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From James Clarke, Acting Principal
Kia ora tatou.
We have plans and actions to minimise any negative impact upon students’ success this year.
OUR AIM:
• We will work to provide opportunities for students to gain the credits/grades they need for success this year so that they can move
onto the next stage of their education or career. This will be our key focus for the remainder of this year.
• Today, our Principal Mrs Blakely has been part of a discussion with the Ministry of Education
• expressing our concerns and seeking guidance for this aim.
OUR ACTIONS:
• We have ordered devices, modems and hard copy resources for students to do work online.
• Heads of Faculties/Departments have adapted programmes to suit them to remote learning.
• Where they can be, topics and assessments have been altered to give students a more reasonable chance of success to make up for the loss of on
campus direct teaching and learning.
• The calendars for courses have been changed to move more theoretical work to now and more practical work to later.
• Teachers are working to get students to get assessment work to the point where it can be assessed as soon as we all return to campus.
• Make provision for students to catch up and run extra workshops.
If you wish to make responses or comments to me, please do so j.clarke@rosehillcollege.school.nz
LEVEL 3 RETURN TO CAMPUS
DAYS
Monday 27 April ANZAC Day observance
Term 2 Week 3 Tues 28 April Staff-only Day Day 2 Level 3
Wed 29 April - 1 May Days 3-5 (we lose a Day 1) Level 3
Term 2 week 4 4 - 8 May Days 6-4 Level 3
Fridays are Manaakitanga Tutor Group Days
Monday 11 April Govt announcement on any Level change
LEVEL 3 RETURN WED 29 APRIL
CONDITIONS
• Deep cleaning of the School has been undertaken for 4 days
• Y9-10 students onsite are only those who cannot be supervised at home and have registered on the recent Survey or now by email to j.herst@
rosehillcollege.school.nz. Thank you to the 620+ families (of 722) who completed our survey indicating intention to attend or not.
• Murphys may have a bus but TBC. We will inform anyone who requested bus transport
• Wear uniform.Bring sanitiser. Mask if desired. Wash and sanitise hands on arrival and whenever moving to a different room. Bring own food and
drink, chromebook, earphones.
• Students will be escorted to allocated rooms.
• Yrs 9-10 onsite supervised remote work for the day. ‘Bubbles’ of 10 students and 1 teacher supervising not of any particular subject). Remain in those
Bubbles for the two weeks.
• 3 blocks of work time and two breaks.Breaks remaining 2m apart
• Physical distancing - 2 metres outside and 1 metre inside.
• Specific toilets allocated to ‘Bubbles’ and cleaned every 2 hours.
• Rooms used cleaned & disinfected during and at the end of each day.
• Staggered departure at the end of the School day to reduce proximity.
CONTACT WITH HOME & SCHOOLWORK
Teachers are working hard to be really helpful putting in place opportunities for students to gain success in every subject. They are wanting to contact
homes particularly for students who have not yet engaged with the online work. Please be respectful of our teachers who are doing their jobs to give your
children the best possible chances to cope with remote education.
TUTOR GROUP FRIDAY
Today, Friday was our second Tutor Group Focus day where teachers and Heads of House checked on the progress and wellbeing of students. It’s important
that people check that others are ok. It allows some designated time away from the demands of schoolwork and a chance to connect with others through
challenges and activities that Head Students and House Leaders are providing through Instagram.
I applaud all of the families supporting their children for at least a further two weeks. This is a unique time in history and we will create history by having
our students achieve all the success possible by the end of this year.
James Clarke, Acting Principal Term 2
24 April 2020 Issue No. 11 www.rosehillcollege.school.nz
ANZAC DAY Student Success
Anzac Day is one of the most important national occasions for both Auckland College Sport have started a new feature on their website.
Australians and New Zealanders. https://www.standatdawn.com Their first to feature in the ‘Student Spotlight’ series is Taryn
Richmond (12RWE). Please select the following link to read about
#StandAtDawn
Taryn’s success.
Apart, but together as one; https://collegesport.co.nz/2020/04/21/student-spotlight-taryn-
Join us in commemorating Anzac Day from home on Saturday, April richmond/
25th 2020 at 6 am.
During troubling times, the Head Students have made this
commemorative video (link below) of a rendition of the Ode of
Remembrance. The Ode of Remembrance can often be heard at
Anzac day services. It is seen in the 4th stanza of this poem. This
poem is called ‘For the Fallen’ and it was written by Laurence Binyon,
published in September of 1914.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-tPRe-
Library News
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Lest we forget.
The Library team would like to share with families some
Rosehill College useful links to resources and websites that might be
supportive for their young people.
Counselling and clinical services Our new Library Manager, Kylie, has put together a selection
during Level 3 of resources to support teaching and learning. Of particular
interest are the links to reading resources for students and
The following time table shows the nurses availability during Level 3 their whanau and some of the Health and wellbeing links.
