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TAURANGA GIRLS’ COLLEGE 22 February 2019
Message from the Principal
Kia ora koutou and welcome to about having fun but are also How about this for a great
our second pānui for Term 1. about opportunities to build start?
resilience, supporting others, Numeracy and Literacy are
House Spirit gets underway challenging yourself to try necessary components of a level
The Festival of Athletics and something new and an one NCEA attainment. This year
Swimming Carnival (next week) opportunity to learn outside of our students gained the
are two fabulous examples of the classroom. There are plenty following results at NCEA Level 1
house spirit. This year saw our more house spirit activities to - Literacy 89.3% and Numeracy
entire school down at the come, so make sure you support 93.2%. These results provide a
Domain for athletics. I travelled your house to be the best that it great foundation for our
by bus with the last of the can be! students’ onward journey to
students to make their way to Level 2.
the Domain last Thursday and it Wheels on the Bus
was quite the sight to see a I am pleased to report there has The new blouse is put to the
grandstand filled with colleagues been an improvement in the test
and students dressed in house reliability of the bus service but I am pleased to report that the
colours. Thank you to the it has certainly taken a while to uptake of the new blouse has
parents who came down to visit get there. As last reported, any been a resounding success. I
and to all the students and my new system will have some have spoken to many students
colleagues for making the day teething problems and we have about the new blouse when
such a successful one. Special endeavoured to work with each compared to the former polo.
thanks to Ms Marinner and our of the bus companies to They have all mentioned how
Deputy Head Girl, Sport and highlight some issues. Some bus comfortable it is to wear, cool in
House Spirit for their timetables are still changing and summer, looks smart and feels
organisation and enthusiasm. we continue to update the girls good. The quality of these
House points are allocated for as soon as we hear about them. blouses means they will last
participation, competition events This has been less than ideal and longer, keep their shape and
and for attendance. That means I thank the girls and their look cleaner. The blouse will be a
everyone can get behind their families for what has certainly compulsory item in 2020. No
house and support each other on been a challenging time for us new polos will be ordered once
this school day. It is important to all. stock runs out. NZ Uniforms are
note that these days are not only stockists of our new TGC blouse.
TAURANGA GIRLS’ COLLEGE 22 February 2019
The voice of a leader space! and safe around schools. Parents
The voice of our Head Girl, please ensure you pick up and
Maioha is a pleasure to hear New Reporting Format drop off your daughter in
when you call Tauranga Girls’ A new reporting format will be designated areas. Cameron Road
College. Along with a lovely trialled this year. Learning is always busy, so patience is
phone voice, Maioha is a Behaviours will be reported on necessary as is using the
talented, dedicated, community more frequently and therefore pedestrian crossing. We
minded and proud TGC student give both students and parents appreciate everyone modelling
who continues to get to know a indicators of progress.There will respect for the road rules.
great number of students be more about this report in our
outside of her year group. next newsletter.
Maioha will introduce herself
and other members of her Safety First
student leadership team at the A reminder to parents and Tara Kanji
next newsletter, so watch this students of being road smart Princpal
Festival of Athletics
On 18 February, all cohorts from Tauranga Girls’ College headed to
the Tauranga Domain for an action packed day of Athletics. This
year we had a new format where traditional athletics and festival
events were combined into one school wide event, modelling the
values of pride, participation and
respect, with something for everyone to enjoy. The day was filled
with a range of festival activities which included waterblast round-
ers, balloon blast and livewire, while also having traditional ath-
letic events such as 100m sprint, javelin and triple jump. Through-
out the day, house spirit was continuously shown with a mix of
chants, Mexican waves and fiery cheering for their friends and
house members. The event provided an opportunity for everyone
to take part (even the teachers!) as well as being exposed to the
talented girls among us.
Athletics Day 2019 was a great success and can be an event for all
to look forwards to in years to come.
Abbie Mortimer Deputy Head Girl, Sport
TAURANGA GIRLS’ COLLEGE 22 February 2019
Te Ara Ako (Learning Conversations) Year 9, Year 10 and Year 11
Thursday 21 March 8.00am to 5.00pm
Parents and caregivers are encouraged to book an appointment to meet with their daughter’s whanau/
tutor teacher. Appointments will run for 15 minutes. Normal classes will not run on this day and Year 9,
10 and 11 students only attend school for their meeting. There will be tutorials running which Year 12
and Year 13 students will be able to opt into.
Interview bookings can be made after progress records have been sent out, from 08 March through
the school interviews website (www.schoolinterviews.co.nz) The access code is sevsq
Alternatively, you can call the office to book an appointment from Monday 11 March
Elicit Dream Academy Day
2019 Triennial
Board of Trustees
Elections
Every three years state and state integrated school
communities elect their parent and staff trustees to
help govern their schools. The next election is due this
year and the Tauranga Girls’ College election date has
been set as Friday 07 June 2019
NZSTA would like to encourage parent and whanau
participation on school boards and will be rolling out
the Korari Programme for anyone interested in finding
out about standing for the school board elections.
