Newsletter August 2014

To the Epsom Girls Grammar School Community The role of parents and caregivers as partners in your daughters’ learning has been very prominent over past weeks with your attendance at subject conferences, the Tertiary

INSIDE THIS ISSUE: BOT news

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OGA news

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I hope your daughters have been able to identify for you any gaps they have in their learning

General news

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and how they plan to address that along with their plan to manage their upcoming assessments

Curriculum news

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Information Evening and Options Evening.

and other commitments. Clear advice has been given at special assemblies on this.

Arts & Cultural news

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Option choices should have been entered on line now and from these we shall build our option

Sports news

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structure. In many schools this is set from the outset but we aim to satisfy the choices of as

EGGS Foundation Office

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many students as possible and begin with their choices. Those who change their options or are late in choosing will inevitably have a narrower choice.

Raye Freedman Arts Centre

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Important Dates & Notices

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It was lovely to see so many fathers at the Father and Daughter Breakfast at Eden Park. This is an opportunity for fathers to spend time with their daughter and to add to memories of that special relationship. One of our Deputy Head Prefects Liziana Fa’asolo brought a tear to many eyes with her singing about that relationship on the morning. The recent Founders Awards Dinner was a wonderful event acknowledging and celebrating the achievements of three more of our Old Girls. These occasions provide an opportunity for our present students to be made aware of the achievements of those who have gone before them who can be role models they can identify with. Read about these people and their achievements in later pages. The success of our Stage Challenge group in once again winning first place is amazing. This event, along with the Korean Evening and Chinese Extravaganza, is student directed and involves large numbers of students across all year levels. The leadership skills involved in organising these events are at a very high level and the creativity and organisational skills demonstrated are very impressive. We are very proud of the senior students who have led others to success and in the process have learned so much about leadership themselves. Successes in many sporting codes are recorded in the following pages and we look forward to achieving even more in the upcoming Winter Tournament Week. One of our Deputy Principals, Ms Fiona Cottam, has recently been appointed Associate Principal at Botany Downs Secondary

Dame Judith Potter (Patron of the Leading Women in Sport Campaign), Jan Martin (former Black Stick hockey player) both previous Founders Award recipients and Madeline Gunn at the Golf Day held at Akarana Golf Club on 22 August - raising funds for the completion of the Lady Joyce Fisher Sports Centre

College. Fiona, a former Head Prefect of EGGS, has been in her enthusiasm to the school over that time. We shall miss her smiling

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face and genuine commitment to the school, its students and staff

The Education Review Office (ERO) publishes a series of five

but wish her every success in this promotion. We know that she

booklets for parents and caregivers.

position here for seven years and has contributed with great

will still contribute to EGGS through her close involvement with the We want to find out how useful the information is to parents,

Old Girls Association.

how the booklets can be improved, and if parents would prefer to receive the information in a different way.

As the term draws to a close I encourage you to continue the conversations with your daughters about their learning and, for

We’re starting with a survey of How is my child doing? To

senior students, the challenges of external assessment early in the

take part in the survey go to www.ero.govt.nz – Featured

fourth term.

Publications. The survey runs until the end of September and

Madeline Gunn - Principal

only takes a few minutes to complete.

From the Board of Trustees

Meanwhile if you would like a copy of one of the booklets email [email protected]

Welcome back to School for Term 3.

There was some turmoil in the Term 2 holidays with the proposed overlapping of the Epsom Girls Grammar zone by new enrolment zones to be set up for Selwyn and One Tree Hill Colleges. This proposal was only advised to us near the end of Term 2 and the Board did not have time to be fully appraised of the details of the proposal before the holidays started so we were not able to advise parents in an informed manner. The Board had serious concerns about having the EGGS zone overlapped, and these concerns were voiced by many parents. We arranged a meeting with the Ministry, in conjunction with Auckland Grammar, in the holiday period to hear the detailed plan and reasons for the proposed overlap.

