Week 7 - Term 2 - 2018

Mauria te pono

Believe in yourself

Week 7 11 Pipiri - 15 Pipiri 11/12/13 Music Performance Week Schools Chamber Music - Wed 13 - Fri 15 Fiscal Policy Challenge Yr13 - Thurs 14 Staff Wellbeing Survey closes - Fri 15 at 3.10pm Cross Country NZ Champs - Sat 16 - Sun 17 Revamp Vintage Market - Sun 17 in School Gymnasium 10am - 3pm. (gym not available for whole day)	Week 8 18 Pipiri - 22 Pipiri National Secondary Schools Culinary Challenge - Mon 18 12PHY trip to UC (10.30am - 3.30pm) - Tues 19 - Wed 20 12MAT Assessment (1-4pm) Thurs 21 Jane Austen Essay Competition - Thurs 21 Year 10 ASH Survey - Thurs 21 Young Farmers Get Ahead Day - Thurs 21 Manu Kōrero - Fri 22 at Riccarton High School. Year 12 Formal - Sat 23
Assembly - WED None	Assembly - WED Full School - Emergency Briefing and Book Week.
Meeting  Staff Meeting - Note Change in Day to Thursday 14	Meeting  Department

Information for Staff

1. The regional Manu Kōrero Māori speech competitions will be held at Riccarton High School on Friday, June 22. The event starts with a pōwhiri at 8.00 a.m and continues into the evening.

Representing our school are the following girls;

Amiria Tikao in the junior Māori section. Her topic is ‘ Māku anō tōku ao e waihanga - If I could create my own world’

Kate Gutry in the junior English section with the topic “The best project I could ever work on is me’

Olivia McIntyre in the senior English section. “The purpose of education is to create possibilities ...”

The school kapa haka group will also travel to the competitions to perform in support of each of our speakers.

Times for each performance have yet to be confirmed.

2. Pop up Lab/free workshop 

Where and When: Hornby High School, 21 June 2018 from 4pm to 6pm

You can find out about the free workshop/pop-up lab and RSVP here: http://themindlab.com/postgrad-studies/pop-up-labs/       
The team will be demonstrating new, interesting and innovative approaches to pedagogy, talking about their new Masters programme and postgrad programme to run in Christchurch and North Canterbury from the week of July 23, 2018.

PLEASE NOTE $2,000 Next Foundation Scholarships are available for the LAST TIME for this intake commencing in July. This makes the programme cost $750.

The programme will be run at Hornby High School on Thursday evenings from 4.0pm to 8.00pm and at Rangiora High School on Wednesday evenings from 4.30pm to 8.30pm. The programme brochure is available here. The programme is 32 weeks with 16 weeks face to face and 16 weeks online.