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Spotswood College

P O Box 6116

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New Plymouth

NEW ZEALAND

Orchestra Day 2016 Photos taken by: Jacques McCallum-Lind

Newsletter - June 2016

Principal Mr Mark Bowden Deputy Principal Mr Daryn Shaw Deputy Principal Mr Martyn Knapton Deputy Principal Mr Chris Lapworth Deputy Principal Mrs Paula Cast Year 13 Dean Ms Jill Cooper Year 12 Dean Mr Scott Manson Year 11 Dean Mr Ryan McFadyen Year 10 Dean Ms Julia Stephens Year 9 Dean Mr Darren Scott International Director Ms Gloria Holland In This Issue… Pg 3/4, Principal Notes Pg 5, College Calender Pg 6, Whakatipuranga Rimu Rau Pg 7, Sowman Centre News Pg 8, French News Pg 9, Spotlight on Sport Pg 10, Hapu Cross Country Pg 11, Gateway/Star News

Spiced Chicken and Tomato Soup

Serves 4-5

Ingredients Marinade 1 large boneless chicken breast or thigh 2 tsp lemon juice 1½ tsp ground coriander 1 tsp cumin ¼ tsp chilli powder 1 tsp grated fresh ginger 1 tsp crushed garlic Soup 2 tsp oil ½ onion, finely chopped 1 x 420g can chopped tomatoes 2 Tbsp tomato paste 2 Tbsp natural yoghurt 2 Tbsp plain flour 3 cups chicken stock 2 Tbsp basmati rice natural yoghurt and fresh coriander to garnish Method 1. Cut the meat into small pieces or slice thinly. Combine with the other

marinade ingredients in a glass bowl and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

2. Heat the oil in a medium saucepan and add marinated chicken and chopped onion.

3. Stir constantly until the chicken is sealed (white looking) and the onion is soft.

4. Stir in the tomatoes, tomato paste and chicken stock. 5. When the mixture starts to simmer, add the basmati rice, stir and

simmer for 15-20 minutes. 6. Mix together the flour and ¼ cup of water and stir into the soup.

Simmer for a further 5 minutes. 7. Add the natural yoghurt and season to taste with salt and pepper Serve in soup bowls with a dollop of natural yoghurt, chopped fresh coriander and torn up naan bread or wholemeal toast. You may also add fresh coriander to the soup

Simulated UMAT Day 2016 - AUCKLAND - 17 July 2016

Venue: Auckland University of Technology

Students in Years 11, 12 and 13 interested in medicine, dentistry, or op-tometry will need to sit the compulsory UMAT (examination) when apply-ing for one of the above career choices. On the 17th of July NIE will be conducting a full day UMAT preparation workshop. This will be the final UMAT workshop for this season. Places are strictly limited. All details are available via www.nie.edu.au

Principal Notes: Dear Students, Parents and Caregivers

Nga mihi nui ki a koutou katoa

Welcome to the midway point of Term 2. This is a busy time for staff and students at school as we get into the real mahi of the year. Our Seniors are busy working on internal assessments and studying towards internals. At this stage of the year we would expect: Year 11s to have over 30 credits towards their Level 1 qualification and to be over halfway

towards gaining Literacy and Numeracy. Year 12s to have over 40 credits towards Level 2 and students really focussed on gaining their

literacy requirements for University Entrance. Year 13s should also be approaching the halfway mark towards their Level 3 qualification. In addition, we hope that at all times, senior students who aim to get MERIT or EXCELLENCE Endorsement know how they are progressing towards that goal. In the Junior School parents should have received their Childs first report for the year. The report is focussed on Academic Feedback (things they are doing well or need to improve on), and Feed-forward (what that improvement looks like). Using this information at home is valuable as it helps parents, family and whanau set goals to improve achievement over the course of the rest of the term and year. The Juniors will be looking closely at their report in Whanau Class and do some goal setting that will lead to Academic Mentoring for students. This work is being developed by Ms Lawrence and Mrs Cast. There will be a Junior Report Evening from 2.30 pm to 7.30 pm on Wednesday 15th June and a Senior Report Evening on Wednesday 29th June from 2.30 pm to 7.30 pm. I encourage parents to attend and learn more about what is happening for your child and what you can do to support their learning. The stronger the relationship between school and home the stronger the outcomes for our children. Farewell to International Students We farewell our International Students at the end of this term. Many of the students have been here for over 6 months. I know (as a host parent), they enrich our lives in so many ways and contribute towards our diversity. We wish them well on their travels and future endeavours. Staff Only Days There are 2 staff only days this term. On Tuesday 14th June, the staff only day is focussed on Restoration Practices. This will be led by the Ministry of Education and it builds on our work over the last 10 years to support our relationships in school. The second staff only day was approved by the BOT and is focussed on improving our appraisal and performance management as we look to embed the new performance management processes across the school. This will support improved teaching and learning and as a result outcomes to our tamariki. Hapu Cross Country Thanks to Mr Gayton and other staff who organised the school cross-country. It may well have been a warm May but it was certainly wet as we had to postpone the event until the weather was in our favour. The event had good participation and the results are published in this newsletter.

