Week Ahead: Week 3 Term 4
Monday 23rd October – Sunday 29th October
Anniversary Weekend
The school is closed Friday 20 – Monday 23 October. School reopens on Tuesday 24 October. This is Day 1 on the school timetable.
Women Raising Boys’ Hui
The NBHS Parent’s Association presents another Women Raising Boys’ Hui (WRBH) to be held on Tuesday 21 November – 6.00pm for a 6.30pm start in the NBHS Memorial Library.
We cordially and warmly invite all female caregivers within our school community to join us and please share this email with women within our NHBS community.
Kate Davis, Public Health Nurse, and her team are presenting information about teenagers and drugs (including alcohol and prescription drugs).
If you would like to attend, please complete the link below by Friday 17 November to register:
https://forms.office.com/r/TvSaj60jUD
If you have any questions about the evening, please don’t hesitate to contact scook@nbhs.school.nz
School Uniform
The uniform shop operates normal hours for the remainder of the school year with the exception of TUESDAY 7th and THURSDAY 9th NOVEMBER when the shop will be closed due to year 8 try-ons in the hall.
The final day for term 4 sales will be Thursday 7 December.
Shop Hours: Tuesdays 3 – 4.30pm. Thursday 1.10 – 2.10pm
TUIA Awards
Congratulations to all the students involved and students who received awards at the TUIA awards on Wednesday 18th October.
Along with the staff group who worked tirelessly in the background to make it a memorable evening for all!
(Pictured above is Koro Matiu Eru, former HoD Māori here in the 90s with Matua Pohatu Paku)
Rugby Sevens – Sir Gordon Tietjens
On Thursday and Friday this week were were lucky enough to have Sir Gordon Tietjens run a 2 day course for our Junior and Senior Sevens Teams here at school, our Sevens program has 3x major tournament coming up this term.
International Student Homestays required!
StudyIt: Online NCEA Assistance
StudyIt is an online learning space for secondary students. It has content for NCEA Science, Mathematics and English. The site is student focused. It has been designed with input from students. Content has been written by subject specialists.
It contains information for students about what they need to know to achieve particular Achievement Standards alongside general study and exam tips and encouraging ‘success stories’ from students.
Students can use the forum to discuss NCEA issues with other students and teachers, as well as send specific questions by email to expert teachers.
Students and whanau can access the website here: https://studyit.govt.nz/
Literacy Common Assessment Activity
The Literacy and Numeracy Common Assessment Activities are taking place in Week 4 on Tuesday 31 October. Most Year 10 students are completing these assessments. Both assessments are completed online. Students are encouraged to bring their own device for this assessment. If your son would like to use his own device, we would like him to bring it in to school during Week 3 (24-27 October) so we can ensure that the device meets the requirements to complete the assessment. If your son does not have their own device, a school laptop will be provided.
NCEA Internal Assessments due in Week 3
| NCEA Level 1 | |
| Subject | Achievement Standard |
| English | AS1.6 – Construct and deliver an oral text |
| Geography | AS1.8 – Apply spatial analysis, with direction, to solve a geographic problem |
| Geography | AS1.8 – Apply spatial analysis, with direction, to solve a geographic problem |
| Graphics – DVC | AS1.31 – Produce instrumental, multi-view orthographic drawings that communicate technical features of design ideas |
| Graphics – DVC | AS1.32 – Produce instrumental paraline drawings to communicate design ideas |
| Graphics – DVC | AS1.30 – Produce freehand sketches that communicate design ideas |
| Woodwork | US12932 Construct timber garden furniture as BCATS projects |
| NCEA Level 2 | |
| Subject | Achievement Standard |
| Design | AS2.4 – Produce a systematic body of work that shows understanding of art making conventions and ideas within design |
| Graphics – DVC | AS2.32 – Produce instrumental perspective projection drawings to communicate design ideas |
| Mathematics 201 | AS2.14 – Apply systems of equations in solving problems |
| Painting | AS2.4 – Produce a systematic body of work that shows understanding of art making conventions and ideas within painting |
| Science | AS2.3 – Demonstrate understanding of the chemistry used in the development of a current technology |
| Sculpture | AS2.4 – Produce a systematic body of work that shows understanding of art making conventions and ideas within sculpture |
| Vocational English | AS2.8 – Use information literacy skills to form developed conclusion(s) |
| Woodwork | US12936 Construct a non-consent timber framed utility building as a BCATS project |
| NCEA Level 3 | |
| Subject | Achievement Standard |
| Engineering | US32052 Demonstrate knowledge of and produce development drawings and patterns for three-dimensional objects in MaPS environment |
| Hospitality | US17288 Prepare and present espresso beverages for service |
| Vocational English | AS2.8 – Use information literacy skills to form developed conclusion(s) |
| Vocational English | AS2.9 – Form developed personal responses to independently read texts, supported by evidence |
| Vocational English | US4251 Plan a career pathway |
| Vocational English | AS2.4 – Produce a selection of crafted and controlled writing |
| Vocational English | US22751 Read and process information in English for academic purposes |
| Vocational English | US22750 Write a crafted text for a specified audience using researched material in English for an academic purpose |
| Vocational English | AS3.5 – Create and deliver a fluent and coherent oral text which develops, sustains, and structures ideas |
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/ or via the School Bridge app.
Athletic – Lydiard Cup
33 students will be competing in the Lydiard Cup Athletics Event on Wednesday 25th October at the Hastings Sports Park, starting at 5pm
Cricket
Junior Colts and Social Cricket starts on Wednesday 25th October. Draw available HERE
Senior Cricket (1st XI, 2nd XI and 3rd XI) start on Saturday 28th October. Draw available HERE when available
The NBHS Parents’ Association is an opportunity for parents and caregivers to meet, creating a wider NBHS community.
The Association organises events to support our school community and supports school events.
The Association is self-funded, those involved can contribute as much or as little as they wish.
If you would like to be involved, please email scook@nbhs.school.nz
If you son has grown out of his current uniform, or, if he if has left the school, the Uniform Shop can sell NBHS uniform on your behalf, for a modest fee, or you can donate his NBHS uniform to the school. All proceeds go back to the Parents Association. These donations support the NBHS Community and fund school events.
If you have used current uniform to sell, please bring this into the school office.
