HERETAUNGA COLLEGE Ward Street, Upper Hutt 5018 Telephone: 939 9370

Email: info@heretaunga.school.nz Website: www.heretaunga.school.nz

Newsletter – November 2017

CONGRATULATIONS

A very proud moment for Heretaunga College with our very

own remedy.co winning the "YES Company of the Year Award" at the 2017

Regional Awards night.

They were also presented with the Marketing Excellence Award.

Congratulations to team remedy (Gretchen, Holly, Nicole and Brittany). They

have made us all very proud!

New Minister of Education, Chris Hipkins was very impressed with our schools

achievements.

Well done girls.

VISIT TO MAORIBANK SCHOOL We have received the following feedback from our Drama Department trip to Maoribank Primary School.

"The tamariki loved the performance, and so did the teachers. Thank you so much. We would be very keen to do this again next year. As a result of seeing your performance, our juniors have baked eyeball cupcakes, made witches pictures, and doing their own performances in their classroom!"

It was rewarding for our drama students to make a performance with a very specific target audience

IMPORTANT DATES 5/11 – Sports Dinner at Te Rauparaha

Arena

6/11 – CSW Awards Dinner incl AWD

6/11 – Senior Prizegiving

7/11-10/11 – Junior Exam Week

9/11 – NCEA Exams Begin

10/11-11/11 – CSW Junior Volleyball

Tournament

14/11-15/11 – Bronze Duke of Ed

Overnight Trip

16/11 – CSW Junior Golf Tournament

16/11 – CSW Junior Touch Tournament

16/11 – Year 9 River Clean Up

17/11 – AWD Swim Meeting

20/11 – Learning Conference – School

closed for students

27/11-30/11 – Junior Inquiry Week

28/11 – CSW Junior Bowls Tournament

29/11 – Junior Service & Cultural

Awards Ceremony

30/11 – Taitaungawainae Tournament

1/12 – Junior Prizegiving

1/12 – Leavers’ Dinner

4/12 – Junior House Activity

5/12-8/12 – Junior Activities Week

8/12 – LAST DAY FOR THE YEAR

TERM DATES:

Term Four:

Monday 16 October – Friday 8

December

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Meet on the first Tuesday of each

month at 6.30pm in the board room. All

welcome to attend.

IMPORTANT DATES

YEARS 9 AND 10

Wednesday 29 November Junior Service and Cultural Prize Giving in the School Hall at 9.00am

All parents/caregivers/guardians are welcome to attend.

Friday 1 December Junior Prize Giving in the School Hall at 9.00am

All parents/caregivers/guardians are welcome to attend. Students return on Monday 4 December for Junior Activity Week.

Monday 4 December- Friday 8 December

Year 9 and 10 activity week

Friday 8 December Last day of school for all students.

Have a great Christmas and New Year.

YEAR 11, 12 & 13

Monday 6 November Senior Service & Cultural Prize Giving Ceremony at the Lane Street Christian Centre at 9.00am

All parents/caregivers/guardians are welcome to attend. Students are released from this ceremony at 11.30 to go home and return to the same venue by 6.30pm for

the Senior Academic Prize Giving. All students are to be in full and correct school uniform (no jerseys). Any student not in correct uniform runs

the risk of being turned away from prize giving.

YEAR 13

Friday 1 December Leavers’ Dinner (Year 13 only) 5pm at school in Grace Wing

Then on to Silverstream Retreat for dinner

COLLEGE UNIFORM SHOP SALES IN JANUARY 2018

The following dates have been set aside for the sale of school uniform. As in previous years, there will be an

online booking system. You will receive an email letting you know how to book using the online system. If

you do not receive an email or you do not have computer access you are welcome to telephone the college

office on 939 9370.

Wednesday 17 January 9.30am – 6.00pm

Thursday 18 January 10.00am – 7.30pm

Friday 19 January 9.30am – 6.00pm

Tuesday 23 January 9.00am – 5.00pm

Wednesday 24 January 9.30am – 6.00pm

Thursday 25 January 9.30am – 6.00pm

Friday 26 January 10.00am – 3.00pm

From Tuesday 30 January the Uniform Shop hours will be:

Tuesday 8.00am – 8.30am

Friday 3.20pm – 4.20pm

SCHOOL START DATES 2018

Monday 22 January

Wellington Anniversary Day

Tuesday 16, 17, 18 January

School Leaders Camp

Friday 19 January

School Leaders Speech Camp

Tuesday 23 & 24 January

Year 13 Camp

Thursday 25 & 26 January

Teacher Only Days

Monday 29 January

Year 10 – 8.40am-1.00pm – Meet in Morgan Wing at 8.40am

Year 13 Peer Support training in Callaghan Wing – 9.00am-12.00pm

School of Hospitality – All day

Years 11, 12 & 13 - 3-way conferences.