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Principal Notes continued…. Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival Nationals Success Congratulations to Baylee O’Donnell-Martin who won the Directors award at the National Finals in Wellington over the weekend of 4th - 6th June. I would like to thanks Mrs Fitzpatrick and Mr Hill who gave up a weekend to support our awesome students. 40 Hour Famine Following on from last years success we have a large group of students organized by Mrs Tran-Lawrence. Her hardworking team are raising money for Syria and hope to raise $5,000 plus. By the time of publication they will have organised a Quiz Night, raised money in New Plymouth CBD and lived out of a backpack for the weekend. E TŪ Values Our Student Support Network have been busy analyzing the latest behavioural data across the school and have developed our latest E TŪ expectations that we teach, re-teach, reward and acknowledge students who model these behaviours. We welcome parents to support us and what we have defined as important values to show as learners. Our new expectations are: Open Night We are looking forward to our Open Night for new students on Wednesday 10th August at 6.30 - 9.00 pm. Our great advocates of our school are the students and their families. If you are proud of our school encourage your friends to come to the Open Night! I would finally like to acknowledge the hard work of our teachers and support staff in this busy term. Ngā Mihi nui Martyn Knapton Acting Principal

JUNE 14 Staff Only Day - no classes TSSSA Junior Basketball 15 Junior Students Report Evening - 2.30 - 7.30 pm TSSPA - NPBHS 16 Senior Oratory Evening 17 WITT Open Days 17th - 18th June 20 Devon Intermediate School Visits - 20th, 21st and 22nd June 24 TSSSA Badminton Manu Korero Competition 26 TSSSA Ten Pin Bowling 29 Senior Students Report Evening - 2.30 - 7.30 pm JULY 3 TSSSA Squash 7 BCITO Big Construction Tour 8 END OF TERM 2

SPOTSWOOD COLLEGE CALENDER TERM

NZQA News

Seniors students are required to pay NZQA Fees on an annual basis. The fee is $76.70 and must be paid to the school accounts office by Friday 2

nd September.

Failure to pay the fee by this date will mean as a student or caregiver you must deal directly with NZQA and arrange a payment through them. Scholarship NCEA now has a charge of $30.00 per exam subject.

There are also late fees which you may incur. Failure to pay fees will also mean a student’s record of learning is not updated at NZQA and your NCEA Exam Results will not be available to you. Some students may qualify for financial assistance, forms are being sent out to all parents and caregivers.

Please contact me at school should you have any concerns.

Mr Gavin Parr Principals Nominee.

Whakatipuranga Rima Rau - Programme - 2016

The WHYORA programme supports Yr 12 & 13 Maori students to learn about health as a career. This programme is conducted at the TDHB, and consists of group forums conducted by Health professionals and visits to various departments and wards at the hospital which allows students to get first-hand knowledge in Health careers. Our most recent workshop consisted of a discussion by two TDHB staff members, one a Maori team leader of the Maori Health Hauora team and the other a Samoan medical student in her final year of studying as a Doctor. We have five students attending this programme this year. Baylee O'Donnell-Martin, Shaun Collett, Shaye Sturmey-Watson, Ford Ratahi-Smith and Tayla Taiwhati. We would like to thank Mrs Crowe for her on-going support with transporting us this year. Nga mihi Whaea Wendy Eynon

2016 PWC Scholarship Programme Applications open 13 June and close 29 July 2016. Scholarships are available for students planning on studying commerce, technology or business with majors in accounting, economics, finance and information systems. We also welcome students studying conjoint degrees and those completing studies in law. Strict criteria applies to this scholarship and interested students should seek guidance and support from their Year 13 Dean if making application. Please see all noticeboards and the Yr 13 Common room for further details.

