Week Ahead: Week 10, Term 3
Monday, 27 September – Sunday, 03 October
Uniform Shop
Both uniform shops, new and second-hand, are closed Week 10. Both shops are relocating.
For urgent uniform requirements please contact the school office, or email uniforms@nbhs.school.nz
Both shops will reopen on the last day of the school holidays, Friday 15 October, 10am – 3.30pm. Normal hours will resume in Term 4.
A reminder that all students must be in summer uniform for the start of Term 4.
Wellbeing – Parents and Whānau
Over recent weeks we have heightened our focus on student wellbeing. This is ongoing. Still, we are mindful of your wellbeing too. We thought this article out of Berkeley, focusing on building parental resilience, is a worthwhile and timely read for our community.
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/six_ways_to_deal_with_parental_burnout
Alert Level 2 Reminder
Thank you to the wider community for supporting the Alert Level 2 Protocols. These include:
- Visitors – we ask that parents / caregivers and whānau do not visit the school site unless it is essential. In the unlikely event you need to visit the school you must scan the QR code or sign-in through the main reception. This includes events that take place after school. If you do have to visit the school site you are required to wear a face covering.
- Sickness – your son must stay at home if he is sick. If your son is at school and feeling unwell we will ask you to collect him, immediately. If he has COVID-like symptoms, please seek medical advice. For information about the public health measures at Alert Level 2 please visit the Covid-19 website.
- Face coverings – face coverings are not mandated. This an option for individuals and a decision for the individual and whānau. Where an individual chooses to use a face covering they must supply / wear their own.
Upcoming Events – Stay Informed
A reminder that Term 3 ends Friday, 01 October.
We have updated the Term 4 programme. Key changes include:
- 27 Oct – 03 Nov Senior Benchmark Assessments continue, where required
- 15 Nov Senior Prizegiving
- 17 Nov Study Leave for Seniors
- 22 Nov NCEA examinations start
- 03 Dec Teacher-only day – NCEA Accord Day 4
- 10 Dec Junior Prizegiving / final day for Y9 & 10
Please refer to the calendar on the school website.
Save the date
Benchmark Senior Examinations – Term 3
Benchmark assessments continue through to Thursday, 30 September. Senior students complete one benchmark assessment during Period 2, and where required, through interval. The subject they have timetabled for Period 2 is assessed.
The Level 1 Mathematics & Statistics MCAT takes place Thursday, 30 September.
The process will be repeated early Term 4, where required, with seniors completing an additional benchmark assessment per subject. This will occur 27 October – 03 November.
NCEA Learning Recognition Credits
The Ministry of Education and New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) have confirmed a lowering of the cap for Recognition Credits. This applies to learners that have been disrupted by sixteen days of alert level restrictions this year.
Learning Recognition Credits (LRCs)
- for every five credits a student earns, they get one extra LRC
- students at NCEA Level 1 are eligible for up to eight additional credits
- students at NCEA Levels 2 or 3 are eligible for up to six additional credits.
Endorsements
- no change to normal requirements.
University Entrance
- no change to normal requirements.
NCEA External Examinations – Date Change
A reminder that NZQA has announced that the NCEA and NZ Scholarship examinations have been moved back two weeks. The examinations will now commence on Monday, 22 November and finish Tuesday, 14 December. The changes to assessment dates apply to all students.
NCEA subjects, like Design and Visual Communication, where students prepare a portfolio instead of undertaking a final examination will have the due date for their portfolio pushed back by two weeks.
The updated 2021 National Secondary Examination Timetable can be found here: https://www.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/ncea-exams-and-portfolios/external/national-secondary-examinations-timetable/
KAMAR Parent Portal
A reminder that parents / caregivers can access results and school reports through the KAMAR Parent Portal. Log-in details were posted by mail at the start of the school year. 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/
Hurricanes Cup Final
Following their 25 – 5 win over Palmerston North Boys’ High School the 1st XV take-on Hastings Boys’ tomorrow in the Hurricanes Cup Final.
This is an away game, played at Hastings Boys’ High School. As outlined below, spectators must follow Alert Level 2 regulations when visiting a school site.
Kick-off is at 12:00pm. You can follow the action live on Sideline.Live
Spectators at Alert Level 2
A reminder that community sport is limited to groups of one hundred in a defined space outdoors and fifty in a defined space indoors. As a ‘single group’ different people cannot come and go under these group limits. Group limits include all players and spectators, but not referees and officials.
With the above measures in place, we are required to closely monitor numbers at sports events. In the first instance our preference is for those who transport their son to our school venue, or to another school in the region, to drop their son off outside the school and organise a time and place to pick him up after the game.
If you do intend to be a spectator, please be aware that you may be asked to leave if numbers exceed limits. If you intend to be a spectator onsite at NBHS, you must sign-in – QR codes are at the front of school and one will be placed on the Te Awa Avenue side of the school. Finally, visitors to the site must wear a face covering.
Thank you for your understanding. Your continued support is appreciated by all Napier Boys’ High School staff and students alongside the many community / parent volunteers that contribute to our school’s co-curricular programme.
