Hip Hop - James Hargest College · One of the strategic goals for 2019 is to further improve the pastoral care or our students. (Every student ‘known and noticed’ by the same

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Hip Hop

1 August 2019

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Principal’s Comment

Matua Neitana Tane

He iwi kotahi tātou.We are one people.

In the recent holiday some members of our Kapa Haka along with students from Fernworth, as well as their teacher and alumni Steph Wilson welcomed the new Southland Area Commander Inspector Mike Bowman to Murihiku Marae. It was a heartfelt and warm occasion and many of the speakers including the Commander spoke particularly to our students with pride, emotion and admiration.

Put Sunday the 25th of August in your diary for the biennial Otago Southland Secondary Schools Kapa Haka Competition “Te Hautonga”. It will be held at the ILT Stadium. Gold coin entry. This will be followed by a week of cultural celebrations as the Polyfest hits the stage once again celebrating its 10 year anniversary.

Mauri ora!Neitana (Nathan) Tane

Whanau Report

Andy WoodPrincipal

Chris O’ConnorBOT Chairperson

From the Boardroom

One of the strategic goals for 2019 is to further improve the pastoral care or our students. (Every student ‘known and noticed’ by the same key staff member across several years.) Specifically, staff are currently reviewing whether to have the same Form Teacher for 5 years (Year 9-13). The Board and the Principal would welcome any parent views on this subject - simply email the school office:[email protected]

Thanks to all the staff, the many students, and the PTA (a great barbecue!) for their

presentation of the school and what it offers at Open Day last Sunday. Your energy and enthusiasm were infectious!

We are all proud of the quality of education at our school, and encourage you to get your enrolment for younger siblings handed in well within the final 31 August deadline.

Kia ora Koutou

Chris O’Connor BOT Chairperson

A combination of pen, paper and computer devices will be the norm in many, many occupations for a long time. Indeed, most of our personal interactions with agencies, banking and business are now conducted

online. And that’s now the norm for schools as well. Your children need to learn to use personal devices as a powerful tool for communicating, learning, creating and storing their own stuff - along with being able to write on paper!

The BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) policy at Hargest was carefully considered and introduced in a sensible, staged manner (moving up a year level each year).

We ask that those of you able to provide a device, ensure that it is charged and brought to school every day - now an essential ‘managing self’ skill!

Our scheme for providing Chromebooks, free from the library, is struggling under the pressure of numbers of students who simply cannot be bothered bringing their device to

school, or have them charged and in working order (approx. 70 per day in this category). We need your support, please. We are educating kids for their future - not our past!

We have considered putting a charge on the daily issue of devices but want to avoid this strategy if possible. Internet connectivity hasn’t made teaching any easier but it has lifted the potential for its effectiveness hugely.

Please work with us, and support our efforts!

Nga mihi nui

Andy WoodPrincipal

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Welcome International Students

Staff Welcome

Staff Farewell

Jen Richardson Jen has previously taught ESOL students in the US, Australia, and New Zealand and is excited at the opportunity to continue this work for the English Department at James Hargest College. When not working with Internationals she enjoys travelling, coffee, and op-shopping!

Steve Jackson Steve leaves Hargest after a short time to take up a position in a local school. We were most grateful to have Steve arrive at the right time at the start of the year to take up a position as an experienced Phys Ed teacher. He also stepped up to be our rugby co - ordinator and has done an outstanding job with both aspects of his job. He will be missed by all his classes. We have valued his calm manner and willingness to help in any area at any time and wish him well in his new position.

Welcome to our new long term international students, who have started at James Hargest College recently:Exchange StudentsOceane de Chazal - FranceAdrian Waingart Navarro - SpainWilma Muller - SwedenCaroline Nielsen - DenmarkLilly Juvan - AustriaFlorenz Feistle - Germany

International StudentsAndrea Fernandez - SpainAleksandr Lobachev - RussiaHyunwoo (James) Shin - KoreaHyunseong (Eric) Shin - KoreaQuynh Chi (Emily) Dong - VietnamYun Fei (Fiona) Chen - China

We also have short term students who joined us this term:Aiyao (Audrey)Yu - ChinaSuwapat (Jasmin) Kasetmongkolchai - ThailandA big welcome also to two international groups:Kumagaya City Hall from JapanSuzhou Lunhua from China

The Senior Kapa Haka on their way to Murihiku Marae via Stirling Point for a little bit of whanaungatanga (relationship building)!

