April 2016

TAURANGA GIRLS’ COLLEGE
April 2016
Tauranga
Girls’
College
Message from the Principal
Dear Parents
Term 1 is nearly over and what a
very busy, very productive term it
has been! And with Summer
Tournament week under way in
Week 10 and our Parent /Teacher
evening coming up for parents of
junior students in Week 11 there
is still much to do, and to share,
with our community.
Congratulations to all students
who have achieved personal
goals in these first weeks of 2016
in whatever dimension of the
college they have been involved
in.
For the Parent/Teacher Evening
the on-line booking system for
appointments is open and
parents are encouraged to take
the opportunity for a face to face
discussion with teachers. Our
learning environment is at its best
when there is a three way
partnership of support between
parent, student and teacher all
focussed on the best outcomes.
Term 1: positive, successful,
establishing a culture of
involvement and healthy
competition, has been ably led by
our senior student office holders,
prefects and house captains,
giving everyone the opportunity
to explore and participate. InterHouse competition has been
fierce, via all of our whole school
athletic events, lunchtime
competitions and challenges and
the leader board in the hall for
the House Shield has changed
positions on a regular basis all
through the term.
Term 1 also sees a significant
change in our senior leadership
and there is a very special
acknowledgement to be made of
a staff member who has been
with us for nearly thirty years and
whose leadership and
contribution to our college has
been exemplary. As Mrs Leonie
Summerville finishes her role as
Deputy Principal with us I thank
her on behalf of staff, students
and the wider community of
Tauranga Girls’ College for
everything she has done to
ensure the success and
wellbeing of everyone here.
Leonie has involved herself
tirelessly with every aspect of the
college, in and out of the
classroom and her wisdom,
energy and dedication have been
much appreciated and will be
greatly missed.
I wish everyone a restful,
restorative and relaxing term
break as we look forward to being
back into the busyness of Term 2
on Monday 02 May, fit and ready
to pick up all the opportunities
here on the journey towards
“empowering tomorrow’s
women”.
Pauline Cowens
Principal
Head Girls
Tate Fountain:
Head Girl
Georgia Coughlan:
Sports Captain
Molly Alton:
Deputy Head Girl
Sarah Coleman: Arts Director
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Achievements
International and National:
Athletics:
Kayli Tuiraviravi competed at the New Zealand
Inter-provincial Championships in Dunedin in the
U13 category, gaining 3rd in Long Jump and 4th in
100m and a personal best in the 200m placing 4th.
Surf Lifesaving:
At the Surf Lifesaving New Zealand U14 National
Oceans Championships which had over 900
competitors Lily Alton got Silver in Cameron Relay,
Joy Zhang-Mitchell got Silver in Board Relay and
Bronze in Diamond Race. Olive Pearce got Gold in
Tube Rescue.
Taekwondo:
Brooklyn Storey has qualified to represent New
Zealand in the Junior World Taekwondo
Championships to be held in Canada in November.
She won Gold in the Taekwondo New Zealand
Open in the U52kg section beating an Australian in
the final.
Tumbling:
Medea Jones, Year 9, has been selected as a
member of the New Zealand National Power
Tumbling team traveling to Melbourne, Australia in
May to compete in the Australian Gymnastics
Championships.
In February, she competed at the Auckland
Trampoline and Tumbling Championships, taking 1st
place in the Sub-Jr International Tumbling Division.
She also took 1st place at the Midlands
Championships over the weekend in Rotorua
earning the “Midlands Champion” Title.
This follows a successful year for Medea, as she
competed last October in the 2015 New Zealand
National Gymsport Championships taking the Gold
Medal and the National Title in Power Tumbling for
her age division.
White Water Kayaking:
At the New Zealand Secondary Schools White Water
Kayaking Championships in Wanaka the Tauranga
Girls’ College team: Monique Hawthorne,
Mackenzie Groos and Daisy Sedgwick, tied for the
Best Girls’ School.
