Stratford High School

10 May 2017 Photos around the school

TeenAg team with Te Radar

Girls Rugby Camaraderie with Opunake High after an exciting game on Tuesday at SHS.

House Leaders 2017 Some of the 2017 house leaders with Mr Keenan.

Stratford High School: http://www.stratfordhigh.school.nz/Home Vol17 Issue 5 round the chool From the Principal’s Desk A S : Dear students, parents and caregivers, Ngā mihi o te wa ki a koe me te whanau. A warm welcome back to term two. We hope that all enjoyed quality time with family and friends and students are refreshed and ready for the challenges of the term. This term is ten weeks compared to the eleven we had in term one. We have a busy term ahead with a variety of activities occurring including an assessment week in early June for the seniors. All students will receive a report before the end of the term, with a senior students’ interview evening planned also.

During the last week of term one our drama students were involved in the annual Sheliah Winn Shakespeare competition and our groups performed very well and were a credit to themselves and the school. A special mention must go to Te Rangimarie students who performed once again and also our group who performed the five minute play. They will be heading off to the national competition in Wellington at the end of the month.

ANZAC Day services in Stratford, Eltham and Kaponga were attended by a number of our students, while our head students Jake and Olivia spoke at the Stratford service. Thank you to all those students and staff involved in making the wreaths displayed on Sir Graham Henry Evening ANZAC Day and in the Hall of Remembrance in Stratford.

The break also involved the annual Jack Porter rugby tournament which this year was played at Central Hawkes Bay College and involved Central Hawkes Bay, Rangitikei College, Havelock North High School, and Stratford High School. All the games were competitive and played in the spirit of sportsmanship. Congratulations to the boys who made the tournament team.

Our assemblies have been celebrating the success of our students and our final assembly in term one was our summer sporting awards. A full list is in this newsletter. Congratulations to all those students who have had their achievements acknowledged in our school assemblies.

All of our winter sports are now well under way with selections made, coaches appointed, and playing gear issued. I wish all teams good luck for their seasons. I ask everybody to be competitive, respect the opposition and officials, and be proud to represent our school. The sheer numbers of students representing Stratford High School during the winter season is very encouraging. We have 11 netball teams, three hockey teams, two football teams, five rugby teams and seven basketball teams. This shows a great level of participation, and as you can imagine, a huge logistical challenge! My thanks to our sport and physical education team of Denise Kay, Philippa Merson, Colin Franklyn, Peta Apperley and Alex Hill. You have done a wonderful job in ensuring our teams Our School are ready and raring to go. I would also like to thank the large number of parent and community volunteers who are coaching or managing teams. It is really appreciated. If, as a parent, you would be willing to assist in managing or coaching one of our teams, I am sure Mrs Merson would love to hear from you.

For senior students there will be a number of opportunities this term for them to gain credits in their internal achievement and unit standards for NCEA. Alongside this, many will be continuing their learning in their achievement standards which will be assessed in the external NCEA examinations in November. The juniors should also be concentrating on their academic work as they work towards graduation two reports. They should look at the first graduation report to see what aspects of the report they can improve upon. For a student to succeed in the graduation they should look closely at managing self, participating and contributing and relating to others. As a school we feel that if they are to succeed at NCEA then the ability to manage themselves, take responsibility for learning and developing sound work habits will go a long way to helping them succeed. Academic success also requires students to attend school and it is worrying when students are not attending on a regular basis and parents are not letting us know. Remember the clear message: To be successful you need to be at school, ON TIME and ALL THE TIME!

On Wednesday 17 May we hold our Student Council Junior Work Day. This event is co-ordinated by our Student Council and involves junior students spending the day working throughout the community and donating their earnings to the school. The money from the work day will go into doing a deck area outside the canteen area where a lot of students spend time.

