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9 April 20219 April 2021

Camp OmauiCamp Omaui

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Principal’s Comment

Chris O’ConnorBOT Chairperson

Tena KoutouAt the March Board meeting we heard from Judy Buckley, Director of Murihiku Young Parents’ Learning Centre (MYPLC). James Hargest College governs this school and it is a wonderful asset for our community. Sincere credit should be given to Judy and her team for the work they are doing with young women in their care. I truly believe in the power of education to be a transformative experience and the numerous success stories from MYPLC accurately demonstrate what you can achieve with a positive attitude and a quality education. In property news, I am sure staff and students

From the Boardroom

at both campuses are delighted to hear that we are on track for our new boilers to be operational by the start of term two - providing the pump makes it off the water! The school is a busy and dynamic place and I encourage everyone to make the most of the wonderful opportunities to get involved in activities outside the classroom at JHC. It is always fascinating to hear the range of trips and activities Hargest students are heading off on. There really is something for everyone here. Chris O’Connor BOT Chairperson

Mike NewellPrincipal

labour the point, but the academic success of many of our students, who managed to achieve Excellence endorsements with significant time out of the classroom is a testament to both their innate drive, whanau support and adaptability. Students can be very proud of their achievements. Because of the uncertainty last year, we did not hold our traditional Sporting and Cultural Blues Awards. We therefore decided to combine these with our academic excellence awards and the ceremony was richer for the experience. Students at James Hargest College are achieving at the highest level on the national stage. Quinn Hartley who broke a New Zealand record for long jump and Brianna Loan making the National Youth Brass Band are two examples of talented students working hard to achieve their goals. These students are both driven, motivated and humble. They are exemplary role models for our school values in action. Congratulations to all students who were celebrated at this ceremony. It was wonderful to have over 100 parents in attendance to join us in congratulating students on their fine achievements. We have also welcomed parents to meet the teachers at two parents evenings this term. It is always a great opportunity to chat about how the students are settling into the year and how we can support our

families with their educational aspirations for their children. We understand that High School years are often a time of pushing the boundaries and attempting to assert some independence. Sometimes that can result in poor decision making. We are aware of a spike in vaping around our school. This is very concerning and we are being vigilant in checking areas which the students report, are popular for vaping. We need your support to fight back against this vaping epidemic. Studies are increasingly observing chronic harm to hearts and lungs caused by vaping. The fear is of course that we do not yet know exactly how much damage vaping can do over time. We have become aware that students under 18 years of age are easily able to purchase vaping products online. Please talk to your children about this growing issue and try to empower them to fight back against the omnipresent peer pressure.Lastly, with Anzac Day occurring during the term holidays, it is important we remember and pay our respects to all of the men and women who served overseas. At this week and next week’s assemblies our students will be reminded of this with particular focus on Brigadier James Hargest who served in both World Wars. Noho ora mai Mike Newell Principal

Kia ora koutouAs my first Term One as Tumuaki of James Hargest College draws to a close, it is a good time to think about some of the memorable moments which have helped to shape our place. James Hargest students continue to excel across a myriad of endeavours. Our Celebrating Excellence ceremony, held on the 9th of March was a wonderful occasion where the outstanding achievements of our students were showcased to both their peers and our wider community. The accolades presented to our students were vast and signified truly magnificent achievements. Much has been said about the challenges of 2020 and I do not wish to

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Anislie BrucePTA Chairperson

Lynsey Stratford Secretary

Sarah WarrenTreasurer

PTA AGM Report

Monique ShirleyChairperson

roles as both a committee member and Treasurer. You are a highly valued member of the team and a big part of why we function so effortlessly.

My thanks must also be directed to Lynsey Stratford (Secretary), as we all know there is plenty of work in the background to make sure everything runs smoothly, so thank you.

A high level of support is required for the December and January Uniform Sales. In particular the January sell out this year was extremely busy, which speaks to the high standard of uniform items we have available for sale.

Alongside the uniforms, over the past year the committee have continued to support the various school activities – including:• Mending, laundering, dry cleaning

organisation, and stock takes of uniforms

• PTA meetings• Running the Yearly Open Day BBQ at

the Junior Campus• Tea/coffee and supper for the Senior

Parent Teacher Interviews• Prize Giving supper for the Year 13

students and families• Xmas morning tea for the support

staff at Senior and Junior Campus• Pastoral care to school and staff

families – if and when required• Study Centre afternoon tea funding• Funding the floral arrangements for

both Senior and Junior Campus

This year we saw the introduction of the Garden Club set up at Junior Campus – which is another exciting PTA venture, a big thanks to Erika for leading the charge here.

Over the last year we have seen the JHC Archives Space set up by Barbara Jones.What a huge amount of work that she has put into this project. Thank you to Barbara for providing the school such a wonderful look at our history, and to now have a dedicated place for the displays.

We are continuing to collate a list of PTA helpers in a database we can call on in for support, as there are several activities that do need the support of the PTA. We now also have a list of instructions and printed guidelines for each of the events, making volunteering easier than ever.

Once again, I thank you all.

Monique Shirley PTA Chairperson

The next PTA meeting will be held in Brigadier’s Room at the Senior Campus, scheduled to start at 7.30pm.18th May27th July 14th September 16th November

PTA Meeting Dates

Chairperson Report, 16 March 2021I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the members of the Committee for your dedication during the 2020 year, and what a year it has been. We have all had to deal with covid, and all the changes and challenges this pandemic brought into our households, work places and of course the school environment.

