Feb 2014 File - Christchurch Girls` High School

Christchurch Girls’ High School
Newsletter
In this issue…..
Information for Parents and
Students
Students sitting NCEA Internal Assessments
and their parents must be familiar with this
information.
Click the picture above.
Coming Events…..
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Wednesday 26 Feb - School Athletic Sports - Papanui High School - 4.457.30pm
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Thursday 27 Feb - Year 9 Parents’ Evening - see advertisement later in
the newsletter.
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Thurs 27/Fri 28 Feb - Waitaki Sports Exchange - Oamaru.
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Monday 24 - Friday 28 March - Summer Tournament Week.
February 2014
Newsletter
February 2014
Volume 51 Page
No. 11
Student News and Activities
girls’ figure of 20.8%.
ACHIEVEMENT SUCCESS
Congratulations to all the students whose diligent efforts were rewarded with
success in National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) last year.
96.7% of our students gained their NCEA at Level 1 compared with 80.8%
nationally. The figures at Level 2 and Level 3 were 95.6% compared with 84.3%
nationally and 90.0% compared with 89.7% nationally.
The results of our students compare very favourably with equivalent decile schools
in a co-educational setting. The co-educational girls’ figures are NCEA Level 1
89.6%, Level 2 91.5% and Level 3 86.8%.
Year 13 Students Gaining University Entrance:
• 85.3% (84.2% in 2011) compared with 69.1% nationally. The co-educational girls’
figure is 81.4%.
Level 1 Students Gaining Literacy And Numeracy:
Literacy: 97.2% compared with 83.3% nationally and co-educational girls’ 89.5%.
Numeracy: 98.1% compared with 81.4% nationally and co-educational girls’
87.8%.
Many students gained an Excellence Endorsement in one or more subjects. We
applaud them for this fine effort. Outstandingly the following students gained
Excellence Endorsements in all of their subjects.
Year 11: Connie Dwyer, Emi Frost, Olivia Lynch, Grace Partridge, Grace
Puentener-King and Juliette Soule.
Year 13: Isabella MacArthur-Beadle and Clara Todd.
ENDORSED CERTIFICATES
Level 1: 80.3% of students gained an Endorsed Certificate.
• 45.3% of Year 11 students (48.5% in 2012) gained a certificate endorsed with Merit compared with the national statistic of 35.2% and the co-educational girls’
figure of 43.3%
• 35.0% of students (26.8% in 2012) gained a certificate endorsed with
Excellence compared with the national statistic of 17.2% and the co-educational
girls’ figure of 26.6%.
Level 2: 59.9% of students gained an Endorsed Certificate.
• 38.2% of Year 12 students (38.0% in 2012) gained a certificate endorsed with
Merit compared with the national statistic of 27.2% and the co-educational girls’
figure of 36.1%.
• 21.7% of students (21.9% in 2012) gained a certificate endorsed with
Excellence compared with the national statistic of 13.1% and the co-educational
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Level 3: 51.7% of students gained an Endorsed Certificate.
• 37.3% of Year 13 students (29.5% in 2012) gained a certificate endorsed with
Merit compared with the national statistic of 29.0% and the co-educational girls’
figure of 36.2%.
• 14.4% of students (9.0% in 2012) gained a certificate endorsed with Excellence
compared with the national statistic of 11.4% and the co-educational girls’ figure
of 15.4%.
Deserving special mention are those students who gained 50 or more Excellence
credits in the Achievement Standards they entered. This achievement in 2013
earned the following students an Excellence endorsed certificate.
NCEA LEVEL 1:
Madeleine Abell, Caitlyn Barr, Abigail Bent, Shayna Black, Lily Boyask, Katie
Brolan, Rebecca Brooker, Luna Browne, Fiona Brunton, Alice Burgess,
Rebecca Burgess, Rebecca Chrystal, Madeleine Conway, Madeline Craig,
Rose Creed, Demelza Dalglish, Sophia Davies, Natasha Dickison, Freya
Dixon, Connie Dwyer, Greta Eaton, Maisie Evison, Poppy Fowler-Blyth,
Harriet France, Emi Frost, Kate Gibb, Isabella Griffiths, Millie Hanford,
Madeleine Harris, Tessa Hartland, Ella Hawkey-D’Aeth, Whitney Hepburn,
Te Arani Huia, Lauren Iggo, Cassandra Irvine, Emma Jackson, Anete Kaidme,
Alysha Keenan, Hannah Kenneally, Joanna Kuang, Yin Ju Lai, Hwa Jeong
Lee, Rachel Ling, Olivia Lynch, Sienna MacArthur-Beadle, Chantal Mahan,
Madeleine Marshall, Alice McAtamney, Philippa McCaw, Hye Sun Moon,
Grace Partridge, Anna Percy, Maddison Perry, Grace Puentener-King, Ruby
Rose, Grace Shaw, Katharine Shaw, Aleisha Smith, Zoe Smith, Seoyun Song,
Juliette Soule, Ella Stokes, Jessica Taylor, Leah Tuckerman, Holly Tudehope,
Enya van Dulm, Bridget White, Jordan Whitteker-Love, Petra Williamson,
Anna Woods, Siana Worthington, Laken Wairau.
NCEA LEVEL 2:
Tiffany Ang, Lillie Balfour, Kathryn Bennett, Mia Brooke, Alice Bull, Sarah
Burns, Alice Carrell, Rosie Chalmers, Helena Chen, Annaliese Cooper,
Monique Cranko, Emily Dalley, Meghan Dunn, Hannah Farquhar, Ariana
Faulkner, Lily Fletcher, Eunha Go, Olivia Gray, Francesca Hlavac, Isabella
Hutchison, Rebecca Jenkins, Sophie Jones, June Jung, Rachel Kennedy,
Belinda Kilian, Myung Eun Lee, Shani Lim, Rachel Ling, Jovita Manickam,
Elizabeth McPhail, Laura O’Dwyer, Ruby Oliver, Su-Min Park, Joanna Parker,
Rosalinda Pierce, Stella Radburnd, Hannah Ramsay, Amelia Rintoul, Maya
Robinson, Abigail Smith, Ella Soule, Abigail Souter, Jasmine Tran, Ella
Underdown-Gray, Anna Urquhart, Kendra Wadman, Madelaine WestmerlandDrysdale.
