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13 Dear Parents/Caregivers FROM THE PRINCIPAL SIR PETER BLAKE TRUST YOUTH FORUM Our Head Girl and Year 13 student Kairangi Cox has been selected to attend the Sir Peter Blake Trust Youth

ART OF REMEMBRANCE Article by Hannah Nathan As part of the 100 year commemorations of World War 1, Lakes High School Deputy Head Boy Leroy Nurkka entered in the Art of Remembrance multimedia

1 Rotorua Lakes High School Mauria te pono - Keep steadfastly to the truth NEWSLETTER ISSUE No APRIL 2018 CHALKBOARD From the Principal P. 1-2 News & Events P. 3-4 Department News P. 4-5 Sport P. 6-7 Careers & Gateway P Contact Us P. 10 Community Notices P Our Sponsors P. 13 Dear Parents/Caregivers FROM THE PRINCIPAL SIR PETER BLAKE TRUST YOUTH FORUM Our Head Girl and Year 13 student Kairangi Cox has been selected to attend the Sir Peter Blake Trust Youth Enviroleaders Forum in Taranaki next week. The 55 students (Yr 11 to 13) from all around New Zealand will look at environmental issues focusing on climate change. Well done to Kairangi. ART OF REMEMBRANCE Article by Hannah Nathan As part of the 100 year commemorations of World War 1, Lakes High School Deputy Head Boy Leroy Nurkka entered in the Art of Remembrance multimedia competition, hosted by the Rotorua Museum. The competition was open to year 9-13 students from Rotorua, calling them to engage in WW1 centenary commemorations. Leroy painted a canvas of late Rotorua war nurse, Christabel MacFarlane, which will be judged along with other entrants over the following weeks, then later displayed in a public exhibition during the Anzac period. His painting highlights her connections to Rotorua through Mokoia Island, her British War Medal and Victory Medal achievements and the hospital boat on which she served on; SS Mareno. The Red Cross features in the painting, bordered by poppies to show respect to MacFarlane s contribution to nursing and service to our country. The first prize for the Art of Remembrance is a $10,000 scholarship, generously donated by Ngati Whakaue Education Endowment Trust. We wish Leroy all the best.

2 FIREFIGHTER SKY TOWER STAIR CHALLENGE One of Lakes High s students, Quinn McCarthy will be participating in the Firefighter Sky Tower Stair Challenge, an annual fundraiser for Leukaemia & Blood Cancer New Zealand (LBC). Each year firefighters from around New Zealand and international competitors from Australia, the US, Chile and Germany fundraise and compete in this amazing event at Auckland s Sky Tower. The Firefighter Sky Tower Stair Challenge taking place on Saturday 19 May 2018, will be in its fourteenth year as a fundraiser for Leukaemia & Blood Cancer New Zealand (LBC). You can help support the 6 Kiwis diagnosed every day with a blood cancer or related condition by making a secure online donation using your credit card. Click on the link below: CA For more information about the 2018 Firefighter Sky Tower Stair Challenge, please visit them at Good on you Quinn! ASSESSMENTS The following assessments have been set down to take place within the next two weeks. There may be times where, due to unforeseen circumstances, changes will need to occur. This will be done in consultation with the class(es) concerned. Level Subject Standard Date 2 Biology May 3 Biology May I wish you all the best for safe and relaxing break. See you in Term 2. Yours sincerely, Principal

3 NEWS & EVENTS WINTER MENUS

DEPARTMENT NEWS ART NEWS The first Year 9 rotation is coming to an end and students are working on their final projects using Pacific Designs as inspiration.

They will need an A3 sketchbook, a 3B pencil, an eraser, a sharpener, an ink pen, and a set of watercolour pencils.

