19 February - Rosehill College

From the Principal Tena koutou katoa
We all enjoyed an excellent House Day on Tuesday, and thanks go to the Sports and
Physical Education Department for their organisation and running of the events.
Heads of Houses and teachers encouraged students to great efforts in the tabloid
sports and the athletics events. It was great to see so many students participating
with enthusiasm and house spirit. Well done to all!
KEY QUESTIONS FOR EACH
STUDENT TO ANSWER
Another highlight this week was the visit of Keven Mealamu with the Webb Ellis Cup. He spoke to
students at interval on Thursday about his career in rugby and spoke of seeking advice and help when
needed and of concentrating on the task at hand whether it be school work, sport or housework.
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Messages in Principal’s Assemblies this week have been about being proud of our school, and how we
have much to be proud of. Occasionally, a very small number of students may make bad choices and I
reinforced that the following are not OK:
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What have been your academic
targets so far? Your achievements?
Your poor performances?
What are the achievement and
qualification goals that are important
for you this year?
What is your long-term career goal?
What ideas and comments do your
whanau have about your education
and future?
What ways of learning work best for
you in lessons and out of class?
Do you have programme and
assessment statements from all your
subjects?
What could be done to raise your
academic achievement? What
achievable actions are you therefore
now going to plan out?
Where will you keep a record
of academic conversations and
assessment results?
Students will enter answers for these
questions on Student Portal / Profile /
Interviews.
Dates to Remember
Monday 22 February
Classes finish at 12.30pm
Tuesday 23 February
ID Photo catch-up
Wednesday 24 February
New Students and Parents Evening 6:00pm
Thursday 25 February
Swimming Sports
BOT Meeting - 7:00pm
It’s not OK to be disrespectful to or verbally abuse a teacher.
It’s never OK to threaten or physically assault another person.
Certain things are banned at school – cigarettes and smoking, alcohol, drugs, synthetic drugs or
legal high substances, fireworks, weapons of any sort.
Any such actions will have serious consequences, and are likely to result in a stand down or suspension.
I also spoke of showing pride in ourselves by wearing the uniform correctly. Uniform is looking good at
this early stage of the year, but students were reminded about the correct socks, shoes and caps. See
later in the newsletter for the slides shown in assembly.
Sue Blakely, Principal
New Student and
Parent Evening
BREAKFAST MADE
EASY
Welcome to Rosehill College. We hope that
new students have started to feel like they
belong and can contribute to our school.
Connections between the school and home
help build positive outcomes for students so
we would like to invite all our new students
and their parents to our New Student and
Parent Evening on Wednesday 24 February at
6:00 pm.
"Nau mai haere mai" [Welcome]
Breakfast Club will begin next week on
Monday 22nd February.
This is an opportunity to meet senior staff,
your child’s Head of House and their Tutor
Teacher. These are the key people that you
will be communicating with while you are part
of Rosehill College. The evening starts in the
school hall and students do not need to attend
in school uniform. We look forward to seeing
you all at this evening.
Students please come to M6 at morning tea if you
would like to share breakfast with your friends or
just make new friends.
Parents, if you would like to be a part of an
awesome group of parent/staff volunteers who
help to run this programme, we would love to
have your help. Please contact Whaea Pare on 295
0661 ext 866, if I am not available leave a message
and I will return your call.
Thank you to Sanitarium and Fonterra for making
this possible.
Classes Finish Early for Students on Two Days
Cashier’s Office
The Cashier's Office will be closed from
11.30am Monday 22nd February 2016.
19 February 2016
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A reminder to parents/caregivers that on Monday 22 February and Thursday 10 March classes will
finish at 12:35pm to enable Rosehill College staff to get together for two afternoons of Restorative
Practices training.
Murphys Buses will operate at that time. Waka Pacific buses will arrive as usual at 3.20pm. Students
remaining at school will be supervised and should meet in the Library at 12.40pm. The Canteen will be
open at interval only on these days.
Issue No. 3
www.rosehillcollege.school.nz
Experienced Teacher Aide
Wanted
Correct School Uniform
30 hours per week – please note that hours are dependent
on Ministry of Education funding.
The right applicant will have excellent English language
skills and be a good communicator. They must have the
ability to work well in a team as well as work independently.
The position includes a range of duties including care and
support of a male student with a physical disability. They
will support low ability students working in small groups as
well as one on one support.
Applications close Wednesday 24 February 2016 at 4pm
Job descriptions and application forms can be found on
our web-site at www.rosehillcollege.school.nz under About
Us/Vacancies. Send the application form with a C.V. and
a covering letter to the Janet Herst, P.O. Box 72-546,
Papakura, Auckland 2244, or email j.herst@rosehillcollege.
school.nz, 09-295-0695. Applicants will be police vetted.
Not white socks
Not black socks
NCEA
Do you know about NCEA?
What is it?
Who does it involve?
How can I find out more?
Nau mai, haere mai [welcome] to our Whanau NCEA Evening to be
held Thursday 10th March at 6:30pm. Venue to be confirmed.
