ISSUE 15, December 2016

Message from Our Acting Principal The end of year is a special time at Napier Girls’ with the celebration of our unique traditions. The Year 10 students did a wonderful job of our Advent services and who can forget our Gift Service on the last day? It’s always a truly special occasion where we give a gift to someone who might not otherwise receive anything at Christmas. I always enjoy the return of the senior school students, they always look refreshed and pleased that the NCEA exams are over for another year. Ms Ward, the Exam Centre Manager, has once again passed on her thanks for the way the students conducted themselves throughout the exam session. The prizegiving ceremonies on Wednesday and Thursday were a huge success. Congratulations to all the prize and award winners. You can be very proud of what you have achieved this year. I read the reports of every student in the school and what struck me was just how many students hae been so engaged with their learning and have tried their very best. Congratulations to all those girls. Congratulations to Briana Stephenson for winning the Central Hawkes Bay Junior Female Sportsperson of the Year 2016 award. Briana has had a truly stellar year. Congratulations also to Brianna Lee who won the Junior National Athletics 800m title with Nina Boesch coming in 4th. The Senior 3-person team of Emily Dunn (7th), Claudia Layton (11th) and Polly Cavanagh (22nd) performed very well and achieved first place overall at the National Secondary Schools’ Athletics Competition. I would like to wish you all a very ‘Merry Christmas’ and ‘Happy New Year’ and a big thank you for your support in this last term while I have been Acting Principal. At the end of Term 1 2017, I will be moving on to a new position at St Andrew’s College in Christchurch as Head of Secondary School and will certainly miss Napier Girls’ High School, the staff, the students and all the wonderful traditions.

Evert van Florenstein, ActingPrincipal I would like to thank Evert van Florenstein for his leadership as Acting Principal this term, Stephanie Russell as Acting Assistant Principal, Jo Vennell as Acting Deputy Principal and Tamsin Haseltine as Acting Deputy Principal. We are all looking forward to working with out new Principal, Mrs Dawn Ackroyd next year. I wish you all a happy and safe Christmas and New Year.

Suzanne Downs, Deputy Principal Phone: 06 835 1069 Fax: 06 835 8164 Web: www.nghs.school.nz Principal's Secretary Email: [email protected] Main Office email: [email protected]

SPORTS NEWS NETBALL SUCCESSES HB Netball Awards Congratulations to Briana Stephenson who was named Junior Player of the Year. Former student Kimiora Poi was named Senior Player of the Year. She has just been named as a training partner for the Pulse Team. This is a wonderful achievement. NZ Secondary School Trialists Briana Stephenson, Jaydi Taylor-Chaffey and Jade Poi have been named as trialists for the NZSS team. Good luck for the upcoming trials. Briana Stephenson: Young, Motivated and Successful Follow the link to view an article on Briana: http://www.athletics.org.nz/News/briana-stephenson-young-motivated-and-successful

ATHLETICS At the National Secondary Schools' Athletics Championships in Auckland last weekend, Napier Girls High School athletes were the only athletes to win Gold from the East Coast Region. The results were outstanding for such a young team: Briana Lee- winner of the Junior Girls 800m in a personal best time. Nina Boesch- 4th in the Junior Girls 800m also in a personal best time. Both these athletes have another year in this grade. The Senior Girls’ Road Race 3 person team also won Gold. The team comprising of: Emily Dunn- 7th Claudia Layton- 11th Polly Cavanagh- 22nd Emily beat her time from last year by 26 seconds to cap off a season in which she has won all the Regional Distance titles. She and Polly have two more years in this grade. Ashleigh Poi was 19th in the Year 9 girls Road Race and was well supported by: Samara Eggers and Kate Stewart.

CULTURAL NEWS PASIFIKA CULTURAL EVENT In the second to last week of school, the Junior Pasifika Leaders held a Cultural lunchtime event. It was great to see the Junior students coming and experiencing just a small part of Pacific Culture by creating loli bracelets, wearing 'ie lavalava and lei, and learning some basic dancing steps to begin their Pacific journey. A big thank you to Ms Wiki for coming and showing the girls the moves. The Junior Leaders - Zarah Otto and Noelle Clarke performed their dance to ‘Pate Pate’, followed by the whole Junior Pasifika Group performing two dances to end the event. A big thank you to Zarah and Noelle for leading the Pasifika group so strongly for the last two terms, and also to all students and staff who were involved.

DRAMA NEWS Six junior students made up our Theatresports Team which was entered into the Interschool Theatresports Competition. This event was held at Havelock North High School on Thursday 24th November. The girls played three rounds in the competition and did outstandingly well. Theatresports is an improvised theatre form in which storylines are made up on the spot. We competed against Karamu High School, Napier Boys’ High School, Iona College, Woodford House and Havelock North High School. Havelock North High School won the competition and will house Iggy the Improv Imp trophy for a year. Our girls – ‘The Fortunate Ones’ consisted of: Millie Sawyer, Tia Chrystal, Shyan Murphy, Lucy Sabiston, Herena McKee and Kaylee Kriese-Wise, and they did a spectacular job. We look forward to getting that trophy next year!

