HAMILTON GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOLJuly NewsletterA in Wonderland

PERFORMANCE TIMES:7.30pm - Sat, 2nd August2.00pm - Sun, 3rd August10.30am - Mon, 4th August

6.30pm - Wed, 6th August7.30pm - Thur, 7th August7.30pm - Fri, 8th August7.30pm - Sat, 9th August

Tickets available from the Finance Office at Hamilton Girls’ High School and door sales are also available. More information available at www.hghs.school.nz

A HAMILTON GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL & HAMILTON BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL JOINT PRODUCTION

Term 3 is an incredibly busy time. Amidst the busy co-curricular programme, it is also the business end of the academic year for senior students as they complete internal assessments and prepare for the term 3 practice external assessments. The key competency of “Managing Self” is extremely important and an area that our students may need support for from home and school.

Parents of Years’ 11-13 would have received reports at the end of term 2, which summarised your daughter’s achievements to date including NCEA credits and their performance in their internal assessments. We welcome any feedback on the new report format. Our staff are currently completing Junior Reports and these will be issued this term. This is a timely reminder to contact your daughter’s subject teachers, tutor group teacher or Dean should you require further information.

At Hamilton Girls’ High School, we believe we offer wonderful opportunities outside of the classroom. A small group participated in the Nepal World Challenge adventure and certainly there were many exciting stories to share, including trekking through the Himalayas. Many thanks to Mrs Whaanga and Ms Hodgkinson who made this trip possible and for bringing our girls’ home safely.

Performing Arts at Hamilton Girls’ High School is an area we are continuing to grow. Our production “Alice in Wonderland” had our opening night on Saturday and it certainly is a “must see”. The creativity, brilliance and talent on display in our combined HGHS and HBHS production is amazing. I would like to pass on our thanks to Mrs Wynne-Jones and her amazing team of staff who have led

this production. They have been able to draw on the talent of our students and certainly bring out the best in them.

Our combined HGHS and HBHS Kapahaka group, Te Maurea Whiritoi, represented our school with pride at the Nationals in Gisborne last week. Although they were not placed in the top 3, they have had an amazing journey to the Nationals under the watchful eye of staff members: Whaea Hollie Gray, Toti and Frankie West. Thank you to our staff and family members who supported our group. Special thanks must go to Lisa and Phil Hokianga for their support.

Our chorus Uptown Girls and the Senior Quartet Aspire will perform in the Barbershop Finals in Wellington on August 13th. We wish them all the very best for this competition and know they will carry our name with pride. Thank you to Mrs Dickinson for her leadership of the trip to Wellington and our vocal tutors.

Finally, thank you to our senior students for looking sensational and behaving wonderfully at our Senior Ball on July 26th. We were really impressed with the code of conduct throughout the evening. Special thank you to the Year 13 Deans, Mrs Huser and Mrs Wenham, for their organisation.

MARIE GORDONPrincipal

PRINCIPAL’S COMMENT

Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou

A in Wonderland

sports at hghs

The rain cleared to reveal a stunning Waikato day and great conditions for the Waikato / Bay of Plenty Cross Country Championships held on the 30th July 2014. The Champs had been been postponed earlier due to adverse weather conditions was rescheduled from Te Aroha College to the Hamilton Gardens. The track, which involved loops of various distance depending on age, provided great viewing for spectators, as well as opportunities to provide support, and a few challenging hills for competitors.

Hamilton Girls’ High School took a team of 14 including nine Junior girls, two Intermediate girls and three Senior girls. The Senior girls took out the overall Senior team title with Tessa Leong finishing

5th, Laura McNab 11th and Jessica Lusby 12th. Our Intermediate girls pushed through with Isla Blake finishing 21st and Katie Lush finishing 23rd. Our Junior girls, who got the day underway, all completed the 3 km course in under 15 minutes. Kelli Brown had a great race and finished in 8th place in a time of 12:38 just 30 seconds behind the 1st place getter. Katlyn Steedman, Sharnae Taylor and Mackenzie Higham finished in 24th, 26th and 27th respectively and all were within 55 seconds of the 1st place-getter showing the quality of the field overall. Abbie Hanson, Lilli Moth, Bailey Gallagher, Anaiah Rangi and Grace Cox all had great races and it was a good experience for them all.

