Important Dates Saturday 19 May: GHS

Senior Ball @ Shantytown Thursday 24th May: Term 2

Whanau Hui. EARLY CLOSURE Friday

25th May.

What’s inside… Front page: From the

Principal. Page 2: Term 2 Whanau Hui –

celebrating Māori student achievement.

Page 3: School Calendar. Page 4: Student Achievement

/ Term 1 Celebration Assembly: 2017 Course Endorsements with Excellence.

Pages 4-7: School News. Pages 7-8: Sporting News. Page 8: Rotary Youth

Exchange. Page 9: Trust Power Youth

Community Spirit Award. Page 10: Tech-week. Page 11: 2018 Great Kiwi

English, Science, Maths Competition.

Parent Newsletter – Term 2 Week 3: Wednesday 16 May, 2018 Tēnā koutou katoa.

As we head into Week 3 students are settling back into routines and structures, and classroom learning and co-curricular activities are well underway. As I visit classes it’s great to hear students talking about their learning and identifying next steps. Weekly Notes are a great way for you to track effort in each class and if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact the subject teacher.

On Wednesday 16 May, we hosted Haeata Community College for the ‘Coast of Origin’ league game. This event is always well supported and we wish the teams all the best.

We celebrated Support Staff Day on Wednesday as well which was our chance to reflect on how much support staff make possible in our school and to say ‘thank you’!

Bullying-Free NZ Week (14-18 May) ends on ‘Pink Shirt Day’, a day that celebrates diversity and speaks up and stands together to stop bullying. The Student Council are running a PINK mufti day on Friday 18 May in support of Pink Shirt Day.

We have a number of students and staff involved (on and off stage) in the Greymouth Operatic Society musical comedy ‘The Addams Family’. The show runs 20-23 June at the Regent Theatre and I am looking forward to seeing it!

This weekend we have our Senior Ball. Well done to the Ball Committee for all their work. Ngā mihi

Ms R Stuart Acting Principal

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Early Closure Friday 25th May. The Post Primary Teachers’ Association (PPTA) has advised that there will be a paid union meeting on Friday 25th May. PPTA members will not be able to supervise students from 1.15pm. Students who are able, may go home. Buses will leave at the normal time of 3.05pm. WCTA classes will run as normal. Students who remain at school will be supervised either in the Hall or the Library.

Nau mai, haere mai ki te kura tuarua o Māwhera

Whānau Hui

When: Thursday 24th May @ 5.30pm.

Where: Te Whare Akoranga, Greymouth High School

All whānau are welcome,

Please come along and help us celebrate our Māori students’ success in the school.

Followed by a delicious kai.

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School Calendar

May Saturday 19 May GHS Senior Ball @ Shantytown. Tuesday 22 May ● LATE START. 9.00am Period 1.

● West Coast Secondary Schools’ Football, Reefton. Wednesday 23 May GHS vs Buller High School – all teams, Greymouth. Friday 25 May PPTA Early Closure (Periods 1-4 will run as normal). June Wednesday 6 June ● GHS 1st XV and U15s vs Westland High School, Hokitika.

● West Coast Secondary Schools’ Junior Netball Tournament @ Westland Recreation Centre.

Wednesday 13 June West Coast Secondary Schools’ Senior Boys and Girls Basketball Tournaments. Boys (Westland Recreation Centre and Girls, Westport).

July 9-11 July South Island Secondary Schools’ Junior Netball Tournament, Christchurch. Student Absences: 0800 GREYHIGH (0800 473 944) Email: attendance@greyhigh.school.nz

Uniform Shop Hours: Tuesday & Thursday 1.45-4.45pm.

Breakfast Club Breakfast Club open any day in TWK.

Greymouth High School Parent Teacher Association ALL are welcome and especially our families new to Greymouth High School. PTA meetings are held every 2nd Wednesday of each month @ 7.30pm in the staffroom except during school holidays. Dates are as follows unless otherwise advised.

13 June July – no meeting 8 August 12 September October – no meeting 14 November December TBA

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Student Achievement Student Achievements Principal’s Awards. This is an accumulative list of all students who have achieved Principal’s Awards this year. Recent awards are in bold.

Year 9 Calib Arnesen Theo Barnett Mackenzie Hallberg Jordan Baker Troy McLaughlin Catrin Grant Latai Tau Liam Wilson Kieran De Klerk Alex Muir Greanne Williams Ella Beirne Taygen Lloyd Ben Oates Lakin Cousins Joseph Cotterill Theo Barnett Jamie Meihana-Whittle Breagh Watson Shialla Steel Jayden Topliss Faith Walker Haylee MacKinnon Matthew Davey Alex Fraser x 2 Gage Jamieson Ben Birchfield Paris Jackson-Roberts Seetai Barrow x 2 Finlay Brown

Year 10 Emma Boddy Ashleigh Stanton Hayley Jo Jacobs Alex Kennedy Connor Henderson Mitchell Smith Joel Dumelow Jameila Kitchin Dominic Cate Matthew Robbins Alyssa Blacktopp x 2 Ben Ching Camerons Simons Aedan Gunn Grace Wallace Sophie Allison Liam Efford Sam Welsford Zion Meihana-Whittle Caleb Wanstall Sophia Keown Connor Howe Christopher Jones Connor Green Dean Wisdom