Mackenzie Groos and Monique Hawthorne gained
a Bronze in C2.
Monique Hawthorne placed 3rd in Freestyle.
At the New Zealand Nationals Monique Hawthorne
placed 3rd in U18 Womens.
North Island/Bay of Plenty/Local
Waikato/Bay of Plenty Athletics
Championship:
Kayli Tuiraviravi placed 1st in Long
Jump and 4th in 200m
Intermediate Arleah Tippins placed 2nd in 1500m
Senior
Kaylee Mudgway placed 2nd in
1500m
Junior Girls
Bay of Plenty Athletics:
Junior:
Kayli Tuiraviravi won 200m and
placed 2nd in 100m and Long Jump.
Vanessa Williams placed 2nd in
300m.
The relay team of Rebecca
Eggersglusz, Tania Simpson,
Rachel Collins and Kayli Tuiraviravi
won the Junior Relay.
Intermediate: Abigail Mortimer won 800m and
placed 3rd in 400m.
Arleah Tippins won 1500m and
placed 2nd in 800m.
Minardi Daniel won the Long Jump
and placed 2nd in the Hurdles.
Meila Eades placed 2nd in the Triple
Jump and 3rd in 200m.
Kalais Going placed 4th in 1500m.
Tabitha Marshall placed 4th in
3000m. We placed 3rd in the
Intermediate relay with Ella
Steenson, Olivia Philpot,
Minardi Daniel and Meila Eades.
Senior:
Kaylee Mudgway won 1500m and
placed 2nd in 800m.
Ella Moor placed 2nd 1500m and 3rd in
800m.
Paris Heslop placed 3rd in 400m and
4th in 800.
Erin Conway placed 3rd in 1500m.
Jaysha Tippins placed 2nd in 3000m.
Taylah Stack placed 3rd in Discus.
Cricket
At the Bay of Plenty Age Group Cricket Awards
Briana Perry was named MVP and Most Runs and
Nensi Patel won the Most Wickets in the Bay of
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Plenty Secondary Schools Girls’ team. This team
won the Northern Districts Secondary Schools Girls’
tournament going through unbeaten.
Competitive Swimming:
66M Freestyle
Junior:
1st Olive Pearce, 2nd Taylor Graham,
3rd Lily Alton
Intermediate: 1st Kim Cadzow, 2nd Rebecca Barron,
3rd Phoebe Edwardes
Senior:
1st Ruby Matthews, 2nd Ella Moor, 3rd
Erin Conway
100m Freestyle
Junior:
1st Olive Pearce, 2nd Taylor Graham,
3rd Lily Alton
Intermediate: 1st Rebecca Barron, 2nd Abigail
Mortimer, 3rd Grace Westenberg
Senior:
1stt Ella Moor, 2nd Ruby Matthews
66m Backstroke
Junior:
1st Taylor Graham, 2nd Lily Alton, 3rd
Hannah Rose
Intermediate: 1st Kim Cadzow, 2nd Phoebe
Edwardes, 3rd Lucy Paterson
Senior:
1st Ella Moor, 2nd Erin Conway
100m Backstroke
Junior:
1st Olive Pearce, 2nd Rosie Frood, 3rd
Rebecca Eggersglusz
Intermediate: 1st Kim Cadzow, 2nd Phoebe
Edwardes, 3rd Caroline Belka
Senior:
1st Ella Moor
66 Butterfly
Junior:
1st Olive Pearce, 2nd Mia KruegerReedy, 3rd Skye Schlebusch
Intermediate: 1st Kim Cadzow, Rebecca Barron, 3rd
Abigail Mortimer
Senior:
1st Erin Conway
66m Breaststroke
Junior:
1st Taylor Graham, 2nd Rebecca
Eggersglusz, 3rd Rosie Frood
Intermediate: 1st Abigail Mortimer, 2nd Grace
Westenberg, 3rd Rachel Weston
Senior:
1st Ruby Matthews
100m Breaststroke
Junior:
1st Taylor Graham, 2nd Olivia Philpot,
3rd Parvati Goundar
Intermediate: 1st Tabitha Marshall, 2nd Grace
Westenberg, 3rd Jordan Gilby
Senior:
1st Ruby Matthews
133 Medley
Junior:
1st Olive Pearce, 2nd Mia KruegerReedy, 3rd Olivia Elton
Intermediate: 1st Kim Cadzow, 2nd Abigail
3
Senior:
Mortimer, 3rd Phoebe Edwardes
1st Ruby Matthews
