Week Ahead: Week 6, Term 1
Monday 07 – Sunday 13 March
Updated School Timetable
We have reviewed and updated the school timetable. The timetable, below, is in effect from Monday, 07 March.
Goal-Setting Conferences
Goal-Setting Conferences are Thursday 10th and Friday 11th March. Conferences are between 11:00am – 7:00pm on Thursday and 10:00am – 2:40pm on Friday. Conferences run for twenty minutes.
Purpose
Conferences involve a three-way meeting between the student, parent and tutor teacher. The purpose of the conference is to set agreed SMART goals for your son to work toward in 2022.
Year 9 students: the conference begins with a discussion around how the year has started, addressing any questions. You will then set SMART goals for 2022 and agree on the steps required to successfully achieve these goals.
Year 10 – 13 students: the conference begins with a review of the 2021 goals and achievements. You will then set SMART goals for 2022 and agree on the steps required to successfully achieve these goals.
Bookings
To meet with your son’s tutor teacher please click on this link: https://www.schoolinterviews.co.nz/code/72tuq
Alternatively, you can make a booking here: www.schoolinterviews.co.nz . Select ‘make a booking’ and enter the code 72tuq
Otherwise please phone the school office, 06 833 5900.
Preparation
We ask that you make every effort to attend with your son. Boys thrive on targets and goals. This is an important opportunity to connect with the school and collaborate around your son’s progress through 2022. You should come to the conference prepared to discuss:
- Review
- Y9s – how has the transition been to Napier Boys’? What questions do you have?
- Y10 – Y13 – revisit the goals that were set in 2021. Why were / weren’t these achieved?
- Looking forward
- What are some goals / targets for your son in & out of class?
- How can we work collectively to achieve these?
- What are some goals / targets for your son in & out of class?
Further Information
An SMS / text message alert was sent on Thursday, 02 March directing you to further details. This information is available here:
Scinde House parents/whānau – https://www.nbhs.school.nz/hostel-goal-setting-conferences-2022/
Parents/whānau of day boys – https://www.nbhs.school.nz/day-boy-goal-setting-conferences-2022/
COVID-19 Phase 3 – Procedure and Learning
Procedure
- Confirmed positive cases and household contacts of positive cases will be required to isolate for 10 days
- The isolation period is 10 days from the positive test
- If your son is isolating at home because he is a household contact, he will need a test on Day 3 and Day 10. He may return to school after this period, if his test results are negative and he is symptom free
- At Phase 3 students who develop COVID-19 symptoms must remain at home and get a test. If the test (PCR or RAT) is negative and symptoms are no longer present, then they can return to school without any further isolation
- If a boarder tests positive, no other students residing in Scinde House will be considered a ‘household contact’
- As we have previously communicated, students who are unwell will need to stay at home. If they become unwell while at school, they must be collected immediately. This will help to reduce the spread of the virus.
- If your son is unwell at school, he must follow the correct process. He must be assessed at the school office. The office staff will notify you that he is unwell. They will ask that you collect him immediately from school.
- Please do not collect your son unless he has been assessed and signed-out at the school office.
- If your son is at home with COVID-19 symptoms, a household contact, or tests positive for COVID-19, please contact the school as soon as possible. Please email attendance@nbhs.school.nz or phone 06 8335900.
- If your son is unwell at school, he must follow the correct process. He must be assessed at the school office. The office staff will notify you that he is unwell. They will ask that you collect him immediately from school.
Offsite Learning
- Students that are unable to be onsite, as a household contact or COVID-positive, can continue their learning via MS TEAMS. Teachers continue to post lessons, activities and resources to MS TEAMS for their senior classes. Obviously, some practical lessons are impacted. For junior classes teachers are either posting their lessons or have uploaded a ‘pack’ of learning material to the TEAM for the Y9 / 10 student to work through during their absence.
- For your reference the MS TEAMS Student Manual is available here.
Geography Fieldtrips
Level 1 Geography classes are studying river processes across the Hawke’s Bay on Tuesday, 08 March.
Level 3 Geography classes visit Ocean Beach and Marine Parade on Wednesday, 09 March to look at spatial variations as a result of interacting natural processes.
The teacher in charge is Mr A Johnson ajohnson@nbhs.school.nz
Scinde House Enrolment
We have experienced extremely high demand for boarding in recent years. This trend continues for Y9 entry in 2023.
If you know a family interested in boarding, please encourage them to register and submit an application, immediately.
Applications are available here – Boarding Application Link
Interested families are invited to join us for an information evening in the following centres. Registration can be done here – Information Evening Registration
Upcoming Events – stay informed
Please keep a close eye on this school newsletter, the ‘Week Ahead’, each Friday where any changes will be communicated. Also, you can check the school calendar
Urgent updates will be pushed-out via the School App.
What’s Due? NCEA Internal Assessments
NCEA Internal Assessments due in Week 6
| NCEA Level 1 | ||
| Subject | Achievement Standard | Classes involved |
| Agriculture | AS1.9 Plant Propagation | CAV, NEW |
| NCEA Level 2 | ||
| Subject | Achievement Standard | Classes involved |
| Science | AS2.2 Ions in solution | OCO |
| Chemistry | AS2.2 Ions in solution | OCO, SMI |
| Agriculture | AS2.5 Livestock Reproduction | NEW |
| NCEA Level 3 | ||
| Subject | Achievement Standard | Classes involved |
| Japanese | AS3.5 Writing in Japanese | ARL |
| Geography | AS3.6 Analyse a contemporary geographic issue | MEA & JOH |
NCEA Internal Assessments due in Week 7
| NCEA Level 1 | ||
| Subject | Achievement Standard | Classes involved |
| DIT | AS91880 Website | STA |
| NCEA Level 2 | ||
| Subject | Achievement Standard | Classes involved |
| Nil | ||
| NCEA Level 3 | ||
| Subject | Achievement Standard | Classes involved |
| Chemistry | AS3.7 Describe Oxidation-Reduction processes | OCO, BRS |
| Calculus | AS3.3 Trigonometry | HEU, SMA |
| Mathematics | AS3.15 Simultaneous Equations | GOU |
KAMAR Parent Portal
Parents / caregivers can access results and school reports through the KAMAR Parent Portal. If you have difficulty accessing the portal, please contact Mrs J Gourdie jgourdie@nbhs.school.nz
You can access the KAMAR parent portal here: https://kamar.nbhs.school.nz/
Junior Winter Sport Registration
Junior winter sport registration will begin on Monday, 07 March. This is an online process.
The online registration can be accessed by scanning this QR code or clicking here: https://forms.office.com/r/maF7dDuJCj
If you are unable to complete the registration online, your son must see the Sports Coordinator for a paper copy.
Winter Sports include:
- Canoe Polo
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Football
- Hockey
- Rugby
- Orienteering
- Clay Target
- Cross Country
- Snow Sports
Rowing
A small crew travel to Karāpiro for the AON North Island Secondary Schools Championships, Friday 11 – Sunday, 13 March.
Sports Draws
You can find the sports draws here: https://www.nbhs.school.nz/students/sport-draws/
Junior T20 and Colts Cricket continues Week 6. Please refer to the sports draw link, below. Some Junior T20 teams will be travelling to away fixtures.
Volleyball continues Wednesday, 09 March. Refer to the sports draw, link above.
Touch rugby will now run internally at school on Tuesdays. Games will be at lunchtime and after school. The start date will be confirmed shortly. This will be communicated in the Daily Notices.
