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NELSON COLLEGE FOR GIRLS | PROSPECTUS Te Kura Tamawāhine o Whakatū CONTENTS | RĀRANGA TAKE 02 Principal’s welcome 04 Achievement - Be your best 08 Empowerment - Take the lead PRIDE 10 Success - Prepare for your future HINE TŪ 12 Fun - Accept the challenge 14 Wellbeing - Grow with support 16 Diversity - Be yourself POSITIVITY | NGĀKAU REKA 18 Culture - Nuture your creativity RESPECT | MANAAKITANGA INTEGRITY | NGĀKAU PONO 20 Stay - Feel at home DIVERSITY | KANORAU EMPATHY | AROHA Nelson College for Girls | Prospectus Page 1 WELCOME | NGĀ MIHI Kia ora koutou. A very warm welcome to Nelson College for Girls. With a history spanning more than 135 years, At the end of your journey here, we hope you Nelson College for Girls has a proud record of feel confident, articulate, and ready to explore female empowerment. Our first principal, Kate your place in the world. We will help you develop Edger, was the first woman in the British Empire a strong sense of yourself and for social justice, to graduate with a Bachelor’s Degree. as well as a commitment to make the world a That spirit lives on in our school, where our girls better place. You will leave with lasting memories are encouraged to be their very best, personally and life-long friends. and academically. We know it’s important to have In the following pages, discover a little bit of fun and excel at school, so at Nelson College for what’s on offer here at Nelson College for Girls. Girls we encourage you to make the most of the We look forward to showing you around our huge range of opportunities that are available, vibrant school in person. both in and out of the classroom. We have passionate and caring teachers who work together to provide an inclusive, supportive learning environment. Evident in everything we do are our school’s social values of PRIDE: Positivity – Ngākau reka, Respect – Mauri ora Manaakitanga, Integrity – Ngākau pono, Diversity Cathy Ewing, Principal – Kanorau, and Empathy – Aroha. Page 2 Nelson College for Girls | Prospectus Nelson College for Girls | Prospectus Page 3 BE YOUR ACHIEVEMENT | PAETAE You’ll relish the opportunities here! Whether it’s sport, science, music or student leadership, we’ll support you to get stuck in, extend yourself and be the best you can be. Nelson College for Girls’ all-girl • Have a greater sense of environment gives you the absolute self-esteem freedom to be who you truly are, without • Are more likely to be professionals falling into traditional gender roles or or hold executive or managerial stereotyped academic pathways. positions in business Research shows that girls in all girls’ As the only all girls’ secondary school in schools: Nelson Tasman, Nelson College for Girls BEST • Do better academically and are can offer you the chance to be your best. more likely to graduate from tertiary It’s not girls, girls, girls all of the time, education though! We have a great relationship • Are more likely to choose maths and with Nelson College, and invite the boys sciences courses and excel in them to be involved in sports’ competitions, house events, school productions and, • Are more likely to take on leadership of course, our famous annual school ball responsibility for years 12 and 13. “Nelson College for Girls is definitely helping me achieve my goals and dreams” Lizzie Neale Y11 - Elite sportswoman Page 4 Nelson College for Girls | Prospectus Nelson College for Girls | Prospectus Page 5 Compared to girls from co-ed schools, graduates of girls’ schools are six times more likely to consider majoring in maths, science and technology, and three times more likely to consider engineering. Source: National Coalition of Girls’ Schools Page 6 Nelson College for Girls | Prospectus Nelson College for Girls | Prospectus Page 7 EMPOWERMENT | WHAKAMANA Keen to make your mark on the world? Take on student leadership roles to develop your skills, build your confidence and prepare yourself for a brighter future where you’re in charge. At Nelson College for Girls, we You’ll get the chance to take the lead in encourage our students to take the lead our whole school house competitions and make things happen. Renowned throughout the year, which are all for making positive environmental about giving it a go and having fun. change in the Nelson community is our Also organised and run by students, TAKE THE student-led Enviro Action Group. They tabloid events, theatre sports and successfully changed parking tickets to themed weeks (like arts, sport, drama, recyclable paper, called on supermarkets music and culture - to name a few) to remove plastic bags, and led Nelson’s give you the chance to step up. The student strike for climate change. The colourful spectacle of HPAC (House only secondary school in the region with Performing Arts Competition) is 100 the title, Nelson College for Girls