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NEWSLETTER
TERM 2 WEEK 10 2021
Kia ora tatou katoa
Dear Parents/Caregivers/Whanau
As we draw to the close of another busy term at Prep, it is a good time to take stock of all that has been achieved
in learning within and beyond the classroom for all of our students. We are sure you will find evidence of this
contained within the students’ mid year reports.
Our focus for social studies this term has been ‘Heritage’. Students have been working through a range of
learning experiences from Te Ara Taonga o Whakatū– The Treasure Path of Whakatu, Museum Walk where the
identity of our local community was reflected in public art and sculpture. The students considered their own
identities through the heritage of the College, the Prep School and their families. Activities included visits to
Fairfield House, Fairfield Park, Melrose House, Pikimai and creating their own Tree of Life.
Learning programme continue at all times to focus on the fundemental learning needs, especially recall
of basic facts, fluency in reading and punctuation and sentence structure. Improvement of these are both
current Prep School targets.
I would like to thank all of our school community for its ongoing support of our school
and students this term. As the girls leave for their school holiday, we have spoken
to all of them about the importance of getting as much rest, quality sleep and
relaxing downtime as possible. A good recharge of their batteries will greatly
contribute to Term 3 being both enjoyable and productive. To this end we
have put some top tips for sleep on Page 2.
We wish you all a relaxing holiday.
Kind regards
Lucy Feltham
Head Teacher
SCHOOL REPORTS SCITEC WORKSHOP
Your daughter’s report will be uploaded to the The Cawthron Institute is holding a Scitec workshop
KAMAR portal at the end of today. We have at Nelson Provincial Museum during the first week of
emailed you a letter of explanation for learning the school holidays on Wednesday 14 July. This will
attributes and grades. The email also reminds involve lead judges, Jenny Pollock, and a Cawthron
you of your login user name and password so scientist, Jonathan Puddick, presenting on the
that you may access the full report. Please read do’s and don’t’s of developing good entries and
this with your daughter, who will also share communicating science. It will conclude with a tour of
samples of her learning from her assessment the Cawthron Exhibition at the museum.
folder.
We look forward to meeting with you and your This workshop will help students set up for their
daughter at Learning Conferences next term to Science Investigations next term. It is a free event but
discuss her progress and next steps for learning. students must register. For more information please
click here.
Tel: +64 3 548 2194 email: prep@ncg.school.nz www.ncg.school.nz P O Box 842, Nelson, 7040, New Zealand
TOPS TIPS FOR SLEEP
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1.
(This is a really important one!) Stop using
your computer (for games or watching
YouTube) at least an hour before going
to bed. Your computer tells your brain to
wake up and that’s the last thing you need
as you are trying to settle down to sleep.
2.
Go through the letters of the alphabet and
try and think of an animal that goes with
each letter e.g :
A is for Alligator B is for Bear
3.
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sleepy u ar e
feeli Yo are feeling v ry sleepy
Try listening to a book or calming music to You are ling very sleepy
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help you fall asleep. Did you know if you fall Yo u ar
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You ar ng very Y are fe ling v ee
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asleep listening to something that makes You are ling very sleepy
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You are
you happy then you are more likely to wake
up in a good mood?
I’m really
4. sleepy
If you wake up in the middle of the night try
and keep your eyes open as long as possible!
It sounds stupid but it requires lots of
focussed effort which tires you out and helps
you drift off to sleep.
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NELSON ENROLMENT EVENTS - YEAR 8 MOVING TO YEAR 9
EXPERIENCE NCG - FRIDAY 30TH JULY 12.30PM - 3PM.
This is specifically designed for Y8 students. They will be participating in three
different practical sessions to give them a taster of what is available at NCG.
OPENING EVENING - WEDNESDAY 4TH AUGUST 7PM.
This is an opportunity for students and whanau to come into the school, to look
around and to talk to our staff.
DOORS OPEN - TUESDAY 10TH AUGUST. DROP IN ANYTIME BETWEEN
11.30AM - 1PM
This is an opportunity for students and whanau to come into the school and see it in
action during the day. No appointments necessary.
PREP HOMEWORK CLUB
A big shout out to all the girls who have taken full advantage of this
term’s Homework Club. The club has been such a wonderful success
for those who had participated with the kind assistance of our senior
students giving up their time to help and tutor those girls who wished
to further their skills. The Homework Club is not just a place to finish your
set home learning, but a place where students can take advantage of
receiving some one to one help in areas they are finding difficult, or even
to move ahead in areas such as Reading Plus.
