End of Term 1

Thursday 2nd April 2015

Board of Trustee Meeting

Monday 30th March 2015

Parent/Student/Teacher Conference

Day

Mon 30th March 2015

Tai Tokerau Festival

Tue, Wed,

31st Mar, 1st Apr

TERM 2 2015

Monday 20th April 2015

To

Friday 3rd July 2015

TERM 3 2015

Monday 20th July 2015

To

Friday 25th Sept 2015

TERM 4 2015

Monday 12th October 2015

To

Friday 11th Dec 2015

DATES TO REMEMBER

Our newsletter is printed and proudly sponsored by

Late last year and then again very

recently I sent out a notice and a

survey seeking your support in

opposing the shifting of our

school’s decile rating from a

Decile 1 to a Decile 2 school. We

needed at least a 70% return from

our post out to have any chance of

a review by the Ministry of

Education. Thank you to those

parents/caregivers who have

returned their surveys however

you can imagine my disappointed

in the 35% return rate even after a

second post out to parents. We

have done all that we could do as

a school to alert our community to

the pending loss of funding and

the serious impact that this will

have on our abi l i ty to

provide for the needs of our

students in literacy and

numeracy.

Attendance plus effort equals

achievement, is the catch cry of

our school. I am concerned about

the number of students who do

not appreciate the importance of

regular attendance and have

developed patterns of truancy.

Our Attendance Officer Wehe

Hancy has been worked off her

feet visiting these families for us.

Please ensure that your child does

not take time off unless it is an

emergency.

Youth Worker in Secondary

School ( YWiSS). I want to

remind families that we have Ms

Jane Hughson in the school who is

available to work alongside you

and your child in matters

pertaining to their schooling.

Please ensure that you have the

30 March marked on your

calendar for our Parent, Student

Teacher (PST) Conference. This is

the first opportunity to discuss

your child’s progress at school to

date. John Paitai, Principal

A Message from

our Principal E nga iwi, e nga karangatan-

ga maha, te iti me te rahi,

tena koutou, tena tatou

katoa.

You may have noticed the

events being posted on our

roadside notice board

constantly changing this

term, an indication of the

hive of activities our

s tudents have been

engaged in. Alongside their

regular classes some

s t u d e n t s a r e a l s o

attending North Tech

Farming and Automotive

Academy courses. Others

have been placed in local

industries through our

Gateway work experience

courses.

In the sporting arena teams

are representing our school

in a wide variety of sports

and on the cultural scene

our Kapa Haka has been

preparing for the Ahureka o

Ngati Hine Festival where

they performed last Friday

and for the Tai Tokerau

Secondary Schools Kapa

Haka Festival to be held in

Opononi 31 March to 2

April.

Thank you for your

support in all of these

activities and especially for

Athletics Day. I want to

acknowledge those who

have volunteered to coach

teams, to be managers or

drivers. Without your

involvement we simply

cannot provide these

experiences for our

students.

Got Homework?

Need to do some extra study?

The BOIC Library is now open after school

on

Thursday until 4:30pm (or

other arrangements can be made with the

Librarian)

Help with your work is

also available

Abby O’Donnell—

Librarian

TERM 1 ISSUE 2 MARCH 2015

BAY OF ISLANDS COLLEGE

BAY WAVE NEWS

BAY OF ISLANDS COLLEGE

GATEWAY TO THE FAR NORTH

FOR LEARNING & SUCCESS

BACK ROW: Rushon Taylor-Brljevich (Miro House Captain), Michael Davis (Prefect), Taylah Robertson( Prefect

& Kauri House Captain), Keenan Hau-Hage (Prefect, Kapahaka Leader and Totara House Captain), William

Mane ( Prefect & Kapahaka Leader), Jeron Puhipi-Hei Hei (Rata House Captain), Caelin Wilson (Prefect), Ceri

Tamati (Prefect), Ullysses Ashby (Rata House Captain), Leighton Williams (Prefect).