You will be supported and guided on understanding NCEA and will
be given a take home pack to help you monitor your child's dates of
assessments / exams.
PROCEDURES FOR UNWELL
STUDENTS
Need more information, please contact Whaea Pare - Kaimanaaki
at Student Support 2950661 extn 866.
If you receive a txt from your child saying they are
unwell please…
eLearning Update
As a result of research conducted by AUT University in 2015, the college
is implementing several Digital Parenting forums in 2016. The first of
these is planned for Tuesday the 1st of March at 6:30pm.
The topic of the evening - "Is my child safe? Healthy screen time" investigates the definition and types of screen time, how much screen
time is a part of our daily lives, and how we might ensure physical
safety and long-term health when using screens.
There are a limited number of spaces available because the format of
the evening has been planned to operate similar to a blended learning
environment. Adults are invited to attend with a student who brings
along their Chromebook. The intention is that adults will experience
how digital technologies can be integrated for learning in a bring-yourown-device classroom alongside their child.
If you are interested in attending this Digital Parenting forum with your
child, please email l.lamb@rosehillcollege.school.nz to secure a place.
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Tell them to go to the nurse first before you
come to the school.
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The nurse will assess the student
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Then she will contact the parent/caregiver if
the student needs to go home.
We have systems in place to best manage this and the safety
of students can be compromised if they txt family instead of
following our procedures.
Your support in this would be much appreciated.
Samoan Group
Polyfest is just around the corner! If you would
like to be part of the parents forum for Rosehill’s
Samoan Group and help in any way eg: uniforms,
fundraising, sponsorship please email Miss Leilua
d.leilua@rosehillcollege.school.nz. Any help would be
appreciated. Fa’afetai Lava.
Attendance Procedure
If your student is absent from school, please phone the
Attendance Officer on 295 0661 Ext 869 at any time and
leave a message.
Receiving a text message notifying of an absence
• Please reply to the text (this number cannot be
saved as a contact number on your mobile phone –
it is invalid after 7 days.
• OR phone our Attendance Officer on 295 0661 Ext
869
• OR provide a note explaining the student’s absence
If a student needs to leave school during the day
• Please provide a note for your student to take to
their Head of House
• The student is to obtain an ‘Exit Permit’ from their
Head of House before Tutor time
If a student is unwell during the course of the day – they
should go to the nurse.
If a student is late to school before tutor time finishes –
the student must go to their Tutor Teacher to sign in late
If the student is late to school after tutor time – the
student must sign in at the Student Office and
• provide a note from the parent/caregiver advising
the reason for being late
• OR the parent/caregiver should phone the
Attendance Officer on 295 0661 Ext 869 and leave a
message
Year 9 - 12 students may not leave the school grounds
without permission. We need to know where students are
at all times.
AUDITIONS,
AUDITIONS,
AUDITIONS...
For the 2016 Musical Production 'ANNIE' will be held on
Saturday 27th February. Don't miss out on your chance
to be involved in one of the most rewarding and exciting
experiences Rosehill College has to offer.
Auditions are open to ALL Rosehill College students.
Come to the Drama/Dance office during lunchtimes to book
an audition time.
New Staff Profiles
Jessie French
Teacher of Physical Education & Health
“Do something everyday that frightens you”.
New challenges are always frightening and
leaving the comfort of Papatoetoe High
School to start my new venture here at
Rosehill College is exactly that. Terrifying,
yet exciting all at the same time.
Being a South Auckland girl I have grown up
socialising with, competing against and often
with Rosehillians. Whether that be in the water, on a rowing
boat, on the netball court, athletics track or at the gym. The
reputation that Rosehill has as a College is second to none
and I am over the moon to be joining the Health and Physical
Education Department in 2016.
After leaving school, I decided to travel the world to get away
from the voices telling me what I “should” do to find out what I
truly “wanted” to do, before starting a degree in a Bachelor of
Physical Education at Auckland University. I have a passion for
teaching in the outdoors and building relationships outside the
four walls of a classroom. It is my belief that it is not always
about winning or losing, or who is the fittest or the fastest,
but about building confidence and character in oneself as well
as each other.
Krista Maley
Teacher of English
I have come to Rosehill College as a
teacher in my second year. The first year
I spent teaching was at South Auckland
Middle School in Manurewa.
Prior to
this, I completed a Bachelor of Arts,
majoring in English and History at Massey
University in Palmerston North. I studied
extramurally from Thames where I live,
attending numerous contact courses and
block courses over the course of my studies.
I have enjoyed the experiences I have had while teaching so
far. I believe it will be an immensely rewarding career if the
past two years are anything to go by. Rosehill College seems to
me like a welcoming, vibrant and creative place and I couldn’t
think of three more favourable adjectives to describe a great
working environment. I am looking forward to working with the
students this year and inspiring as well as feeding a love of
history, literature and topical events that can provide a lifelong
journey as the learners’ personal stepping stones of interest
follow from each other and lead on to a broader world view.