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NCEA LEVEL 3:
Kathryn Adams, Carolyn Ang, Rachel Ashby, Lauren Boot, Grace
Borichevsky, Sian Canton, Heidi Chen, Aan Chu, Georgina Clifford, Brittany
Dixon, Nina Edwardes, Jessica Grant, Alexandra Grieve, Heather Hutchings,
Lynn Kim, Isabella MacArthur-Beadle, Issariya Manakongtreecheep, Young
Ju Min, Kelsey Polglase, Shu Fen Tan, Clara Todd and Amy Williamson.
Multi-Level Success:
Year 9: Jade Lee-Walker and Marina Vivas, and Kahuiti Huia, Aorangi Taonui
and Sapphire Wairau achieved outstanding results in Level 1 Te Reo Māori, Level
1 Spanish and Level 2 Te Reo Māori respectively. Jade, Marina and Sapphire
gained an Excellence subject endorsement.
Year 10: Eva Murray achieved very sound results in Level 2 Te Reo Māori.
Yuriko Shiratori gained exceptional results in Level 1 Japanese, with an
Excellence subject endorsement.
Year 11: Emily Lai and Ella Hawkey-D’Aeth performed exceptionally creditably
in Level 2 Mathematics and Statistics, and Level 3 French respectively, each
gaining an Excellence subject endorsement. Laken Wairau achieved highly
commendable results in Levels 2 and 3 Te Reo Māori and Te Reo Rangatira.
Rosaria Bull, Rebecca Chrystal, Madeleine Conway, Madeline Craig, Harriet
France, Emi Frost, Madeleine Harris, Madeleine Marshall, Alice McAtamney,
Grace Partridge, Grace Puentener-King, Juliette Soule and Greer Thomson
performed very creditably in Level 2 Latin. Grace Puentener-King’s Excellence
result in Level 3 Latin was exceptional.
Year 12: Helena Chen, Rachel Ling and Hannah Ramsay achieved sound
results in Level 3 Calculus. Helena Chen’s Level 3 Calculus results were
exceptional.
Economics: English: Jessica Grant
Lauren Boot, Heidi Chen, Olivia Galloway, Isabella
MacArthur-Beadle, Gabrielle Philpott
French: Kathryn Adams
Geography: Sarah Lyne, Clara Todd
History: Sian Canton
Latin: Lauren Boot, Heather Hutchings
Painting: Jessica Boyd
Physics: Clara Todd
Physical Education: Kate Fox
Statistics: Alex Grieve, Lucy Munro
Scholarships at the Outstanding Performance Level are awarded to a very
few students in the country (about 0.4%) who meet the Scholarship standard by a
substantial margin.
An Outstanding Scholarship was awarded to:
Kathryn Adams in Chemistry
Isabella MacArthur-Beadle in Biology
Gabrielle Philpott in English
Clara Todd in Calculus and Geography
Five students achieved two scholarships: Lauren Boot, Heidi Chen, Heather
Hutchings Gabrielle Philpott and Lucy Munro.
Kathryn Adams and Isabella MacArthur-Beadle gained three scholarships.
Clara Todd outstandingly gained five Scholarships.
SCHOLARSHIP
Our students have gained success in the 2013 Scholarship examinations. These
examinations are designed to recognise the best and brightest students, and they
require high levels of analytical skills and critical thinking. About 3% of students
studying each subject at Level 3 achieve Scholarship standard and receive the
monetary award which goes with this.
Heidi Chen
Lauren Boot
Heather Hutchings
30 Scholarships, including 5 at Outstanding level, were gained by our students:
Kathryn Adams, Heidi Chen, Isabella MacArthur-Beadle,
Lucy Munro, Clara Todd
Calculus:
Clara Todd
Chemistry:
Kathryn Adams, Isabella MacArthur-Beadle, Clara Todd
Classical Studies: Grace Borichevsky, Heather Hutchings, Julia Lang,
Gabrielle Philpott
Biology: February 2014
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Gabrielle Philpott
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Lucy Munro
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Kathryn Adams and Isabella MacArthur-Beadle gained three Scholarships,
one at the Outstanding level. This exceptional performance earned Kathryn
and Isabella a New Zealand Scholarship Award.
SCHOOL LEADERS 2014
We congratulate the Prefects and other Year 13 students on their selection for
leadership roles:
Head Prefect: Deputy Head Prefect:
Acland Head Prefect: Acland Deputy Head Prefect:
Acland Prefects: Kathryn Adams
Isabella MacArthur-Beadle
Clara Todd gained five Scholarships, two at the
Outstanding level. This exceptional performance
earned Clara an Outstanding Scholar Award.
Clara was also the Top Subject Scholarship Award
Winner in Geography.
We genuinely appreciate the efforts and achievement
of these students and all of our Scholarship
teachers.
Clara Todd
STAR UNIVERSITY COURSE SUCCESSES
Congratulations to all our students who passed STAR University papers this
year:
Aporonia Arahanga in TREO 360, Te Arani Huia in TREO260, Yoonjae Kim
in MATH 199 and Ruby Rose in TREO 260.
Special mention to:
Heidi Chen who achieved A+ in MATH 198
Alex Grieve who achieved A in ECON 104
Heather Hutchings who achieved A+ in both CLAS 134 and CLAS 135
Clara Todd who achieved A+ in MATH 199
Laken Wairau who achieved A- in TREO 360.