WAIKATO / BAY OF PLENTY CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS

THE DAY WE GOT RID OF BUT, TRY AND CAN’TBetween Sunday 31st August and Friday 5th September our 1st XI Football, 1st XI Hockey, Premier Netball, Senior Premier Basketball and Junior Premier Basketball head away to compete in National and Regional Secondary School Tournaments. It is well documented that performing well at any level isn’t just about physical preparation, it is also critical to be mentally prepared.

Our Football, Netball and Basketball teams were lucky enough to have a session with Christina Jacklin who guided the teams through a process that helped them reveal a team vision and an individual vision which will assist them in achieving their goals and dreams. It was also about focusing on language for success and challenging ourselves to say goodbye to BUT, TRY and CAN’T.

We wish the girls all the best in their final preparations for tournament and we look forward to updating you all on the last month as they lead into tournament and bringing you updates on their performance throughout the week via the HGHS website, stay tuned.

CONGRATULATIONS

CONGRATULATIONS

HOCKEY 2014Congratulations to the below students who have made representative teams for Hockey this year:

Waikato Under 18 - Libby Clement Midlands Under 18 - Olivia ScotlandWaikato Under 15 Representative Teams: A Team: Renee Allan Sharnae Taylor Baleigh Stirling B Team: Litara Allan Kelsey Lomas Eleanor Rosemergy

HGHS would like to congratulate Pania Monk who was selected in the Tournament Team from the Netball New Zealand U19 Age Group National Tournament held during the school holidays in Dunedin. Only 12 players are acknowledged and recognized by Netball New Zealand and we are very proud to have 1 player named. Pania is a member of the Eastern Waikato U19 Representative Team.

Congratulations to Kaly Harcourt and Baylee Luttrell who attended the BMX World Championships in the Netherlands.After competing, Baylee is now ranked 4th in the World and Kaly is now ranked 8th in the World.

WORLD CHALLENGE 201411 students have spent the last 8-12mths fundraising $7800 to participate in the Nepal World Challenge adventure. World Challenge work with the students to plan and organise the trip which consists of a trekking, community service and rest and relaxation phase. Our trek phase consisted of a 6 day trek to Poon Hill. The project phase of the exhibition took us to Pokhara to work in a small community school set outside of Pokhara. The school was a new primary school called Shram Breean. Some of the jobs the girls had to do were to paint the main school building and help cut the grass. The girls also brought sports equipment, books, paper, pens and pencils for every student. The last part of the expedition was rest and relaxation.

It was an amazing 3 weeks. The group consisted of Kelly Brough, Olivia Carter, Sara Elgoran, Michaela Foster, Shania Hales, Lydia Jackson, Laura Macnab, Rosie Marshall, Baylee Mitchell, Tegan Perry, Tessa Preddy and Lyric Walker-Eketone.

Trekking through the Himalayas was one of the absolute highlights of our trip. It was a memorable journey through villages with incredible mountain views and friendly locals who were always willing to lend a hand and help out wherever needed.

During this 6 day trek to the Summit of Poon Hill we encountered many species of animals from donkeys which bound down the track at us to dogs which followed us from village to village, snakes which frightened the Sherpa, bugs & spiders everywhere, but it was the leeches that we will never forget. Summiting on Poon Hill was incredibly exciting; to have journeyed through the mountains and to finally reach your goal was exhilarating, it was a shame that we were surrounded by cloud and unable to see the stunning view of the tenth highest mountain in the world.

