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Gisborne Girls’ High SchoolNewsletter FEBRUARY 2018

Success

Te Kura Tuarua o Tūranga WāhineComing Events

Gisborne Girls’ High School

Post PO Box 249 Gisborne 4040

Phone 06 868 6092

Fax 06 868 4226

Email info@gghs.school.nz

Celebrating

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Deans andForm TeachersThese people play a critical role in your daughter’s success. If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to call her form teacher in the first instance. To arrange this please call the school office (06) 8686092

The Deans for this year are:

Rita Halley Year 9Justine Ward Year 10Ingrid Meister Year 11Chrissy Bevan- Hutana Year 12Debbie Tallott Year 13 Wendy Kirkwood International Students

Upcoming Events - Careers Faculty

Auckland University Visit - March 9 period 1 in HallEIT Hawkes Bay Trip - April 5Careers Expo - 9 April 12.30 to 2.30pm - Senior students Parents welcome from 4 - 7pmMassey University Visit- 11 April period 1 in HallVictoria University Visit - 11 April period 2 in HallAuckland University of Technology (AUT) Visit - 11 April period 3 in HallWaikato University Visit - 11 April period 4 in HallSouthern Institute of Technology Visit- 12 April interval room 21

Dear students, parents and caregivers,He kura ao, He ao kura ko Turan-ga Wahine. Nga mihi aroha ki nga kaitiaki a o tatou rangatira.

Well it has certainly been a very busy start to the year. We began the year by welcoming all our new students and their whanau as well as new staff members into our school com-munity at our lovely powhiri. School has settled down quick-

We have had our traditional school events of Athletics and Swimming Sports in the past two weeks and it was great to see so many students taking part in these and having fun. Well done to our winners and all those who earned house points.

Later this term we will hold our student learning conferences where each student and a whanau member have a meeting with their form teacher to discuss the student’s goals and plans for the year ahead. These are very important as one of the key factors identified as lead-ing to student success at school is the strength of the home-school partnership. These will be held on Tuesday 10 and Wednesday 11 April after the interim reports have been issued. These are the only formal individual meetings that are planned for this year and the expectation is that every student attends a meeting. These will be scheduled for 15 minutes each and infor-mation will be sent out soon to arrange appointment times.

Nga mihi nui ki a koutou.Jan Kumar

ly to the key focus of learning and I have been very impressed with how well our new Year 9s have transitioned into GGHS. They have been very friendly, willing to talk about themselves and their goals and have made a fine start to their education at Girls’ High. We have also wel-comed new students at every level and I hope that all new students find that our school is both welcoming and able to meet their learning needs. Moving to high school can be a big change and even though we try to smooth the way it can still be a challenging time for students. Please contact your daughter’s form teacher if there are any issues we need to know about.

We were very pleased with the NCEA results that our students achieved last year. Our students have done very well and the preliminary results confirm that again we are the overall best performing school in Gisborne. In the table below you can see the preliminary pass rates for each level and the percentage of students who gained their certificate with either a Merit or Excellence endorsement.

Dear students, parents and caregivers, He kura ao, He ao kura ko Turanga Wahine. Nga mihi aroha ki nga kaitiaki a o tatou rangatira. Well it has certainly been a very busy start to the year. We began the year by welcoming all our new students and their whanau as well as new staff members into our school community at our lovely powhiri. School has settled down quickly to the key focus of learning and I have been very impressed with how well our new Year 9s have transitioned into GGHS. They have been very friendly, willing to talk about themselves and their goals and have made a fine start to their education at Girls’ High. We have also welcomed new students at every level and I hope that all new students find that our school is both welcoming and able to meet their learning needs. Moving to high school can be a big change and even though we try to smooth the way it can still be a challenging time for students. Please contact your daughter’s form teacher if there are any issues we need to know about. We were very pleased with the NCEA results that our students achieved last year. Our students have done very well and the preliminary results confirm that again we are the overall best performing school in Gisborne. In the table below you can see the preliminary pass rates for each level and the percentage of students who gained their certificate with either a Merit or Excellence endorsement.