I always welcome any comments you have or issues you would like to raise, as do the rest of our senior leadership team, and you can contact us by ringing the school. He waka eke noa. A canoe which we are all in with no exception. Philip Keenan, Principal

Stratford High School: http://www.stratfordhigh.school.nz/Home Page 2 Stratford High School: http://www.stratfordhigh.school.nz/Home Page 3 Around the school NCEA APP The free NCEA student app has been developed to help students track their NCEA achievement. This app parents missed the interview night and would like to catch provides an officially maintained database of standards and a goal-setting function. We encourage students to Teen Ag Competition up with a teacher, they are welcome to ring the school. look at the number of apps available and choose the one suitable for them. In the middle of the last school holidays on 22 April, two Senior students will be issued with written reports towards teams of keen Young Farmers Club members met very the end of Term two. The App gives you the ability to: early on a Saturday morning to compete in the Regional Year 10 will get a written report and graduation report at • Select and set your NCEA credit goals and targets Teen Ag High School competitions in Hawera. The the end of term 2 when their first half option finishes. • See how you are tracking towards NCEA Levels one, two and three, including Literacy, Numeracy and students worked in teams of two and had to complete Year 9 will get their second graduation report in early June University Entrance (UE) activities like using a tractor to load a bale of hay, calculate when their next rotation finishes. • Set due date reminders for when assignments are due amount of fertiliser to use, utilise safety gear correctly, • Capture results as your teacher hands back work and cross check with the school or NZQA answer general knowledge questions and tie knots in • Personalise with information such as your NSN number or details about a course or standard (such as the School Payments teacher’s name or timetabled classroom) fence wire! It was a glorious day in Hawera and the teams Payments can be made at the accounts or school office placed 6th and 10th out of about 30 teams. This is the first • Multiple levels of NCEA study are now supported, meaning you can track your progress towards various between 8:30am and 3.15pm. When paying by direct NCEA levels multiple calendar years. Behind the scenes, NCEA Student will retain all achievement time SHS has entered a team so it was a very good effort. banking please include your child’s first and last name. information, allowing you to track your progress over multiple years. Hopefully we will get more teams to enter next year. Account details are: TSB Bank, Stratford 15-3947- • New users of the App can simply add credits for previous years NCEA study without having to also add 0328379-00 standards information first. The following fees and costs are compulsory. • Customise with different colour coding options and the ability to add photos  Subject material fees – these cover materials supplied • Use in English and Te Reo Māori. for personal use and are compulsory. Other features  Hireage of musical instruments * It is simple, clear, easy to use and responsive  Sports fees - fees vary between the different codes * It provides a high level description of each standard  Field trips - only occur in some subjects * It has its own database, which includes an up-to-date list of all standards, updated by NZQA Costs of participation in extra-curricular sports and * It has a powerful search engine that makes it easy for you to find subjects and standards by ‘name’ or ‘number’ activities that remain unpaid may limit the student’s * It is an NZQA quality assured product involvement in these activities in the future. * It makes NCEA easier to understand. Anything else you need to know? School Donations 2017 You are responsible for the security of your own data – NZQA recommends a PIN number on the phone as a minimum, and a While this is not a fee and therefore not compulsory, all Photos: (left) Ben Vanner password (a “settings” option) on the App. Responsibility for the accuracy of the information in the App rests with the you and families are encouraged to make a donation to the school NZQA recommends backing up your device. It is your information and your data, entered by you. and Michael Sulzberger as it is a critical source of funding. The donation for 2017 (right) Olivia Slater and Simeon Cook is $70.00 for the first child and $100 for a family of more Minimum specifications? than two students living at the same address. A tax rebate iOS: 7.1 and later and Android: 4.0 and later. Uniform can be claimed for school donations. School donations The App is optimised for use on iPhone 5 and greater, and Android 4.1 or greater. Students and caregivers are reminded that full winter is can be paid either in full or by automatic payment. The The App will run on tablets as well. The NCEA Guide App is free to download - get it now from: required for terms two and three. If there are issues with Ministry of Education operations grant does not cover Bill McGeoch, Principal’s Nominee any part of