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Northern Southland College
Newsletter - Term 3 Week 6
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PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE
Our students were outstanding ambassadors at our Open Night, last Thursday. It was a thoroughly enjoyable evening seeing our students lead, demonstrate and interact with our 2024 student cohort. It was extremely pleasing to receive positive feedback from families about the evening, about our wonderful students and facilities, including our new classrooms which are now operational.
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Congratulations to our NSC Kapa Haka students that performed at Murihiku Polyfest this week. This was the first time we have participated in several years. Our students can be extremely proud of their commitment to the team. I would also like to thank Elysia and Mrs Rodgers for the time and effort they have invested in our students this year.
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Best wishes to students, staff and parents attending Winter Sports Tournament Week.
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Representing NSC next week are; the Senior Netball team with Miss Stark and Annie Armitage; the Junior Basketball team with Mrs Retallick and Gwen Gullick; the Senior Hockey team with Mr Jackson, Mrs Ussher and Mrs Elder; the Under 15 Rugby players with CSC; and Senior Basketball player Adam Bayer.
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A reminder for parents to please give feedback for the NSC Board of Trustees to develop our 2024 strategic plan. The survey can be completed by selecting this link https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/8J5GYR9 Paper copies of this form are available at the NSC office and in various businesses in our Northern Southland Community. They come with pre-paid, addressed envelopes for you to pop into the post. A QR code is also available for people to scan for a link to the same survey.
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If you have any questions about the survey or would like to share your thoughts in person, please contact the office to make an appointment to see us. The NSC Board of Trustees appreciates your feedback. It is vitally important for us to gather a wide range of views.
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Thank you for taking the time to complete this form.
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Ngā mihi
Pete Wilkinson
Tumuaki
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Have your say
From 2024 all schools are required to publish strategic plans that meet renewed Ministry of Education priorities and reflects the local community. Please Scan the QR code to have your say or go to: www.surveymonkey.com/r/8J5GYR9 Alternatively there are paper copies of the survey with return
envelopes available at the school office and locally.
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Northern Southland College
Strategic Plan Community Consultation
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Upcoming Events
- Tournament Week - Monday 28 August - Friday 1 September
- Year 7 Vision Testing - Monday 28 August - 11.30 am
- DI4OL Pilot - Wednesday 6 September - 9.30 am - 12.30 pm
- HPV second round of Immunisations - Wednesday 13 September - 9 -10 am
- Year 11 Zipline Trip - Thursday 14 September
- Study link Presentation Year 13 - Thursday 14 September - 11.30 am -12.30 pm
- Year 11/12 Tourism Trip - Queenstown - Tuesday 19 September
- Colours Day - Wednesday 20 September
- SMAC Maths Competition - Invercargill - Wednesday 20 September 5.30 pm -9.30pm
- Colour Run - Friday 22 September
- End of Term 3 - Friday 22 September
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Ministry of Education reminder for caregivers:
Supervise children at bus stops.
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A reminder for caregivers that it is their responsibility to supervise their children prior to the children boarding the school bus in the morning and once they get off the school bus in the afternoon.
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This is especially pertinent during the winter months as visibility is poorer due to the time of year and the weather conditions. School buses are not able to wait at bus stops for children to be collected so it is important that the caregiver is on time.
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Murihiku Polyfest
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Murihiku Polyfest has been running this past week and NSC Kapa Haka Rōpū (group) performed on Monday 21st August in the ILT Stadium.
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The students looked fantastic on stage and did a great job. At the end of our waiata, the senior leaders from Lumsden Primary School got up and performed a tautoko (response) to our performance.
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We returned on Thursday to watch and support Lumsden Primary school and also performed a tautoko at the end of their performance.
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The Kapa Haka Rōpū will be taking part in the Central Lakes Polyfest in October and will be learning several new waiata between now and then.
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You can find a link for Murihiku Polyfest footage including NSC Kapa Haka Rōpū on our NSC Facebook page.
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New World Cookware Sticker Promotion
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If anybody has New World stickers that they are not wanting for themselves, the NSC Food Technology, Hospitality & Home Economics department would love them to acquire some new cookware for our students.
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During a recent New World promotion, NSC accumulated enough stickers from community generosity to enable each of our Year 12 Hospitality students to have a cooks knife each for their exclusive use. Any donations of stickers can be left at the school office.
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Year 11 Career Ready class has been working on some life skills and have been learning to sew
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Northern Speech Competition
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This competition was held last Thursday. Casey Sheat, Max McLean and Maddie Duff qualified from NSC to attend. Casey Sheat placed second overall and will now proceed to the Northern Western Speech Competition to continue to represent our school.
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All three of our entrants spoke very well and presented their speeches to the whole school in assembly on Wednesday.
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Well done to all of you and good luck Casey!
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SPORT TALK
Upcoming Events in Term 3:
We wish all our students attending Tournaments next week all the very best. We look forward to hearing results as the week goes on.
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Basketball Yr 9/10 (Dunedin): 27 - 30 August
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Netball A Team (Invercargill): 28 - 31 August
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Senior Mixed Hockey (Oamaru): 27 August - 01 September
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Peak to Peak: Saturday 2 September
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Southland Secondary Schools Indoor Climbing Champs (Round 2 - Te Anau): Saturday 9 September
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Get2Go Challenge (Year 9/10) - Queenstown: Monday 11 September
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Country Schools7 A-Side Tournament
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Between NSC, Aparima, Blue Mountain College and Waiau Area Schools.
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A BIG thank you to ALL parents who helped make our day possible. It was awesome to see our kids out doing what they love. And achieving some great results. Thank you also to Andrea Bulleid for organising the BBQ on behalf of the School PTA.
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Southland Secondary Schools Climbing Competition
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On Tuesday 15 August, a group of eleven enthusiastic students headed down to Invercargill to compete in the Southland Secondary Schools climbing competition. We were climbing against students from Wakatipu, Fiordland and a mixed team from Invercargill schools.
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The students had a long day with 10 routes climbed in total and they all had to stretch their climbing skills to complete some pretty challenging climbs.
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There is a second climbing competition coming up on 9 September in Te Anau so the students are continuing to practice their holds and belays over the next few weeks.
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Thanks to Mrs R and parents who have managed to make this happen.
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UNIFORM RETURNS
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Please return A Grade Rugby and 3rd and 4th Grade Netball uniforms to the green wheelie outside the Sport Coordinator's office. As soon as possible, thank you.
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Congratulations
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To Mrs Collins and Mr Jackson for their hockey success in the weekend. Mrs Collins team won the Women's Div 2 final and Mr Jackson's Team won the Men's Div 1 final.
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