Open 200m
1st Olive Pearce
2nd Taylor Graham 3rd Lucy
Paterson
Records Broken
Senior
Ruby Matthews: 2 records-66m and
100m Breaststroke
Intermediate Kim Cadzow: 100m Backstroke
Junior
Olive Pearce: 100m Backstroke
Junior Champion
Intermediate Champion
Senior Champion
House Points
Olive Pearce
Kim Cadzow
Ruby Matthews
Freyberg 178
Mansfield 135
Batten 92
Rutherford 33
Equestrian
Kate Hardy competed at Horse of the Year
competition in the Show Hunter were she won the
Combined Championship and was 5th in the title
class. She also got two 2nds and a 5th in another
class.
Brooke Aldridge got a 2nd place in one of the Show
Hunter classes.
In Show Jumping Ella Davison got a 7th and an 8th in
her Show Jumping classes and she and Tylah
Amrein were part of the Bay of Plenty Pony Club
Show Jumping team who were 4th overall.
Mountain Biking:
At the North Island Secondary Schools Mountain
Biking Championships Rebecca Rickard placed 5th in
the Cross Country Race and 3rd in the Super Sprint.
Rowing:
At the North Island Secondary Schools Rowing at
Karapiro
Girls U17 coxed Quad Sculls:
Shannon Blake, Grace Holland, Rebeka
Frood, Leah Van Zyl and Kaitlyn
Humberstone won Silver in A Grade Final
Girls U17 Double Sculls:
Rebeka Frood and Grace Holland won
Silver in A Grade Final
Girls U15 coxed Octuple Sculls:
Courtney Ryan, Julia Rose, Megan Howard, Mele
Folau, Renee Fettes, Bethany Lankshear,
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Latasha Yorke, Grace Ede and Rosie Frood won
Bronze in A Grade Final
Surf Lifesaving:
At the Surf Lifesaving National held at Ohope
Board of Trustees
2016 Elections
Timeline:
The election date is Friday 03 June
2016.
Close main roll noon
Call for nominations
by
Close supplementary
roll noon
Nominations close
noon
Voting papers sent
by
Close poll election
day noon
Wed
Fri
Wed
Fri
Wed
Fri
Count votes
Thurs
Board takes office
Fri
04 May
2016
06 May
2016
18 May
2016
20 May
2016
25 May
2016
03 June
2016
09 June
2016
10 June
2016
World Vision
The committee went to Auckland
for a very inspiring day at the world
leaders convention. It really was
inspirational.
Molly Alton placed 1st in the U19 Ski Relay team
Rebecca Barron placed 1st in U16 Beach relay, 2nd in
U16 Surf Team and 3rd in U16 Board Relay.
Abigail Mortimer placed 1st in U16 Beach relay and
4th in U16 2km Beach Run.
from Thursday 24 March, 4pm.
Go to the website
http://www.schoolinterviews.co.nz
The code to start the registering
and booking process for our parentteacher interviews is: w9p2m
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First enter your name, your
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On the next page, pick the
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First select the subject or
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Then you'll see a timetable
showing when your chosen
teachers are available.
Simply click on the times
that suit you.
Once you have made a booking an
email is generated. For your
convenience please print a
summary of your appointments.
If you cannot book your interviews
via this website please phone the
school office for assistance 578
8114.