the uniform, students need to bring a note all the actual costs of running our school. While ministry and report to a SMT member (Mr Smith, Mrs Gall or Mrs funding enables us to cover the basics in core subject STAFF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT – LATE Walker) before school starts in order to get a uniform pass. areas, these are some areas where we rely on other sources We do have items which we can loan to students. Students of income to enrich opportunities for our children, START WEDNESDAYS are able to wear a black scarf on these cold days. including our move towards integrated IT learning using This term the school is starting a professional development initiative where our teachers are working Our thanks to those families who have donated uniform modern technology, additional resources including the collaboratively to develop strategies to improve the achievement level of students. This will mean that, items to the school. We do have some polar fleece jackets online library and the school magazine. starting on Wednesday 17 May, classes will begin at the later time of 9.00am. This late start applies to available. Please contact the student office if you wish to Wednesdays only; all other days will have the normal 8.40 start time. inquire about these. We understand that every family’s financial circumstances Students will still have their five one-hour lessons but we will be dropping form-time on a Wednesday The black school rain jacket is available through “Off the is different. If you are unable to pay the suggested amount and having later interval and lunch times. The school day will finish at 3.15pm as usual. Cuff” on Broadway. we would appreciate any amount you can afford. Equally, This later start on Wednesdays will be in place for the remainder of the term/year. Town students will be able to arrive at school later in time for the 9.00am start. Due to our buses connecting with other school the buses will still run at the normal times. Bus Senior students are able to purchase plain black KUKRI your donation is not limited to the amount suggested and jackets by ordering one through Mrs Merson at the sports students who arrive early will have the option of going to the library or the stadium where they will be supervised for the fifteen any additional donation you make is fantastic. We can’t minutes before class. office. The next order will be sent on Friday 19 May. emphasise enough the important difference that your A schedule with bell times for Wednesdays will be issued to students early next week and will be on our facebook page. school donations make to what our school is able to offer. Reports ID CARDS All students have received a report for term one. The We have our own ID Card machine in the school. If students require an ID Card the cost is $4. Please allow 3 – 4 days for the seniors received a progress report and the first graduation card to be printed as not all students have had a new photo taken. All cards that have been paid for will be printed this week. report for Year 9 and 10 students have been sent to There are a number of students who do not have a photo so they need to watch the notices for the next opportunity or see Miss parents. Interview nights for all students have been held. If Lithgow at interval to have a photo taken. Stratford High School: http://www.stratfordhigh.school.nz/Home Page 4 Stratford High School: http://www.stratfordhigh.school.nz/Home Page 5 STUDENT Sir Graham henry Evening On the evening of 27 April our Australian netball touring team had the honour and Drummond Family SIGNING OUT privilege of welcoming the legendary rugby coach Sir Graham Henry as a guest Farmlands Careers News: May 2017 speaker for our fundraising event to help us get FMG PROCEDURE LIAISON VISITS / OPEN DAYS to Australia in July. Our fundraising started in Fonterra Important information on the process of October last year with lots of raffles, sausage Gibbons Family allowing students to leave school during the These are information sessions for senior students to attend. Students sizzles, catering events and selling the liquorice IconSports day: please sign up on the noticeboard opposite Mrs Gall’s office beforehand & allsorts. We finally reached our penultimate Illusion Day Spa If your son/daughter needs to leave school get permission from your teacher first. Parents/caregivers are welcome to fundraiser with weeks of preparation selling Image Hair Design early for an appointment, they must have a attend also. Students are welcome to make an appointment with the careers tickets, organising table, chairs, food, auction Impressions in Ink note signed by a parent/guardian. The student advisor at any time. items and other things needed to make a In Stitches then gets this countersigned by a member of successful night. A big thank you to the Slater Ink Pot Café the Senior Management team and shows it to YEAR 11 CAREERS INTENSIVE family for reaching out to Sir Graham and asking him to kindly be our guest speaker Irene Van Dyk Mrs Seator in the student office when they sign for the evening. Jichelle Health and Beauty out. TUESDAY, 13th JUNE 2017 Kelly Jury However, if you need to sign your son/ Our careers intensive