7 February 2020 Head Students 2020

1 Principal’s Comment

the first time - into Year 7, or indeed any level • by turning up to Meet-the-teacher with but new to James Hargest. your children • by coming to PTA meetings and/or This year we are joined by an unusually large Whanau Hui (all welcome!) number of new teaching staff - two from • by hosting an international student - overseas, some from other parts of NZ, but short term or long term most from other parts of Southland. Whilst • by helping with sports teams - coaching, there are a small number of beginning teachers managing, transporting, or cheering (welcome to your new profession!) , most bring • by helping with cultural/performing arts a huge depth of experience, new ideas, new activities perspectives, and all are excited to be joining us here at Hargest. (See page 4-5). We look • by helping staff with work experience forward to their contribution, and to making placements or curriculum-related new friendships. support through your workplace (where appropriate) Andy Wood • by supporting our expectations around Principal We encourage all parents and caregivers to mobile phones, devices, attendance, support our efforts and take any opportunities uniform etc etc to engage with us; schooling is so much vKia ora koutou - nau mai, haere We look forward to working with you this mai! more successful when there is real and active partnership, rather than a theoretical year. Kia waimarie mo 2020. partnership only! Your interest and involvement I warmly welcome all our families and can be: Nga mihi students back for the 2020 school year, • by proactively letting us know of any Andy Wood with a special mihi to those joining us for concerns - sooner rather than later Principal From the Boardroom

Welcome to 2020, everyone! A special arrangement as a way of smoothing out the welcome to our new families, and new staff. highs and lows during the year. I encourage you to set this up with the school office. Congratulations to everyone who made an honest effort for their NCEA last year, and Coronavirus has dominated national headlines reaped the rewards. The results for JHC lately. A small number of students studying at students are in line with the high standard we Hargest are caught up in the border ban into hold up for ourselves. Well done! NZ, even though the recommended stand- down period arrangements had all been made for them. We are all hoping for the best in this Back to school is a pretty heavy time for situation! family finances. What we ask in terms of your contributions to actual costs is reasonable, long-established, and absolutely necessary Best wishes for a great year at Hargest. to offer the programme you all expect Chris O’Connor Chris O’Connor and want your children to experience. We BOT Chairperson BOT Chairperson strongly recommend an automatic payment Whanau Report

Kua hinga he tētē kura, kua tū mai he tētē confirmed.) Any inquiries or queries about our kura calendar Māori please email When a great leader falls, a great leader rises [email protected] Mauri ora! It is good to be back. Our new year brings Neitana (Nathan) Tane with it great challenges and expectations. Our thoughts are with those who are experiencing difficulties due to the recent weather conditions. If you can help I’m sure you will. We will keep you up to date with the dates for our Ngā Manu Kōrero which is back in this year. Our provisional date is the 19th of June at the CIvic Theatre (to be Matua Neitana Tane 2 Head Students 2020

Head Boy: Logan Dennis Deputy Head Boy: Max Nally Congratulations to the above students. We Head Girl: Katie Heads Deputy Head Girl: Ruby Borland-Fraser have no doubt they will be outstanding role models in 2019 Ka Hikitia “The Step Up” - A well established tradition at Hargest

On Monday 3 February 2020 all students who graduated from the Junior Campus in 2019 gathered together to make the “step up” (Ka Hikitia) to the Senior Campus. This is a school tradition which began in 2008 and marks the next step in our James Hargest College students’ . Students who were not at the Junior Campus previously met up with those on the Ka Hikitia at the main gates of the Senior Campus, as the two groups merged into one! Rowing South Island Club Championships

Congratulations to: Eilish McLeod - Gold medal in the Club Doubles, Silver medal in the Under 17 Single Rose Ellenden, Jackie Fetolofai, Gemma McAllister - 4th in the Club Quad