The meeting gave us an

opportunity to voice our concerns not just over the rationale for the overlap but also the process that had been followed. The Board does not have any issue with Selwyn and One Tree Hill Colleges setting up a home enrolment zone but we disputed the thinking that lead to the proposal to overlap the EGGS zone. The Board also expressed significant concerns over the submission process and time constraints imposed. The time constraints meant that we could not adequately consult with parents and other members of the EGGS community, nor could we adequately brief the EGGS community on what our submissions should be. We advised the Ministry of these concerns, which in the time allocated for reply could not be adequately addressed and that the Board would not support the proposed overlap of the EGGS Zone. In the end sense and logic prevailed so that the new zones would not overlap the EGGS zone. The Board wishes to thank the Principal Mrs Gunn and Mrs Wendy Smith the Enrolment Manager, for their hard work over the school holidays to provide the Board with the necessary support and background information required to resolve this issue. We also extend our thanks to all the parents that provided us with their views and / or made submissions directly. The very strong EGGS community opposition to the proposal helped to have it changed. It was great to see a good turn-out for the EGGS Father and Daughter breakfast function, this was an opportunity to celebrate with our daughters the special relationship that we have with them. Thanks to the sponsors of the function and all donations made towards the Sports Centre. The Lady Joyce Fisher Sports Centre is progressing well and nearing completion. We hope to have the second stage commissioned for use by Term 4. The completion of Stage 2 will be a fantastic addition to the sporting and physical educational facilities available to the students at EGGS. Dr Gerald Young - Chair Board of Trustees

OLD GIRLS ASSOCIATION From the Epsom Girls Grammar Old Girls Association President The committee elected at the Old Girls Association’s June AGM has been working hard on a number of projects.

Founder’s Awards Dinner A special evening was held on Wednesday 20 August 2014 at Sorrento to give recognition to three former students and staff of EGGS who have demonstrated exceptional individual achievement nationally and internationally in their chosen fields.

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It was a

wonderful occasion and great to see a number of current students at the dinner as well as to be able to catch up with EGGS friends, share good food and reflect on the impact our alumnae have on our wider community. Congratulations once again to Professor Catherine Bollard – Medical Research, Marnie McGuire - Women’s’ Professional Golf and Marte Szirmay – Art (Sculpture).

Enyth

Good was the winner of the double tickets to Mark Hadlow’s one man show MAMIL at the Herald Theatre for her early registration for the dinner thanks to Auckland Live.

Kathryn Seagrave OGA President, Marte Szirmay and Alice Yang Arts Prefect after presenting Marte’s Founders Award

Head Prefect Shalomy Sathiyaraj reflecting on the achievements of our Founders Awards recipients at the Founders Awards dinner at Sorrento

Epsom Golf Day

Rose Tynan Sports Prefect, Marnie McGuire and Kathryn Seagrave OGA President after presenting Marnie’s Founders Award

Akarana Golf Course was taken over by our alumnae, parents, current staff and business partner supporters on Friday 22 August for the Epsom Golf tournament. The tournament was Ambrose rules with a shotgun start. The event which was supported by the EGGS Foundation and the OGA raised funds for the completion of the Sports Centre through the entry fees, hole sponsorship and wonderful auction prizes. Congratulations to the winning team of Barfoot & Thompson Team 1, Jeff Cate, Paul Davis and Russell O’Brien. Jane Grigg was the winner of double tickets to MAMIL for her early registration for the Golf Day thanks to Auckland Live.

Epsom House Scholarship Winner Announced Julie Goodyer - Past President OGA, Glenda Paterson, and Cherry Allbury at Golf Day

We are pleased to announce that the Old Girls Association Epsom House Scholarship for 2015 has been awarded to Georgia Cooper from Drury who will enter Epsom House in Year 9 next year. Georgia’s mother Kirsty Ferguson attended EGGS from 1985 – 1989. The Scholarship is awarded to a new Epsom House student who has a strong connection with the OGA and who we consider will make a real contribution to, and benefit from, being a part of the EGGS community. The Scholarship covers the Development levy and first instalment of the 2015 fees.

Georgia Cooper

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Year 13 Graduation Dinner This special evening for Year 13’s has been set for Tuesday 2 December 2014. Put this date in your diary now as it promises to be a fantastic evening recognising the achievements of our senior students as they move on to the next stage of their careers. Letters about the sale of Graduation dinner tickets will be sent out this week. The OGA also sells Graduation rings which can be ordered at the same time as you purchase dinner tickets.

Visit to School song writer Virginia Bishop and I recently met with Maureen Hooker, one of the writers of the School song. The song was written during WWII and Maureen had us entranced with stories of life at EGGS during the war years. Miss Loudon, the Principal at the time, had students very involved in the war effort. Maureen remembers drill practice in the trenches dug in ‘Paradise’, knitting khaki wool socks for the soldiers, baking to raise money and having weekly talks in assembly from Miss Loudon about the progress of the war.

