Welcome to the Wakatipu High School Newsletter as we enter the second half of the term.A very big welcome to all of our new students and parents who joined us for our Orientation Day today - it is always an important day for students and for us, and it was great to have so many parents join us this morning.As I referenced last week, the school is now in quite a different mode with seniors off sitting exams (although teachers are still running tutorials for a number of classes), and our focus is now on the juniors.

BYOD - as part of the Orientation Day today, Mr Rasmussen ran a session for incoming parents on BYOD, and it was great to have such a good turnout.All things BYOD are definitely getting going for us now: the very first financial support has now been approved - and we welcome more, the Noel Leeming’s evening is on Monday night, and today students have even been emailed re the locker application process (incoming students will be emailed next week). For more information re BYOD please see Mr Rasmussen's section below.

Branches - today was Branches Workday, an important day to raise funds for the upcoming Branches Camp. A huge thanks to Bennie Neilson for all her wonderful work in organising the day.As I said last week, Branches is now less than two weeks away - and it will fly by. Please ensure you and your students are on top of things - from getting all the gear sorted, to paying the camp fees (or seeing us for Awhi Fund support), to tents and transport. The camp is not off in the future anymore - time for action!

WHS Foundation Golf Day - as I have mentioned many times before, the school benefits greatly from the generous support of the Wakatipu High School Foundation. They have an upcoming event that is not to be missed - a golf day at Millbrook on Thursday 3rd December. Please see the flyer at the end of the Newsletter for details, or contact Jennifer Belmont on wakatipuhsfoundation@gmail.com . It will be a great day out, so get some friends together and come along to support this important cause.

Website - a while back I referred to the overhaul we were doing on our website, and by next week we reckon we’ll be live on the new site - watch this space!

Principal's Awards - from our recent Senior Reports there were a very large number of students who received Principal’s Awards, and so we have decided to include the full list below. My congratulations to all of these great all-round students!

Another spring weekend weather-wise on the way, with a bit of everything, but it should still be ok to get out and about for most of it - enjoy!

Steve HallPrincipal

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2015 • ISSUE 35 • 13 NOVEMBER

IN THIS ISSUE:

P R I N C I P A L ’ S M E S S A G E

Principal’s Message 1

Welcome to WHS 2016 Year 9s 2

WHS Foundation Website 2

Branches Camp Update 2

Food Tech Refurbishment 2

Principal’s Awards 3

BYOD Update 4

Sports Coordinator Update 5

Musical 2016, Dance Exam Results 6

Year 13 Graduation 6

Year 10 Health Project, G&T Update 7

Marketing opportunity 7

Japanese Exchange Trip 2016 7

Important dates, Uniform Shop Update 8

Meet the Staff, Library Books 8

Community Notices 9-12

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Due to The Food Technology room being refurbished from Monday 15 November, all students taking Food Technology will have classes in C6 and will undertake a Textiles Technology unit until the end of the year.

If you have any queries around this please contact Helen Reid TIC Food Technology. hreid@wakatipu.school.nz

It is now less than two weeks until the Branches Camp. At this stage we are very short of parent transport in and out of Branches. Parents - please use the Transport link below to help us plan for the camp in terms of getting students in and out. Please note that if your son/daughter is in the first 6 groups that will be going in to camp early (25th, 26th November), you will be emailed early next week and notified about this. All other students will be going in on 27 November.http://goo.gl/forms/WbEkaw4xfB

Please note, we also require tent forms information as soon as possible.

Pre-Branches Day tramps are next Friday 20th November. Students will come to school and find out their group, do a gear check, then go on a day tramping experience. Students have been informed of what to bring via the Branches Camp Google Classroom.

F O O D T E C H R E F U R B I S H M E N T

B R A N C H E S C A M P U P D A T E

We would like to welcome our 2016 Year 9 Students and their Parents and Caregivers to the WHS Newsletter.

