Issue 4 5-April 2013 - nghs.school.nz

SWIMMINGOur swimming girls have been very busy. Since competing in the school champs, wherethey certainly made a big splash, they have continued to demonstrate their dominance ata national level.First we had Ruby Adsett in February, competing at New Zealand Juniors. Ruby had afantastic swim winning Gold in the 400m, 200m, 100m and 50m freestyle. Yes, a cleansweep of all Freestyle events in her age group. She also won Silver in 200m backstrokeand Bronze in the 100m backstroke. Ruby was only 0.07 seconds off a NZ record in the200m freestyle, so close. Our youngest national competitor certainly set a high standardfor the girls to swim for.In March we had Annika Brennan , Maddie Mason, Libby Gimblett, Chloe Larson andBobbi Gichard competing in the NZ age group nationals. Wellington again hostedour swimmers with Annika competing in 800m, 400m and 200m freestyle and 200mand 50m butterfly, continuing to show her excellence in these events being placedin the top 20 in all events. Libby also swam in freestyle and butterfly events in the14 year old girls and was also placed in the top 20. Chloe competed in 100m and50m butterfly also finishing in the top 20. Maddie showed her strength as one of thecountry’s top 14 year old girl breaststrokers placing 6th in both 50m and 100m. Maddie also swam in the 50m,100m, 200m and 400m freestyle winning places in the top 15 in each event.Bobbi dominated the 13 year old girls at this national event winning Gold in the 200m and 100m backstroke. She twice broke NZ records in the 200mbackstroke. She won Silver in 100m freestyle, 200m individual medley and 50m backstroke and finally Bronze in 400m and 50m freestyle. At this event Bobbiqualified for the World Junior Championships in Dubai this August . Bobbi was soon to show us that she was just warming up at this event and two weeks latershe travelled to Auckland to compete in the New Zealand Opens where she really showed New Zealand what she can do in the pool.At 13 years old Bobbi competed at the NZ open swimming championships, swimming against New Zealand’s best. After exciting heats we all watched the TV tosee our Bobbi win both the 50m and the 100m backstroke and a 4th in the 200m backstroke. She took another NZ 13 year old record in the 50m Backstroke.Congratulations Bobbi, you are truly a star.We also have Bella Bassett-Foss, Victoria Krebs and Molly Austin travelling to Invercargill in the holidays to compete in the NZ Division 2 championships. Good luckgirls.All this talent is certainly giving us plenty to get excited about for the Hawke’s Bay interschool championships in May and the National interschool championshipsin August. Go Girls!!SOFTBALLOur Softball Team had a very successful week away in Wanganui at the NorthIsland Division 2 Softball Championships before Easter.We had wins in pool play against One Tree Hill College 24-2, Wanganui HighSchool 7-3, St Catherines College and Orewa College 5-3, that meant weplayed Aotea College in the semi finals, a team we narrowly lost to in thetie-breaker the previous afternoon. It was an amazing game with all teammembers playing their very best of the tournament to completely dominateplay and win 11-0 to reach the finals. In the finals we played our arch rivals(and friends!) Hastings Girls’ High School, we were competitive but a fewmissed opportunities and the greater experience of the opposition resultedin HGHS winning the championships. Maria Mudd was named as our team’sMVP.The highlight of the week was Emma Houkamau being named in the WhiteSox training squad, the youngest member and one we are extremely proud of.Our special thanks to coaches Tama Houkamau, Shane Hurndell and SpencerBethell and scorer Olwyn Houkamau for all their time and efforts throughoutnot only the week but the season leading up to the tournament.WAKA AMA NATIONALSThe Napier Girls’ Waka Ama Nationals teamrepresented the school well both on andoff the water in Rotorua from the 18th –22nd of March.The team of girls consisted of JahmiraNaera (captain), Terell Lambert, TerinaTawhara, Tiara Crichton, Skye Brown,Reremoana Chase and Lilia Wakefield.Their first event was a double hull racewith Napier Boys’, a fast and furious sprintof 250m. They placed third in their heatwith a time fast enough to qualify for thechampionship semi-final, but unfortunatelynot the final.There were 60 J19 (or Under 19) girlsteams this year requiring eight heats, mostusing all eight lanes. The team performedconsistently in their heats to come third inboth races with times fast enough to putthem through to the plate semi-finals forboth events. They were unfortunatelynot fast enough to progress to finals. Thisteam was a mix of both experienced andnovice paddlers, with four of the teamcurrently eligible to be paddling in the J16(or Under 16) grade.With this team and the development of other paddlers seen at the Hawke’sBay Regionals and the Bluelight Regatta, the potential for Napier Girls’ HighSchool to be competitive in Waka Ama both regionally and nationally isexciting.Congratulations to all involved and a big thank you to Tama and JackiTawhara, Maia Wilcox and Karla Abbott for their help at Nationals and forcoaching and managing the girls throughout the season.