While all 3 other phases were exciting and rewarding, rest and relaxation was a highlight for everyone. During this time, we had many unforgettable experiences, including watching the Chitwan sunset on the river, watching elephants bathing, a cultural show, a jeep, canoe, and jungle (walking) safari where we encountered rhinos, elephants, and many crocodiles. Sight-seeing in Pokhara included a Tibet Refugee Camp, World Peace Pagoda, Devi’s Falls, Old Pokhara, the Gurkha Museum, and the International Mountaineering Museum. We also did sight-seeing in Kathmandu, where we went to Swayambhunath, the monkey temple, as well as the Boudhanath Stupa, which is the largest temple in Asia. - Sara Elgoran

Zoe Poole 9XA (pictured left) created a website for her project in Y9XA Science with Mrs Purvis. She grew her own plants in the classroom and investigated how different plants grow and reproduce. Please visit her website see what she has to say.

https://sites.google.com/site/scientificgreenmachine/

USING A RUBEN TUBE TO STUDY SOUND WAVES

We had a sealed tube with gas connected at the other end and a speaker connected to the other. There are holes drilled all along the top of the tube to let the gas out. We lit the gas and turned on the speaker. When we hit certain frequencies we could see the fire showing the soundwaves. When the frequency was higher the wave length was shorter, when the frequency was lowered the wavelength was longer. When the volume was lowered and increased the amplitude (height of the wave) did so also. - Kendal Grylls-Thomas

Miss Purvis connected the tube to gas. She let it run through until the flames were constant across the tube.Connected to the other end is a speaker and a signal generator. She used this to change the frequency (changes the pitch, higher or lower) or she twisted another knob changing the amplitude (affecting the loudness of the sound) . When the frequency was lowered the wavelength got longer (the waves were further apart). If the amplitude was changed then the height of the wave differed. - Morgan McLellan

The Rubens Tube consists of a long metal tube, a gas source and a signal generator. Then you light the flame and turn on the sound generator. The holes on the top of the tube allows the flames to go through. As the pitch gets higher, the wavelength gets shorter and the amplitude gets louder. - Maia Barbuzza

ACADEMIC NEWSSCIENCE

TECHNOLOGYYEAR 9 FOOD TECHNOLOGY ASIAN MASTERCHEF COMPETITION

At the end of Term Two our first interclass Asian Masterchef competition was held. Year Nine Food Technology students spent the first two terms learning how to cook a wide range of Asian recipes. Two teams were chosen from each of the three Food Technology classes to compete in the Masterchef Cook Off. Each team had to prepare two dishes to present to the judges. Entries included a range of Chinese, Thai and Indian entrees, mains and desserts. The judges were very impressed with the

high standard of cookery and presentation. The winning team consisting of Macy Carter, Rebekah Hall, Baylee Lutrell and Taylor Davey prepared a delicious meal of satay kebabs, stir fried vegetables and rice followed by banana crepes with caramel sauce. The team who scored second place included Sofia Del Grosso, Samara Compton and Aimee Holton with sweet and sour pork filo parcels and lemongrass sorbet.

THINKING TOOL STRATEGYRELATE

QUESTIONEXPLORE

This thinking strategy is designed to push your thinking so that you can create your own questions about a topic.

• Decide on a topic or use one provided by your teacher. • Brainstorm everything you know about the topic. • Create as many questions as you can on the topic that you want answers. • Explore your answers and begin to refine your response.

The BP Business Challenge is a three day, EOTC, business simulation run by the Young Enterprise Group not-for-profit organisation. This organisation goes to secondary schools all over New Zealand to run this extremely worthwhile, interesting and exciting course. Schools must apply to be accepted by Young Enterprise, and our school has been lucky enough this year to get the Business Challenge made available to us. Because we have had such a successful and worthwhile experiences with SELL, St John’s Year 10 Enterprise Studies classes wanted to join in as well. (And measles were NOT going to stop us)!!! The Business Studies Department thanks all of the teachers, staff and students who were flexible around this time to allow our students to partake in this fabulous experience The 40 St John’s and 40 Hamilton Girls’ students gathered together for the three days, and although they were mostly strangers at the beginning of the time, they quickly learnt to work together for the good of their “business” and to support each other

through some pretty nerve-racking and exhilarating activities. The students were split into groups and they decided on a product or service that they felt met a need in the community. They learnt about research, SWOT analysis, marketing, management, communication, target markets, product specifications, cash flow projections, investment and had a fantastic time through it all. The three days culminated with the groups presenting to a number of impartial judges brought in from our local commercial environment. These judges were all business people who know what it takes to survive in the “real world” and were able to give our students some clear pointers and feedback about their presentations, products/services and information. These judges were highly impressed by what they saw here at Hamilton Girls’ High School. A quote from one judge was “I thoroughly enjoyed the experience and if the young ladies that took part are an indication of the people who are going to run our