The WHS Newsletter is uploaded each week to the WHS website. Please click on the link below to view previous newsletters.

www.wakatipu.school.nz/wakatipu-high-school/newsletters

The Wakatipu High School Foundation has a new website! The work of the Foundation trustees combined with the generous support of many local individuals and organisations enables WHS to undertake a number of initiatives which support us to provide a ‘great all-round’ education for our students.

Please take the time to visit www.wakatipuhsfoundation.co.nz

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P R I N C I P A L ’ S A W A R D S

Alisa Van Wyngaarden Yr 11

Amelia Cross Yr 11

Amelia Hamilton Yr 11

Bayley Bennett Yr 11

Beatrice Onions Yr 11

Brylee Tuinman-Bell Yr 11

Caitlin Paddon Yr 11

Caleb Peyroux Yr 11

Cameron-Leigh Murphy Yr 11

Campbell Britton Yr 11

Chao Han Yr 11

Christina Calvero Yr 11

Connor Kennedy Yr 11

Daniel Ho Yr 11

Daniel Lewis Yr 11

Danique Ehmann Yr 11

Divesh Singh Yr 11

Elise Streat Yr 11

Ella Macbeth Yr 11

Ellie McKone Yr 11

Elsie Anderson Yr 11

Emily Molloy Yr 11

Hugh Taylor Yr 11

Jessica Dicker Yr 11

Lily Gamson Yr 11

Lily Yochay Yr 11

Louie Tatom-Cross Yr 11

Lucrezia Lewandowska-Pociecha Yr 11

Merlin Clarke Yr 11

Molly Watherston Yr 12

Poppy Brinsley Yr 12

Reuben Scott Yr 12

Rosie Glanfield Yr 12

Stephanie Arrowsmith Yr 12

Violet Hirst Yr 12

Aidan Hannagan Yr 13

Alex Rosie Yr 13

Benna Catterick Yr 13

Beth Denston Yr 13

Dylan Davy Yr 13

Emily Campbell Yr 13

Holly Moore Yr 13

Jacob Flanagan Yr 13

Jacqui Bell Yr 13

Jamie Waaka Yr 13

Joan Salonga Yr 13

Jong Hoon Lee Yr 13

Joshua Salonga Yr 13

Lucy Campbell Yr 13

Maddy Jarocka Yr 13

Merida Sowry Yr 13

Micaela McLeod Yr 13

Rianne Bongers Yr 13

Richard McLaughlan Yr 13

Samantha Perry Yr 13

Tatjana Reid Yr 13

Victoria Boult Yr 13

Zoe Windner Yr 13

Patrick Sanford Yr 11

Peter Hartono Yr 11

Petra Simpson Yr 11

Pond Tassanaphong Yr 11

Rebecca Lauryssen Yr 11

Sienna Strachan Yr 11

Simon Wallace-Blakely Yr 11

Sophie Aitken Yr 11

Sophie Brown Yr 11

Sydney Bongers Yr 11

Tess Allan Yr 11

Zara McLeod Yr 11

Zed Moore Yr 11

Anna Moore Yr 12

Ashley Burney Yr 12

Benjamin Stevens Yr 12

Ella Buchanan Yr 12

Elysia Harcombe Yr 12

Hannah McInally Yr 12

Harrison Long Yr 12

Jieun Ju Yr 12

Katie Hensman Yr 12

Kirsty McCorkindale Yr 12

Leah Gourlay Yr 12

Leana Calvero Yr 12

Lily Bloomfield Yr 12

Logan Anstiss Yr 12

Madi Taylor Yr 12

Mathias Kristensen Yr 12

Congratulations to the following students who were awarded a Principal’s Award recently.

Firstly I would like acknowledge and welcome new families to Wakatipu High School who have students starting with us in Year 9 next year. There are a few significant updates in this week's newsletter with regard to BYOD. We have now confirmed the three bundles that can be purchased through Noel Leeming. These bundles all include a laptop and case. In addition to this, optional extra insurance can be purchased ( either one year accidental insurance and / or 3 year warranty).

