Inspiration from the past, learning, contributing, empowering for today and tomorrow ISSUE 11, 7 July 2017

Message from Our Principal Tēnā koutou katoa ‘There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen for. Questions are the breath of life for a conversation’ – James Nathan Miller Given our recent parent/teacher interview it is timely to reflect on the importance of conversation. We are all aware that with the convenience of email, ‘talking’ can be neglected and ‘tone’ misinterpreted. It was great to see students join in the conversations. We do encourage this, as it assists our girls to take ownership of their learning and empowers them to practice responding to feedback. Should you have concern at any stage about your daughter’s progress, please contact her Dean. Congratulations to our Year 9 and 10 student leaders who were presented with their badges this week. Congratulations also to our students who have done well in the recent language and class speech competitions. As in many of our school activities, there is something very special about the energy and commitment our students bring to such activities. More than that though, it is the tangible support for each other that is so engaging, whether it be cheering each other on the sports field or acknowledging a success in an assembly. Encouraging and celebrating one another is what we do! Our seniors have been busy with their assessments and as they move into Term 3 they will be preparing for their school examinations as well as continuing to work towards further NCEA internal assessments. I remind our seniors that we work more effectively with sufficient time allocated for sleep, exercise, recreation and study. This is important for well-being and we must remember that well-being and learning are sides of the same coin. To our students who are off travelling over the holidays, we wish you well. Socials Sciences are off to the USA, the Choir to Sydney and French Language to New Caledonia. Safe travels to all and we look forward to hearing about your adventures upon your return. As this is the final newsletter for Term 2, I wish to applaud our community commitment to ‘empowering our students for today and tomorrow’. Much has been learned and achieved and for that we are grateful. I extend my sincere thanks to all who are part of our great school and who live the values of the ‘girls of the white and blue’. I wish all our families an opportunity to rejuvenate in the upcoming holidays. I look forward to seeing you in Term 3.

Mrs Dawn Ackroyd From the Ministry of Education: Youth mental health and wellbeing information for parents.

There has been a lot of public discussion about youth mental health recently. The Ministry of Education has asked all schools to let parents know where to find information to support the mental health and wellbeing of their children. Parents are encouraged to regularly check in with their child about how they are doing and the things going on in their lives. You’ll find links to organisations you can contact for help and advice if you are concerned about your child: www.parents.education.govt. nz/mental-health/ If you are concerned about your daughter’s wellbeing at school, please contact our school’s Guidance Counsellor, Mrs Bridget Mead, [email protected]; our Deputy Principal Mrs Jo Vennell, [email protected] or your daughter’s Dean.

Phone: 06 835 1069 Fax: 06 835 8164 Web: www.nghs.school.nz Principal's Secretary Email: [email protected] Main Office email: [email protected]

SPORTS - TERM 2 SUMMARY Term 2 began with an exciting visit to our school of the Rugby World Cup, which was a great inspiration for all of our sportswomen. Since then, there have been many highlights of sporting achievement for Napier Girls’ High athletes…

SPORTS EXCHANGES

Napier Girls’ High School was on fire against Tauranga Girls’ College, winning all netball, hockey, football, basketball and badminton games to successfully defend the trophy won last year. Against Palmerston North Girls’ High School we achieved an overall draw, winning all netball games, and our 1st XI hockey match. Next year we plan to bring the trophy home!

REGIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS Hockey

Congratulations to the large number (25) of Napier Girls’ High School hockey players who have recently been selected into regional representative teams. Under 15 Premier Team Ella Bergman, Emily Boyle, Hannah Cotter, Hannah Jones, Alice Poulton, Ruby Roberts, Lily Verhoeven Under 15 Championship Team Jasmine Angland, Jemma Barber, Gabrielle Howe, Tess Ireland, Lily Jackson, Madeleine Krebs, Leigh McKelvie, Kate Stewart, Emily Urbahn and Kelsey Stubbs. Under 18 Representative Kayla Beech, Molly Frame, Summer Gray, Mikeely Jones, Zoe Korf and Jess Moffatt Central Region Under 18 Representative Kaitlin Cotter and Rileigh Knapp

