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Northern Southland College
Newsletter - Term 4 Week 8
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PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE
I am currently writing this article at the Lakeland Camp, Queenstown. Our incoming Year 13 students are here working together on their Peer Support and Leadership programme. It is a great way to finish the school year and will hold them in good stead when they run Peer Support with our new entrants and in their various leadership positions in 2024. Being able to go mountain biking in the Queenstown Lakes and Northern Southland areas is the icing on the cake. Thank you to Miss Stark, Mr Dixon and Brigid for organising and running this camp.
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Speaking of camps, it is great to be able to continue our tradition of holding camps at every year level. This term we have had our Year 10, 8 and 12 students away as well as a number of day trips such as this week’s Mitre 10 Tough Kids event in Invercargill.
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On Tuesday night we held our annual Year 13 Leavers function. It was a wonderful occasion to celebrate our graduating students and the contributions they have made to NSC. The overriding emotion I felt was pride.
We are incredibly proud of our Year 13 students and how they have added to the culture of our school. I am also proud of the citations our tutor group teachers read to each student, as it shows how well we know our rangatahi and how much we value each and every one of them. We wish our leavers all the best for the future.
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I would like to thank all the whānau and community members that gave feedback for our 2024 Strategic Plan. The Board of Trustees has been working through our draft version and will share it with everyone once we have everything in place. In alphabetical order, our draft goals are Achievement, Attendance, Engagement, Treaty of Waitangi and Wellbeing.
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Thank you to our NSC Parent Teacher Association (PTA), who have been working on a new playground for our students. Planning has involved working with our students for ideas and then getting initial costings and budgets sorted. This is going to be a massive undertaking but the result will be worth it. Please support our PTA when we are fundraising and asking for support.
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The 2024 school year begins as follows:
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Year 11, 12 or 13 students that need to confirm their course may be asked to attend. Students required to attend will be contacted if they are required.
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Year 7 and 13 students attend.
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Finally, I would like to thank you all for supporting Northern Southland College in 2023. It has been another extremely productive year and we are all looking forward to a break in the coming weeks.
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Meri Kirihimete me te Hape Nū Ia
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Upcoming Events
- Year 10 Career Day - Wednesday 6 December
- Last day of school/Cultural Celebration Afternoon/Awards Ceremony - Thursday 7 December
- Awards Ceremony students arrive 6.45, starts at 7pm
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Term 1 - 2024
- Year 13 & Year 7 Students first day of school - Tuesday 30 January
- All Students first day - Wednesday 31 January
- Year 13 First Aid Course - Thursday 1 February - Friday 2 February
- Waitangi Day - Tuesday 6 February
- Waimumu Southern Field Days, PTA Fundraiser - Tuesday 13 - Friday 16 February
- Year 7 Camp - Tuesday 20 - Friday 23 February
- Year 9 Camp - Tuesday 27 - Friday 1 March
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Student Accounts
Thank you to those of you that have paid your students' school fees for the year.
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With only one week left of term your account should be settled in full before the end of term.
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Statements will be sent out on Friday 8 December, should there be anything owing.
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If you have any questions or require further information about their account please contact the school office: 03 248 7121 or via email: office@nsc.school.nz
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Year 7 & 8’s getting into the Christmas spirit by making Gingerbread houses in Art!
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Ruby - Central Southland College Christmas visit
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I had a lot of fun making Christmas decorations with Tamara, Leevonne and Brigid. We had Christmas Carols playing in the blue room.These are my decorations that I made with the help of Leevonne and the decorations Tamara made with the help of Brigid.
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NSC Uniform 2024
NZ Uniforms is the provider of the college uniforms from 2024. Items can be purchased online at NZ Uniforms from Monday 4 December. Go to the school uniform page and search for Northern Southland College. If you have any inquires in the mean time, please contact the college office.
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Year 7 Humanities - Building a Māori Pā
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Enrichment Classes
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Four students have been undertaking online study in an area of interest through the Virtual Learning Network. This has involved weekly online meetings and commitment to undertaking additional learning at home.