We hope to see the same excelent numbers turning up next term –
Thursday 8.30–9 am every week.
48-HOUR FAMINE
In June, Rosie Slack, Eloise Hall and
Alyahna Sanson-Rejouis particpated
in the 40 Hour Famine. Instead of not
eating for 40 hours they both ate four
foods for 40 hours as well as not using
furniture for the duration of that time.
Together they raised $350 for the people
in sub-Saharan Africa. Well done Rosie,
Eloise and Alyahna.
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HERITAGE STUDY Researching for information can mean you have to do some looking around, rather than just reading books or relying on Google. It was fun to learn about our history and that if the Murchison earthquake had never happened the Boys College students wouldn’t have moved to Fairfield and maybe Prep students would still be having lessons at Fairfield. In the evenings, Boys College teachers used to teach older students at Fairfield House in subjects that weren’t “ladylike” such as Science and Maths. Did you know that Prep students used Melrose House as their classroom for learning in the 1970s? Opposite is a photo that is our attempt at a replica of the original photo that was taken at the time when Prep students had their schooling at Fairfield House. If you ever visit the main front room overlooking the courtyard, picture 27 desks with Prep pupils sitting studiously doing their work. 4
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S CIEN CE
In the last few science lessons we have been changing
the colour of flowers. To change the colour of the
flowers we have put food coloring in beakers and split
the end of the flowers stalk so the food coloring can
work its magic. This was such a cool experiment to
watch and observe about, we even split the rose stalk in
half so the rose could be two different colors.
Another experiment has been growing bean and
sunflower seeds to see if they can grow in the winter.
Each group has had three pots with seeds in them, they
can either have a heat lamp to support the seeds for
heat and more sun. Or they can have the windowsill, or
plane shade. This is quite exciting to watch them grow,
and record results.
Written by Ivy Scutt 8PN
In Science 7TP have been growing some beautiful crystals. To make the crystals we took copper sulphate solution. We then took
copper sulphate powder and dissolved it in a beaker over a bunsen burner. We then took a crystal seed and tied it to a piece of
string and then dipped the string into the crystal solution making sure it did not touch the bottom of the jar and then tied the
top of the string to a pencil which rested on top of the jar. Over the last few weeks we have been checking the crystals every
time we go to science to check how much bigger they have grown. As you can see from the photo, they became quite large and
beautiful. You should not touch the crystal as it may give your skin a reaction.
by Lucy Jennings and Caitlyn Whiting 7TP
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S CIEN CE 8PN have been creating tabletop croquet courses as part of this terms Alice in Wonderland unit. They have used this to examine how forces work to make objects move or stop, go faster or go slower. Most of the forces that they have learned about are pushes, pulls and twists - gravity, support, thrust and friction - and what happens when a combination of these are applied to an object, such as a flamingo head hitting a hedgehog around a Croquet Course. Each group created a table top game, made a poster about forces and wrote out their own special rules for how the game should be played. Here are some photos of the amazing creations. 7
DDS
In DDS this Term we are working a project called Makey
Makey, we must make instruments out of everyday
objects for example cutlery, food and ourselves.
We had different options on which sound we could
choose to make with our instruments. Such as,
percussion, melody, bass and more.
A challenge for us was having to keep the work saved
on a computer and making sure everyone in your group
has a job to do.
A success for us was getting the right notes for
the song and once we got over the struggle it was
enjoyable.
It was great to work together and collaborate to get
the best result and bring together everyone’s ideas.
Written by Tayla & Charlotte
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MU SIC AT PRE P
For this newsletter, we thought it would be great to see what some of our girls are up to with their music and
performing arts. All students were invited to send in their musical involvement and achievements – it would
seem though that some are either forgetful or modest as we know there are many musicians out there who
haven’t let us know. Anyway, below are the students who have given us an update.
ALYAHNA SANSON-REJOUIS
I am in the Year 8 band and take music lessons at school
and outside of school. So far this year I have done around
three major performances as well as entering a competition
(we are still waiting for the results). My last big performance
was a couple for weeks ago and was held at NCMA. I also
performed at Te Ramaroa (the Nelson light show) I am
stepping in for the lead singer in my cousin’s band. They have
been a band roughly five years and it’s super exiting to be
able to play with a band that has been together for such a
long time.