Orienteering

The Napier Girls’ High School Orienteering team achieved an overall win at the Hawke’s Bay Secondary School Champs recently. Focus is now on the NZSS Championships in Wairarapa on July 20-22, where Napier Girls’ High will defend their Top Girls School and Premier School Trophies. Basketball Congratulations to the 11 players who were selected for regional representative teams. Under 15 representative Amelia Swann, Melika Samia, Chalee Whiunui, Maia Young-Pomana, Janaya Preece Under 17 representative Sarah Winnie, Ashleigh Poi, Billie Paramore, Rosalia Samia Under 19 representative Mahia Isherwood and Maria Bush Cross Country At the East Coast North Island Cross Country Champs, our Year 9 team of Paige Archer, Fleur Trent, Britney Murphy, Piper Taylor, Plum King, Jasmine Angland, placed 1st and 3rd. Junior Girls - Brianna Lee placed 1st, with Nina Boesch and Brooke Morrison helping their team to 1st place also. Senior Girls - Emily Dunne placed 2nd. Netball Congratulations to the 20 NGHS netballers on their selection for Hawke’s Bay representative teams: Under 15 Development Team Caitlin Smith, Charlotte Welsh, Jaimee Alexander, Katie Beal, Sahria Adams, Sarah Winnie Under 15 Representative Angel Te Hiko, Ashleigh Poi, Brianna Lee, Janaya Preece, Kiah McCorkindale, Parris Petera, Shyan Murphy Under 17 Representative Jaimee Tapine, Janayah Lewis, Laike Baker, Maddison Kaye Under 19 Representative Jaydi Taylor-Chaffey, Briana Stephenson, Jade Poi Volleyball Congratulations to the following 11 NGHS girls who were selected for Hawke’s Bay/Poverty Bay representative teams. Under 17 representative Ally Williams (Captain), Charlotte Minor, Maea Bruce, Mia Pemberton, Molly Pritchard, Nikita Taylor-Chaffey Under 20 representative Madison Tabuteau, Larissa Kanthovong-Wilkins, Mia Pemberton, Laike Baker and Ella Henderson

Sports Summary cont... Gymnastics Congratulations to Abigail Bennett and Egao Yamaguchi who each won Silver medals at the Hawke’s Bay/Poverty Bay Gymnastics Championships. Cycling Congratulations to Laura Bickers who won the Under 17 Girls’ Road Race at the Hawke’s Bay Cycling Championships recently.

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL HONOURS Cross Country At the recent New Zealand Cross Country Championships our athletes returned with the following medals: Junior Girls - Individual Bronze medal for Briana Lee Teams Event - Silver and Bronze medals for Briana Lee, Nina Boesch, Brooke Morrison, Samara Eggers, Kate Stewart and Britney Murphy Inter-Provincial Relay Champs - Silver medals for Briana Lee, Nina Boesch and Brooke Morrison Basketball Chalee Whiunui and Amelia Swann were selected into the New Zealand Talent Programme. Melika Samia was selected into the NZ Under 16 team, and Rosalia Samia was selected into the NZ Under 17 women's squad. Football Aimee Atkins was selected to attend the Celtic United Academy in Scotland in October. Netball Jaydi Taylor-Chaffey was vice-captain of the Aotearoa Maori SS netball team who won the 2017 International Schools’ tournament. Volleyball Mia Pemberton and Laike Baker were selected for the New Zealand Development Squad. Rugby Taylor Ferguson was recently selected for the New Zealand Under 18 Women's Rugby squad and is also in contention for the New Zealand Sevens team. Orienteering Carolyne Nel was selected for the New Zealand Orienteering Team and will be competing at the Australian Orienteering Championships in October. Well done for a fantastic term of sport. Good Luck to all our athletes competing over the holidays, and we look forward to more remarkable achievements in the terms ahead. JoAnne Owen, Head of Sport

VOLUNTEER AWARDS Peyton Pyke-Duffy (Year 11) won the Hawke’s Bay Youth Volunteer Excellence Award at the Volunteer Awards function in Hastings. Peyton has been volunteering at The National Aquarium for over 2 years, and also participates backstage at Napier Operatics which is all voluntary. She previously volunteered at the Napier SPCA. The award is specifically for her service to the Aquarium. Congratulations Peyton!

MUSIC NEWS Term Two is always a very busy term of the music department and we haven't finished yet.

CHAMBER MUSIC

Congratulations to two of our Chamber Music groups, The Naughty Nortons and the Ritchie Trio who were the only Hawke’s Bay groups selected to perform in the Central Regional Chamber Music finals. The Naughty Nortons is a piano trio made up of students Isabella Holt, Ellen Mitchell and Bridget Page and The Ritchie Trio is also three students, Niamh Bentley, voice, Bridget Page, flute and Savannah Lomas, piano. These two groups performed with other groups from Wellington, Palmerston North, Wanganui and Gisborne. It is an outstanding achievement to get to this level of the competition and we are very proud of them.

AUSTRALIA TOURING CHOIR

We have a choir made up of 31 students heading off to Sydney on Sunday to participate in the Australian International Music Festival. This festival is held every year and orchestras, choirs and concert bands from all over the world participate. The students perform three solo performances as well as a massed choir performance. Having the opportunity to perform in the Sydney Opera House, Music Conservatorium, St James’ Church and the Sydney Town hall is going to be an amazing experience for these students. On Sunday 2nd July the choir gave a concert at school of all the songs they have prepared for their performances in Sydney. This choir has worked very hard and achieved a very high standard of performance. They have three programmes of songs, each designed for the different concert venues. Twelve songs is a lot for a choir to learn and these students have taken on this challenge and are sounding fantastic. We are all looking forward to a wonderful week in Sydney.