Rosie Chalmers
Jovita Manickam
Lucy Brustad
Meg Lay
Georgina Flynn, Leah MacMillan,
Annabelle McLachlan, Sophie Monk
House Leaders:
Connon
Kate Collins
Deans
Ella Underdown-Gray
Harper
Olivia Gray
Rolleston
Monique Cranko
Selwyn
Christie Morrison
Sheppard
Hannah Boyd
Committees:
Year 9 Liaison
Year 10 Liaison
Sport Cultural/Arts
Charities PR/ Reader-Writer.Tchr Asst
Environment Academic New Student Liaison Library Publicity
Whanau
Student Council and BOT Rep
Ella Soule
Azania Tanoa-Kell
Lily Fletcher
Meghan Dunn
Anna Urquhart, Jo Parker
Mia Brooke, Rachel Kennedy
Sophie Monk
Sophie Jones
Mata Tanoa-Kell
Anudini Wijesinghe
Kate Bennett
Georgia Hetutu
Meg Lay
Sports Council:
Year 13:
Year 12:
Hannah Boyd, Olivia Gray, Lily Fletcher,
Azania Tanoa-Kell, Rachel Wylie
TBA
These are outstanding achievements for the girls as they have completed a
full curriculum course at school while additionally studying a university paper.
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Sports Leaders:
Aerobics
Archery
Athletics
Badminton
Basketball
Cricket
Cross country
Cycling
Dragonboating
Equestrian
Fencing
Football
Gym sports
Hockey
Life saving
Multisports
Netball
Rifle shooting
Rock climbing
Rowing
Rugby
Sailing
Snow sports
Squash
Swimming
Tennis
Touch
Volleyball
Waterpolo
February 2014
Amelia Lay
Isabella Berliner
Georgia Sure
Anudini Wijesinghe
Ashlee Fane
Meg Lay
Jessica Kikstra, Olivia Gray
Jessica Kikstra
Ella Underdown-Gray, Bridget Dunbar
Sophie Ware
Claire Barnaby
Courtney Messervy
Anna Urquhart
TBC
December McVicar, Courtney Lawson
Jessica Kikstra
Lily Fletcher, Amy Smith
Caitlin Loose
Georgia Graham
Christie Morrison, Olivia Gray (Dep.)
Emily Dalley
Anna Woods
Fiona Brunton
Ruby-Rose O’Brien
Brittany Tucker
Hilary Hanton
Emily Dalley
Lily Fletcher
Abby Bent
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AMAZING MUSICAL TALENT!
THE ROTARY NATIONAL SCIENCE FORUM 2014
Former Christchurch Girls’ High School Music student Arna Morton (Shaw) is
one of three finalists in the National Concerto Competition, to be held in the
Aurora Centre on Saturday 8 March. She will be performing Szymanowski’s
Violin Concerto No.1.
While at school Arna was a very successful performer and composer gaining
a Scholarship in Music and has since studied at the School of Music in
Wellington as well as developing her performance career.
The Rotary National Science Forum 2014 was the experience of a lifetime,
one that I will never forget. Before the forum I had no idea how New Zealand
is a leader in the science and technology fields. From that forum my eyes
have been opened to the wide range of amazing degrees and careers that I
could follow. The best module is a tie between biomedical science, robotics,
physics and psychology. Biomedical science was great because you got to
dissect a pluck, heart and lungs of a sheep. I loved programing the robot
car to run around the maze by itself. Ultimately the forum was an amazing
experience that I would recommend to anybody and everybody.
Claire Barnaby 13HPK
Arna Morton (Shaw)
performing
the Bruch Violin Concerto in
the Christchurch Town Hall with the Christchurch
Girls’ High School Orchestra when in Year 13.
Click here to view.
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Whanau Report Tēnā koutou e rau rangatira mā.
International Report
2014 has got off to a varied, fast paced start for the Christchurch Girls’ High
School International Department. We have welcomed 18 new students and
now have an International Community drawing from Argentina, Chile, China,
Egypt, Japan, Korea, Singapore and Thailand.
Thank you to all the teachers, students, homestays and guardians who have
helped to settle these girls into their new life. We wish them well.
The International students
enjoying Dumpling Day to
celebrate Chinese New Year.
Whanau Prefect:
Ko Georgia Hetutu tōku ingoa. He uri
au nō ngā iwi o te motu Niue. My name
is Georgia and I am the whanau prefect
for 2014. I am a Pasifika student but
have been heavily involved with the
school whanau since year 9. I have
competed at two national secondary
school kapa haka competitions and I
have been a school kapa haka leader
for three years. As a member of the
group, I have performed at many powhiri
and prizegivings. My family and I have
been consistent supporters of the school
whanau hui and I am also in my fifth year
of studying Te Reo Māori.
My first job for the year was to assist the
school kapa haka to get ready for the powhiri. It was a different powhiri this
year which saw us welcome a large amount of new students and staff, but also
our new Principal. An addition to the powhiri saw the Principal being handed
over to the school and two taonga were given to her as a fitting welcome to
CGHS.
Jing Tao Li and Xiwen
Chen from China and Niksa
Ngampetvilai from Thailand
having fun on House Day.
Thank you to all the people who kindly offered their time for this important
occasion. Thanks to Meikura, Huata , Nanny Bertie and of course Mr Lay for
their support of the kaupapa.
I look forward to my role this year and am keen to meet and talk to any of the
school whanau at our first whanau hui.
STAR Students:
Alina Hu, Rachel Jiao from China,
Julietta Rodriquez Esquivel and
Merlina Segovia from Argentina enjoy
House Day.
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Ruby Rose and Te Arani Huia both completed their second year of Te Reo
Māori at university with commendable results. Congratulations to Laken
Wairau for completing her third year paper with an outstanding A+ pass.
