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Take up the Opportunity for KEY DATES River Conferencing and Trust It Was a Worthwhile Experience for You ISSUE 08 APR 2016 #03 Dear Parent / Caregiver It was good to see so many parents and caregivers (over 70%) take up the opportunity for KEY DATES River Conferencing and trust it was a worthwhile experience for you. Feel free to keep in Thurs 7 – Fri 8 April touch with your child’s River Guide should you have any concerns or questions. River Conferencing We have a number of initiatives on the go at the moment: Hauraki Community of Learning: The Hauraki Community of Learning is a collaborative Wednesday 13 April effort between the eleven contributing Primary schools and HPC within our area. Out of Zone Ballot Closes 12pm Communities of Learning are part of the new approach to raising education achievement. KIVA Workshop Working together allows schools to share teaching expertise and experience so every child (Students may leave school can benefit. The funding available will allow our most effective teachers to work with and at 1:15pm on this day. support others, raising the quality of teaching across schools. Students unable to get home Project Papatuanuku: Project Papatuanuku (Mother Earth) is at the invitation of five Pare will be supervised at school. Hauraki iwi - Ngāti Maru, Ngāti Paoa, Ngāti Tamaterā, Ngāti Tara Tokanui and Te Patukirikiri Buses will run as normal.) who purchased the former Landcorp property, now known as Pouarua Farm Ltd, in 2013 as part of their Treaty of Waitangi Settlement. The project aims to educate students in practical Thursday 14 April farming methods on peat land and the associated science and technology as well as River Group & Service Photos research into increasing productivity One Autumn Night Concert Secondary Schools Employment Partnership: HPC is one of five schools in the Waikato being selected for this project. The partnership aims to enhance knowledge sharing and Friday 15 April understanding between industry and educators and enable teachers to develop teaching Last day of term programmes that are relevant to local employment needs. Working with our English department teachers, it is hoped that students will have a greater understanding of the work Monday 25 April environment, while giving employers the opportunity to influence the messages students Dawn Service at College receive at school. KIVA: Kiva is an evidence-based programme, developed in Finland, designed to prevent Monday 2 May bullying and to tackle cases of bullying effectively. New Zealand generally has appalling Term 2 starts statistics when it comes to bullying and what can happen when bullying is not addressed. Bullying is an issue for all schools and what is needed is a deliberate approach to the reduction of bullying incidents. On Wednesday 13 April, all staff will participate in a KIVA training workshop. To enable that to happen, students may leave at 1:15pm if they can get a ride home (note change of time from e Bulletin). For those who cannot, supervision will be provided at school and buses will run as normal. Senior students and a number of local primary schools are also participating in the training workshop. Restoration Project “Give a Little”: This is a Student Council initiative, led by student leaders Brylie Gordon and Gus Barrier. The college has been donated the original Ngatea jail and Post Office. The intention is to restore and site these historical artefacts close to the Dog Box to form a small historical village. The cost of restoring these buildings is estimated at $12,000 so we are asking students to contribute in the form of a Give a Little appeal. Students have been issued with cards to do a job for $20 to contribute to the project. Rather than students take time out of learning for a work day, we are asking that students use the River Conference Friday, the Wednesday KIVA training time or weekends to find a job to give a little. They say it takes a whole village to raise a child and the common theme through all these initiatives is community support. A huge thank you to everyone involved from within our school and local community. Ngaire Harris PRINCIPAL 2:12 Awards Alix Davies Employment Hannah Cryer Science Noah Gribben D&V Comm. Alix Davies OPC Jessica Fitness Social Studies Olivia Adams Social Studies Bailey Morrison Science Jessica Fitness Science Paige Anderson Leadership Brayden Palethorp History Jessie Brown Social Studies Rebecca Douglas Science Bryn Simpson Social Studies Joel Brock Filming Rebecca Muller History Caitlin McGaffin Science Joel Ross Maori Rebecca Rees Social Studies Caleb Phipps Gateway Kayla Bull Science Samantha Olsen Science Chiaki Yamamoto Chess K-Lianne Pomana-Reti Dance Savanah McKenzie Science Connor Howard Science Lewis Horder English Selena Douglas Social Studies Corbyn Patterson Social Studies Libby Morton Science Selena Douglas Mathematics Corbyn Patterson Science Lliam Holtham Maori Shontelle Aitchison Science Cullen Reeve Maori Maria Tibby