ARTS CONCERT

Our annual Arts Concert is coming up early next term. Please mark on your calendar Wednesday 2 August at 7pm in the school hall. This is a wonderful opportunity to see and hear our music and drama groups as well as see some fantastic visual art from our talented students. All students involved in music groups are expected to attend this.

SPEECH COMPETITION YEAR 10 SPEECH COMPETITION

Congratulations to Anneliese Van Florenstein, winner of the Year 10 Speech Competition. Anneliese persuaded her audience to love rather than hate and highlighted the relevant issue of refugees. Imogen Murphy came second with a convincing argument of making the school day shorter, Layla Whiunui came third, reminding us not to let materialistic things control or define us, and Paris Good received an honorary mention for her speech on why it is easier to be a boy rather than a girl. Well done to everybody that competed. The standard was extremely high and the judges had some tough decisions to make. Also a big thank you to our judges, Mrs Wright and Mrs Poi.

LANGUAGES SPEECH COMPETITION NZALT HAWKE’S BAY: Year 10 Languages Speech Competition Last Friday eight students represented NGHS at the Year 10 Languages Speech Competition for Hawke’s Bay: Jemma Barber, Sophie Downing, Rosa Dykes, Maddison Greeks, Brenna Lansdown, Lilly Parkes, Greta Sewell and Annaliese Van Florenstein. These girls put in hours of preparation prior to the competition and delivered speeches of up to two minutes completely from memory. We are proud all of these participants and especially want to recognise the four students who won awards for their categories: Third place for Japanese: Sophie Downing for Spanish and Greta Sewell Second place for French: Rosa Dykes First Place for Japanese: Jemma Barber

WHITE ISLAND Fourteen Year 12 and 13 students joined teachers Marcia Hengst and Andrew Lessard on an overnight trip to the Taupo Volcanic Centre and White Island. The Taupo Volcanic Centre set the scene providing the history and geological background for the following days trip to White Island. The visit to the island was an awe inspiring experience. We walked across the volcanic crater with the protection of a hard hat and gas mask. Sulfur dioxide spewed from vents around us and water flowed from different vents with vastly different chemical composition. Our guides on the island shared with us their vast knowledge and we all returned with a deeper understanding of the earth science that created this fascinating place.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS Our second out of town trip this term was to Hobbiton and Rotorua in Week 8. Ten students and Mrs van der Linden ventured northwards to “The Shire”, learning all about one of the film sets for The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit movies. We then travelled to Rotorua where the girls enjoyed a soak at Polynesian Spa, zip lined through native forest and were thoroughly entertained at the Tamaki Maori Village. These trips give our international students a chance to absorb the culture and landscapes of our country. Last Friday in the Showcasing Talent assembly, we heard from our Thai and Japanese students. The focus of their presentations is to create an awareness of the wider world through respecting and valuing diversity. Both groups taught us a lot about their country and culture. In Thai, we learnt how to greet a male “Sa-wad-dee krub” and a female “Sa-wad-dee ka”. We also learnt about som tam, a green papaya spicy salad. Som tam is is one of the most commonly available and popularly consumed dishes in Thailand. The Japanese girls taught us about special days in the school year including school festival day and singing day. The also talked about fun activities at school like the centipede race. We farewelled four of our German students at a shared lunch on Wednesday. Maya Giri has been an International leader for the last two terms and has been with us for a full year. Maya has been one of our hockey stars during her time with us, playing for the first XI team but also representative teams. Zoe Korff began with us in January this year and is another of our hockey stars. Zoe has travelled widely in her time in New Zealand. Leonie Schleicher has made the most of her New Zealand experience travelling widely and immersing herself in all things kiwi, including playing rugby. Leoni Reiss has been with us for one term but has accomplished a lot in her time with us. She has seen the Far North and joined International trips to Hobbiton and Rotorua. She is leaving to tour the South Island before returning to Germany. All four girls have achieved their goals to improve their English, see more of New Zealand and make new friends. We welcome seven new International students next term from China, Germany and Japan.

