Issue 7 - December 2016
SENIOR PRIZEGIVING 2016
CONGRATULATIONS
(Poxime Accessit) Madeleine Currie, (Guest Speaker) Chelsea Takle, (Principal) Mrs Sue Hume and
(Dux) Amy Palmer
The Avonside Girls’ High School Senior Prizegiving was held in the Transitional Cathedral on Tuesday 8 November
and provided the opportunity to recognise the high academic achievements of senior students. As well, some key
sports and arts awards were presented.
Board Chair, Ms Monica Davis presented her report, as did Principal, Mrs Sue Hume. Guest speaker, old girl Chelsea
Takle spoke about her career journey since leaving school, and the 13 key pieces of advice I am sure, will resonate
with the leavers as they embark on life beyond school.
The announcement of our top scholars for 2016 brought the evening to an end. Dux of Avonside Girls’ High School for
2016 is Amy Palmer, who achieved subject prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Biology, French and received special awards
for Senior Leadership and Service and Form Leader. Amy was also awarded the Hugh Rankin Education Trust
Scholarship for Outstanding Achievement in the Sciences.
Proxime Accessit is Madeleine Currie who gained subject prizes in Biology, Geography and History and received
special awards for Senior Leadership and Service and a prize for Research.
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Email: [email protected]
Website: www.avonside.school.nz
FROM THE PRINCIPAL
Kia ora tatou
We are almost at the end of
our very busy school year
and, perhaps like many of
you, find ourselves
expressing wonder at how
quickly yet another year is
coming to an end.
While we are busy with all the end-of-year activities and
ceremonies, we should also take time to reflect on what
has been achieved.
We have another cohort of students ready to leave and
access opportunities beyond school, and we feel
excitement for them while knowing that we shall miss their
presence in our school. The leadership they have shown is
a great example for our next cohort of final year students
who next year will not only have the traditional leadership
roles available to them, but the very strong expectation of
every senior student being a leader within their whanau
group and house.
We are almost at the stage of signing all of our senior
students out of school for the year, with the conclusion of
NCEA external assessments imminent. Our senior girls
have embraced opportunities to learn and achieve, with
most responding appreciatively to the increasingly
personalised approach to assessment and making good
progress towards their goals.
We have continued to work at enhancing girls’ learning
experiences – aiming to embed our vision for learning so
that it is not a document that remains aspirational but one
that is real and alive in classrooms every day. We shall
continue this work in 2017, seeking learning experiences
for our students that are empowering, that are based on
great relationships, that encourage deep learning and that
may be connected to other learners or learning within or
beyond the school. Our prototyping of more flexible
learning spaces continues, and we hope to have three sets
of classrooms modified and more classes and teachers
therefore able to experience more collaborative learning
experiences in 2017.
Learning with digital technologies is an integral part of
being an empowered and connected learner. From five
digital classes in our junior school we shall increase to
eleven in 2017, as all Year 9 students are expected to
bring a device for learning. While a device is simply a tool,
it is a tool that unlocks a whole new way of engaging with
classroom learning. It is a tool girls will be expected to use
in their studies and employment beyond school, and so we
believe that girls need to acquire the skills to do that. In
addition to Year 9, any girl from Year 10 -13 may bring her
own device for learning in any class, and we strongly
encourage her to do so.
Finally, our wellbeing review was extensive and has
resulted in some significant structural and timetable
changes for 2017. We want to support girls’ connection to
and engagement in school, and to support and monitor
their pathway and progress through school. We believe we
On the new school front we have much to be excited
can best do this through a sustained relationship for each
about. The Council agreed in June to sell a parcel of land
girl with the same whanau teacher for her five years at
at Queen Elizabeth II Park to the Ministry of Education for school, and through supporting this with a one hour time
the co-located schools. The three consortia chosen to
allocation each week for each whanau teacher and her
submit their designs for the new schools did so on 18
group of students. This relationship will also foster a much
November, and following our contribution to an intense
easier and more direct point of contact with school for
evaluation process in the period up to Christmas, we hope families and whanau. Our House and Dean roles will be
to hear around the time school is starting in 2017 whose
modified from Year Level deans to House deans to support
design bid has been successful. We will then work with the the vertical whanau group structure.
consortium which submitted the winning bid to finalise any
aspects that need attention over term 1.
