Issue 03/20 NEWSLETTER 7 Aç¦çÝã 2020 Kia ora, Kia orana, Talofa Lava, Fakalofa lahi atu, Malo e lelei, Namaste, As-salāmu ‘alaykum, Ni Hao, Bula Vinaka, Greetings Parents and Caregivers Our Open Day and Information Evening this year is being Welcome to Term 3. What a busy first three weeks it held on 26 August— much later than usual due to Covid has been! 19— please will you tell anyone you know who may be First of all I would like to thank you all for participat- interested in sending their daughters to AGGS about our ing in the Three Way Learning Conversations that Open Day and we will look forward to welcoming them to we held at the end of Term 2. Our teachers have our school. We have put an Open Day video on our web- reported that they found the opportunity to interact site which you may enjoy having a look at with you in a more meaningful way to be of real http://www.aggs.school.nz/ and a flyer is on the back page value and we hope that your experience was similar. of this Newsletter. We have a lot of exciting events coming up this term. Ngaire Ashmore, Principal This term we are looking forward to: CAREERS WEEK 10 to 14 August 10—14 August— Careers Week 10 August - Yr 12 Bus Stds Market Day Monday: Trades & Manufacturing 11—14 August—12 PED on the Ropes Course Woodwork demonstration and Building block games— Study Hall at Lunchtime 12 August—Lacrosse Championship Talks with Occupational Therapist and Social Worker— 12 August— Excel Lunchtime Concert tutor time Jubilee library. 12 August—Yr 13 Geography Trip Tuesday: Creative Industries 17 to 21 August—AGGStraordinary Week Creative Walkway—Study Hall 18 August—Yr 12 Academic Pathway Interviews Hairdressing by Servilles Academy—lunch Talks with Occupational Therapist and Nursing Tutor— 18 August—BoT Finance Cttee Meeting tutor time Jubilee Library. 19 August—Yr 12 Geography Muriwai Trip Wednesday Primary Industries 19 August—MATHEX Flower arranging by MIT Floristy—lunch Study Hall 25 August—Board of Trustees Meeting 5.30 p.m. Talks with a Doctor and Pacific Health Promoter Tutor time 26 August—OPEN DAY and Information Evening Thursday Social and Community Services 26 August— Yrs 11 & 12 Puhoro Wananga Playing with feelings game—Recess in Study Hall 26 August—Dance Showcase in the DWC 6 p.m. Talks with Social Workers—tutor time and lunch A239 27 August—Yr 11 Academic Pathway Interviews Talks with a Podiatrist and Dentist—Tutor time Friday Service Industries 28 August—Yr 13 AHS trip to MIT School of Nursing 28 August— Daffodil Day Courtroom debating - Lunch in Study Hall Talks with Techtorium - Lunch 4 September—Founding Day Assembly Talks with Community Nurse and Ultrasound Techni- 9 September—Collegiality concert day cian—tutor time—Jubilee Library 11 September—English Day 13 September—Old Girls Association Afternoon Tea 17 September—Election for BOT Student Rep 22 September—Board of Trustees Mtng 5.30 p.m. 24 September—Progress reports sent home 25 September—Last day of Term 3 26 September—The AGGS School Ball P 2 NEWSLETTER STEM WEEK Want to make your own lava lamp? To kick off Term 3, STEM week took place in Week 2. What you will need: On Monday students were invited to create their own unique Small clear jars; A supply lava lamps, personalised slime and show their magnificent of cold water; Food colour- artistic talents creating milk-candy art. Every student made a ings; Vegetable oil; Alka- special version of slime and an art work capturing elements of seltzer tablets (or you can her sweet and creative personality! use salt as a substitute). Tuesday brought new challenges with our students enhancing their mathematical skills, and becoming excellent Fill a jar approx 1/4 full with target shooters to win a grand prize ‘ cold water followed by 3/4s Wednesday allowed students to test the waters of the full with vegetable oil (or technology field, by learning how to program and control any type of oil you have). Add 3-5 drops of a food robots! colouring of your choice. Drop an alka-seltzer tablet (or salt) into the jar. Screw the cap on tight- Thursday was Physics frenzy day—students had to use ly to avoid any spills and leaks. You will start to their problem solving skills to make an egg survive and build see a chemical reaction that creates the lava the tallest and most structurally stable marshmallow tower. lamp effect. Facing a slight dilemma with broken eggs, we tested using spaghetti sticks instead. Note: When you are done playing with the lava lamp, do not pour it down the drain, instead, pour On Friday the ultimate STEM escape took