6 March 2020

Year 7 Camp Omaui

1 Principal’s Comment

In a situation like this, there is a tendency for official advice. A small number of students facts, half facts, slight slithers of fact, and even from China have not been able to return for falsehood to gather momentum into a wave of study this year. On the other hand, a visiting populist hysteria. group from Thailand, due next week, is still expected to arrive as planned (at the time of writing), and a Hargest group is still planning The situation is serious, but clear perspective to depart for France next month. and a calm approach is called for. In terms of our students here at Hargest, we are supporting through assemblies (etc) the general health To change the subject, school routines for reminders about the safest way to contain a the year are now well established. We sneeze, the thorough washing of hands, and appreciate your support, as always, in the staying at home when unwell with anything keeping in touch with what is happening - spreadable. The risk of infection of school aged reading this newsletter online is an excellent students in NZ is extremely low, but it is timely way to do this! to emphasise the above reminders nevertheless, Andy Wood even for “normal” coughs, colds and winter flu... Principal Nga mihi Andy Wood Like all schools, we are carefully scrutinising the Principal vKia ora regular official advisories from the Ministry of Education for clear and accurate information. The Covid-19 Coronavirus outbreak is an example of how the unpredictable can rock the entire world. It is unsettling, to As far as International students and visitors are say the least. concerned - again, we are following protocol and

From the Boardroom

Kia ora koutou years. We now have 5 counsellors (some part time), totalling 3.8 fulltime equivalents. The first meeting for 2020 was held on 13 February. Significant points of interest were: • Wage increases for Support Staff (including Teacher Aides) together with • We have had a greater teaching staff salary increases for teachers have created turnover than usual. 23 new teachers fiscal challenges for the Board. have been appointed across both campuses. The principal reported that in • The draft Annual Report for the school spite of a sparse teacher supply, he was was tabled and discussed before able to appoint a very strong group of new submission to the Ministry. The “vital staff. statistics” for James Hargest for 2019 (covering a wide range of indicators) are • Included in the new staff are 2 new very healthy. The Report will be available Guidance Counsellors. As a Board we to parents when finalised. have placed a high value on having Chris O’Connor adequate counselling services available, Chris O’Connor BOT Chairperson and this has been increased in recent BOT Chairperson

Staff Welcome Staff Farewell

Jackie McCullum Kristi Jardine Jackie joins us in the Student Many of you will know Kristi, who Administration area as well as fronted our Student Administration Administrator for the Sports area for about eight years and prior to Department. This is a new joint role that worked in the Careers Department. and we anticipate it will be very busy. Kristi developed such a wealth of in- Jackie initially trained as a bilingual house knowledge and could turn her teacher and is also involved actively hand to anything. Her expertise is going with netball as a coach and selector, to be missed. She also contributed so is an ideal person for this position. willingly to the wider life of the school Welcome to the team Jackie. You have so much to offer James helping with productions and being instrumental in the staff Wellbeing Hargest College. Committee. We wish her all the best in her new role at Ray White Real Estate. 2 PTA Report

Hello to all Please feel free to join us at the PTA meetings - dates listed below. We always I hope you are all refreshed and ready for enjoy meeting new parents/caregivers – so another busy year in 2020 please take the time to pop along to the meetings and get an insight/update directly from the teachers representative on both The PTA had 2 Uniforms sales after school campuses. You may be surprised/amazed at finished, the first on 11 December and what information the kids didn’t pass on to the second on 19th January, the January you !! uniform sale was particularly busy with everyone getting back into the school mode. A big thanks to all the helpers over The schedule for the 2020 meetings are as both dates, as always it was successful and follows. They are all held in the Brig (above the parents were happy with the quality the office) at Senior Campus. Monique Shirley of uniforms on offer, The December sale Chairperson is generally busy with the year 13’s selling All are scheduled to start at 7.30pm. off their uniform, whereas the January sale Tuesday 17th March 2020 (AGM followed we are busy with new students buying and by the regular meeting) existing students getting an extra shirt/skirt/ Tuesday 19th May 2020 trousers or Blazer for the coming year, there is also the opportunity to buy sports tops, Tuesday 21st July 2020 kilts, etc.at either of the sales. If you missed Tuesday 15th September 2020 the sale and have some items of good Tuesday 10th November 2020 quality that you are hoping to sell, your’re welcome to leave them at Senior Campus Regards reception with your contact details, There maybe some items we are in short supply of Monique Shirley this year. PTA Chairperson