Term 1 Celebration Assembly: 2017 Course Endorsements with Excellence Level 3 Jacob Atkinson Level 3 English

Patrick Bell Level 3 Geography and Physics

Tom Fahey Level 3 Biology and Chemistry

Zeb Markland Level 3 English and Geography

Jared Swinburn Level 3 Biology

Level 2 Felicia Calder Level 2 Art

Kate Campbell Level 2 Biology, Chemistry, English, Geography and Physics

Rachel Crawford Level 2 English and Physical Education

Amelia Whyte Level 2 Physical Education

Yasmin Waters Level 2 Art

Level 1 Emma Arthur Level 1 Accounting and Physical Education

Tasmin Barnett Level 1 English

Ashlin Donaldson Level 1 Music

Joshua Lorimer Level 1 Physical Science

Imogen Lynch Level 1 English

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School News Thank you to Westfleet A big thank you to Paddy Blanchfield from Westfleet, for supplying our senior Biology class with red cod to dissect. Careers - 2018 Liaison Visits and other Activities of interest

Date Provider Venue Time Wednesday 16th May Otago University

Liaison Visit.

Library Annexe 9.50am – Period 2

Thursday 21st June West Coast Tertiary Pathways Roadshow.

John Paul II High School.

Year 10-Year 13 – will be timetabled and bussed to John Paul II High School.

Science scholarship opportunity for Year 13 Māori students - University of Otago. Ngā mihi mahana ki a koutou katoa. The University of Otago, Māori Health Workforce Development Unit is pleased to inform you that applications for the Otago REACH (Realising Educational Aspirations for Careers in Health) scholarships are now open. This scholarship is for Year 13 Māori secondary students interested in a career in health and is hosted by the University of Otago. The Scholarship covers; flights, accommodation, food and activities over three days.

The main requirement is that students have a desire for a career in health. Studying science subjects at level 2 and 3, and their involvement or interest in te Ao Māori will strengthen their application, however we strongly encourage all students with aspirations in health.

The REACH Otago Scholarship provides the opportunity for up to 20 Year 13 Māori students to spend three nights and days on the University of Otago's Dunedin campus. Students from across New Zealand experience university life first-hand: living in, and visiting, residential colleges; attending lectures; meeting current Otago students; and learning about the various degree and study options Otago offers, particularly in health.

For further information please refer to the attached document or the link below. Applications close 15 of June, 2018.

http://www.otago.ac.nz/mhwdu/tearahauora/#reach

The Digital Technologies Lab Gets Ready for Tech Week, 18-27 May 2018 Tech Week' 18 is about innovation for good and promotes a clear message that it requires a collaborative approach for that to happen. We on the Coast have decided to pool our ideas together to showcase what some of our students are doing with 'Technology for Good' and I have opened up the Digital technologies Lab for a few workshops. From Friday the 18th to Sunday the 27th May, the Greymouth High School Digital Technologies Lab has a few visitors coming through to run workshops with the students and the community of learners: Liam and Andrew for an e-Textiles and electronics workshops with Raspberry Pi and Sue and Tracey to introduce 3D printing on fabric. We are indeed fortunate that these wonderful people are donating their time for us and I hope to reciprocate this by running some Robotics and Programming workshops in Christchurch. You are welcome to come and visit the Digital Technologies Lab during these workshops; I have ensured that some workshops run after school, if you are keen to attend them. The official Tech Week Poster is also attached for you to peruse all the workshops available.

Workshops for Tech Week ‘18

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Sphero Workshop @ The Greymouth Town Library Wednesday 23rd May, 11:30-12:30pm. Workshop Leader: Aleta Chowfin With 3 groups of students from Grey Main, Karoro, Paroa and Cobden Primary schools.

Bringing the new Digital Technologies I Hangarau Matihiko curriculum to life, this workshop is led by 3 groups of students and showcases their basic design and programming skills, in a collaborative learning environment, as they work with the Sphero Robot. As they decompose problems into step-by-step instructions they demonstrate their their algorithmic skills. Come prepared to have some fun!

3D Printing Workshop @ The Greymouth High School Digital Technologies Lab Friday 18th May, 9.00am-11.00am, 2:15pm onwards (open to the community of learners). Workshop Leaders: Aleta Chowfin, Greymouth High School, Sue & Tracey from Breens Intermediate in Christchurch.

Bringing the new Digital Technologies I Hangarau Matihiko curriculum to life, this is a hands on workshop facilitated by Aleta Chowfin, the digital technologies teacher at Greymouth High School. The workshop will be led by Sue and Tracey from Breens Intermediate. Using a combination of the elements, such as patterns and proportion, students and adults will explore the ergonomics (efficiency) of designing a basic product. They will showcase skills like modelling, animation, rendering and printing on fabric.

e-Textile Workshop @ The Greymouth High School Digital Technologies Lab. Monday 9:50am-12:15pm (open to Community of Learners). Workshop Leaders: Aleta Chowfin, Liam Beale and Andrew Hornblow.