PARENT INFORMATION EVENING

For Years 7 to 9: Tuesday 6 August 2019 7.30pm in the Junior Campus Library

TOURS OF THE SCHOOL Monday 29 July to Friday 9 August

Junior Campus: 9.00am - Phone: 2179250Senior Campus: 10.00am - Phone: 2176129

PLEASE PHONE TO BOOK

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From left to right: Emma Tuckey, Katie Heads, Ryan Jones, Gabrielle Milne, Shea Smith, Connor Ross

Hargest Students top the Commerce Subjects

The Southland branch of the Commerce and Economics Teachers’ Association awards a prize to the top achievers in Southland based on internal and external NCEA results in the Commerce subjects.The students received a certificate, a badge and a $100 prize for their achievements. The awards are sponsored by local accountancy firm Findex.For 2018, Hargest students won all of the eligible categories.

AccountingLevel One Accounting: Katie HeadsLevel Two Accounting: Connor RossLevel Three Accounting: Nick Tuckey (at Uni)

Digital TechnologiesLevel One Digital Technologies: Ryan JonesLevel Two Digital Technologies: Shea SmithLevel Three Digital Technologies: Sarah Botting (at Uni)

Business StudiesLevel Two Business Studies: Gabrielle Milne

Economics Level One Economics: Emma TuckeyLevel Two Economics: Shea SmithLevel Three Economics: Nick Tuckey (at Uni)

Readers Cup

James Hargest College entered a Year 9 and Year 10 team into the Readers Cup this year. Both teams competed well with the Year 9 team taking out 2nd place.

The teams were:

Year 10:Ashley PhillipsNicole Lina Sophia Kwong

Year 9:Tiana TurnbullPatrick SheppardSewmi DissanayakaLiam Devery

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FibreOctave Wearable Art Awards

Student section 3rd place - ‘Wired’ by Jeromy Tiatia, Victoria Bradney and Luisa Wuethrich

‘The Tooth Fairy’ ‘The Playroom’ ‘Test: 07’

Mrs Pannett’s entry: first place winner - ‘Fear of Missing Out’

This year we had four entries in The FibreOctave wearable art awards.

The students involved were:

Caitlin Whitaker, Neve Waddel, Kayla McQuoid, Jadine Janssen for their entry “The Tooth Fairy.”

Nicole Lina, Ashley Phillips, Amelia Jack,

and Natt Vanijaka for their entry “Test: 07”.

Gabrielle Spencer “The Playroom”.

And the team that got third place in the student section, Jeromy Tiatia, Victoria Bradney and Luisa Wuethrich for their entry “Wired”.

Art teacher, Mrs Pannett also decided to

give it a go this year and ended up winning first prize in the competition!

If you’re interested in taking part in 2020, start brainstorming ideas with a team or on your own and look out for the notice at the start of Term One! Meeting weekly in the art room to produce your own exciting creations.

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Service AwardsJunior Campus

I.T Support Lachlan Duston, Zachary Clyma, George MansonAssembly Tech Lachlan DustonRoad Patrol Mary Zhang

James Fleming Tyler Murdoch Scott Garnett Cole Harrington Ryan Harris

Values AwardsJunior Campus

Liam Thwaites Cormac Buchanan Sarah Hay Chloe Savage Anya Phillips

New Zealand Speech Board Oral Communication ResultsJunior Campus

Assessments were held on Thursday 25 July. Congratulations to the following students for their fantastic results:

Advanced Junior Award Jessica Ballantyne - Distinction Charlotte Dassen - Distinction Charlotte Deans - Highly Commended Kaela Hughes - Distinction Katie Lawrence - Distinction Isla Reynolds - Distinction

Junior Award Ben Richardson - Distinction Calin Grice - Highly Commended Kaia McElhinney - Distinction Katie Boniface - Highly Commended

The next round of Oral Communication lessons will begin on Thursday 1 August.