School Presidents and Deputies Junior Campus 2020 Presidents and Ambassadors

Congratulations to 2020 Presidents Libby Crawford, Caleb Devery, Lucy Thomas and Allan Raymond.

Congratulations also to our 2020 Ambassadors Finn Edwards and Maria Simpson. 3 Nanocamp

Robert Beck (departing Year 13 student) and Michael Moynihan (Year 13) were lucky enough to attend the all-expenses paid Nanocamp, Robert in Wellington and Michael in Auckland. These camps were made possible by the MacDiarmid Institute and involved both boys in activites such as making nanoparticles in the lab, take home mini projects and making movies of their weeks work.)

Year 9 and 10 Production High School Musical jr

Tuesday 7 and Wednesday 8 April 7:00pm in the Senior Campus Hall

Debating JHC Rugby Otago Southland Regional Competition AGM JHC entered three teams, Yr 11,12 and 13 and they had six rounds of limited March 11 preparation debates with speech times of eight minutes. JHC 1 then came in as the third semifinalist and won against Columba 2 and then came up against Columba 1 in 7:00pm the finals. at School Hall Two of the girls in the Columba 1 team were already in the Otago development squad and we had already come up against them twice in the draw superb debaters. The All parents and players debate was very entertaining, of a tremendous standard but we lost to a better team. encouraged to attend The team consisted of Samaria Anaru-Hill, Liam Barnes and Donald McIntosh (below from left to right). Donald got a ‘highly commended’ certificate and Liam is a travelling reserve to the Otago team which will compete in the National Debating competition later in the year.

4 Otago University Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Southland Festival Parent Teacher Interviews Wednesday 25 March 6:30pm in the Year 9 While the focus is on option selection, core subject teachers will be Senior Campus Hall available. Thursday 19 March 5.30pm - 8.30pm School Photos Year 10-13 Parent Teacher Interviews This year photographs will be available for you to view Tuesday 24 March 4.00pm - 8.30pm and order OnLine with PhotoLife Studios. Your son or daughter will shortly bring home an OnLine To make appointments please go to slip with their unique Access Key detailed on it. This www.schoolinterviews.co.nz and enter the following code: Access Key will display all the photographs of your child. It is then an easy process for you to shop on-line and 6nxy5 (Year 9) or 4qew6 (Years 10 -13) purchase the photographs you want. If you place your order within three weeks of receiving Please print your schedule of times. your Access Key you will receive free delivery for your Parents/Caregivers/Whanau who do not have access to the internet photo orders. PhotoLife has agreed to dispatch all the are welcome to make their interviews by phoning the school on orders back to the school and your child will bring their 2176129 ext 205. photographs home. Please mark these dates in your diary. We highly recommend your son/daughter attends the interviews so Any orders placed after this three week period will be collectively you can work with us to set goals and develop some plans sent directly to your specified delivery address and will around achieving them. incur a $6.00 Postage & Packing charge. You will see this message when you go Online to view and order your Bookings can be made TWO weeks prior to the event photographs.

