Dates to Remember From the Principal Tena koutou katoa Monday 10 May It was a pleasure to see so many parents and caregivers at the Parent Parent - Student - Teacher Interviews for Student Teacher meetings yesterday afternoon. If you were not able to students in all Year Levels (Surnames M-Z) make appointments for yesterday, you can still make appointments for School finishes at 1.40pm the interviews on Monday 10 May. Classes finish at 1.40pm and the Tuesday 11 May Murphys Buses will run at that time. Year 13 Production, 7pm, PAC The Year 10 camps concluded with Atawhai and Kahurangi being at Waharau in the first Wednesday 12 May part of this week. Thank you to all who made those camps possible and it has been good Year 13 Production, 7pm, PAC to have them completed without further disruptions. Thursday 13 May Teacher Only Day - School Closed Next Thursday 13 May, school will be closed for a Staff Only Day for teachers to engage with the NCEA changes which are being planned. Students do not attend school on that Together we create an day. environment for Sue Blakely, Principal personal excellence
Te Roopu Awhina Meeting Dates: Term 2 dates Week 3 - Tuesday 18th May Whanau Hui - 6.30pm Week 6 - Tuesdsay 8th June AGM - 6:30pm
Community Education Adult Learning Centre at Rosehill College Classes start Thursday 20 May We are excited to welcome back night time adult and community learning classes this term on Thursday evenings. Classes in Language, Cooking, Skill Development, Exercise and Fitness, Computing, Art and Business are listed on our website. There is something there for everyone so please visit our website at www.rosehilladultlearn.co.nz to view a comprehensive list of classes and for enrolment options. Pre-enrolment is advised as there are caps on learner numbers. Whether you want to upskill, learn a new craft/hobby, support your health and wellbeing or want to meet new people, then we have the class for you. Adult lifelong learning opportunities abound. Email us on [email protected] or telephone 6369060.
SENIOR SCHOOL BALL Saturday 12 June Ellerslie Convention Centre Permission Slips and Outside Partner Permission Slips will be available on Studenthub from Monday 10 May. Tickets will be available from Tuesday 11 May with Permission Slips and Outside Partner Permission Slips and $120 payment. Watch the Daily Bulletin.
7 May 2021 Issue No. 12 www.rosehillcollege.school.nz Spoken Word Ken Arkind from Action Education came on Wednesday 5 May to work with a group of aspiring spoken word poets We will be working towards some exciting things BMH Pool and Spa Covers is the leading manufacturer of Swimming Watch this space! and Spa Pool Covers in New Zealand. We are based in Takanini in a The wonderful opportunity factory designed specifically for our needs. to develop their skills and collaborate and be taught by Due to an internal promotion we have a vacancy in our Spa Cover very knowledgeable poets. department and am looking for someone to take over the role of packing, wrapping, inventory control and general warehouse duties. PARENT-STUDENT-TEACHER INTERVIEWS for students in This is a full time position with the opportunity of overtime during the ALL Year Levels busy months of the year which generally is just prior to Christmas. We close for a break of at least 2 weeks each Christmas. Week 2, Term 2 We are looking for a school leaver who is punctual, reliable and eager Monday 10 May (Surnames M-Z) to work. Bookings are now OPEN. You must have a willing attitude, be committed to working as a team We invite you to meet with your child’s subject teachers on Monday member, be respectful of others and be able to work unsupervised 10 May (Parent Surnames M-Z) from 2.30pm to 6.00pm. Please note when required. that classes will finish at 1.40pm. It is expected that students are present at the interviews, if possible. Murphy’s buses will operate at As heavy lifting is involved you will need to be physically fit, health and 1.40pm and the AT Metro buses at the usual time of 3.20pm. Students safety conscious, be motivated but above all, reliable. are welcome to remain at school to study. If you are interested in joining our friendly team please don't hesitate To make appointments you will need: to contact us. Your child’s subjects and the names of their subject teachers. Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work 1) On the internet go to: www.schoolinterviews.co.nz visa. 2) Click ‘Make a Booking’ and enter School Event Code: then edbpy Please send all inquieries through to [email protected] hit “Go”. 3) Enter your email address (if you have one) and your full name. If more than 1 child, enter ‘Book for [Number of students]’. Enter your child/ren’s full name/s (and a student ID number if known). Hit “Go”. 4) For each child select one of their subjects from the drop-box, then teacher from the drop-box below. Click ‘Add another Teacher’ and repeat for all their subjects. 5) When finished, hit “Go”. 