3 New Staff 2020

Qurie Lee Vicki Davis We welcome Qurie to her new We welcome Vicki to teaching position teaching and Science at the Junior Campus part Chemistry at JHC, after being a time, previously having worked at reliever during 2019. Also a parent Southern Health School. Outside with students at the school, Qurie of school Vicki enjoys the outdoors enjoys music, golf, swimming and with the family and gets involved in being part of a Christian group. She fitness. is of Korean background, and has a strong focus on helping the Korean community in Invercargill. We wish Chloe Madden her all the best. The Junior Campus is pleased to welcome Chloe who will be teaching Sarah Greeff a Year 7 Homeroom Class and Year We are pleased to welcome 7 Maori, previously having taught Sarah Greeff who will be teaching at Lumsden School. Chloe is keen to Digital (Programming). share her interests and participates Previously Sarah had been in Kapa Haka as well as Speech and teaching programming and website Drama. development at a South African university. Apart from participating in hockey and trail running, she enjoys Deb Cowie the outdoors and is sure to explore the south going tramping, Deb will be relieving at Junior surfing and swimming. Campus and we look forward to having her on board. Welcome Deb! Tessa Thomas Tessa Thomas joins JHC from a strong background in both the health sector and several other local high schools. We are delighted to have her as a Guidance Counsellor at both the Megan Lindsay Junior and the Senior Campus. She We are pleased to welcome Megan is very excited to be starting this role who joins us from Menzies College. and we are thrilled to welcome her Megan is very excited to be part to the team. of the Guidance team (part time). Megan enjoys Netball and umpiring, Lara Buchanan as well as tramping. Lara comes to join the International team after working at St Peter’s College as Director of International Students/ ESOL teacher. She will be Nola Cassidy teaching ESOL/English, alongside Nola is beginning her teaching being Co-Director of International career with us! This year she’ll be Students. She is very much looking a Year 8 Homeroom teacher at the forward to getting to know our Junior Campus. She will also be students and community and getting taking Year 8 Te Reo Māori. Her involved in the International Friendship Club. We wish her all the interests include Kapa Haka, Netball best. and Basketball. Welcome Nola!

Bridget Bekhuis We welcome Bridget who has been Ariana Mirfin working as a Year 7 homeroom Ariana is also a beginning teacher. teacher. She’ll be sharing her She will be joining the Junior experience, taking on Year 8’s at Campus team, taking a Year 7 the Junior College. Bridget enjoys Homeroom. She is passionate about the good life on the family lifestyle rowing, running and art. We are block going horse riding, knitting, delighted to have her on board. spending time gardening and walking with whanau. 4 Jalana Collie Anél van den Berg Welcome to Jalana, who will be Anél is a recent Invercargill import from sharing her passion for Science, her previous home in Pretoria in South teaching at the Junior Campus. Africa, and looks forward to making a Jalana has been relieving and is home here for her and her family. A also a mum. passionate teacher, she has a wealth of experience in teaching for the past 18 years and we are thrilled to welcome her teaching Year 9-12 Mathematics. Anél is also keen on netball and we welcome her Emma Jarman to the team. We are thrilled to welcome Emma as our new Head of Music. Emma Libby Jamieson joins us from Verdon College where From her native , Libby has she was Head of Music and Co-Head travelled and taught English all over the of Arts and Languages. She will be world. We are delighted that she is keen teaching Year 9-13 Music and also to share her skills with Year 9, 11, 12 will be involved in productions, and 13 students at JHC. Libby and her music ensembles, concert bands, family enjoy exploring Southland and chamber music and jazz bands. Central Otago going skiing, camping and mountain biking. denise judson denise will be sharing her extensive expertise in Photography, Design, Frances Matheson and Art. denise previously was the We are pleased to welcome Frances, Head of arts at Amuri Area School who joins us from Murupara Area in Culverden, North Canterbury. School. She will be taking Hard Materials denise is keen on film making and and DVC. Frances loves swimming, walks has participated in the 48Hours Film in the bush and reading. We wish her all Festival. We are pleased to welcome the best. her to the team.

Connor Page Welcome to Connor who joins JHC Bex Pillley after studying a Diploma in Teaching Welcome to Bex, who has extensive and Learning in Christchurch. He will experience in teaching and education, be teaching Physical Education and taking Visual Arts classes. Bex loves Health and is interested in basketball. being creative and inspiring others to We wish him all the best. explore their creative potential. She joins us from SIT where she has tutored in Animation, Film, Gaming and Visual Arts in Creative Industries. Matt Sigurdsson Welcome to Matt who will be Jill Wilkinson teaching History and Social Studies, Jill joins us from SGHS and is really He draws from his experience excited to be part of the Hargest family. teaching Social Studies at other She will be teaching part time Year 10 schools. Matt’s extra curricular and 12 English. She enjoys the outdoors activities include football, golf and with her family and gets out and about sport in general. as much as she can. We are pleased to welcome Jill to the team.