Social Studies Taylah Henderson Dance Cyrus Paynter English Maxwell Kelly English Thomas Hayward Primary Ind. David Wells River Natasha Forsyth-Lees Social Studies Travis Nicholson Science Ethan McCabe Science Nicholas Moore English Ezra de Laborde English Nikki Church English HAURAKI PLAINS MOTORS LTD 1 Pipiroa Road NGATEA Ph. 07 867 7021 Fax 07 867 7023 ‘Call in and see our friendly staff for all your farming needs’ Mates and Dates HPC has been selected to participate in a new ACC school-based PARENT EVENING: healthy relationships programme called Mates and Dates. Information about Mates and Dates ACC has developed Mates and Dates to help to educate about We are holding an information evening keeping themselves safe and to prevent dating and sexual about this programme for parents on violence. This is important given that 20% of female and 9% of Tuesday 5 May, 6pm in the Hub. male secondary school students in NZ report unwanted sexual contact or being made to do unwanted sexual things. Working directly with young people is one of the most effective ways preventing sexual violence. It equips them with the relationship skills and behaviours they can carry with them throughout their lives. ACC has worked with the Ministry of Education to ensure the programme aligns with the curriculum, and has worked with an expert advisory group to develop the content. The programme will be taught by a trained specialist sexual violence prevention facilitator over five 50 minute sessions. Mates and Dates will teach students how to have healthy relationships built on respect, negotiation and consent. It will teach them how to identify inappropriate behaviour and how to get help if they, or someone they know, are in an unhealthy relationship including how to safely intervene in situations that could lead to harm. The programme is not a sex education programme but will include materials and discussions about sexual and relationship violence, consent, dating, relationships, pornography and other related subject matter. Initially the programme is being offered to Year 11 students beginning week one of next term. Attendance in the programme and taking part in the evaluation are not compulsory although as a school we have reviewed the materials which will be used and are satisfied that this will be a worthwhile programme. A letter will be coming home to all Year 11 parents for consent to attend the programme and participate in the evaluation of it. If a parent does not want their child to participate in the programme, the student will be supervised during this time. STAFFING NEWS: Wednesday 13 April Welcome to Mr Cliffe Wilcocks who has joined the Professional development Learning Support Department. (KIVA) workshop for staff. At the end of term, we farewell Ken and Lynley Robertson. Students may leave at 1:15pm Ken has been an integral part of the Primary Industries department and if they have transport home. has contributed considerable skills and expertise to this growing area. He has also supported Outdoor Education tramps and camps. Buses will run as normal. Lynley has worked in the front office and is now doing teacher training. All the best for your futures and thank you for your contribution to HPC. FOR ALL LEGAL ADVICE Graham O’Brien / Partner Email: [email protected] Phone: 07 867 7014 Council Building, Ngatea / PO BOX 77, Ngatea Guidance DRINKING AND TEENS Adolescence is the period of transition from the dependence suggest that a substantial number of New Zealand young of childhood to the independence of adulthood. The people engage in heavy drinking including hazardous adolescent brain is biologically different from an adult brain- drinking, alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence. Over a third not just an adult brain with fewer miles on the clock but a work of young people engage in binge drinking or hazardous in progress with important parts seeming to be ‘closed for drinking and by the age of 25 over 20% (1 in every 5) will construction’. have developed a significant alcohol related problem. The misuse of alcohol by young people has been associated with The limbic areas of the brain which are thought to regulate increased risks of a number of adverse outcomes including: emotions and are associated with sensation seeking are motor vehicle collisions, injuries and deaths, crime, violence, turned on around puberty, but the parts for exercising sexual risk taking, mental health problems and victimisation. judgement, impulse control and self-regulation, for example are still maturing throughout adolescence, probably into the One in ten teens have a regrettable sexual experience early 20s for girls and mid-20s for boys-like buying a high- related to alcohol consumption. One in five injure themselves powered car but being told that the brake pedal won’t be while drunk. And the earlier our kids start drinking, the greater useable for quite some time. the risk of alcohol problems throughout their lives.
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