House Captains Hamilton Thomson Debating Riley Faulkner Katie Oliver Junior Campus Hamish McKenzie Cameron Fraser Otago Southland Regional Competition We are already practising for the House Haka competition being held on Friday 2 April. Menzies Watson Danielle Aitken Chloe Savage Izaah Iosefo Mark Payne

NCEA Changes Being Planned

In case you missed it, the Government has recently confirmed its final NCEA change package. Schools have been advised that the changes are intended to: strengthen our national qualification; address over-assessment and fragmented learning; promote culturally responsive teaching and learning; and improve accessibility, the support available to teachers, and the information available to students and whānau. A copy of the Ministry of Education’s announcement is available here:http://education.govt.nz/news/changes-to-strengthen-ncea- confirmed-and-provisional-subject-list-for-ncea-level-1-subjects-released/. There are changes to the subjects that the Ministry proposes to support at NCEA Level 1. This is consistent with the policy objective - for NCEA Level 1 to become a broader, foundational qualification that allows students to keep their pathway options open, while Levels 2 and 3 promote greater specialisation. The Ministry has asked us to encourage you all to give feedback. Public engagement on the subject list for NCEA Level 1 has commenced for a period of two months (closing on 20 April 2020). More information is available on the Ministry’s website along with the provisional subject list for NCEA Level 1: https://consultation.education.govt.nz/ncea/ras-provisional-subject-list. The Cabinet paper and Ministry advice have also been made public: http://www.education.govt.nz/our-work/information-releases/advice-seen-by-our-ministers/ (See under the February tab). You can find the list in the engagement questionnaire, or for your ease of reference it is also accessible from this link to the Cabinet paper http://www.education.govt.nz/assets/Uploads/R-Cab-Pack-Implementation-of-a-New-Strengthened-NCEA-Redacted.pdf (go to pages 19 and 20). 5 Junior Campus News

The quilt being held up by two R5 students shows all of the The students on the floor after P.E today are from R5 and R18 - different contributing schools we have come from to make up a they worked so hard they needed to have a lie down at the end new class of the session :) Actually we were practising our deep breathing exercises as a warm down.

Room 5 students working hard and making great first impressions - demonstrating the Hargest Way - We work hard 6 Welcome to our Welcome to our Exchange International Students Students Yuina Nakano Japan Year 12 Caroline Berg Denmark Year 13 These students all arrived at the beginning of the year and are settling in really well! Chiaki Kyoden Japan Year 11 Student Centred Conferences Izumi Tanaka Japan Year 11 Junior Campus Rina Ogawa Japan Year 12 Seunghyun Go Korea Year 10 Seungwon Han Korea Year 9 We are soon to hold our Student Centred Conferences, a Seungyong Han Korea Year 9 conference between the teacher, parent/guardians and the Akin Vorakanonta Thailand Year 8 student. Your child will be the focus for the conference; they Ittikorn Muennoi Thailand Year 9 will be sharing their goals for the first half of the year with you. Ken Saipornchai Thailand Year 7 Information has been sent home regarding making bookings on Kiatkong (Pin Pin) Amnuayviriya Thailand Year 7 line. The main conferences will be held on the following days Phasit (Sun) Phasitanawat Thailand Year 7 Phone Myat (Sumo) Kyaw Thailand Year 7 (unless your class or Teacher is on camp, the alternative date will Ritchaphum (Kimber) Visutsareepun Thailand Year 8 be listed when you make a booking). Tanadis (Diamond) Sukpanont Thailand Year 7 Tuesday 17 March Yanakorn (Ik) Khempila Thailand Year 7 Thursday 19 March

INTERNATIONAL BUDDY/ORIENTATION FRIENDSHIP CLUB 2019 Clara Voogt Tyler Kennedy PRESIDENTS SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL Donald McIntosh OCCASSIONS ACADEMIC MENTOR SOCIAL/HOSPITALITY Madeleine Doherty Khristelle Ano Emma Tuckey Nina Nakano-Broers

French Exchange

Message from the French Exchange Students: First of all, we loved everything, especially surfing, the ropes course, the would like to thank Mrs Rabbitt, Mrs Black and Mrs Jourdie jet boat, the Kepler Hut and the Maori culture etc. for organising the trip. We are also very grateful for our host families who have made us discover the country, as well as Finally, we have met lovely people and we look forward to the teachers who have shown us the difference between NZ seeing them again in Paris. and schools in France. Thank you again, Second of all, we have had amazing opportunities and we The French students are full of memories that will last a lifetime in our minds. We

Photo from left to right: Mr Wood, Capucine, Natacha, Lucien, Mrs Lefebvre, Vincent, Brieuc, Clem, Aloys, Tuan.