The PTA appreciate all those that take the time to help support us. Every hour of your time that has been volunteered, helps to create an environment that runs smoothly. Again, in 2020 we saw a lot of new faces join us, and we are all very grateful that you have chosen to support us by joining the Committee. As always with any committee the old saying many hands make light work is true. I would like to see the numbers grow again in 2021, so feel free to invite another JHC parent/caregiver to join us.

I would like to take the time for a special thanks to Sue Mattingly (Treasurer - inset) who has been a great support to me personally – we have set up a

new system for the uniform sales, with Cash and Eftpos available. We stationed ourselves in the front office, on the nights of the sales. This makes the tracking and tracing along with the balancing a more efficient process. So a huge thanks for this and balancing the books for the PTA. I know I speak for you all when I say we will miss you Sue, as we all appreciated your hard work and dedication in your

Kia ora! I’m Ainslie Bruce, the newly elected Chairperson of the PTA. I’m married to Andy and have two daughters at James Hargest; Mackenzie (Year 12) and Riley (Year 11).

I am employed by Barnardoes as the Administrator for the Foster Care Team in Otago and Southland. In my spare time, I’m on the Board for Southland Water Polo, go to the gym and love my early morning walks with my miniature schnauzer, Barney!

I’m so excited to be involved with the PTA once again for another year alongside the fabulous group of parents and staff who make up the committee. I invite you to join us at our next meeting, it’s a great way to get to know other parents and staff!

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Janine Loader We will farewell Janine Loader at the end of Term 1. Janine has worked at the Junior Campus for the past eight years as our office manager, executive officer and also as P.A. for the Associate Principal.Janine is a dedicated and caring person, and is held in high regard by all the Junior Campus staff. She is a highly organised, effective and efficient professional, who worked hard to ensure the office ran

smoothly. Janine’s door was always open for staff to talk to her, she was ready to listen and support others. Janine always appeared calm and unruffled, even at peak times of busyness; she truly mastered the art of the serene swan paddling madly under the water. We thank Janine for all the mahi she has done over the years for James Hargest College, and we all wish Janine the best in her new ventures; we will really miss her.

Frances Matheson JHC has recently farewelled Frances Matheson who taught Hard Materials and DVC. Frances has left us to concentrate on her studies. We wish her all the best for the future.

Staff News Farewell

Welcome

Ange Potter James Hargest College Senior Campus is thrilled to welcome Ange Potter back to the team. Ange worked in the Careers Department for five years, leaving in 2018. She then worked at a variety of workplaces including Number 10 and Findex before she saw the error of her ways and came back to join us in March. Ange is the friendly welcoming face for students in the Student Administration

area. Ange is a bubbly, caring person and we are delighted to welcome her back to the team.

Brian Coyle We are fortunate to welcome Brian Coyle back to James Hargest College. Brian has a wealth of experience in the Hard Materials area and shares his knowledge with students with a smile and positivity. He has already made a wonderful contribution to the Hard Materials department and staff and students are delighted to be working with him.

Nichi Voice

Kia ora e te whānau o Hemi Hakena Whiria te tangata Weave the people togetherThis is my last newsletter contribution as we prepare to welcome Neitana Tane back

Whanau Report

to his classroom. As I look around his office and wonder if I will get it tidied in time, I look at the resources and the learning they contain – the richness of the language, the richness of the culture, and the valuable contributions that many people make to this department. The strength of the aroha and manaakitanga shown within the whānau group is supported by the traditions of kapa haka performance. Their recent noho marae – where they worked on their competition bracket for Hautonga in Dunedin on 10 July – is a part of the cultural wrap-around offered within the department. My sincere thanks go to Tania Neho and Jacinta Kerepeti Gilbert for doing the hard work with the rōpu kapa haka, to parents who supplied kai and cleaning-power for the noho marae, to Fiona Walker for being camp mum, and to Troy McNaught for supporting our Monday waiata. I take a lot

of pride in seeing the students showing such passion as they put in the hard mahi, but many people weave their skills together to help this all happen.Ako – reciprocal learning and teaching – is a mainstay in the learning here, and I feel honoured to have been included in this reciprocity. I have learned so much from my students, and I hope that they feel that I have cared for them, as much as I have felt them caring for me. Tēnā rawa atu koutou – ia tangata, ia tangata – for all you have given me. Kia kaha, kia māia, kia manawanui.

Ngā mihi, Whaea Nichi Kaiako rīwhi, Te Reo Māori.

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Room 4 had the most amazing weather while at Camp Omaui. The standard of bivouacs was very impressive. Mountain biking with Constable Marty was a challenge but lots of fun. Making and cooking damper for the first time was a huge hit too. We had a blast and new friendships have been formed.

Omaui Camp Junior Campus

Congratulations to Chris Abercrombie and his wife Diana on the safe arrival of Hector Abercrombie, 7lbs 13oz.

Congratulations!