Upcoming events:
The first whanau hui for families of students who are involved with kaupapa
Māori or who are Māori, will be held on Thursday March 6. This will be held in
the staffroom at 6.00pm and is a good opportunity for all old and new families
to the school to come in and meet other members of our school whanau. A
light supper will be provided.
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SUMMER SPORT TERM 1
NEW ZEALAND HONOURS
We had over 400 girls sign up to play sport this term, including lots of Year 9
girls. Many girls have chosen to play Wednesday sport and Monday volleyball,
which is great. The initial sports on offer will be followed up with many more
opportunities as the term and year progresses. A new sport on this term is
Lacrosse, sticks with baskets and balls flying through the air! We have a large
number of girls who are keen to have a go.
Congratulations to Whitney Hepburn 12LGF who has recently travelled to
the USA as a member of the New Zealand Under 17 football team. The team
played games against Japan, USA and China as part of their preparation for
March’s U17 World Cup in Costa Rica. Whitney played in a close 2-0 loss to
the USA; unfortunately an ankle injury cut her game short. She now hopes to
recover in time to be named in the World Cup squad.
For all our teams and individuals taking part in any sport we stress the
importance of commitment. This includes attendance at meetings, practices
and matches. CGHS sport has a good reputation within Christchurch and we
would like to keep this by playing with good spirit and skill and by keeping
defaults to an absolute minimum.
Well Done Whitney!
A reminder on a few sporting matters:
If girls have a CGHS tracksuit they may wear their sports gear to school on
Wednesdays. This limits the amount of extra gear that needs to be brought to
school and girls can travel quickly to their matches after school. If girls do not
have a tracksuit they may change into their sports gear at lunchtime.
Transport to games on Wednesdays and Monday volleyball is the
responsibility of the team or individual. Often parents are able to help out or
girls can walk or bike. If students have difficulty getting to matches they need
to ask for help from Mrs Brown or Miss Helmore in the Sports office. Taxis or
teacher help may be arranged.
The physical education top and shorts must be worn as playing uniform, if
no other sports uniform is issued to a team. Appropriate sports footwear also
needs to be worn.
Events on this term:
• CGHS twilight athletics sports, Papanui TocH grounds 5.00 – 8.00pm
Wednesday 26 February
• Canterbury Swimming Champs, Wharenui Pool Wednesday 2 April
• Canterbury Volleyball Champs,14 - 16 March
• Canterbury Athletics Champs, Prelims Tuesday 18 March, Finals
Saturday 22 March, Rawhiti Summer Tournament Week, Monday 24
March – Saturday 29 March, various sports and venues
• South Island Athletics Champs, 5 - 6 April, Timaru
• Waitaki Summer Exchange, 28 March at Waitaki Girls’ High School.
We wish all our teams well in their competitions this term. After tournament
week many winter sports options will be on offer and trials will be held before
the April holidays.
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Congratulations to Catherine Tinning 10MEA who has been selected in
the women’s hockey team for the 2014 Youth Olympic Games Qualifying
Tournament in March to be held in Port Vila, Vanuatu. The New Zealand
teams for the qualifying tournament were selected based on performance at
the 2013 National Under-18 Tournament and training camps.
Well Done Catherine!
ARCHERY SUCCESS
Abbey Munro Year 10, performed exceptionally well in the U15 Girls’ Recurve
Division at the 2014 National Archery Championships in January. She gained
a Bronze Medal in the U15 Girls’ Recurve Clout Championships and gained
4th place in the U15 Girls’ Recurve Target Championships.
Abbey’s performance is evidence of her hard work and dedication to her sport
over the last year and she is a credit to the Aimtru Archers Club, to her family,
and to her school.
Congratulations Abbey!
ROWING
The CGHS rowers have been very busy over the summer, completing 2
training camps and competing in 2 regattas! The December camp was for the
older girls and was help in Twizel at Lake Ruataniwha. For many of the girls
this was their first training camp experience but everyone worked extremely
hard and all the girls and coaches could see the huge improvement over
the week. In January the whole club attended another training camp at Lake
Rotoiti in the Nelson lakes National Park. On Wednesday night we were all
entertained with a talent show by the novices. The Year 10’s won with their
rowing themed mash up but a special mention must go to Charlotte Whitlow
for her original dance piece! Huge thanks to all of the parent helpers who
came over the week, especially to Becky Conway for her organisation of the
delicious camp food because without them the camp wouldn’t have been the
success it was!
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Coming out of our training camp at Lake Rotoiti, the rowers were well
prepared for the South Island Club Champs in Twizel, where we gained some
impressive results.
Gold medals were won in the Women’s Club Coxed Eight made up of Fran
Hlavac, Olivia Gray, Maddy Conway, Grace Shaw, Davina Waddy, Danni
Braunberger, Christie Morrison, Rhiannon Mason and Gabby Marris.
The Women’s Club Coxed Four also had an outstanding win, the four
consisted of Gabby Marris, Olivia Gray, Danni Braunberger, Fran Hlavac and
Davina Waddy. The four cleaned up on finals day crossing the line first by a
comfortable 11 seconds.
More gold medals were won in the Girls U16 Coxed Four compromising of
Meg Roberts, Charlotte Whitlow, Sophie Jackson, Alice Commons and Sarah
Fitchet. This is definitely an up and coming crew to watch!
The Novices this year have continued to amaze the Club with the Women’s
Novice Coxed Eight made up of Georgia Sevier, Taylor Waddington, Paige
Waddington, Ella Bachop, Prue Askin, Olivia Hore, Erin Fleming, Aimee Flynn
and Theresa Hu, all receiving silver medals after their performance on finals
day.