Safety of students, staff and guidelines from DHB have been considered https://docs.google.com/document/d/1heKWr7JIjwqZLueu
in formulating the present plan. cZUOhZpOTmsj9wSgCBaC_RdN988/edit
Days of the week Clinical staff Some of our favourites are:
Monday Serena AROHA’s WAY
Tuesday Serena Wilding Books has released a free reading of the best-selling
Wednesday Valmai children’s book Aroha’s Way, hoping it will help children with
Thursday Valmai fear and anxiety around Covid-19
Friday Trish https://youtu.be/6irr_hGCRl0
Important note to parents: Les Mills
In line with the requirements of level three and guidance received from Les Mills partnered with TVNZ to provide free fitness
DHB, the nurses will NOT carry out health assessments and are not classes on TV and TVNZ On Demand. Classes aimed at
available for face-to-face care, unless they have appropriate protective teenagers and younger viewers will be broadcast on TVNZ2
facilities to ensure their safety and the safety of students. at 3pm weekdays.
Hence, you are strongly encouraged to keep your children at home to https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows
study online as much as possible.
The Big History Project explores the universe, life on earth,
For those who need to attend school, you are respectfully advised to humans and the future - for learners 11 years and older.
keep your children at home if they feel unwell, tired, have sore throat https://www.bighistoryproject.com/home
or fever etc. Should students present with any of these symptoms they
will be required to stay in the isolation room (a room is designated as an RNZ Not for Children Collection
isolation room) and you will be contacted to pick them up urgently. 13 stories for young adult readers - parental guidance
advised:
These steps are in place to ensure the safety of staff and students who https://www.rnz.co.nz/collections/not-for-children
will be present at school during level three. Phone number for the nurses
is 09 295 0661 Ext: 492 We hope you enjoy exploring some of these resources and
sharing them with your bubble.
Our nurses have access to and are able to direct inquiries to the right
facilities. Please do not hesitate to consult them. LIBRARY NOTICE OVERDUE ITEMS
Some families may be receiving overdue notices for books
Please note that all counsellors have been, and will continue working issued to students before lockdown. Please ignore these and
from home and are available for consultation or receiving requests for return the items when lockdown 2 is in place. The Library
appointments via email during the week. So don’t hesitate to contact staff are unable to access the management system to change
them. the dates and turn off the notifications. Please accept our
apologies for this.
Looking for Training Ideas?
All the best
If you're looking for some training ideas, please check out what the NZ The Library Team
Secondary School Sports Council has put together;
http://www.nzsssc.org.nz/newsarticle/88776?newsfeedId=51035
Let Mrs Morling and I know how your training is getting on.
Free at-home learning for NCEA students
From the Online education provider LearnCoach has made its platform free for
NCEA students. To register your child for free access visit learncoach.
Careers Department com - https://learncoach.com/
Senior students can spend time whilst in lockdown to produce or update
a CV. MoneyHub has useful resources covering Student Job Interview Rosehill Knitters Club
Practice Questions, Student Job Cover Letters and Student CV Template -
check out the links below and apply for jobs with confidence when things Once school returns to ‘normal’ a Knitters Club
open up again. If students want their CV's checked they can email them for students will be starting up.
to the Careers Adviser, Mrs McConchie k.mcconchie@rosehillcollege.
school.nz During lockdown a number of families are using this time to sort out
https://www.moneyhub.co.nz/common-job-interview-questions- their cupboards and draws. If you have any wool, yarn or knitting
students.html needles that can be donated to the College it would be appreciated.
https://www.moneyhub.co.nz/student-job-cover-letters.html Once the College is open for business these can be dropped off to
https://www.moneyhub.co.nz/cv-template-students.html Reception.
From Otago University
Welcome back to this very unusual Term 2!
We hope that you’re all coping with being in your bubbles and adjusting
to a vastly different way of learning.
We’ll be in touch with you to reschedule our introductory visits to an
online version very soon, but in the meantime students are welcome ROSEHILL COLLEGE MUSIC
to contact us at any time, as usual. Our contact details are here: https://
www.otago.ac.nz/liaison/index.html DEPARTMENT CHALLENGE -
We’ve made a little video about our liaison team – check it out here create a music video
on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/UOLiaison/ This competition is open to students and staff!
posts/2582941401946302 Remember to join Otago's facebook page -
https://www.facebook.com/UOLiaison , Two categories:
A. make a music video using one song or a medley of songs
University Scholarships for Year 13 Students B. make a music video using your own original song/composition
MoneyHub, a consumer finance website, has published a guide to Category A
hundreds of scholarships for any student planning to start university 1st prize: $100
in 2021. The comprehensive list includes scholarships offered by every 2nd prize: $50
university as well as those specifically available to local students. A list of
privately-funded, Maori, Pacific and International university scholarships Category B
completes the list. 1st prize: $100
2nd prize: $50
Applications close throughout the year, with tens of millions of dollars
Criteria - video will be judged on:
available. MoneyHub has also published a list of tips for scholarship
* creativity
success.
* the story
For more details and to find suitable scholarships, visit the MoneyHub * the use of those in your "bubble"
Scholarship page * entertainment value
https://www.moneyhub.co.nz/scholarships-nz.html * props used
* musicality
* x-factor
Share your music video using your school email address with
musicdepartment@rosehillcollege.school.nz by 11.00pm on Friday
May 8th.
Winners will be contacted by phone or email, and results will be
published in the school newsletter on Friday May 22nd.
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