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TERM 3 2015

Wednesday 22nd July 2015

To

Friday 25th Sept 2015

BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING

Mon 31st August 2015

Parent/Student/Teacher

Conference Day

Thursday 3rd September 2015

NGA MANU KORERO

Tue, Wed, Thurs and Fri

22nd,23rd,24th and 25th Sept 2015

TERM 4 2015

Monday 12th October 2015

To

Friday 11th Dec 2015

SENIOR GRADUATION

Thursday 5th November 2015

YR 11 & 12 PRIZEGIVING

Friday 6th November 2015

NZQA EXTERNAL EXAMS

Monday 9th November 2015

To

Friday 4th December 2015

JUNIOR PRIZEGIVING

Friday 11th December 2015

A Message from our

Principal

E nga iwi, e nga reo, e nga karangatanga maha o nga hau e wha,

tenei te mihi atu ki a koutou katoa.

This term began for staff with two days of inspirational professional

development around Restorative Justice presented by a world

renowned authority on this subject, Margaret Thorsborne. Bay of

Islands College can now formally announce that we are a

Restorative Justice School. Some families from our school community

have already experienced what this involves and the overall

feedback has been a positive one.

We wished Deputy Principal Annette Wynyard our very best on her

medical leave and Mrs Ruth Hills was appointed to the position of

Acting Deputy Principal. Mrs Hills was already a member of the

Senior Leadership Team and her institutional knowledge and her

experience has insured a smooth transition.

Whaea Patsy Bray and Mrs Ninni Smyth took over the role of visiting

our contributing schools to meet and speak to the Year 8’s. They

reported back on a very successful tour to schools with our Bay

College Student Ambassadors providing first hand feedback to the

many questions asked. These three days were followed by an open

week at Bay College in which a couple of families took the

opportunity to visit.

The year 8 students from our contributing schools also had their

orientation day last week, where they spent the day here at College.

They experienced a typical day at college and met with many of the

staff they would be interacting with during their time at Bay of

Islands College.

The Mid Year Senior Examinations were held last week and the

students that participated were able to experience first-hand the

conditions that they can expect in the NZQA end of year external

examinations. I am pleased to report that staff who supervised the

examinations were impressed with how our students used this

practise opportunity. Students who missed the examination will be

provided one more opportunity to sit these.

Koroneihana (Coronation Celebration of the Maori King

Tuheitia)

It was a privilege and an honour to accompany the school Kapa Haka

Group to perform at Ngaruawahia to the Maori King Tuheitia, his

wife Te Atawhai, their children, grandchildren and the Kahui Ariki

( The Kings Council ). We were hosted by the people of Waikare

Marae in Te Kauwhata and slept in a meeting house called Ngati

Hine. We learnt about our whanaungatanga (connections) to Tainui

and the Kingitanga. Our student’s performance stunned the

audience and attracted much praise because the performance was

personalised toward the King and his Council. It was a compliment

to be issued an invitation to return.

I look forward to meeting as many of you as I can on the Parent,

Student, and Teacher Conference Day on 3 September.

Noho marika mai koutou

DATES TO REMEMBER TERM 3 ISSUE 1 AUGUST/SEPT 2015

BAY OF ISLANDS COLLEGE

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BAY OF ISLANDS COLLEGE

GATEWAY TO THE FAR NORTH

FOR LEARNING & SUCCESS

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Parent/Student/Teacher Conference Day is Thursday 3rd September 2015. This is a full day of interviews and

there is no school for students on this day. There will be no buses running on this day either.

Enclosed with this newsletter is an Interview Sheet to book a 15 minute interview with your child’s Form

Teacher. If you have already booked this interview, thank you. If you have not yet booked an interview time

please fill in a time on the interview sheet and return it with your child to their Form Teacher. Your child’s

academic progress to date will be discussed. Please bring with you last term’s report if you wish to discuss any

matters of concern. Appointments can also be made with your child’s Dean by calling the main office.