15 minutes interviews – bookings made through Parent Interviews.

Email will be sent with booking details.

Tuesday 30 January

Year 9 and Peer Supporters - Meet in the Spine at 8.45am – Full day

Years 11, 12 & 13 3-way conferences

15 minutes interviews – bookings made through Parent Interviews.

Email will be sent with booking details.

Wednesday 31 January

Whole School in school.

Thursday 1 February – Monday 5 February

Normal timetabled classes for all students

Monday 6 February

Waitangi Day – no students at school

BELL TIMES

BELL TIMES Normal Wednesday

Staff Briefing/PL 8.25 – 8.35 8.20 – 9.15

Spell 1 8.40 – 9.40 9.20 – 10.20

Spell 2 9.45 – 10.45 10.25 – 11.25

Form Time 10.45 – 11.00 No form time

Morning Break

(Lunchtime) 11.00 - 11.40 11.25 – 12.10

Spell 3 11.45 - 12.45 12.15 – 1.15

Spell 4 12.50 - 1.50 1.15 – 1.50 (PATH)

Afternoon Break 1.50 - 2.10 1.50 - 2.10

Spell 5 2.15 - 3.15 2.15 - 3.15

2017 GATEWAY EMPLOYERS THANK YOU

We would like to thank all of our Gateway employers this year who have spent their valuable time teaching and mentoring our 36 students, by providing them with long term work experience.

Brackenridge Construction City Fitness Upper Hutt F V Evans & Sons Happy Days Childcare Centre Hutt Hospital JB Hughes Contractors King Toyota Upper Hutt Kindercare Learning Centre Mitre 10 Mega Upper Hutt NME Electrical Paws & Claws Pet Shop Queen St Auto Centre Specialized Operator Services and Civil Contracting

Stepping Stones Childcare Centre The Cycle Centre The Dowse Art Museum The Angus Inn The Warehouse Upper Hutt, Lower Hutt & Petone Upper Hutt Animal Rescue Society Upper Hutt Kindergarten Upper Hutt School Wellington Access Radio Wellington SPCA Heretaunga College School of Hospitality and also the Caretaker and Groundsman

If you are an employer in the community and would like to be involved in this exciting programme by offering our students work experience for next year, we would love to hear from you. Please leave a message at the school office 939 9370 Sue Hanlon HOD Careers and Transition Hilary Lawrence Gateway Co-ordinator

LOST PROPERTY

Has your son/daughter lost anything? Do you think they may have left it at school? Have they asked at the office if we have it?

We have a large pile of lost property in the College office and we would love to return these items to the students/parents who own them. Please feel free to contact the office if your son/daughter has lost anything this year.

JUNIOR ACTIVITY WEEK Heretaunga College Junior Activity Week is on in the last week of Term 4. All year 9 and 10 students have now selected their activity and have had this confirmed. Full payment must be made by Thursday 19 October 2017

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PARENT PORTAL If you have mislaid or are unsure of your portal access code please email Babette Moehricke, Deputy Principal on moehrickeb@heretaunga.school.nz

CAREERS Scholarships The Generosity givMe website has over 4000 scholarships to give away each year to help with your Tertiary

studies. http://generosity.org.nz/giv-me

If you log in at school it is free to use

MITO Motor Industry Training Organisation

MITO have 50 scholarships to give away.

To apply go to: https://mito.org.nz/get-qualified/mito-scholarships/

Tourism Industry New Zealand Trust Scholarships

TINZT have 3 scholarships available

To apply go to: http://www.tinzt.org.nz/tinzt-tourism-academic-scholarships/

Upper Hutt Cossie Club Scholarships

The Cossie Club have 20 Scholarships available

To apply go to: https://www.cossieclubs.org.nz/images/Promo/Kick-Start-Final-2017.pdf

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PANADOL Please be reminded we do NOT supply students with Panadol. If your son/daughter requires pain relief whilst at

school they must bring it from home. The Student Office will store this for your son/daughter in a locked medical box.