BUSINESS STUDIES

country in the future, we are in safe hands.” Another judge noted that “I really did enjoy the experience and can say that KPMG will be keen to be involved again next year.” Thanks to our Business Studies students, Hamilton Girls’ High School is gaining an extremely good reputation in the local community. Well done to all the students who completed the three day course!!! But the positive feedback did not end there. The Young Enterprise facilitators also enthused about all aspects of Hamilton Girls’ High School. The facilities, especially Ngā Puawaitanga, were indicated as being top notch. The products that they described were considered to be remarkably practical and viable. The enthusiastic involvement of staff (and most specifically the personal interest shown by both our Principal, Mrs Gordon and our Deputy Principal, Mrs Carter) was commented on frequently. The Year 10 Business Studies students, of both schools, who took part should be extremely proud of themselves. Well done!!! It’s almost beside the point to note the winners, as all participants seemed to get so much out of the course. However, we did have a number of winners on the last day. Each member of the third place winners earned a large block of Cadbury chocolate and a $5 gift voucher. The second placing meant a a $5 Whitcoulls voucher, a large bar of chocolate and another large snack for each member. The winners of the first prize each got a large bar of chocolate AND a $20 iTunes or Warehouse voucher. And that doesn’t even mention the winners of the three other prizes for Best Customer Service, Most Innovative Product and Best Visual Display. Needless to say, all of the participants were winners on the day. And St John’s is very keen to come back and do the whole thing again next year!!! Something for all Year 9s to aspire to.

Have nothing to do???

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EDUCATION PERFECT COMPETITION

https://www.educationperfect.com/c/#WTT2HG

The Mathematics ‘Education Perfect’ competition starts on 28th July and ends on 7th August. Each question answered correctly gives an entry into the final draw with a prize of an Ipod shuffle and a class prize of a Pizza shout. These are exclusively for HGHS, as well as there being an International Maths competition. We encourage all students at all year levels to participate. Each student has been given a username and password. Please, check with your teachers for this information.

WAIMATHS QUIZ – 14TH AUGUST, 2014

The Waikato Mathematics Association will be holding the WaiMaths Quiz on 14th August, 2014. Teams are being selected and the students will be competing to get into these teams. There will be one team for each year level at Year 9, 10 and 11.Poster and video competitions are also being held and students can get more details from their Mathematics teachers if they are interested in participating in these competitions.

MATHEMATICSCASIO WAIMATHS 2014QUIZ NIGHT - THURSDAY 14TH AUGUST

The upcoming Year 7 to 11 Casio-WaiMaths competition will consist of the following:

A: CASIO WaiMaths 2015 Poster Open to Years 7 to 8 and Years 9 to 10

B: Poster about the Mathematics Competition Open to Years 7 to 10

C: Video Competition Open to Years 7 to 11

D: CASIO WaiMaths QUIZ Competition Date : 14th August, 2014 Venue : Hamilton Gardens Pavilion

ARTThe Art Department has been upgraded with a new art room (pictured below). D6 is a workspace especially for senior students and features a specialty paper sink for printing and eight brand new Mac computers, as well as maintaining its role as the Art Book Room. Originally the space was two rooms, a book room and one of the photography dark rooms. The renovation was completed late last term and students are already making great use of the larger space.

The Waikato Culinary Fare 2014 took place on the 26th and 27th of June and was hosted at the Rotokauri Campus, Wintec. Students from all over the Waikato region entered and the competition was fierce. Everyone had a fabulous time and we came home with lots of awards. We entered a team of 25 students in various classes receiving several medals (see the table below) and a special congratulations to Maddison Fatu, Emma Lynn and Raine Pearse & Tegan Ranstead for obtaining Gold medals, making them overall winners of each of the respective classes they were entered in.

A big thanks to Kerry Middleton for everything she did to plan, prepare and get us to the competition. You’re the bomb!