7 LEO LEADERS 2020

PRESIDENT Samantha Faherty

SECRETARY Chloe Hudson

TREASURER FUNDRAISING Wilson Ludlow Rachel Checketts Ella Jones

SOCIAL PROMOTIONS Maia Cavanagh Olivia Cooper Cassie Gray Emily Williamson

EVENTS CHARITIES Finn Holden Emma Bantang Ashleigh McIntosh Jessica Fairbairn Janelle Tinker

8 JHC LEO Club February Update

We have had a very successful start of the for this event which takes place on the We have a lot of other events and year with many fundraisers and events 21st to 22nd of March. At the end of last collections such as the Plunket Teddy already being planned and underway. We year the first fundraiser for Relay for Life Bears Picnic, Child Cancer Collection welcomed 14 new leaders at the start was a sausage sizzle at Tough Kids, which underway. We are also appreciative of the term and 100 new members at was very successful and they raised $900. of our members who help with our the recent Induction Ceremony. Thank The first fundraiser of this year was for students from the Student Support you to Julie Brown our Lions LEO liaison Valentines Day where students could Centre. person and Gordon Duston from our purchase a balloon for their ‘valentine’ and supporting Makarewa Lions Club for write a message inside. This was already With such a large club we intend to their attendance. Our club now has 197 being organized in the first week of school really push ourselves this year to do members! and $300 was raised. On the 26th of more than previous years and really February we had our school athletics day give back to the community. One of the biggest events that money and the fundraising committee organised a is being raised for is Relay for Life. The barbeque again for the Relay for Life. We Chloe Hudson money goes to the NZ Cancer Society hope to get more fundraisers underway LEO Secretary and we have already raised over $1400 before the event takes place.

Hargest Academic Blues Ceremony 2020 (Awarded in 2019)

Tuesday 10 March at 12.30pm in Gym 3 All parents/caregivers/whanau of recipients are welcome to attend.

Academic Excellence For Academic Excellence the Hargest system of awards is based on the NZQA system of endorsing certificates with Excellence, except that Excellence cred- its must be earned in one calendar year (ie 2019). To gain a general Excellence a student must gain at least 50 Excellence credits at that or a higher level.

Subject/Course Excellence To gain Subject/Course Excellence a student must gain 14 or more credits at Excellence in a subject in one calendar year. Of these, at least 3 credits must be from externally assessed standards and at least 3 credits from internally assessed standards in that subject.

100 Club Students who get 100 Excellence credits are invited to join our elite 100 Club.

Term Dates for 2020

Term 1: Thursday 9 April: End of Term 1 Term 3: Monday 20 July: Start of Term 3 Friday 25 September: End of Term 3 Term 2: Tuesday 28 April: Start of Term 2 Friday 3 July: End of Term 2 Term 4: Monday 12 October: Start of Term 4 Wednesday 9 December (TBC): End of Term 4

9 Assessment Procedures Your Online Access to Teaching Staff at Hargest

The age of e-mail contact has had the effect of making teacher/ parent and teacher/student communication much easier, and, as a result, much more frequent! Generally this has been very positive for all of us. Whilst staff accessibility is encouraged, we have recognised the need for some guidelines in order to allow staff to “switch off” after normal work hours. (Part of being a “Good Employer”).

Guidelines/Expectations • We recognise that parents often send e-mails in evenings or weekends. (When they have time to attend to parenting issues!) However, staff are not expected to read or reply to e-mails after hours (ie during evenings, weekends or holidays). • Staff response time will be variable according to their workload and teaching pressures. They are expected to acknowledge your email the next working day, and, Look out for this at where required, follow up with a more detailed home and discuss it response as soon as with your child! practicable (generally within two more days). Student Handbook for • Online accessibility of NQF Assessment Level 1, 2 and 3 teachers by students follows The information in this handbook gives a2020 simple explanation of the official school policies which must be followed by students and staff to make sure that our assessments are the same guidelines, ie: ACCURATE

and VALID .  Read this information carefully. • queries and questions may  Ask questions if you are unsure.  Sign the declaration sheet to show that you understand and will follow the rules. FAIR  , Take this home and discuss it with your parents. not be read or answered  Keep it for further reference.

