Newsletter 24th April 2015

South Otago High School
Newsletter, 24th April 2015
Nga mihi mahana ki a koutou katoa
Warm greetings to you all
ANZAC ASSEMBLY
Payment of School Accounts
All payments, including the compulsory stationery
payments, can be deposited by Internet banking. Our
bank number is 020 9180160 198 00
Please remember to annotate the payment with the
student’s name and what the payment is for. Regular
payments of $10 - $15 per week for each student is ideal
to cover most costs throughout the year.
Please set up your own automatic payments. School
trips must be paid for at the time, unless you have
enough credit on your child’s account.
School Magazine 2015
This year those who want a school magazine will have
to pre-order their copy at a cost of $20. This amount has
been charged to your child’s school account and, if paid
by 1st September, a magazine will be ordered on your
child’s behalf. If you do not wish to purchase a
magazine please advise us in writing (email). All unpaid
amounts for the magazine will be removed from your
child’s account after the 2nd September and NO further
orders accepted.
Students Late to School and/or Class
Three ‘lates’ will result in a lunchtime detention. Any
further lates will result in an afterschool detention.
These are held on Thursday and Friday afternoons from
3.15pm - 4.15pm.
Absence Line
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When you leave an absence message please speak
clearly and slowly and give the full name of the
student who will be absent and the reason for the
absence.
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If you receive a text about your child being absent
please phone the absence line with a reply as text
replies are not coming through.
Pink Shirt Day
Friday 22nd May
Students are asked to wear a pink shirt with mufti
clothes to show their support for this anti-bullying
initiative.
Change of Details
If you have a new email address or have changed
address, please contact the Office 4180517 or
[email protected] so that your details can be
updated on our system.
Thank You
This annual campaign encourages New Zealanders to
stand together and take action against bullying. The day
provides a good opportunity for us at school to
continue to take a proactive approach, discussing what
bullying is and how students may get help.
By wearing a pink shirt students show their support to
others and their willingness to work together to prevent
bullying. A gold coin koha will be collected in form
time to support anti bullying initiatives.
Further information may be obtained from the
website pinkshirtday.org.nz Peer mediators at school
will be providing further information to our students.
Cath Bloxham Guidance Counsellor
PTA AGM
Wednesday 6th May
7.30pm in the SOHS Staffroom
ALL WELCOME
Any enquiries or apologies to Raewyn van Vugt at
[email protected] or phone 4159207
or contact Leanne Reichel at [email protected] or phone 4183969
Cross Country News
Important dates for your diaries:
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School Cross Country
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Tokomairiro Relay
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Otago SS Cross Country Champs
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NZ SS Cross Country
Wonderful Opportunity!
2 - 3kms
2km relay races
Individual 3 - 4 km races
In Dunedin
May 21st
May 27th
June 4th
June 20th
Below: The Netball season started last Saturday with
the SOHS A playing the SOHS B Team.
Peer Mediation Training
Tracey Scott from the Peace Foundation spent the
afternoon on Thursday with 22 year 11-13 peer
mediators teaching them about conflict resolution and
establishing a proactive programme at our school.
Year 13 students making props in the holidays for Stage challenge
From the Sports Coordinator
Winter sports are all either underway now, or starting
this coming week. SOHS is so lucky to have a dedicated
team of teachers, parents and friends who take up the
coaching, managing and supporting roles of these
sports. I will leave those roles to them, but I remind all
the students to take care of the uniforms they have been
loaned this year, and remind you all to get your subs paid
ASAP.
There are many sporting events other than the weekly
team sports coming up this term as well, including
swimming sports, cross country, and both Taieri and
Gore Interchanges. We would encourage your support at
all these events.
Congratulations to the following SOHS students who
took away awards from the Otago Representative Touch
Prizegiving in the holidays; Junior Referee of the Year:
Dylan Crawford, Under 13 Girls Most Dedicated: Tia
Valli, Under 15 Boys Workhorse Award: Logan Wilson
Rachel Heller
Sports Coordinator
Girls Football
The girls football season kicked off yesterday with the school now having two teams. In Balclutha our first eleven
came up against the strong Otago Girls team and despite looking threatening early conceded a goal towards the end
of the first half before finally losing 4-0. Hayley Witt and Amanda White showed good strength in defence while
Abby Edwards was strong in goal.
Meanwhile, the second eleven, including eight new players traveled to Dunedin to play Kaikorai Valley. After
holding our own for 15 minutes we went a goal behind but this spurred the team on to trying harder and we scored
five unanswered goals to win the game 5-1. Player of the match was Lilly Paterson who regularly bet opposition
players and set up a number of attacks while Olivia Clarke top scored with 2 goals.