Music NewsMichael Houston Piano MasterclassTwelve of our students had the opportunity to attend Michael Houston’spiano master classes last Monday. What a rare treat watching thistalented musician working with five of Hawkes Bay’s finest young pianists.Congratulations to Ella Sparrow, one of the selected young musicians, on herexcellent playing. Performing in front of an audience and then having yourplaying publicly analysed by such an accomplished musician is quite a nerverackingexperience. Ella executed the masterclass in an extremely mature andprofessional manner demonstrating her excellent musicianship skills.Stage Challenge 2013‘RISE UP SISTER!’We are happy to announce that Napier Girls’ High will be entering a seniorgroup into Stage Challenge this year.The team managers, Britney Lee and Madeline Bradley have worked hard withtheir choreographers and are very proud of the team of 70 dancers they haveselected to tell the story of Pakistani schoolgirl, Malala Yousufzai, who was shotby the Taliban for wanting to go to school. The girls have called their interpretation“Rise Up Sister!” and they are promising an exciting performance. Rehearsalsbegin this week on Mondays, Thursdays and Sunday afternoons.The Stage Challenge performance is on Tuesday June 11 at the Hastings OperaHouse.SponsorshipStage Challenge is a high profile event and to assist us with the expenses of costuming,creating a set, cast transportation and entry fees, we have asked everymember of the cast to contribute $50.00. This is a good start but we still requiresponsorship - preferably from our school community. If you feel that you maybe able to offer some help to us, please contact our teacher co-ordinator, ChrisDavidson on 8351069 ext.724 or, preferably, by email cdavidson@nghs.school.nz. In return we will feature your business prominently on our team t-shirts andalso on any correspondence we send out. Thank you for thinking of us!Chris Davidson - Teacher Co-ordinatorYouth EnviroLeadersSir Peter Blake Youth EnviroLeaders’ ForumCongratulations to Josie Mason who is one of 50 successful delegates out of 200applicants, to attend the Forum in Christchurch.The selected delegates will join The Sir Peter BlakeTrust and the Ministry for the Environment foran ‘urban expedition’ through Christchurch andCanterbury, experiencing and learning aboutfresh water, resource management and theChristchurch city rebuild.Delegates will also have opportunities to meetand engage with like-minded contemporaries,inspiring and informative speakers and experts,including Sir Peter Blake Trust alumni, local andnational politicians, subject experts, businessand community leaders. Delegates to the2013 Youth EnviroLeaders’ Forum may also beeligible for selection for future Young BlakeExpeditions.ROWINGSignificant numbers of Napier Girls’ High School girlsturned up to the Hawkes Bay Rowing Club’s OpenDay in October last year. However, it was EmmaMatheson (Year 11), Karleigh Daly (Year 10), IsabellaKippenburger (Year 10), Georgia King (Year 10) andTayla Young (Year 12) who rose to the challenge ofthe rigorous Novice training programme and wenton to have a successful summer of rowing alongwith Napier Girls’ High School Intermediate rowers, Ashlea Quirk, Tara Minorand Winnie-Mae Read-Eden.In late January at the North Island Club Champs Ashlea Quirk won two goldmedals with her Hawkes Bay Club team mates in the Club Senior Quadruplesculls. At New Zealand Rowing Nationals, Ashlea won gold in the ClubQuadruple sculls and silver in Senior Quadruple sculls. Georgia King made theA Final in the Novice four and Novice eight.In March, all Napier Girls’ High School rowers attended the North IslandSecondary Schools Rowing Champs. Facing challenging weather conditions,Tara Minor and Winnie-Mae Read-Eden came 4th in their heat for the GirlsUnder 16 double sculls. The Novice crew of Karleigh Daly, Georgia King,Isabella Kippenburger, Tayla Young and Emma Matheson (cox) came 2nd inthe B Final of the Novice four race. Karleigh and Georgia came 3rdin the B Final of the Novice Under 15 double sculls. Ashlea Quirkwon silver in the Under 17 single scull and she was placed 8th inthe Under 18 single scull A Final.As a result of her success at NISS, Ashlea went on her own torepresent Napier Girls’ High School at Maadi Cup. There she wonbronze in the Under 18 single scull and she was