Wilma Smith performing in Auckland in September

Maureen Hooker, one of the writers of the School song

Former Founders Award recipient Wilma Smith who is retiring as Concert Master of The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra later this year was a star at Epsom Girls’ Grammar, then a star at Auckland University and has continued to star all her musical life. Wilma and 2 friends, pianist Michael Houston and cellist Eliah Sakakuskhev von Bismark will present a program of Piano Trios in Auckland at the Music Theatre, University of Auckland Department of Music, 6 Symonds Street, on Friday 19 September 2014 - 7.30pm to 9pm. Tickets cost $15 - $20. Book at iTICKET. Contact info 09 923 9144 [email protected]

Centenary Update The next Centenary planning meeting is on Wednesday 17 September 2014 at 5 pm in the Boardroom at EGGS. We welcome anyone who wants to be involved. If you cannot come to meetings but have ideas about what you would like to see at the Centenary then please email these to [email protected] Per Angusta Ad Augusta Kathryn Seagrave, President – EGGS Old Girls Association

GENERAL NEWS Parent Teacher Association

2014 Father and Daughter Breakfast

At the recent Junior and Senior Interviews the PTA parents and helpers contributed delicious salads to accompany the staff dinner and help keep the energy levels up of our amazing teachers. The coffee slice deserves a mention and was consumed very quickly! So, a big thank you for all of your culinary efforts and special thanks to the PTA helpers, Epsom House girls and Community Committee girls that assisted on those two nights.

The Father and Daughter Breakfast on the 13th August was a fantastic event with over 200 guests in attendance and I would like to thank Kim

Thanks to our Special Guest Speaker and MC, Mark Hadlow for the entertaining and fascinating insights into The Hobbit movie, his character Dori and all the actors in the movie, and to all our sponsors and supporters for a wonderful breakfast at Eden Park.

Kennedy, Jo Bostock and Lisa Simperingham from the PTA for helping out.

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Enrolment for 2015 We are inviting applications for home zone and out of zone places at all year levels. The deadline to submit out of zone applications for the ballot is Wednesday 3 September at 4pm. Home zone applications should be submitted by then also. Application forms must be requested through our website, please click on the following link: http://www.eggs.school.nz/enrolments/request-student-application-form.aspx to complete a request. Within a few minutes, you will receive by email a personalised application form as an attachment. This will be in a PDF interactive format which will allow you to enter details electronically. We encourage you to enter as much information as possible before printing the form.

Out of Zone Places Available places will be allocated in the following priority order: sisters of current students, sisters of past students, daughters of Board of Trustee members and employees, all other applicants. Year 9 and 13: The Board will decide on the number of available places just before the ballots. This will depend on the number of applications received from students who live within the school’s home zone. Years 10, 11, 12: We will ballot for waiting lists only and any places becoming available will be filled from those lists. The Board expects to decide whether any places are available by November. Please note: We may only offer available out of zone places to sisters if an application has been lodged by the deadline. If you have any questions about enrolment please contact the Enrolment Manager, Mrs Wendy Smith phone 9706710 or by email [email protected]

A useful tool for connecting with our school community is the PTA Facebook page. Please search: Epsom Girls Grammar PTA and “Like” the page so you can easily access the latest news, photos, minutes and meeting times. Finally, to explain the PTA’s function, it is a non-fundraising forum supporting the school community. We help with a multitude of events and from the small donation request made to parents each year, (* please see below) the PTA make contributions to school amenities and also make a contribution to Scholarships. This year donations received so far are $2500 short of last year putting our ability to contribute to the Scholarships in jeopardy so if you haven’t already given, then could you please consider donating a small amount to supporting our girls for their future. Many thanks, Lynley Sheweiry, PTA Chairperson [email protected] or [email protected] * PTA Donation: An annual donation of $30 is suggested which is tax deductible and a receipt will be provided by the school. Payment can be made via internet banking into this account: 02-0100-0380450-00 with reference, “PTA Donation” and Student Surname.

Uniform Shop The Uniform Shop will be closed on Fridays for the remainder of Term 3.

Hip Hop International Champion Georgia May, one of our Year 11 students, has recently been to Las Vegas to compete in the Hip Hop International Championships. Her crew, ID Co Mega Crew, were hugely successful and gained second place in the Mega Crew division. This crew includes some of New Zealand’s best hip hop dancers and Georgia is one of the youngest in the group. This is an outstanding achievement on the world Hip Hop stage – congratulations Georgia!

