August 2016

TAURANGA GIRLS’ COLLEGE
August 2016
Tauranga
Girls’
College
Message from the Principal
Dear Parents and Caregivers
Closer to home was also the recent
success at the end of last term of
our Luminosa Armonia Chorale at
the Australian International Music
Festival, a 6 day festival in Sydney
drawing from throughout the AsiaPacific region and as far away as the
USA. The girls came home with a
gold award and a glowing
adjudicators report. Our girls
achieve in many diverse ways and I
recommend reading the PTA
Principal’s report on our website at
www.tc.school.nz for a fuller
account of all that goes on in this
FAME is only one of the things we
are celebrating early in Term Three, very busy and positive place of
empowerment for tomorrow’s
among the others being the 2016
women.
Olympic representation by past
pupils of Zoe Stephenson in
Coming up are two very important
Rowing, Gemma Flynn in Hockey
and Ella Nicholas in Canoe Slalom. events in our planning for 2017, our
We will follow these athletes, who Open Evening on Thursday 11
August and our Option Evening on
all began their sporting successes
while at this school, with interest as Wednesday 17 August. It is time to
focus on pathways through school,
they compete on the world stage!
Welcome back to Term Three, the
busiest and most productive term
of our year, academically, in sports
and in the cultural dimension, which
kicks off with the staging of our
combined schools’ musical FAME!
I recommend this showcase of the
talents of the 120 students from
Tauranga Girls’ College and
Tauranga Boys’ College as a
professionally produced,
entertaining and thoroughly
enjoyable night’s entertainment.
goals and dreams that need to be
fulfilled and to be sure that today’s
work and choices will ensure
tomorrow’s success!
I will be absent from school myself
on sick leave from 18 August for the
remainder of the term, after
undergoing hip replacement
surgery and from that date Ms
Sheena Millar, Senior Deputy
Principal will become Acting
Principal until my return at the start
of Term Four.
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:
Gymsports:
At the National Secondary
Schools Gymsports Competition,
Catrin Pearce placed 2nd in the
individual WAG Level 2, 7th in the
Aerobic Elite/International and
2nd in the Tumbling A. Ella
Westenberg placed 6th in the
Rhythmic B, Grace Pua 7th in the
Rhythmic B, Aylah King 12th in
the Rhythmic B. Kelsey Duff
was 12th in the Rhythmic A.
Medea Jones 3rd in the Tumbling
Elite/International.
Maioha Haimona-Ngawharau,
Keilani Worthen, Arohaina
Worthen and Catrin Pearce
placed 1st in the team WAG Level 2.
Taekwondo:
On 18-19 June Brooklyn Storey
competed in the Caboolture
Open in Brisbane. She got Gold
in the Junior-55kg division and
Silver in the Junior-52kg division.
It was her first time competing in
the Senior-57kg division, she
won Gold.
Underwater Hockey:
In the last week of Term 2,
Tauranga Girls’ College had
three current students and two
past students representing New
Zealand in the bi-annual TransTasman Underwater Hockey
competition. In the U18
Women’s grade, Jerushah
Keightley and Jordan Ross
competed in the Diamonds
team, with the team not losing a
game and coming away with the
Gold Medal. The Diamonds
were coached by the TGC
Underwater Hockey Senior team
coach, Letitia Jackson. Also
competing in the U22 Women’s
grade were Georgia Coughlan
and past students Kirsty
Burrows and Courtney
Coughlan. This team played the
Australian U26 Women’s team in
the final, also winning the Gold
Medal.
North Island/Bay of
Plenty/Local
Gymnastics:
Medea Jones competed at the
BOP schools Regional
Gymnastics Championships, she
placed 1st overall.
Rugby:
Minardi Daniel,
Piatarihingamare Devon,
Hinemokai Kii Keepa-Grey,
Angel Mulu, Sela Moataane,
Siobhan Stumpp, Ro Silo
Togotogorua and Holly Topp
have been selected for the Bay
of Plenty Secondary Girls U18’s
Rugby Squad 2016.
