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. The end of last season also saw the finish of HC hockey for some very strong players and our coach for the previous few seasons. This season we managed to secure the coaching services of Dharshan Naran and some fresh new 1st players. After a hard local season we headed off knowing the challenge was going to be huge. It was an awesome week in Hamilton with some amazing hockey on display. We got to play against some great teams as well as some of our local rivals. While the results didn’t always go our way the boys played hard and kept positive all week. Overall we finished 28th out of 32 teams competing. It was a great experience for our players to see the standard required to compete at this top level. It can only help improve their hockey. Massive thanks to all those involved in the 1st Boys Hockey season this year.
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FREE WORKSHOPS FOR CLUBS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS
Workshop 1: “Attracting people to help run your club or community group” [THIS] Wednesday 1st November 6:30pm – 8:30pm Upper Hutt City Library, 844 Fergusson Drive, Upper Hutt
Discover tips to help grow your club and recruit new members/volunteers or are you burning out and need others to help share the load? Come and check us out and meet others going through the same struggle and let’s share ideas! We have the lucky number 13 of spots left for this workshop!
Workshop 2: “Promote your club or Community Group more effectively.” Wednesday 15th November 6:30pm – 8:30pm Upper Hutt City Library, 844 Fergusson Drive, Upper Hutt
We all want to promote our group, causes and events! But are we doing it effectively? Who is our target audience? What are some more cost effective options? Come and listen to what our marketing guru Megan has to say! Megan is bright, young, enthusiastic and full of great ideas and is happy to answer your questions!
Both workshops are free for anyone to attend. Registrations are essential and can be done via myself or David King (david [email protected] or 027 479 3156). Tea, coffee and snacks provided! Come and learn a thing or two and meet others in your community.
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WEEKLY EVENTS AT HERETAUNGA FROM THE FINANCE TEAM COLLEGE Making Payments Homework Club Cash or cheque payments can be made at the college In Morgan 6 on Wednesdays from 3.30 - 4.30pm. office between 8.00am and 2.15pm daily. However, Maths Tuition Eftpos facilities are available until 3.15pm. Free afterschool Maths tuition is available Students can make payments before school starts every Wednesday in Morgan 5, from 3.30 p.m. – 4.30 each morning and during school break times only. p.m. All welcome! Alternatively, payments can be made online. English Tuition Free tuition after school on Thursdays in the English Please note from 1 October 2017 the College Bank Department Account will change to: Vibe Vibe are available for appointments for students each Heretaunga College Board of Trustees day. Appointments can be made at the Main Office. ASB: 12 – 3478 – 0030501 – 00 Phoenix Chorale (Choir) Rehearsal Monday 7.20am and Friday morning break If you have any queries regarding your student’s Orchestra account, please contact the finance team via email Rehearsal Tuesday morning break [email protected] or phone 939-9370 – Guitar Ensemble Kirsty on ext 803 or Ady on ext 809. Rehearsal Thursday morning break Rock Band UNIFORM SHOP Need to book a time with Ms Brownlie
New club "Backstage Bois" now runs every The Uniform shop hours are: second Thursday at morning break (e.g Week 2, 4, 6, 8, 10). This is a club for people who want to get involved in Tuesday: 8.00am to 8.30am the off-stage work of lighting, costume, make-up, props Friday: 3.20pm to 4.20pm and set. All students welcome. Payment is to be made at the time of uniform Theatre Sports Every Tuesday MB in the Drama room. purchase. If you have an account with the school, prior approval from the finance team is required before CALCULATORS uniform can be put on your student’s account.
We are selling the Sharp EL-531 scientific calculator for PARENT KAMAR PORTAL $18 and the Casio Graphics calculator for $96 - still the cheapest prices in town! And we engrave your child's Access to School Reports and Other Information name for free! Orders and payment through the student Each parent has access to the parent portal via the office. school internet page (www.heretaunga.school.nz). You
find the link in the top right hand corner. Here you can NCEA STUDENT APP UPDATE access all of your children's academic data such as attendance, school reports, current results and An updated version of the NCEA Student App can now teachers' comments as well as pastoral entries. be downloaded from either the Apple App Store or Alternatively, you can download the Kamar app from Google Play Store. It is available to use in English and the Apple Store or Google Play store. Access details Te Reo Maori, is free to download and can be used were emailed out but if you have misplaced your user from any smart device. name and password, please send an email to Mrs This version displays and better supports multiple Moehricke: [email protected]. levels of NCEA and new users can simply add credits from previous years without having to also add GENERAL INFORMATION standards information first. This means that students Contact Details can track their progress towards various NCEA levels Have you changed your contact details? over multiple calendar years more quickly and easily. Please advise the office of any changes to your The App allows students to plan, select and set their address, phone numbers, email address or emergency NCEA credit goals and targets and to see how they contact details. are tracking towards NCEA Levels One, Two and Signing In/Out of College Three, including Literacy, Numeracy and University Students are reminded to sign in at the student office if Entrance. you are late to school. More information can be found on the NZQA All students should have a note explaining their website: www.nzqa.govt.nz/audience- lateness or parents should ring the College absence pages/students/ncea-app/ line (939 9370 Ext 814).
When signing out to attend appointments students are
required to present a note to the office.
A Learning Environment of Opportunity and Challenge If a student is unwell they are required to come to the student office where office staff will call a parent. Uniform A reminder to parents that a note MUST be provided if there is an issue regarding uniform. Please name your students uniform. We can return lost items quicker if they are named. Panadol 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.
Koraunui Stokes Valley Community Hub are hosting a Brainwaves Trust presentation on Adolescence on 15th November. Teachers and staff, as well as parents and whanau, are welcome.
This is a fantastic opportunity to hear from the brilliant and well-respected Brainwaves Trust - for FREE! Learn about the latest research on something that concerns a lot of us, our Rangatahi. Concern about our young people is not new. Each generation is known to have concern about the generation following, but we are the first generation to understand the changes that happen in the adolescent brain. Recent research shows that there is a burst of neuronal activity in late childhood and adolescence that is linked with risk taking and impulsive, emotional behaviours typical of teenagers. Consistent, nurturing and positive early experiences grow resilient, empathetic and intelligent adults. Conversely adolescents in New Zealand relative to other developed countries have a high rate of social morbidity. This informative, entertaining presentation is for parents and whanau, but also professionals working with adolescents – school teachers and board of governors, youth workers, foster and care providers and families; corrections, CYFs, police, health providers and anyone else who has contact with teenagers. Brainwaves Trust’s information is entirely based on up-to-date scientific medical research. Their work is scientific and evidence based, the message is positive and important to our whole community. Topics include: - The implosive emotional decision-making of the teenage years - Risk taking from a different perspective - How decisions are made differently when peers are involved - Why teenagers' sleep patterns change - Impact of technology on teenagers - Understanding how alcohol and drugs affect the adolescent brain
Please let me know if you have any questions. The is a free presentation, but please register via the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1733481270280145/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A%223%22%2C%22ref_newsfeed_st ory_type%22%3A%22regular%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D
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The website link is https://www.newcops.co.nz/about-the- job/events
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