Mike Beeby TIC Girls Football
Term Two Upcoming Events
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Monday 27th April ........................................................ ANZAC Holiday (School is closed)
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Friday 1st May .............................................................. ‘Chopper’ Mufti Day
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Monday 4th May............................................................ Stage Challenge
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Friday 15th May ............................................................ Swimming Sports (pm)
SGCNZ University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival
On April 1st, SOHS entered three Scenes (with 16 students) in the Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival. They performed to
a packed house at the Kings and Queens High School Auditorium. The scenes were very well received by the audience
and judges. SOHS won two awards, a school award for ‘Best Creative Choreography’ and Liam Whitmore won the
‘Outstanding Student Director’ award. This is our third year entering the competition. Thank you to all the parents and
staff who supported us on the night and throughout the rehearsal process. If you are interested in seeing the scenes they
will be performed again in Arts Week.
Macbeth
Directed by Damian Bertanees
Othello
Directed by Carlos Goatley and
Em-j Uson
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Directed by Liam Whitmore
Taylor Aitken-Boyle
Mary McGimpsey
Megan Robson
Ashleigh Awanui
Ashton Tourell
Grace Schuurman
De Reece Pickering
Sophie Dix
Ashton Tourell
Fin Smith-Bingham
Conor Mills
Grace Schuurman
De Reece Pickering
Ivan Gamble
Kate Gold
Kaydin Hunter
Ginny Sanders
Ashleigh Awanui
Below: Mrs Hutt also presented Callum Crawford a
certificate to acknowledge his performance at the
Otago Secondary School Championships.
Above: Mrs Hutt acknowledges Sharnay Henderson’s
success at the Otago/Southland Secondary School
Athletics. Sharnay won the 3000m Under 14 Girls
championship race.
Rugby Newsletter 23 April
This long weekend sees the first round of competitive
matches for the 2015 season. Our senior teams play on
Saturday, the juniors on Monday. Matches and venues
are as follows:
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1st XV v Mt Aspiring College 1st XV, Wanaka,
1.15pm Sat
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2nd XV v Cromwell U18, Cromwell, 1.15pm Sat
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Junior Colts v Toko U15, Milton, 1pm Mon
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U15 v Taieri College Colts, PJ Park, 1pm Mon
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U14 v Taieri College U14, PJ Park, 1pm Mon
The bus for the 1sts and 2nds will leave from the
Memorial Hall at 8.30am, following the Dawn Service.
Cost is $10 per player.
The bus for the U14 and U15 teams will leave SOHS
at 11am. Cost is $10 per player. The vans for the
Junior Colts will leave SOHS at 11.30am. Cost is $5
per player.
With Duckshooting next weekend, several matches
will be played early in the week. The 2nds will play
John McGlashan 2nds at SOHS at 4.30pm on
Wednesday. The U14s and Junior Colts will play their
West Otago counterparts at SOHS at 4.30pm on
Thursday.
Two girls’ teams have been selected (Senior and
Junior) and will participate in the weekly Otago
Schoolgirls 15-a-side competition in Dunedin, starting
on Wednesday, May 13. The competition will run
through Term 2, with a 7-a-side tournament to follow
in Term 3.
All SOHS players are required to register with the
NZRU. Male players were registered this week and
female players will be registered next week.
Greg Heller
TIC Rugby
Boys Football
The football season kicked off last Saturday with the
'Youth' (senior boys) team playing two grading
matches. Whilst both matches ended in defeat, it was
great to see the boys playing football on a Saturday. A
few things for this week:
This week, the Youth team has two more grading
games on SUNDAY. Both matches will be played at
Bayfield Park, with our first game beginning at 11:40
(v Mosgiel Pukekos) and our second starting straight
after at 12:20 (v Northern Black). The boys will need
to be at the bus bay ready for a 10:00 departure.
The 14th grade team plays its first game next Saturday,
2 May - details TBA. Mark informs me that the boys
have been training hard and are ready to get stuck in.
Subscriptions for the 2015 season are payable. The cost
for the season is $80, which should be paid to
Balclutha Junior Football Club. The account number is
03-1734-0043119-00. Alternatively, boys can give
their payments to me and I will ensure that they make it
to the club.
The cost of transport for each away match will be $10
per player per game. Players can pay for each trip or
families can elect to have trips charged to their school
account. I will be maintaining a spreadsheet to keep
track of all payments.
Once the draw for the season comes out, I will be
sending a Google doc to student emails for families to
write down the dates that they will be available to take
extra players to games. A roster will then be created. It
is fair enough that any family that takes players more
than once will receive a contribution to their fuel costs.
Elliott Carroll
TIC Football
‘Chopper’ Mufti Day
Next Friday (1st May) we will hold the first of two mufti days for the term.
The ‘Chopper’ Mufti is in support of the regional Rescue Helicopters.
Students are asked to bring a gold coin donation and all funds will be given to the Otago Rescue Helicopter.
Field of Remembrance
During the week, the SOHS Field of Remembrance (FOR)
was constructed by students in 10WD. The FOR Trust
provided NZ schools and communities with a series of
white crosses to commemorate the 18,000 NZ soldiers who
gave their lives during WW1.
The FOR was a focal point during our ANZAC Memorial
Service held yesterday. Following the service in the Hall,
the wreath was carried to the FOR and laid after a minute’s
silence was observed.
The FOR will remain at the front of SOHS until the end of
the month.