Term 1: Friday 16 April: End of Term 1

Term 2: Monday 3 May: Start of Term 2 Tuesday 11 May: MOE Accord Day Monday 7 June: Queen’s Birthday Friday 9 July: End of Term 2

Term 3: Monday 26 July: Start of Term 3 Sunday 1 August: Open Day Thursday 5 August: MOE Accord Day Friday 1 October: End of Term 3

Term 4: Monday 18 October: Start of Term 4 Monday 25 October: Labour Day Wednesday 1 December: MOE Accord Day Wednesday 8 December: End of Term 4

Term Dates for 2021

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NZ Author visitSenior Campus

James Hargest College Senior Campus students had the opportunity to attend a workshop with New Zealand author and cartoonist, Stu Duval. Students were shown how to develop stories, how to push through writers block, and how to end a story successfully.

The Year 8’s have been using Minecraft Education in Science, showing Mrs Savory how to host a world! The Year 7’s are investigating how putting different sized beakers over candle flames affects how long the candle burns for.

Science Junior Campus

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NZ Author visitSenior Campus

Year 11 students recently attended a field trip to the Woodlands Ag Research Centre (below). Students enjoyed the opportunity for some hands on experience of moving sheep, seeing electronic weighing and drafting in action and the use of ultrasound to check lambs’ lungs for pneumonia. The friendly farm huntaway was also a big hit!

March 16 2020 seemed an innocent enough day. Tarrah Shirley, Lucy Machen, Lucy Nind Jacob Mika, Thomas Walker & Corban Evans spent the day in Dunedin attending a conference designed to prepare them to lead the Senior Campus into fundraising for our sponsored child and the 40 Hour Famine. And then came lockdown. Undeterred, as soon as school was back, work began. While the total raised was smaller than previous years, it was enough to tip Hargest over $150,000.00 total raised across the years. Shout out to Mrs Fiona Meyers who led most of the teams of senior students over the years. This year Ella Dougherty, Gemma McAlister, Natasha Lewis and Courtnee Morrison will attend the training day on May 6 with Mrs Nicola Craig.

Students in Years 9 to 11, who enjoy a challenge, are invited to enter the Otago University Maths Competition. To enter you need to pay $5 to the main office by Monday 12 April.This is a challenging competition for students who enjoy problem solving and who are able to communicate their working clearly.This year the competition will be held in two parts. The first part (to be held on Wednesday 14 April) will be an on-line multi-choice and short answer competition. Students who place in the top 15% of entrants in the first part of the competition will then be invited to enter the second part of the competition (to be held on Wednesday 12 May). This part will involve a written test where full working is expected to be shown. Students compete against others in the same year level.If you have queries please contact Mrs Redmond: jredmond@jameshargest.school.nz

Primary Industries

World Vision Youth Conference 2020

Otago University Maths Competition

Year 9 -11 Play

Mystery at Moor Manor

Wednesday 19 May Thursday 20 May

7:00pm Senior Campus Hall

Year 12 Primary Industries students at the recent Forestry Careers Day, held at Winton on March 18th. It was organised by Great South.The students got to see Koura (New Zealand freshwater crayfish). These fish are being farmed in ponds in some forest plantations.The field day was a great success, with a mix of hands-on activities, such as virtual tours, flying a drone and hearing from a fantastic range of people about their journey into the forestry industry.

Lilah Jack Kaide Zavier Mulholland Rebecca Tull Caylee McCarroll

Values Awards Junior Campus

Saphira McLauchlan Natalie Snoek Hunter Beck Matthew Weston

This year photographs will be available for you to view and order online with PhotoLife Studios.

Your son or daughter will shortly bring home a slip with their unique Access Key detailed on it. This Access Key will display all the photographs of your child. It is then an easy process for you to shop online and purchase the photographs you want.

If you place your order within three weeks of receiving your Access Key, you will receive free delivery for your photo orders. PhotoLife has agreed to dispatch all the orders back to the school and your child will bring their photographs home.

Any orders placed after this three week period will be sent directly to your specified delivery address and will incur a $6.00 Postage & Packing charge.

School Photos

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100 ClubThese students earned a place in the 100 Club in 2020

Back Row (left to right): Finn Cruickshank, Isabella Willis, Emma Faherty, Tessa Wells, Sophie OliverMidde: Alice McIntosh, Charly Faherty,Darcy HerrickFront:Brianna Loan, Halle Faherty, Nicole Lina, Sophia Kwong

Celebrating Excellence Academic Blues Awards Ceremonyfor achievements in 2020

On Tuesday 9 March we celebrated outstanding student achievement from 2020. It was a wonderful occasion where we were once again in awe of the impressive array of student achievement. We celebrated superb academic achievements from 2020 including Subject Excellence Endorsements as well as overall Year Level NCEA Certificates endorsed with Excellence. These achievements are even more remarkable given the challenges of 2020 and the time spent out of the classroom. Special mention must go to the following students who achieved Excellence

endorsements in all six of their subjects, as well as overall Excellence endorsement, a truly outstanding achievement. Level

One 2020 - Halle Faherty, Brianna Loan and Alice McIntosh. Level Two 2020 Finn Cruickshank.

The James Hargest College 100 Club is designed to celebrate the highest academic success. Students need to earn the required Excellence credits in

one calendar year and achieve almost all, if not all of the credits on offer at Excellence level. This is a superb achievement and the students who

achieved this magnificent honour should be very proud of their outstanding work across the curriculum.