6) Select the date and times you would like to have the interviews. Thursday’s interviews appear first; scroll down for Monday’s interviews. Please remember to leave 5 minutes (1 block) between appointments so that you can get from one teacher to the next. 7) Once you have confirmed the times by hitting the “Go” button, a confirmation email will go to your email address. If you do not have Each week, every Year 9 and 10 student is gauged against our school an email, you can either write the information down, print off the values by the teachers of English, Maths, Science, Social Studies and times or call the school and we can do so for you. Please bring the PE. Students who achieve the maximum possible marks for five weeks confirmation with you on the day. Click FINISHED to complete your gain a Bronze Award. By gaining another five weeks of maximum bookings. values, students move from Bronze to Silver and so on. 8) If you require assistance to make bookings, please call the school on The Manaakitanga awards indicate that these students are being (09) 295 0661 consistently Respectful, Responsible and Caring - or in other words are Appointment times are 5 minutes each. If you need longer to discuss showing Manaakitanga. your child’s progress in a particular subject, please arrange a separate time to meet with the teacher concerned. If you are unable to attend on the date of the first letter of your Bronze Award Recipients surname due to other commitments, please feel free to book on the Olivet Atomalefo Luke Jones alternate date. Maia Bamfield Manpreet Kaur If you are unable to attend on either date but wish to make contact Nidhi Bisht Lucy Knapp with your child’s teachers, please contact the school (outside of school Tyler Bull Marina McDonald holidays) to arrange this. Tatiana Chaves-Hattie Jak Mounsouphom If you need assistance in making bookings please contact Linda Jamie Cook Caleb Moxon Thompson on (09) 295 0661 Ext. 889 or by email at Mia Edgeler Micah Pio [email protected] Lovely Fakapulia Alice Pritchard Ollie Hayden Yamileth Ruiz Zazueta Janneke Ippel Zane Smith FROM THE SPORTS Fixtures DEPARTMENT Good luck to all our teams and athletes participating this week. Welcome back! We’ve had a busy start to the term with 12 of our teams starting sport this week. We’ve got a few more next week and the final seasons begin in week 3. We are still in the process of setting fees for a number of codes and will let you know as soon as possible the cost for the season. We continue to ask all those who can, to download the NZ COVID TRACER APP. We have QR codes up around the sports facilities and ask anyone using the facilities outside school hours to sign in with them. Good luck to all our teams who play in the coming week. I look forward to seeing the results and reading what your coaches and managers have to say about your games. Nicola Bailey Director of Sport Entry into Competitions All entries for all competitions need to be done through the Sports Office. If your child is entering a sport where they will be representing Rosehill College you need to inform the Sports Office. Often we are required to fill in paperwork and this needs to be done by the Sports Department. Please email any information regarding the competition and any of the required forms to [email protected] or [email protected]. Failure to keep the Sports Department informed may result in your child being unable to enter the competition. Please have a read of our Parent Information Booklet. This booklet Results contains answers to many of our frequently asked questions. Open Boys Basketball, 4 May Rosehill 55 - Rosehill Development 24 Training Days and Times Term 2 Rosehill 58 - Mangere 20 Our season started on Tuesday evening (a little earlier than usual), with grading games. Week one saw Rosehill Prems with two games and a great start to grading resulted in two wins for us; 55-24 against Rosehill Development and 58-20 against Mangere College. Well done team! Thanks to our two refs, Lin Bohse-Mansell and Nick Gregory. And a big thanks to all our supporters turning out on week one - awesome to have a full gallery. Our game next Tuesday is at Pulman Arena at 6.30pm - come along and support.
Open Girls Basketball, 4 May, against Manurewa High School Rosehill 34 - Manurewa 35 The Open Girls Basketball team had their first game on Tuesday against Manurewa High School. The girls played well, but lost by one point with the final score being 34-35. Thank you to all the friends and family that came down to support the girls! 1st XI Boys Hockey, 5 May, game against Auckland Grammar Rosehill 1 - AGS 3 This Wednesday the 1st Xl Hockey boys played a tough game against Auckland Grammar at Lloyd Elsmore Sports Park. The game was exciting throughout both halves and the boys gave it their all. Rosehill boys scored through a beautiful strike by Ben Reay in the first half to keep the game even. Unfortunately, our boys had lost the lead at the end of the game and Auckland Grammar finished out on Keeping up to date top. The game was well captained by Eshaan Patel and vice captained Please follow us on social media. This is where we post updates about by Dylan O'Neill who led the team throughout the game. The player trials, training and weekly games. We also like to celebrate our success of the day was Jordan Schmidt-Patel who had a strong performance there. in defense for Rosehill Boys. The boys look forward to the rest of the season getting some great results and playing well as a team. Rosehill College Sport (@rosehillcollegesport)
