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Northern Southland College
Newsletter - Term 2 Week 8
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PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE
We have a number of school property projects in motion that I would like to update you about. Earlier this year room 10 was removed in preparation for two new classrooms to be installed in the same area. Last week we were informed that consent had been granted which triggered the delivery of the first two of six classroom sections. These have been built in Nelson and arrived at NSC last Friday. The fly in the ointment is that although the moving company believed the school grounds are firm enough to position the buildings beside the building platform, this was not to be. You may notice the two pieces currently in residence at the Lumsden swimming pool carpark. The building company will continue with foundation preparation and make a plan to get the six classroom pieces onsite in the weeks ahead.
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Currently our school is being heated with a ‘temporary’ diesel boiler. The Ministry of Education appointed company managing this contract are awaiting consent to begin disassembly of the current defunct boiler so that the replacement boiler can be installed. This process will take many months. We hope to have the new boiler ready for use in 2024.
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We also are waiting for final approval for our next 10 Year Property Plan. The Ministry of Education work with a property consultant to identify and prioritise the building and maintenance programme. Our Northern Southland College Board of Trustees also get input into the plan. This is an important process that ensures that NSC is fit for purpose and future proofed.
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Smaller projects in the pipeline are our internet upgrade and remote schools upgrade. The internet work is scheduled in the next few weeks. This will increase our connection speed and replace outdated network hardware. The remote school upgrade will improve staff and student safety and wellbeing by improving lighting, insulation, flooring and power outlets throughout NSC.
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We have worked hard to ensure that our school is a safe place which gives the best environment for teaching and learning. Next time you are at NSC, come and have a look at our facilities. They are outstanding and will only get better in the coming months and years.
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Ngā mihi
Pete Wilkinson
Principal
Northern Southland College
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Upcoming Events
- PPTA Paid Union Meeting -Thursday 29 June
- End of Term 2 - Friday 30 June
- Start of Term 3 -Monday 17 July
- Year 13 Snow Camp - Monday 24 July - Tuesday 25 July
- School Photos - Tuesday 8 August - Wednesday 9 August
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Senior DTY Retaining Wall
Earlier this term the Northern Southland College Senior Design Technology group completed their small retaining wall project for the school.
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The students removed the old wall which was decayed and falling down and installed the new macrocarpa version.
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This unit standard will have gained them four credits at Level 2.
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Agrikids
Last Friday, Catherine from Ravensdown came into the Agrikids Club to share her knowledge on soil and fertilizer. She brought in some different samples and students completed a quiz on all the things she had spoken about - and they did a good job!
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Thank you very much to Catherine for giving up her time,
to put together a great slideshow and talk to students.
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Humanities Culture and Migration
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The Year 7 and 8 Humanities classes performed a cultural item at the end of their "Culture and Migration" topic. There was caber tossing, haka, dances, and some delicious food as the students showed their class what they had learned.
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Class Escape
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On Tuesday 13 June, the Travel and Tourism class when on a trip to Te Anau. They enjoyed the experience of an Escape Room in the morning, a discussion with a café manager, then a talk from DOC and the Piopiotahi project. It was an informative day for all and the girls claimed bragging rights by getting out of the escape room first!
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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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Reminders of what days students will be rostered off on will be sent out on the App on the Friday and Sunday.
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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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Week 9 : Monday - Year 9 & 10
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Week 10 : Monday - Year 12 & 13
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Accountants Flat Out!
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The Year 13 Accounting class is researching and writing a report for an external user. Students are interpreting an annual report for a company and have to make a decision whether that company would be worthwhile investing in. Jordan is analysing Air NZ. Harri and Lachy are analyzing Fonterra.
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Day one: We left Lumsden early in the morning to arrive at the Portobello, Otago Marine Research Centre.
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We went through information about handling of crabs, their habitat, behaviour and conditions they live in.
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Day Two: We started our investigation on half-crabs, there were 10 crabs per person to research and we were able to choose from variables like salinity, temperature and light. We could test how those variables affected the crabs by using re-sheltering, feeding, flipping and kinesis methods.
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Day Three: We repeated our investigation to get another set of data and to compare our previous data.
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We were very thankful to be able to stay on Quarantine Island and to the teachers that helped us cook and clean.
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Drenching
On Tuesday 30 May the Year 11 Agriculture class headed out to the Elder’s farm, to complete their drenching and drafting for their practical skills standard.
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Over the year they have to complete three skills, and they will gain 4 credits from that. They all had a go at drafting off lambs with a blue dot and then drenching a race. They were split into two groups so spent half the day there each.
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Thank you very much to Jonny Elder
for having us and helping students
perfect their drenching technique!
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Dress A Girl Around The World
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The Year 9/10 Fashion and Textiles students have finished their dresses they made for the charity - Dress A Girl Around the World.
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Clay Target - Intercollegiate Shoot
Last Sunday, the NSC Clay Target team went to Dunedin for the last Intercollegiate Shoot before South Islands in July. A big thanks to the coaches Ian McLachlan and David Baker for preparing us for this shoot and all shoots in the future! The results are as follows:
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Mitchell McLachlan - High Gun (Skeet Incl.)
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Chase Vande Sandt - High Gun Junior (DTL only)
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Jack Heslip - High Gun (DTL only)
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2-Man Team HOA - Mitchell McLachlan (23) and Jack Heslip (20)
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2nd Senior - Mitchell McLachlan
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1st Jnr PS - Chase Vande Sandt
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2nd Senior PS - Mitchell McLachlan
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2nd Ladies PS - Marnie Clarke
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Mitchell McLachlan, Duncan Durling, Chase Vande Sandt, Jack Heslip, and Madeline Moyles
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2nd SB Junior - Chase Vande Sandt
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1st SB Senior - Mitchell Mclachlan
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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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