is approaching very quickly! We are working hard to get 230 tickets sold later, our school hall was filled with friends, family and the Taranaki Lithgow Family daughter out at short notice during the day some great providers for you to visit during the day. This is a reminder that wide community, who came to support our netball team and listen to the great Sir Magnum Sports please be aware that the office staff may not parents are also able to visit on this day to talk to any of our providers. Graham talk about his experiences coaching, the talent he sees from all over the Matthew and Co Real Estate Ltd be able to get your child straight away. While Viv Milner, CAREERS DEPARTMENT world and what it takes to make a great athlete. “To be humble, honest, dedicated McDonald Real Estate they will do everything they can to help, it may to be better than the best, there is always a way to improve” he said. While the team Mitchell Graham not be possible immediately. If you anticipate Junior work DAY - members were preparing the food for supper, most managed to catch some of his talk Moana Hancock needing to get your child out urgently, it would and enjoy the evening. I believe that we all took something away from his speech that Muse Hair and Beauty be helpful to give at least half an hour notice. has inspired us to push ourselves to be better. Nami Sushi You can phone the school office on 765-6039. WEDNESDAY 17TH MAY New World Stratford We are holding the junior student work day on Wednesday 17th May. Please DO NOT send your child a text During the evening we also had an auction of items kindly donated by famous New Paper Plus The student council are raising funds to enhance the area by the canteen. message and expect them to be let out of Zealand sportsmen and women and by the local stores in our community. This Petrie Family Students will be expected to find employment for five hours with one or more class and to leave the school grounds without was another big success with auctioneer Mr Peter MacDonald helping the audience PGG Wrightson employers. We recommend a minimum $ 8.00 per hour if possible. It is an following this process. members spend up large. Powertool Centre opportunity for the students to obtain work experience in a trade or business If you are aware that your child will be Ricoh or support family and neighbours while participating in improving their absent in the future, a letter must be given to Thank you to everyone who helped with our fundraiser. We have reached our RJ Eagar Ltd school environment. May is a great time to get your section cleared up or your the Principal so that the school will be able fundraising goal. Now all that is to come is to get to Australia and play some good Sandilands Wheel Alignment pre winter cleaning done. to correctly mark attendance. A number of hard games of netball and do our best to win, while having fun and keeping the spirit Sandle Family students are giving notes to form teachers or The junior workday is a regular event on our school calendar. Students learn of netball alive. Sinclair Electrical and Refrigeration Ltd class teachers without Mr Keenan’s permission responsibility and reliability and have the opportunity to express our school Bailee Drummond. Slater Family for the absence. If this happens, your child heart values in the community. The yellow employment cards should have Smith Family will be marked with an unjustified absence been returned to school by now. If you haven’t sighted one check your child’s sponsors to thank Squire Family regardless of what type of absence it is. This bag or get them to pick another one up from the student office. The Australian Netball Touring team would like to thank the following sponsors for Stratford Eltham Rugby Sports Club may also affect their NCEA results. their assistance in making this fundraiser a very successful evening. Stratford Mountain House Thank you for your co-operation. Students who are reluctant to participate or are unable to find a job are Sir Graham Henry Stratford Primary School expected to attend school as usual and will be involved in a variety of working Netball New Zealand Subway NCEA News bees and community service. If employment is weather dependent and Peter McDonald - Auctioneer Terry Family students are unable to complete the task or if a student is ill on the day, we New Zealand Trott Family Two important would encourage them to complete their employment during the first possible Taranaki Rugby Union TSB Bank reminders: weekend. Stratford High School Unichem Mackays Pharmacy 100% Dimocks Verdigris Studio 1. Please notify the student office in writing of Once the work is completed, students will again get their cards signed and Abby Erwood any change in a student’s name, address and return them and the money to their form teacher. We thank you for your Amity Court Motel Miss Kay, on behalf of the Touring Team other contact details. support in this fundraising project. If you have any issues, please don’t hesitate Anna’s Flowers 2. Applications for financial assistance and to contact me. ANZ payments for NCEA fees can now be made Mrs Walker, Assistant Principal Ballance Agri-Nutrients through the student office. Requests to pay