Week Ahead: Week 3 Term 2, Monday 8th May – Sunday 14th May
PPTA Strike Action: Rostering Home
As indicated last week, the rostering home plan for students in Year 9-13 continues in Week 3.
This will affect Year 12 students on Tuesday, 09 May and Year 13 students on Thursday, 11 May. Day boys in these year groups are required to stay home.
The school will be closed for teaching on Wednesday, 10 May. If your son is under 14yo and requires supervision onsite through school hours, please contact Mr D Russell, Senior Master, drussell@nbhs.school.nz
Industrial action could be halted if the PPTA decide that sufficient progress is being made with negotiations. We will advise you if there are any changes.
Hosts wanted
Napier Boys’ High School are recruiting hosts for our new international students, arriving July 2023. We are looking for hosts to accommodate and care for new students from Germany, France, Hong Kong, Japan and Denmark.
Hosting is a rewarding and fulfilling experience where you will make worldwide, lifelong connections. Hosts can be families, single people or couples. We offer remuneration to cover student costs; $265 per week in 2023 and $280 in 2024.
If you are interested in hosting an international student and would like to know more, please contact Mrs Cook for further information.
Mrs Sarah Cook, International Manager, scook@nbhs.school.nz
Uniform Shop
A reminder that uniform, including rugby/football items, can only be purchased from the school uniform shop during opening hours.
The Uniform Shop is open Tuesday after school, 3 – 4.30pm, and Thursday lunch, 1:10 -2:10pm, for new and second-hand uniform purchases.
The shop is situated at the front of the school opposite the visitor car park – signs are placed out when it is open.
Uniform prices are on the webpage if required. Payment can be made directly at the shop when purchasing items, or prepaid onto school accounts.
NZ Super 8 Schools Cultural Festival
We travel to the NZ Super 8 Schools Cultural Festival hosted by Rotorua Boys’ High School, Wednesday 10 – Friday 12 May. This is a fantastic opportunity for our boys and the wider Super 8 Schools Group. Our participants include:
Art – Junior & Senior (submitted)
Debating – Junior & Senior
Kapa Haka
Pasifika – Fijian group
Music Solo – Junior & Senior
Music Group
Oratory – Junior & Senior
Theatre Sports – Junior & Senior
School Policy: Reviews
Review of related school policy at a Board level commences at the beginning of term. The school community can participate in the review process.
Topics that are under review are linked from the Review Instructions topic.
Access instructions:
- Visit the website https://nbhs.schooldocs.co.nz/1893.htm
- Enter the username (nbhs) and password (dorightfearnothing)
- Follow the link to the relevant policy as listed
- Read the policy
- Click the Start your reviewbutton at the top right-hand corner of the page
- Select the reviewer type
- Enter your name (optional)
- Follow the prompts to show that you’ve read the topic and enter your feedback if you’d like to comment
- Agree to the privacy statement and click “Submit review”
If you do not have internet access, school office staff can provide you with printed copies of the policy and a review form.
Upcoming Events – stay informed
Please keep a close eye on this school newsletter, the ‘Week Ahead’, each Friday where any changes will be communicated.
Urgent updates will be pushed-out via the School App, School Bridge.
Y9 Option Changeover
Y9s change options on Monday,15 May. Y9s will be reminded of their upcoming Trimester 2 option. If students have not already purchased their Art or Graphics material via Office Products, they are reminded to do this. An updated digital timetable will be available through the MyMahi app.
L1 Geography Trip
The L1 Geography classes are offsite Tuesday, 09 May visiting Villa Maria Winery. This is part of their AS1.3 assessment, investigating how commercial organisations implement sustainable practice.
Y9 & 10 Quiz Night
We host junior students from Napier Girls’ High School on Thursday, 11 May for our annual quiz night. This is a fun and entertaining programme running 6:30 – 8:30pm.
NCEA Internal Assessments due in Week 3
| NCEA Level 1 | |
| Subject | Achievement Standard |
| Combined Materials | 1.20 Implement basic procedures using resistant materials to make a specified product |
| Sport & Recreation | AS1.8 Take purposeful action to assist others to participate in physical activity |
| NCEA Level 2 | |
| Subject | Achievement Standard |
| Chemistry | AS2.1 Carry out a practical investigation into a substance present in a consumer product using quantitative analysis |
| Combined Materials | 2199 Prepare, use and maintain hand tools for furniture making |
| Forestry | 22994 Demonstrate knowledge of factors that affect the performance of forestry workers |
| History | AS2.4 Interpret different perspectives of people in an historical event that is of significance to New Zealanders |
| Mathematics 201 | AS2.1 Apply co-ordinate geometry methods in solving problems |
| Music | AS2.8 Devise an instrumentation for an ensemble |
| Physics | AS2.1 Carry out a practical physics investigation that leads to a non-linear mathematical relationship |
| NCEA Level 3 | |
| Subject | Achievement Standard |
| Accounting | AS3.6 Demonstrate understanding of a job cost subsystem for an entity |
| Earth Space Science | AS3.2 Investigate a socio-scientific issue in an Earth and Space Science context |
| Physics | AS3.1 Carry out a practical investigation to test a physics theory relating two variables in a non-linear relationship |
NCEA Internal Assessments due in Week 4
| NCEA Level 1 | |
| Subject | Achievement Standard |
| Geography | AS1.3 Demonstrate geographic understanding of the sustainable use of an environment |
| NCEA Level 2 | |
| Subject | Achievement Standard |
| Woodwork | 31812 Complete a BCATS project |
| Geography | AS2.5 Conduct geographic research with guidance |
| Hospitality | 17285 Demonstrate knowledge of commercial espresso coffee equipment and prepare espresso beverages under supervision |
| NCEA Level 3 | |
| Subject | Achievement Standard |
| Painting | AS3.5 Produce a resolved work that demonstrates purposeful control of skills appropriate to a visual arts cultural context |
| Sculpture | AS3.5 Produce a resolved work that demonstrates purposeful control of skills appropriate to a visual arts cultural context |
| Mathematics | AS3.3 Apply trigonometric methods in solving problems |
ECNI Cross Country Relays – Monday 8th May
Wellington College Rugby Fixture (1st XV and U15) – 13th May
Sports Draw
Sports Draws are updated here – https://www.nbhs.school.nz/students/sport-draws/ and on the sports noticeboard, outside the Administration Block.
Please ensure your son stays up-to-date with the daily notices, and related team updates. These are read in class and available daily via the MyMahi app.