Minardi Daniel, Corrina Taepa,
Ro Silo Togotogorua and Holly
Topp have been selected for the
Bay of Plenty U15’s XV aside
team.
Squash:
At the North Island Senior
Squash Tournament in Hawkes
Bay at the end of Term 2 Taylor
Clarke won the plate final in
Division One.
At the Super championships
Tauranga Girls’ College made it
through to represent the Bay of
Plenty at the National Super
Championships, to be held Week
9 of this term.
Ashlee Linn, Emily
Chamberlain and Olivia
Philpot, are the newest F Grade
Bay champions.
Taylor Clarke also featured
strongly vying for a place to
represent the Bay of Plenty in
the B Grade. The team came a
very competitive 3rd place.
Swimming:
At the recent Bay of Plenty
Awards function the follow
students received:
Ruby Matthews Butterfly female long course
swimmer of the year - Cage
family Trophy
Butterfly female short course
swimmer of the year- Young
Read & Woudberg
Breaststroke female long
course swimmer of the year
Breaststroke female short
course swimmer of the yearHale family Trophy
Individual medley long course
swimmer of the year- Carlton
cup
Individual medley long course
female swimmer of the yearBenseman family
Recognition of breaking the
oldest BOP record- in the AprilJune 2015 quarter
Olivia Pearce Best junior performance at the
swimming BOP junior champs
(50m free)
Ella Moor and Kim Cadzow acknowledgements for
outstanding seasons including
qualifying for national meets
Sustainable
Backyards results:
Refashion:
1st Rosie Pua
2nd Zoe Beck
Wearable Arts
1st Zoe Beck
Entered:
Calie Strange
Bethany Lankshear
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From Waikato to
Cambodia, and the
UN: Jolene Skeen
“I left school after Year 12 and
was accepted into a Diploma in
Law because of my school
grades,” she says.
Jolene Skeen, ex-student is
doing some amazing things.
She’s just won her third Prime
Minister’s Scholarship for Asia
and plans to do an internship
with the UN in Cambodia.
While she was at college, Jolene
worked 20 hours a week at the
local Countdown to help fund
her studies. The money she
saved, along with some help
from her parents, meant she
didn’t have to take out a student
loan.
She started university when she
was 16 years old. Now she’s off
to Cambodia with a Prime
Minister’s Scholarship for Asia
(PMSA).
University of Waikato law
student Jolene Skeen is one of
six Waikato students to win the
scholarship – but it’s not her
first.
She also received a Japanese
Language: Sasakawa Fellowship
Fund Undergraduate
Scholarship.
Jolene’s now in her fourth and
final year of a Bachelor of Laws
and plans to do a masters next
year.
Jolene also won two PMSAs last
year, which she put towards two
six-week university exchanges in
China and Indonesia. This time
she’s applied to do a 12-week
internship with the United
Nations in Cambodia, assisting
with the Khmer Rouge Tribunal.
“I want to go to Australia or the
US to study international
criminal law, specialising in
terrorism,” she says. “After that
I’m not sure what I want to do.
Work in the intelligence sector
for the government maybe, or
become a diplomat. We’ll see.”
“If my application is accepted, I’ll
get to assist with a lot of the
case report and legal drafts
writing, and hear first-hand from
victims and witnesses of one of
the worst genocides of the 20th
Century. It’d be an amazing
opportunity for me,” Jolene
says.
Jolene says her family are very
supportive of her and are proud
she’s involved in so many things.
“But I think they’d rather I stay in
New Zealand to be honest.”
Jolene’s most looking forward to
the networking opportunities
but also can’t wait to get back to
Asia. She speaks Mandarin and
Japanese and holds a second
dan black belt in martial arts.
The former Tauranga Girls’
College student started studying
law at the University of
Waikato’s Tauranga campus in
2013, when she was just 16.