Caltex Stratford these fees from AP accounts need to be made Carpet Wholesale New Plymouth in writing. If you do not have the forms which were issued to Year 11-13 students at the end of term 1, they are available from the Central Tyre and Automotive student office. CMK If you have any general enquiries about NCEA, and especially fees and financial assistance, please ring us at school – 765 6039. Colonel Malone’s Restaurant and Bar Christel Broadmore, Principal’s Nominee, Wayne Smith, Deputy Principal. Colourplus Contact Energy Football Cottage Lane The football season gets under way this week with a boys and a girls team playing in the mid-week high school competition. With the departure of Mr List, we are now looking for anybody interested in coaching and/or managing the boys first XI. Game night Please remember to contact the school if you have any concerns. Do not leave problems is Tuesday after school until the end of August. Practice night can be set to suit. If you are interested in helping out, please contact unresolved – talk to us! The form teacher of your student is the first point of referral. Wayne Smith at school (7656039 extn 706). Contact Us Email: [email protected] or Phone: 06 7656039 Stratford High School: http://www.stratfordhigh.school.nz/Home Page 6 A Newsletter of Stratford High School. Page 7 Athletics Cody Wilson: Senior Boys 100m, Senior Boys 200m Records Jack Porter 2017 On the 27th of March, The Stratford High School 1st XV Ellie Kowalewski: Junior Girls Triple Jump Record headed over to Central Hawkes Bay to compete in the annual Jack Porter Tournament. This is a tournament that Stratford Sports Awards 2017 Special Achievement High School has attended annually for 20+ years. The Jack The summer sports trophies were presented at the final Triathlon Certificates: Porter has been won for the past 5 years by Stratford High and Lachlan Drummond: a member of the Central Districts the boys were aiming to keep it that way. Big expectations were assembly in term 1. Congratulations to all students who Bunning Trophy: Boys Open Triathlon Champion; Caleb Cricket Academy, U17 Taranaki Cricket Team and Chiefs U17 on us to bring it back home with us. received awards from competing in SHS interhouse Gibbons Rugby training camp competitions and TSSSA events. Certificates of Achievement Bunning Trophy: Girls Open Triathlon Champion; Brooke Dawson Austin: selected in the Taranaki Senior Men’s Maori were presented to students who have won awards in sports that Millar are not part of the SHS and TSSSA event calendar. This shows Rugby Team the wide variety of sprots that our students participate in. Tennis Sandra Mose-Tuiloma: Leader of Te Arakamu Royale Guard Marching team who placed 6th at National Age Group Brace Trophy: Junior Boys Tennis; Charlie Williams Marching Championships in Invercargill Athletics Howard Trophy; Junior Girls Tennis; Courtney Tippett Courtney Tippett: Represented Taranaki at Manawatu U14 John Uhlenberg Cup: Senior Boys 400m; G. Vivian Cup: Senior Girls Tennis Trophy; Senior Girls Tennis; Lani Pitcher Tennis Tournament Boys 800m; John Cresswell Cup: Senior Boys 1500m; Verney Boys Tennis Trophy: Senior Boys Tennis; Dylan Moore Cup: Senior Boys 3000m; and the Old Pupils Association Cup: Cody Wilson: achieved 4th place in U18 Boys 200m and On the first day we had our first game against the well-known Senior Boys Track Champion; Ezekiel O’Leary 6th Place in U18 Boys 100m at National NZ Track and Field Rangitikei College from Palmerston North. This game had Cody Wilson set new records for the Senior Boys 100m and TSSSA Term 1 Championships; 3rd Snr Boys 100m and 4th Snr Boys 200m at many mixed emotions for some of the boys as it was the debut Senior Boys 200m North Island Secondary School Athletics for the XV. As there was a big size difference between the two Challenge Trophy: Senior Boys Field Events Champion; Certificates Ellie Kowalewski: breaking Taranaki record at TSSSA teams our boys stepped up and after a tough match we came out Cameron Trethewey Golf Croquet: 3rd Place Taranaki Finals and qualified for Athletics with her 10.13m jump in the Junior Girls Triple Jump; winning 32-12. This had meant that we had made it through Intermediate Boys Field Events Championship Cup; Cullen National Tournament: Caleb Gibbons and Brooke Millar 5th Jnr Girls Triple Jump at North Island Secondary School to the finals the next day against Central Hawkes Bay who won Keegan Beach Volleyball: 1st Senior Boys Fours (Dawson Austin, Joel Athletics against Havelock North. C. Alsop Cup: Intermediate Boys 1500m; Isaac Burroughs Heine, Jaleel Kapeli-Acero, Jake Vincent); 3rd Senior Boys Fours Zarhn Collins: represented Central North Island at Zonal (Mendoza Haenga, David Foote, Riley MacKintosh-Tairaki, Swimming Champs, represented Taranaki at National Age Herbert-Smith Trust Cup: Intermediate Boys Track Champion; Spirits were high the next morning as we were all still buzzing Dominic Villazor) Group Championships and National Open Champs Liam Bowring from our win. (Not to mention the lovely wakeup call from the Rogaine: Joshua Gilbert: represented Central North Island at Zonal John Petrie Cup: Junior Boys Overall Champion; Matthew alarms