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Darcy HerrickOlivia HortonKate JohnstoneShani KalinowskiKen LertjirawongNatasha LewisCedric LinaGemma McAllisterKate McNaughtonAnna MorrisLucy NindSophie OliverTarrah ShirleyTeegan StrudwickeEthan TurnhoutTessa WellsHayden WuElla WylieElla Yule

Level TwoKhristelle AnoOlivia BallantyneMikah BuchananGrace ChiltonRegan CrossFinn CruickshankEmily DonlevyMegan DonlevyElla DoughertyCharlotte Emmerson LoveCharlie FraserCorbin FraserElise GrayMadison GrieveBryn GriffithsNatasha Guha-TyrieMadison HarrisEmily Hay

Rebecca Kingma Sophia Kwong Simiran Lapana Nicole Lina Brianna Loan Kaylee Martin Lachlan McCorkindale Bella McDonald Alice McIntosh Ethyn Middlemiss Yhell Morales Corvin O’Rourke Ashley Phillips Mackenzie Robertson Elle Rogers Neave Rowland Max Russell Ronan Shearing Rhianna Short Bianca Smal Adele Stark Eamonn Thwaites Kate Wallace Isabella Willis

Level One Grego Blasco Mackenzie Bruce Kate Burr Annalise Butt Ezri Dalgity Holly Darragh Grace Doherty Kate Edwards Charly Faherty Emma Faherty Halle Faherty Jackson Faithfull Caden Faulkner Alexandria Findlay Ella Freeborn Kady Gill Georgia Hawke Ciara Hegan Renei Henderson Scott Henderson Nathan Hodgetts Amelia Jack Laura Jackson Brittney Kett

Cultural Blues

Brass BandBrianna Loan

RockquestFinn Cruickshank Ingamar SiegruhnCaleb BrownNathan Russell

Kapa HakaKate McNaughton

New Zealand Representative

AthleticsQuinn Hartley

Brass BandBrianna Loan

We also celebrated a wide range of Sporting and Cultural Achievements from 2020. Our superb Kapa Haka group performed at the ceremony to acknowledge the magnificent achievements of their peers. Sporting and Cultural Blues were achieved in a range of areas. Special note must be made of Brianna Loan and Quinn Hartley who achieved National recognition in Brass Band and Athletics respectively.

Song WritingAiden HosieBlake HumphreyJackson JonesAilin Pekar

Academic Excellence Endorsements

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Sporting Blues

AthleticsQuinn Hartley

BadmintonBryn GriffithsGeorgia HawkeBrianna LoanDinodh PereraShevin SheddenAbby Wallace

BasketballCameron ArcherJoel FleckMadison GrieveWilliam HarveyLaura JacksonLucy NindJack RobsonNeave RowlandMaddison TinnockHayley Van BeekReuben Wishart

Canoe PoloEmily DonlevyMegan DonlevyJordan EvansIsabel FlettLena Huia

CyclingRhylee AkeroydRuby BathKayne BorrieMorgan BorrieConrad ClarkMarshall ErwoodScott HendersonGeorge MansonJack McLeodKate RussellRonan ShearingHunter ThompsonCharlie Tinoai

FootballSpencer CunliffeKate JohnstoneSimba MuwunganirwaRebecca WalkerKavindu WanigarathnaKayakingFlorence McKenzie

Mountain BikingKatie Lawrence

MultisportRhylee Akeroyd Ruby BathSean BathKate JohnstoneJasmine McLeodTess McLeodBrianna PetersonBrennan RhodesRonan Shearing

RowingJackie FetolofaiEilish McLeodEamonn ThwaitesNicholas Todd

RugbyMadison GrieveRhiannon HendersonAzaria MoliooShanaya MuirLily SymonMaddison TinnockAria ViLucy VoorkampBraydie Walker

SoftballJamie Whittington

SwimmingRegan CrossElla DoughertyMatthew Speight

TennisHalle Faherty

TouchMadison Grieve

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Michael Moynihan Scholarship in Chemistry & Academic Excellence

Liam Barnes Scholarship in Drama

& Academic Excellence

Logan Dennis Scholarship in Painting & Academic Excellence

Nina Nakano-Broers Scholarship in Japanese & Academic Excellence

Amalie Rupasinghe Scholarship in English

Kaden Nilsen Scholarship in English & Academic Excellence

Miro Kiff Scholarship in English

Maia Cavanagh Scholarship in Health and

Physical Education & Academic Excellence

Finn Cruickshank Scholarship in English

& Music (Year 12)

Claudia Young-Blomfield Scholarship in Painting & Academic Excellence

Donald McIntosh Scholarship

in English & History & Academic Excellence

Emma Tuckey Scholarship

in Biology, Statistics& Academic Excellence

Virun Mohottallage Outstanding Scholarship

in Calculus,

Scholarship in Physics

Scholarship

Max NallyBriar McKenzieWilson LudlowSamantha KeenKatie Heads

Rachel Checketts Brianna HartleySamantha FahertyLisa EckholdMadeleine Doherty

Academic Excellence

Archibald CameronRenee Brookland Samaria Anaru Hill

CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE

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Mike NewellPrincipal

We are proud of the achievements of our top scholars in 2020, earning 17 NCEA Scholarships across 13 different subjects.

We are particularly proud of Virun Mohottallage’s Outstanding Scholarship in Calculus.

We also acknowledge the 26 students who gained Excellence Endorsements at Level 3 NCEA.

We think that this kind of success is worth celebrating. These students will be honoured and congratulated in person at a special ceremony.

Scholarship and Excellence Endorsements for 2020

Congratulations!