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Gordon has studied German and Biology and enjoyed working online with students with a shared interest from other schools.
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Finlay studied Japanese to better understand anime and to prepare for a future trip to Japan. Finlay also received a special award for being a stand out student who always gave 100%. Tu meke effort Finlay.
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Chase undertook extension Mathematics.
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Meg (not pictured) studied Visual Arts and enjoyed learning a new range of Art techniques.
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Lost Property
Pictures of the lost property have been put up on Facebook. If your child has lost something please check and see if it is there or come into the office and look through the box.
All unclaimed lost property will be donated at the end of this term.
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Year 13 Leavers Dinner
A couple of photos from the Year 13 Leavers Dinner on Tuesday night.
We wish them all the best for 2024.
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Year 8 Camp - Mavora
Cold wind, summer breeze, a mix of different weather- that was our camp. Four seasons in one day! Mavora Lakes has very unpredictable weather, changing all the time.
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A good start on Tuesday morning loading our gear, nerves rushing through our bodies and saying our goodbyes. Numbering off….7..21..30 we are all here. Piling into our cars, trucks and vans heading to Mavora, the bending gravel roads and the views amaze us!
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Unpacking our gear, setting up tents, walking, swimming, sore feet, hot chocolates, capture the flag, fire making, camp duties, set 'things' to do, camp chores and clean up. Free time and fun with friends... talking after lights out... Whoops!
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“Push! No - pull! Stop paddling and jump in! We’re going backwards, everyone stop!” I yelled.
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It was freezing and no one was excited for the raft race in the cold rain. Thankfully Miss Stark drove us down to the starting line. We jumped into the water and pushed for all we were worth. “It’s cold! I can't feel the ground!" someone called out. “Paddle!" Yelled another desperately. We slowly drifted down the river until we reached Mr Dixon at the swing bridge. He was standing, laughing at us slowly going down the side of the river. “Bye Mr.Dixon!” we all yelled, as we sped up only to hit the back current.“We lost that already! 18 minutes, we are so slow!"
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We are back in the van and the only silent one was me. I was sitting in the van heaving for air. Sooo cold! Back to camp, change of clothes,hot Milo and the fire slowly warming me up.
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Thanks to the teachers that came on camp with us Mr Dixon, Mrs Coghlan, Mr Shaw, Ms Retallick and Miss Stark for a night. Thanks to the parents that helped out too.
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Written by Casey and Karmah.
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Year 10 Humanities
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The Year 10 Humanities classes are playing the New Zealand Land War Game (designed by the department). This game is about the battles fought between the Māori and Europeans, looking at the changes in land ownership over time.
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Students also learn basic trading etiquette and working as a group.
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"I enjoy this game, it gives me a lot more insight into the New Zealand Land Wars" (Year 10 Student).
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Year 12 Camp
The Year 12's are currently on their way back from camp. They have been doing Peer Support and Leadership training, to help them with their roles as Year 13 Students in 2024. This includes learning some new games such as 'Pile up' and 'Ferryman'. These will be used when helping our new Year 7 students transition to NSC. As an added bonus they have also been biking around some of the many mountain bike trails in Queenstown and Northern Southland.
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PB4L Rewards
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On Monday as a PB4L reward Fenzie, Amelia and Claudia got to have lunch with Mr Wilkinson, at Route 6 Café. This was for submitting 90 respect cards each. Well done girls!
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Y 9 Humanities
Students in Year 9 Humanities class have been playing the Māori-European Trade game.
In this game, the student's are learning trading etiquette, about the relationships between the Māori and Europeans before 1840 and group cooperation.
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Year 9 /10 French
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The French class had a feast of a variety of French food to finish the year. They particularly enjoyed the variety of fromage (cheese) and the Boisson Pomme Rosée Gazéifiée (sparkling apple juice)
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Sport Talk
Congratulations
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A big “shout out” to our Equestrian team who placed 4th at the Otago/Southland Show Jumping:
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Hollie Clearwater - Mararoa Kobie Breeze and Kennebrook Jester
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Xanthe Saunders - Benrose Highlight
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Josh Broughton - Arrow’s got gold
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Madeline Moyles - Irish Dream
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Northern Year 7 & 8 Touch Squad
A group of year 7 and 8 touch players have been taking part in regional tournaments throughout November, travelling to Winton, Invercargill and Queenstown. This was an opportunity to play against teams from Southland and Otago.