In the midst of all this work, girls have learned, competed,
played sport, performed on stage and in music settings,
It is fantastic to see the dream of a new purpose built state- have created, have travelled, have been recognised for
of-the-art school coming closer to fruition. Our current
significant achievements, have led, have contributed, have
junior students will have much to look forward to as they
had special moments and have progressed another year
transition to the new school in their senior years.
closer to their future beyond school.
A uniform consultation conducted recently, indicated
support to renew and refresh our uniform. Feedback
enabled us to develop a brief, so last week four potential
uniform providers presented their ideas to the uniform subcommittee of the Board. There was an indication of an
interesting range of cost-effective designs to meet our brief
and we look forward to making progress and sharing some
details in the new year.
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I wish all members of our Avonside Girls’ High School
family a restful and enjoyable holiday season.
I look forward to working with you in 2017.
Arohanui
Principal
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.avonside.school.nz
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
PTA
Kia ora koutou katoa
Recently we had an unwelcome reminder of the
earthquakes that we experienced a few years ago. While it
appears the impact on Christchurch has been limited
Kaikoura and the surrounding environs and Wellington
have borne the brunt and our thoughts are with those who
have been affected.
Our school stood up well to the quake and I want to thank
Mrs Hume, who was in her office at 6am on 14 November
and her team for all of the work they did in those early
hours to assess the situation, the buildings and plan our
response. The school closure did affect the first day of
NCEA examinations. However things have been more
settled since then.
We were expecting to be reviewed by the Education
Review Office (ERO) ERO this year but this is now likely to
occur in 2017. At the time of their last review in 2013 they
commented “ERO is confident that the board and senior
leaders have an ongoing focus on improving learning and
wellbeing outcomes for students.”
This is as true today as it was then, thanks to the excellent
work of the whole school team. We are confident the
review will go well.
Avonside Girls’ High School PTA has shoes to fill and we
need YOU!!
Please consider joining the PTA in 2017.
The PTA is good for your girls:
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Show your girls you value their education
The PTA is good for you:
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have your say and raise concerns
meet other parents
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learn more about what is happening at the school
The PTA is good for the school:
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supports school and assists with community events
allocates funds
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provides events and extra resources for the girls
Meetings are monthly and the time commitment is not
large. We will advertise our meetings in the Tatler next
year and we have our own Facebook page (Avonside Girls’
High PTA).
Our future is very exciting with the new campus and colocation with Shirley Boys’ High School. There is still a lot
of planning to do between now and 2019 when the new
Have a happy and safe holiday and make your New Year’s
school opens. The next important milestone is in February Resolution to join the PTA. We would love to have you join
2017 when we expect the preferred bidder for the design
us next year.
and build of our new school to be announced.
I would like to thank and acknowledge the contribution and
hard work of all who have had the common goal of
supporting and assisting our girls to be the best they can
be - our teaching and administrative staff, the senior
leadership team, my fellow board members our parents,
the PTA, the Old Girls Association and the wider
community.
On behalf of the Board I want to wish everyone a safe and
relaxing break.
Ngā mihi o te Tau Hou!
Noho ora mai rā, nā
Monica Davis
Board Chair
Adele Sullivan
PTA Chair
International Department Request:
We have a group of Thai students arriving in March 2017
for a 4 week visit.
If anyone would be able to help with hosting one or two
girls for 4 weeks, we would love to hear from you. Must
be pet free.
Please email [email protected] or call/text
0211744769 or come and see Lisa in the International
Office in C Block.
There is a homestay payment for $240.00 per week for
hosting.
Thank you.
Tel: (64) 3 3897199
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.avonside.school.nz
Construction of new QEII Recreation and Sport Centre to start in December
An important milestone in the redevelopment of QEII Park was announced this week, with the Christchurch City Council
naming Apollo Projects Ltd as the builder of the new QEII Recreation and Sport Centre. Work is scheduled to start
onsite next month.
The centre, which is expected to open in mid-2018, will include leisure and training pools, as well as a hydroslide, water
adventure playground, steamroom and sauna, fitness centre and a café.
It will of course be a busy period of construction at QEII Park, with construction of our two new schools set to begin in
2017. The new QEII Recreation and Sport Centre, together with the modern facilities our new schools will offer the
community, will be a fabulous asset for the east of Christchurch.
We are looking forward to January 2019 when our schools will open alongside the new centre.
STAFF
On Thursday we farewelled
Mrs Caroline Chambers, HOLA
Languages. Caroline has
contributed 24 years of service to
our school and students.
We wish Caroline all the very
best for a wonderful retirement.