Erin Pickering Herbert Tanuvasa Erin comes to join the English Herbert will be teaching English and department, taking Year 9-12 classes. in Year 9 and 10 classes. Formerly a member of the Senior Previously a Year 7/8 teacher in Leadership team at SGHS, Erin loves Auckland, he also has coached most to read and spend time with the sports, including rugby up to 1st XV extended family. In the past she has level. Herbert is passionate about enjoyed participating in music and music, productions and video and drama – including the NZ Opera would like to make a movie in the near chorus in Christchurch productions. future. He is replacing Mrs Fryer while she is on maternity leave. 5 Staff Farewell

Morwenna Pannett Deborah Swanson Mrs Morwenna Pannett has worked Mrs Deborah Swanson has been working in in the Art Department for 10 years. the gym office as the Sports Administrator She has helped develop and deliver for nearly two years. Her positive and our Junior Year 9 and 10 programmes enthusiastic manner has been appreciated and taught NCEA Level One Art with by staff and students, and she has always successful results year after year. Mrs been willing to go above and beyond to Pannett won the Fibre Octave Wearable ensure students have access to everything Art competition in 2019 and encouraged they need. Deb has immersed herself in and worked with a number of students the sporting life of the school and we have to enter their own creations. She has been involved in the JHC School appreciated her attendance at numerous sporting events during the Ball and Ball Extravaganza. Mrs Pannett leaves us to take up a full time evenings and weekends as well as her willingness to assist with position at Northern Southland College. We will miss her greatly and whole school events. Deb’s cheerful sense of humour and her genuine Welcome to our new International students wish her all the best in her new position. passion for all Hargest sport will be missed Jo Carter Larissa Snow Jo started with us as a Science and Biology It is with great regret we farewell Ms teacher with a passion for Agriculture and Larissa Snow, a respected member of our Horticulture as well as the environment. Teacher Aide team. Larrisa brought many Over time, Jo’s enthusiasm for Ag/Hort skills to her role but her expertise in both and the environment has seen her lead science and maths were greatly valued. the subject of Agriculture/Horticulture Her sense of humour and enthusiasm were here at Hargest and champion infectious and she will be missed by both sustainability and the environment with staff and students alike. riparian plantings of the Waihopai river and growing of countless native seedlings for various organisations around Southland. She was the teacher linked to TeenAg for many years Staff News and her “can do” attitude and ability to take the ball and run with it have seen numerous Ag/Hort students utilize opportunities that come their Congratulations to... way. Jo is off to a new position at St Peter’s College in Gore. Laura Fryer and husband Tony on the birth of their son David.

ICAS Results IMPORTANT MOBILE PHONES

From 2020, all students Years 7-9 will be required to hand in their mobile phones to staff for the day (Junior campus) or each period (Senior Campus)

Congratulations to Alex Scarlett (left) and Declan Cruickshank for the top results in their Australasia ICAS English exam for 2019 6 Welcome to our new International students

Chiaki Kyoden Japan Year 11 Izumi Tanaka Japan Year 11 Rina Ogawa Japan Year 12 Seunghyun Go Korea Year 10 Seungwon Han Korea Year 9 Akin Vorakanonta Thailand Year 8 Ittikorn Muennoi Thailand Year 9 Ken Saipornchai Thailand Year 7 Kiatkong (Pin Pin) Amnuayviriya Thailand Year 7 Phasit (Sun) Phasitanawat Thailand Year 7 Phone Myat (Sumo) Kyaw Thailand Year 7 Ritchaphum (Kimber) Visutsareepun Thailand Year 8 Tanadis (Diamond) Sukpanont Thailand Year 7 Yanakorn (Ik) Khempila Thailand Year 7 Our new international students during their tour of Invercargill House Captains 2020 Groups Visiting 2020

• Mr Prateep’s Group from Bangkok 12 March - 9 May HAMILTON: • Kumagaya Nichi (Sister School in Kumagaya) 20-27 March House Captains: Briar McKenzie and Donald McIntosh Kumagaya City Hall (From several schools in Kumagaya) 27 July - 6 August Deputies: Emma Hewitt and Mitchell Tweedie If you can help with homestays please contact Kylie, see page 11 MENZIES: House Captains: Samantha Faherty and Liam Barnes Deputies: Jessica Lake and Mitchell Tinnock Bell Times Senior Campus THOMSON: House Captains: Janelle Tinker and Lachlan Burgess Deputies: Ella Yeo and Jayden Prattley

WATSON: House Captains: Rachel Boniface and Finn Holden Deputies: Brianna Hartley and Jordan Penisula

Otago Southland Theatre Awards

Congratulations to Logan Dalgity for winning: • Best Cameo Role (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang JR, IMT) • Best supporting Male Actor in a Play (The Pillowman, Invercargill Repertory)

