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Issue 02/20
NEWSLETTER 18 June 2020
Kia ora, Kia orana, Talofa Lava, Fakalofa lahi atu,
Malo e lelei, Namaste, As-salāmu ‘alaykum, Ni MID YEAR REPORTS -
Hao, Greetings Parents and Caregivers THREE WAY LEARNING
During lockdown and in Levels 3 and 2 we have been in CONVERSATIONS
contact with you all by means of Friday update letters.
Now that we are at Level 1 and life has returned to almost
normal, it is great to be returning to bring you some regu-
lar every day school news
Our school continues to be safe to attend, including for
any staff and students who are considered more
We have looked closely at the way in which we
vulnerable to Covid 19. We have a good cleaning routine have historically reported to parents and we be-
in place, students and staff who are sick are staying at lieve that by involving students, their parents and
home and we continue to encourage good hygiene prac- their tutor teachers in indepth conversations
tices. about their daughters’ learning will be a more
effective way of our teachers really engaging with
our students’ and their whanau.
We are supporting contact tracing by having QR code
posters at our main entrance in our adminstation building.
We are really keen to involve all of our
Regular school assemblies in the DWC have restarted, families in these conversations and in
with a powerful ‘Black Lives Matter’ address at our Senior order to do this we have put aside two days,
1 & 2 July.
Assembly last Friday by two of our students.
The conversations can be face to face or be
We also announced at that assembly that we are virtual online meetings. Each meeting will last for
planning to reschedule our school ball to later this year approximately half an hour.
and we are really looking forward to sporting competitions Your daughters’ mid-year progress report will be
resuming this week. e-mailed home on Friday 26 June.
There is more information on this page about the ‘Three All of our Tutor Teachers will have been briefed
Way Learning Conversations” we are planning for 1 and 2 by subject teachers about your daughters’ pro-
gress in their individual subjects.
July, when we hope you will all take the opportunity to
have an indepth conversation with your daughters Tutor This method of reporting to parents is being used
Teachers about her academic progress and how best you by many schools and feedback is that it is a
can continue to support her. much more meaningful and productive way of
engaging with students and their parents.
Term 2 has certainly been one of the most extraordinary
school terms of my teaching career and I would like to Thank you to all those parents who have already
been in touch to organize a time for your ‘Three
take this opportunity to acknowledge and thank you, our
Way Learning Conversation’. If you haven’t
parents and caregivers for the support you have given already done so, this is the link fo make an
your daughters and our teachers throughout the last eight appointment
or so weeks.
https://forms.gle/JNUVxs4ZyJhJbRvDA
The last day of Term 2 will be on Friday 3 July.
Your daughters do not need to come to school on
Term 3 will start on Monday 20 July and we are look- 1 and 2 July apart from the time when they are
ing forward to a return to a normal hard working term of involved in their ‘Three Way Conversations’ with
you and their tutor teachers.
teaching and learning and to our girls participating in all
their regular sports and other activities.
Ngaire Ashmore
Principal
Page 2 NEWSLETTER
CHANGES TO NCEA FOR 2020
We know that you may be worried that your daughters may not be able to attain NCEA or UE this year because
of the disruption caused by Covid 19. To help address this and support students the following changes are being
made to NCEA and UE requirements for this year.
Students working towards NCEA can gain additional credits, based on the number of credits they achieve dur-
ing the 2020 school year. These additional credits will be known as Learning Recognition credits.
For every 5 credits a student achieves towards their NCEA either through internal or external assessment,
they are entitled to an additional 1 credit. Students at NCEA Level 1 are eligible for up to a maximum of 10 addi-
tional credits while those at Levels 2 and 3 are eligible for up to a maximum of 8 additional credits.
Students will be awarded a certificate endorsement if they achieve 46 credits at Merit or Excellence level,
rather than the usual 50. Students achieving 12 credits at Merit or Excellence level in a course – rather than 14 –
will be awarded a course endorsement.
Current UE requirements have been reduced from 14 to 12 credits in three UE-approved subjects. Students
still need to attain NCEA Level 3 and meet literacy and numeracy requirements to be awarded University En-
trance.
External NCEA examinations and NZ Scholarship examinations will now take place from 16 November 2020
to 6 December 2020. This will provide extra time for teaching, learning and assessment in Term 4.
The submission date for subjects which require students to submit a portfolio (for example, Design and Visual
Communications) has been extended to 12 November 2020, to give students more time to complete their
portfolios.
