Cell phones (and wallets)- Students are to turn their cell phones off and put them, and their wallets, into a clear plastic bag with a valuables slip. The school will provide students with a plastic bag and a valuables slip. These will be made available to students when they line up for their exams. - Students will place their plastic bags with their valuables under their desks. A students exam will be terminated if they handle the bag during the examination. - If cell phone rings during the exam then it will be confiscated until the end of examination period (End of February 2018). It will then be available for students to pick up from the student office.- The Exam Centre Manager will not look after other valuables such as wallet, i-pods, etc.

Exam Students should be at

school by

Lines will be sent to the

examination rooms at

Students will not be allowed entry

to the room after

Students are NOT allowed to leave the exam until

Students are allowed to go to the toilet after

Students are NOT allowed to leave the exam after

Examination will end

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

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

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Date / Time NCEA Level 1 NCEA Level 2 NCEA Level 3 Scholarship

Thurs 9 Nov9.30 am Drama2.00 pm Drama Japanese Te Reo Rangatira Chinese

Fri 10 Nov9.30 am Economics Media Studies Business Studies Calculus2.00 pm Music Health/Physics Accounting Te Reo Rangatira

WEEKENDMon 13 Nov 9.30 am English French / Te Reo Māori

2.00 pm Business Studies Health / Japanese EnglishTues 14 Nov 9.30 am Chemistry Dance / Latin Making Music Geography

2.00 pm Japanese History English Wed 15 Nov 9.30 am Science Media Studies Music

2.00 pm Chinese Geography Chemistry HistoryThurs 16 Nov 9.30 am Biology Music Biology Art History

2.00 pm Social Studies Chemistry Home Economics Media StudiesCanterbury Anniversary DayWEEKENDMon 20 Nov 9.30 am Mathematics and

Statistics Biology

2.00 pm Economics Physics Te Reo MāoriTues 21 Nov 9.30 am Accounting Te Reo Māori Music Studies Economics

2.00 pm Home Economics English StatisticsWed 22 Nov 9.30 am Agricultural and

Horticultural ScienceHome Economics Classical Studies Physics

2.00 pm German Biology Geography FrenchThurs 23 Nov 9.30 am Geography Accounting / German Calculus

2.00 pm Dance Classical Studies Spanish Classical StudiesFri 24 Nov 9.30 am History Education for

SustainabilityHistory Chemistry

2.00 pm Business Studies Mathematics and Statistics

Social Studies Spanish

WEEKENDMon 27 Nov 9.30 am Sāmoan / Te Reo

RangatiraDrama Statistics

2.00 pm French Chinese Earth & Space Science AccountingTues 28 Nov 9.30 am Physics Art History Drama Agricultural and

Horticultural Science2.00 pm Latin Spanish Art History

Wed 29 Nov 9.30 am Health Agricultural and Horticultural Science

Agricultural and Horticultural Science

Latin

2.00 pm Art History French Economics Thurs 30 Nov 9.30 am Te Reo Māori Earth & Space Science Sāmoan Earth & Space Science

2.00 pm Classical Studies Social Studies Chinese SāmoanFri 1 Dec 9.30 am Media Studies Sāmoan / Te Reo

RangatiraDance / Latin German

2.00 pm Spanish German Japanese

EXTERNAL EXAMINATION TIMETABLE

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Junior Examinations Pasifika Group Performance at Rugby League World CupSenior Prizegiving (Claudelands 7.00pm)Sonninghill Hostel Prizegiving (2.30pm – 3.30pm)NCEA & Scholarship Exams Y10 PAT testing - reading, writing, listening & mathematics NISS Junior Water Polo Championships Y13 Leavers Dinner 6.30pm - 9.00pm Last day of Term Four - Half Day: finish time TBC