Oral Communication provides opportunities for students to develop their public speaking skills and confidence. Lessons are held in the GATE room on Wednesday afternoons 1.40pm - 2.20pm. Assessments will be held towards the end of Term 4. Further information and permission slips are available from the office. For any more information please contact Jane Mika [email protected]

Paige King Finn Edwards Aria Leask

Libby Crawford

Photo Board Nominations Junior Campus

Congratulations to the following students, one from each class, who were nominated for Outstanding Effort:

Year 7 Mary Zhang, Ruby Ritani, Libby Crawford, Joseph Maynard, Gabriella Hughes, Aaliyah Bartlett, Monique Hibbs, Katie Boniface and Blake Van Uden-SmithYear 8 Paige King, Liam Thwaites, Ishaan Boon, Cassie Campbell, Shogun Waniyapong, Samuel Kirby, Cindy Nguyen, Hannah Dummigan, Taylah Stephens and Sarah Hay

Congratulations to the following students, one from each class, who were nominated for their Positive Contribution:

Year 7Heilala Pita, Cameron Labes, Jemma Wright, Zuyo Waniyapong, Solomon Smith, Harris Evans, Alyssa Gillett, Finn Edwards and Rachel Rees

Year 8Jorja McIntosh, Libby Sargeant, Bree Cook, Aria Leask, Eden Coatsworth, Dakota Kennedy, Zariah Steentjes Pearce, George Shirley, Cormac Buchanan and Lauryn Fleming

Congratulations to the overall winners: Effort Libby Crawford and Paige King

Positive Contribution Finn Edwards and Aria Leask

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James Hargest College Science Fair Open Night 2019

When:Monday 5th August 7.00pm - 8.30pm Where:Senior Campus School Hall

Who:Year 10 Students and other keen Science students

All students in Year 10 have completed a Science project this year and now should be thinking of a topic or already starting their projects.

Monday 5th August marks the culmination of weeks of hard work, investigating, result taking and prototyping with these projects being displayed for judging in the James Hargest College Science Fair.

On Monday night the Senior Campus Hall will be open for viewing of all completed projects.

Many projects will then represent the school in the New Zealand Aluminium Smelter Southland Science and Technology Fair which is to be held from Tuesday 17th September – Friday 20th September at the Invercargill Workingmen’s Club (Corinthian Conventions Centre).

We look forward to seeing you there.

For further information or questions please contact Mr T Best:[email protected]

NZ Champion Grade 1 BandWorld Pipe Band Championships

Wishing Declan and Finn Cruickshank all the best as they head to Scotland in August to compete with the NZ Champion Grade 1 band, Canterbury Caledonian at the World Pipe Band Championships being held in Glasgow on 16 and 17 August 2019. This is a huge accomplishment for them both to have been selected to compete with the Christchurch based band.

Tuesday 27 August & Wednesday 28 August7pm - Senior Campus Hall

Adults $8, Students $2

YEAR 9 & 10 PLAY

STARCROSSED

Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet meets 1920s New York…with a twist or two

Term 3

Monday 22 July: Start of Term 3

Friday 27 September: End of Term 3

Term 4:

Monday 14 October: Start of Term 4

Tuesday 10 December: End of Term 4

Term Dates for 2019

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‘Solve It’ UnitJunior Campus

Room 4 had a wonderful turn out to support their ‘Solve it’ unit. They had to identify a real problem and design a prototype to solve the problem. Innovation was key. We had students building, sewing, painting, glueing and 3D printing. Problems ranged from carpal tunnel, wet bench seats to left handed hockey sticks

Year 7 & 8 HealthAnother year has flown by and Harold, along with Southland Life Education Trust, was back for another year. Life Education educates and empowers students to embrace positive choices for a healthy mind and body. Today children face a lot of challenges and the decisions we make as children can dramatically affect how we live our lives in the future – and this is why Life Education exists. Through Education we help students to understand how decisions they make today can affect their future health and well-being.