Boilers Both Campuses

The Ministry of Education has advised Hargest that design work can proceed to tender for replacing boilers on both campuses with new, cleaner-air wood chip boilers. The earliest the actual work would be done would be the summer of 2020-21 7 Hargest Academic Blues Canteen Menu HOT FOOD SANDWICHES DRINKS Ceremony 2020 Chicken burger $4.50 Toasted sandwich $4.50 Ice tea $3.60 (Awarded in 2019) Lasagne topper $3.50 Club sandwich $4.50 Sprite zero $2.00 Chicken cordon bleu topper $3.50 Scone $3.50 Coke zero $2.00 Tuesday 10 March at 12.30pm in Gym 3 Mousetrap $2.00 Wrap $4.00 Up & Go $3.00 All parents/caregivers/whanau of recipients are welcome to attend. Panini $4.50 Carrot juice $3.50 Cheese roll $1.50 Water $1.00 Academic Excellence Hash brown $0.50 For Academic Excellence the Hargest system of awards is based on the NZQA Bacon & egg muffin $4.00 SWEET TREATS EXTRAS system of endorsing certificates with Excellence, except that Excellence credits must be earned in one calendar year (ie 2019). To gain a general Excellence a Chips pottle $2.50 Fresh fruit (GF) $0.50 Sour cream $1.00 student must gain at least 50 Excellence credits at that or a higher level. Wedges pottle $3.00 Fruit cup (GF) $2.80 Sauce $0.30 Sausage roll $4.00 Brownie (GF) $2.80 Aioli $0.60 Subject/Course Excellence Nachos (GF) $6.00 Lollie cake $2.80 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 Chicken cashew & rice $6.00 Muffin $4.00 CHIPS be from externally assessed standards and at least 3 credits from internally Mac & cheese $5.00 Cookie time $1.00 Dorrito $2.50 assessed standards in that subject. Pork riblet sub $4.50 Bliss balls (GF) $2.00 BBQ $1.80 Spaghetti bun $1.50 Salt & Vinegar $1.80 100 Club Students who get 100 Excellence credits are invited to join Corn bun $1.50 Sea Salt (GF) $1.80 our elite 100 Club. Noodles $2.50 Sour cream & Chives $1.70 American hot dog $3.00

School Contacts Junior and Senior Campus Deans and Year Leaders

Should you have a concern you feel you should share, your first point of contact is generally your son’s/daughter’s form teacher. However, sometimes you may feel it may be more appropriate to speak with a Dean (Phone 2176129) or a Year 7 or 8 Leader (Phone 2179250). If it is a matter that you feel more comfortable speaking with a Guidance Counsellor about, you may contact either Mrs Tyree, Ms Bartley, Mrs Thomas or Ms Lindsay.

Mr Carstensen Mrs McDowall Year 9 Dean Year 9 Dean Mr Redmond Mr Lineham Mr Richardson Mrs Tane Mr McEwen Mrs Couper-Jagvik Year 13 Dean Year 13 Dean Year 12 Dean Year 12 Dean Year 11 Dean Year 11 Dean

Ms Raynes Ms Buist Year 10 Dean Year 10 Dean

Mrs Tyree Mrs Thomas Ms Bartley Mr McNaught Ms Lindsay Miss Peters Guidance Counsellor Guidance Counsellor Guidance Counsellor Guidance Counsellor Guidance Counsellor Grad and Special Needs Co-ordinator

Mr Brown Mrs Saunders Year 8 Leader Year 7 Leader Junior Campus Junior Campus 8 Senior Campus Cafe Menu Canteen Menu

HOT FOOD SANDWICHES DRINKS Chicken burger $4.50 Toasted sandwich $4.50 Ice tea $3.60 Lasagne topper $3.50 Club sandwich $4.50 Sprite zero $2.00 Chicken cordon bleu topper $3.50 Scone $3.50 Coke zero $2.00 Mousetrap $2.00 Wrap $4.00 Up & Go $3.00 Panini $4.50 Carrot juice $3.50 Cheese roll $1.50 Water $1.00 Hash brown $0.50 Bacon & egg muffin $4.00 SWEET TREATS EXTRAS Chips pottle $2.50 Fresh fruit (GF) $0.50 Sour cream $1.00 Wedges pottle $3.00 Fruit cup (GF) $2.80 Sauce $0.30 Sausage roll $4.00 Brownie (GF) $2.80 Aioli $0.60 Nachos (GF) $6.00 Lollie cake $2.80 Chicken cashew & rice $6.00 Muffin $4.00 CHIPS Mac & cheese $5.00 Cookie time $1.00 Dorrito $2.50 Pork riblet sub $4.50 Bliss balls (GF) $2.00 BBQ $1.80 Spaghetti bun $1.50 Salt & Vinegar $1.80 Corn bun $1.50 Sea Salt (GF) $1.80 Noodles $2.50 Sour cream & Chives $1.70 American hot dog $3.00