WHYORA 2016 - YR 9 & YR 10 MAORI STUDENTS - SCIENCE EXPO PUTAI OW - 16-18 AUGUST

A three day Science workshop will be held in August at Pukekura Function Centre, New Plymouth . Permission slips have gone out to all Junior Maori students. Whanau please ensure that the documentation is signed and returned to Whaea Wendy at school BEFORE 18 June 2016. Any enquiries please contact Hilary Takarangi - HoD Science. Nga mihi

Spotswood Komiti Maori - Whanau Group Tena tatou katoa e te whanau o Te Kura o Ngamotu. We have held several hui this term with another one due to take place on Thursday 16 June at 6 pm in Whaitata. We are very happy with the strong support shown this year particularly from new students and their whanau. At a recent hui the whanau appointed a new Secretary. Congratulations to Shannon Spencer-Leaf who volunteered her time to the kaupapa. Board elections are currently taking place and we are very pleased to advise that Renee Grinday was appointed by the Committee to a co-opted position on the Board. Diane Luke, Shannon Spencer-Leaf and Craig Ashmore have also put their names forward for consideration on the new Board. We wish everyone the best and ask that Whanau actively participate and vote in this years election. Nga mihi Matua Morehu-Ransfield Tuuta

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Sowman Centre News

Manaakitangi and Independence are both important parts of the learning

programme occurring in the Sowman Centre. We all help each other learn and achieve and we are

kind and thoughtful to others.

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Le couscous, c'est délicieux!

As part of a module on traveling and Morocco, the French combined senior class cooked couscous in two flavours: vegetarian and chicken. It smelled so nice that people passing by popped in to have a taste. The comments were unanimous: Délicieux! Why encourage your children to learn another language? An interesting article on the Ministry of Education website reminds us of the following benefits: the ability to communicate across cultures is an advantage when studying overseas where competition is fierce, and it is increasingly important as our local tourist industry and export business are fast developing. It improves understanding of one's own language and literacy as well as develops a large number of skills from the top 10 valued by employers such as lateral thinking, attention to detail, thinking outside the box, experimenting and taking risks, and flexibility. Language learning also gives students a better understanding of other cultures and a broader worldview, as well as a stronger awareness of their own identity and culture. Finally, as New Zealand is becoming increasingly diverse due to the growing numbers of foreign students, immigrants and tourists, our young people will be better equipped to develop positive relationships within New Zealand as well as overseas. Our children are living in a global village and need to be equipped to be successful in it. Sabine de Crevoisier French Teacher

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HEALTHY EATING & LIFESTYLE POLICY

The rationale for the current Spotswood College Healthy Eating and Lifestyle Policy is:- "An active lifestyle and healthy eating are essential for people to achieve their full academic and physical potential. Daily physical activity and healthy eating habits that are established early in a person's life improve their well being/Hauora and may limit lifestyle diseases in older age. Spotswood College recognizes its responsibility in this area and will actively help its community establish and maintain these good practices". The school community will do its best to model this policy at all times. Any catering and fund-raising that is conducted under Spotswood College's name will comply with this policy. We wish to remind staff, students, Parents and Caregivers that chocolate sales are not permitted for fund-raising activities. D. Shaw - Acting Principal P. Gayton - Chairman: Health & Safety committee.

SPOTLIGHT ON SPORT (Sports items should be emailed to sport@spotswoodcollege.school.nz)

NZSS WRESTLING: A big well done to Darcy Collins (Year 9) on her efforts at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Wrestling championships held in Hawera during Queen’s Birthday weekend. Darcy won Gold in the 36-38kg Division (unopposed) and won the George Currie Cup for Fair Play for competing against wrestlers in higher divisions. TSSSA EVENTS: Indoor Bowls: This year’s championships were held at the TSB Stadium on Wednesday 25th May. Congratulations to our Fours team (Aidan Zittersteijn, Ryan Vincent, Tramane Scott, Kane Fabish) who finished in 3rd place playing through the day undefeated. The pairs team was Jason Hook and Tanyon Ratima; with Flynn Watson contesting the singles. TSSSA EVENTS FOR TERM 2: The following TSSSA events are to be held during Term 2. Students interested in competing in these should register their names at the Sports co-ordinator’s office. 1. Badminton Friday 24th June 2. Ten Pin Bowling Sunday 26th June 3. Squash Sunday 3rd July 2016 NZSSSC TOURNAMENT WEEKS: The 2 remaining New Zealand Secondary Schools national tournament weeks for 2016 are: Winter tournament week: 28th August – 3rd September (NISS Netball; NZSS Football, NZSS Hockey, NZSS Indoor Bowls) Junior tournament week: 21st – 26th November (NISS Volleyball) WINTER CODES UNDERWAY: This term we will have teams competing in Basketball, Football, Hockey (Mixed), Netball, Rugby and Indoor Volleyball. Good luck to these teams for the remainder of the 2016 season. COACHES & MANAGERS: If any Parents or Caregivers are interested in Coaching or Managing a College Sports team during 2016, we would very much appreciate your assistance. If you are interested could your please contact our Sports co-ordinator Mrs Skene through the College office on Ph:7512416 (ext 714) or email sport@spotswoodcollege.school.nz SPORTS FEES: This year, the Board of Trustees has decided that they will pay all team entry fees for local competitions. Players will only be required to pay a total of $30.00 – A refundable $10 uniform bond fee and $20 uniform hire fee (to cover uniform replacements). This can either be done in full, or by time payment arranged through the College Finance office. Students will be withdrawn from their team registration list prior to the first game if their fees are either unpaid or a time payment arrangement has not been set-up. Some codes may require an additional payment for mini-van hire and for game balls.