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NCEA News Term 3 is the time when most students will complete the internally assessed components of their programme and it is important that time is managed effectively so that deadlines can be met without stress levels rising. We have encouraged students to discuss their progress to date, and the remaining deadlines ahead, with parents so that you can see the thinking and planning that they are doing in order to gain the results that they are aiming for this year. Subject help is available in a range of areas in lunchtimes and students should not hesitate to take advantage of this. Peer tutoring is also offered by Year 13 students to all students. If you have a particular concern about NCEA please contact your daughter’s Dean, Mr Nowell, the Qualifications Manager, or Mrs Pound, the NZQA Principal’s Nominee. School examinations for Years 11, 12 and 13 students start on Tuesday 9 September and finish on Wednesday 17 September. When a student is not in an exam session they should be revising at home. Students have a sheet of examination instructions and exam procedures have been communicated at year level assemblies. Please make sure that your daughter is sure of the exact time of each of her examinations. Year 11 students, new to NCEA, have also had an assembly on time management and revision strategies. In the Learning Support area of eLearn students can find resources to help them with revision and all senior students are receiving a hard copy of Study Skills strategies. Thanks go to the Learning EGG Leaders who have produced a PowerPoint presentation and video on what Year 13 students have found to be effective study habits and strategies.

Looking Ahead NCEA Examinations 2014:

NCEA Levels 1, 2 & 3

Monday 10 November – Tuesday 2 December

Scholarship

Friday 7 November – Tuesday 2 December

(please note that there are no Scholarship examinations on Saturdays this year). For a 2014 NZQA Examination Timetable go to: http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/assets/qualifications-and-standards/qualifications/ncea/exam-timetable-2014.pdf

CURRICULUM NEWS Mobile App Competition for Girls The Mobile App Competition for Girls is a competition to introduce high school girls to the problemsolving skills that are at the core of computer science, and to encourage girls to consider Computer Science as a career option. This competition was held on a weekend in July, to which Mandira Bulathsinhala, a Year 11 Digital Technology student, was entered. Mandira did not take out a Scholarship, but so impressed the judging panel with her Android app that she was one vote away from winning one of the Scholarships on offer. This is a fantastic achievement and one to be extremely proud of. She has been invited to return to Unitec along with the three winners in November to “teach the teachers” how to use the software she used to create her app. Congratulations Mandira Mandira Bulathsinhala

on your success.

Biology trip to Samoa During the last holiday 34 girls went to Samoa on the inaugural Samoa Medical experience. We had many experiences and visited hospitals, going on ward rounds in both internal medicine and paediatrics. We visited the Cancer Society, old folks home and more. It was a truly eye opening, educational and worthwhile experience for everyone.

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ARTS & CULTURAL NEWS Arts & Cultural Awards This celebration of students’ success in Arts & Culture is coming up on Thursday 25th September. Please put this date in your calendar. The event will be held in the Raye Freedman Arts Centre from 6pm.

Eden Arts Young Artists Awards The Eden Arts Young Artists Awards are now open to artists over the age of 16 and attending EGGS! This prestigious exhibition is judged by well known artists/curators, the awards comprise of generous cash grants to further the winners’ careers. See posters around the school for details and talk to your Art teacher about your entry. Details are also on the website www.edenarts. co.nz Each year students from Eggs receive recognition by having their work selected and the prizes are in the thousands - so get ready! Entries must be in by Friday 5th September.

2014 James Wallace Student Art Awards Entries for this incredible Art award are being taken now and up until the 12th September. See posters in the Art Department for details or talk to your Art teacher. Prizes up to the value of $500 are on offer.

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Wearable Arts - 2014 Winners

Supreme Winner – My Inner

The Dark Side – Beast

When we Were Young -

Demons

Angalina Burt, Tameka Saenju,

‘Having a ball’

Maryana Kozakevych,

Jessie Zhang

Cassie Newton, Elle Betts,

Masha (Maria) Krasheninnikova,

Model: Jessie Zhang

Star Hobday, Phoebe Davies

Mariam Alzaher, Alisha Adams

Model: Elle Betts

Model: Masha Krasheninnikova

Into the Deep – ‘The side

Future Human - Lady Saturn

Illumination - An unexpected

you don’t see’

Awatea Rikirangi-Thomas,

arrival

Arana Speirs, Dayna

Cinja McCarthy, Kaitlin Stokes,

Fatema Rampurawala, Summer

Haythorne, Zoe Mills

Charlotte Carter

McNeilage, Josie Millar, Suzie Kim

Model: Dayna Haythorne

Model: Charlotte Carter

Model: Summer McNeilage

Botany Gowns - Mother

I’ll make it all white - Caught

Eras and Movement -

Nature

Up

Lichtenstein and Warhol’s Girl

Ella Mather, Jennifer Long,

Sarah Maxwell, Gabbie

Nina Kashyap, Holly Bailey,

Christina Killick

Bannerman, Gaby Pittar,

Prudence Bowman, Emily Sands,

Model: Ella Mather

Paris Blakie, Bryana Bourke

Billie Harford

Model: Paris Blakie

Model: Holly Bailey

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Stage Challenge 2014 For the fourth time in five years, EGGS took out the number one spot in the recent Stage Challenge competition.