Disc Golf Athletics New Zealand Secondary School Championships Congratulations to Levi Stout, 10CSN who achieved 1st place in the U15 section at the Disc Golf Nationals held in recently. A small group of 5 Hargest athletes attended considerable margin. In recognition of his this event at the end of the 2019 school year achievements he was named one of the in . This event is an opportunity Athletes of the Meet , as well as being Netball for the very best young school athletes to one of the only Juniors named in the NZ compete against each other but unfortunately Secondary Schools Selected Team. Coaches the extreme weather conditions experienced Corvin O’Rourke also achieved a significant We are looking for Netball Coaches for the over the weekend had a direct impact on result, qualifying through 3 rounds to make 2020 netball season. performances this time. Athletes had to deal the Junior Boy’s 800m final where he placed Contact [email protected] with gale force winds and torrential rain 7 th . This places him as one of the most which lead to some events being cancelled, promising male junior middle distance postponed or delayed because of safety runners in the country. concerns. Emily Hay is to be commended on One of the stand out athletes of the whole competing at this level after having her meet was Quinn Hartley. He won the Junior training disrupted by injury prior to the Boy’s Long Jump (breaking a 25 year old event. She placed 11 th in the Senior Girl’s Trials for Gold A & B record); the Junior Boys Triple Jump (nearly Steeplechase. Tuesday 25th Feb 4.30 - 6:30 breaking the record) and the High Jump. To Sam Cole, along with William Robertson Thursday 27th Feb 4.30 - 6:30 win all 3 jumps at this level is an outstanding and Isaiah Bragg ( both Juniors) competing Tuesday 3rd March 4.30 - 6:30 performance rarely, if ever, achieved. It should at this level for the first time) persevered Please sign up at the gym office be noted that Quinn won all 3 events by a well in very trying conditions.

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 Junior Campus Cafe Menu Canteen Price List : Term 1, 2020 Junior Campus

The canteen is open from: 8.30am – 8.50am Orders for lunch 10.40am – 11.05am Interval 1.00pm – 1.15pm Lunch

Heat Ups Your own lunch can be heated for $0.50. Please bring to the canteen before school. Ensure it is well wrapped and clearly named with your homeroom number.

Hot Food Any of the items below should be ordered at the canteen before school begins. (This is delivered to classrooms at 12.50pm).

Available for Cheese Rolls $1.50 Morning Tea and Lunch Corn Buns $2.50 Spaghetti Bun $2.50 Cheese Fingers $1.50 Mouse Traps $2.50 Cookie Time Cookies $2.50 (limit 2) (GF) Bacon and Egg Muffin $3.50 (Monday only) (GF) Pretzels or Popcorn $1.00

LUNCH MENU Beef Burger $5.00 (orders must be in by 8.50am) Chicken Burger $5.00 Bacon & Egg Burger $5.00 American Hot Dogs $3.00 Chicken/Beef Noodles $3.00 (GF) Hash Brown $1.50 (GF) Mini Pizza $3.50 Toasted Sandwiches $4.50 (your choice of 3 fillings; i.e. ham, cheese, tomato, onion, corn, bacon) (GF) Baked Potatoes $5.00 (savoury mince, cheese, corn, ham, sour cream etc) (GF) Mini Pies $1.50 Nachos – plain $2.50 (Thursday only) (GF) Nachos – mince $5.00 (Thursday only - with mince, cheese and sour cream) (GF) Wedges – sour cream/sweet chilli $4.00 (Wednesday only) (GF) Sandwiches /Wraps $5.00 (ask about fillings)  Chicken Roll $3.50 Ham & Egg Sandwich $4.00 Plastic Fork (if requested) $0.50

Drinks/Juicies/Yoghurt Milk Shakes $4.00 Water $2.00 Coconut Juicies $1.50 Frozen Yoghurt – Berry or Mango $3.00 (Friday only) (GF) Yoghurt Pottle $1.50

GF = Gluten Free option available For Daily specials – please see the notices / Canteen chalkboard. @ 31 January 2020