We Farewell Staff Members
Mrs Caroline Chambers, HOLA Languages
Mr Keith Sadler, Teacher of Science
Mr Tim Hargraves, Teacher of Science
Miss Ilka Zant, Teacher of Art
Mr Owen Williams, Teacher of Mathematics
Ms Beth Cohen, Teacher of Music
Ms Cia Winter, Teacher of Graphics
Thank you to Mrs Lynne Bull, Mrs Sue Roberts and Ms Leigh Groufsky former staff members who have returned to
help out in long-term relieving roles this year.
To all the staff leaving us, thank you. We are very appreciative of your contribution and wish you all well for the future.
STOP PRESS:
Creative Writing
Congratulations to Hannah Hawkins, Holly Murrell and Sola Woodhouse, members of the Junior Creative Writing Club,
who will all have items published in the next issue of Write On, the magazine for the School for Young Writers. They
are the winners of the Flash Fiction competition, which is a competition to write an entire story in only 150 words. Not
an easy task! In addition to being published, they will each receive book vouchers. We hope that their summer reading
will inspire them to write more stories.
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Email: [email protected]
Website: www.avonside.school.nz
Start of Year 2017
A warm welcome to all new and returning students.
Tuesday 31 January: Course Confirmation Day
Year 12 and 13 students who have not confirmed their courses or who have not met subject entry requirements,
will need to report to room P6 to finalise an appropriate course of study.
9.00am – 10.30am
Surnames A – L
10.30am – 12 noon
Surnames M – Z
Students who have met requirements, but who wish to have a subject change considered, must report at 12
noon to room P6.
Wednesday 1 February
Year 9 and Year 13 meet in Gym 1 for assembly at 9.00am. Parents welcome.
Students released at 3.00pm.
Thursday 2 February
All levels, Year 9 – 13, to Whānau rooms 8.30am – 3.00pm.
Enrolment enquiries at all levels, please phone the School Office, 389 7199. Office hours 8.00am to 4.00pm
Monday to Friday. Office open from Monday 23 January 2017.
Scholarship Awards for Year 13 2016
Amy Palmer
Bright Start, UC, Dux,
Hugh McDougall Rankin
Scholarship
Rachel Maisey
Emerging Leaders UC,
Future Leaders, Lincoln
Rosie Griffioen
Leaders of Tomorrow, Otago
Aimee Blackler
Bright Start, UC
Christina Fawcett
Future Leaders, Lincoln
Ashleigh English
Women in Trades, ARA
Leanne Hammersley
Sasakawa Undergraduate
Scholarship for Japanese Study
at UC
Ruby Arrowfield
Business Mentoring Scholarship
Zoe Bonner
Linwood-Woolston Rotary
Scholarship
Congratulations to all scholarship winners
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Email: [email protected]
Website: www.avonside.school.nz
INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENT
We can’t believe the year is nearly over. We are saying
farewell to many students in the next few weeks but we
have some who are staying, so they will enjoy a Kiwi
summer break. Mikuru has been with us for two years
and has completed Level 2 & 3 in that time. She will be
heading back to Japan in January as she has been
accepted at one of the top universities in Japan. She has
worked very hard and we are proud of her. We will be sad
to see her go but wish her all the best for her
future. Mikuru, Yumika and Jeeyeon all received awards
at our Senior prize giving this month. We are very proud of
their achievements.
Pink Walk to raise awareness and money for Breast Cancer
We took part in the Pink Walk to raise awareness and
funds for Breast Cancer. The students really embraced the
pink look! We also volunteered at the SPCA to help set up
their Annual Street Appeal.
Our senior students who didn’t sit NCEA examinations are
kept busy with volunteer work and activities for a
month. Our Wellington trip couldn’t go head due to the
earthquakes so we had to do a quick change of plans. Our
girls and two students from Shirley Boys’ High enjoyed a
day at Rubicon Valley. They jet boated, had a go at
shearing a sheep and saw farm life. We volunteered at the
SPCA and helped with community tree planting. We met
up with other international students at Halswell Quarry for
a picnic and also went ice skating.
Volunteer work at
SPCA
Yumika & Mikuru received
awards at Prizegiving
Have a Merry Christmas and a safe and happy summer
break.
We look forward to welcoming new international students
in 2017.
Jeeyeon received an award
at Prizegiving
Nana at Rubicon
Valley
Halswell Quarry for the Inter-school picnic for
International students
Jet Boating at Rubicon Valley
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Email: [email protected]
Website: www.avonside.school.nz
TEDx Christchurch 2016
Four students attended TEDx Christchurch 2016 on Saturday 28
October. They were entertained and energized by a wide range of
speakers on topics from Astrophysics to New Zealand becoming
predator free, what it means to be a citizen today and how scientists can
predict a particular type of earthquake.