ARTWORK BY Joel Roper Yr, 10 The Year 10 Art students are reaching the halfway point of their course, and have developed new skills and techniques using

4 DEPARTMENT NEWS ART NEWS The first Year 9 rotation is coming to an end and students are working on their final projects using Pacific Designs as inspiration. The new rotation begins in week one, term two, and students are able to buy their items in town in the holidays. They will need an A3 sketchbook, a 3B pencil, an eraser, a sharpener, an ink pen, and a set of watercolour pencils. All other materials will be provided for them. ARTWORK BY Joel Roper Yr, 10 The Year 10 Art students are reaching the halfway point of their course, and have developed new skills and techniques using dry/wet media, and are moving into studying artist models and learning Photoshop. Next term we will be exploring printmaking and mixed media, and more painting! Please make sure your son/daughter has all the equipment on the stationery list (on Google classroom) so they can make the most of the rest of the course. Any questions, carlans@rotorualakes.school.nz.

5 Senior Art students should make use of the holidays to extend their ideas and research, and practice techniques and use of media. They should also review exemplars on NZQA and read about level of achievement, and take note of resources put on Pinterest, and Google Classroom, for them to follow interesting links to websites that could help inspire them. It is crucial that students enter term two with all tasks and work completed and up to date, ready to tackle the next stage in the development of their portfolios for the year. Please contact your son/daughters' teachers if you have any concerns or queries about their progress. LIBRARY BOOK OF THE MONTH House Rules by Jodi Picoult Senior Fiction Can a guilty face betray an innocent heart. Jacob Hunt is a teenage boy with Asperger s syndrome. He s hopeless at reading social cues or expressing himself well to others, and like many kids with AS, Jacob has a special focus on one subject in his case, forensic analysis. He s always showing up at crime scenes, thanks to the police scanner he keeps in his room, and telling the cops what they need to do. and he s usually right. But then his town is rocked by a terrible murder and, for a change, the police come to Jacob with questions. All of the hallmark behaviors of Asperger s not looking someone in the eye, stimulatory tics and twitches, flat affect can look a lot like guilt to law enforcement personnel. Suddenly, Jacob and his family, who only want to fit in, feel the spotlight shining directly on them. For his mother, Emma, it s a brutal reminder of the intolerance and misunderstanding that always threaten her family. For his brother, Theo, it s another indication of why nothing is normal because of Jacob. And over this small family the soul-searing question looms: Did Jacob commit murder? Emotionally powerful from beginning to end, House Rules looks at what it means to be different in our society, how autism affects a family, and how our legal system works well for people who communicate a certain way and fails those who don t. TERM 2 KEY DATES 2018 Start of Term 2 7 May 2018 Rotorua Careers Expo May BOPSS / Mid Islands Cross Country 22 May BOPSS Squash Individual Champs - Div May BOPSS Badminton Team Champs JNR (CBOP) 25 May Snr NCEA Tracking Reports issued 25 May PUBLIC HOLIDAY 4 JUNE Jnr Reports issued 22 June Snr NCEA Reports issued 22 June Report Evening 26 June (4 6 pm) Report Evening END OF TERM 2 6 July 2018 SCHOOL HOLIDAYS 9 July 20 July June ( pm)

SPORTS EQUESTRIAN INTER SCHOOL GAMBLERS STAKES By Emma Jackson On Tuesday the 27th of March, Rotorua Lakes High School sent a team of 3 riders to compete at the North

This event required riders to complete both a Show Jumping and a Cross Country course, collecting points based on the heights of jumps they completed.

It was a successful day all round, with Briley compelling her first Gamblers Stakes, Emma placing in the top 20 on a new horse, and Bella placing second in the Senior age

The day was filled with fun and encouragement, creating a supportive atmosphere that makes us eagerly await the next event on Wednesday the 11th of April.

Plan out your journeys and schedule them in for the rest of the year, particularly Gold candidates, to be sure you don't clash with your exams and academic priorities