Up against some strong competitors,

the EGGS team impressed the judges and blew the audience away with their emotional and thoughtprovoking portrayal of the effects addiction can have on a person’s body and mind. Our story followed a young girl (characterised by Grace Stevens) who is lured into the dark world of addiction and then finds herself unable to escape. Her brain is taken over by addiction, a disease that corrupts, destroys and tears apart the delicately crafted boxes that are our mind. Ruby Caradus and Monique Bateman were the outstanding leaders of our 120 student team, all of who put their heart and soul into Stage Challenge and into making this a performance to remember. I am incredibly proud of each and every one of these students – their energy, enthusiasm and commitment is to be commended. The judges described the performance as flawless and gripping, captivating and haunting, and we were awarded close to perfect scores from all three judges – an incredible achievement! A special thanks to all the teachers, parents and students who supported Stage Challenge. This performance could not have happened without you all. Congratulations girls – we did it! Mrs Nicola Mitchell, TIC Stage Challenge

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Little Art Show This annual event was held on Tuesday 5th August. This is a wonderful opportunity for students and staff to display and sell their artwork. A warm thank you to all of the parents, students and members of the Art community who came along to attend our annual Little Art Show. The evening was a huge success and we are delighted with the money raised through Art sales. 40% of all funds raised go towards the purchase of more art work for around the school.

Chinese Extravaganza This was the 17th annual Chinese Extravaganza held between EGGS and AGS. This year the event was held at the Raye Freedman Arts Centre to sell out audiences on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th August, including a Sunday matinee. Vicki Huang and Cindy Qiu were the outstanding leaders of this huge performance. They oversaw all aspects of the organisation, including the performances (each with their own leaders), the publicity, sponsorship, ticket and food sales. The performances were polished and creative and reflected the values of the Chinese community, both modern and traditional. Items included choirs; modern and traditional dance, a band, diabalo, drama and a dragon and lion dance, all MC’ed by the student leaders from EGGS and AGS. Thanks to teachers in charge, Mr Tom Lin, Ms Jan Hawkins, Ms Maggie Lu and Mr Amitesh Chand; Arts & Cultural Coordinator, Ms Jaclyn Druitt; Account Manager, Ms Judy Copas; Theatre Manager, Ms Jo Kelly and all staff who volunteered to supervise Chinese Extravaganza.

Korean Night The numbers and diversity of the Korean Cultural Group and their outstanding performances continue to surprise audiences each year. This year Epsom Girls Grammar again joined together with Auckland Grammar School to hold and perform the 4th annual Korean Night - a student run event showcasing both modern and traditional performances. This was held over two nights on the 29th and 30th July at Auckland Grammar’s Centennial Theatre. Performances included Korean modern dance, Drama, Samulnori and Nanta (traditional drumming), Fan dance, Sogo dance, band and solo performances as well as help from the backstage crew and cooking group. With around 130 members and 10 groups in total, each and every member has spent countless hours of work, endless practises and dedication in bringing together yet another year of outstanding shows, making the nights none other than a huge success. It has been a pleasure being a part of such an amazing cultural aspect of the school and I hope the group continues to flourish in years to come. Lindsey Yoo & Lynn Woo

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Chinese Extravaganza

(photography by Frederick Fogerty)

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Korean Night

(photography by Rachel Soh)

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EPSOM MUSIC August has been Epsom Music’s busiest month so far this year, primarily with our involvement in the KBB Music Festival but also due to Paradisum taking part in the upcoming Big Sing National Finale. There have also been a number of other events happening that have kept everyone on their toes. At the end of last term we took 65 students to Rotorua to perform in the Rhapsody Rotorua Festival. This festival has high school students from all over NZ and Australia take part in a week-long music performance competition and workshop. Our students took part in 3 days of the festival and came away with gold awards for Symphonia, Concert Band and Stage Band, and a Silver award for Chamber Orchestra. This was a great bonding experience and a fantastic preparation for the KBB Music Festival. Our bands and orchestras have their most important month of the music year in August with the schools KBB Music Festival. They have been working very hard preparing for the festival and have been showcasing their repertoire for the school community through assembly performances and the recent Band and Orchestra Showcase. Thanks to all those who came along to support our students. This year we had six groups performing at the KBB Music Festival which was held at Westlake Boys and Girls High Schools. Our groups performed extremely well and came away with Silver awards for Symphonia and Stage Band and Bronze awards for Chamber Orchestra and Concert Band. Symphonia was selected from 160 groups to present the “Chairman’s Command Performance” at the Gala Concert on Sunday evening. We also had 20 students from Epsom selected to take part in the KBB MF Honours Orchestra and Concert Band. Well done girls, we are all very proud of you.