Bundle 1 - HP 11.6” Stream Notebook Blue with case $439 (advertised at $499) http://tinyurl.com/prlqkx2Bundle 2 - HP 15.6” Blue Notebook with case $999 (advertised at $1199) http://tinyurl.com/ofbovpnBundle 3 -Apple MacBook Air 13” with case $1799 (advertised at $1799) http://tinyurl.com/ohf64daIn terms of these bundles and how they relate to our published specifications please see the table below. Specifications can be found on our website at www.wakatipu.school.nz.

**Due to screen size only, recommended in all other aspects.

In addition to this information, I would like to remind you that Noel Leeming has agreed to open up their store at Remarkables Park on the evening of Monday 16th of November from 6.30pm - 8.00pm exclusively for current and prospective Wakatipu High School families. This evening will also include further information about the vision and development of eLearning at Wakatipu High School and provide an opportunity to have your questions answered. In addition you will be able to purchase items from the store. The relationship with Noel Leeming does not prevent anyone purchasing a suitable device that meets our minimum recommendations from any supplier either locally or online.

As mentioned previously, we recognise that all families may not be in a position to provide a suitable device for learning in 2016. If you feel that you are in that position and require financial support, could you please contact the Dean of your child’s house either via email or phone. They will be able to discuss with you the options that are available for support. If you are unsure, email me and I’ll direct you.

If you would like to know anything more about the introduction of BYOD at Wakatipu High School, please contact me, James Rasmussen, Deputy Principal. jrasmussen@wakatipu.school.nz

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B Y O D U P D A T E

Bundle 1 Bundle 2 Bundle 3

Minimum Junior Specifications Yes Yes Yes

Recommended Junior Specifications Yes Yes Yes

Minimum Senior Specifications Yes Yes Yes

Recommended Senior Specifications No** Yes Yes

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S P O R T S C O O R D I N A T O R U P D A T E

On Friday night a group of our top sporting students and their families attended the ILT Southland Secondary School Sports Awards in Invercargill. It was a privilege to witness some of our top talent celebrated on stage with the best athletes in the region, if not the country. Congratulations to Sam Robbie who finished as a runner up in the Junior Sports Man of the Year with a Highly Commended award.Congratulations to Alice Robinson who won the Junior Sports Woman of the Year award. This is a great achievement, and well deserved for the excellent year Alice has had in Ski Racing.

Finalists for Sports Person of the Year:Alice Robinson – Alpine SkiingSam Robbie – Downhill MTBHarrison Macharg – Ice Hockey

Finalists for ILT Participation Award:Lisa Milliken

Finalists for Team of the Year: Dylan O’Connor & Jacob Flanagan – Rowing U18 Double

Future Champions Awards:Jack Turner – GolfHarrison Macharg – Ice HockeySam Robbie – Downhill MTBDylan O’Connor - RowingAlice Robinson – SkiingConnor Kennedy – SkiingJosh McDermott – TennisArchie Ritchie – TriathlonLucy Wickstrom – Water Skiing

Cricket – On Sunday the WHS Cricket Team held a fundraiser to raise money for their trip to Australia in 2016 where they will compete against NSW Country Cricket teams in a festival of cricket. It was an incredibly well run day that saw 9 local 6-aside cricket teams play a tournament at the Events Centre. This also included a WHS Staff team and some of the Junior Cricket boys themselves. Congratulations to Russell Mawhinney and the organising committee for hosting such a great event.

Thank you to all those who turned out and supported the team. While the final result should not matter on these occasions, it should be noted that a star studded WHS Staff team managed to take home the winner’s trophy after being undefeated throughout the day.

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The Arts department are very excited to announce next year's Musical - CATCH ME IF YOU CAN. It is based on the well-known movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio. The Musical will run for four nights in April next year; April 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th.