WAIKATO CULINARY FARE

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SECONDARY SCHOOL CULINARY COMPETITIONCLASS RESULT MEDAL NAMECup Cakes 47 Participation Jenna Kaye

50 Participation Sanjani Prasad62 Merit Brooke Megchelse65 Merit Eilish Dockery67 Merit Afia Tieku71 Bronze Stacey Woods76 Bronze Maddison Fatu93 Gold Emma Lynn

Café Cake 96 Gold Maddison FatuMystery Box 59 Participation Tamzyn Fordham &

Kelsey Lomas68 Merit Afia Tieku & Charli Ansley76 Bronze Jenna Kaye &

Brooke Megchelse76 Bronze Stacey Woods &

Codie Finch77 Bronze Jessica Bishop &

Danté Bruns79 Bronze Ashleigh Jeffcoat &

Tahlia Ollington86 Silver Maddison Fatu &

Darshikha Mala89 Silver Faye Vidal & Madelyn

Roxas91 Gold Raine Pearse & Tegan

RansteadChicken Dish 79.25 Bronze Codie FinchBarista Competition

70 Bronze Codie Finch

Original/Innovative Non Alcoholic Cocktail

63 Merit Codie Finch

The English Department has been focusing on our skills and understanding of Oral Language lately – particularly with the Year 11 and Year 9 classes. Both have been engaged in preparing for their respective speech assessments and competitions.

The Year 11 competition occurred at the end of Term Two, with Mirella Willson, Tara Given and Sumayyah Gordon judged the best speakers in the year (more details of their achievements will follow in the next newsletter).

The Year 9 English Speech Competition will be held on Friday 15th August, in Ngā Puuawaitanga. The families of finalists are welcome to come and support their daughter and the rest of our Year 9 speakers. (Please note however that the speaking order will only be decided the day before, and as a courtesy to our young women, entrances/exits will only be possible during audience changeover between period bells.)

YR 12 ADVANCED PE SPORTS FITNESS DAY

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

What an amazing day we had together; rain, mud, sweat, hardcore exercises, running and amazing attitudes!!! We participate in a day of variety of methods and principles of trainings. These included Xfit at the Hamilton Lake with Fee from Te Rapa Cross fit. This was an hour workout which included hill sprints, hold logs squats, burpees and many more exciting and hard challenges. Then back to change for our next workout which was RPM at Les Mills. Followed by lunch, then our last team challenge - 8 km river run as a Letter Collector. What can I say? Awesome work and effort on a terrible day for training. You really showed your mental toughness and perservence which is excellent for the up and coming 12km Mud Run for Tough Guy Tough Girl in Rotorua.

Mrs Irwin - 2APS Teacher

13APS/APO TOUGH GIRL SECONDARY SCHOOL

On Thursday 26th June both classes traveled up to Auckland to compete in the 12km off road tough gal mud run. The girls were excited and ready to go bright and early for a 6am departure. It was perfect conditions, nice and muddy and plenty of competition. The 1st HGHS student in was Mikaela Jefferson who finished in 1hour 13minutes, coming 2nd overall female. HGHS was also named the 2nd toughest girls school.

Congratulations to all the girls who competed in the event, you should be very proud of your efforts and the results gained for your performance standard.Mrs Perry & Miss Hodgkinson

10SPORT ULTIMATE FRISBEE

On 27th June, both 10 Sport classes competed in the annual 10 sport ultimate Frisbee competition. The classes were split into 5 different teams, to compete in 7v7 games. The tournament was carried out over lunchtime & period 5, where each team faced each other. There were some outstanding skills displayed in some wet and muddy conditions. Congratulations to all the teams that competed in the tournament. The overall winners were – Lena Mitchell, Amelia Macnab, Bayleigh Stirling, Renne Allan, Tara Kingan, Parehikairo Kaihau, Hannah Riddle-Pelchen, Shivani Mistry, Jessica Weaver.

10MA & 10MI ‘TREATIES UNIT’

Both Social Studies classes enjoyed a fun period where they researched costumes common in 1800’s New Zealand. The classes then went on to dress their model in a costume of the time period. The costumes ranged from wealthy landowners, whalers, settlers, Maori chief’s and slaves. Students go on to comment on aspects of these costumes and some interesting facts about the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.