We look forward to meeting with you and your child on Thursday 3rd September.

A very successful

music concert was

held at the end of

May for our Music

Students to show

their parents/

caregivers and

members of the

community their

amazing talents

Ethan King

My experiment is about how

to produce water using

nature and a plastic bag, and

how this can be useful as a

survival tactic.

Tyra-Lee Tana & Jean Brown

We tested different brands of

chocolates to see which one

is best for making chocolate

decorations.

Antz Maddren & Tamika

Hancy-Tupou

We investigated the effect of

talking or texting on a

cellphone on people's

reaction time.

Tyra Wills & Kacey Apiata

We tested our

freshwater ways for types of

pollution in the water we also

monitored our local fresh

waters to determine whether

or not they're polluted.

Bay of Islands College was honoured to host the Defence Force Careers bus for a day on its biannual visit to Northland. Selected

classes at all year levels were rotated through the bus to hear a presentation about the range of career opportunities offered and the

entry requirements for each.

One enlightening statistic was that for 2014, the Defence Force had 1200 places available, for which they had 14,000 applicants.

The implication of this for students and parents is that candidates need to be successful level 3 (Year 13) students and to support this

with an active and involved extracurricular/ leadership portfolio.

NZQA FEES

2015

A REMINDER THAT

THE 2015 NZQA FEES

NEED TO BE PAID TO

THE MAIN OFFICE AT

SCHOOL BY THE 1ST

OF SEPTEMBER 2015.

THE FEES ARE $76.70

PER STUDENT OR NO

MORE THAN $200 PER

FAMILY.

YOU MAY QUALIFY

F O R F I N A N C I A L

A S S I S T A N C E

(REDUCING THIS FEE

TO $20 PER STUDENT

OR NO MORE THAN

$30 PER FAMILY) IF

Y O U H A V E A

C O M M U N I T Y

SERVICES CARD OR

BENEFIT NUMBER.

YOUR CHILD SHOULD

H A V E B R O U G H T

THESE FORMS HOME

FOR YOU HOWEVER

IF YOU DIDN’T

RECEIVE THEM YOU

CAN GET ONE FROM

THE MAIN OFFICE.

ATTENDANCE

WE HAVE HAD FAR

TOO MANY STUDENTS

ARRIVING TO SCHOOL

LATE. I.E. AFTER

8:45AM.

THIS IS HINDERING

LEARNING.

IF A STUDENT IS LATE

THEN THEY MUST SIGN

IN AT THE STUDENT

CENTRE GIVING A

REASON. WE RUN A

D E T E N T I O N A T

LUNCHTIMES FOR ANY

AND ALL THAT ARE

LATE.

IF A STUDENT HAS AN

APPOINTMENT OUT

OF SCHOOL ETC WE

WILL KNOW AHEAD OF

THE APPOINTMENT,

AND THEY WILL NOT

B E O N T H E

DETENTION LIST.

W E W I L L S T O P

L A T E N E S S

DETENTIONS WHEN

THEY ARE RARE

EVENTS.

SCHOOL

MOTTO:

ATTENDANCE AND

EFFORT =

ACHIEVEMENT

INFLUENZA

If your child has

flu-like symptoms,

please keep them

home until they are

well again. We have

been advised that

there are around 50

viruses expected to

be prevalent in the

community this

winter. Keeping

sick children at

home can reduce

the spread of

sickness.

Thank you for your

co-operation in this

matter.

DEAN ABRAHAMS worked alongside Bronson

Silveria and his team at Fell Engineering Ltd in

Haruru Falls. Deans employer was impressed

with his easy going nature and his willingness to

learn and his conscientious and careful approach

to all tasks given. Dean has decided he wants to

be an engineer, hopefully in the Navy and to do

this he needs to finish school gaining NCEA

Level 3.