Anna O’Connor Emily WilliamsonJanelle TinkerBlake Prattley

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Digital Technologies

Year 11 Digital Technologies classes have

created some exciting

work using Illustrator.

Minecraft LibraryMichael Clinckett (T11EJN) developed a game with the Senior Campus Library in Minecraft. He shared it with the school to investigate, play and enjoy the library game from a Minecrafters point of view. He also created a website https://mcjhclibrary.weebly.com/ to showcase the JHC Library.

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Andrew Roulston - Mushrooms

Tertiary Liaison visits are underway. These presentations are an overview of what each facility has to offer students. They will find out more about the degrees and structure of the degrees, scholarship opportunities and accommodation options. Students can register their interest at Careers.This month we had Otago University and Lincoln University visit. Students also attended a Webinar from Victoria University.

Upcoming presentations are:ARA Institute of Canterbury - 12 AprilOtago Polytechnic - 13 AprilAuckland University Webinar - 18 May

Keep up with all things Careers on our James Hargest College Careers Facebook page and the James Hargest College website.

The Digital Technology Year 9 Tasters were enjoyed by those who selected this as a Taster in Term One. The students were relatively surprised to learn what Digital Technology entails at the JHC Senior Campus. The students learnt necessary skills for Digital Learning at JHC over seven weeks. The students learnt: to format Word Documents to stand out from their

Chathika Perera - Dead Pool in Minecraft

Mary Zhang - Apple in Pixel Art

Careers

Digital Technology Year 9 Tasters

peers; to merge images together to tell a story in Photoshop; the importance of Spreadsheets to collect data; pixel art in online applications, Minecraft and Spreadsheets; coding in Scratch and in website development; and digital illustrations that form part of graphic design.

Tristian Toms - Apple Computer in Pixels

Blake Van Uden-Smith - Photoshop flyfishing story

Harris Evans Spreadsheet Pixel Art

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Miss Pickering’s Year 13 English class were treated by Ms Adam to a blind speed ‘date’ with their potential Level 3 class texts to choose which book they wanted to spend more time with this year. Each date was rated on their reputation, profile, looks and a sample of food from the book. Hopefully, all the students have found their perfect match!

Here’s what some of the students said:• The food was really good! The food

was a really different perspective to judge a book on, it connected different senses together.

• It was really interesting to have aspects slowly revealed to us and examine the judgements we make in relation to those aspects. Especially as the cover was revealed much later - we often make snap judgements based on the cover but by that stage

Street Smart is a programme that equips young Kiwis with the tools needed to help be a safer and more aware driver on our roads.

Street Smart will be visiting your region in the upcoming school holiday break, Thursday the 29th of April.Since launching in 2018, over 1,300 young drivers plus their parent / caregiver have experienced Street Smart, and here’s just a snippet of some of the feedback we’ve received: Offering a practical hands-on learning experience, Street Smart is a one-day event providing young drivers and their parents/caregivers the opportunity to undertake supervised driving practice. There is a focus on developing good decision-making strategies for safe driving, including

EnglishBlind Speed Book Dating

you’d already had other things about the book to think about.

• It was great - out of the classroom, a different experience and a different way to think about books.

• Everyone loves food so that was great! It was really engaging. It also appealed to our short attention spans. Sometimes it was a shock to discover which book it was. It was interesting to examine and discard some of the different impressions we made.

• It was a refreshing way of looking at books - so different to what we normally do - using every aspect individually instead of a pre-based bias. I enjoyed thinking about and trying to figure out which book it was before it was revealed to me.

The experience also prompted some discussion around the way in which we view New Zealand literature in relation to the Literary Canon of Classics. The increasing body of amazing texts we have available to us in New Zealand, written by kiwi authors observing and commenting on the society we live within, should be respected and we hope our students choose to grow their appreciation of these over time.

assessing themselves, reading the road environment, resisting peer pressure, managing or eliminating distractions and planning ahead.Street Smart takes place in safe, controlled, off-the-road environments, under the watchful eye of qualified coaches plus the parent/caregiver. This provides the parent the opportunity to also assess themselves, in order to be a better coach and mentor to their teen. Registrations can be completed via the easy to use pages on our website - www.streetsmart.nz

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Art Year 9 taster classes have created some fantastic work.

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Education PerfectLanguages Championships

Bebras Computing Challenge

Spanish

A number of our language students participated in a 7 day on-line language competition in March. Congratulations to the 30 students who earned themselves certificates. A special mention to those who reached Emerald & Elite levels.

Elite (10,000 points) Sewmi Dissanayaka (Y11 – French & Spanish) Arneisha Stuck (Y11 – Spanish)

Emerald (5,000 points) Onevai Pita (Y11 – Japanese) Annalise Butt (Y12 – Japanese) Sarah Hay (Y10 – Spanish)

The Bebras Computing Challenge introduces computational thinking (i.e. thinking like a computer) to students. The challenge identifies how well students’ skills are developed in computational thinking. It is organised in over 30 countries and designed to get students all over the world excited about computing. Each participant gets 45 minutes to answer a

set of multiple-choice questions that focus on computational and logical thinking. There were 13 James Hargest College Senior Campus students who completed the challenge for 2021 online this term. The results were very pleasing! In the Cadets category (Year 9/10), Hailey Macpherson got a Merit. In the Juniors category (Year 11), Michael Clinckett and Declan Crombie obtained a Distinction. Micheal Clinckett was placed 1st= with two other students in New Zealand in the Juniors category. In the Seniors category (Year 12/13), Olivia Ballantyne and Max Russell obtained a Distinction. Congratulations!