Silver medals were also earned in the Girls U17 Coxed Eight consisting
of Maddy Conway, Grace Shaw, Christie Morrison, Meg Roberts, Alice
Commons, Rhiannon Mason, Charlotte Whitlow, Sophie Jackson and Sarah
Fitchett.
Danni Braunberger and Fran Hlavac also attained a bronze medal in the
Womans U19 coxless pair which is another fantastic achievement.
Congratulations to all competitors and medal winners. The rowers are all
looking forward to competing at our next regatta the South Island Secondary
Schools where we will hopefully continue to improve and better our
performances.
by Christie Morrison, Olivia Gray
SWIMMING SPORTS 2014
Our CGHS swimming sports were held on Friday 14 February at Wharenui
Pool. The sports this year were for championship competitors only as,
unfortunately, Christchurch no longer has a pool to fit the whole school.
Although lacking the colour and excitement of the house orientated days of
the past, the event this year showcased some of our very talented swimmers.
It was great to see some of our Year 13 girls showing school spirit and
swimming, in what was to be their last school swim sports.
Hannah Bates (Year 9) broke the Under 14 Backstroke record which had
been set in 1996; she also won both the Open events of the meet! Well done
Hannah!
Below are age group champions and special cups that are awarded. This year
we finished the sports with an inter-house relay; this was won with ease by
Harper.
The Canterbury Secondary School Swimming Championships are to be held
on 2 April at Jellie Park.
2014 SWIMMING CUPS
Under 14 Champion
Hannah Bates
Junior Champion
Sapphire Wiarau
Intermediate Champion
Tiffany Jagau
Senior Freestyle
(Senior 50m race)
Brittany Tucker
Senior Champion
Brittany Tucker
Trophy for most points in Open Events Hannah Bates
Interhouse relay
Interhouse points
Harper
Harper
MORNING FITNESS
Classes are underway for year with Tuesdays again BTT (Bum/Tum/Thighs)
and Thurs a mix of circuits and instructored classes. We will be having Yoga
and Zumba this term.
WEIGHTS ROOM
Year 10-13’s have started getting programmes to use our new weights
room which is great. They all get a personalised programme each term.
Appointments are made outside PE Office.
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Principal, BOT & PTA Reports
well-balanced, positively-contributing citizens” remains the same as does our
motto “sapientia et veritas”. Both are important parts of the rich tapestry that
is our heritage.
Dear parents and friends
It is with great pleasure that I write my first newsletter to you as principal of
Christchurch Girls’ High School. I certainly have had a very warm welcome
and hope that is true for all of the 265 new girls starting with me. I also hope
that all those returning are excited by the possibilities ahead as am I.
We have started the school year with gusto. The results gained by our
students in their NCEA examinations were pleasing. While not every student
will gain Merit or Excellence endorsements, every student can pursue her
personal best, set goals and work toward achieving them. Our attitude and
motivation are things we can control and they go a long way to helping us
succeed with our longer term objectives. It was especially pleasing that 30
national scholarships, including 5 at the outstanding level, were gained by
Christchurch Girls’ High students. This was even more impressive when we
realise it was 17 students in 14 different learning areas. A special mention
must go to Clara Todd, the 2013 dux. I had the pleasure of meeting Clara who
was very humble about her achievements which included 5 scholarships, 2 at
outstanding level and the award of top scholar in New Zealand for Geography.
As a school we have been working on a vision which will unite and energise us
as a learning community. It has gone through a number of iterations with both
staff and students having significant input. We have moved a considerable
way from initial thoughts of “personalising learning excellence” to “embracing
excellence through tradition and innovation” to the final more direct “Embrace
Tradition. Embrace Innovation. Embrace Excellence”.
Christchurch Girls’ High School
Embrace Tradition. Embrace Innovation. Embrace Excellence.
But a vision should change. It is a fresh way of looking at our school and the
direction we wish to take. It is what our school will look like in 3 to 5 years: a
learning environment that values tradition, acknowledges the importance of
innovation and pursues excellence in all its endeavours. The word embrace
was used to convey a sense of positive, active acceptance of the three
qualities. Our vision is easy to remember and needs to be articulated often
by every member of our community. It will frame all key decisions that are
made.
As mentioned, I’m full of excitement at the possibilities ahead for Christchurch
Girls’. I want girls to value the tradition that is Christchurch Girls’ High School.
To realise that for 137 years talented, motivated students have been meeting
with dedicated, experienced staff to create a supportive, caring community. I
want them to pursue their personal best and aspire to the highest in education.
I want them to be challenged to become discerning critical and creative
thinkers. I want them to comfortable with the concepts, and reality, of hard
work and service. I want to provide them with a wide range of opportunities,
both inside and outside the classroom, so that they are allowed to mature as
individuals. I want them, whatever their ability, to value excellence in learning.
On a less lofty note, one important aspect of tradition is the way students
wear their uniform. It reflects the pride they have in themselves and their
school. Our girls look stunning until we get to their shoes. Year 9 students are
the exception because their footwear is new but it appears to be a badge of
honour for the majority of students not to polish their shoes at all after they
start school. Therefore, in the spirit of embracing tradition and excellence, and
with your help, we need clean polished shoes. We have polishing stations at
school, one at the red desk and one in the art block so that that when girls
are passing or waiting in line they can tackle this matter with the minimum of
fuss. It is pleasing to see girls already using them and our prefects leading by
example.
I look forward to a positive 2014 and meeting many of you as the year
progresses. And if you are anything like me may our troubles and problems be
as short-lived as our new year’s resolutions!
Tena koutou, tena koutou, katoa.
Pauline Duthie
PRINCIPAL
Our mission “to provide young women with a stimulating and supportive
environment in which they are encouraged to develop their full potential and
where they are prepared to take their place in the community as resourceful,
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Dear parents and caregivers
Hi to all Parents and Caregivers
It was great to be involved in the School Powhiri to welcome all newcomers
to Christchurch Girls’ High. Of course, this year we had a special welcome to
Pauline Duthie who begins her Girls’ High experience as Principal. Pauline
has brought with her a huge amount of energy that seems to be having a
positive effect on everybody.