College were nominated by Year
13 Tutors and Deans. Sofia,
Emily and Jaimie gained that
opportunity and felt they have
learned new strategies for
confident
and
effective
interaction with others that will
help them in their future chosen
career pathways. They loved the
generous food provided for
them during the course and
were all very positive about the
overall experience, including
interaction with students from
other schools.
Waikato University
Dale Carnegie –
Success Skills
Training
Scholarship
In the last week of Term 2, Year
13 students Jamie Grigg, Sofia
Ellerington and Emily Dixon
gained an opportunity with the
generous support of the Acorn
Foundation to attend the Dale
Carnegie Success Skills Training
Programme.
The
selected
students from Tauranga Girls’
Congratulations:
Jiyun Jeong has returned from
her trip with the New Zealand
Youth Jazz Orchestra! She was
selected as one of 20 people out
of the country to be a member
of the band, giving her the
opportunity to play with and
learn from an international guest
player
from
New
York.
Impressively, she was one of the
only two girls that were selected
for the orchestra.
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Chorale
Our Chorale had great success
performing in the Australasian
International Music Festival in
which is in its 27th year with
approximately 1200 participants.
Groups from Australia, China,
New Zealand, Japan, Singapore
and the USA provided a fantastic
musical and cultural experience.
This festival open to groups of all
musical genres.
Participants performed at the
Sydney Opera House, and
venues such as the City Recital
Hall [affectionately known as
Angel Place] and Darling
Harbour
and
attended
workshops lead by world class
clinicians. Congratulations for
the achievement of a gold
award!
PTA
The next PTA meeting will be
held on Wednesday 17 August in
the Staffroom at 7.30pm. All
welcome.
NCEA candidate
Information
All senior students have been
issued with the NZQA candidate
information sheet along with a
printout of the standards they
will be assessed against for
2016.
It is important that this
information has been checked
carefully and any alterations are
sent to the student office.
The table shows the fee
structure
for
National
Qualification entries for 2016.
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The
government
provides
financial assistance to students
entering for school qualifications
if certain criteria are met.
Entry
National Qualifications
Framework
(NQF)
Scholarship subject
entries are per subject
Fee
$76.70
$30.00
NZQA Fees 2016
This term the NZQA fees are
due no later than Friday 26
August for all students who are
studying at senior level for this
year. If you qualify for financial
assistance with these fees, then
please complete the form issued
and get it back to school so that
we can process your application.
Forms are also available via the
NZQA
website:
www.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/forstudents/fees/financialassistanc
e.html.
Mardi Gras
Tuesday 20 September
Our big lunchtime carnival to
fundraise for Student Council to
support our school teams and
groups.
Classes will be organising over
the next month their class stall.
More information to come in
next month’s newsletter.
Mufti Day
Tuesday 18 August is our Mufti
Day to fundraise for The Kids
Foundation Organisation – they
support NZ families struggling
with chronic illness relating to
Primary Immune Deficiency.
Gold coin is required and the
theme is “Famous or Fiction”
Dress up as a famous or fictional
character.
Sponsorship and
team apparel:
Tauranga Girls’ College is
interested in meeting with any
business who wishes to sponsor
a sports team. Please contact
our Director of Sport, Mrs Kaye
Barnett, on 5788114 ext 748 or
email kbarnett@tgc.school.nz
to
discuss
this
matter
further. All sponsorship or
donations must come through
the school before being
distributed to teams.
Tauranga Girls’ College have a
new sports uniform that will
provide much needed unity
across all codes. This will mean
that our teams can be clearly
identified as Tauranga Girls’
College sports’ teams. We also
have a new sports’ hoodie that
students can purchase for
additional team apparel. If any
team wishes to have additional
team apparel it must have
school
approval
and
be
purchased by Tauranga Girls’
College.
Connections with
Our Community
The Health and Physical
Education department has been
well supported by the local
community in recent weeks.
Girls completing the Year 11
Physical Education programme
are currently working on a unit
to look at societal influences and
their impact on young people’s
involvement in physical activity.