Singing Auditions have been held so far for current Year 11s and 12s and we are now interested to hear from current Year 9s and 10s. Please email Mrs Moetaua for an audition time.- Year 9s - Friday 20th Break One and Afterschool- Year 10s - Monday 23rd Break One and Afterschool.Please email Mrs Moetaua for an audition time.kmoetaua@wakatipu.school.nz

All dance and acting auditions as well as the selection of production teams (lighting, sound, costume) will be held very early in 2016.

D A N C E E X A M R E S U L T S

It is my proud pleasure to inform Wakatipu High School of the achievements of the following students in their 2015 dance exams with Danceworks:

Bianca CrichtonDistinction - Intermediate BBO Ballet,Honours - Grade 3 NZAMD Contemporary

Brydie MacbethDistinction - Intermediate BBO Ballet,Distinction - Pre-Elementary NZAMD Jazz,High Honours - Grade 3 NZAMD Contemporary

Lydia RichardsHonours - Grade 5 NZAMD Jazz

Molly RichardsExcellent - Grade 3 NZAMD HipHop

Uta HiguchiMerit - Grade 7 BBO BalletDanceworks would appreciate these students being publicly recognised for their hard work & fantastic achievements

Kind regardsLeoni SullivanDanceworks Teacher & Choreographer

Y E A R 1 3 G R A D U A T I O N W E D 9 D E C

WHS class of 2015 will be celebrating their graduation at Skyline on Wednesday 9 December. Graduation Announcements have been sent out to all graduating Year 13 students and their families. Tickets are on sale at the school office from Friday 30 October until Friday 13 November. Tickets are $40 each and a maximum of 3 tickets per graduating student may be purchased. If there are still tickets available after 13 November then students and their families will be given the opportunity to purchase additional tickets.

Please note that students will not be able to purchase tickets until either fees have been paid or an arrangement for payment of fees has been made with the school. If payment of fees is an issue please contact our Guidance Counsellor, Vicki Patton; or our Finance Manager Michelle Loggenberg to discuss or make arrangements.

A huge thankyou to Alyssandra Skerrett for donating her time and energy into making the beautiful Announcements.

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M A R K E T I N G O P P O R T U N I T Y

The Wakatipu High School Foundation is offering local businesses an exclusive marketing opportunity at this year's inaugural Millbrook Golf Day fundraiser, which is being held on Thursday 3rd December. From pens, key rings or vouchers to barbecues, boats or holiday packages, we welcome sponsored prizes, both for the multiple teams of four and competition category winners. We would also like to offer businesses the option of sponsoring a hole.

To confirm your sponsorship offer, or ask for more information, please contact Jennifer Belmont via wakatipuhsfoundation@gmail.com or 022 394 5955.

The Japanese fundraising is underway this week with students helping to raise funds for a 2 week trip of a life time to Japan in September 2016. Patagonia have kindly donated two delicious tubs of ice cream to the students in order to sell at second break on Thursdays until the end of Term 4.

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Last term all Year 10 students were tasked with identifying an issue that affected the wellbeing of the school community at Wakatipu High School. They had to take action to improve an issue as part of the Health programme. This year the Health and Physical Education Learning Area ran it as a competition and there were some awesome initiatives that came out of this project where students are empowered to make a positive difference to their school community.

In small groups students looked at a range of issues in the school including; school uniform, school bus system, common rooms for all year levels, lockers, seating around the school, water fountains/coolers, the state of the changing rooms and many, many more. They surveyed students, researched costs, other schools and impacts, took photos and conducted interviews with relevant staff members to develop a greater understanding of their issue and decide on the right action to take to make an improvement.

Students made videos, lobbied groups and wrote letters to companies, vested parties and senior leadership at the school. The winning groups are listed below, and they are all from Mrs Faulkners Line 2 Health class, congratulations.

1st – An app for the GPS tracking of buses for students and parents – Karina Tickle, MatayaWelsh, Greer Diack2nd – More power boxes/multi packs in classrooms for students to charge devices as part of BYOD at school – Lexi Rosemoore, Bianca Crichton and Cameron Ryall.3rd – More water fountains and water coolers in classes to increase hydration of students –Shion Forsyth, Gracie McQuaig, Veronica Mitchell and Hannah Coombe.