Ms Tovio – Social Studies Teacher

“…..Some Maori chiefs used weapons such as Taiaha and Patu. The weapons are useful for hunting and make the chiefs look powerful. The Treaty of Waitangi was signed on the 6th of February, 1840. At first most of the chiefs didn’t agree with the treaty. However, Hone Heke strongly believed in it and as time passed the other chiefs did to.” Shreha Shant

“An example of an accessory from a costume would be sword. It is good for sword fighting and fighting off enemies. An important fact I have learnt is that the treaty has been rushed and it took a while for the Maori chiefs to sign it”. Caitlin Smith

“The clothing for a slave was not useful at all and their clothes were always very dirty. I learnt that most of the Maori chiefs trusted the missionaries a lot.” Sam Ouch

“We created a costume from the 1800 portraying a Maori woman. This Maori woman was a chiefs wife, who were the first settlers in New Zealand.” Amy Dunn

SOCIAL STUDIES

The annual “Language Perfect World Championships” was held last month, and many of our students took part again this year. A pizza party was held on Thursday night for the extra keen students, with several students spending their free time frantically learning vocabulary on the Language Perfect website.

Final results included an impressive four Elite awards. These students, Sapna Pandaram and Eden Poihipi, Rachel Li and Joanna Knowles, each scored over 10,000 points. Congratulations to Sapna Pandaram, who will be awarded the trophy for Language Perfect

School Champion for 2014, after scoring a grand total of 16899 points.

Our students also gained 15 Gold Awards (3 000 points or more) 11 Silver Awards (2 000 points or more) and 36 Bronze Awards (1 000 points or more). A further 47 students earned a Credit Award for reaching 500 points or more.

Overall our school came 5th in New Zealand for French and 6th for Spanish. A great effort by the students and teachers of those languages.

We would like to extend a warm welcome to our new International Students attending HGHS (pictured above). From France we welcome Claire Guttadauro, Alix Malmanche, Andrea Tauveron, Marina

Francois and Mathilde Jeancelme. Germany – Tabea Mangold and Lotta Ludwig. Cambodia – Kathlyn Chhuh Ee San. Denmark – Emilie Reif-Lindvald. China – Jing Jing Dai and Ziqui Wang, and from

Hong Kong, Alice Ka Ying Lai.

LANGUAGES

INTERNATIONAL

During Term 2, all members of our School community have been working towards being WISE: Willing to Learn, Interacting with Respect, Striving to Understand and Engaging to Achieve. Students have the opportunity to complete Student Affirmation Cards by demonstrating the behaviours that are considered WISE. We are delighted to report that 402 students completed one or more Student Affirmation Cards and a total of 886 cards were completed. A student who completes two cards is awarded a Bronze PB4L Certificate and three completed cards earns a Silver PB4L Certificate. This term we have awarded 190 Bronze Certificates and 108 Silver Certificates. The following students have all completed five Student Affirmation Cards and they are the deserving recipients of our Gold PB4L Certificate. Please join with us in celebrating this fantastic achievement.

POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR 4 LEARNINGGOLD CERTIFICATE RECIPIENTS

Kyla Han HADChloe Barlow CCAAshley Bezuidenhout CHPMichelle Blake CCHMelina Gray HWJLeila Green XLHMacKenzie Higham HADMolly Ives HMPRajwinder Kaur HMPRosie Ngatai EBCSian Potter MPYAnjali Rajiv MBEAlissa Sills MPYTanika Smith-Hall HADRenee Allan WKYHannah Black WSIHanel Blom CMHThida Cheum WKYSummer Douglas CDYFenella Finlay-Yates CHYHineahukura Magner-MacDonald XWS

Dayna Peek HADSideqa Sharif XHDHeidi Thomas WSIKaitlin Wolfe WLGStacey Woods HCCLucy Yeoman ECTAmy Wilkinson CHSDarshana Raman WSHOlivia Shaw WMWSofia Malik WSHOlivia Hooker WWSKaren Minota Salinas HWJAnita Rangitaawa CCAShania Thomson CMGKatie Hunia HADHarneet Singh WCLArshpreet Kaur XSP

CHLOE MILLER AT RADIUS KENSINGTON CARE

Recently I took part in a Gateway programme that has helped me to draw conclusions as to what I want to pursue as a career in future years. I have had the amazing opportunity of working in Kensington Radius Care, where I worked with nurses who care for elderly people.