The have the opportunity to
complete Box Fit, Zumba, Boot
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Camp, Golf, Rugby and adapted
activity sessions within class. We
are very fortunate to have local
providers working with our
students and exposing them to
activities they may not been
involved in before.
Digital Citizenship
Poster Competition
in TGC Library
The school library is currently
displaying some superb posters
about Digital Citizenship.
They were created by Mrs
Reddy’s Year 10 Computing
students. Students can vote for
their favourite poster until the
end-of-day,
Thursday
04
August. To vote, students need
to go online to the voting
webpage (by using the QR Code
on the advertising posters) or
use:
https://goo.gl/Yphm3H.
Mrs Reddy will present prizes at
lunchtime on Friday 05 August.
Open Night
Option Evening
An Option Evening is scheduled for:
Wednesday 17 August
5.00pm - 7.00pm
in J Block.
You are encouraged to attend this with your
daughter, so that you can discuss subject
choices with staff.
The Open Night for prospective students for
2017 will be held on:
Thursday 11 August
5.45 pm.
If you know of anyone considering sending their
daughter to Tauranga Girls’ College in 2017
please pass on this date to them. Please invite
them to contact the school reception for further
details.
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PB4L – SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
In order for students to participate actively in
learning and attain academic achievement,
attendance is crucial. By attending classes, students
are able to keep up with lessons and assignments.
There are other benefits as well:
Opportunity: Junior students become more
familiar with their teachers and their peers, making
it easy for them to feel that they are part of the
school community. For older students, being in
school every day gives them a chance to learn more
about tertiary and scholarship opportunities, and to
take the important exams and assignments they
need to build a successful academic record.
Being part of the school community: Just by being
present at school, students learn how to be a good
citizen by participating in the school community,
learning valuable social skills, and developing a
broader world view.
The importance of education: As parents or
caregivers, our commitment to school attendance
will also send a message to our children that
education is a priority and going to school every day
is a critical part of educational success.
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completes the day's homework assignments. If
there are difficulties with homework, contact the
teacher
Take an active role. Stay involved with your
child's daily experiences at school by asking how
the school day went, and then listening carefully
to what your child shares with you both the
successes and struggles. Make it a point to call or
meet your child's teacher if there are concerns.
Locate potential sources of anxiety. If your child
frequently appears upset or reluctant to go to
school and cannot tell you why, schedule an
appointment with his or her teacher or school
counsellor to talk about possible sources of the
anxiety.
Keep updated on school events. Read the school
documents that your child brings home and take
note of important dates, such as athletics day,
swimming sports, work day, parent-teacher
evening, whanau meeting or option evening.
Try to limit the amount of time that your child
misses school due to medical appointments or
illness. If possible, avoid scheduling doctor's
appointments during the school day. Allow your
child to stay home only in the case of serious
How can parents/caregivers limit absences?
illnesses.
Make school attendance a priority, and help your
Schedule family events with your child's school
child from falling behind. You can do this in the
schedule in mind. Plan holiday celebrations or
following ways:
family trips during weekends or school vacations.
Help your child get to school on time every day.
In the case of family emergencies or unexpected
It is important to insist on school attendance.
trips, call your child's teacher and set up a way
Babysitting, problems with a car or late bus, and
that your child can work ahead or bring important
the weather are not permissible reasons to miss
homework on the trip.
school. Frequently coming to school late may also
Plan ahead. Encourage your child to prepare for
be noted on your child's permanent record, and
the next school day by laying out clothes the night
will make it difficult for your child to stay caught
before and helping to fix lunches.
up with the first lessons of each morning. It is
important to teach your child how to set and use
Promote good health. Make sure that your child
an alarm clock, and keep the television turned off
eats a balanced diet with plenty of fruit and
in the morning.
vegetables, and has opportunities to exercise
every day through sports or daily walk.
Inform the school immediately of absences.
