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At Golden Bay High School students prepare for the future by learning skills and knowledge, and developing the personal resources that are needed to live satisfying, balanced and responsible lives.
We cater for all students, whatever their needs. Part of our philosophy is to take into account the interests and abilities of each student. We devise individual programmes to support maximum learning where necessary. Please contact us if you need any further assistance - we would love to hear from you. Ake Ake Kia Kaha. 
8 March 2019
Tēnā koutou katoa Drought We are acutely aware that some families are facing significant concerns and hardship as a result of the drought. We are here to support your young person, so please let us know if there is anything we can do. The school has double checked with Tasman District Council that we are compliant with the current water restrictions. We will not be refilling the swimming pool. Staff Only Day – 22 March A reminder that Golden Bay High School is closed on 22nd March for a Staff Only Day. As always, Staff Only Days do not reduce the number of teaching days the school is open for, as start and finish dates are adjusted to take account of them. Greg Jansen will be working with us on Relational Practice, and preparation of our Education Brief for the building project. Information and initial consultation around building project Greg Jansen, the Ministry of Education appointed ‘Navigator’ will be working in the Bay on 21st and 22nd March. A GBHS community meeting will be held 6-7.15pm on Thursday 21st March to inform and consult around the project. Details TBC. Home and School AGM We are keen to welcome new members to our active Home and School committee. The AGM is on 27th March at 7pm in the Library. Board of Trustees elections – Kōrari evening The School Trustees Association is holding an information evening on 26th March for anyone interested in being on a school BoT in Golden Bay. It will be held in our school library, start time TBC. Swimming sports Congratulations to our champions based on best 5 results: Senior Girls: Alice Ogle Senior Boys: Finbar Lewis (Finbar broke 4 school records, and currently holds 11) Intermediate Girls: Hinewai Lewis Intermediate Boys: Eli Pomeroy Junior Girls: Elizabeth Egan Junior Boys: Lief Osborne House results were as follows: 1st - Yellow 2nd - Blue 3rd - Green 4th - Red We trialed some changes to the swimming sports this year which I’d like to get parent feedback on. I am keen to hear from parents of students who are not keen swimmers along with parents of those that are. I have explained the changes we trialed and the reasons we made them below. We are also seeking feedback from a range of students and staff. Please email me at linda.tame@gbh.school.nz Shortened day The Board of Trustees is required to sign off that the school is sunsmart, and keeping students and staff outside all day whilst the UV index is 7 (which it was all of last week) does not meet that requirement. We were able to provide some shade for students and staff, but the set up of the pool makes it extremely challenging to provide more. I received numerous supportive parent emails in response to my email home explaining the sun issues. However, this did have a consequence, being less events could be held on the day. As it was, the events ran an hour longer than planned. Period 5 was clearly not an ideal learning time, however, the reason for going back in to class was to get students and staff out of the sun. Low participation rate and poor attendance Just under half of our students have been entering even one event at the swimming sports. Attendance on the day has been poor. So, after talking with some students, we trialed some fun events this year to try to increase participation. This, combined with the shorter day, meant we trialed timed heats rather than heats and finals, and like the athletics, ran longer less popular events during two lunchtimes, to try to get through everything. Thanks Finally I would like to thank Dan Padial who has put an enormous amount of his own personal time into the swimming sports organisation, which has been an especially challenging task this year (including a software crash). Thanks also to Cherie Chamberlain, the PE staff, our wonderful parent helpers and the Sports Council and House Leaders for all of their work for the event. Ake Ake Kia Kaha, Linda. SCHOOL UNIFORMS
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Calendar of Events
Term One & Two 2019 Calendar 20 March Wednesday; school closes 2.15 pm 20 March Yr 7 Parents’ evening 7pm 21 March Community Meeting re Building Project 22 March Staff Only Day 22 March Goldie 25 March BOT meeting 26 March School Trustees info evening 27 March Home & School AGM 29 March Yr 7 Fair 3.30– 6pm 3 April Wednesday; school closes 2.15 pm 5 April Goldie 8,9,10 April Yr 7& 8 Sailing 12 April End of Term One Easter and Anzac Day in the Holidays 29 April Term Two Begins 1 May Short Wednesday 2 May Yr 7& 8 Immunisations 3 May Goldie 9,10 May Queen Charlotte Exchange (hosting) 13– 17 May Bully Free Week 15 May Short Wednesday 17 May Pink Shirt Day 17 May Cross Country 17 May Goldie 20 May BOT Meeting 29 May Short Wednesday 29 –31 May Yr 11 Work Experience 29—31 May Yr 12 City Camp 3 June Queen’s Birthday Holiday 4 & 5 June Staff Only Days 12 June Short Wednesday 14 June Goldie 26 June Short Wednesday 28 June Goldie 5 July End Of Term Two 22 July Start of Term Three 2019 Term and Public Holiday Dates:
Term 1 - Monday 28th January - Friday 12th April Term 2 - Monday 29th April - Friday 5th July Term 3 - Monday 22nd July - Friday 27th September Term 4 - Monday 14th October - Wednesday 11th December 2019 Public and Special Holidays Good Friday: 19th April, Easter Monday & Tuesday: 22nd/23rd April (in term break) Anzac Day: Friday 25th April (in term break) Queen's Birthday: Monday 3rd June Labour Day: Monday 28th October Please see the Year Dates page for further information Notes and reminders from the office team:
Welcome back to another year: A few reminders :
School Values
Over the second part of 2018, we worked on developing our school values. Students had considerable input, along with staff and feedback at the community hui. Our motto remains Ake Ake Kia Kaha and our four English values are: Respect - Kindness - Passion - Creativity |
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