place; students the contents of the lava lamp into a compost pile were put to the test by combining both their scientific or dig a hole in your yard, away from any plants knowledge and mathematical skills to see which group would you care about, and pour the contents in the hole. be first to escape a classroom. If neither of those are an option, simply screw the cap on tightly and throw the lava lamp jar in your regular trash. YEAR 10, 11 AND 12 OPTION CHOICES FOR 2021 Course booklets detailing the courses that we will be offering in 2021 will be given to all Year 10, 11 and 12 students in the next few weeks. The booklet will assist your daughter to decide which courses she would like to take in 2021. The students are using the course booklets in their tutor classes and we encourage you to have conversaons with your daughter about her goals for the future and her course selecon for 2021. If your daughter is in Year 11 or 12 you also have the opportunity to book an Academic Pathway interview for you and your daughter to meet with a senior teacher to further discuss her course selecƟon on either August 18th (Year 12) or August 27th (Year 11) between 3.30pm and 7.30pm. You can book an appointment me through the Parent Portal, by calling the school office, or by geng your daughter to book a me at the office. You can keep up to date with school events on our school website http://www.aggs.school.nz/ and in a more informal way on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/AucklandGirlsGrammarSchool/ also our Sports page https://www.facebook.com/AggsSport/ and the AGGS Careers page https://www.facebook.com/AucklandGirlsCareers/ You may also be interested in these Instagram pages - the AGGS Student Council https://www.instagram.com/ aggs_council20/ ; the AGGS Careers Committee https://www.instagram.com/aggs_careers/ I 03/20 P 3 UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND ENGINEERING COMPETITION On Saturday 1st August, we competed in the After 8 hours of tackling the question using University of Auckland Engineering competition. countless ideas and equations to develop a report Starting at 10am, our team of 3 Year 12 students, around it, we finally finished at 6pm! Pragati Prasad, Maninder Kaur and McKenzie Adams tackled the gruelling question - “How many satellites can be launched into orbit before astronomers on earth Thank you to Ms Rhode for supervising and giving can observe the night sky without interruption?” us the support we needed. THE K ROAD TUKUTUKU PANEL PROJECT In collaboration with the Auckland Council, The project will take approximately 10 weeks to complete Auckland Transport and Manu Whenua, Nga and our girls will be working on it with two expert Tumunako o Kahurangi students and other weavers, Tessa Harris and Monica-Ann Brooks. The girls interested mainstream students are participating in wil also have the opportunity to learn about the Mana the making of two large tukutuku panels which will Whenua of the area. be installed at the K’ road overpass as part of a contemporary art installation, utilizing traditional This is an exciting and important process which is creat- Maori practices and contemporary resources. ing new and hopefully ongoing relationships between the school and local body communities P 4 NEWSLETTER AGGS SPORT Basketball Congratulations to our Year 9 team which placed first in the Combined Points Netball Tournament Our Premier Basketball team is playing in the Senior A on 5 August and to our Year 10A team which competition this year. The team has played four games came second . The first time our teams have - won 2 and lost 2 and are currently in 5th place. Nine of done so well in many years. the current team are in Year 9 or Year 10 which is great for the future of the sport. Football Our Yr 9 & Yr10 Basketball team has had a quiet start to Thank you to Mr Dave Rewi and Ms Sam Hunia for their season; they have 3 wins and 2 losses to date. taking our Football team for training. We hope for more success in weeks to come. The team has had some early success winning its first game against Kings College 2nd XI by 15-0. The Hockey 2nd game was to be against St Kents but St Kents After winning the 9 a-side competition last year, our had to forfeit the game and the team has won it’s Hockey girls have started the season playing in C Grade third game against Baradene 6—0. Way to go! with a win against Mt Albert Grammar School and a loss Our Football captains for 2020 are Fatima Abd Allah to Diocesan. Co-captains of the Hockey team are Saloni and Savannah Vaega.