NAMING GEAR
We get a lot of uniform and non-uniform items handed into the
Student Office – some are very expensive and
all too frequently a charity ends up benefiting as
students don’t collect them! Please ensure that
all items brought or worn to school are NAMED,
so that lost items can be returned to the rightful
owner.
House Day
Rugby World Cup Visit
House day went down an absolute treat on Tuesday as
the full school got to enjoy some friendly competition
during the house parades, novelty events and the
athletic events that took place in the afternoon.
The level of participation and house spirit that was
demonstrated throughout the day was fantastic to see
and we hope to see the same at swimming sports next Thursday. A huge
congratulations goes out to Manutaki house for winning for the 4th year
in a row! What an awesome achievement.
This Thursday Rosehill was lucky enough to have
a visit from Keven Mealamu, a legendary All Black
and the Rugby Webb Ellis Cup. It was an awesome
way to kick off the rugby season at Rosehill and
all of the students really enjoyed the question
and answer session that they had with Keven and
the spot prizes that went along with it. Some information about the
upcoming season was also passed out and any students that missed out
on this can come and collect the flyers from the Sports Office.
A big thank you goes out to all of the staff, sports committee and house
leaders that helped make the day run smoothly and especially to the
P.E staff who were out in the hot sun running the events and interacting
with the students all day! We couldn't do this without you.
Sign-ups for Counties Athletics will be held in the Sports Office from
Thursday 18th-22nd Feb. These sign ups are for competitive athletes
only or students that placed 1st and 2nd at House day.
Swimming Sports
Swimming sports is coming up next week on Thursday 25th! Students
will be able to sign up for either championship events (2 lengths) or nonchampionship events (1 length) with their house leaders in gym 1, starting
Thursday 18th lunchtime- Tuesday 23rd. Students will only be able to
do one or the other- championship OR non-championship and they will
have to participate in a minimum of 2 events. Due to the tight time frame
students will need to get in quickly to sign up!
Counties Athletics
Competitive athletes or 1st and 2nd place winners at house day need to
sign up for Counties Athletics in the Sports Office by Tuesday 23rd February
as entries will be closing soon.
Coaching/Managing/Transport Volunteers
Due to the nature of sport in schools we are always looking for parents or
family members who are interested and willing to volunteer some of their
time to help us either coach, manage or transport our sports teams. If this
is you or someone you know please contact Toni in the Sports Office or
phone on 295 0661 ext 844.
House Day 2016
ROSEHILL COLLEGE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT MEETINGS
Wednesday 13 April and Thursday 28 July
Dear Parent / Caregiver
You have been sent this letter because you have one or more students in Years 11 and/or 12 attending Rosehill College.
Rosehill College is holding Student Achievement Meetings on Wednesday 13 April and Thursday 28 July from 1.25 – 6pm.
Normal timetabled classes will operate until 12.35pm on these two days and it is expected that students accompany their
family to this important event.
Student Achievement Meetings
These interviews are a meeting of the student, the student’s family and the student’s Tutor Group Teacher.
At the meeting the following will be discussed in regards to your student/s:
• Term One Progress Report
• Long and Short Term Educational Goals
• Record of Achievement
• The student’s pathway/career aspirations
• Information from subject teachers regarding goals and progress
• Academic mentoring responses
Making Bookings for Student Achievement Meetings
Bookings for each student and family with a Tutor Group Teacher are for 20 minutes.
Please logon at www.schoolinterviews.co.nz to book.
Use the event code CGJVV
Use the drop-down boxes to select your student’s Tutor Group Teacher and select a suitable time.
It is possible that the room used for the interview is not your student’s usual Tutor Group room. You will receive written
confirmation of the room used for the Student Achievement Meeting.
Making Bookings for Families without a Home Computer
For families without home access to a computer, two options exist.
• The Sir Edmund Hillary Library in Papakura has free wireless internet access for users.
• You can call the school on (09) 295 0661 ext 871 for assistance with booking interview times.
For both the above options, if you do not have your own email address, please use schoolinterviews@rosehillcollege.school.
nz and we will post your booking confirmation out to you.
Other Staff Available on the Day of the Student Achievement Meetings
Either before or after your interview with the Tutor Group Teacher, please feel welcome to visit:
• School Counsellorsin the
• Senior Leadership Team (Associate Principal and Deputy Principals) Library
• Kaimanaaki or School Nurse in the Student Support building.
You are welcome to book interview times with the following:
• Careers Advisor
• Gateway Coordinator
• Your child’s Head of House
Subject Teachers will be working in their role as Tutor Group Teachers and will not be available.
If you do not make a booking by Wednesday 30 March the school will make a booking for you and send confirmation details
by email or post.
Parking and Refreshments
Parking will be available for families at the Edinburgh Avenue entrance. Tea and coffee will be available for parents. Please
feel free to bring other children with you to the interviews if you are unable to make alternative arrangements for that time.
Obtaining Leave from Work
You will receive written confirmation stating your interview time. If you need another document to show your employer that
verifies your requirement to leave work, please contact Philippa Kaisser on:
(09) 295 0661 ext. 871 or by email: p.kaisser@rosehillcollege.school.nz