For a successful “after hours” year, you must know your

and RIGHTS EXERCISE them. and your • response times will vary RESPONSIBILITIES • responses will be made as G:\Shared drives \Creative (R) \4_Systems \Staff_Documents \Intranet \Assessment \Google \NCEA Student Assessment Booklet.doc

soon as practicable

10 Japanese Exchange

Last Year as a Year 12 student, Madeleine Doherty was very fortunate to spend 9 months in Japan on a paid scholarship at Kun-ei Girls’ High School in Osaka. (Kun-ei sends 2 students to Hargest each year.) In order to improve her Japanese as much as possible, Maddy independently studied Japanese in her classes, when she couldn’t do the work they were doing. She also had 4 Japanese lessons per week designed specifically for her and another kiwi student. During her time there, Maddy became very proficient at Japanese and she learned a lot about the Japanese Culture including being a member of the Tea Ceremony Club at school.

Year 8 First Aid

This term students will take part in the St John Safe Kids’ programme with a St John instructor. Students learn basic First Aid techniques and gain knowledge in order to keep themselves safe in the bush. The skills and knowledge they acquire before heading off to camp in Deep Cove is invaluable.

11 James Shaw visit

Green Party Co-Leader and Minister for Climate Change the Hon. James Shaw spoke to Mr James’ Year 12 Media Studies class. He also confirmed funding to upgrade the boiler.

The Minister answered questions from the students on how the media cover political issues and whether they’re doing a good job to inform voters. This will be useful in the assessment the class are now doing, and we thank him for his time

12 Year 9 Camps Host families 2020 needed

Year 9 camps start at Curio Bay in Week 9MAS & 9LJN (2-4 March) STS are looking for caring host families Five and provide an opportunity for to welcome our students from Europe students to experience camping in this 9MFE & 9EF (4-6 March) arriving to NZ in July 2020. If you want unique environment with their form class. to experience another culture without Activities include body boarding, tramping 9DMN & 9LDP (9-11 March) leaving NZ contact STS today and team building activities. Class dates 9EPG & 9BFD (11-13 March) Call 0800 991991 or have now been set and as always, we are email [email protected] looking forward to parental support on 9RS & 9RJS (16-18 March) these camps. If you have any questions 9SJN (18-20 March) regarding attending camp please contact the form teacher. Permission slips and further information have been sent home If you would like to discuss payment with the students but these are also options please contact Mrs Helen available on the school website. Dempsey at the office.

Hargest Study Centre

Get help with Maths, English, Science, Biology Physics and Chemistry Senior Campus Library Tuesdays 3.30 - 5.00pm Teachers, Librarian and Peer Tutors available to help with Homework, Research, Exam Study, Classwork

Art

We received a visit from Joe Tose, a portrait artist. Joe is a British artist now residing in Invercargill. Year 10 students met Joe and shared their portraits with him and received advice on how to improve their drawings. Joe had a variety of Portraits from the Royal NZ Ballet and the RNZAF forces based on Tours overseas. His wife Joan accompanied him on the visit. The students in photo on the left with Joe are Chiara Lanki and Amelia Harvey.