Tauranga Girls' College was privileged to welcome More details can be downloaded from our website
under Board of Trustees and the NZSTA website.
to our kura Annette Presley, recipient of the New
Zealand Order of Merit and founder of the Elicit
Dream Catching Academy. Our Year 9 students
heard inspiring messages about "dreaming big", 1957-1959 Alumni Event
"working hard" and "never giving up". The Dream Do you have a family member, or community con-
Boards they created as a result are very special tact who attended Tauranga Girls' College in the
and we hope they share them with their whānau." years 1957-1959? If so, we would love to hear
from them. We are hosting a morning tea for
these alumni (prepared by the current students),
to be followed by a tour of the college.
When: Late March 2019
For information and to provide details of others
who may wish to join us, please email
60thReunion@tgc.school.nz before 08 March.
TAURANGA GIRLS’ COLLEGE 22 February 2019 Introducing the 2019 Learning Support Team 2019 heralds a new season for learning support at Tauranga Girls’ College. The establish- ment of a full-time “Inclusive Learning Leader” position has given greater capacity to meet a wider range of learning needs across the college. The Learning Hub has also relocated to C Block, ensuring close proximity to the Health Centre, Deans, Careers, Guidance & school counsellors. The centre provides oversight and co-ordinates programmes for high-needs students, along with ‘Fast-Track’ numeracy & ‘English Support’ literacy classes, correspond- ence and Northern Health School students. Flexibility in the delivery of their programme is an essential ingredient for their academic success. Our department has a skilled and talent- ed team, committed to the success of students at TGC – let’s introduce them to you…. Karen Gilby (Leader of Inclusive Learning): Karen to run the English Support and Flexi-Learn pro- joined the department in Term 3, 2018 after 5 ½ grammes. years of leading Learning Support at Bethlehem Corinne Little (ILA): Corrine has worked at TGC as College. an Inclusive Learning Assistant (ILA) for the past Adi Sutherland (0.4 FTE ORS Specialist teacher): four years and her focus is on helping students Adi has recently joined the team after being an achieve NCEA Level 1 Literacy & Numeracy. Acting Special Needs Education Co-ordinator and Robyn Dixon (ILA): Robyn has worked at TGC for ORS Specialist teacher at Papamoa College. six years as an ILA, and has experience in working Judith Somerville & May Tran (Fast-track Mathe- with students with Autistic Spectrum Disorder matics): Judith heads up the ‘Fast-track Maths’ (ASD). programme supported by May Tran, who has re- Maree Cohen (ILA): Maree is a primary-trained cently transferred to TGC from Tauranga Primary teacher, who has been working overseas as an ILA School. in special needs education in middle school. She’s Verna Morris (English Support): Verna is part of recently returned to NZ and is in the process of re- the international languages department at TGC, registering as a primary teacher, along with work- but she also joins the Learning Support department ing at the college.
TAURANGA GIRLS’ COLLEGE 22 February 2019
Cindy Lawrence (ILA): Cindy is also a trained Food Natalie Dawson (ILA): Natalie has just moved to
& Textiles Technology teacher, with teaching expe- the Bay of Plenty with her family from Taupo,
rience in both NZ and overseas schools – including where she gained NCEA Level 3 last year at Taupo-
Germany & Ghana. nui-a-tia College. She’s a keen horse rider and also
loves art, photography, music & taking her two
Carol Hitchcock (ILA): Carol began work at TGC in
dogs for a run on the beach.
Term 4 last year and has been helping a student
with epilepsy. She has experience in nurse-aiding Cindy Welch (ILA): Cindy and her family immigrat-
and has also been a teacher’s aide at St. Mary’s ed to NZ from South Africa two years ago. She has
school in Tauranga. a heart for students with special needs and is
trained in early childhood/primary education.
Welcome - Sue Ferguson Welcome BBQ for Year
9 and their Whānau
Kia ora te whanau o te kura o nga tamawahine o Tauranga Moana. A huge thanks to all our families
who were able to attend the
I am humbled to be the reliev- Year 9 BBQ and picnic held at
ing counsellor in 2019 whilst the school pool. It was a lovely
Chantal Stopford is on study evening meeting everyone and
leave. I am an Aussie born kiwi hearing feedback around our
who has never left school. I am start of year programme where
a member of the NZ Associa- we have been building
tion of Counsellors, who prac- whanaungatanga, a sense of
tices narrative, strength based connection and belonging with
and art therapies. our students and kura.
My purpose in life is to walk
alongside the development of
the world’s children so that they can be nurtured, understood and
to have lives free of abuse and harm. This purpose also allows chil-
dren to teach me so that I may continue to learn and be educated by
their knowledge. 40 years in Education in NZ, Australia, UK and Eu-
rope, across many genres, has allowed me to be immersed in di-
verse cultures which has helped me listen, develop compassion and
Our Head Girl, Maioha catching up
understand need. My experiences in many Bay of Plenty schools with a Year 9 student
over the past 17 years, as a counsellor and RTLB, has given me joy
and growth as a person.
My other loves are exploring the diversities of spirituality, travelling,
the arts, my husband plus watching Kiwi/Aussie sporting events!!! I
look forward to getting to know you and your whanau.