placed 7th in theUnder 17 single scull. With these impressive results, Ashlea hasbeen selected to trial for the New Zealand Junior Rowing Squad,and we wish her the very best of luck.By Emma Matheson and Ashlea QuirkInternational NewsWelcome to Naho Matsuura who joined us this week fromJapan.Our most recent trip was to the Silky Oak chocolate factory,Amazing Maze, Te Mata Peak and Rush Monroe’s ice creamparlour in Hastings. The food theme features strongly in thestudents’ trip wish list, despite many of them complainingabout their weight gains in the 9 weeks since theyarrived. The winning team completed the maze in arecord 22 minutes, and they all made it to the end,in the end!Enrolments continue to arrive for later in theyear, especially from students from Germany. Wewelcome new families as homestay hosts - for long term or school holidayor even weekend placements. Please contact Sara Firmaninternational@nghs.school.nz or ph (06) 8351069 ext734 forfurther details.Sue Fullarton - International Deansfullarton@nghs.school.nzMaori Achieve‘Tuakana Teina’Year 9 Māori students andsenior Māori students (KahuiMāoriand Kaiawhina) spent anextended form time togetherthis week.We all had loads of fun playinggames and getting to knoweach other in a range of activities. The Year 9swere asked to write about their goals and changes they would like to seehappen in the school.Trixie-Lee Grey

UniformAfter a long and hot summer, our thoughts now turn to the colder winter months!2013Year Level Clothing Shoes9 Tie Black roman sandals Or Black Birkenstock Rio sandalNew KiltMcKinlay Molly ShoeNew Blouses short sleeve (x2)(unless Uniform Shop or Dean previously advised of blue romanNew Blouse long sleeve (x1) sandal or old winter shoe already purchased prior to 2012New Cardiganenrolment interviews).New Vest (optional)New Blazer (optional)PE ShirtPE Canterbury shorts10 Tie Old shoes acceptable but replace with new styles if neededNew Kilt (broad, flat fronted waistband) NB: New footwear is black Roman sandal or black Birkenstock RioNew Blouses and McKinlay Molly required for 2014.New CardiganNew VestNew Blazer (during Year 10)PE ShirtPE Canterbury shorts11 Tie Old shoes acceptable but replace with new styles if neededOld blue summer skirtNB: New footwear is black Roman sandal or black Birkenstock RioOld kilt (narrow waistband) and McKinlay Molly required for 2014.Old blouses but replace with new blouses over timeJerseyMust have 1 short sleeve new blouseNew Blazer12 TieOld blue summer skirtOld shoes acceptable but replace with new styles if neededOld kilt (narrow waistband)NB: New footwear is black Roman sandal or black Birkenstock RioOld blouses but replace with and McKinlay Molly required for 2014.new blouses over timeJerseyMust have 1 short sleeve new blouseBlazer to be purchased if representing the school13 Old Kilt (narrow waistband) Old shoes acceptable but replace with new styles if neededShort sleeve new blouse (one)TieJerseyBlazer to be purchased if representing the school2014All students will only wear new uniform clothing (except old kilt which is still acceptable) and new footwear. All students from Year 10 willbe required to purchase a school blazer. Any families who need special financial arrangements or support may contact the Finance office on835 1069 extn 709, as this is now the school jacket. Year 9 may also buy a blazer but it is not a requirement until Year 10.• Students are only permitted to wear a raincoat or rain jacket to and from school, if it is raining. At all other times only school uniform itemsare to be worn.• In 2014 all students will be required to wear either black roman sandals or black Birkenstock Rio sandals and the McKinlay Mollie shoe. Ifyou are intending to order the McKinlay Molly Shoe in 2013 please place your order as soon as possible at the uniform shop as individualorders will incur a separate courier fee. The cost of the Molly Shoe is $85.00. Please note that a $40 non-refundable deposit is requiredwhen ordering. The balance of $45 is to be paid when the shoes are collected.• Please also note the regulation skirt length: On the knee (i.e. no more than 0-5cm above the ground when kneeling). A consequence willbe given if this rule is not adhered to.• Any faulty uniform items need to be returned to the Uniform Shop with a written description of the fault and your contact details.