is now hundred percent produced by students, recognised as a Silver Enviro-School who develop all the narration, dance thanks to the group’s activities. and song. Girls and families tell us it is The Keeping Kids Warm campaign was one of their absolute highlights of the the brainchild of our Social Services school year! Committee, who are engaged in local issues and raise money to make change happen. Pants are now part of our uniform, thanks to our LGBTQ group dedicated to equality. LEAD Page 8 Nelson College for Girls | Prospectus Nelson College for Girls | Prospectus Page 9 SUCCESS | ANGITU If you love to learn, we’ve got exceptional and passionate teachers across the curriculum, and a record of academic achievement that’s well above the national average. Nelson College for Girls has a fantastic With our fantastic academic reputation, we’re academic record across a wide range of subjects lucky to attract world class teachers, whose including English, all of the sciences, history, passion about their subject areas is contagious. and performing and visual arts. Endorsement You can expect them to go above and beyond of certificates at both Excellence and Merit the call of duty to make sure you succeed in levels are well above the national average and whatever you choose to pursue. scholarship is achieved by a number of our Supported by a dedicated team of highly top students every year. Check out the wide qualified IT technicians, one key to our selection of subject choices available on our students’ success is the fact they are savvy website, www.ncg.school.nz. users of modern technology. Proficient in As a junior student at Nelson College for Girls, industry-standard software like Microsoft, you can expect to experience all eight curriculum Adobe and Autodesk, our students engage PREPARE FOR YOUR areas. Choose from English, languages, maths, in learning in innovative ways and are well science, social studies, health and physical prepared for life after school, whether that’s education, technology and the Arts. Then, in the tertiary study or work. Since 2014, we have senior school, choose specialty areas, which encouraged students to bring their own device could be anything from media studies to music to school. Having your own device means you to printmaking to earth and space science, as can get regular feedback from your teachers well as history, painting and printmaking… there online, as well as access to key course are so many! information at any time, making sure you’re FUTURE confident and connected. Page 10 Nelson College for Girls | Prospectus Nelson College for Girls | Prospectus Page 11 FUN | PĀREKAREKA Ready to get out of the classroom? Our field trips, sports events, outdoor education and cultural activities offer fun and life-changing experiences, if you’re up for a challenge! Discover a new passion and make life-long Students at Nelson College for Girls excel at friends and memories at Nelson College for sports like netball, rowing, athletics, rugby, ACCEPT THE Girls. We have more than 75 activities on offer football, cycling, golf, and hockey. Be involved across sports, arts and technology that are an in as many sports as you want. Some girls essential part of school life. love being part of a team and learning from In fact, there are so many opportunities at our strong network of coaches. Others join Nelson College for Girls, we guarantee you’ll for fun and exercise. Those looking to excel find one you won’t have experienced before. Try go on to compete at local, national and even international levels. Our top netball team is CHALLENGE kayaking, sailing, or mountain biking. Join the ski team or learn to abseil. Some student groups regularly the leading school team in the regional focus on brain-centric activities like chess, Premier Grade and made it to the national Amnesty International, or future problem solving. championships last year, and we are the only Want to express yourself? Try anime, kapa haka, the school in Nelson Tasman with a rowing team or Rockquest. The range is enormous; here you that competes annually against the country’s top can do anything. rowers at the Maadi Cup. As the most centrally located secondary school If you stand out in sport, consider joining our in Nelson, it’s easy to take learning out of the high performance NCG Infinity programme, classroom. Our classes take regular trips on with dedicated coaching, sports psychology, foot to the Suter Art Gallery, Nelson Provincial nutrition and visualisation. Acceptance is by Museum and the Nelson Public Library. There application only. Meantime, everyone is welcome are also heaps of character-building activities to join our sporting collective NCG Wings for further afield like our Year 9 Adventure Day at inspirational guest speakers, coaching sessions Teapot Valley and our Year 13 Leadership Day at and discounted sports gear.