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The annual LEO Ball Extravaganza was a night of lights, stars and extravagance, when the Year 13 girls (and boys)walked down the catwalk to show off their dresses and suits. All proceeds from raffles and ticket sales went towards a chosen charity. This year it was for Motor Neurone Disease Southland. Involved in this event, we had a multitude of students in several committees each doing their part, whether it was writing up dress descriptions for the girls, making and boxing food, selling sponsorships, selling raffles, the list goes on. The club also acknowledges and thanks all of the teachers who spent their free time helping out with this event. We raised $2,400 for Motor Neurone Disease Southland and we all had a great time organising it and a truly great night.

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Kumagaya City HallWelcome

We are very pleased to welcome the 27th homestay tour from Kumagaya City Hall to James Hargest College. 20 students and two chaperones are here for 10 days to learn about our culture and lifestyle. During their time here they will have new experiences like a mihi whakatau, buddy lessons, special New Zealand lessons as well as meeting the mayor, sightseeing in Queenstown, experiencing farm life and visiting Bluff. However the most important time will be spent in a homestay family. We thoroughly appreciate the efforts of all the homestay families who have offered to host.

Above: Celebrating a birthday on the day of arrivalRight: Art classFar right: Mihi WhakatauBelow: Japanese class

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Southland Hip Hop Competition Junior Campus

This year the Junior Campus entered a team of 8 enthusiastic students to the Southland Hip Hop competition, held at Southland Girls High School on the first Sunday of the holidays.The team consisted of Abbey Glover, Eden Coatsworth, George Shirley, Katie Oliver, Shahn Fuller de Thierry-Curry, Maddison Schultz, Ollie Wilkinson and Libby Glover.They worked hard all term on their performance, working during a lot of their lunch breaks. They put together a strong dance that demonstrated their skills and ability. On the day, they executed it with style and attitude. They are super excited to have qualified for Nationals, which are to be held in Queenstown later this term, and will continue to work through this term to sharpen up their dance even more.Thanks to Mrs Blair for all the time she gave us and for choreographing our dance.

Motocross South Island Secondary Schools Championships

The James Hargest College Motocross Team competed at the South Island Secondary Schools Champs in Timaru in the holidays. The track conditions were dry and fast.

Results from our team of five:1st Dylan Marwick3rd Alexa Clark4th Charlotte Clark

Junior Ski Trip

We are planning a ski trip to the Remarkables for Junior Campus students on the 18th of August. Payment must be by cheque or cash (no eftpos, internet banking or credit card). We do not bank this until the trip has taken place and return it to the students if the trip does not go ahead (due to weather or not enough students able to go). Permission slips are available at the office.

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Southland Aerobics Regional Competition

During the first weekend of the school holidays Lucy Cooper and Kendyl Hair competed in the Southland Aerobics regional competition. Lucy was placed 2nd overall in the NZCAF intermediate section and Kendyl was placed 1st in NZCAF Junior Secondary Open Individual section.

Kendyl was also awarded the overall prize for most innovative choreography. Well done to both girls for qualifying for the National Aerobics event to be held in September.

Kendyl Hair

Lucy Cooper Photo credit: Corbyn Shuttleworth Photography

Hargest Lions on Tour

On the 6th of July, the James Hargest College first XV travelled to the Gold Coast, Australia to participate in the annual Gold Coast Rugby Carnival. The Gold Coast Rugby Carnival is a youth sporting event held on the Gold Coast each July.

The event is a week long Rugby Carnival focused on Spirit and Sportsmanship including a proud 27-year history with over 50 teams competing at the carnival each year. The goal of the Carnival is to attract both the traditional rugby schools and others who may have only recently discovered the wonders of our great game. All teams are welcome regardless of their playing ability.

The team, which consisted of 23 players and multiple parents and coaches were accommodated at the BreakFree Beachpoint hotel which was located next to the beach on the Gold Coast over the course of the week. During the week the JHC 1st XV played 6 games of rugby, these games took place every second day with the team playing two games per day.