Level: % of cohort passed:

% of Students gaining Endorsements:

NCEA Level 1 86 Excellence: 14 Merit: 41

NCEA Level 2 91 Excellence: 25 Merit: 23

NCEA Level 3 85 Excellence: 14 Merit: 27

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We have had our traditional school events of Athletics and Swimming Sports in the past two weeks and it was great to see so many students taking part in these and having fun. Well done to our winners and all those who earned house points. Later this term we will hold our student learning conferences where each student and a whanau mamber have a meeting with their form teacher to discuss the student’s goals and plans for the year ahead. These are very important as one of the key factors identified as leading to student success at school is the strength of the home-school partnership. These will be held on Tuesday 10 and Wednesday 11 April after the interim reports have been issued. These are the only formal individual meetings that are planned for this year and the expectation is that every student attends a meeting. These will be scheduled for 15 minutes each and information will be sent out soon to arrange appointment times. Nga mihi nui ki a koutou. Jan Kumar

CARS and PARKINGDue to the large number of students arriving and leaving our school grounds at the start and end of the school day we ask that parents who are picking up or dropping off students do not come onto the school campus or stop in front of the gates. It is also recommended that you avoid Stanley Road which can be very congested with buses.If you are coming into the school it is important that you first come into either the Main Office or the Guidance Centre. You may be asked to sign in which is for our Health and Safety requirements so we know who is on the grounds if there is an evacuation. We appreciate your cooperation.

MARCHYr 13 Eastwoodhill Day 6th

Yr 9 Hinetu Evening 5.15pm 6th

Yr 10 Rippa Rugby 7th

Yr 9 Camp 12 -14th

Summer Tournament week 19th

Yr12/13 Hinetu 5.15pm 29th

Good Friday 30th

APRILEaster Mon/Tues Holiday 2nd& 3rd

Student Conferences 10 &11th

End of Term 13th

Out and about Hinetu yr 10

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Thank you to all the parents/caregivers, students and staff who made our Year 10 Hinetu evening such a success. A special thank you to our ran-gatahi for all your huge efforts! There were a wide variety of wonderful presentations, from amazing videos with a Mannequin challenge to comedy, to creative collage, exemplary power points, students singing live and dancing. We are very proud to have such talented students who demonstrate our school values and key competencies on a daily basis.

Learning Support has made a great start to the year....with lots of activities and participation -“trot on!”

On Sunday 18th February, myself and Alice Kibble were excited to get the opportunity to attend the Kopuawhara Trip to mark the 80th anniversary of the Kopuawhara flood disaster that killed 22 rail workers building the Gisborne-Wairoa line. In a flash flood, Waiau (Kopuawhara) Stream swept away the single men’s part of Number 4 Railway Construction Camp, Kaingapipi, on February 19, 1938.

Twenty men and one woman were drowned. An-other man drowned in a railway camp by Maraetaha Stream. The thing I found most interesting was that myself and Alice were 50 years younger than all the participants that were involved in this memorable day that took us at least 2 hours each way, so tiring but it was worth the walk. I think that Gisborne Girls’ High School was very privileged to get the opportu-nity to attend this fascinating event that is so impor-tant in our local history.Ihipera Cairns- Edmonds

Did you know that most anglicans in today’s world live in west Af-rica and are under the age of 25? Did you know that in the next 100 years council will have to buy the Holy Trinity Church as a historic landmark and tourist venue? On the 8th February the Year 13 His-tory class took a trip to our local Holy Trinity Church to learn about Anglicans across the world, in New Zealand and the church’s history itself. It was lead by Norman Maclean who was very knowledgeable of the church and religion. I particularly enjoyed learning about the stained glass window which integrated Voyagers and the heavens in one peice of stunning art but was disappointed to know that the numbers of attendees to church is decreasing rapidly in this day and age and there is an increase in home lead religious gather-ings. I think this learning experience expanded my knowledge of Gisborne’s History around religions and made me realise the many places in Gisborne with untold stories and history that need to be shared through the younger generations.Alice Kibble.

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Community Wahine toa!CYCLONE GITA APPEALOn Friday 23rd February, the school ran a voluntary appeal to raise money to sup-port the people of Tonga. We raised $605.Gita was no longer a cyclone when it rav-aged places in NZ, so we can only imag-ine what a Category 4 Cyclone can do to a small Pacific Island group. Houses, schools, churches, historic buildings, crops and businesses were severely damaged.We are investigating donating directly to a school that has strong ties to our commu-nity. Thank you parents and students!

The present meets the future!Puna Whakaata Maniapoto-Love (Deputy Head Prefect) and Audine Grace-Kutia (BOT Chairperson) met our Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern during her visit to the Waka Hourua, Tairawhiti last Friday. Puna presented her with a crew t-shirt.

Congratulations to Lucy Anderson for her Scholarship in English.We wish her well on her future travels and career journey.

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Athletics Sports Day

Junior Champ - Jessie Kapene Intermediate Champ - Maddie Wilson - New record high jump 1.66m Senior Champ - Christy Tate

Junior cricket ball throw - new record by Marama Walker-Jones 55.1m

House winners 1st Lysnar2nd Duff3rd Williams

Fashion in the Field WinnersMiss Duff - Millie McIntyre-GardnerMiss Williams -Sage-Rosemary ClarkeMiss Lysnar -Eve MulliganMiss Athletics -Alice KibbleSophie RosemanEireann Lawton-HudnerEmma Le Goff(aka The Simpsons!)