10 Wanted Host families

Make a difference Gain new perspective Learn about new cultures

Build lifelong friendships

Hosting can range in duration from 10 days – 1 year. There is no requirement to have your own child at James Hargest, but, you must: • Be able to provide a safe and caring environ- ment • Be willing to treat the student as a valued family member • Be respectful, mindful and empathetic • Be able to communicate well with young people. A fortnightly payment is provided for each student and support will be available if needed during your student’s stay. James Hargest College is For more information please contact: currently looking for warm, Kylie Hodson welcoming, caring host families International Homestay Co-ordinator [email protected] for International students aged work phone 03 2176129 ext 307 from 10 years – 18 years for 2020 cell phone 027 2017811

11 Dissecting NCEA Results

Year 9 Parent Dissecting your teen’s NCEA results can be confusing, particularly if you’re more familiar with the old School Certificate system. Here we break down what the grades mean now Information and what it means for your teen’s future.

Meeting The four grades are defined as: Not Achieved (NA) = Not demonstrating understanding or knowledge of the subject at the depth required Achieved (A) = Demonstrates understanding or knowledge of the subject through Wednesday 19 February describing at 7.00pm in Senior Merit (M) = Demonstrates in-depth understanding or knowledge of the subject through Campus Hall explaining Excellence (E) = Demonstrates comprehensive understanding and knowledge of the subject through being able to apply, compare, contrast and justify. This is a higher order All parents/caregivers of Year 9 of thinking. students, and new parents from classes at other levels are warmly Level 1 credit requirements - At least 80 level 1 credits with a minimum of 10 literacy invited to attend a meeting designed credits and 10 numeracy credits. to give you information about opportunities and systems in place at Level 2 credit requirements - 60 credits at Level 2 or higher. 20 of the credits they the Senior Campus. achieved in Level 1 will be rolled over to their Level 2 certificate to help them reach their ‘80 credit’ requirement. You will find out about: • Year 9 tasters and making option Level 3 credit requirements - Level 2 is completed then they are only required to choices. complete 60 credits at Level 3 or higher. 20 of the credits they achieved in Level 2 will be • Ka Hikitia Te Aroturuki rolled over to their Level 3 certificate to help them reach their ‘80 credit’ requirement. • Guidance Counselling Service. • Information about how to best When applying for university or a job the more Merit or Excellence credits a student use our web site. has the better. This will show universities and employers the student can work at a level • Year 9 camps. above average. You will also meet with your child’s form teacher and other parents in If your son/daughter has a particular tertiary degree in-mind, they must look into the your child’s class. minimum grade criteria for this degree. Some degrees require a certain number of The meeting will only take about an Excellence or Merit credits in particular subjects in addition to meeting the University hour. Entrance requirements. We encourage you to come along! They may have passed the above credit requirements for each level but this doesn’t necessarily mean they will gain University Entrance. It’s important they understand the University Entrance requirements so they can meet this criteria if they would like to pursue tertiary study.

Uniform code reminders Holidays are now over, please be reminded of the following:

• Extra Jewellery can be left at home, (one plain gold or silver stud in each ear lobe is acceptable) • Finger nails should be of a natural colour only, (coloured nail vanish or French Tip Nails are not permitted) Automatic • Senior Boys - white shirts need to be tucked in at all times. Payments • Make-up is NOT permitted. • Extreme Hairstyles are not acceptable, (this includes top knots and man buns). Bank Accounts

A reminder please if you are making Citizens of the World automatic payments to check you American Cultural Exchange are using the correct bank account for the campus your child is at, ie; On Friday 7th February a group of 10 students and 4 adults arrive from Meeker Middle School in Tacoma, Washington USA. They are here for an interschool cultural Junior Campus (Y7-Y8) 02 0924 0408612 01 exchange with the Junior Campus. While the group is here they will learn about Senior Campus (Y9-Y13) 02 0924 0408612 02 Southland, the New Zealand lifestyle and culture and the schooling system. A huge thank you to all the host families that are opening up their homes for our visitors. When your child moves into Year 9, please They will have an amazing time. remember to change the James Hargest College bank account you put the money In September this year a group of 14, year 8 students will accompany Miss Grice and into, to the Senior Campus Account Number. Mrs Larsen to America for four weeks and have the hospitality reciprocated. 12 School Camps from camp, at their parent’s expense. Year 8 Deep Cove Information, including permission slips Junior Campus for both the Year 7 camps to Omaui Camps and the Year 8 camps to Deep Cove, Parents and students are reminded of has been sent home. Please return the Start on Friday 21 February. Information our Outdoor Education Policy regarding permission slips as soon as possible. If has been sent home. student behaviour while they are attending a school camp. Attendance you have not received this information, Year 7 Omaui is a privilege and students must prove please contact the school office. that they are reliable within the school Payment can be made now at the Camps environment before being allowed to Junior Campus office by cheque, cash or attend camp. The school reserves the eftpos. Partial payments are welcome, Start on Wednesday 12 February. right to exclude, or withdraw a student as are automatic payments. Information has been sent home.