Year 9 Diligence
Camp
Dates: June (to be advised)
Venue: Finlay Park, Cambridge
Year 9 & 10 Parent
Teacher Evening
Interim Reports for the whole
school were issued on Thursday 24
March.
A Year 9 and Year 10 ParentTeacher Evening will be held on
Wednesday 13 April 4.30-7.00pm.
Bookings will be available online
This camp will be by invitation
only. Students will be nominated
by tutor teachers and classroom
teachers. It is for students who
display the school values of
Respect, Participation and Pride.
The girls that work hard in class,
wear their uniform with pride
and do not have any detentions.
The girls have already been
introduced to the idea at an
assembly. This is an excellent
incentive to the Year 9 students
and a great reward for those
girls who are “getting it right”. In
the past we have taken about 90
students.
The cost of this camp is around
$100-120. To keep costs down
we ask parents to assist with
cooking and some supervision.
Performing Arts:
Drama
On Friday 04 March, the Performing
Arts and English Departments took
45 keen thespians to the POP UP
GLOBE in Auckland. This was a
once in a lifetime opportunity, for
the girls to experience Shakespeare
performed as it was intended, on a
thrust stage in an outdoors theatre!
The POP UP GLOBE is an exact
replica on the Globe in London and
we are very privileged to host the
theatre here in NZ. The girls and
teachers thoroughly enjoyed the
performance of “Romeo and Juliet”
and nearly three hours standing as
groundings was rewarded with
loads actor/audience interaction
and an up-close and personal
experience.
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Student librarians
for 2016
Youth Leadership
Programme
2016 Leavers’
Jackets
We are delighted to share this
photo of the 2016 student
librarian team. Eighteen
Kickstart Toastmaster’s Club is
offering a group of students
from Tauranga Girls’ College the
opportunity to participate in the
Toastmasters International
Youth Leadership programme.
The 2016 Jacket Committee,
Chantelle Bartlett, Paige
McGarva and Selena Wright
have been working tirelessly
since the end of Term 4, 2015 to
design and recreate the annual
Tauranga Girls’ Year 13 leavers’
jackets. After a lengthy process
from design to offshore
production and finally delivery,
they were pleased to announce
the arrival of the first jacket
order of 87 Jackets earlier this
term. The school’s mascot- The
TGC Tiger, has been
incorporated into the theme of
the jackets, and the wellthought-out design makes the
girls who wear the jacket look
very tidy and unified as the
leader year group of the school.
The second order of jackets is
due before the end of Term 1.
There has been a very positive
reaction from students and staff
alike and students can be seen
daily proudly sporting their new
and exclusive item of uniform.
students have embarked on
eight weeks of training to get
them familiar with the many
aspects of school librarianship.
We hope they learn useful
things, make new friends and
above all, have some fun! We
appreciate their enthusiastic
input and enjoy collaborating
with them in making the school
library a place which is appealing
and helpful.
Ms Middleton and
Mrs Ollerenshaw
Adult Librarians
Hinemoana Voyage
Two students from Tauranga
Girls’ College, Atareta
Rauwhero- Stevens and
Aaliyah Thocolich sailed on the
Waka Hinemoana.
Everyone had a great wet time,
enjoying the experience on
water and on land and were an
awesome group!! They saw
seals, dolphins - had lots of fresh
kai and heaps of learning.
Participants learn to:
 Overcome nervousness when
speaking before an audience
 Organize and present ideas
logically and convincingly
 Listen carefully to others’ ideas
 Offer advice to help others
improve their speaking and
leadership skills
 Participate in and even leadgroup discussion or meetings
Participants increase their selfconfidence as they learn. They
also make new friends and have
fun.
The course is open to all senior
students and spans 8 sessions
starting on Tuesday 03 May,
5.30-7pm in the library. Helen
Moffatt and Ruth Fletcher are
experienced members of the
Kickstart Toastmaster’s club will
be facilitating these sessions.
The Kickstart Toastmasters
Branch is sponsoring this course,
this meaning there will be no
extra costs to the girls.
