Term 4 - Week 8

Tēnā koutou,

There will be some tired students and staff after our Year 10 camps and Year 9 activities this week.  If you follow us on Facebook, you will have seen some of the awesome activities our students have been up to this week.  Thanks again, to all the staff who have been involved in creating these experiences for our students.

We have three formal occasions next week as we round off the 2024 academic year.  On Tuesday afternoon we celebrate with our junior Effort and Industry prize giving - Year 9 1:45pm to 2:20pm and Year 10 2:30pm to 3:10pm - I love these awards.  One of our school values is Wero - to show courage and bravery.  These awards are for students who have consistently given their best this year - I love that!  On Tuesday evening we have our Year 13 Leavers’ Ceremony.  It is an opportunity to farewell our Year 13 students of 2024 and hear about their plans for life after school - it’s a great event!  We finish our formal occasions for the year with our Junior Prizegiving at 10am on Thursday morning - again, a wonderful opportunity to celebrate junior students’ successes this year. Parents and caregivers are welcome to attend these occasions. 

Our junior students’ reports will be posted out on Wednesday next week to give you an indication of progress made in 2024.

Have a great weekend.

Ngā mihi

Ben Claxton
PRINCIPAL

                                                       Sporting News

Upcoming Events:
NZSS Touch Championships, Friday 6th-8th December, Rotorua 

                                                     Careers Information

Gateway
Thank you to all the businesses that hosted our students on Gateway placements for 2024. We appreciate your huge commitment in supporting our students to experience the working environment and look forward to 2025.
 
Innovative Young Mind’s (IYM)
IYM’s goal is to educate young women in Years 11 and 12 about the wide range of research and career opportunities available in STEMM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics and high-tech manufacturing). IYM seeks to encourage diversity in New Zealand’s science and technology industry by inspiring a new generation of innovators and industry leaders. IYM is offering young women from all over New Zealand the opportunity to take part in their IYM Online 2025 programme. The programme will be delivered entirely online over four half-day sessions during the April school holidays. Participants will be exposed to:

• inspiring interactive career panels
  
• research and innovation showcases
• virtual tours of labs and tech workspaces
• hands-on digital technology sessions
• team-building and networking sessions.
  

Participants will also have the opportunity to meet women working in science and technology and make friends with like-minded young women. Places on IYM Online 2025 are limited to 100 and there is a small participation fee of $30. Key dates are:
Applications open: 1 November 2024
Applications close: 1 March 2025
Programme dates: 14 - 17 April 2025
Apply through the website: https://www.iym.org.nz/
 
Opportunity Grows Here – Primary Industry Jobs
If you’re looking for work, there are food and fibre sector opportunities across Aotearoa New Zealand right now. Our vineyards, forests, farms, orchards, and seas have roles for everyone – from immediate jobs and careers, to training and taster courses to get you started. We need people with a range of interests, skills, experiences, and backgrounds. While there are seasonal jobs, many may be the start of a long-term career with opportunities to grow and advance.
Link: https://www.opportunitygrowshere.nz/
 
Seafood New Zealand – Catch a seafood job
If you love the ocean and action-packed days, then the seafood industry could be for you. From working on fishing boats in New Zealand waters to getting hands on with fresh kaimoana back on land, there are plenty of jobs for the taking. Jump onboard and help us feed the world with delicious and sustainable seafood.
Link: https://www.seafood.co.nz/people-careers/careers/jobs-at-sea
 
Leaving School Magazine
The next issue of the Leaving School Magazine is available. This issue contains information on CV’s, exam advice, articles on the following careers: vehicle sales, environmental consultant, fisherman, accounting technician, forestry machine operator, production supervisor and meat industry careers. To find out more you can access it online at: www.oliverlee.co.nz/leavingschool-issue31


Survey & Spatial NZ Scholarship
Survey & Spatial NZ offers an annual scholarship of $1500 for school leavers intending to enrol in a tertiary surveying or spatial qualification. Students within the Tauranga, Rotorua, Whakatane and Taupo region can apply, with a 31/12/24 closing date for applications. See the notices in Career Central for more information and an application form.
 
Looking to learn a trade or explore apprenticeships? 
Check out MoneyHub's comprehensive guide, a must-read for anyone considering an apprenticeship. Visit MoneyHub's Apprenticeship Guide to learn more:
https://www.moneyhub.co.nz/apprenticeships.html
 
Looking for a part-time job? 
Check out MoneyHub's newly updated Student Jobs guide! With over 60 employers and valuable job application tips, find your next opportunity here: https://www.moneyhub.co.nz/student-jobs.html
  
CV Writing and Interview Preparation
Discover MoneyHub's invaluable resources for CV writing (https://www.moneyhub.co.nz/cv-template-students.html) and interview preparation (https://www.moneyhub.co.nz/common-job-interview-questions-students.html). These tools are designed to empower students in their job application journey. Explore and step into the job market with confidence!
 