The Master of Ceremonies was Jesse Mulligan and there was plenty of
delicious food and coffee supplied throughout the day.
Many thanks to the Wayne Francis Charitable Trust for providing the
tickets for the students and Ms Lynch to attend.
From left to right: Caitlin Toohey, Estelle Alderson, Te
Hinenga Te Hemi and Hilary Bloomer-Law all in Year 10.
E-velocity
Our E-velocity teams raced their cars at
the Canterbury Regional Championships
and gained three awards:
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Best Innovation
Best in Show
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Best Street Circuit Vehicle
A big thank you to Tony Sheard at the
Rolleston Recycling Centre, for the
ongoing support of the E-velocity projects
including supplying numerous bikes for
the girls to use in the construction of their
electric vehicles. Thanks to Gary
Smitheram who made the long trip out to
collect the bikes once a week and
delivered them to school.
Joining the Dots Competition Success
Sally Wylaars and Dakota Hewison (10JS) and Megan Rossiter and
Taylor-Maree Allen (10FI) collaborated to produce an entry for the
Joining the Dots Competition. Their entry won second place in the
secondary school’s category. They created a sand art movie clip to
highlight that climate change is not just about the environment.
The students learned about the climate through the lens of a specific
government agency and about government through the lens of climate
change. Their movie clip demonstrated that rising sea levels as a result
of polar ice cap melt from climate change may impact on New
Zealand’s Ministry of Immigration. People in the Republic of Kiribati
may be forced to flee their homeland and head to safe haven
in NZ. Immigration authorities may have to prepare to find homes,
employment and the necessities of life for these climate change refugees.
Sally Wylaars, Dakota Hewison, Megan Rossiter,
Taylor-Maree Allen
This is a national competition sponsored by Anglican Advocacy and it is part of the annual Civics in Schools
Competition. Collaboration between the two classes was part of the 21st Century Learning pedagogy implemented by
their Social Studies teachers Ms Francesca Hickey and Ms Laura Failing.
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Website: www.avonside.school.nz
Year 13 Leavers’ Breakfast
Outstanding Feet
An Avonside
tradition, our Year 13
Leavers’ Breakfast
was organised by
Head Girl Rachel
Maisey, Robin Rees
(Technology) and
the Year 13 Dean
who put on a
wonderful spread
which was enjoyed by all. The coffee cart proved very
popular!
Powering Potential at Avonside
Congratulations to Georgia van
Vuuren, Year 13, who has gained
selection for the 3 day event
‘Powering Potential’ to be held in
Wellington in December.
Organised by the Royal Society
of New Zealand, Powering
Potential will bring 40 of New
Zealand’s most promising
science students together to work
out how to solve challenging
issues facing the country. They
will be supported and guided by scientists and mentors.
Success for Flora Thompson
Flora has gained a place in the
New Zealand Secondary
Schools Symphony Orchestra
for 2017.
Olivia den Hollander choreographed a solo and performed
a fun, quirky, jazzy contemporary dance. Hanna Bourke,
Sammie Nowacki and Monique Race choreographed a
dance to Ellie Cockfield’s poem ‘Young Girl’. The
performance of ‘Outstanding Feet’ was very powerful and
received positive feedback.
Imperial Russian Ballet Company
Isabella Sherburd Year 10
was among 40 performers
from Sharon Howells School
of Ballet, who were recently
selected from the
Christchurch ballet schools to
perform with the Imperial
Russian Ballet Company in
the famous ‘Nutcracker
Christmas Ballet.’
Isabella had an amazing lifetime opportunity performing on
stage with professional dancers.
Masterchef Avonside 2016
Mrs Robin Ress and Mrs Pina Lissaman organized
Masterchef competitions in their year 10 Home Economics
classes. The students have been preparing for this event
during the term. In their final dish they had to make
something savoury to sweet. The students loved the
challenge of this authentic learning activity.
Sports Colours Assembly
At our Sports
Colours assembly
on Tuesday 18th
October two of our
Each year the musicians require
not-so-Old Girls
to re-audition and Flora has
who competed in
been successful again.
this year’s
Summer Olympics
There were only four places for
in Rio de Janeiro
the flute from throughout New
were our guests.
Zealand.