Year 10 Spanish students read their book to new entrants at Windsor North School on Monday 22nd of March. It was very satisfying for these students to be able to have a purpose for the picture book that they have created in Spanish and to share it with a young audience.

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All LEO Leaders are excited to have all of the new members inaugurated as we keep getting to work! The inauguration ceremony was a great way to think about what LEO can do and the value the Club adds to our society. We were thrilled that Julie Brown, the 202F District LEO Convenor and Gordon Duston the LEO advisor were able to come and speak to our whole club about the values and history embedded in LEO. We are thrilled to report that we have already raised over $750 this year. We would like to thank our Leadership team for getting in and making this happen. Our Leadership group will meet with their committees to plan the next steps for JHC LEO 2021.

JHC LEO Club Inauguration

WILLIE APIATA COMMITTEE LEADERS

Natasha Lewis Courtnee Morrison (Co-president)

GEORGINA BEYER COMMITTEE LEADERS

Lucy Nind Hannah Gilroy

DAME WHINA COOPER COMMITTEE LEADERS

Tessa Wells Rhylee Akeroyd

Above: BBQ at Athletics Day

KATE SHEPPARD COMMITTEE LEADERS

Gemma McAllister (Co-president) Tarrah Shirley

SECRETARY Tessa Wells

SIR EDMUND HILLARY COMMITTEE LEADERS

Ella Dougherty Emily Dong

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International Education Thai Digital Classroom

Football

COVID-19 and NZ border restrictions have severely hampered physical international student engagement and recruitment activities for NZ schools. Before this, JHC has enjoyed a long standing relationship with Prince Royal College (PRC), in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Every year we receive students from PRC who come to experience life in Invercargill. As a result of the pandemic, we are looking for opportunities to maintain our relationships and technology is allowing us to engage prospective students. We are fortunate to have the opportunity to work with Education New Zealand (ENZ) and Prince Royal College to offer an online exchange programme. Six James Hargest Students will be connecting with 24 Prince Royal College Students over the next month.

Members: Caitlin Whitaker, Jadine Janssen, Liam Devery, Dylan Miller, Jessika Butson, Sophie Kelsall. Teachers involved are: Mr Chris Abercrombie, Ms Lara Buchanan

Our Duke Of Ed group had an awesome action-packed weekend in the beautiful southern area of Omaui, filled with tramping, first aid and fun. Together we

learnt about how to light fires, build shelters and work together in first aid scenarios. This was an

incredible experience learning about team building as well as navigating

our way around the local native bush, which has enhanced

the skills one needs when tramping. A huge thank you to all of

the adults who volunteered and gave up

their time for this weekend away, it was

very much appreciated and has really

benefited the students in their knowledge of the outdoors!

Duke of Edinburgh

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Congratulations to Halle Faherty who won the Southland Senior Open Women’s title. Congratulations to Maddie Tinnock who

has been invited by Basketball New Zealand to the 2021 April Selection Camps. A fantastic achievement!

TennisBasketball

SoftballNikiah Rouse had been selected as one of 38 girls from all over New Zealand, the only girl from Southland to become a member of the New Zealand Developing Sox Squad. They travelled to Auckland just before Easter to undergo training, followed by an Easter Classic Tournament. The girls were then put into three teams that played against each other and also played against other teams from around the Auckland region. Nikiah’s team ‘Hine Kaha’ came 3rd overall out of 7 teams.Nikiah took away a great deal from this experience. The new skills that she learnt on and off the diamond will stand her in good stead moving forward with her softball future. This was a once in a lifetime opportunity that she will be forever grateful for.

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Athletics Junior Campus

Lawn Bowls South Look and Secondary School

On Tuesday the 9th of March, we had a stunning day at Surrey Park for our Junior Campus Athletics. It was spectacular to see so many students trying their best on each of their track and field events, earning as many points as they could for their house.

Students were given the option to enter into Championship or Non-championship events. Being in a Championship event meant that if a student performed exceedingly well, their result was recorded. On the day, we had six outstanding students who managed to break nine previous records in their age group events.

New Record HoldersIn the 10 year old girls, Laura Davis jumped 1.19m in high jump, and 4.02m in long jump, while Jesse Mercer threw 16.20m in discus. In the 12 year old girls, Kyra Savory ran the 1500m in 5.39.33, and the 800m in 2.40.90. In the 10 year old boys, Max

Savory ran 1500m in 5.54.32. In the 11 year old boys, Will Brown ran 1500m in 5.23.92, and jumped 1.40m in high jump, while Will Fleming jumped 4.39m in long jump.

We also acknowledged and awarded an age group winner for students who consistently demonstrated their outstanding ability across several track and field Championship events: 10 year old girls winner - Laura Davis10 year old boys winner - Max Savory11 year old girls winner - Lily Keast11 year old boys winner - Will Brown12 year old girls joint winners - Lilah Jack and Kyra Savory 12 year old boy’s winner - Samson Parkinson Congratulations to all students who participated to the best of their ability, and a big thank you to all the staff, parents, and students who helped make this event possible.

Congratulations to Eva McDowall (right) and Maisy McDonald (left) who were placed 3rd in the girls’ pairs competition.

