HERETAUNGA COLLEGE Newsletter – November 2017
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HERETAUNGA COLLEGE Ward Street, Upper Hutt 5018 Telephone: 939 9370 Email: [email protected] Website: www.heretaunga.school.nz Newsletter – November 2017 IMPORTANT DATES CONGRATULATIONS 5/11 – Sports Dinner at Te Rauparaha Arena A very proud moment for Heretaunga College with our very 6/11 – CSW Awards Dinner incl AWD own remedy.co winning the "YES Company of the Year Award" at the 2017 6/11 – Senior Prizegiving Regional Awards night. 7/11-10/11 – Junior Exam Week 9/11 – NCEA Exams Begin They were also presented with the Marketing Excellence Award. 10/11-11/11 – CSW Junior Volleyball Congratulations to team remedy (Gretchen, Holly, Nicole and Brittany). They Tournament have made us all very proud! 14/11-15/11 – Bronze Duke of Ed Overnight Trip New Minister of Education, Chris Hipkins was very impressed with our schools 16/11 – CSW Junior Golf Tournament achievements. 16/11 – CSW Junior Touch Tournament 16/11 – Year 9 River Clean Up Well done girls. 17/11 – AWD Swim Meeting 20/11 – Learning Conference – School closed for students 27/11-30/11 – Junior Inquiry Week VISIT TO MAORIBANK SCHOOL 28/11 – CSW Junior Bowls Tournament We have received the following feedback from our Drama Department trip to 29/11 – Junior Service & Cultural Maoribank Primary School. Awards Ceremony 30/11 – Taitaungawainae Tournament "The tamariki loved the performance, and so did the teachers. Thank you so much. We 1/12 – Junior Prizegiving would be very keen to do this again next year. As a result of seeing your performance, 1/12 – Leavers’ Dinner our juniors have baked eyeball cupcakes, made witches pictures, and doing their own 4/12 – Junior House Activity performances in their classroom!" 5/12-8/12 – Junior Activities Week 8/12 – LAST DAY FOR THE YEAR It was rewarding for our drama students to make a performance with a very specific target audience TERM DATES: Term Four: Monday 16 October – Friday 8 December BOARD OF TRUSTEES Meet on the first Tuesday of each month at 6.30pm in the board room. All welcome to attend. IMPORTANT DATES YEARS 9 AND 10 Wednesday 29 November Junior Service and Cultural Prize Giving in the School Hall at 9.00am All parents/caregivers/guardians are welcome to attend. Friday 1 December Junior Prize Giving in the School Hall at 9.00am All parents/caregivers/guardians are welcome to attend. Students return on Monday 4 December for Junior Activity Week. Monday 4 December- Friday 8 December Year 9 and 10 activity week Friday 8 December Last day of school for all students. Have a great Christmas and New Year. YEAR 11, 12 & 13 Monday 6 November Senior Service & Cultural Prize Giving Ceremony at the Lane Street Christian Centre at 9.00am All parents/caregivers/guardians are welcome to attend. Students are released from this ceremony at 11.30 to go home and return to the same venue by 6.30pm for the Senior Academic Prize Giving. All students are to be in full and correct school uniform (no jerseys). Any student not in correct uniform runs the risk of being turned away from prize giving. YEAR 13 Friday 1 December Leavers’ Dinner (Year 13 only) 5pm at school in Grace Wing Then on to Silverstream Retreat for dinner COLLEGE UNIFORM SHOP SALES IN JANUARY 2018 The following dates have been set aside for the sale of school uniform. As in previous years, there will be an online booking system. You will receive an email letting you know how to book using the online system. If you do not receive an email or you do not have computer access you are welcome to telephone the college office on 939 9370. Wednesday 17 January 9.30am – 6.00pm Thursday 18 January 10.00am – 7.30pm Friday 19 January 9.30am – 6.00pm Tuesday 23 January 9.00am – 5.00pm Wednesday 24 January 9.30am – 6.00pm Thursday 25 January 9.30am – 6.00pm Friday 26 January 10.00am – 3.00pm From Tuesday 30 January the Uniform Shop hours will be: Tuesday 8.00am – 8.30am Friday 3.20pm – 4.20pm SCHOOL START DATES 2018 Monday 22 January Wellington Anniversary Day Tuesday 16, 17, 18 January School Leaders Camp Friday 19 January School Leaders Speech Camp Tuesday 23 & 24 January Year 13 Camp Thursday 25 & 26 January Teacher Only Days Monday 29 January Year 10 – 8.40am-1.00pm – Meet in Morgan Wing at 8.40am Year 13 Peer Support training in Callaghan Wing – 9.00am-12.00pm School of Hospitality – All day Years 11, 12 & 13 - 3-way conferences. 