Ana van der Linden International Dean

NZQA FEES The qualification fees for 2017 are: Domestic Candidates Entry fee for all NQF Standards: $76.70; Scholarship per entry: $30.00; International Fee Paying Candidates Entry for all NQF standards: $383.30; All scholarship entries:$102.20 per subject. The deadline for payment is Friday 28 July. Early in Term 3 schools pay all candidate fees to NZQA. After this date, fees cannot be refunded. If you do not pay your fees NZQA will not report any results on your daughter’s Record of Achievement and she will not get any certificates. Late payments attract a fee of $50.00. Financial Assistance: Financial assistance is available to assist with the payment of entry fees to National Secondary Schools Qualifications. To apply for financial assistance, the applicant (normally the parent or caregiver of the candidate) must meet at least one of the following criteria: • Be receiving a Work and Income or Study Link benefit or have a Community Services Card • Have a joint family income that qualifies for a Community Services Card • Have two or more children entered as candidates with fees more than $200.00. A financial assistance form can be obtained from the school office. You can also get this form from the NZQA website at www. nzqa.govt.nz/financial assistance. Financial assistance is only available to domestic students. International fee paying students are not eligible for financial assistance.

CAREERS UPDATE It was pleasing to see a number of students and parents attend the University Information evenings in Hawke’s Bay. These were valuable and informative presentations and a wonderful opportunity for students and parents to ask questions about specific courses, key dates and halls of residence. Most scholarship websites are now open and it is important that students are proactive and organised in order to reap the benefits. Students also need to start thinking about applying for their halls of residence. Most universities open their accommodation portals on 1st August, 2017. EIT Taster sessions are running in the school holidays. Students have been given information on this, but you could also check the EIT website if your daughter is interested. They also run holiday programmes in a variety of subjects. Recently, the Careers Department has had a number of presentations from past students. They shared their university experiences and talked about the transition from school to tertiary life with the Year 13 students. I was fortunate enough to attend the University of Canterbury’s Teachers’ Conference last week. It was a wonderful opportunity to see what Canterbury has to offer our students. It is an exciting time for the University of Canterbury, with new state of the art buildings providing access to modern learning spaces and cutting-edge technology that supports collaborative teaching, learning and research.

Mrs C Johnson - Careers Advisor

STAR UPDATE

13 girls completed a First Aid Course last week. This is the course that is compulsory for students who want to do nursing or occupational therapy. We will run another one later in the year for students who are interested. Students are also attending a Retail Course, an Occupational Safety and Health Course and a Mixology holiday course. If students are interested in doing courses outside of school, please see Mrs Verhoeven. Mrs D Verhoeven - Star Coordinator

OTAGO UNIVERSITY LAW PRESENTATION

Otago’s Dean of Law Mark Hennigan, and some of Otago’s Hawke’s Bay Law undergraduates, including past students, Maggie Dever and Erin Gourley, took time out of their day to come and talk to seniors about plans for next year. The talk was really cool and provided great advice about both the University and the different areas of Law. They went through the sections and papers taken in Law and the expectations for future years. We were shown the different groups we could join just through law, as well as the cool experiences that law provides. The most enjoyable part for me, was when we got to look at actual cases, make up our own minds and debate our sides. We were able to hear what the actual judgement was, which helped put law into perspective and see how it actually worked. It also helped me to understand what law is really all about which confirmed my plans to study it down in Otago. Mark Hennigan was really lovely and helped make a far away place seem a lot closer and a lot less scary. I highly recommend anyone who is even remotely thinking about doing law, to go to this next year, as it will help them to figure out if law is for them, or not. By Victoria Krebs, Year 13

CAREERS cont.... TERTIARY OPEN DAYS

Tertiary open days give students and parents the opportunity to explore the campus and experience first-hand what the tertiary environment is like. You are invited to visit special displays and presentations and explore the various facilities that students use. We strongly recommend that students go to the tertiary open days as it is an important part of the decision making process. See below for the dates of the University open days this year: 13 July - Canterbury University 14 July - Lincoln University 2 August - Massey University – Manawatu 12 August - Massey University – Auckland 1 September - Massey University – Wellington 1 September - Victoria University 2 September - Auckland University 2 September - Auckland University of Technology

MASSEY UNIVERSITY TRIP - PALMERSTON NORTH

This year we would like to provide the opportunity for Year 13 students, and Year 12 students accompanied by their parents, to attend the Massey University Open Day. The Open Day starts at 9am and finishes at 2pm on Wednesday, 2 August, 2017. The bus will leave at 6.15am and return at 5.30pm. There is no cost for this trip as the PTA are kindly covering the transport cost. If you are interested in attending this trip please get your daughter to sign up and collect a letter from the careers centre.

MASSEY UNIVERSITY INFORMATION EVENING

The Massey University Information evening is an opportunity for students and their parents to find out more about their areas of interest and university life. It is held at the MTG Hawke’s Bay, 1 Tennyson Street, Napier on Tuesday 25 July 2017. You can register your attendance at the following link: https://masseyuni.wufoo.eu/forms/massey-university-regional-information-evenings/

OTAGO UNIVERSITY PARENT SEMINAR

The Otago University Information evening is for parents and students on Thursday 27 July, 6.30pm at the Large Exhibition Hall, Napier Conference Centre. You will learn about what life is like at the Otago University, information about accommodation, degree information, scholarships, and what to expect in the first year.