EGGS Symphonia performing at the KBB Music Festival

KBB Music Festival - Louisa Reid

KBB Music Festival - Sarah Lesiak

KBB Music Festival - Jenny Jung

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Recent Epsom Music Student Successes Year 13 student Liziana Fa’asolo has recently performed in the semi-finals of the “Stand Up, Stand Out” Auckland-wide performers’ competition. Congratulations Liziana! At the end of Term 3, Year 13 student Olivia Hadlow had the opportunity to perform as a soloist for the Auckland Symphony Orchestra’s ‘Last Night of the Proms’ concert. Well done to Anna Dong, Year 12, who has just returned from the NZ Secondary Schools Choir three week tour of Singapore and Malaysia. Anna was also chosen to represent NZ in an international singing competition in China. Huge congratulations to Georgia Campbell (Year 13) and Abbey Busch (Year 11) who have been selected in the Top 40 of the 2014 Lion Foundation Songwriting Competition (Play it Strange). Well done to you both! Finalists will have their songs professionally recorded and mastered. Details here: http://playitstrange.org.nz/lion-foundation-songwriting-competition/

SPORTS NEWS Artistic Gymnastics New Zealand Secondary Schools Competition: Artistic Gymnastics On Saturday 2nd August, 5 artistic gymnasts competed at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Competition held at Counties Manukau Gymsport & Recreation Centre. The girls did really well competing nationally against more experienced gymnasts. We had one gymnast compete in Level 1; Lexie Tea who came 11th overall. Three gymnasts made up a Level 2 team; Emily Johnson, Haluka Kirk and Georgia Cantlon. The team came 3rd overall with Emily placing 17th, Haluka placing 6th and Georgia placing 3rd. One gymnast, Brooke Dalton, competed at International level. She placed 2nd after narrowly missing out on first place by 0.15 points. These are great results and these girls should be very proud. Morgan McCormick - Artistic Gymnastics Captain

Cross Country On Saturday 21st July 9 girls competed in the New Zealand Cross Country National Championships in Palmerston North. It was a great event and everybody raced their hardest. With some extremely tough competition, the Year 9, 3-person team placed 5th. The Year 9 6-person team also placed 5th. Congratulations to everybody that competed!

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Cycling

On the 7th, 8th and 9th July 20 Epsom cyclists competed at the North Island Secondary Schools Cycling. The girls began racing on Saturday morning with the team time trial. Our Senior A came away with 8th and the Junior A 7th place. To finish off a great day of racing all the girls competed in the road race. This was a hilly course, which some girls enjoyed more than others. In the U13 girls race Stella Nightingale came away with 8th place. Ruby Sullivan was the best placed U16 rider in 11th and in the U19 girls Grace Anderson came away with 2nd. Staying together at North Islands was a new experience for the girls this year but one I can say they all enjoyed. Day 2 consisted of the Criterium and the beginning of the Track racing. Milly Maling fought hard in the sprint and came away with a well deserved 5th followed closely behind by Grace Masterson in 8th place. In the U19 girls Abby Parker came away with 9th. Ten girls then stayed on to race at the new Avantidrome. This was a great opportunity for all the girls to be able to race on the indoor track. Our Junior A team came 2nd in the team pursuit and the Junior B came 3rd. The Junior A team consisted of Ruby Sullivan, Mindy Ryan-Kidd and Milly Maling and the Junior B team consisted of 2014 North Island Junior A TTT

Niamh Kane, Lucy Brown and Katie Holden. Monday was the last day of racing at North Islands and all the gave it their best shot. Milly Maling managed to hold on till the end in

the elimination race to come away with 3rd place. All the girls had a great weekend at North Islands filled with lots of fun and some great results. Grace Anderson - Cycling Captain

Lacrosse The undefeated Senior A Lacrosse team

this

season

has

won

the

Auckland Secondary Schools Division 1 Competition by beating Dio 9-4 on Thursday 31 July!!! Congratulations to their coach Rosie Gunn in the PE Department for all her time and effort she has put into the team. The Senior 2 Lacrosse team also had a great win!