15 minutes interviews – bookings made through Parent Interviews. Email will be sent with booking details. Tuesday 30 January Year 9 and Peer Supporters - Meet in the Spine at 8.45am – Full day Years 11, 12 & 13 3-way conferences 15 minutes interviews – bookings made through Parent Interviews. Email will be sent with booking details. Wednesday 31 January Whole School in school. Thursday 1 February – Monday 5 February Normal timetabled classes for all students Monday 6 February Waitangi Day – no students at school BELL TIMES BELL TIMES Normal Wednesday Staff Briefing/PL 8.25 – 8.35 8.20 – 9.15 Spell 1 8.40 – 9.40 9.20 – 10.20 Spell 2 9.45 – 10.45 10.25 – 11.25 Form Time 10.45 – 11.00 No form time Morning Break 11.00 - 11.40 11.25 – 12.10 (Lunchtime) Spell 3 11.45 - 12.45 12.15 – 1.15 Spell 4 12.50 - 1.50 1.15 – 1.50 (PATH) Afternoon Break 1.50 - 2.10 1.50 - 2.10 Spell 5 2.15 - 3.15 2.15 - 3.15 2017 GATEWAY EMPLOYERS THANK YOU We would like to thank all of our Gateway employers this year who have spent their valuable time teaching and mentoring our 36 students, by providing them with long term work experience. Brackenridge Construction Stepping Stones Childcare Centre City Fitness Upper Hutt The Cycle Centre F V Evans & Sons The Dowse Art Museum Happy Days Childcare Centre The Angus Inn Hutt Hospital The Warehouse Upper Hutt, Lower Hutt & JB Hughes Contractors Petone King Toyota Upper Hutt Upper Hutt Animal Rescue Society Kindercare Learning Centre Upper Hutt Kindergarten Mitre 10 Mega Upper Hutt Upper Hutt School NME Electrical Wellington Access Radio Paws & Claws Pet Shop Wellington SPCA Queen St Auto Centre Heretaunga College School of Specialized Operator Services and Hospitality and also the Caretaker and Civil Contracting Groundsman If you are an employer in the community and would like to be involved in this exciting programme by offering our students work experience for next year, we would love to hear from you. Please leave a message at the school office 939 9370 Sue Hanlon HOD Careers and Transition Hilary Lawrence Gateway Co-ordinator LOST PROPERTY Has your son/daughter lost anything? Do you think they may have left it at school? Have they asked at the office if we have it? We have a large pile of lost property in the College office and we would love to return these items to the students/parents who own them. Please feel free to contact the office if your son/daughter has lost anything this year. JUNIOR ACTIVITY WEEK Heretaunga College Junior Activity Week is on in the last week of Term 4. All year 9 and 10 students have now selected their activity and have had this confirmed. Full payment must be made by Thursday 19 October 2017 PARENT PORTAL If you have mislaid or are unsure of your portal access code please email Babette Moehricke, Deputy Principal on [email protected] CAREERS Scholarships The Generosity givMe website has over 4000 scholarships to give away each year to help with your Tertiary studies. http://generosity.org.nz/giv-me If you log in at school it is free to use MITO Motor Industry Training Organisation MITO have 50 scholarships to give away. To apply go to: https://mito.org.nz/get-qualified/mito-scholarships/ Tourism Industry New Zealand Trust Scholarships TINZT have 3 scholarships available To apply go to: http://www.tinzt.org.nz/tinzt-tourism-academic-scholarships/ Upper Hutt Cossie Club Scholarships The Cossie Club have 20 Scholarships available To apply go to: https://www.cossieclubs.org.nz/images/Promo/Kick-Start-Final-2017.pdf A Learning Environment of Opportunity and Challenge PANADOL Please be reminded we do NOT supply students with Panadol. If your son/daughter requires pain relief whilst at school they must bring it from home. The Student Office will store this for your son/daughter in a locked medical box. CALCULATORS Does your son/daughter have a calculator that they can bring to school every day? If not, then they can obtain a Sharp EL-531 WH scientific calculator through the College for the low price of $18. And we engrave the calculator with the name of your son/daughter for free! We are also selling Casio Graphics calculators for $96! To get these essential pieces of technology, get your son/daughter to pay and order at the student office. GUIDES NEEDED FOR MATIU/SOMES ISLAND Our volunteer group, the Eastbourne Forest Rangers Inc, provides guiding services on Matiu/Somes Island. Over recent years we have had the pleasure of guiding many Wellington school groups on their educational visits to the island. We now need more volunteer guides, especially those who are able to guide mid-week. If you are a member of the community who may be interested in becoming a Matiu/Somes volunteer guide, commencing later this year or early next please contact me on [email protected] or 027 242 9211 SPORT WINTER TOURNAMENT WEEK 29 August – 2 September Hockey Boys 1st XI Tournament week Rankin Cup / India Shield The journey to this top tier tournament started last year at the Founders Cup tournament where we finished 2nd to qualify for the 2017 Rankin Cup / India Shield.