Junior Theatresports
Congratulations to the Junior theatresports team who
competed in the first heat of the Junior Theatresports
completion on Sunday 30 October. They came third,
performing some fantastic improvisation.
Well done to Lucie Beesley, Jude van Houette, Sola
Woodhouse, Caitlyn Toohey, Lucy Dobbs and Kelly
Fenton.
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Olivia Merry and Chloe Tipple spoke about their time at
Avonside, their experiences at the Olympic Games and
both delivered inspirational messages to our students
about the hard work and effort that goes into training.
Both athletes presented awards to our current cohort of
sportwomen. In typical Kiwi style. They were extremely
humble about their amazing achievements. It was an
amazing afternoon and we were honoured to welcome
back Chloe who completed in the skeet shooting and Olivia
who is a member of the Black Sticks hockey team. Both
continue to compete on the international sporting stage.
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Website: www.avonside.school.nz
Three Day Business Challenge
Recently 80 year 10 students were
involved in the three-day Business
Challenge run by the Young Enterprise
Trust. This was held in the school library
and involved students working as
‘business teams’ to come up with a
business plan to solve an everyday
issue in our society. The ‘teams’
appointed a CEO, Marketing Manager,
Accountant etc to run their business venture and were mentored by the two
Young Enterprise presenters.
The three days were full of planning, discussing, researching and laughter as
each ‘team’ produced their plan ready for presenting on the last day. Many of
the girls dressed up in business attire for the final day’s presentations which
were held in front of judges brought in from the business community. All of the
girls involved in this Business Challenge should feel very proud of themselves as they all worked extremely well together
and produced amazing products/concepts. The skills learnt will be beneficial for all involved and will hopefully open the
mind to more innovative thinking.
Year 10 Dance Concert
On Thursday 1st December, two Year 10 Dance classes presented a concert of their years’ work. The concert was
performed in the gymnasium which was beautifully decorated. They were all encouraged to perform three dances. Hip
hop, contemporary, Hawaiian, Samoan, aerobic dance, swing and Kpop were all demonstrated. A lot of the work was
choreographed by the students. About 45 students performed to an audience of over 100. The students have gained a
great deal of confidence during the year and this was demonstrated through this performance.
No Lights, No Lycra
The dance department has been holding a No Lights, No Lycra lunchtime dance every week this term. This is held in the
Drama room which is pitch black. The girls spend half an hour dancing however, they wish as no one can see or judge
them. Its been very popular and a good fitness activity. We will continue this next year.
Old Girls Fundraiser
Members of he Old Girls prepared a wonderful lunch for the Bed and
Breakfast Club to raise money for the school to buy a van. The lunch
consisted of a five course meal. They were thrilled to have the help
of four of our Year 11 students; Jessica Bowman, Alex BlackburnWood, Georgia Cartwright, and Sarah-Lee Nel who served, washed
dishes and were wonderful representatives of the school.
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SPORT
National Softball Championships
Results from Term 4 Summer Sport
Johanna Church
was chosen
earlier in the year
to represent
Canterbury in the
U17 National
Softball
Championships
being held in
Hamilton. The
team came 6th out of 10. Johanna was also selected to
play for the Southern Pride U17 team which travelled to
Sydney to play in an U19 international tournament. They
played against top Australian teams as well as the New
Zealand U17 team. Johanna has been a Canterbury
representative for the last 5 years.
Volleyball
Senior A 2nd
Junior blue 2nd
Junior Red 1st
Touch
Junior 2nd
Indoor Netball
Junior blue 1st
Junior Yellow 1st
Korfball Tournament
Caitlin Sadler, Year 10 played in the
South Island Secondary Schools
Korfball Tournament and her team
won the competition. They won the
final 16 – 3 against Rangiora 1.
Special Olympics
Swimming
Natasha Johnson Year
10, competed in the
New Zealand National
short course
championships and
came 1st in the 50m
breaststroke for Year
14 girls, and 1st in 50m
free style for Year 14
girls.
Natasha has been
selected to represent the
South Island team.
Sixteen Year 10 students acted
as official volunteers at the
annual Special Olympics
Athletics Ribbon Day at Rawhiti
Domain. Over 100 athletes
competed in track and field
events.
Third from left top row:
Natasha Johnson
Avonside Girls’ students
worked alongside Canterbury
Athletics and Special Olympics
Volunteers to make the day a
success.
"Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the
attempt." This is the motto of Special Olympics athletes.