We would like to take this opportunity welcome all our new students and wish
them well as they make their way in and around the school.
In conjunction with the school community the board are currently working on
a new school vision and embedding it into the charter. We are keeping the
charter simple and placing a big emphasis on teamwork to ensure excellence.
Speaking of excellence, we are already celebrating the achievements of our
rowing team with three of our crews winning gold at the recent South Island
rowing champs at Twizel. The team now looks forward to the Maadi cup.
We are also very proud of the fact that our 2013 year 13 students gained 30
scholarships which is a considerable improvement on the previous year. Once
again our NCEA results were also of a high standard. Well done!
Discussions with the ministry continues with regard to our building
development. We have a firm commitment that the master planning will start
in March April of this year instead of the previously stated 2018. We are
having high level discussions with the Ministry regarding the Auditorium and
costings are currently being worked through and we hope to have some final
direction on this very soon so design work can commence.
A reminder that our next board meeting is on Monday 24 February at 5.00pm
at the school library. This is a public meeting so all are welcome. The board
is looking forward to a big year, and looking at the annual plan, we are setting
ourselves plenty of targets to achieve. We will look to finalise these targets
at the next meeting and make them available to the school community so you
are fully aware of what the board are working towards in 2014.
Mike Lay
BOT Chair
Onstream@cghs
Embrace Innovation.
In the next few weeks we will be sending out a consultation document with
regard to technology strategies for Christchurch Girls’ High School. Please
take time to read it and respond. Your feedback is important to us.
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We held our first PTA meeting recently and it was good to see and meet some
new parents/ caregivers and we welcome their enthusiasm and energy that
they bring to the PTA.
It was also a pleasure to meet with our new principal Pauline Duthie and to
hear her vision for the school along with some new ideas. One of her ideas is
shoe cleaning which is one that already had been suggested from the PTA and
if you are a returning parent/caregiver you may remember that we approached
this idea last year and have already committed funds to the purchase of shoe
cleaning stations to assist with the ongoing battle to keep our girls shoes clean
but with your help we are sure that our girls will not only have immaculate
uniforms to represent our school but clean shoes as well.
Coming up on Thursday 27 February the PTA are happy to host our Year 9
parent/ teacher evenings and encourage all our new Year 9 parents /caregivers to attend the PTA will provide nibbles and drinks for your enjoyment and
hope to make you feel part of our school community. For current parents/
caregivers we are looking for some helpers to make the evening run smoothly
and if you can help please contact Teresa on [email protected].
Also coming up soon the PTA will be holding our AGM meeting on the Monday
3 March in the staff room which is located on the island this is an opportunity
to become more involved with your school even though your daughters don’t
really want you there. Thank you to all the parents and caregivers that have
completed the PTA pink forms that let us know if you would like to be involved
or not with the PTA.
For those that are able to be involved we do ask for minimum time as our
monthly meetings usually don’t exceed two hour and during this time you
are brought up to date with happenings around the school as well as being
included with the running of the PTA.
Also following our PTA meeting a lot of ideas were put forward for methods of
fundraising some of these ideas included: court theatre/phone book delivery/
movie night/fashion night/monogramed blankets/market day/quiz night/ monogramed umbrellas etc. Some of these ideas may be of interest and you may
have your own ideas that we would be keen to hear. It is very hard to please
everyone but this is where we need your help so please complete the ideas
slip below. This can be done anonymously if you wish and the slips can be
dropped in at the red desk or emailed to [email protected] with your ideas.
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The PTA looks forward to meeting and working with all the new and current
parents/caregivers and we do hope that you will have a look at our new PTA
page on the upgraded CGHS web site where you can access our range of
household products and keep up to date with what is happening with your
PTA.
Next Meeting: Monday 3 March 2014 (AGM) Staff room.
(Meetings are held in the library unless otherwise notified).
Monday Apr 7th
Monday May 5th
Tuesday June 3rd
Monday Aug 4th
Monday Sept 1st
Monday Nov 3rd.
President: John Drummond
Vice President: Louise Burgess
Secretary: Teresa Barnes
Treasurer: Paula Le Compte
Uniform Sales Co-ordinator: Ann Margaritis
Uniform Sales Assistant: Judy Williamson
EMERGENCY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
A fire evacuation practice and an earthquake drill have been carried out this
term. The fire evacuation practices meet the legal requirement to carry out a
drill each term.
The Emergency Policies and Procedures, Emergency Plan and the Fire
Evacuation Scheme outline our practice in these situations. Members of the
school community are welcome to view these at the school.
MONEY AND VALUABLES
A reminder to students, parents/caregivers - please do not bring money
to school unless absolutely necessary as we have had some thefts. If you
do need to bring money to school please follow the procedure found in the
student handbook as outlined below:
“You should not leave money in your bag or blazer outside classrooms
or in an unlocked locker. Carry your money with you or put it in an
envelope with your name on it and pass it into the office for safe
keeping. If you have been asked to bring money to school for a specific
purpose, you should put it in the Red Desk before roll check at the start
of the day in an appropriately labelled envelope.”
John Drummond
President CGHS PTA
[email protected]
JUNIOR DANCES
In response to our concern over the manner in which some students
arrived at junior dances, we decided in 2002 to discontinue these events. The
behavior of some students at the dances has also given staff and supervisors
reason to feel uneasy. Issues raised will be addressed through the Health
Curriculum.
Fundraising Ideas Slip: Attention PTA
Ideas or Comments:
As no reciprocal dance arrangements will be in place, should the boys’
schools extend a dance invitation to the students of Christchurch Girls’ High
School they will attend as individuals rather than students of our school.