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Orienteering EGGS Orienteers Success at New Zealand Secondary Schools Champs A team of 10 girls successfully represented Epsom Girls Grammar at the National Secondary School Champs. The three day event included a Sprint, Long Distance and Relay race. The Junior Girls Relay team claimed Bronze.

Lucy Parsons, Bianca Mercer and Zoe Callesen gained 3rd in Junior Girls Relay. This placing followed their earlier 1st at Auckland Secondary Schools and 1st at North Island Secondary Schools.

Pictured in Waiuku Forest are members of the EGGS Nationals Orienteering team. Back: Zoe Callesen, Lucy Parsons, Anna Parsons, Bianca Mercer. Front: Vivien Whyte, Jenni Long, Anna Crosby and Hana Ireland. Absent: Ella Power and Madeline Storey.

Table Tennis

Every Friday afternoons, 32 EGGS girls play games against various secondary schools at the Auckland Table Tennis Stadium. The girls have played extremely well and came away with fantastic results during Term 2. In the C2 grade, EGGS Team 6 earned themselves second place with the team consisting the students, Kahee Cook, Jina Woo, Elvira Yang and Catherine Yao. EGGS Team 1 also came 2nd place with a team consisting of Doris Zhang, Kayum Chong and Jessica Liu. This outstanding result in their B grade qualified Team 1 an entry in the Girls Champions of Championship held at North Harbour Stadium. Other teams that also qualified came from Westlake and St. Cuths who were equally as skilful, proving to be tough competition against EGGS. Despite being unable to achieve the results they wanted, the girls thoroughly enjoyed playing against the other teams. Term 3’s inter-school league is now under away and we hope to see more great results from our girls!

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Golf Day

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Sport

Akarana Golf Club

Fundraising for the Epsom Girls Grammar School Sports Complex Perfect sunny weather at Akarana Golf Club and a fantastic day of golf. Teams played a unique competition of 9 holes with the two 9 hole winning teams playing off in an 18th hole shootout final to crown the champion team for the Epsom Golf Day 2014.

Golf Day 2014 Champions Barfoot & Thompson Team 1 Jeff Cate, Paul Davis and Russell O’Brien

Golf Day 2014 Runner-up The Pink Caddies - Jane Grigg, Michelle Dunn, Kirstie Hardie-Boys

Special thanks to our Patron, Dame Judith Potter and Principal Madeline Gunn, and all the sponsors, supporters and players for supporting the Leading Women in Sport campaign. Barfoot & Thompson

Alex & Paddy Callesen

Property Press

Mary Flaws

ASPEC

Jacob Russel, Andy Hewitt, Josh Rumble

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Jane Grigg & The Pink Caddies, Michelle Dunn, Kirstie Hardie-Boys

BNZ

Jenny Woods & Tigers Cousins, Pip Martin, Karen Lee

OCTA

Matt Brown & Mark Hutchinson

Fuji Xerox

Ash Helm, Richard Petley, David Allemann

Air Tahiti Nui

Michael Barltrop, Steve Pankhurst, Arthur Parkin

Coretexa

Jan Martin, Carolyn Guthrie

Matassa

Wayne Andrews, Constanza Aguilar

The Poi Room

Chris Dobbie, Gary Lenihan

Michael Overend Photography

Adele Gordon, Mark Chandler, Geoff Vazey

Ellerslie Auckland Racing Club

Ray Bryant, Ian Kingston, Bruce Allison

Akarana Golf Club

Richard Powles, Phil Crampsie, Ian Danby

Vinnies Restaurant by Geoff Scott

Nolan Mackie, Tom Duffy, Andy Sutherland

Elizabeth Arden

Julie Goodyer, Cherry Allbury, Glenda Paterson

Stephen Marr & Lucy and the Powder Room

Board of Trustees - Chris Iles, Dr Ian Lambie, Lynley Sheweiry

Colestown Chocolates

PTA – Greta Bachmann-Fuller EGGS Foundation - Suzy Hails

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SPORTS COMPLEX

LADY JOYCE FISHER SPORTS CENTRE | SPORTS ARENA | COURTS

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Please remember to reference Epsom Girls Grammar School when registering your 2014 | 2015 Entertainment™ Membership. Thank you for your support. Entertainment Books are also available to purchase from the school office. For more information contact Suzanne Hails - [email protected] or phone 970 6753