Before School Meet the New Zealand Maths Classes Speech Teacher Junior Campus Junior Campus Board – Oral Communication We invite you to “Meet the Before School Maths starts for two Teacher” afternoons on Tuesday mornings per week in Week 5. This is an Programme 11th February at 4pm for Year 7 individualised programme, catering for extension as well as support. Students can and Thursday 13th February at attend as they need, not necessarily every The Oral Communication programme 4pm for Year 8. Meetings start session. If you would like to be involved provides children with an opportunity to in the Hall at 4pm followed by a as “parent help” please come along. Start develop their speaking and listening skills half hour session in your child’s date and days to be advised. and their drama and performance skills. It homeroom. Come along and is also great for increasing self-confidence meet your child’s teacher, learn and public speaking skills. Pupils work about school programmes and towards gaining New Zealand Speech systems, and meet the parents Sports Teams Board qualifications. An external assessor and caregivers in your child’s will conduct assessments towards the end of Term 2. class. Information regarding trials, games times, Pupils gain a badge and are given a draw, etc. is posted on the sports notice detailed report on their performance. There will be meetings for board in Mrs Smith’s office window (on Lessons are held on Wednesdays, 1.40pm parents interested in being camp the east side of the hall). Students are - 2.25pm in the GATE room. volunteers “mums” and “dads” also reminded to check the daily notices Enrolment forms and further information straight after the Meet the for information regarding sports being is available from the school office. Teacher afternoon in the hall at offered by the school, trial times and The cost for the assessment is $54.This will Uniform code reminders practices. Mrs Smith, Sports Coordinator, 4.45pm need be paid to the school office, (please has permission slips for sports. do not leave money in the GATE room) by Wednesday 20 February, if your child is going to participate in the programme. Junior Sports be split into two 16 week blocks; Intake Any questions, please contact Mrs Jane 1 and Intake 2, which will cater for up to Mika [email protected] Academy 24 students in total. Sessions are held on Thursday mornings Year 8 students from 10.30 am – 12.05 pm, this allows students to be back in time for assembly. At the Junior Campus we support The programme offers a wide range of talented sports performers by providing different activities such as team building, opportunities that focus on developing sports psychology, nutrition and cross five key abilities; physical, thinking, social, training opportunities such as spin, personal and creative. crossfit, circuits and pilates sessions. We aim to establish targets for gifted The subsidised cost of $55 assists in and talented athletes and provide covering the costs of activities involving opportunities to develop self- specialist classes and guest speakers. management and discipline. Application forms are available from Students have the opportunity to be with the school office and are due back on other like-minded, skilled sportspeople Tuesday 18 February. and enjoy a wide range of activities. The Any questions, please contact Mrs Jane Multi Skilled Sports Academy in 2020 will Mika [email protected]

13 Junior Campus Housekeeping

Cars, Use of Year 7 Vision Absences

Crossing and Testing If your child is absent from school, Parking including being late, please telephone The Vision Technicians visit during the year the school office before 9 a.m. on 217 to undertake vision screening for all Year 9250. The class roll is taken at 8.55 am Please exercise consideration when 7 students and colour vision screening for and absences are reported to the office at dropping off and picking up students on Year 7 male students. Your child will not that time. If your child is coming in late, both Layard Street and Queens Drive and be screened if they are under the care of they must go to the office before they go do not park, even temporarily, over our a Specialist and/or Optometrist. Parents/ to their class to have their name deleted neighbours’ driveways. Parents are not to caregivers will be notified if further from the list of absences. If you are aware drive onto the school grounds from Layard assessment is required by an Optometrist. in advance that your child is going to be Street (in the front of the office) to drop If you do NOT wish your child to be absent, please advise the school office. their children at school. This is a driveway screened, please notify the school. We do try to contact parents/caregivers by and staff parking, and we are concerned Some Year 8 students who were absent in text regarding all unexplained absences. that the congestion and confusion this can Year 7, or who require retesting, may also cause may lead to an accident. be seen by the Vision Technicians. Sun Safety Students are not to be on the school grounds before 8.20am. Supervision is not Morning Notices To protect faces against the summer sun, available and early arrival is therefore a students may wear plain white caps or safety risk. Each morning homeroom classes have hats when outside during summer. They the day’s notices read out to them. are not to be worn in class and must have HPV (Human Notices include information on academic, the name written on the inside. Junior sports and cultural activities available Campus – we encourage students to bring Papilloma Virus) to students. Practice times etc. are also their own sunscreen and we also have it included. These notices are available on available at the school office. Vaccine the James Hargest web site after 11 am.