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It's been a great eye opener to the sport for the team, where our players have been able to develop their skills and gain experience. The team played really well and can be very proud of how they competed. These competitions are about developing players and giving exposure to the sport - we had some wins and some losses.
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Thank you to parents and caregivers who supported them. A big thank you to Kate Cocks, Sawyer Jones and Trish Gill for coaching and managing the team.
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Squad members: Tom, Hunter B, Natalie, Kahn, Finlay, Flynn B, Kate (superstar coach), Angus, Lachlan G, Zabien and Cooper H.
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Junior Adventure Race
Last week we had 20 students (5 teams) compete at the Southland Secondary Schools Adventure Race at Sandy Point. It was a fun challenging day of trekking, biking and kayaking while navigating their way around a course testing their map reading and orienteering skills. Results below:
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Bushmen - 17th out of 105
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No Limits - 47th out of 105
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Mitre 10 Tough Kids 2023
Fun, wet, freezing - 3 words that best describe yesterday's Tough Kids in Invercargill. There were heaps of obstacles - waterslides, tunnels, a bouncy castle, climbing wall, tyres and ninja warrior type activities. We tackled the course with our friends and even tackled each other to try to make sure others didn't get in front!
It was really awesome and we hope to go again next year.
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PGG Wrightson - Cash for Communities Programme This programme aims to financially contribute to charities and organisations who support rural communities across New Zealand. If you are farmer, grower or contractor who holds a Rural Supplies and Fruitfed Supplies account you can nominate Northern Southland College. When purchasing Balance Agri-Nutrients fertiliser on your account at PGG Wrightson the school would receive $1 for every tonne bought. To find out how you can generate donations through the programme, pop into your local PGG Wrightson or click on this link Strengthening Rural Communities | Cash for Communities. Your support in 2024 would be appreciated.
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Balfour Lions Machinery Auction with the support of PGG Wrightson on the 23rd February 2024. We are looking for entries. Any items will be considered. We can assist with pick up. Please contact John van Vliet 027 698 7633 or Troy Dolton 027 860 9850
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OfficeMax
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Back to school stationery – order now!
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Your child’s class list is already loaded. Just go to myschool.co.nz. Simply add your details, check that you want everything on the list, then click and confirm — and OfficeMax will get your delivery underway with free delivery on orders over $70.
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You can pay by internet banking, credit card or debit card. Laybuy is also available, so you can pay in 6 weekly, interest-free payments and still get your order right away. Plus you’ll be helping our school earn school rewards* that we use to purchase much needed extra resources for our school.
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We encourage you to order early to ensure your child has all their stationery requirements ready to go in plenty of time for the start of Term 1.
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So go ahead and beat the back to school rush, order today and give them the best start possible.
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We've teamed up with Warehouse Stationery for our 2024 stationery requirements, and we're happy to let you know that your lists are ready to go. You'll have the flexibility to purchase instore or online, with delivery and click & collect options available. Click the link to view your stationery list, and enjoy getting school ready! Note, to get the best deals, the Back to School special pricing is available from the 3rd January. Warehouse Stationery
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Paper Plus Gore is very pleased to be able to supply all your stationery, and book needs for the 2024 school year. We will have in store all items listed on your schools' stationery lists with our special Back to School pricing available from January 8th.
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- Place an order through our web site by going to www.paperplus.co.nz/backtoschool. When placing an order through the website, we will deliver free when the order is in excess of $75 incl GST or you can call into Paper Plus at 44 Irk Street Gore to collect it. All web orders come to, and are dispatched from Paperplus Gore.
- By coming into our store with your list, drop it of for us to pick and pack, or shop yourself in store and we will assist you to find everything.
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