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Northern Southland College
Newsletter - Term 2 Week 6
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PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE
Last Monday we welcomed our new English teacher, Mrs Richelle Maree and her family to Northern Southland College. We wish them every success at NSC and know that Mrs Maree and family will very quickly become an integral part of our school community. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mrs Little for looking after Mrs Maree’s English classes since the beginning of Term Two. Mrs Little has been an outstanding English teacher and we cannot thank her enough for helping out in our time of need.
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Earlier this week I sent an app notification out regarding the resumption of the teachers’ union (PPTA) industrial action. The PPTA has been negotiating a new teaching contract for their members for approximately a year without resolution. Deciding to implement industrial action that impacts teaching and learning is not something that the PPTA takes lightly. The reality is that the education sector is in crisis. Both primary and secondary education training establishments have less people than ever enrolling in teacher training, and more teachers than ever before are leaving the profession. It is getting increasingly difficult to meet the varied and complex needs of our students. The only chance for improvement is with a settlement that attracts people to join the teaching profession, that encourages current teachers to stay in the profession and implements mechanisms that support schools to meet the needs of all students. Please support our teachers.
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Ngā mihi
Pete Wilkinson
Principal
Northern Southland College
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Upcoming Events
- Kings Birthday - Monday 5 June
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Rolling Strike, Year 10 - Tuesday 6 June
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Rolling Strike, Year 9 - Thursday 8 June
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- Year 7 Vision Testing - Tuesday 6 June
- End of Term 2 - Friday 30 June
- Start of Term 3 -Monday 17 July
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New Staff Welcome
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A very warm welcome to Mrs Maree and her family.
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Mrs Maree has come all the way from South Africa to join our English department. We welcomed them to the NSC family with a pōwhiri on Monday.
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Notice of PPTA Strike Action - Rostered Days Home
The nature of this action will be:
On the days notified below - students in the named year level, will not be taught or supervised by PPTA members. This includes teaching or supervision of the students that would otherwise be undertaken on or away from the school site.
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For clarity - on days notified below, teaching and supervision of other year levels not subject to the strike action will continue as normal.
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The strike action will begin at 7:00am on 4 May 2023 and will end at 11:59pm on 8 June 2023. The action will take place on the following days over that period.
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NCEA Numeracy Exam
This year NSC is piloting the new NCEA Numeracy exam with the Year 9s and 10s. This exam will be required for all Year 11 students starting next year, so we want to make sure our students are prepared and have familiarity with the exam.
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The exam will be held Wednesday, 15 June for the Year 10s and Thursday, 16 June for the Year 9s. The exam will be during Period 1 each day, so please make sure your student is on time to school on their specified day.
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When students pass this exam, no matter their year level, they will receive their Numeracy credit. Numeracy credits are mandatory for obtaining Level 1 NCEA starting in 2024. The exam is online and marked by NZQA, so the results will not be available for several weeks. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Jill Bell (Maths HOD) at jill.bell@nsc.school.nz
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YEAR SEVEN VISION SCREENING
The Vision Hearing Technicians from Population Health team, Southern District Health will be
visiting NSC to screen all year seven students for distance vision on Tuesday 6 June.
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Distance Vision (Amblyopia & Hyperopia)
This determines how well your child is able to see at a distance. It involves reading an eye
chart. (This free vision check is not required if student wears glasses and/or is currently under
care of an optometrist or eye specialist).
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If you do not wish your child to be screened please fill out an opt-out slip, which are available at the school office before our visit.
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Payments for Student Accounts
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Please remember to include enough detail when making payments to the college to ensure we can allocate your payment correctly and to the right account. We need the following information:
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Reference: Student’s Name
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Description: Activity or contribution
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Reminder that the college bank account details are: ASB – 12-3154-0158402-00
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Sport Talk
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Peak to Peak
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Peak to Peak adventure race entries are open. If you want to enter a team please see Mrs Elder. Age groups are Primary Year 7 - 8 and Secondary Year 9 -13.
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- 1 snow skier or snow boarder
- 1 downhill mountain biker
- 1 paddler (and an adult to paddle with you)
- 1 runner
- 1 uphill biker (road or mountain bike).
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Event starts at the top of the Remarkables and finishes at Coronet Peak car park. All details can be found at the peak to peak website:
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Northern Cross Country Championships
Eighteen students represented NSC at the Northern Cross Country Championships in Waikaia on Thursday 1 June. The weather was brilliant and the course demanding. Our students participated with pride and passion, every single one of them upholding our school values.
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Thank you to the parents and whanau that transported our students to and from Waikaia and for supporting them when they ran.
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The following students finished in the top six and have qualified for the Southland Championship event Friday 9 June. Mrs Elder will share all event details with families next week:
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School App
A reminder to select the Sport in the Alert Subscriptions your child is signed up to on the School App. This is another great tool we use as a school to keep parents/caregivers and students up to date with any relevant information.
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- Select the relevant alert groups by clicking on the tick in the top right hand corner of the screen. Select the sport and then the team that your child participates in.
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Please also delete any groups your child is no longer involved in.
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MURIHIKU TERTIARY ACADEMY
Last year the following video clip was created to share amongst our local schools, students and families for future promotion of the Murihiku Tertiary Academy.
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See if you can spot all the famous people from NSC! https://youtu.be/FHHe5fOzEyE
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Trudy from the Murihiku Tertiary Academy will be visiting in Term 3 to go through the courses that are available in 2024 for Year 12 and 13 students.
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Online Driver Safety Training Targeted at Teens
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We provide a robust online course which includes video training modules focused where it counts: on driver awareness, driver behaviour, driver well being and content relating to Road Code Topics.
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The course specifically focuses on these areas, as the majority of road accidents are due to the actions and attitudes of the driver: for example inattention, distractions like teen passengers, mobile phone use, fatigue and stress.
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Arm Your Students With Knowledge To Keep Them Safe
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You know more than most, teenage brains are still developing including the important prefrontal cortex!
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Support your young learners during this time by providing them with key information about driver safety, that will not only benefit them, but others on the road too.
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Our course is super easy to implement at your school, and only takes a few steps and it will be ready to use!
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Online course modules are available on our secure Learning Management System (LMS), or we can add to yours.
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If you’d like to learn more about our targeted Schools Young Driver Course and how it could benefit your students, please contact us. Kevin Wall 0800 226 699 | sales@sharpdrive.co.nz
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