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2016 Spotswood College annual Cross Country

After several postponements due to wet weather throughout May, this year's annual Cross Country was held in fine sunny conditions on Thursday 2nd May. This year in order to encourage better Hapu participation a mufti-day was held. There were two options for students to participate in - the competitive 3km run or the Hapu walk. The individual race winners were: Junior Girls: Erica Vogel Junior Boys: Kobi Hislop Intermediate Girls: Courtney Goble Intermediate Boys: David Jeffrey Senior Girls: Nicola Carroll Senior Boys: Ben Dey Overall House points for the Paul Ballinger Trophy: 1st Mikotahi 16.5 points 2nd Motumahanga 15 points 3rd Moturoa 13.5 points 4th Paritutu 13 points Best Dressed individual winners: Motumahanga - Megan Jones Mikotahi Terry O'Donnell Moturoa Jaydon Davis Paritutu Blake Tanner Best Dressed Whanau class: Motumahanga Mr. Ramsay's Mikotahi Mr. Moorby's Moturoa Mrs Nicholl's Paritutu Mr. Abrams

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OVERSEAS SPORTS VISIT- LATE TERM 3 Spotswood College has agreed to host Santiago College (Chile) from 18-20 September. We have previously hosted this College before in 2011 and 2012. For this year's international visit we are required to find nearly 90 billets:- 60 Boys and 30 Girls. The sports involved are: Girls:- Hockey and Volleyball Boys:- Basketball, Football and Rugby We seek the support of our Parents and Caregivers from the whole school to support us make this visit a successful one. This is a great opportunity for families of Spotswood students studying Span-ish to get some language conversation experience. If you are interested in assisting us to billet the-se Chilean students could you please register at the Sports office. D. Shaw (Acting Principal) & P. Gayton. HOD Sport.

GATEWAY

I am a Gateway student at Z Merrilands, taking part in the Z Forecourt Concierge Programme through Service IQ. I greet customers, clean windscreens, check oil and water, fuel up cars and pump up customers tyres. I also swap LPG bottles. I am gaining so many customer service skills and I am working on the Customer Service Award which has NCEA credits at Level 2 and 3. Cain Freakley-Ryan

'TALK IS CHEAP' 104.4 FM

Sam Raumati and Jacques McCallum-Lind host the Spotswood College Radio Show ‘Talk Is Cheap’ every Tuesday at 4.30pm and it is re-broadcast, due to its popularity, on Friday. Jacques and Sam are also known as their radio personas: ‘The Man’ and ‘The Rock Goddess’. They are both Year 12 students with a passion for music which also shows in the work they do in the school's recording studio.

STAR

Every Thursday morning during Term 3, nine students attend a STAR Barista Course at WITT. Tutor, Tane Morgan teaches the students theory units and how to operate a coffee machine to make cappuccino, latte, mocaccino, flat white, hot chocolate as well as how to be creative in coffee art. If I were to sum up the Barista course, it's pretty much like a coffee club. A group of students from different schools come together, then spend about 2 hours making and drinking different coffees, many I didn't even know about. As well as this it's been a great opportunity to experience what making coffee is about. Mostyn Lee

There are so many things to get right if you want to make a good cup of coffee; Fresh beans, correct grind setting, having a clean machine, stretching the milk. You think it is easy but it is actually a scientific process! We are looking forward to making Iced Coffees in our last lesson. Our Tutor Tane Morgan is great and we are enjoying this opportunity. Robin Louw

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SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS OF SPOTSWOOD COLLEGE

The Spotswood College Community (Board of Trustees, Principal, Staff and Students) sincerely wish to convey their heartfelt gratitude for the generosity and support offered by the organisations set out below.

This support enables the College to enrich and enhance the lives of our staff and students and contributes to our goal of creating life-long learners.

Parent Teachers

Association