All boys and girls in Year 8 are able to have the HPV (Human Papillomavirus) vaccine at school to protect them against future infection from nine types of HPV that lead to cervical, anal, genital, mouth and throat cancers, as well as genital warts. The HPV vaccine is the final immunisation given as part of New Zealand’s free childhood immunisation programme.

All year 8 students will be given a consent form to take home which includes detailed information about the immunisation. Please complete the consent form, either consenting or declining to the school based immunisation programme, and return the form to school before Wednesday February 19th. For more information: • www.health.govt.nz/hpv • contact the HPV Immunisation Team at WellSouth (03)214 6436, 0800 800 249 or [email protected]

Health Nurse The Health Nurse, Mrs Lyn Sanderson, will Junior Campus Senior Campus be available for students during the year. 6 Layard Street, Invercargill 288 Layard Street, Invercargill If you have any concerns please phone the Phone 03 2179250 Phone 03 2176129 school office and we will arrange for Mrs Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Sanderson to contact you. If students wish Website: www.jameshargest.school.nz Website: www.jameshargest.school.nz to see the Health Nurse they are able to make an appointment by placing a request in the green post box in the office foyer. 14 

Parent, Caregiver, Whanau and Coming Events for 2020 Community Engagement At James Hargest College we are always interested in engaging with our community and listening to parents, whanau and the wider community. If you have any good Senior Campus ideas or there is something special that has happened regarding Hargest, or there are February 2020 issues, concerns or complaints we should Thu 13 International Homestay Pot Luck Dinner be aware of, please contact the school 6:00pm - 8:00pm in cafe office Senior Campus (2176129) or BOT meeting 5:15pm in the ’s Room Junior Campus (2179250) or via email, Wed 19 Year 9 Parent/Caregiver Evening 7:00pm in the hall [email protected] Wed 26 JHC Senior Campus Athletics Day at JHC You will be put in contact with an Fri 28 JHC Senior Campus Postponement Day for Athletics appropriate staff member

March 2020 E-mail Newsletters Fri 6 Newsletter issued The next newsletter will be issued via Tues 10 Academic Blues email on Friday 6 March 2020. Thu 12 BOT meeting 5:15pm in the Brigadier’s Room Hard copies of the newsletter will be Tues 17 PTA AGM 7:30pm in the Brigadier’s Room available from either the Junior or Fri 20 Year 9 Option Selection Sheets in Senior Campus office. Tue 24 Year 10-13 Parent Interviews 4:00pm - 8:30pm You can view the newsletter on the Hargest Wed 25 Senior Work Day web site www.jameshargest.school.nz Sheila Winn Competition

Information Updates Junior Campus If you have any changes to your details (e.g. address, phone numbers, medical February 2020 details, emergency contacts, etc), please Mon 10 COTW students from America arrive let the school know as soon as possible in Tues 11 Meet the Teacher Year 7 order to keep our records up-to-date. Wed 12 Year 7 Camps to Omaui start Please email Mrs France (Senior Campus) Thur 13 Meet the teacher Year 8 with any changes at Fri 21 Year 8 Camps to Deep Cove start [email protected] or phone 2176129 or Mrs Cribb (Junior Campus) at [email protected] March 2020 or phone 2179250 Tues 31 First Round HPV Vaccinations Year 8

Change of Details Have you shifted house, changed internet service provider or phone provider lately? Please ensure that your details are up to date. You can easily check what details we have by logging into https://kamarportal.jameshargest.school.nz

PTA Meeting Dates

The next PTA meeting will be held in the Brigadier’s Room at the Senior Campus, scheduled to start at 7.30pm. Tuesday 17th March 2020 (AGM followed by the regular meeting) Tuesday 19th May 2020 Tuesday 21st July 2020 Tuesday 15th September 2020

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