If you require any further
information you can contact
Philippa Ferguson, Deputy
Principal, ext 710.
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Calendar
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10 Apr
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12 Apr
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13 Apr
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15 Apr
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02 May
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05 May
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Summer Tournament Week
NZSS Volleyball Champs: Palmerston North
BOP Intercollegiate Golf
12LEG Field Trip: P1-3
Japan Day – International students to Auckland
Dance Workshop
Round the Mount Relay
Tuakana Teina: Fraser Cove, 1.30-3.30
Mufti Day
David Hill: English Day
BOPSS Swimming
Football: St Peters
Year 9 & 10 Parent Teacher Evening: 4.30-7pm
End of Term 1
HIS/CLS depart for Europe
Term 2 begins
11-13DRA Field Trip: Auckland
Thurs
Fri
EXCEL: lunchtime, Hall
BOPSS Trampoline Power Tumbling Champs
Sat-Sun
NISS Horse Trials
Dates to Remember:
Wednesday 18-Thursday 19 May
Monday 23-Friday 27 May
Saturday
28 May
Monday
06 June
Tuesday
07 June
Friday
24 June
Thursday
30 June
Friday
Friday
08 July
08 July
PTA Fashion Parade
Senior Assessment Week
TGC Y13 Ball
Queen’s Birthday
Workday
Senior Reports Issued
Senior Parent Teacher
Evening
Junior Reports Issued
End of Term 2
TAURANGA GIRLS’ COLLEGE
Leonie Summerville, Deputy Principal
Leonie Summerville joined Tauranga Girls’ College in the role of Deputy Principal in September
1987. Her leaving will be felt across the whole school community - Leonie is a people person, a very
skilled and experienced communicator and she will be missed by all. Her love of the arts, music and
sport and her involvement in all of these at TGC have made her a very special person to all students,
staff and whanau who share those passions. Leonie’s dedication to all aspects of the college has
made her an extremely valuable and valued staff member, colleague and friend.
Comments from staff include:
Lovely Leonie always there, always smiling, always gracious, kind and caring. Long hours spent
willingly in support of staff and students. It has been wonderful to share Leonie’s surname - many times
parents tell me how she knows their whanau and how supportive and caring she has been to them and
their children and at times their mokopuna----Aroha is a word that many use when talking about her.
Thanks for all the support you gave to the library & librarians over your many years at TGC “A teacher
and colleague who cares, supports and applauds the efforts of those around her.” We will miss her
grace and kindness to all. A kind, positive role model who always looked for the good in the girls.
We wish Leonie well on the next adventure in her life pathway and know that she will always be part
of Tauranga Girls’ College.
April 2016
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Contacting the College for 2016
We encourage parents to contact the College (578 8114) for support at any time during the year. The
Pastoral Team includes:
Year 9 Senior Leader: Mrs Bird
Deans: Mrs Carolyn Nemeth & Mrs Judith Somerville
Ext 766
Year 10 Senior Leader: Mrs Summerville Deans: Mrs Bridget Prendiville& Ms Kylie Valentine
Ext 769
Year 11 Senior Leader: Mrs Ferguson
Deans: Mrs Audrey Keightley & Ms Margot Glaser-Brown
Ext 770
Year 12 Senior Leader: Ms Rowlands
Deans: Mrs Jackie Gould & Mrs Robyn Mankelow
Ext 767
Year 13 Senior Leader: Ms Rowlands
Deans: Ms Caroline Gill & Mr Don Wallis
Ext 768
Guidance Counsellors
Ms Judy Burr Ext 728 & Ms Chantal Stopford Ext 724
If any matter remains unresolved, or is taking too long, please contact the Senior Deputy Principal: Mrs
Millar or the Principal: Mrs Cowens.
930 Cameron Road, Tauranga 3112 Ph: (07) 578-8114
Fax: (07) 578-8447
[email protected] www.tgc.school.nz
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