SECOND ROW: Felicity Wynyard (Prefect), Kyla Moffat (Board of Trustee Representative), Jared King (Prefect)

Renee Paraha (Prefect), Ben Armstrong (Prefect), Chejaan Mokaraka (Prefect), Janet Reti (Kapahaka Leader),

Rankin Kemp-Baker (Prefect), Aaliyah Clarke (Rata House Captain), Tyler Tipene (Prefect).

FRONT ROW: Mr Paitai (Principal), Meretine Parata (Prefect), Lauren Tana (Kapahaka Leader), Te Kopa

Tipene-Thomas (Deputy Head Boy), Zay’Yen Benson Brown (Head Boy and Kapahaka Leader), Melissa Tipene

(Head Girl), Te Arahi Carrington (Deputy Head Girl), Dena Fitzgerald (Miro House Captain), Maddison

Cherrington (Prefect and Totara House Captain), Tyler Nankivell (Prefect and Kauri House Captain).

More inside……...

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KAMAR PARENT

PORTAL

https://

portal.boic.school.nz/

student/index.php

Above is the link for parents to

be able to access their

students academic/pastoral/

attendance information on our

Student Management System,

KAMAR here at school. To do

this you will need their

Username and password, if you

do not have this information

you can get it from me in the

Main Office or your student’s

Dean. If you have any

questions about this please

don't hesitate to give me a call

Debz Russell,

Office Manager

PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE VISITS

FOR YEAR 9 STUDENTS

Starting soon, Trish Watson the District

Health Nurse for the District Health Board

will commence health screening for all

students who are in Year 9. The Nurse will

interview each student about their health

and wellbeing. The discussion with the

Nurse will cover topics such as:

Visits to health services such as the GP

Health factors relating to home, school & friends

Interests outside of school

Education and advice on drugs, alcohol & sexual health

A Vision Hearing Technician will conduct

a vision and hearing screen. Every

student is asked for their consent before

an assessment is undertaken, and has the

right to refuse if they choose to. Parents

can also withdraw their child from the

screening programme by contacting the

school and requesting that they do not

participate. We want to identify any health

needs that students may have so that we

can support families in providing services

to meet them, and to ensure that students

are in class ready and able to learn.

This is a Ministry of Health led initiative.

For more information please contact Trish

Watson on 021 432 081 or Whaea Annette

at the school on 09 404 1055

30th March (all day)

This term we will not be writing an Interim Report for your child.

Instead we strongly recommend you come along with your child

to the Conferencing Day, to discuss your child’s progress to date.

If you have not had an appointment time confirmed with the

Form Teacher, please call the school on (09) 4041055 and an

appointment will be arranged. If you wish to make an

appointment with the Dean- please also email, or call the Office.

This is the time to have all your questions and or concerns

answered.

There will be refreshments available in the Staff Room all day.

There will also be information available on NCEA (L1-3) and on

Vocational Pathways, which you are free to take with you.

Zorina Wigglesworth

Deputy Principal- Curriculum Structure

The school would like any parent who would be interested in

acting as a mentor, for students who may be “at risk” in

terms of failing to gain enough credits to pass their NCEA, to

come along to a training session on the 30th March.

As a Community Champion your role would be to make regular

contact with 3 to 4 students, to encourage them with their studies,

to point out the importance of completing assignments to a high

standard and to stay focused on the goal of gaining those 80

credits by the end of the year.

The school provides the training free of charge.

On 30th March (Parent/Student/Teacher Conference Day) we

will have Darlia Walker and Jaqi Brown delivering the

information you will need to take up this important role for the

students in your community. You are welcome to come along and

see what it all entails first before you commit to this role.

Zorina Wigglesworth

Deputy Principal- Curriculum Structure

1st: Totara 860 Points (1074)

2nd: Kauri 598 Points (627)

3rd: Rata 491 Points (491)

4th: Miro 570 Points (478)

Overall Inter-House Points (to date):

1st: Totara 18 Points

2nd: Kauri 16 Points

3rd = Rata 11 Points

Left:

Teuarangi Tana Year

12 student pictured

here with her proud

Dad, Damian.

Teuarangi broke the 29

year record for shot

put in our school,

throwing a massive

10.49m

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