Earlier this term I went to Wanaka to take part in an event
called YAMI (Youth and Adults in the Music Industry). It was a
weekend of workshops and mentoring for young musicians
that included topics like: song writing, beat making,
recording your original songs and collaborating with others.
There were lots of well known NZ artists and music industry
professionals coaching us in all of the workshops. The event
ended with a big showcase of original music developed
over the weekend where I got to perform one of my original
songs with a high school rock band from Queenstown that I
met on the course. The showcase concert was so fun and it
was cool to hear a huge variety of original music from other
kids.
It was a really amazing and inspiring weekend, and I felt
super lucky to have been able to go.
MID-WINTER CONCERT KIDS BIG SING
Next Term the entire Prep Choir will be performing The Prep Choir will also be
in the NCG Mid-Winter Music Concert. This is on
Friday 13 August. All students are expected to performing at the Kids Big Sing on
attend in their uniform, including school jumper. Wednesday 1 September. This will be
There will be a final rehearsal for the choir on both during the day 11 am to 4 pm
Sunday 8 August between 3 pm and 5 pm at and also in the evening 5.30-7.30 pm.
NMCA on Nile Street, Nelson.
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MU SIC AT PRE P
DAISY MONCRIEFF
I recently took part in the Smokefree Rock Quest
with Mia Coldicott from Garin College and were
placed 3rd in the solo/duo audition. The next stage
was to submit a fifteen minute demo of four original
songs. We didn’t find this out until two weeks before
the due date so in that time we had to create three
new songs, which was fun but also a bit stressful.
We got there in the end. We spent all day the Friday
before the due date recording the four songs live
which took a few takes. We faced some interesting
challenges along the way but it was such a cool
experience and I learned a lot. The filmed recordings
have now been sent away for the judges to decide
who goes through to the national final. Good luck
Daisy.
SOPHIA AND MAIA EAGLE
Sophia plays guitar, bass, piano and does
musical theatre. She is performing in Cats as
Victoria/Jemima (singing, dancing and acting)
these coming holidays.
Maia plays the guitar, drums and is learning
piano at school. She also tried Cello. She’s
playing Quaxo and Mungo Jerrie in Cats with
Nelson Youth Theatre these holidays.
Nelson Youth Theatre produce some wonderful
shows with a couple coming up at the Theatre
Royal involving quite a few prep students. Cats
and Aladdin during the holidays, along with
Gillian Frances’ Coppelia in August.
ELOISE HALL
I’m Eloise Hall from 8VC and I am part of
the Nelson Youth Theatre. I recently had the
part of Grandpa in the musical Chitty Chitty
Bang Bang and I am now in the upcoming
production of Aladdin.
I am learning the piano and I really enjoy
participating in afterschool Prep drama.
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CALENDAR
TERM 3 2021
WEEK MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SAT/SUN
July 26 27 28 29 30 31/1
1 • Otago Problem
Solving Set 4
• Y8 Afternoon
NCG Experience
12.30 - 3 pm
August 2 3 4 5 6 7/8
2
• Mid Winter
Concert.
Rehearsal
• NCG Open Sunday
Evening for Y8 3-5pm
9 10 11 12 13 14/15
3 • NCG Staff Only Day
• Prep open only for
Learning Conferences • Mufti Day
• NCG Mid Winter
Concert. Prep
Choir - all attend
16 17 18 19 20 21/22
4 • Winter Tournament
23 24 25 26 27 28/29
5
• Otago Problem
Solving Set 5
• Prep Disco @NC
7-9 pm
30 31 Sept 1 2 3 4/5
6 • Kids Sing
11am–4pm
5.30-7.30pm • Staff Only day • Midterm break
6 7 8 9 10 11/12
7
Te Wiko O Te Reo Maori Week
• House Academic
Quiz – P5
• EPro8 Challenge @
NIS 5-8 pm
13 14 15 16 17 18/19
8 • Quick Rip Have A • Open Morning
Go Festival Entry 9-10 am
20 21 22 23 24 25/26
9 • Open Class for
current parents.
• Science Tech Fair • Mathix at NCG TBC
27 28 29 30 Oct 1 2/3
10 • House Sports TBC
• End of Term
Assembly – 8.50 am
NCG Hall
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