Novice rowers out training

Congratulations to Libby Crawford and Katie Oliver on winning the gold medal for Female teams at the Southland Secondary School Tennis Championships.

Tennis

Congratulations to Levi Stout - 1st in the U18 section at the NZ Disc Golf Champs .

Disc Golf NZ Champs

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Paddles Up

ResultsSenior Girls1st Lena Huia2nd Florence McKenzie

Junior Girls1st Lily Johnson3rd Katie Lawrence

Slalom TeamsSenior Mixed1st Blake Young Caleb Reid Lena Huia

Senior Girls1st Florence McKenzie Emily Donlevy Megan Donlevy

Junior Mixed1st Tane Wilson Lily Johnson Katie Lawrence

Slalom IndividualSenior Boys1st Caleb Reid

Senior Girls1st Megan Donlevy

Overall School’s TrophyJames Hargest College

Southland’s interschool kayaking weekend was held in Mavora on 20-21 March. James Hargest College continued their dominance in this event.

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Southland Secondary School AthleticsCongratulations to the large number of students who competed at the Southland Secondary School Athletics Championships recently. It was a very hot day which made conditions challenging at times, but the enthusiasm, effort and support for other Hargest athletes shown by all was notable.

Special congratulations must go to the following who broke records on the day:Quinn Hartley •Senior Boys Long and High Jump

William Robertson •Under 15 Boys 100m

William Robertson, Shaun Hopper, Caleb McNaught and Zavier Philpott •U15 Boys 4 x 100m Relay record.

The Senior Boys 4 x 100 m relay team of Quinn Hartley, Jacob Mika, Corvin O’Rourke and Caden Faulkner went very close to the record.

Over half of the Hargest athletes competing on the day qualified to compete at the South Island Secondary School Championships which is an awesome achievement.

Those who gained titles on the day were:Under 14 Boys Max Tinoai •High Jump and 80m HurdlesMax Tinoai, Ezekiel Hammond, Renz Pugosa and Hector O’Rourke •4x100m Relay

Under 15 GirlsJodie Smith •Javelin

Kimberley Iverson •1500m and 3000m

Under 15 Boys Caleb McNaught •400m and High Jump

William Robertson •100m, Long Jump and Triple Jump

Zavier Philpot •200m

William Robertson, Caleb McNaught, Shaun Hopper and Zavier Philpot •4 x 100m Relay

Under 16 Boys Angelo Blackley •100m and 200m

Under 16 Girls Caitlin Hartley •Long Jump and High Jump

Ella Sutherland •Shot PutSenior Boys Quinn Hartley •Long Jump, High Jump and Javelin

Corvin O’Rourke •400m and 800mQuinn Hartley, Jacob Mika, Corvin O’Rourke and Caden Faulkner •4 x 100m RelaySenior Girls Rebecca Walker •100m and 200m

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Our small but determined MTB team rode well today at the South Island School MTB championships. Katie Lawrence came away with a bronze in the X-country with brothers Cain and Tane Wilson coming in the top half of their fields.

Mountain Biking South Island School Champs

Softball South Island Secondary Schools Tournament

The South Island Secondary Schools Softball tournament was held in sunny Alexandra during tournament week. The results of the round-robin were:Southland Boys: 5-8Ashburton College: 11-12Riccarton High: 7-4Dunstan College: 12-15We ended the round-robin stage in 5th place and faced Southland Boys again in the 4v5 playoff game. We went down again 9-19 ending up in a very creditable 5th place. We were the top-placed co-ed team (teams including both boys and girls) and it was awesome to see everyone contributing to the team effort. Huge thanks to our excellent coaches, Leigh Wallace and Kerry Russell.

Shirley Boys: 11-15Taieri College: 12-7Burnside High: 23-1Otago Boys: 1-8

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Beach Volleyball

Football

This year is the first year that Invercargill has run a Beach Volleyball competition. JHC has three teams entered in this competition. They play in all weather. The competition is going well and there may be the opportunity for more teams to be involved later in the year with the new season.

Congratulations to Rebecca Johnstone who has been named as one of 35 players selected to attend a New Zealand Football Womens Under 17 Talent Identification Camp in Auckland later this month.

Road CyclingSouthand/Otago Road Cycling Champs results:Ruby Bath 2nd U17 Girls Finn Edwards 1st U14 Boys Marshall Erwood 2nd U17 Boys Riley Faulkner 1st U15 Girls Jazz McLeod 1st U19 Girls Ronan Shearing 1st U19 Boys

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Congratulations to Lydia Blomfield, Khristelle Ano, Grace Doherty, and Ava Thornley who represented James Hargest College at the Southland Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival.Their chilling performance of Othello arranged and directed by Mr Oudhoff won the 15-minute section at the festival. This means that these girls will represent Southland by performing at the National Festival in Wellington during Queen’s Birthday weekend. The performance also won the award for Best Costume Design.

Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival

Senior Work DayThank You!Thanks to all families, whanau, businesses, friends, relations and neighbours who supported James Hargest College by offering jobs for Work Day.If your son/daughter hasn’t returned their $30.00 towards this project, please remind them to do so as soon as possible.

City Youth CouncilCongratulations to the following students who have been appointed to the Invercargill City Youth Council:

Melanie Hart Tyler Kennedy

Mission StatementOur Mission is to equip all our students to create the best possible future for

themselves and their world.

VisionTirohanga

Our vision is to foster healthy all-round

development and personal success in an environment

informed by the principles of manaakitanga.