INTERNATIONAL NEWS Our non-NCEA students have been having a great time over the last few weeks, continuing with their November International Programme. They have been horse riding with Miss Rosaria Campbell, making jewellery with Miss Danielle Rieter, surfing at Waimarama Beach with Mrs Sara Firman, experiencing a Gannet Beach Adventure and cycling with Mrs Raewyn Thomasen, and swimming with the sharks with Mrs Lisa Carmine. Our grateful thanks to these staff members who have generously given of their time so that our International students get to experience life outside the classroom. The girls also continued work with Mrs Linda Bruce and Miss Nicola Whistler on the Women Across the World Tile Project. This ongoing tile project has a new extension (pictured) designed by our current International students. The original design imagery is based around hands reaching out across the world. This imagery is now continued in the design of the New Zealand silver fern. The fern has hands reaching inwards, connecting people across the world. On each frond, the girls have created drawings about home or their time in New Zealand. We look forward to continuing the project in February next year with returning and new International students. Recently, we enjoyed an end of year dinner in Hewett House Hostel with our homestay families. A big thank you to all our homestay families for all they do to create a safe and comforting “home away from home” for our girls. Our last Academic Plus trip was to Hobbiton and Waitomo Caves. Seven International students and Mrs Ana van der Linden ventured into The Shire’s hobbit holes and then further south to the stalactites, stalagmites and glow worms of Ruakuri Cave. We certainly live in a beautiful country. As always, it is sad to farewell our departing students. We thank Rawipa Puchanee, Thanyachanok Puchanee and Eileen Xie, our three International Leaders, for their contribution to our school. We also farewell Annkan (Bam) Vongavasthepchai, Unchayar (Pa) Vongavasthepchai, Lilly von Lacroix, Aya Oi, Nene Takeuchi, Mayo Mimuro, Mayu Nishimura, Kaon Shimono, Ploynapas (Ploy) Dhamkawtrakul, Rolain van Bruggen and Meiqi (Vicky) Wan. Some of these girls have been with us for nearly four years. We wish them all well for their future plans, and hope they will keep in touch and visit, as old girls. We are excited to meet sixteen new International students who have already enrolled for 2017. The International Team wishes to thank Mrs Lianne Parkinson, Hostel Manager, as she leaves to take on an exciting new role in our school. Among Mrs Parkinson’s many areas of responsibility has been her role as International Homestay Coordinator so we have been fortunate to work closely with her. She has been an invaluable member of the team and we have all thoroughly enjoyed working with her. We wish her all the best in her new role and fortunately know where to find her when we need her expertise! Best wishes to you all for a happy Christmas and holiday season with your families.

Ana van der Linden, International Dean

COURSE CONFIRMATION 2017 2017 YEAR 12 AND 13 STUDENTS If you wish to change subjects or have not met course requirements, then it is necessary that you meet with your Dean on the following days: Wednesday 25 January 2017 9am – 12 noon Thursday 26 January 2017 9am – 12 noon

Students with surnames A-M Students with surnames N-Z

Vicky Lassen, Year 12 Dean Ph: 835 1069 extn 227

Shane Gregory, Year 13 Dean Ph: 835 1069 extn 218

[email protected]

[email protected]

START DATES FOR 2017 JANUARY Mon 23 Tue 24 Wed 25 Thur 26 Fri 27 Sat 28 Sun 29 WEEK 1 JANUARY Mon 30 Tue 31 FEBRUARY Wed 1 Thur 2 Fri 3 Sat 4 Sun 5 WEEK 2 Mon 6 Tue 7 Wed 8 Thur 9 Fri 10 Sat 11 Sun 12

Course confirmation Year 12 and 13 - 9am to 12 noon Students with surnames A-M Course confirmation Year 12 and 13 - 9am to 12 noon Students with surnames N-Z Orientation for new staff

Teacher only and course confirmation Year 9 start at school with Form Captains and Deputy Form Captains. Year 13 Leadership Day. New International students orientation day. Whole school in attendance. Day begins with Powhiri for Dawn Ackroyd, Principal, new staff, students and families. Whole school. Whole school. WAITANGI DAY Waitangi Day Holiday - SCHOOL CLOSED Prefects' Leadership Camp. Prefects' Leadership Camp concludes at lunchtime. DoE Bronze training camp (School and Tutira) DoE Bronze training camp

UNIFORM SHOP HOURS Hours for January 2017 Wednesday 18 January Wednesday 25 January Sunday 29 January Monday 30 January Tuesday 31 January Wednesday 1 February

10am to 4pm 10am to 4pm 1pm to 6pm 5pm to 6.30pm 5pm to 6.30pm 1pm to 5.30pm

The rest of Term 1 is every Wednesday from 1pm to 5.30pm.

It would be helpful if students took the opportunity to do the following: dry clean or carefully wash their kilt, lengthen their kilt if it is not on the knee, sew on buttons which have come off uniform items of clean and polish their ‘Molly’ shoes

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