KELSTON GIRLS' COLLEGE Term 2 - May 2016
Principal’s Newsletter Kia ora,
Food, performance, spot prizes and fun are the order of the night!
Welcome to Term 2. Last week we enjoyed an evening with parents learning about NCEA. Senior students shared last year’s data with parents; Mr Coetzee explained how NCEA works and Mrs Steer demonstrated using sand, pebbles, rocks and a glass jar - how important time management and organisational skills are for success in NCEA.
Winter Sports A number of staff and parents have volunteered to be coaches and managers. We are grateful for Wynton Rufer’s support in supplying a coach for our football team. We are grateful for a huge step up in support from the Rugby Union for coaches for our Rugby teams. Parents, please note that our new Sports Coordinator is Sam Baker. He can be contacted on 827 6063.
Student, Teacher, Parent (STP) meetings These occur on Tuesday 17th May. Have you made your appointment yet? You can do this online or by ringing your daughter’s Dean on 827 6063: Year 9 & 10 Year 11 Year 12 Year 13
Ms Munam Ms Stucki Mrs Ahmed Miss Magasiva
This is a great opportunity for you, your daughter and her teacher to discuss your daughter’s progress – what is going well, what needs strengthening.
Nga mihi nui LINDA FOX PRINCIPAL
Congratulations to our highly successful Waka Ama team. They showed tremendous persistence and grit in succeeding despite a broken paddle.
FROM THE BOARD
If your daughter has a sports uniform from previous years still in her room, can you return it to the school as soon as possible please? Healthy Eating, Healthy Exercise At this time it is worth reiterating that we encourage your daughters to be healthy and fit, not only for sport, but also to enable success academically. Healthy mind, healthy body – truer words were never spoken.
This week on Wednesday we held our school Cross Country. Shortly we will start the Winter lunchtime ports activities. Whether it’s a brisk walk around the block every day, yoga, the gym, or playing in a team, exercise is invaluable for keeping the mind healthy as well as the body. Wahine Toa This is a heads up that Wahine Toa is on Friday 29th July – 6:30 to 9:00pm in the school’s auditorium. The occasion is to celebrate the importance of the women in our lives. Each student is to invite a female important to her to the evening.
Dear Parents, Thank you to parents who have expressed an interest in joining the Kelston Girls' College, Board of Trustees. Please contact the Board Secretary for more information on 827 9622. Nomination forms are available from Reception. The closing date for nominations is 20th May 2016. Congratulations to Luisa Magasiva who has been appointed to the position of Assistant Principal i/c of Pastoral. Congratulations to Sam Baker who has been appointed to the Sports Coordinator role and Director of the Rugby Academy. Yours sincerely, Dr James Prescott Board of Trustees Chairman
IMPORTANT DATES
NZ Sign Language Week 10th - 15th May Bullying Free NZ Week 16th - 10th May Student, Teacher, Parent (STP) Meetings Tuesday 17th May Asthma Bus Visit 19th May BOT Election Nominations Close 20th May @ Noon Samoan Language Week 29th May - 4th June BP Business Challenge 1st & 2nd June BOT Election Voting Closes 3rd June @ Noon Queens Birthday Holiday - School Closed Monday 6th June World Refugee Day 17th June Class & Team Photos 20th June Languages Week 27th June - 1st July School Ball 2nd July Maori Language Week 4th July - 10th July Kelston’s Got Talent 6th July Last Day of Term 2 Friday 8th July
I would like to thank all of the students and staff for the many memories I will always have with me. Keep on moving forward with your plans, keep your heads held high, be proud of Kelston Girls’ College.
Respect each other, be kind to
each other and know that whatever you do is because you care about yourselves and others. Nurse Veronica Lythe-Brown
CONGRATULATIONS Congratulations to past student, Feagai Ioane for winning an NCEA Scholarship in Samoan in the 2015 examinations. Congratulations also to her teacher Mrs Sarah Yandall-Vaega pictured here with flowers presented to her by the staff and BOT .
Congratulations to Courtney Hornell 13RM who has won a ticket to the upcoming school ball as winner of the competition across Kelston Boys’ and Girls’ to design the ticket to this year's ball. Tickets are $105 and now on sale at the school office. All students who have paid at least $55 towards their ticket by May 27th will go in the draw to win their ticket. BE IN TO WIN!
REMINDER - STP MEETINGS Tuesday 17th May On this there will be no timetabled classes, you and your daughter will be expected to a 20 minute interview with your daughter's Academic Counsellor. This interview will allow you to discuss academic progress to date. If you have not booked this interview, please go to www.parentinterview.co.nz entering the event code PPM6Y or you can phone the school to make an appointment on 827 6063.