Students would need to procure tickets directly from the school holding the
dance. Matters such as parental consent and transport arrangements will
likewise be between the individual student, her parents, and the school
running the dance.
Name or Contact if desired:
Please drop onto Red Desk or email your ideas to [email protected]
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NB: The only official dance run by Christchurch Girls’ High School is the Year
13 Formal.
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PRIZEGIVING PHOTOGRAPHS
2013 Prizegiving photographs are being taken by Jacqui Ames of Langwoods
School Photography. These photographs will be able to be viewed and
ordered at:
www.schoolphotography.co.nz with password CGHSL13.
INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS
A proof system is being used again this year. Your daughter’s class has
received her individual photograph. Purchasing instructions will come with the
photograph copies.
PEER TUTORING
Senior students are available as Peer Tutors to assist students with study.
The student receiving assistance must be prepared to commit to a before
school, lunchtime or after school time, on a regular basis.
Please email Ms Eder on [email protected] or telephone 03 348 0849 if
you would like to find out more, or to register your daughter’s interest.
UNIFORM
how it is worn!
The students in this picture are
wearing the summer uniform as it is
supposed to be worn.
Please note the skirt length - it
should be well under the knees,
heading towards mid calf.
Shoes must be polished.
ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS
Christchurch Girls’ High School will be selling the Entertainment Books again
this year. Students will bring home purchase forms in March, containing details
of the various ways books can be purchased. We appreciate your support of
this school fund raiser.
YEAR 9 2014 PARENTS’ EVENING
Thursday 27 February 2014
at 7.30pm
in the Gymnasium
STUDENTS WITH SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITIES
If your daughter had special assessment conditions in 2013 for NCEA
assessments, but the report was completed in 2010 (or prior), she will need a
reassessment to be eligible for continued support in 2014. If she has not yet
had the reassessment as suggested, she needs to have one before the end of
Term 1, 2014. A copy of the updated report then needs to be provided to the
school.
If you think your daughter has a learning difficulty but has not been assessed,
and you think she would benefit from some exploratory testing, please contact
Toni Jones for further information on what the school can provide at 348 0849
extension 730 or by email at [email protected].
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The evening will consist of a brief talk and the opportunity
to ask questions.
Following that you will go with the parents of other students
in your daughter’s form class and meet staff and PTA members
over wine and nibbles.
The evening will conclude about 8.45pm.
PLEASE PUT THIS DATE IN YOUR DIARY!
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School Based Immunisation
Immunisation is one of the most important things you can do to protect the
health of your child.
In Canterbury girls are normally immunised at 11 years old against the most
common strains of HPV to help protect them from cervical cancer later in life.
A series of three vaccinationsover six months is needed for the best possible
protection.
In order to ensure that all Canterbury girls have completed their HPV
immunisation, a school based vaccination prpogramme for girls in Year 10 will
be offered in 2014 at Christchurch Girls’ High School. This is to ensure girls
who have not been vaccinated, or have not completed the series of three HPV
vaccinations, have the opportunity to
complete the series of three.
HPV immunisation is also available
through your general practice team
(at your family doctor).
Further information about the
programme, and a consent form was
sent home last week to all Year 10
girls’ families.
For general information about5
HPV immunisation, call 088 IMMUNE visit immunise.govt.nz or contact your
general practice.
SECONDHAND UNIFORM SALES
Thank you for continuing to support the secondhand uniform sales. The
PTA sees this as a valuable service that provides good quality clothing at
reasonable prices. We have a good range of sizes in all summer and winter
uniforms. There are frequent sales, usually the last Friday of each month. 70%
of the uniform selling price is returned to the seller with the remaining 30%
used to benefit the school. Garments may also be donated.
The secondhand uniform sales shop is located at the back of the Gymnasium
at Christchurch Girls’ High School, accessed from Matai Street. Payment is by
cash or cheque only.
The next sales are:
Friday 28 February - 3.15 - 4.00pm
Friday 28 March - 3.15 - 4.00pm
All garments offered to us for sale must be clean and only excellent quality
clothing will be accepted. Please label each garment with owner’s full contact
details. Kilts and blazers are to be dry-cleaned.
The shop is only open on sale days and will not be opened for one-off requests.
Payment is by cash or cheque only. Any enquiries please telephone:
Ann Margaritis
Ph. 354 5935 or leave a message.
NEED A WINTER UNIFORM?
FREE STUDENT EXCHANGE INFORMATION
EVENING IN CHRISTCHURCH
Hear from returned students, find out more about discounts and
scholarships available and ask questions.
The PTA Secondhand Uniform shop is holding a sale of winter
kilts and long sleeved blouses on Saturday 13 April 2013
from 10-12noon. Other uniform items may also be purchased.
The shop has a good range of secondhand blouses and kilts.
Blouses range from $15.00; kilts from $120.00.
Thursday, 27 February - 7.00pm
The Kiwi Family Trust
420 Saint Asaph Street
PHILLIPSTOWN
The uniform shop is located at the back of the gymnasium
block, accessed from Matai Street. Payment is by cash or
cheque only.
Ann Margaritis
Ph. 354 5935 or leave a message.
Visit www.studentexchange.org.nz or call 0800 440 079
for more information
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FRANCE TRIP FUNDRAISING
2014 CGHS SCHOOL DATES
We are raising funds for the 2014 France trip
and are once again selling bacon, pasta and
croissants.
The bacon gained a silver award in the NZ
best bacon competition and is free farmed –
$16.50 per kg.
Fresh pasta, pasta meals (delivered frozen)
and gourmet pesto supplied by Pasta Vera. A
full price list is available on request.
Orders are processed on Wednesdays and are
delivered to school on Fridays.
Email [email protected] to order
Payment by cheque or cash, or internet banking.