6 SPORTS EQUESTRIAN INTER SCHOOL GAMBLERS STAKES By Emma Jackson On Tuesday the 27th of March, Rotorua Lakes High School sent a team of 3 riders to compete at the North Island Inter School Gamblers stakes. This event required riders to complete both a Show Jumping and a Cross Country course, collecting points based on the heights of jumps they completed. Briley Jones (year 10), Emma Jackson (year 13), and team captain Bella Uhl (year 13) all made the journey over to Edgecumb to compete. It was a successful day all round, with Briley compelling her first Gamblers Stakes, Emma placing in the top 20 on a new horse, and Bella placing second in the Senior age group on one of her two horses. The day was filled with fun and encouragement, creating a supportive atmosphere that makes us eagerly await the next event on Wednesday the 11th of April. Good work Lakes High! DUKE OF EDINBURGH PARTICIPANTS Please be sure to continue working on your activities and getting your supervisors to sign off weekly. Plan out your journeys and schedule them in for the rest of the year, particularly Gold candidates, to be sure you don't clash with your exams and academic priorities later in the year. Once you have completed all the requirements, bring in your books or notify Mrs. CR via the online record book, to complete the award level you are working on. Inneke Smets, our new Science teacher, is helping out with the Award here at school, and is starting out by setting up a Facebook Group page for our Award Unit at RLHS. Students will be able to share their photos of their activities and journeys to the group, which will be a great way to improve our connectedness as a unit. Look forward to that early next term!

Lavacamp will be proceeding in the first week of the holidays, and here's hoping the candidates have an awesome week down at Ruapehu ticking of various trainings and adventurous journeys, at all

nz, with your son/daughter's names and school name (award unit), and make payment via internet banking to: Bank Account: The Duke of Edinburgh s Hillary Award ANZ Bank: 06 0507 0091490 00 Please use

7 Lavacamp will be proceeding in the first week of the holidays, and here's hoping the candidates have an awesome week down at Ruapehu ticking of various trainings and adventurous journeys, at all levels! Our thanks to all the parents helping out with supervision and transport, and of course, Gerry Purcell, who continues to tirelessly assist (unpaid) our students in gaining their awards. New Silver candidates: If you are not yet 14 years of age and 9 months, and you would like to sign up using the online record book, the head office has said that they are willing to manually load you on so you can begin your activites, and log them. Please Jess at info@dofehillary.org.nz, with your son/daughter's names and school name (award unit), and make payment via internet banking to: Bank Account: The Duke of Edinburgh s Hillary Award ANZ Bank: Please use your surname as the Main Reference I will then confirm their registration via the ORB. Be sure to tick "electronic permission form" and get your confirmation done promptly, then they are good to go! Candidates will have to wait until they are 16 however to begin their Gold award, but can still get started on the trainings and journeys. REASONS WHY YOU & YOUR CHILD SHOULD BE HERE: Free entry Worthwhile discussion with different exhibitors will help ensure your child makes appropriate choices later in the year Only opportunity this year for face to face access to this range of businesses, tertiary trainers and educators 37 education & training providers and 26 Rotorua businesses and employers are confirmed Free access to many community services Rotorua s major businesses promoting employment opportunities in Rotorua Expo planning booklet for students to help plan the visit Contact: rotoruaexpo@ymail.com Contact the Careers Department for further info: Barbara Walker x 235 walkerb@rotorualakes.school.nz

KEY DATES FOR YOUR CAREER CALENDAR 17 20 APRIL PIHMS Career Week 7 MAY Otago Uni Tertiary Open Day 12 MAY NZ College of Chiropractic Open Day, Auckland 15 16 MAY Careers Expo 17 MAY Rotorua Tertiary

Defence Force School liaison visit 24 MAY Canterbury University Info evening, Tauranga 25 MAY Wintec Open Day 8 JUNE To Ohomai Open Day (Tauranga Campus) 27 JUNE Otago Uni Liaison visit (1.