CHARLES REWHA worked with Robert Scott

and his team at Kawakawa Auto Services Ltd,

Kawakawa. Charles really enjoyed his

placement and is real keen to explore this as a

career pathway. He put into practice what he is

learning in the classroom with Mr Work in

Industry Studies and Materials Technology

with Mr Luzak

ACKNOWLEDGING OUR EMPLOYERS

A HUGE THANK YOU to the support given to Bay of Islands College for the 2015 Gateway Programme by

the following employers.

KAIKOHE - Henwood Builders Ltd - KAWAKAWA - Bay of Islands Hospital - BOI Veterinary Services -

Kawakawa Wheel & Tyre Alignment Centre - Central Butchery 2011 Ltd - Joe Brown Farmer - Kawakawa Auto

Services Ltd - Kawakawa Engineering Ltd - Kawakawa Pharmacy Ltd - Motor Repairs Kawakawa - The

Trainspotter Café (PVC) Ltd) - Wha Out Builders – KERIKERI - Hall Mechanical Services Ltd - Keri Hospice-

Kerikeri Community Childcare Trust - Swan air BOI Premier Flying School - The Warehouse NZ – MOERE-

WA - Moerewa Motors 2001 Ltd - Joe Brown Snr, Farmer – OPUA - BOI Marine & Service Centre - J.B.

Marine Ltd Opua - Mather Builders Limited - Tu NUI A Rangi Ltd – PAIHIA - Alfresco’ s Restaurant Bar,

Paihia - Andy Grierson Builders - BOI Building Maintenance - Explore Group Bay of Islands - Fell Engineering

Ltd - I –SITE BOI Visitors Information Centre - Fullers Great Sights BOI Inter City Group (NZ Ltd) –

Kebabulous - Kingsgate Hotel Auto lodge Paihia - Marty Cumber Builders Ltd - The Village Vet – RUSSELL -

Mita Tipene Builders Ltd – WHANGAREI - Cable Price NZ Ltd - Channel North TV - Rouse Motorcycles Ltd -

Sport Northland

Talia Wills

& Kuini Cherrington

Our pro je c t i s a bo ut

i n v e s t i g a t i n g d i f f e re n t

homemade powders we can

use to lift fingerprints off three

different surfaces.

Jeul Anderson & Jessie

Henwood

Our project Mineral Magic is

about the affect that

different minerals have on

grass growth.

Alecia Norman & Danielle

Dephoff

We made stress balls in class

using three different fillings to

determine which one was most

popular with people.

Shalamar Fiu and Takutai

Waiomio-Cassidy

Investigation into the

strength of different types of

flax.

This year the Bay of Islands College Ball was held on the 25th July at the

Scenic Hotel in Paihia. Students had a delicious buffet meal , got heaps

of photos taken in the photo booth and danced the night away to the

sounds of a DJ. Everybody looked wonderful dressed up and the students

were great representatives for the school.

A big thank you to staff and parents who attended.

King and Queen – Xavier Henare and Melissa Tipene

(above left)

Prince and Princess – Jarrod Hona (photo left) and

Kacey Potae

Cutest Couple – Rushon Taylor-Brljevich and Kacey

Potae, crowned Princess as well (Centre)

Best Dressed Male – Ullyssess Ashby (photo, far right)

Best Dressed Female – Tyler Nankivell (above right)

This year the Bay of Islands College Ball was held on the 25th July at the

Scenic Hotel in Paihia. Students had a delicious buffet meal , got heaps

of photos taken in the photo booth and danced the night away to the

sounds of a DJ. Everybody looked wonderful dressed up and the students

were great representatives for the school.

A big thank you to staff and parents who attended.

King and Queen – Xavier Henare and Melissa Tipene

(above left)

Prince and Princess – Jarrod Hona (photo left) and

Kacey Potae

Cutest Couple – Rushon Taylor-Brljevich and Kacey

Potae, crowned Princess as well (Centre)

Best Dressed Male – Ullyssess Ashby (photo, far right)

Best Dressed Female – Tyler Nankivell (above right)