Pick up Friday after school in 102.
Term dates:
Term 1: Tuesday 28 January - Thursday 17 April
Waitangi Day - 6 February
Good Friday - 18 April (school holidays start)
Term 2: Monday 5 May - Friday 4 July
Queen’s Birthday – 2 June
Term 3: Monday 21 July - Friday 26 September
Term 4: Monday 13 October - Tuesday 9 December
Labour Day - 27 October
School Closed - 13 November
Show Day - 14 November
Monday 8 December – Prizegiving
Pasta Vera – real fresh Pasta
CGHS HOCKEY CLUB - TRIALS NOTICE
CGHS hockey trials will be held on Sunday 23 February at Nunweek Park
from 4pm-6pm. You will need to arrive at 3.30pm for warm up and trial
deposits ($20.00).
This 1st trial is for all intending players except current 1st & 2nd XI players.
Our 2nd trial will be on Tuesday 25 February at Nunweek Park from
5pm-7.30pm. Again you will need to arrive at 4.45pm.
This trial is for all current 1st and 2nd XI players including invited players
from our 1st trial.
Our 3rd trial will be on Tuesday 4 March at Nunweek Park from 5pm7.30pm. Arrive at 4.45pm for warm ups.
This trial is for all players not named in the 1st or 2nd squad.
If you have any further questions or require any further information please
contact:
John Drummond - President [email protected]
Gourmet ravioloni- mushroom, walnut & Feta (400g)
$12
Ravioli – chicken, roasted garlic and pesto (1kg) $15
Tortellini – spinach & ricotta or pumpkin & ricotta (1kg)
$15
Canneloni – spinach & ricotta, roasted pumpkin & feta, chicken & mushroom (packs of 10 )
$25
Beef lasagne – catering tray (3kg)
$35
Lasagne 6 portions – beef or roasted pumpkin or spinach & feta $20
Lasagne 6 portions - smoked chicken $24
Gourmet pesto – basil, roasted capsicum, sundried tomato (200g) $8
Selection of 3 pesto flavours as above $20
Tricolore Fettucine – Fresh egg pasta (6 week shelf life)
$9 (1kg)
Microwaveable convenience meal – macaroni cheese (6 portions) $18
Sue Boyd - Head of hockey [email protected]
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CHRISTCHURCH GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL LUNCHROOM
DAILY MENU 2014
Sausage Rolls
Cheese knots
Danish
Cookies
Slices/Cakes
Muffins
Raspberry Buns
Chelsea Buns
Yoghurt
Popcorn
Fresh fruit
Donuts
ABSENCE FROM SCHOOL - OR TRUANCY?
The Ministry of Education has published very clear guidelines for all schools to
follow with regard to student absence from school.
1.80
1.00
2.00
1.00
1.50
2.00
2.00
2.50
1.20
1.00
1.00
2.00
Noodle Cup (small)
Noodle Cup (large)
Wraps of the day
Assorted Rolls
Nacho Toasties
Garlic Bread
Ham Bread
Cheese & Pineapple T/S
Hawaiian Pizza
Nacho Chips
Waffles
2.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
2.00
1.50
2.50
2.00
2.50
1.00
1.00
Once a Week Specials
Wedges & sour cream3.30
Chicken Paninis
4.00
Bacon Paninis
4.00
Chicken Burgers
4.00
Bacon Burger
4.00
Homemade Lasagne 4.00
Drinks
Just Juice 250ml 2.50
350ml 3.50
Calci Yums
1.80
Pump
425ml 2.50
750ml 3.60
Peach Tea
3.00
Lemon Tea
3.00
Up & Go
2.50
Flavoured water
3.70
Primo
600ml 4.00
350ml 3.00
Homemade Pizza Slab
Chicken & Apricot
Bacon & Pineapple
Smoked Chicken & Bacon
Meatlovers
Teriyaki Chicken
Baked Pasta / Cheese
Tomata Pasta / Garlic
Butter Chicken
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.50
4.00
3.00
3.50
Please see these restrictions in light of your daughter’s education. School is
where she should be and must be, just as eventually her workplace will be
where she should be and must be. Removing her from classes jeopardises
her progress - nothing can compensate for class missed.
Tip Top Range
Popsical
Fruiju
Jelly tip
Rocky Road
Choc bar
Popsical Slush
Trumpet
Vanilla tub
Melt down
1.40
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
3.00
1.90
3.50
School can be stressful at the best of times. Please do not add to your
daughter’s work load by removing her unnecessarily.
The rule of thumb is that all students must attend school every day it is open
for instruction. The only exceptions are in the case of illness and if absence is
authorised by the Principal.
School related activities (field trips, camps, sports/cultural trips) are part of the
school curriculum and are sanctioned events.
What is not sanctioned is days off for holidays in term time. A day’s travel
to get to a family event may be a reasonable request but days attached to
holidays or weekends or during the term, are days which will not be approved
leave. Parents need to understand that an absence explained by them is not
necessarily a justified absence.
In these instances your daughters’ absence will be entered on our records as
explained but unjustified (Ministry coding).
Sushi - ask at counter.
Of course there are times when a student must be absent - illness in particular
- but also for things like funerals, examinations/competitions - but these should
be the only times she is out of school. All students need to attend school
regularly so that should an unexpected event take them out of school there is
minimum loss of classroom time and minimum disruption to learning.
Could we remind you that time off should be requested in advance - before
booking arrangements are made. It is a privilege to be allowed this - just as it
is in the workplace. We are trying to train and prepare our students to behave
here as they will be expected to later in life. It should be noted that lateness is
also a form of truancy. This is also a time when training in punctuality should
be taking place!
Requests for leave or explanations for absence need to be appropriately
presented in writing either by email or letter.
PRE-ORDERS
Staff and students are welcome to pre-order salads and rolls before 10.30am.
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