CALCULATORS Does your son/daughter have a calculator that they can bring to school every day? If not, then they can obtain a

Sharp EL-531 WH scientific calculator through the College for the low price of $18. And we engrave the calculator

with the name of your son/daughter for free!

We are also selling Casio Graphics calculators for $96! To get these essential pieces of technology, get your

son/daughter to pay and order at the student office.

GUIDES NEEDED FOR MATIU/SOMES ISLAND Our volunteer group, the Eastbourne Forest Rangers Inc, provides guiding services on Matiu/Somes Island. Over recent years we have had the pleasure of guiding many Wellington school groups on their educational visits to the island. We now need more volunteer guides, especially those who are able to guide mid-week. If you are a member of the community who may be interested in becoming a Matiu/Somes volunteer guide, commencing later this year or early next please contact me on efrtours@gmail.com or 027 242 9211

SPORT

WINTER TOURNAMENT WEEK 29 August – 2 September

Hockey Boys 1st XI Tournament week Rankin Cup / India Shield The journey to this top tier tournament started last year at the Founders Cup tournament where we finished 2nd to qualify for the 2017 Rankin Cup / India Shield. The end of last season also saw the finish of HC hockey for some very strong players and our coach for the previous few seasons. This season we managed to secure the coaching services of Dharshan Naran and some fresh new 1st players. After a hard local season we headed off knowing the challenge was going to be huge. It was an awesome week in Hamilton with some amazing hockey on display. We got to play against some great teams as well as some of our local rivals. While the results didn’t always go our way the boys played hard and kept positive all week. Overall we finished 28th out of 32 teams competing. It was a great experience for our players to see the standard required to compete at this top level. It can only help improve their hockey. Massive thanks to all those involved in the 1st Boys Hockey season this year.

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FREE WORKSHOPS FOR CLUBS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS Workshop 1: “Attracting people to help run your club or community group”

[THIS] Wednesday 1st November 6:30pm – 8:30pm

Upper Hutt City Library, 844 Fergusson Drive, Upper Hutt

Discover tips to help grow your club and recruit new members/volunteers or are you burning out and need others to

help share the load? Come and check us out and meet others going through the same struggle and let’s share ideas!

We have the lucky number 13 of spots left for this workshop!

Workshop 2: “Promote your club or Community Group more effectively.”

Wednesday 15th November 6:30pm – 8:30pm

Upper Hutt City Library, 844 Fergusson Drive, Upper Hutt

We all want to promote our group, causes and events! But are we doing it effectively? Who is our target audience?

What are some more cost effective options? Come and listen to what our marketing guru Megan has to say! Megan is

bright, young, enthusiastic and full of great ideas and is happy to answer your questions!

Both workshops are free for anyone to attend. Registrations are essential and can be done via myself or David King

(david king@uhcc.govt.nz or 027 479 3156). Tea, coffee and snacks provided! Come and learn a thing or two and

meet others in your community.

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WEEKLY EVENTS AT HERETAUNGA COLLEGE

Homework Club

In Morgan 6 on Wednesdays from 3.30 - 4.30pm.

Maths Tuition

Free afterschool Maths tuition is available

every Wednesday in Morgan 5, from 3.30 p.m. – 4.30

p.m. All welcome!

English Tuition

Free tuition after school on Thursdays in the English

Department

Vibe

Vibe are available for appointments for students each

day. Appointments can be made at the Main Office.

Phoenix Chorale (Choir)

Rehearsal Monday 7.20am and Friday morning break

Orchestra

Rehearsal Tuesday morning break

Guitar Ensemble

Rehearsal Thursday morning break

Rock Band

Need to book a time with Ms Brownlie

New club "Backstage Bois" now runs every second Thursday at morning break (e.g Week 2, 4, 6, 8, 10). This is a club for people who want to get involved in the off-stage work of lighting, costume, make-up, props and set. All students welcome. Theatre Sports Every Tuesday MB in the Drama room.

CALCULATORS We are selling the Sharp EL-531 scientific calculator for $18 and the Casio Graphics calculator for $96 - still the cheapest prices in town! And we engrave your child's name for free! Orders and payment through the student office.

NCEA STUDENT APP UPDATE

An updated version of the NCEA Student App can now

be downloaded from either the Apple App Store or

Google Play Store. It is available to use in English and

Te Reo Maori, is free to download and can be used

from any smart device.