South Island Secondary Schools Canoe
Competition
Congratulations to Briar Elliot Year 9 who has competed in
the South Island Secondary Schools Canoe Competition at
Lake Ruataniwha.
Results were:
Under 14—K2 500m 1st, WK2 200m 1st
WK1 200m 3rd, K1 500m 3rd and K1 5K 3rd.
Under 16—WK2 200m 2nd, WK2 500m 2nd
Under 18—WK2 200m 3rd, K2 500m 3rd
Isabella Lai-Kong, Neza
Rangihuna and
Miracle Kahukiwa
Molly Pickavance and
Amy Middlemiss
National Karate Competition
Taylah Emmett Year 11 has achieved exceptional results
in the National Karate Competition
Results were:
Girls 14/15 Brown Belt and above:
1st Individual Kumite, 1st Individual Kata
2nd Team Kata, 3rd Team Kumite
Molly Pickavance, Amy Middlemiss, Britney Evans-Gale,
Jade Coleman and Olivia Shaw
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Email: [email protected]
Website: www.avonside.school.nz
NOTICES
Term and Holiday Dates for 2017:
UPCOMING EVENTS:
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Wednesday 14 December
Junior
Prizegiving
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Wednesday 14 December
Term 4 ends
Term 1: Monday 30 January—Thursday 13 April
School Holidays: Friday 14—Sunday 30 April
Public Holidays: Waitangi Day—Monday 6 February
Good Friday—Friday 14 April
Easter Monday—Monday 17 April
Easter Tuesday—Tuesday 18 April
Anzac Day—Tuesday 25 April
Paying Accounts On-Line
Term 2: Monday 1 May—Friday 7 July
School Holidays:
Public Holidays:
Saturday 8 - Sunday 23 July
Queen’s Birthday—Monday 5 June
Term 3: Monday 24 July—Friday 29 September
School Holidays:
Saturday 30 September—
Sunday 15 October
Term 4: Monday 16 October—Wednesday 13 December
Public Holidays:
When paying for your daughter’s account online, please ensure you use her name and
reason for payment.
Students Leaving Early during
School Hours
If your daughter is required to leave school
during school hours, a written explanation and
signature from a parent/caregiver is to be
provided.
Labour Day—Monday 23 October
Canterbury Anniversary Day Friday 17 November
Lost Property
School Emergency Communication
In the event of any emergency which requires
adjustments to hours that the school is open, we will use
a variety of ways to communicate with families.
1.
Website
2.
Text message
3.
Radio broadcast
Lost property will be displayed once a term under the hall
verandah. Anything not named can be taken by anyone
or sold by the office.
We encourage parents to name all clothing and gear.
Student Attendance
It is important that parent and caregiver contact
information is accurate and up-to-date. Please contact
the School Office if any contact details have changed.
It is important for your daughter’s learning that she
arrives on time to school each day.
Please either give her a note or phone the school if she
will not be on time. Please note, the student must sign in
at the office or an absent text will be sent.
A parent/caregiver is required to telephone the school on
389 7199 or email the School Office
[email protected] to report an absence.
Tel: (64) 3 3897199
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.avonside.school.nz
Motivationz netball is proud to bring to Avonside Girls our junior netball academy programme for 2017! This is a 10
week programme, and will start in February and work through to mid Term two. This has been set up to help you to
improve in your fundamental skills for netball, and we will cover all the facets to becoming a better netballer. This is for
year 9 and 10 netballers at the school. The cost will be heavily reduced ($40). The programme will be run by
former Canterbury representative, and NZ basketballer Shelley Norris, and will be based in the gym on Tuesday
mornings 6:45-7:30am….start 21st Feb. To enquire or to book your daughter in, please contact Marg Foster, Director on
email [email protected] or phone 3562110.
The Avonside Girls' High School Netball Club are pleased to announce that we have three
new coaches for 2017.
Senior A - Mrs Washington
Year 10A - Ms Patrick
Year 9A - Mrs Johnson
These thee coaches hold a wealth of netball knowledge and we look forward to working with them in 2017.
SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE COASTLINES MOBILE PHONE APPEAL IN OUR SCHOOL
It would be great if you could rummage around in your drawers and toy boxes and bring into School any unwanted
mobile phones you may have. Phones collected help our School gain valuable rewards and the environment benefits
too by keeping our landfills free of mobile phones and their array of hazardous toxic substances. Please drop any
unwanted mobile phones you may have in the collection box in the reception area at School.
Tel: (64) 3 3897199
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.avonside.school.nz