I had an awesome experience whilst learning how to care for the elderly involving eating habits and exercising which enabled me to adapt abilities relating to care/working with others that helped me to figure out what career I wanted to look into. I especially enjoyed talking to the residents in Kensington and learning about their lives because it developed my social skills and made the programme really enjoyable for me. I would highly recommend Gateway for everyone, so they can have an amazing experience like the one I have had.

MONIKA JARKIEWICZ AT COMMUNITY LAW WAIKATO

Starting in June, I have had the privilege of doing work experience at Community Law Waikato. Working with the team of Lawyers and case workers at Community Law Waikato has given me a huge insight into the world of Law, and has shown me what it is like to work in Law.

I’ve really enjoyed doing a variety of different activities relating to different aspects of Law, such as attending Court Hearings, going to different high schools to watch Law being taught and attending Employment Mediation meetings.

I’ve loved having the chance to explore an area that really interests me. I would definitely recommend doing Work Experience to anyone considering working in a certain field.

GATEWAY

HEALTH CAREERS DAYIn early July, a group of Year 12 and 13 students enjoyed a day of presentations at Waikato Hospital, where they learnt about a wide range of professions in the Health industry. These included medical radiation, occupational therapy, social work, theatre nursing, and anaesthetic technician. With an aging population, this industry is keen to employ more enthusiastic young people.

It is important to keep studying science at school if students are considering careers in the health industry.

TERTIARY STUDY 2015 All students considering applying for tertiary scholarships for study in 2015 have been encouraged to start preparing the necessary scholarship information. The school subscribes to www.breakout.org.nz which is a data base of scholarships and the students can access this at any school computer. All tertiary institutions also have a scholarship section on their website, which should be checked for the criteria of the scholarship and especially its closing date. Students should be approaching three teachers for references, verifying their birth certificate or passport, gaining copies of their academic transcripts and preparing personal statements as per the scholarship they are applying for.

Early preparation now will prevent a stressful rush close to the closing dates.

Students applying to the Halls of Residence at NZ’s universities should also be gathering the necessary information for their applications. Applications open on August 1 for all Halls and these should be made as soon as possible after this date to ensure students do not miss out on places in the Halls. Some Halls are very popular and students have been advised how to apply for these in the Daily Notices.

CAREERS UPDATE

TERM 3 KEY EVENTS The following universities have confirmed visits to the school for course planning assistance to students wishing to enrol at these universities. They will meet with students, grouped according to the degree in which they wish to enrol.

- 18 Aug - Waikato University - 23 Sept – Massey University - 11 Sept – Victoria University - 17 Oct – Otago University- 17 Sept – Auckland University - Canterbury University and Lincoln University are not booked so students should come to the Careers Office for help. AUT yet to confirm their date.

OTHER EVENTS 6 August – Massey University (Palmerston North) Open Day20 August – Massey University (Albany) Open Evening–Arts and Business22 August – Massey University (Albany) Open Evening–Health, Science and Engineering29 August – Victoria University and Massey University (Design) Open Day - Wellington30 August – Auckland University Open Day – Auckland (students can register for a free bus online)

MOOTINGThis year Hamilton Girls’ High School entered three teams into the Waikato Secondary Schools’ Mooting Competition held at Te Piringa – Faculty of Law, University of Waikato. Our teams were required to put forward a legal argument before a judge on a matter pertaining to Section 4.1(a) Summary Offences Act 1981. Each team was required to produce a written legal submission and then to prepare and present an oral argument. As each of our students presented their oral argument they had to be prepared to take questions from the

Bench, the Judge hearing our Moot. This experience was very challenging and nerve wracking. Our students got to act as Lawyers and to experience the work of Barrister. The students who represented our School were: Tamara Doney, Hyebin Han, Daisy Hobbs, Kate Williamson, Tanya Mhlanga, Aaniwa Coffey, Vouchleang San, Maddison Harty and Holly Smith.