GATEWAY There has been no down time among our students who seek new challenges and learning outside the classroom. The world of work is a serious topic for our senior girls. The possibilities are endless and the competition out there is huge for employment. This is why exposure to workplaces and training courses is essential to help our students to make informed choices about their future. But also to up-skill and prepare them for what lies beyond school. For many, that is just months away. The Gateway programme aims to offer a realistic look into different types of employment and meaningful learning opportunities that closely align with future career prospects. Students who actually go to a workplace to train and participate as an employee are learning first hand, gaining confidence and credits towards their NCEA. During the recent holiday break some Gateway students attended the following training and workplaces: Dive HQ, Cut Above Hair Academy, bank training, cabin attendant, fork-hoist certificate, coaching and recreation. More students have requested time in the holidays to attend courses of interest as they want to enrich their experiences, gain credits and knowledge. At present our Gateway students are working in the following businesses: The Warehouse: Red Shirts Programme, Me and Mrs Jones Hair Salon, Fitness, Zeal Performing Arts, Youth Work, Sound and Recording, Event Management, ANZ Bank, Mad Butcher. There are more workplaces planned for Term 2 including Telecommunications, early childhood, primary schools and other businesses who welcome our students into their workplace.
SDNZ 2016 Our girls did a great job representing Kelston Girls’ at the annual Street Dance NZ competition on Fri 29th April. They worked tirelessly through the holidays, and were pleased to be able to perform their final product for friends and family at a dress rehearsal before the big day. It was a great experience, with many lessons learnt along the way.
We
would like to send a big thank you to our sponsors 'Streamline Fixers' for their generosity and help. We look
forward to next year’s comp!
SPORTS RUGBY The KGC rugby season kicked off this week with a preseason non-comp round. Our First XV travelled to Otahuhu College for their first outing. Players of the Day were Pearl Wilson and Isadora Kini. Our 10s squad hosted One Tree Hill College at Archibald Park. Players of the Day were Filisita Tapusoa, Latu Fainu and our try scorer, Wendy Toelupe. Well done to all of the girls. Good luck for the start of the proper season. Thank you to our coaches, managers, parents and supporters.
ARTS DEPT Year 12 and 13 visual art and design students visited Onehunga High School to view New Zealand's top art and design folios from 2015. These folios included photography, painting, print, design and sculpture. Kelston Girls’ College students benefited by viewing inspirational student work and learnt about developing a series of ideas.
ANZAC DAY PARADE
NETBALL Seven Kelston Girls' netball teams started their winter season at Netball Waitakere's Te Pai courts. Our 3 senior teams play on Tuesday evenings and have so far played 2 of 3 grading games. Four Junior teams played their first game on Saturday the 7th of May. The Premier team had an excellent start by winning their first grading game 29-14, against Avondale College Prem 2. They also had a repeat success this week winning against St Dominics Senior A 25-24. The Senior Red and Senior Blue teams eased into the season by playing each other for the first grading game, with Senior Blue winning 8-7. This week the Senior teams played against Hoani Waititi and Green Bay High. The Juniors had their first grading game early on Saturday morning. 10 Red and 10 Blue both won their grading games. 9 Red had a low turnout of players but 9 Blue helped out. Our Junior players who displayed exceptional improvement and performance on the day were Jasmine Joseph-Pampellone (9 Red), Daisy Tauvae Tuiletufuga (9 Blue), Serafina Setu (10 Red) and Windy Lavasii (10 Blue). We are grateful for our school coaches from the wider Kelston community who have volunteered their time and expertise to develop netball at our school. We also have senior students coaching and umpiring junior teams. If you are interested in umpiring on Saturday mornings or Tuesdays 4:30pm-8:00pm, we need your help. Please contact the school on 827 6063.
Our Prefects joined Kelston Boys’ High School prefects at the Anzac Day Parade on 25th April. Our Head Girl, Rhonda Matagi-Tomasi and the Head Boy of Kelston Boys’ laid a wreath at the Cenotaph. It was great to see so many people gather in remembrance. Thank you to our Prefects and staff who represented Kelston Girls’ College.
COMMUNITY NOTICES
AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM KIWIRAIL New train timetable Monday 9th May From Monday there will be more trains running on the Western Line: At peak times trains will run every 10 minutes (Monday to Friday between 6am and 9am and from 2.30pm to 7pm). During the day services will run every 20 minutes At other times and on the weekend every 30 minutes. Safety at railway crossings With more trains running, it is even more important that students take care at railway crossings on their way to or from school. Please remind students to take extra care when crossing the tracks: to obey the signals - only cross when the crossing bells and lights have STOPPED and there are no trains in either direction to expect a second train – stop and look BOTH directions to check for another train avoid distractions – always remove headphones and put away phones when near railway tracks.