Money Guide
MoneyHub has crafted a comprehensive guide for students, designed to provide essential tools and knowledge for building a healthy relationship with money. Explore it here: 
https://www.moneyhub.co.nz/money-in-a-nutshell.html

We are looking for homestay families!
 
Would you like to host a student from Italy, Germany or Japan?
Our students will be staying for 4 weeks, 2 terms, or a full year.
 
We are seeking welcoming homes and families that would love to host a student and experience a different culture. It is a great opportunity for you to show off our beautiful town and district.
 
Are you able to:
Make your student part of your family and involve them in family activities?
Show them some of our country, Kiwi ways and culture?
Provide them with their own room and three meals a day?
 
The homestay family allowance will be $320 per week from January 2025.
 
Please contact Pip Hamilton:
[email protected]
or text 0274217696

                                               Street Smart

Learning to drive is a fun but risky business.
Road crashes are one of the leading causes of death and serious injury for young people with youth vehicle accident fatalities in New Zealand amongst the highest in the OECD.
Street Smart driven by Tony Quinn Foundation Road Safety is a world-class, best practice, cognitive, insight (learn by doing) based driver programme that aims to positively influence the lives of young kiwis across the country. 
Street Smart is not your traditional defensive driving, classroom lesson or demonstration only based environment. It’s a one-day event, offering a practical hands-on learning experience and providing young drivers and their parents/caregivers the opportunity to undertake supervised driving practice. This provides the parent the opportunity to also assess themselves, in order to be a better coach and mentor to their teen.
Street Smart is not a test, it’s not about right and wrong or pass or fail. It is a fun learning day with a focus on developing good decision-making strategies for safe driving, including self-assessment and learning, reading the road environment, resisting peer pressure, managing or eliminating distractions, and planning ahead.
Behind the wheel for the majority of the day, participants experience situations they may not have faced in their driving journey so far but could be a real-world situation at some stage during their driving life.
Street Smart takes place in safe, controlled, off-the-road environments - including Taupō International Motorsport Park - under the watchful eye of trained coaches, who will help teach participants their many years of learnings as professional drivers. While our venues are racetrack venues, there is no racing involved and everything is conducted under normal road rules and conditions.
Our aim is to give young drivers a better understanding of where they are in their driving journey, so they can leave Street Smart driven by Tony Quinn Foundation Road Safety as a safer and more aware driver but most importantly be learner centred (taking charge of their learning and discovering where they may need further assistance through the help of their parent/caregiver as a mentor or via driving lessons from a qualified driving instructor.
 
Video:
 
This is a link to an excellent video that summarises the above
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/g1zvyf2hwt0vii88hak6c/Street-Smart-60-sec-promo-video.mp4?rlkey=dt0zrdpsqvd3nj46sgibvtai5&st=xsw1kt7d&dl=0
 
Images:
 
Images in the below link that you’d be most welcome to use including an image of Greg Murphy - our Programme Ambassador, Trust Chair, passionate Road Safety Advocate and Motorsport Legend.
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/miujykpsr10k5yan6hk0m/AMWSv_ZbtfDDupvfYBU4NQg?rlkey=q7gsor7v7pzylign9hfjxn7dp&st=iua63ze5&dl=0
 
Street Smart 2025 dates and avails plus link to register for Taupō International Motorsport Park:
 
https://www.streetsmart.nz/register-taupo  
 
Street Smart website and social media handles:
 
https://www.streetsmart.nz/
 
https://www.facebook.com/StreetSmartKiwi
 
https://www.instagram.com/streetsmartkiwi
 
Cost to attend Street Smart is $149 per person

                                                   Summer River Safety Campaign
We’re into the summertime swim-time fun, for us and whānau visiting from out of town.  
A reminder that the Aratiatia Rapids is a great place to take visitors, but it is an extremely dangerous place to swim, and sadly death and injuries have occurred here in the past.   
Huge volumes of water can be released from the dam into the rapids at any time. Water levels and flows can change quickly. 
Follow the rules and read the signs – please do not swim below the Aratiatia Dam, stay out of the rapids and downstream areas. 
There are safe viewing points where you and your visitors can watch the Aratiatia Dam gates open. 
Keep your friends and whānau safe this summer.