Follow the school’s attendance policy. At the
Create a restful environment. Make sure that
beginning of the school year, review the school's
your child can relax before bedtime by doing
rules and make sure you know that calling the
something quiet like reading rather than do
school when your child is absent must be done.
something stimulating, like watching television or
going on the computer. Getting enough sleep will
Check homework. Sometimes, your child may
help her get up on time, be refreshed in the
not have completed homework and this may
morning, and feel ready for a full day of learning
result in her deciding not to attend school. Check
ahead!
each night to see that your child understands and
By making your child's school attendance a priority, you will be taking an important step in supporting
your child's school and future success. Every day counts!
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Mathematics Department and Maths Week
Some news and information from the Mathematics Department
Maths Week 2016:
Monday 08 Monday - Friday 12 August
Yes, it’s happening soon!
Maths Week is gearing up for another fantastic year
of fun, challenging maths questions and activities.
There are activities, games and challenges for all
students from Year 1 to Year 11.
The aim of Maths Week is to present mathematics
in a bright attractive way to all sorts of things which
are relevant to student’s lives. It is written to
appeal to students and is related to the curriculum
with a different emphasis.
The Ministry of Education and the New Zealand
Association of Mathematics Teachers sponsor
Maths Week.
More Mathematics & More Challenges!
The 2016 Challenges are:
‘Maths Millionaire’,
Interactive games
Daily Dollar
Questions,
Survivor Series,
Games.
This year a section on using Maths in
unusual situations, including the Olympic
Games, Snow-boarding in France, “The
Sound of Music” musical, Route 66 and the
Dam Busters
See further details on:
http://www.mathsweek.org.nz/
One of our school activities will be the annual TGC
Mathsmind competition. Each Year 9 and 10 class
will choose teams of four members to compete in
the hall at lunchtime. The Year 10 competition is on
Tuesday 09 August and the Year 9 competition on
Wednesday 10 August.
This year the Bay of Plenty Mathsmind
competition will be held in Whakatane on
Wednesday 17 August. Two Year 9 and two Year 10
teams are sent to this event.
Help with Maths
The Mathematics Department continues to run
Maths tutorials every lunchtime in room J209.
There is always at least one Maths teacher available
to help students at any level. Please encourage
your daughter to seek this extra help if needed.
Exam Revision
In the weeks leading up to the school Benchmark
Exams in Weeks 7 - 9 (08 - 14 September) and the
End of Year NCEA Exams we will make available
commercial revision material. In the past we have
promoted books by D & D Resources, which we
think are good value for money. These are write-on
books which give several parallel assessments for
each external Achievement Standard. At Levels 1, 2
and 3 they are a series of booklets, each costing $5
per booklet. A flier has been sent out to students
and payments are due by Friday 05 August (end of
Week 2).
If you have any queries regarding any of the above
items, please contact the Head of Mathematics,
Lewis Hockings.
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Science
Education Gazette July
2016: The Science Teaching
Leadership Programme strives
to increase student
engagement in science by
upskilling teachers.
TAURANGA GIRLS’ COLLEGE:
A SPIRAL OF LEARNING
Tauranga Girls’ College biology
teacher Richard Hendra spent the
second half of 2015 working
alongside scientists at Plant &
Food Research in Te Puke.
A chemistry teacher from the
school, Rachel Leckie, will also
take part in the STLP in Term 3.
HOD Science Treena Blythe says
the programme has inspired big
changes in the Science curriculum
offered by the school.
“We’ve changed our Year 9
programme quite significantly,
and we hope that next year we
will extend these changes to Year
10 as well,” she says.
“Our first goal was to improve
engagement – we wanted it to be
really relevant and as centred on
the real world as it could be,” she
says.
In doing this, Treena says the
course has been divided into four
broad concepts, the first being
science investigation.
“This is a big Nature of Science
push – understanding how science
knowledge is gained, and carrying
out investigations of our ideas.”
Term 2’s focus is on forensics, and
solving mysterious cases as
though the students are police
scientists. Treena says this relates
to the learning that has happened
in Term 1, and engagement levels
are palpable.