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G & T U P D A T E

Year 10 Talent Development students will be presenting their self-selected, research projects on Wednesday 18th November in E2 from 12:15-1:45pm. There are four students presenting on a range of topics. Callum Judkins will present on “The Profile of an Adolescent Golfer”, Ethan Ratcliff on “Game Development”, Akane Suzuki on “ A Commercial Design Project”, and Ayden Boyd on “Is Existence a Reality: Can we find proof?”. Parents and staff are invited to attend these presentations which, for most students, are the culmination of their long term research projects.If you have any questions please contact me at sluus@wakatipu.school.nz

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WHO EVENT DATE

Yr 10 Pre-Branches Tramps 20 Nov

Yr 10 Branches Camp Starts 26 Nov

Yr 13 Year 13 Graduation 9 Dec

Yr 9,10 Junior Prizegiving 10 Dec

All Last day of Term 4 10 Dec

Teacher Only Day 11 Dec

Important dates for your diary…

U N I F O R M S H O P U P D A T E

The Uniform Shop will be closed from 9 November to 4 December due to Senior Exams.The Uniform Shop will be open from 7 to 10 December from 9am until 3pm everyday. Come in and beat the back to school rush!

Senior students must return all their Library, English and Maths books to the Library as soon as possible. The library will be open as usual until the end of term so books can be returned after the relevant exams but we would prefer you to return them sooner if possible. If you are not sure what has been issued to you, please check with the librarian. You can be confident that any book that you have at home which is labelled Wakatipu High School should be returned. Students who are returning in 2016 can arrange to borrow some library books for the summer holidays.

L I B R A R Y B O O K R E T U R N S

Meet the Staff…

Emma Tyler

How long have you been at WHS? 3 years

What is your position? Arts Coordinator

What do you love about the job?Being able to offer exciting cultural opportunities/experiences to our students and then being witness to the outcome of my endeavours.

What do you like doing in your free time? Yoga, skiing and tramping....oh and hanging with my two gorgeous boys and my husband!

What item could you not live without? My coffee peculator.

What do you like about Queenstown? The fresh air, the invigorating environment and its beauty.

Describe yourself in three words: Creative, Calm and Kind.

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C O M M U N I T Y N O T I C E S

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His driving assessments and reverse parallel parking technique is very popular. Having been a driver licence testing officer he understands not only how to ensure you are driving safely, but also what is legally required.

DAN GERARD – 027 349 2447

JOIN THE TEAM!!! Queenstown Marathon is looking for hundreds of volunteers for this

year’s marathon on 21 November 2015. From set up, to aid stations and marshalling,

there are hundreds of great volunteer positions available. To get involved, or for more

event information, head online:

www.airnzqueenstownmarathon.co.nz/volunteer

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C O M M U N I T Y N O T I C E S

DEFENSIVE DRIVING COURSE: the next AA New Zealand Defensive Driving Course is going to be held on December 5 & 6 in Queenstown from 9.00-11.00am and 1.00-3.00pm each day. Please contact Kaye on krowell@xtra.co.nz or txt Queenstown Driver Training 027 623 3534

The Wakatipu Youth Trust has started a QSA (Queer Straight Alliance), a group for LGBTQ+ and its

supporters. If you are interested to support the LGBTQ+ community or would want support yourself

please contact the Wakatipu Youth Trust team (Jaqs, Alice, Richie and Suzie) on

info@wakatipuyouthtrust.co.nz

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SOUTHERN REAP “Treaty of Waitangi Training” with Gina Nathan

A Two Day Workshop designed to pass along knowledge and increase understanding of

TeTiriti o Waitangi: to see the world when viewed from a Maori perspective.

Thursday and Friday 19 & 20 NOV

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$60 for the two days – morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea provided.

Phone Southern REAP on 03 236 6008 or 0800 111 117 to enrol.

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