8 KEY DATES FOR YOUR CAREER CALENDAR APRIL PIHMS Career Week 7 MAY Otago Uni Tertiary Open Day 12 MAY NZ College of Chiropractic Open Day, Auckland MAY Careers Expo 17 MAY Rotorua Tertiary Update Day 18 MAY Waikato Uni Open Day 22 MAY Massey University Information Evening 6 8 pm - John Paul College 23 MAY Massey University Year Te Manu Taiko Kaupapa Maori Programme 23 MAY NZ Defence Force School liaison visit 24 MAY Canterbury University Info evening, Tauranga 25 MAY Wintec Open Day 8 JUNE To Ohomai Open Day (Tauranga Campus) 27 JUNE Otago Uni Liaison visit ( pm) 27 JUNE Massey University Year Te Manu Taiko Kaupapa Maori Programme 9 12 JULY PIHMS Career Week 12 JULY Canterbury Uni Open Day 1 AUGUST Massey Uni Open Day (Manuwatu) 31 AUGUST Victoria Uni Open Day 31 AUGUST Wintec Health Taster Day 9 12 OCT PIHMS Career Week LAWNMOWING CONTRACTOR JOB TYPE: PERMANENT PART TIME JOB LOCATION: ROTORUA We have a permanent part time vacancy for a fit and active person to join our lawnmowing team. The ideal candidate will enjoy working outdoors, have good mechanical aptitude, possess excellent communication and customer service skills and be particularly good at paying attention to detail. The job is based in Rotorua but travel may also be necessary outside of Rotorua. The hours of work vary between per week. We offer an excellent work environment and great pay for the right person. Successful applicant must have a full and clean drivers licence. Immediate start. Please your C.V with covering letter outlining relevant skills, qualifications & experience to lawnsrotorua@gmail.com. Enquiries can be made to Anna May on Applications close 25th April

For ANY student at Yr 12 & 13 Check out the latest placements available and remember: NOTHING BEATS WORK

Mechanical Engineering Hairdressing Early Childhood Education Auto Electrical Disability Support Services

This is a fantastic opportunity to work alongside teachers in a school environment.

Try experiencing what being a teacher is really like!

to hundreds of scholarships for any student planning to start university in 2019.

9 For ANY student at Yr 12 & 13 Check out the latest placements available and remember: NOTHING BEATS WORK EXPERIENCE! Mechanical Engineering Hairdressing Early Childhood Education Auto Electrical Disability Support Services There will be medical / nursing, physiotherapy and psychology presentations at Lakes DHB later in the year. Placements are limited so register now. Well known primary school willing to assist with students who are thinking of a teaching career. This is a fantastic opportunity to work alongside teachers in a school environment. We can work around assessments / half days etc. minimizing classes missed. Try experiencing what being a teacher is really like! Register your interest early as all placements are limited: Mrs Eva Hingston Tel: Ext hingstonev@rotorualakes.school.nz UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS FOR YEAR 13 STUDENTS MoneyHub, a consumer finance website, has published a guide to hundreds of scholarships for any student planning to start university in The comprehensive list includes scholarships offered by every university as well as those specifically available to local students. A list of privately-funded, Maori, Pacific and International university scholarships completes the list. Applications close throughout the year, with tens of millions of dollars available. MoneyHub has also published a list of tips for scholarship success. For more details and to find suitable scholarships, visit the MoneyHub

10 Massey University information evening at John Paul College Tuesday 22 nd May pm 8.00pm for students and families interested in Massey University Food and drink provided please ask students to register on this link: The following UNIVERSITY will be in to talk to interested students this term during lunchtime on the following date: 30 th April 1.30 pm 2.15 pm Wintec Liaison Visit CONTACT US Phone: office@rotorualakes.school.nz Website: Mail: Porikapa Rd, PO Box 7002 Te Ngae, Rotorua 3042 COMMUNITY INFO

TUTORING AVAILABLE Maths, Sciences, English, Economics Available most weekends and public holidays Paddy Baylis was RLHS Dux in 2017 and endorsed Level 1, 2 & 3 with Excellence Price by

12 TUTORING AVAILABLE Maths, Sciences, English, Economics Available most weekends and public holidays Paddy Baylis was RLHS Dux in 2017 and endorsed Level 1, 2 & 3 with Excellence Price by negotiation Contact: paddy.baylis@gmail.com Years: 9, 10, 11, 12 Rotorua Lakes High School Europe Trip Katherine Beijeman beijemank@rotorualakes.school.nz THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

13 Thank you to all our Sponsors

Rotorua Lakes High School

Rotorua Lakes High School Mauria te pono - Keep steadfastly to the truth NEWSLETTER ISSUE No.12-4 MAY 2018 CHALKBOARD From the Principal P. 1-2 News & Events P. 3-5 Department News P. 5-7 Sport P. 7-8