“It used to be a unit called
‘separating mixtures’, but now we
call it ‘drug bust’ – some of the
students even think we’ve been
contracted by customs to work
our hypothetical cases out,” she
laughs.
Science and the media is set down
for Term 3, which will involve
analysis of science articles in print
and online contexts as well as in
popular films, and in Term 4 the
course will have a technology
focus.
“Part of Richard’s work since he
returned from his placement has
been to gather data about how
the students are engaging with
the Science curriculum, and how
this is changing over time,” she
says.
Treena notes that she and her
fellow teachers are conscious that
engagement doesn’t necessarily
relate to better learning
outcomes.
“Another aim of ours is to
carefully ensure that the increase
in engagement levels is actually
linked to student learning, but of
course as scientists we are well
aware that this is hard to
measure,” she says.
Treena says the beauty of the
STLP is the time it allows teachers
to make considered changes.
“When you’re teaching full-time,
there are so many little things
that you have to do - whether it’s
marking, or day to day
preparation.
“This programme makes it
possible for someone to sit back
and reflect on what we’re doing in
a big-picture way. It’s enabled us
to make a change that we really
wanted to make.”
Principal Pauline Cowens believes
the greatest strength of the STLP
is the ability to connect the
science learning happening at
school, with science happening
outside the school.
“For me, this programme allows
teachers the opportunity to
reconnect with real-life science,
and allows them to explore
industry links, and bring a sense of
inquiry back with them,” she says.
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Pauline is also appreciative that
two Tauranga Girls’ teachers can
take part in the programme.
“Once the first teacher comes
back and starts to make the
changes, another teacher will go
too, so I see it as a spiral of
learning – both for the teachers
and the students,” she says.
“It’s not just a one-off thing, but
rather an ongoing programme of
change within the school.
“Also, because Richard teaches
biology, and Rachel is a chemistry
specialist, this will give us a wider
effect because it reaches across
the Science curriculum.”
Pauline notes that the benefits
from the programme are not
limited to the Science
Department, but rather seem to
spread out across the school like
an infusion.
“A lot of things that come to the
interface of a school are one-offs,
and it can be hard to leverage off
one separate event or
programme,” she says.
“But having the amount of time
and experience that comes with
the STLP is different.
“It means that the energy and
enthusiasm of the teacher who
returns infuses through to others
in the school.
“Another thing that I’ve noticed is
that it can awaken change in
other teachers. Someone going
out and having this amazing
professional development seems
to lift the aspirations of all of us –
it’s inspiring.”
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Careers Term 3
A term full of experiences and
opportunities for our students
Term 3 began with a number of
our Year 12 students being
hosted at universities. Phabian
Patrick, Bridgette Potaka and
Angel Maihi attended an allexpenses paid 4 day stay at the
University of Auckland. They
were selected on the Whakapiki
Ake Programme which is
designed to support Rangatahi
into careers in Health. Our Years
9, 10 and 11 Maori students were
invited to attend an Early Years
presentation at school under the
same initiative. Some current
students who are in placements
at Tauranga Hospital also
attended.
Emily Nicholls and Caprice
Fletcher were hosted by Massey
University on the Manawatu
Campus. These girls won the
opportunity at the recent
‘Cultivate
Your
Career’
experience at Mills Reef.
Lisa Te Heu Heu, held a session
with
the
Nga
Wahine
Whakamana group with a focus
on helping the girls becoming
more self -aware of their
strengths and challenges. They
students enjoyed the session
and were happy with the
outcomes
when
their
personalities were revealed in an
exercise. Lisa has a background
in Resource and Environmental
Planning and Māori natural
resource management. She has
worked in private practice, for
Iwi and Hapū, in the Public
Sector
and
in
Research
Institutes. Lisa is keen to help
young women especially with a
‘path to contribute to the future
of our tamariki’.
There are several opportunities
still to come this term.
On Friday 12 August all Year 12
students will visit the Careers
Expo at the ASB Arena. They
will have the chance to talk with
training
providers,
explore
career options and meet
industry leaders. This is a free
community
event.