being set off). The boys played well with what ball they 2nd Senior Mixed Team; Brooke Millar, Olivia West, Dawson Swimming Champs, represented Taranaki at National Age Harrison got and scored every chance they had. Unfortunately Central Austin, Lachlan Drummond Group Championships Champion Challenge Cup: Senior Girls Track Champion; Hawkes Bay never gave up and after some good defence from 3rd Senior Mixed Team; Caleb Gibbons, Katelyn Simpson Eleanor Gilbert: represented Central North Island at Zonal Jasmine Baker us, they got lucky in the last 10 minutes scoring an unanswered 3rd Junior Girls Team; Kamryn Peita, Loegan Peita, Dannielle Swimming Champs, represented Taranaki at National Age Pamela Graham Cup: Senior Girls Field Champion; Phoenix 10 points. This gave them the win 22-32. Although we lost the Reid, Julia Howatson, Maddi Butler Group Championships Witeri final I am proud of the outcome of this tournament. Amess Cup: Intermediate Girls Field Events Champion; Janika 2nd Junior Mixed Team; Heather Clothier, Phoenix Fox, Keren Lauree Collins: represented Taranaki at National Age Group Whareaitu, Jazmine Huston, Ben Lowe Hey Championships We all learned from this experience and made many memories 3x3 Basketball: 2nd Place - Cameron Trethewey, Morgan Trott, Jim Boon Challenge Cup: Intermediate. Girls Track Champion; Bradley Podjursky: 3rd Ministocks in Paradise in Rotorua, 1st as we are still in Ryan Dodunski, Bailey Bocock Lauree Collins in Manawatu Ministock Champs and 2nd at Taranaki Ministock that rebuilding Dr Doris Gordon Cup: Junior Girls Overall Champion; Jordan Championships stage of the Bolger Athletics William Hughes: 1st in Taranaki Ministock Spectacular, season. I would Ellie Kowalewski set a new record for the Junior Girls Triple 1st Junior Girls Triple Jump & 2nd Junior Girls Long Jump – 3rd in Taranaki Ministock Championships, 2nd at Wanganui like to say a big Jump Ellie Kowalewski, 3rd Senior Boys Javelin – Guy Bridson, 3rd Oceanview 5000 thank you to all Junior Girls Javelin – Lydia Barber, 2nd Intermediate Girls Bradley Uhlenberg: 1st in Taranaki Ministock Champs, 2nd at our supporters, Cricket Discus – Janika Hey, 1st Senior Boys 100m and 1st Senior Boys Wellington Ministock Champs and 3rd at Wanganui Oceanview parents and SHS Cricket: Most Improved Player: Jackson Taylor 200m – Cody Wilson, 3rd Senior Boys 400m and 3rd Senior 5000 coaches, but W. Clarke: Trophy: Lachlan Drummond Boys 800m – Ezekiel O’Leary, 2nd Intermediate Girls 3000m & Ben Bennett: 1st NZ U16 Radio Controlled Speedway, 5th mostly a big SHS 1st X1 Allrounders Trophy: Brendon Coupe 1st Open 2000m Steeplechase – Heather Clothier NZ RC Streetstocks, represented Taranaki at NZ RC Team well done to Lightoller Family Cricket Trophy: To the player with the best 4x100m Relay Teams Speedway Championships our boys, I for the season: Matthew Fisher 2nd Senior Boys – Cody Wilson, Silas McCallum, Ezekiel Ben Wilson: Represented Taranaki at NZ RC Team Speedway can’t wait to see O’Leary & Samuel Mackay Championships what the season Swimming 3rd Junior Girls – Taya Wilson, Toni Cameron, Jordan Bolger & Maljan Hardy-Pearce: 1st in New Zealand Intermediate Grade brings us. Ellie Kowalewski Bow Hunting Target Shooting Crossman Cup: Senior Boys Swimming; Zarhn Collins. Dawson Austin, Captain Zarhn also set new records for Senior Boys 1 length Jamalh Hardy-Pearce: 2nd in New Zealand Intermediate Breaststroke, and Senior Boys 1 length Backstroke. SCHOOL RECORDS Grade Bow Hunting Points Mr& Mrs W. Jones Cup: Intermediate Boys Swimming; Joshua A number of school records have been broken during this term. Nathan Roy: represented Gilbert. Joshua also set a new record for Intermediate Boys Some of these records have stood for a number of years and it Taranaki at Airsoft Sports NZ Individual 4 x 1 length Medley is great to see that the spirit for excelling is strong at Stratford National Teams Event where F.A. Tyrer Cup: Junior Boys Swimming; Janic Loveridge High School. they placed 4th Jill Heydon Cup: Senior Girls Swimming; Brooke Millar Crystalee Jane: 1st in Lindauer Mrs P. Thomson Cup: Intermediate Girls Swimming; Lauree Swimming Ladies Singles Cue Sports Collins Zarhn Collins: Senior Boys 1 length Breaststroke, Senior Boys Tournament and 2nd in NP Murray Thomson Cup: Junior Girls Swimming; Eleanor Gilbert 1 length Backstroke records Ladies Snooker Competition, Joshua Gilbert: Intermediate Boys Individual 4x1 length 1st in Kings & Queens Scotch Medley record Pairs NP Pool Tournament A Newsletter of Stratford High School. Page 8 A Newsletter of Stratford High School. Page 9 Warm greetings from Janice Vermeulen, Counsellor This term we returned to school to find our awe-inspiring maunga covered with snow and looking magnificent. It has been a pleasure to meet so many parents and caregivers at the parent evenings that have been held at school over the past few weeks. I am here to support your son /daughter in their learning and well-being - and to support you as parents as well. I am a qualified Counsellor, a full member of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors and I have many years of experience in education and leadership. My time with you is always confidential.