This means helping young people build their personal

identity and hauora in a context of strong communal

values (The Hargest Way).

It involves encouraging participation, connectedness

and whanaungatanga through a range of service,

cultural, sporting and leadership opportunities.

Personal success is fostered by a strong academic focus

and the pursuit of excellence in its broadest sense,

through responsive, supportive programmes and staff

working on the principles of ako.

We aspire to provide education of superb quality, in

partnership with our wider community.

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Junior Campus6 Layard Street, Invercargill

Email: juniorcampus@jameshargest.school.nz

Senior Campus288 Layard Street, Invercargill

Email: office@jameshargest.school.nz

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• Download School Apps NZ and select James Hargest College

Website www.jameshargest.school.nz

Phone 03 217 6129

Payment for both Deep Cove and Omaui Camps is now overdue. All payments sent to the school with your child should have their full name, room number and state what the money is for. Payments are made to the school office and can be in cash, internet banking or by eftpos. Partial payments and automatic payments are welcome.

Payments

Student Safety

Before and After School Safety

Students may not be on the school grounds before 8.20am, unless attending Before School Maths. This is a safety issue as supervision is not available prior to 8.20am. We also do not have supervision available after school, so unless your child has an afterschool activity within the school, please ensure they are collected by 3.30.Students are not to use the staff car park on Layard Street as a walkway area and parents are not to use this as a drive through to drop or pick up children before or after school, again this is for safety.

As winter approaches we ask parents to be mindful of their children who travel to and from school by foot and by bike, scooter etc. It is beginning to get dark earlier, so students need to ensure they are visible and travelling in well-lit areas, e.g. NOT on the Waihopai walkway after dark.Reflector tape is available for sale in the Fabrics Room and can be sewn onto the back of a jacket or school bag to enhance visibility on dark winter mornings.Suggestions are that students always travel with a buddy and that jackets/bags have fluorescence on them.Bikes must have white/red lights.

Year 7 Vision Testing

Winter Uniform Update

The Vision Technicians visit the Junior Campus to undertake vision screening for all Year 7 students. Your child will not be screened if they are under the care of a Specialist and/or Optometrist. Parents/caregivers will be notified if further assessment is required by an Optometrist. If you do NOT wish your child to be screened, please notify the school.Some Year 8 students who were absent in Year 7, or who require retesting, may also be seen by the Vision Technicians.

A reminder about the correct wearing of James Hargest College uniform for the winter season.• Kilts or A-line skirt may be worn

throughout the year at both the Junior and Senior Campus. Skirts must be of a reasonable length, neither very short nor longer than mid-calf. Long pants are available as an alternative for the winter skirt/kilt.

• Undergarments may be a plain white t-shirt, merino or polyprop worn under the uniform for extra warmth (should not be visible below blouse/shirt hems or sleeves).

• Blazers may be worn at both the Junior and Senior Campus.

• Scarves and beanies are optional but must be the school standard cardinal red with gold stripe.

• Black or other coloured scarves are not to be worn.

• Gloves may be black.• Any plain black weatherproof jacket

(not cotton) may be worn to and from school.

Soon to be available is a Hargest soft shell jacket (Kooga). More information for purchasing to be announced soon.

Junior Campus Housekeeping

Mrs Rodger would love some donations of supplies to keep her Fabrics room stocked. She is looking for any two hole buttons, cotton fabric and denim jeans you may have spare. Please drop at the Junior Campus Office.

Donations for FabricsJunior Campus

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E-mail NewslettersThe next newsletter will be issued via

email on Friday 7 May 2021.Hard copies of the newsletter will be

available from either the Junior or Senior Campus office.

You can view the newsletter on the Hargest web site www.jameshargest.school.nz

Information Updates

If you have any changes to your details (e.g. address, phone numbers, medical

details, emergency contacts, etc), please let the school know as soon as possible in

order to keep our records up-to-date.

Please email Mrs Breen (Senior Campus) with any changes at

office@jameshargest.school.nz

or phone 2176129

or Mrs Cribb (Junior Campus) atjuniorcampus@jameshargest.school.nz

or phone 2179250

Parent, Caregiver, Whanau and

Community EngagementAt James Hargest College we are

always interested in engaging with our community and listening to parents,

whanau and the wider community. If you have any good ideas or there is something

special that has happened regarding Hargest, or there are issues, concerns or

complaints we should be aware of, please contact the school office

Senior Campus (2176129) or Junior Campus (2179250) or via email,

office@jameshargest.school.nzYou will be put in contact with an

appropriate staff member

Coming Events for 2021

Senior CampusApril Wed 14 Cross Country Thu 15 BOT meeting in the Brig at 5:15pmFri 16 End of Term 1Sun 25 Anzac DayMon 26 Anzac Day Observed May Mon 3 Term 2 Begins Tue 11 MOE Teacher Only Day Thu 13 BOT meeting in the Brig at 5:15pmSat 15 School Ball Tue 18 PTA meeting in the Brig at 7:30pm Wed 19 Year 9-11 Play Thu 20 Year 9-11 Play Fri 21 ShowQuestMon 24 Dunedin Tertiary Day

Junior CampusApril Thu 15 Social Fri 16 End of Term 1Sun 25 Anzac DayMon 26 Anzac Day Observed

May Mon 3 Term 2 Begins Fri 21 Sport & Rec Showquest

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