See
www.westernbay@work.org.nz.
HOBEC Lawyers are hosting
two afternoon sessions for our
girls to hear directly about what
a career in law is all about.
BECA Engineers hold an annual
Engineering day for five Year 12
students. The day showcases
careers in engineering.
Over the next few weeks all the
New Zealand Universities will
have staff visiting us to help
students with course planning
and selection of papers for their
first year of study. WINTEC and
WAI BOPP liaison staff will also
be in to offer our students this
assistance.
All students returning for 2017
will have a Curriculum Guide
that’s sets out the subjects being
offered; the foundation skills
required; the subject pathways
and what’s required to achieve
qualifications. They will be
selecting their subjects with
advice and assistance being
offered from their subject
teachers, tutors, deans and
careers teacher. This can be
consolidated with a visit to the
school Option Evening on
Wednesday 17 August, which
parents are encouraged to
attend. There will be a number
of university and polytechnic
liaison staff present as well as
the Defence Force and Building
ITO representatives.
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Calendar
Day
Date
Event
Wed-Sat
Thursday
Fri-Sat
Friday
03-06 Aug
04 Aug
05-06 Aug
05 Aug
Sunday
Mon-Fri
Monday
Tuesday
07 Aug
08-12 Aug
08 Aug
09 Aug
FAME – joint TGC/TBC Production, Baycourt
FAME – students field trip, 10am-3pm
NZ Chamber Music Nationals: Auckland
Junior BOP Basketball
Kaoshiang visitors leave
Booze Bus
Netball tournament: Rotorua
Maths Week
NZ Dance Made
BOP Badminton Finals
Chess Competition
Year 10 Maths Mind: lunchtime, Hall
23EKB Group 2: PCTI
Y9 Maths Mind: lunchtime, Hall
Y9 Mini Council to Selwyn Ridge: 10.30am-1.30pm
Open Night: 5.45pm
Careers Expo: Y12
BOP Basketball
Maatangi Whenua Geography Competition: Hamilton
Table Tennis
ICAS Maths: 9-10am
Mufti Day
Maths Mind – Trident High School
Labo visitors leave
Y11 Study Seminar
Option Evening: 5-7pm, J Block
PTA meeting: 7.30pm, Staffroom
Performing Arts: 9am-2pm, Hall
Maths Olympiad
Waikato/BOP Big Bands Festival
Young Enterprise Trade Fair
12SCI field trip
Y9 Diligence Camp – Finlay Park
Girls on Tour
Junior Market Day: 1-3pm, J Block
Waikato University Statistics Scholarship
Big Sing Finale
Wintec Taster Day – Hamilton
Waikato University Calculus Scholarship
Winter Sports Photos
Y9 WLS Business field trip: Gate Pa Shopping Centre
Y9 HNS Business field trip: Gate Pa Shopping Centre
Winter Tournament Week
Football Premier: Nelson
Y9 & 10 Basketball – Rotorua
1st XI Hockey: Hamilton
National Secondary Schools Hockey: North Harbour
Netball: Auckland
Senior Basketball: Rotorua
Junior Underwater Hockey
Mid Term Break
Wed-Thurs 10-11 Aug
Wednesday 10 Aug
Thursday
11 Aug
Friday
12 Aug
Tuesday
16 Aug
Wednesday 17 Aug
Thursday
18 Aug
Friday
Sunday
Mon-Tues
19 Aug
21 Aug
22-23 Aug
Monday
22 Aug
Tuesday
23 Aug
Wed-Sun
24-28 Aug
Wednesday 24 Aug
Thursday
Sat-Sat
25 August
27-03 Sept
Sat-Tues
Sun-Sat
27 Aug-30 Aug
28 Aug-03 Sept
Sun-Fri
Wed-Sat
Thurs-Sun
Friday
28 Aug-02 Sept
31 Aug-03 Sept
01-04 Sept
02 Sept
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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: Ms Millar
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
info@tgc.school.nz www.tgc.school.nz
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