During the non-rugby days the team participated in a variety of different activities which included; being able to shop at huge inner city malls and shopping centres and a day devoted

to theme parks where the team was collectively able to go to Dream World and White Water World. The Carnival experience also subsumed a beach day, where all the teams attending retired from playing sports and retreated to the beach for an array of convivial activities. The Gold Coast Carnival also retained a communal dinner for each team to attend which was held at the Australian Outback Spectacular.

The JHC 1st XV went to the carnival as a clear unidentified Southland team, with one goal on their minds, to win. After a rough start to the season back in New Zealand, the trip to Australia was a chance to clear the scoreboard and bring the competition to a new level facing off against teams from both New Zealand and Australia.

The 1st XV teams they played included Wairarapa, St Pius X, Cromwell College,

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Photo credit: Corbyn Shuttleworth Photography Photo credit: Corbyn Shuttleworth Photography

Carnival trip to Australia has brought these boys closer together to create a tight band of brothers, with friendships and memories that will last a lifetime.

I would just like to say a big thank you to the coaching staff of Stu Harvey and Mark Tinnock, bus driver Matty XO Pope and the parents who joined us for any of the trip. Your support and help was truly appreciated.

Finally a huge thank you to our manager and non-official team physio, Tanya Haywood, who always goes above and beyond to make sure we have supplies, information and everything we need to play and compete in the sport of rugby.

Written by The Pride of Lions

Gold Coast Cyclones, Te Awamutu and Aquinas, with James Hargest pulling off a victorious couple of wins in the process. Each rugby day was tough for the team as they were not used to the hot and humid conditions that Australia implemented, but thanks to the coaching staff, parents and especially to the manager Tanya Haywood the team was provided with three meals a day including snacks and supplies to help the team participate and compete at a high level each day.

Despite the James Hargest College 1st XV team being a relatively new and young team, the Gold Coast Rugby

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JHC were placed 2nd top school overall. The following students attended and placed.

Individual Time Trial2nd Conrad Clark U153rd Ronan Shearing U162nd Emily Paterson U20 Road Race 2nd Marshall Erwood U15

Team Time Trial1st Boys U16Marshall Erwood Ronan Shearing Hunter Thompson, Conrad Clark

3rd Girls U20Emily Paterson Rhylee AkeroydHayley Paterson Jasmine McLeod

Road Cycling South Island Schools

Remarkables Ski AreaSunday 4 August

Sunday 18 August Cost $120

Ski Trips

Senior Campus

Includes bus, ski gear, lift pass, 1 lesson (clothing not included)

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Ki O Rahi Secondary Schools Championships

Skills, tactics and clever moves improved through out the day at the annual Secondary School Ki O Rahi Champs held at Stadium Southland. 10 teams involving seven schools battled it out in this fast paced game. Congratulations to James Hargest College on taking out the winners trophy for 2019!

Taieri Exchange Results Senior Campus

Basketball Junior A Girls JHC 30 Taieri 28Senior Boys 1st V JHC 40 Taieri 32Junior A Boys JHC 38 Taieri 36 HockeyBoys 1st XI JHC 3 Taieri 0 Girls 1st XI Taieri 1 JHC 0 NetballSenior A Taieri 22 JHC 21 Year 9 A JHC 23 Taieri 18 Year 10A Taieri 22 JHC 21

Rugby Girls Rugby JHC 32 Taieri 15U14 Girls JHC 40 Taieri 17Boys 1st XV JHC 41 Taieri 14 Soccer Boys 1st XI JHC 3 Taieri 3 (penalties JHC 7 Taieri 6)Girls 1st XI Taieri 3 JHC 1

Oamaru Intermediate School Exchange

This year we are travelling to Oamaru for our annual school exchange. We depart on Wednesday 7 August and return Friday 9 August. James Hargest College students have been selected for a variety of activities including volleyball, basketball, tennis, netball, hockey, badminton, table tennis, rugby, football, chess, quiz, touch, king dodgeball, harriers and swimming. This exchange is always a highlight. Our students enjoy the intense competition and the opportunity to establish new friendships.