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VENDING MACHINE TRIALThe school has entered into a trial partnership with Sanitarium Up & Go by accepting two vending machines on a trial basis. The machines are offered through the Sanitarium Health & Wellbeing initiative. Sanitarium will provide a range of Up & Go products and Grains to Go snacks.

The school receives partnership proceeds from sales made through the machines and these will go toward Ngaa Puawaitanga projects and the Arts.

Just a few facts about the product:

• UP&GO is New Zealand’s Leading convenient breakfast beverage option

• UP&GO offers hydration and Nutrition and has 10 essential Vitamins and Minerals

• UP&GO is High in fibre and 98.5% fat Free• UP&GO is High in Calcium and has no artificial colour’s• UP&GO is available in a range of flavours including Chocolate, Vanilla,

Strawberry, Banana and Coffee• In addition, UP&GO’s 350ML Energize has 20 grams of protein per

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NCEA

Key NZQA Dates Students should check their results on the NZQA Database using their Learner Logon Updated on the 5th day of each Month

NZQA Fees Were due on 13th June 2014 Unpaid fees are now overdue

Financial Assistance Were due on 13th June 2014 The school is still accepting late applications

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

Unpaid NZQA Fees are now overdue, they were due to the Finance Office on the 13th June 2014. NZQA 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 Fee Entry for all NZQF standards including Scholarship subjects $76.70

NZQA Fees for International Fee Paying Candidates

Entry Fee Entry for all NQF standards $383.30 Entry for each Scholarship subject $102.20 per subject

Financial Assistance To 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 were 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

DERIVED GRADES AND TERM THREE EXAMS: NZQA provides students with an opportunity to apply for derived grades if they have been disadvantaged because of a temporary impairment or a non-permanent disability close to or during an external examination (held in November) which has prevented attendance or affected performance in such examinations. Students will be notified of the official criteria and application process for this in term four. Derived grades will be generated from the results students gain from their practice examinations held in term three, unless their teacher advises them otherwise. This is one very good reason why senior students should take the term three examinations very seriously. NZQA will not (even if the reason is beyond the student’s control) be able to award a student with a grade for an externally assessed standard unless they have a result from an appropriate practice assessment. Note: Derived grade was previously known as compassionate consideration. TEST CONDITIONS

In tests, unless otherwise stated by the supervising teacher you: Must not bring written material into the test, for example, on notes, on refill, on hands

Must not leave your seat without permission.

Must not bring paper of any kind including tissues Must put up your hand if you need a teacher. Must NOT COMMUNICATE WITH ANYONE BUT THE TEACHER.

Must not leave the room without permission.

Must not start to write until told to do so. Are not given extra time if you are late. Are not to bring dictionaries either paper or electronic.

Are not to be rude to the teachers.

Are not to bring i-pods, cameras, phones, and other electronic devices

Must not bring food.

Must not bring programmable calculators with notes stored in their memory to a test. Therefore, programmable calculators will have their memories cleared by the teacher.

Must only use approved calculators (determined by supervising teacher)

COMPUTERS: Must NOT COMMUNICATE WITH ANYONE via e-mail (sending or receiving) when undertaking an assessment on a computer (The school’s electronic surveillance system can identify what each computer processed at every moment in the day)

Must place your bag and non-test items at the front of the room.

COMPUTERS: You are not to access any file other than what your teacher has explicitly directed you to. Therefore, accessing the internet, e-mail, or another programme not directly authorised by your teacher when the assessment was administered is forbidden and will be considered a breach of the rules. This is because it will jeopardize the authenticity of your work.

COMPUTERS: All assessment work done on computers must be logged under your own name (You must not logged work under any other name as it will not be possible to determine that work is your own –i.e., it will jeopardize the authenticity of your work)

The above conditions are designed to ensure that:

1 student work is authentic 2 the integrity of the assessment is not compromised; and 3 the assessor can conduct the assessment in a claim and orderly manner.

If a student brakes any of the above test conditions then it will be dealt with as a Breach of the Rules 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

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