You will have read and heard about ’13 Reasons Why”. This is a R18 series where a number of issues affecting young people is explored, including suicide. It is only recommended for viewing with an adult or parent present. Please be aware that any thought of suicide or self harm must and will be taken seriously and that with professional help, a difference can be made. You can get help or more information from: Lifeline (open 24/7) - 0800 543 354 Depression Helpline (open 24/7) - 0800 111 757 Healthline (open 24/7) - 0800 611 116 Samaritans (open 24/7) - 0800 726 666 Suicide Crisis Helpline (open 24/7) - 0508 828 865 (0508 TAUTOKO). This is a service for people who may be thinking about suicide, or those who are concerned about family or friends. Youthline (open 24/7) - 0800 376 633. You can also text 234 for free between 8am and midnight, or email talk@youthline. co.nz 0800 WHATSUP children’s helpline - phone 0800 9428 787 between 1pm and 10pm on weekdays and from 3pm to 10pm on weekends. Online chat is available from 7pm to 10pm every day. Kidsline (open 24/7) - 0800 543 754. This service is for children aged 5 to 18. Those who ring between 4pm and 9pm on weekdays will speak to a Kidsline buddy. These are specially trained teenage telephone counsellors. Your local Rural Support Trust - 0800 787 254 (0800 RURAL HELP) Alcohol Drug Help (open 24/7) - 0800 787 797. You can also text 8691 for free. For further information, contact the Mental Health Foundation As we spend more time indoors during the colder months, it is timely to ask, “Do you know what your teenager is doing on line?” Try to ensure that all devices are turned off each night at a certain time. Keeping these devices in a study open to everyone in the whanau is another option. Please feel free to phone me on 06 7656039 ext 722 SHS FACEBOOK PAGE: contact the school A reminder that SHS has a Facebook page - Please remember to contact the school if you have any concerns. Do not leave problems unresolved – talk to us! The form teacher of SHSTaranaki. It is used to update students and your child is the first point of referral. whanau on upcoming events and information. Deans are available to help: Year 9: Mrs J Baldwin and Mr R This is another avenue in which the school can Armond, Year 10: Mrs J Radich and Mr D Woodd; Year 11: Mrs communicate with families. TSSSA events will C Broadmore and Mr J Walker; Year 12: Miss P Apperley and be posted along with other events on the school Mr B McGeoch; Year 13: Mrs L Goble and Mr C Franklyn. The Counsellor, Mrs J Vermeulen may be contacted via the school electronic sign. office. Email: [email protected] Phone: 06 7656039 web: www.stratfordhigh.school.nz Address: Swansea Road, Stratford, 4332 or PO Box 204, Stratford, 4352

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