13 Omaui Camp

Our Year 7 students have started the year with much excitement; some risk taking, challenges and team building activities. Our camps to Omaui began early, with our first class going in the second week of the term. It has been fantastic watching our new students rise to the challenges and give their best, participating with enthusiasm during a variety of activities. From tramping, abseiling and adventure based learning to contributing during team duties, our students are quickly showing

that they have picked up the culture of ‘The Hargest Way’. Our camps will continue through to week eight of this term. It is a valuable experience and positive way of establishing a team culture within each class. We appreciate the support of many parents and whanau members, along with our Senior Campus students who have come along as helpers. Your contribution has added to the smooth running of our camping experience. 14 SVA Foundation and Student Volunteer Senior Work Army Service Award Programme

Day Service to school life reward programme is available to everyone who does anything to (Years 11-13) contribute to the wellbeing of Hargest. How much do you contribute to JHC school life? It’s probably more than you think. Here’s a way to be recognised for all you do. Register Wednesday 25 online at https://service.sva.org.nz/ create your profile and receive the appropriate badge for the time you contribute. Membership badge whenSVA Foundation you andsign Student up Volunteer then Army Servicereceive Award Program Bronze – March 2020 Service to school life reward program is available to everyone who does anything to contribute to Silver or Gold for the number of hours you help. the wellbeing of Hargest. How much do you contribute to JHC school life? It’s probably more than you think. Here’s a way to All students are expected to be recognised for all you do. Register online at https://service.sva.org.nz/ create your profile and receive the appropriate badge for the time you contribute. Membership badge when you sign up work and return $30 to James then receive Bronze – Silver or Gold for the number of hours you help. Hargest College on Thursday 26 March. Should a student not be able to find a job, they should be at school, reporting to the Hall at 9.00am in Membership Badge Bronze Badge Silver Badge Gold Badge uniform, with study materials 5 hours 32 hours 250 hours 500 hours for the day All absences must be phoned in before 9.30am. If you can offer employment, please phone Mrs Elder on 217 6129 (ext 208) SVA Foundation and Student Volunteer Army Service Award Program Community support for our Work Day is much appreciated Service to school life reward program is available to everyone who does anything to contribute to by all at James Hargest College. the wellbeingSENIOR of Hargest. WORK DAY Last year’s project How much do you contribute to JHC school life? It’s probably more than you think. Here’s a way to ‘Bus shelters’ adjacent to the Wednesday 25 March 2020 front gate - this project is now be recognised for all you do. Register online at https://service.sva.org.nz/ create your profile and at the detailed design and receive the appropriate badge for the time you contribute. Membership badge when you sign up consent stage. then receive Bronze – Silver or Gold for the number of hours you help. This year’s project $30.00 A giant LED backdrop screen per person to be for the hall stage, for use with returned to the school productions and major events. on Thursday 26 March Ball Dresses Funds raised will be used for

Any ball dresses that are no longer a 12m stage LED screen required could be donated to the Hospice Shop at 117 Yarrow Street. It’s a great way to recycle the dresses and an affordable option. A selection of ball dresses wil Membership Badge Bronze Badge Silver Badge Gold Badge be available for sale later on. 5 hours 32 hours 250 hours 500 hours Before School Math Classes Junior Campus Teachers are available to help your child in Before School Math classes every Tuesday and Friday morning from 8.15 to 8.40 am (in the Fabrics Room). This is an individualised programme, so it caters for extension as well as support. Students can attend as they need, not necessarily every session. If you would like to be All students are expected to work involved as “parent help” please come along. This programme starts on Tuesday 10th of March. 15 Triathlon Wanaka Challenge School Triathlon results U14 Girls 3rd Katie Lawrence U19 Girls 1st Teegan Strudwicke, Jette Simon, Emily Hay

National School Triathlon Championships U16 Boys Team 1st Regan Cross, Ronan Shearing, Brennan Rhodes U16 Girls Team 1st Emma Faherty, Jaz McLeod, Charly Faherty

Left: Katie Lawrence Right: (L-R) Teegan Strudwicke, Emily Hay, Jette Simon Right below (L-R): Charly Faherty, Emma Faherty, Jaz McLeod, Ronan Shearing, Regan Cross, Brennan Rhodes

Rowing National Champs

Congratulations to Eilish McLeod in Year 12 who gained a silver medal in the club double.