Oranga ki nga tamariki…. Love to all children Year 13s and Year 9s chat together
TAURANGA GIRLS’ COLLEGE 22 February 2019
Coffee anyone? Tauranga Girls’ College Expo
- time to join up!
On Wednesday 13 February students had the opportunity to show
case many the activities available at TGC. Year 9 students came
through the School Wide Participation Expo Period 4, picking up
information and signing up to groups/sport/activities/committees
and the rest of the school came through the Expo at lunch time.
Level 3 Hospitality students this
year have the opportunity to
complete a full Barista training
course in our newly renovated
café facility. Successful comple-
tion of the Unit Standards
offered as well as the practical
sessions will give students the
skills required to gain entry level
employment in the hospitality
industry as a barista or café as-
sistant.
Training is provided by Mr Ne-
ville Morgan, who is a qualified
workplace assessor with many
years’ experience in barista
training. Students have been
quick to take up this opportuni-
TAURANGA GIRLS’ COLLEGE 22 February 2019
Football Fern, Katie Duncan, Visits
Tauranga Girls’ College
Mahnoor Qadri. Year
12
TGC Football Club was proud to host one of the country’s leading
footballers, Katie Duncan, a capped Football Fern squad member
and ex captain of the Football Ferns, after athletics day on Tuesday
18 February. It was held in the senior common room and all football-
ers and futsal players were invited. A small group of TGC futsal and
football players attended the session which was part of promoting
women’s football during Woman’s Week by NZ Football. The girls
heard about Katie’s Football journey and asked lots of questions
during the Q and A session. Katie’s football highlight was beating I did this pastel drawing as a part
USA who won the Woman’s Football title at the Olympics that year of Pop Art assignment. I first
and her lowlight was receiving a yellow card for a tackle she made completed two A5 still life devel-
during the game. opments in graphite pencil of
popular New Zealand and global
NZ Football’s Woman’s Development Manager - Holly Nixon, Wai- consumer products, which were
BOP Football Development Officer for BOP - Cliff Harris, WaiBOP displayed in the classroom. Each
Football Coaching Specialist - Nico, and Goalie Trainer Seamus along drawing had to show a progres-
with TGC’s Kaydi O’Connor, Don Wallis and TGC Head Coach and Di- sion in development so in my
rector of Football, Scott Harrison also attended and contributed to final pastel drawing I altered the
the discussions. composition and added a few
new objects. From this pastel
The session ended with a group photo and the attending players drawing then again I made
were delighted to receive a signed football and an autographed tee changes to create an acrylic
shirt from Katie and NZ Football. Any students who are keen to play painting to portray Pop Art in
football this season please keep an eye out for key dates for regis- the style of my artist model Tom
trations and trials coming up soon. We have already had 60 students Wesselmann. I was happy with
register their interest at the club’s open day which is great news the final acrylic painting of ob-
leading up to the season. jects and composition, but I felt
that the colour and values were
For any questions regarding TGC Football please contact Mr Wallis, out of balance, the background
TIC Football - dwallis@tgc.school.nz blue being especially dissonant.
TAURANGA GIRLS’ COLLEGE 22 February 2019
Enviro Day
Year 9 and Year 12 students spent some time working together
during an Enviro-day as part of the whanaungatanga programme.
Activities included exploring the school gully and considered how
they could make a difference to their outdoor learning environ-
ment; learning the legend of Rangi and Papa; designing paintings
to surround stormwater drains and to identify recycling bins; and
helping out with the school gardens. Students can continue to con-
tribute to environmental projects by getting involved with the
Kaitiakitanga Committee and keeping an eye out for projects
through the year.
Dates for the diary...
21 - 24 February Matatini
28 February TGC Swimming Sports
28 February Board of Trustees Meeting 5.30pm, TGC Boardroom
05 March Bay of Plenty Athletics
08 March Learning Behaviour Progress Records emailed
14 March BOP Regionals - Sailing
14 March Summer Sports Photographs
21 March Te Ara Ako (Year 9, 10 and 11)
25 March - 29 March Summer Tournament Week
12 April Last Day of Term 1
TAURANGA GIRLS’ COLLEGE 22 February 2019
Contacting the College 2019
We encourage parents to contact the College (578 8114) for support at any time during the year.
The Pastoral Team includes:
Year 9 Dean: Mrs Anna Leach ext 770 Senior Leader: Mrs Cade
Year 10 Dean: Ms Robyn Mankelow: ext 767 Senior Leader: Mrs Bird
Year 11 Dean: Mrs Fiona Lochhead ext 766 Senior Leader: Ms Valentine
Year 12 Dean: Ms Caroline Gill ext 768 Senior Leader: Mrs Ferguson
Year 13 Deans Mrs Bridget Prendiville ext 769 Senior Leader: Ms Rowlands
Guidance Counsellors Ms Judy Burr ext 728 Ms Sue Ferguson ext 724
Inclusive Learning Leader Ms Karen Gilby ext 740
College bank account details:
Name of Account Tauranga Girls' College Board of Trustees
Name of Bank ANZ Branch Tauranga
Account Number 01-0475-0055400-00
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