Rosehill College Sport 1st XI Girls Football, 5 May, game against Howick College Papakura Netball are looking for umpires for the Rosehill 0 - Howick 0 school grades. The girls had a point to prove to the coach and they did just that. They If you are interested in umpiring please contact showed that they want to represent the school well, they want to play Ngahuia Hohepa on [email protected]. good football and they do give it 110%. The seniors stood up and showed leadership throughout the entire game with great commitment and communication. The newbies showed courage and heart and will continue to develop throughout the Papakura City Football Club is looking for 15 & 16 year season. old boys who are interested in playing football. In attack, there were glimpses of structured, entertaining football throughout the game from our girls with opportunities to score coming If you are interested, please contactLiam Martinthrough regularly. As always, the defence left everything on the field and put up the club's website http://www.papakuracityfc.org.nz. a staunch resistance to Howick’s attacking play. Rosehill frustrated the opposition’s ability to play the style of football they wanted to play, shutting down play quickly and never giving up. Well done girls, a great start to the season so let’s carry this on through into training and the rest of the season. 1st XI Girls Hockey, 6 May, game against Pakuranga College Rosehill 3 - Pakuranga 2 Last night the 1st XI Hockey girls had their first game for the 2021 season and it was their first time competing in the Auckland competition instead of the Counties competition. Not knowing what to expect, the girls went into this game hesitantly but had a very promising start to the season with securing a 3-2 win over Pakuranga College. Congratulations to Imogene De’Arth and Chelsea Nicholas for being the goal scorers Order lunch through ezlunch (Chelsea managing to score twice!). Can’t wait to see what else the girls can achieve this season! Available every day! Junior Basketball This year you can order from Deejay’s delicious menu through Girls ezlunch by simply clicking here! Junior Girls won by default Order (or cancel) any time before 9am on the day or schedule Boys in advance. Lunch will be ready at school. Rosehill Blue 15 - Southern Cross 28 Rosehill A 76 - Rosehill White 9 Please note Sushi orders close 9am 1-day prior! Other Information Click here to view the menu. Parking ezlunch orders are made online through your myKindo If you are picking up or dropping off your child for sport please use the account. One account for you or for the whole family! Get Chichester Drive entrance. If this is not possible please use the car park started now… click here or go to www.mykindo.co.nz to start on Rosehill Drive. Please do not use the car park on Edinburgh Ave after ordering. school hours as this is locked in the evening and any cars parked there will be locked in. Help? Visit support.mykindo.co.nz or tel. 0800 EZLUNCH (0800 Coaches 3958624) 8am-4pm weekdays. We are still looking for a coach for our U15 Open boys rugby team and www.ezlunch.co.nz the Year 10 Blue netball. If you are interested please contact Nicola Bailey, [email protected], without coaches some of www.mykindo.co.nz these teams may not be able to play meaning your child may miss out on the opportunity to participate. Outstanding Uniform If you have outstanding uniform please return this to either the Sports Office or the Student Office and they will ensure it gets back to us. We appreciate your help in the matter. Te Hiku o Te Ika Maori U18 Rugby Camp Rosehill First XV players, Ryan Mitchie, Quinn Lawton & Jordan Te Puni recently attended the Te Hiku o Te Ika Maori U18 Rugby Camp. The 2 1/2 day camp in Huntly, included the learning, understanding and Mana enhancing activities. Rugby drills and training sessions culminated in some outstanding rugby skills being on display during the weekend. Well done boys on being selected for this amazing opportunity.
REACH scholarship Applications open: 1 May Applications close: 15 June
What is REACH? • Have secondary school science (minimum level 2), preferably in chemistry, physics REACH (Realising Educational Aspirations for or biology Careers in Health) is a scholarship for Year • Show a commitment to pursue health 13 Māori secondary students interested in sciences studies and a career in health. a career in health. The REACH Scholarship provides a fully funded opportunity for Year 13 Māori students to spend three nights and two Application process full days on the University of Otago campus Every student must submit a completed exploring health sciences degree options. application AND a confidential reference (from Flights, transfers, food and accommodation either their principal, deputy principal, assistant in a University of Otago residential college are principal or Year 13 dean) via the online included. application tool at: REACH will help you gain an understanding of otago.ac.nz/mhwdu/tearahauora life on campus and learn about health sciences study options and careers. You will participate Selection process in hands-on learning, including lectures, labs and “tutes”, visit several of the University of • Criteria for selection includes: Otago’s residential colleges and meet key Māori • The quality of the REACH Scholarship contacts on campus. application • Interest in a career in health Successful applications must: • Commitment to Māori development • Have Māori whakapapa (ancestry) • Academic ability • Be in their final year of secondary school • The MHWDU’s strategic priorities relating to (Year 13) access and opportunity for Māori. • Consider studying at the University of Otago
The University of Otago’s Māori Health Workforce Development Unit wishes to acknowledge the support received from the Ministry of Health.
FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: Māori Health Workforce Development Unit | University of Otago Tel: (03) 479 4878 | Email: [email protected] HSCI-RP55-0320
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