If you have any questions in regards to the exchange, please email or contact Bridget Smith or Stuart Brown.

Result: James Hargest 9 wins Taieri 4 winsJames Hargest shield winners

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Riversdale Art ExhibitionSelection

Congratulations to Cilla Tomlinson who was selected for the Emerging Art Awards at the Riversdale Art Exhibition. Cilla was one of ten selected, with applicants aged up to 25. This was a great achievement and the work was on show until the 28th July.

All school accounts for Junior and Senior Campuses will be emailed. If you do not receive an account, please contact the Junior Campus on 2179250 or the Senior Campus on 2176129. We encourage AUTOMATIC PAYMENTS to be made with the campus your child is attending, Year 7-8 Junior Campus bank account and Year 9 and above Senior Campus bank account. Please include your child’s student ID as a reference. The bank accounts numbers are:02 0924 0408612 01 (Junior Campus)02 0924 0408612 02 (Senior Campus)

Payments

COTW - Citizens of the WorldPreliminary Meeting for 2020

The countdown is on to our departure. We leave on Saturday 14 September. The Year 8 group has been busy fundraising and are now preparing for our trip to the USA. We spend a week in LA checking out the Theme Parks before going to Tacoma and meeting our host families. We are based in Tacoma for three weeks so will have lots of opportunities to immerse ourselves in the USA way of life.

If you are keen for your child to be involved in 2020, either travelling to Tacoma or hosting an American student (when they visit in February) or both, then we are having a preliminary information evening on Tuesday 27 August in the Junior Campus library at 7pm. If you require any more information, please contact Miss Katrina Grice (teacher in charge 2020) [email protected]

World Vision 40 Hour Famine UpdateIndividual Sponsorship Fundraising

Junior campus raised $4309.

Senior Campus raised $1795.10 plus other payments made online.

Senior Campus Student leaders organised quiz night raised $1450

So all together that’s $7555.10 donated to World Vision from the efforts of students at Hargest

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If you are feeling sick and need to go home, you must go through sick bay. The office ladies will contact your parents/caregivers to arrange to have you picked up or will seek permission for you to walk home. You must not just sign yourself out.

A reminder to students to come to the office and sign out if you are leaving during the school day. Parents/caregivers are to come into the office to collect you and are not to go directly to the classroom. If you are returning later please come back through the office and sign back in.Please note that classes start at 8:50am and students are to be in class by that time. If students come in late, they are to go to the office before going to class to have their names deleted from the absence list.

Sick Bay Junior Campus

Leaving school during the day – Signing out and back inJunior Campus

Sick BaySenior CampusIf you are feeling sick and need to go home, you must go through sick bay.The ladies will contact your parents to arrange to have you picked up or will seek permission for you to walk home. You must not just sign yourself out.

PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWSYEARS 9-13

Wednesday 14 August4.00-8.30pm

To make appointments please go to

www.schoolinterviews.co.nzand enter the following code:

s52q3

Please print your schedule of times and mark these dates in

your diary.Parents/Caregivers/Whanau who do not have access to

the internet are welcome to phone 2176129 ext 205 for

assistance.We highly recommend your

son/daughter attend the interview, so together you

can work with us to set goals and develop plans around

achieving them.Bookings are open NOW!

Medical CertificatesSenior CampusIf your child is absent for more than three days due to illness, we would appreciate a medical certificate. There is a high level of correlation between attendance and academic achievement. We need students to be in class whenever possible.

EnrolmentsJunior CampusYear 8 students who currently attend the Junior Campus do not need to re-enrol to attend the Senior Campus in 2020. One enrolment form covers both campuses.Students wishing to enrol at the Junior Campus for 2020 – a reminder that enrolments close on Friday 30 August.

Careers Upcoming DatesOtago University and Auckland University have already been in for course consultation which is where they assist students with paper selection for their courses next year. The following visits are scheduled and students must register at careers.