SS Softball

The James Hargest College Senior team The final scores were: Special mention goes to the dynamic came back strongly to take 2nd place in JHC 3 - SBHS Red 13 pairing of Kate Russell and Abby Wallace, the Southland Secondary School’s Softball JHC 27 - Verdon Mixed 3 the pitcher-catcher combo in all three wins Tournament. After going down in the first JHC 17 - SBHS Blue 4 and the consistent strong hitting of Mitchell game of the day to a strong Southland Boys JHC 12 - SGHS 2 Tweedie and Tim Docherty. Thanks to Dave High team, the Hargest team bounced back to Steel and Leigh Wallace for their coaching on win their next three games. the day.

16 Waterski Tennis Results Southland/Otago Champs Southland Schools 2nd Div 1 Boys - Finn Holden and Halle Faherty Congratulations to Finn Excel - 3rd U16 Male

Athletics Athletic Champions 2020 NZ SS Champs Girls Under 14 years Boys Under 14 years Congratulations to Quinn Hartley who, after his outstanding 1st Sarah Hay H 1st William Robertson W NZSS Athletics Championship in December 2019, has been 2nd Isabella Winder H 2nd Caleb McNaught H selected as a member of the New Zealand Secondary School 3rd Katie Lawrence M 3rd Tequin Lake W Athletics Team which will compete in the Australian Athletics Championships this month. Girls Under 15 years Boys Under 15 years 1st Caitlin Hartley M 1st Jacob Dudley H 2nd Lily Symon T 2nd Isaiah Bragg M Sports Academy Students 3rd Tamsin O’Connell T 2nd Preston Evans T Year 8 2nd Ingamar Siegruhn W Girls Under 16 years Boys Under 16years Congratulations to the following Year 8 students that have 1st Maddison Tinnock M 1st Quinn Hartley M been selected for the Sports academy at the Junior Campus. 2nd Brianna Peterson M 2nd Corvin O’Rourke H We hope you make the most of the opportunities offered and 3rd Lucy McKee T 3rd Caden Faulkner M look forward to watching your progress in 2020. Girls Under 19.5 years Boys Under 19.5 years Intake 1 1st Kate Johnstone M 1st Sam Cole M Mya Blair, Charlotte Morris, Ruby Jackson, Finn Edwards, 2nd Emma Hewitt W 2nd Mitchell Tweedie H Megan Dempsey, Riley Faulkner, Cain Wilson, Libby Crawford, 3rd Madison Grieve T 3rd Cory Hiscoke T Maisy McDonald and Heilala Pita. House Results Points Intake 2 1st Menzies 1269 Lucy Thomas, Lily Beal, Samantha Morris, Amber Flay, Hector 2nd Thomson 946 O’Rorke, Ben O’Connor, Caleb Devery, Tylah Templer, Katie 3rd Hamilton 892 Oliver and Chloe Savage. 4th Watson 837 17 Junior Campus Housekeeping

Phone calls/ Year 7 Vision Absences/ Messages for Testing Late to School/

Students The Vision Technicians visit the Junior Signing in or Out Campus to undertake vision screening The office is getting a large number for all Year 7 students and colour vision of phone calls from parents asking for screening for Year 7 male students. Your When you phone in an absence, please messages to be relayed to their child. child will not be screened if they are give the reason so it can be recorded Please make after school arrangements under the care of a Specialist and/or with the correct coding in the attendance and reminders prior to the school day, Optometrist. Parents/caregivers will be system. as we cannot guarantee getting any last notified if further assessment is required Please note that classes start at 8.50am minute messages to your child. by an Optometrist. If you do NOT wish and students are to be in class by that your child to be screened, please notify time. If students come in late, they are Parent Parking the school. to go to the office before going to class to Some Year 8 students who were absent in sign in and have their names deleted from Parents are not to park in either of the Year 7, or who require retesting, may also the absence list. staff carparks within school grounds. When collecting your child for an There is a visitors park available in front of Morning Notices appointment please report to the office the office should you need to access the to collect them, not the classroom. They office. Parents arenot to use the driveway will need to sign out at the office and back Each morning classes have the day’s in again when they return. Please advise and staff car park by the Office to collect notices read out to them. Notices include your child after school information on academic, sports and cultural activities available to students. Sun Safety These notices are available on the James Hargest website after 11 am Students may wear plain white caps or hats when outside during summer. They are not to be worn in class and must Health Nurse have the name written on the inside. We encourage students to bring their own The Health Nurse is available at the Junior sunscreen but do have it available on the Campus. If you have any concerns please counter at the school office. phone the school office and we will arrange for Mrs Sanderson to contact you. If students wish to see the Health Nurse they are able to make an Payments appointment by placing a request in the red post Payments for both camps, Deep Cove and box in the office Omaui, are now due. foyer. All payments sent to the school with your children must have their full name, room number and state what the money is for. Payments are made to the school office. Payments can be in cash, cheque, internet banking or by eftpos. Partial payments and automatic payments are welcome.