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LEADING WOMEN

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Sport

SPORTS COMPLEX

LADY JOYCE FISHER SPORTS CENTRE | SPORTS ARENA | COURTS

Support . Donate . Participate

We are very grateful for the generosity of all the individuals, trusts, sponsors and businesses for their support throughout the year. Our special thanks to our major donors and supporters for their valuable contributions. Joyce Fisher Charitable Trust Woolf Fisher Trust Raye Blumenthal Freedman Trust M.F.E. Adams Blackwell Estate O&A Chen Chica Gilmer Estate Jill Mandeno Janice McAdam & Jean Lang Macdonald Family Peter Thompson – Barfoot & Thompson J.M. Thompson G&A Wadsworth John Williamson Estate Major Commercial Partners BNZ –Newmarket branch Fuji Xerox Major Funding Partners Auckland Council Blueriver Creative Epsom Girls Grammar School Foundation EGGS Old Girls Association Four Winds Foundation Freemasons New Zealand JASMAX Jones Family Charitable Trust North & South Trust NZ Community Trust Potter Masonic Trust Southern Trust

* A further list of donors can be found on our website

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What’s on at the Raye Freedman Arts Centre? Tamashii Taiko Drummers At the end of September, we look forward to hosting the Tamashii Taiko Drummers at the Raye Freedman Arts Centre. They will perform two shows on September 27th.

Their

performance will be “Shimaguni” which means ‘Island Nation’ and will be a celebration of the similarities that bind Japan and New Zealand. Tickets will be available through our website soon.

For more info visit www.rayefreedmanarts.co.nz

To keep up to date with what’s happening at the Raye Freedman Arts Centre, please sign up for our monthly newsletter via our website. Our well-equipped venue is available to hire for a range of events, including conferences, workshops, performing arts and exhibitions. For a tour of the venue, contact our bookings manager, Jo Kelly on 9706800 or via email [email protected].

Bookings: Raye Freedman Arts Centre Phone: 09 970 6800 www.rayefreedmanarts.co.nz Joanne Kelly Theatre Manager Ph (09) 970 6800 Mobile 0274 196 079 Email [email protected] 22

Dates to remember TERM 3 WEEK 7

Mon 1 Sep Wed 3 Sep Wed 3 Sep Fri 5 Sep

9:20 16:00 16:00

WINTER TOURNAMENT WEEK Late start Out of zone Year 9 applications close Epsom House places Years 10-13 close

WEEK 8

Tue 9 Sep Wed 10 Sep

School exams begin (9 - 17 Sep) No Late start Ballots for Year 9 Out of zone places

WEEK 9

Wed 17 Sep

No Late start School exams - last day Mufti Day

Fri 19 Sep WEEK 10 Tue 23 Sep Wed 24 Sep Thu 25 Sep Fri 26 Sep

15:30-19:30 9:20 19:30 18:00

PE & HEALTH WEEK Epsom Music Competition Year 11 Art Folio submissions on display - RFAC foyer & F1 Late start PTA Meeting Arts & Cultural Awards Evening - RFAC End of Term 3

TERM 4 WEEK 1

Mon 13 Oct Wed 15 Oct

WEEK 2

Wed 22 Oct

WEEK 3

Mon 27 Oct Wed 29 Oct

9:20

Thu 30 Oct Fri 31 Oct WEEK 4

Tue 4 Nov Wed 5 Nov Thu 6 Nov Fri 7 Nov

WEEK 5

Mon 10 Nov Wed 12 Nov

WEEK 6

WEEK 7 WEEK 8

Mon 17 Nov Wed 19 Nov Thu 20 Nov Mon 24 Nov Wed 26 Nov

9:20 19:30 15:30-19:30 19:30

Late start Sports Dinner Labour Day Late start PTA Meeting Year 13 Art Folio submissions on display - RFAC foyer & F1 Senior Prizegiving - Marjory Adams Hall Senior Reports online Year 13 leave Year 11 & 12 leave Teacher Only Day Junior Exams Junior Exams NCEA begins (Fri 7 Nov - Tue 2 Dec)

9:20 19:30 9:20

9:20

Mon 1 Dec Tue 2 Dec Wed 3 Dec

WEEK 9

9:20

Term 4 begins Pre-enrolment Day Late start

17:45 9:20

Thu 11 Dec 10:00

NCEA continues Late start PTA Meeting NCEA continues Late start Pasifika Fono NCEA continues Late start NCEA continues NCEA Final day OGA Graduation Dinner Late start Year 12 Leadership training (3-5 Dec) Last day term Junior Prizegiving - Marjory Adams Hall Junior Reports online

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