6 August – Otago University Maori Liaison Visit7 August – Lincoln University Course Consultation13 August – Otago Polytechnic Course Liaison10 September – Canterbury University Course Consultation19 September – Victoria University Course Consultation

University Dates Students who are considering studying further afield than Invercargill need to make sure that they check their emails, daily notices and our James Hargest College Careers Facebook to keep up to date with what is happening. The

following dates are “guidelines” and each university will have different dates, so please check with respective universities if uncertain.

1 August – Residential Hall applications open

15 August – University Scholarship Applications close

31 August – Teacher Training College Applications close

1 September – Performance Music Auditions close

15 September – Closing dates for Bachelor of Dental Technology, Bachelor of Oral Health, Bachelor of Radiation Therapy

1 October – Course applications open

31 October – International student applications close

10 December – Closing date for first year applications

Winter Uniform UpdateA reminder about the correct wearing of James Hargest College uniform for the winter season.• Kilts or A-line skirt may be worn

throughout the year at both the Junior and Senior Campus. Skirts must be of a reasonable length, neither very short nor longer than mid-calf.

• Undergarment may be a plain white t-shirt, merino or polyprop worn under the uniform tops for extra warmth (should not be visible below

blouse/shirt hems or sleeves).• Blazers may be worn at both the Junior

and Senior Campus. • Scarves and beanies are optional but

must be the school standard cardinal red with gold stripe.

• Black or other coloured scarves are not to be worn.

• Gloves may be black.• Any plain black weatherproof jacket

(not cotton) may be worn to and from school.

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School SafetyJunior Campus

Student supervision is not available prior to 8.20am so students must not be on the school grounds before then, unless they are attending before school maths. This is a safety issue as supervision is not available prior to 8.20am. We also do not have supervision available after school so unless your child has an afterschool activity within the school please ensure they are collected by 3.30.

Students are not to use the staff car park on Layard Street as a walkway area and parents are not to use this as a drive through to drop or pick up children, again this is for safety.

The Health Nurse is available at the Junior Campus in Term 3. If you have any concerns please phone the school office and we will arrange for the Health Nurse to contact you. If students wish to see the Health Nurse they are able to make an appointment by placing a request in the green post box in the office foyer.

Health Nurse Junior Campus

When you phone in an absence, please give the reason so it can be recorded with the correct coding in the attendance system.

Please note that classes start at 8.50am and students are to be in class by that time. If students come in late, they are to go to the office before going to class to have their names deleted from the absence list.

Absences/Late to SchoolJunior Campus

Parent Parking Junior Campus

We strongly recommend that all students from year 7 - 12 are equipped with a personal device next year. Since introducing 1:1 device use with a pilot class 4 years ago, we have been ‘rolling up’ a 1:1 device learning environment year by year. During this time the school has transformed many of its other systems to digital platforms. Students in all year 7-11 classes this year now routinely use access to their school digital platform (Google for Education) for their normal work. Device use is about ‘which technology is best’ - device or paper and pen, and often this means using both at once. Next year we continue rolling up this process. It is important that we prepare students for their future, not our past!

Which Device?As a school, we are comfortable for students to bring their preferred device to school. We do not advocate one device over another. Students typically use a range of devices including iPads, Laptops,

chrome books and tablets. As a primary device we recommend the following minimum specifications:• Minimum screen size of 7 inches

(minimum usable resolution of 1024 x 600)

• Running iOS11.0+, or Android 6.0+, Mac OSX 10.11+ (El Capitan) or Windows 10

• Battery life of 5-6 hours• Wireless Capability• Minimum storage for tablets of 32GB

(due to the increasing size of apps)• Google Chrome installed (Google

Cloud Print is used for printing from student devices)

• Protective case strongly recommended• Bluetooth keyboard or keyboard/

tablet case combination is recommended, particularly for smaller tablets less than 9” e.g ipad mini

We recommend buying a device that is or can be updated to the latest operating system as this will give the device a longer life and allow newly introduced apps to be used.

University of CanterburyScience Summer Camp The UC Science Summer Camp is a 5-day event for Year 12 students interested in studying science at university. The camp will be based at UC’s Ilam Campus in Christchurch. Students will stay on campus in university accommodation.