Junior Campus Senior Campus 6 Layard Street, Invercargill 288 Layard Street, Invercargill Phone 03 2179250 Phone 03 2176129 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.jameshargest.school.nz Website: www.jameshargest.school.nz

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Parent, Caregiver, Whanau Coming Events for 2020 and Community Engagement At James Hargest College we are always interested in engaging with our community Senior Campus and listening to parents, whanau and the wider community. If you have any good March 2020 ideas or there is something special that has Mon 2 Year 9 camps start happened regarding Hargest, or there are Tues 10 12.30pm Academic Blues in Gym 3 issues, concerns or complaints we should be aware of, please contact the school Thu 12 BOT meeting 5:15pm in the Brigadier’s Room office Senior Campus (2176129) or Sun 15 Mr Prateep’s group from Thailand arrive Junior Campus (2179250) or via email, Tues 17 PTA AGM 7:30pm in the Brigadier’s Room [email protected] Wed 18 Year 9 camps end You will be put in contact with an Thur 19 5.30-8.30pm Parent Teacher meetings for Year 9 appropriate staff member Fri 20 Year 9 Option Selection Sheets in Tue 24 Year 10-13 Parent Teacher Interviews 4:00pm-8:30pm Wed 25 Year 11-13 Work Day Sheila Winn Competition at 6:30pm in the hall Fri 27 Mufti Day Year 9 Tasters end Sun 29 Start of Summer Tournament Mon 30 Year 9 Options start E-mail Newsletters The next newsletter will be issued via email on Friday 3 April 2020. Hard copies of the newsletter will be April 2020 available from either the Junior or Wed 1 Period 5: Cross Country Senior Campus office. 5.15pm: BOT meeting in the Brigadier’s Room You can view the newsletter on the Hargest (Note change of day) web site www.jameshargest.school.nz Fri 3 April Newsletter on line Tues 7 Junior Musical - High School Musical Jr. at 6:30pm in the hall Wed 8 Junior Musical - High School Musical Jr. at 6:30pm in the hall Cross Country cancellation day Thur 9 Poroporoaki for Mr Wood Period 5 End of Term One Information Updates Fri 10 Good Friday - School closed If you have any changes to your details Mon 27 ANZAC Day observed (e.g. address, phone numbers, medical Tues 28 Start of Term Two details, emergency contacts, etc), please let the school know as soon as possible in order to keep our records up-to-date. Please email Mrs France (Senior Campus) with any changes at [email protected] Junior Campus or phone 2176129 or Mrs Cribb (Junior Campus) at March 2020 [email protected] Fri 5 Kids Lit Quiz or phone 2179250 Tues 17 Student Centred Conferences Thur 19 Student Centred Conferences Tues 31 HPV Vaccinations - First Round - Year 8

April 2020 Tues 2 House Haka Competition PTA Meeting Dates Thur 9 End of Term 1 Fri 10 Good Friday The next PTA meeting will be held in the Mon 13 Easter Monday Brigadier’s Room at the Senior Campus, Sat 25 Anzac Day scheduled to start at 7.30pm. Mon 27 Anzac Day observed Tuesday 17th March 2020 (AGM followed by Tues 28 Term 2 starts the regular meeting) Tuesday 19th May 2020 Tuesday 21st July 2020 Tuesday 15th September 2020

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