Bringing the new Digital Technologies I Hangarau Matihiko curriculum to life, this workshop is based on the aspects of design and interactive wearable art. It is designed to combine the aesthetics and electronics for the purpose of making a practical digital outcome. Using the raspberry Pi Zero Liam and Andrew will show simple ways to make a project which uses LED’s and sensors.

Maya and Unity Workshop @ The Greymouth High School Digital Technologies Lab. Tuesday 9:50 am-12:15pm ( open to community of learners) Workshop Leaders: Aleta Chowfin and the NCEA Level 1 students.

Bringing the new Digital Technologies I Hangarau Matihiko curriculum to life. This workshop is useful for exploring my 2D and 3D spatial awareness using game design engines and heuristic principles. While planning, designing and developing algorithms for cognitive games, the students will showcase their ability to design the concepts of an iconic character and a game for the Greybase Paediatric Ward.

Aleta Chowfin Digital Technologies Specialist Teacher

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Sporting News Mixed Hockey Tournament Team Announcement Congratulations to the follow hockey players who have been selected in the Mixed Hockey Team for 2018! This is a very talented side with great experience mixed in with some young players, we are looking forward to hearing your achievements during tournament week. Coach: Mr Scott Bermingham Training: Tuesday’s 5 - 6pm, Westurf. Alyssa Blacktopp Emma Boddy Teneille Bone Reuben Campbell Amanda Cook (Goalie) Rachel Crawford (Co-Captain) Matt Gardner Keely Gorrie

Connor Howe Reuben Lee Griffin Neame (Goalie) Charlotte O’Connor George Rubbo (Co-Captain) Max Rubbo Brooke Smith Mikayla Sweetman

1st XV Rugby - Greymouth High School v Darfield High School On Wednesday 9th May we opened our 2018 1st XV Rugby season against the slick Darfield High School. Our boys came out strong giving Darfield a good run for their money limiting there scoring options and of course fronting up strong in the tackling department. We had a couple of opportunities that went begging trying to close the gap, but it was a great first half 7 - 15 to Darfield with Brett Rees (JPII student) using his speed to get a great try under the posts. The second half had Darfield come out even stronger creating some good pressure which again saw us falter in some potential scoring opportunities. Very proud of how our boys stayed together as a team and kept working hard through the second half, our scrummaging against a fine tuned team like Darfield put up an excellent fight and as always our backline with some speedsters created multiple problems. The second half saw Darfield run in 24 points and we touched down for another converted try, this time by Zeb Thompson (JPII student). Final score 14 - 39. It was great to have multiple JPII students join our side to create a stronger team to take on these bigger rugby schools, we hope to keep this combined side training together for the year. Thank you to West Coast Rugby for organising referee and assistant referees, to Blaketown Rugby Club for allowing us to use their grounds and clubrooms, Head Coach Mr Bermingham and Assistant Coach Mr McGirr, the hard working Rob Maitland and of course to our visitors Darfield High School. NEXT GAME: Wednesday 23rd May vs Buller High School. Kick off 12pm - field TBC.

Pictured left, Lance Wylie climbing high to successfully claim a contested lineout lifted by Jack Olsen (behind) and Jack Coleman. Fantastic intercept by Tristan Howard, pictured right, that nearly saw him score in the corner.

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Netball Fees Reminder netball fees are due by the 1st June, failure to do so may result in your child not being allowed to take the court. If you would like to sort out a payment plan for the fees please contact the school office. GHS Junior A = $110; GHS Junior B = $79. Volleyball - “The Coaster” Tournament Would you like to put in a school team for this great tournament? It has other school aged teams from the South Island attending and gives you a fantastic opportunity to get back into volleyball before the local school tournaments. Please come and see Maddy ASAP with your team list. Teams must be male OR female (NO MIXED in school grade), need to be 6 or more player Cost: $80 per team - school covers half the entry fee, total cost per team = $40 When: Sunday 1st July Where: Westland Recreation Centre AND Grey High new gym Time: 9am - 4pm Boxing Angus Watson was beaten in points by his opponent in the 51kg youth division at the Papanui Boxing Club’s 40th Anniversary meet. Angus has a rematch on 2 June in the South Island Golden Gloves but before that he will be fighting in Palmerston North next weekend with the Aranui Club, A-town. Good luck Angus. Maddy Crawford Sports Coordinator

High School Students Wanted Rotary Clubs are now seeking applications from motivated secondary school students interested in spending a year overseas as part of this long established, successful

educational and cultural exchange. ● Students must be aged between 16 and 18 ½ at departure in January 2019 ● No family Rotary affiliation required. ● Applications close 31st May 2018.

For more information visit: http://rotaryyouthexchange9970.org.nz

Contact: Shona Dodd Rotary Youth Exchange Chair 9970 chair@rotaryyouthexchange9970.org.nz

Cell phone: 0275878566

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