Camp dates Monday 2 December to Friday 6 December 2019

Camp fees The cost of the camp is $575 and includes accommodation, food and travel during the week (excludes travel to and from the camp)

Scholarships 5 Diversity Scholarships and 3 Pasifika Scholarships are available

Find out more: www.canterbury.ac.nz/science/outreach/summer-camp/

Applications close: Saturday 10 August

Devices

Parents are asked not to park in either of the staff carparks within school grounds. There is a visitors’ park available in front of the office should you need to access the office.

Junior Campus 6 Layard Street, Invercargill

Phone 03 2179250, Fax 03 2173152Email: [email protected]

Senior Campus288 Layard Street, Invercargill

Phone 03 2176129, Fax 03 2170351Email: [email protected]: www.jameshargest.school.nz

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E-mail NewslettersThe next newsletter will be issued via email

on Friday 2 August 2019.Hard copies of the newsletter will be available

from either the Junior or Senior Campus office.

You can view the newsletter on the Hargest web site www.jameshargest.school.nz.

Information UpdatesIf you have any changes to your details (e.g. address, phone numbers, medical details, emergency contacts, etc), please let the

school know as soon as possible in order to keep our records up-to-date.

Please email Mrs France (Senior Campus) with any changes at

[email protected] phone 2176129

or Mrs Cribb (Junior Campus) [email protected]

or phone 2179250

Parent, Caregiver, Whanau and

Community EngagementAt James Hargest College we are always

interested in engaging with our community and listening to parents, whanau and the wider community. If you have any good

ideas or there is something special that has happened regarding Hargest, or there are issues, concerns or complaints we should

be aware of, please contact the school office Senior Campus (2176129) or Junior Campus (2179250) or via email, office@

jameshargest.school.nzYou will be put in contact with an

appropriate staff member.

PTA meetings will be held in the Brigadier’s Room at the Senior Campus. All are scheduled to start at 7.30pm.

Tuesday 17 SeptTuesday 19 November

PTA Meeting Dates

Change of DetailsHave you shifted house, changed

internet service provider or phone provider lately?

Please ensure that your details are up to date.

You can easily check what details we have by logging into

https://kamarportal.jameshargest.school.nz

Coming Events for 2019

Senior CampusAugustFri 2 Careers Fest at Stadium Southland August Newsletter issued Mon 5 Science Fair Open Night, 7:00-8:30pm at the Senior Campus HallWed 7 Sayonara Party for Kumagaya, 7:00pm at the Senior CampusThurs 8 Kumagaya City Hall depart Wed 14 Parent Teacher Interviews Year 9-13, 4:00-8:30pm ‘Love Me Not’ Year 13 Programme all dayWed 21 Year 13 Book Day Dress Up! Thurs 22 International Sports Day Mon-Fri 26-30 Polyfest

SeptemberMon-Fri 2-6 Winter Tournament WeekMon 2 September Newsletter issued Mon-Fri 9-13 Maori Language WeekFri 27 Last Day of Term

Junior CampusAugustThurs 1 Sport and Rec Sign Up August Newsletter issued Tues 6 Parent Information Evening (Junior Campus Library)Wed-Fri 7-9 Oamaru ExchangeThurs 8 Kumagaya City Hall depart Thurs 15 Minecraft Intro course Fri 16 Year 7 Syndicate 2 Speech Final Sports and Rec StartSun 18 Ski TripMon 19 Year 7 Syndicate 1 Speech Final Wed 21 Year 7 S Overall Speech Final “Attitude” Performance Mon 26 Speech Cluster Final – Verdon College Mon-Fri 26-30 Polyfest

SeptemberWed 4 Invercargill Area Speech Final – Venue TBC Mon-Fri 9-13 Maori Language WeekTues 17 Venture Southland Speech Grand Final – SGHSWed 18 Year 8 Options DayFri 20 Sport and Rec endsTues 24 Rippa Rugby World CupFri 27 Last Day of Term

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