This version displays and better supports multiple

levels of NCEA and new users can simply add credits

from previous years without having to also add

standards information first. This means that students

can track their progress towards various NCEA levels

over multiple calendar years more quickly and easily.

The App allows students to plan, select and set their

NCEA credit goals and targets and to see how they

are tracking towards NCEA Levels One, Two and

Three, including Literacy, Numeracy and University

Entrance.

More information can be found on the NZQA

website: www.nzqa.govt.nz/audience-

pages/students/ncea-app/

FROM THE FINANCE TEAM

Making Payments

Cash or cheque payments can be made at the college

office between 8.00am and 2.15pm daily. However,

Eftpos facilities are available until 3.15pm.

Students can make payments before school starts

each morning and during school break times only.

Alternatively, payments can be made online.

Please note from 1 October 2017 the College Bank

Account will change to:

Heretaunga College Board of Trustees

ASB: 12 – 3478 – 0030501 – 00

If you have any queries regarding your student’s

account, please contact the finance team via email

accounts@heretaunga.school.nz or phone 939-9370 –

Kirsty on ext 803 or Ady on ext 809.

UNIFORM SHOP

The Uniform shop hours are:

Tuesday: 8.00am to 8.30am

Friday: 3.20pm to 4.20pm

Payment is to be made at the time of uniform

purchase. If you have an account with the school,

prior approval from the finance team is required before

uniform can be put on your student’s account.

PARENT KAMAR PORTAL

Access to School Reports and Other Information

Each parent has access to the parent portal via the

school internet page (www.heretaunga.school.nz). You

find the link in the top right hand corner. Here you can

access all of your children's academic data such as

attendance, school reports, current results and

teachers' comments as well as pastoral entries.

Alternatively, you can download the Kamar app from

the Apple Store or Google Play store. Access details

were emailed out but if you have misplaced your user

name and password, please send an email to Mrs

Moehricke: moehrickeb@heretaunga.school.nz.

GENERAL INFORMATION Contact Details

Have you changed your contact details?

Please advise the office of any changes to your

address, phone numbers, email address or emergency

contact details.

Signing In/Out of College

Students are reminded to sign in at the student office if

you are late to school.

All students should have a note explaining their

lateness or parents should ring the College absence

line (939 9370 Ext 814).

When signing out to attend appointments students are

required to present a note to the office.

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If a student is unwell they are required to come to the

student office where office staff will call a parent.

Uniform

A reminder to parents that a note MUST be provided if

there is an issue regarding uniform.

Please name your students uniform. We can return

lost items quicker if they are named.

Panadol

We do NOT supply students with Panadol. If your

son/daughter requires pain relief whilst at school they

must bring it from home. The Student Office will store

this for your son/daughter in a locked medical box.

Koraunui Stokes Valley Community Hub are hosting a Brainwaves Trust presentation on Adolescence on 15th November.

Teachers and staff, as well as parents and whanau, are welcome.

This is a fantastic opportunity to hear from the brilliant and well-respected Brainwaves Trust - for FREE! Learn about the

latest research on something that concerns a lot of us, our Rangatahi.

Concern about our young people is not new. Each generation is known to have concern about the generation following, but

we are the first generation to understand the changes that happen in the adolescent brain. Recent research shows that

there is a burst of neuronal activity in late childhood and adolescence that is linked with risk taking and impulsive, emotional

behaviours typical of teenagers.

Consistent, nurturing and positive early experiences grow resilient, empathetic and intelligent adults. Conversely

adolescents in New Zealand relative to other developed countries have a high rate of social morbidity.

This informative, entertaining presentation is for parents and whanau, but also professionals working with adolescents –

school teachers and board of governors, youth workers, foster and care providers and families; corrections, CYFs, police,

health providers and anyone else who has contact with teenagers.

Brainwaves Trust’s information is entirely based on up-to-date scientific medical research. Their work is scientific and

evidence based, the message is positive and important to our whole community.

Topics include:

- The implosive emotional decision-making of the teenage years

- Risk taking from a different perspective

- How decisions are made differently when peers are involved

- Why teenagers' sleep patterns change

- Impact of technology on teenagers

- Understanding how alcohol and drugs affect the adolescent brain

Please let me know if you have any questions. The is a free presentation, but please register via the Facebook event:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1733481270280145/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A%223%22%2C%22ref_newsfeed_st

ory_type%22%3A%22regular%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D

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The website link is https://www.newcops.co.nz/about-the-job/events