These changes have been designed to encourage students to continue working towards their NCEA and to
ensure that the NCEA attained by our rangatahi this school year is just as valid as those earned in previous years.
2020 Education Language Perfect Languages Championships
Congratulations to these students who competed in the recent Education Perfect Language
championships.
Vanshikha Ram Yr 11 Japanese Elite Award
Jeirdre Canlas Yr 10 French Gold Award
Vyonne Amiscaray Yr 10 French Gold Award
Zahra Ali Yr 10 French Bronze Award
Jessica Irabor Yr 10 French Bronze Award
Mikah Madriaga Yr 10 French Bronze Award
Taina Sika Yr 9 French Bronze Award
Nikita Mazoomdar Yr1 0 French Credit Award
Vanshikha's achievement is particularly outstanding as she placed in the top 0.2% of all competitors;
that is, in the top 362 of 181,000 students competing around the world.
You can keep up to date with school events on our school website http://www.aggs.school.nz/ and in a more informal
way on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/AucklandGirlsGrammarSchool/ also our Sports page
https://www.facebook.com/AggsSport/ and the AGGS Careers page https://www.facebook.com/AucklandGirlsCareers/
You may also be interested in these Instagram pages - the AGGS Student Council https://www.instagram.com/
aggs_council20/ ; the AGGS Careers Committee https://www.instagram.com/aggs_careers/
Issue 02/20 Page 3
SPORT IS BACK HOORAY!
We are all delighted that our girls are able to once again participate in their favourite winter sport/s and we know
that you will be looking forward to being out there supporting them in their endeavours. We are keen to ensure
that sports games are enjoyed by everyone and we encourage everyone to respect the players and supporters
from both teams and the officials, who are giving up their own time to ensure that school sport
happens. Lets keep the kindness going and make this the best winter sports season yet.
Premier Basketball – starts next on Thursday 18 June at (Epsom Girls Grammar school)
Premier Netball – starts next Saturday and Sunday Premier 1 and 2
(Grading games) at Windmill Park, Epsom
from Monday 22nd June the following sports are back:
Badminton – Mondays and Thursdays, Auckland Badminton Centre
Epsom
Rugby League – Thursdays, venues to be confirmed
Netball – Premier, Year 9A and 10A (Grading), Windmill Park, Epsom
from Monday 29th June competitions start for
Rugby – Mondays and
Netball – All netball grades
Competitions starting in WEEK 1 of Term 3
Football – Wednesdays, venues to be confirmed
Hockey – Fridays, venues to be confirmed
Lacrosse – Thursdays, venues to be confirmed UPDATE FROM THE
HEALTH CLINIC
Our Sports Director, Junior Manapori, is always keen
to hear from parents or caregivers who have some
The AGGS community has done a wonderful job
spare time and would like to help with our sports
during the current COVID-19 pandemic to keep our
teams as coaches or managers. You can contact
school and wider community safe.
him on sport@aggs.school.nz or on 022 197 3863
With the move to Level 1 and winter now upon us, we
would like to continue to remind our school communi-
ty how important it is that student’s stay home if they
BOARD OF TRUSTEES feel unwell with general cold and flu symptoms.
Members of your Board of Trustees are: These include experiencing any of the following:
Gary Bramley, Chair; Hana Adams, Dagmar Dyck, Sore throat, fever, cough, headache, runny nose.
Judee Feleti, Carlin Shaw, and Stan Whata, Parent This will go a long way to protecting our students,
Reps; Ngaire Ashmore, Principal; Chris Langlands, staff and general school community from the spread
Staff Trustee and Fine Aholelei, Student Trustee.
Ana Fetu’uaho who is the mother of one of our Year
10 students has been selected to join the board. She
currently works in Human Resources, has financial,
STAFF CHANGES
At the end of Term 1, we farewelled Mathematics
and strategic planning experience and in her spare
teacher Ganga Gounder, who had taught at AGGS for
time is also studying for a law degree. These are all
16 years. We wish him all the best for his move to
areas where the Board has identified a need for
Fiji.
additional expertise.
In his place we welcomed Jordan Eskra, Jordan has
Board of Trustee Meetings are held at 5.30 p.m. in
previously taught at AGGS from 2006 to 2008 and has
the Jubilee Library, upstairs of A Block
returned to AGGS after 11 years teaching at ACG
The next two Board meetings this year will be on Senior College.
Tuesday 23 June and Also new to our Staff is Food and Technology teacher
Tuesday 28 July Lydia Lee and, just before lockdown we also
welcomed Teacher Aide, Becca Faleleua, to our
Board of Trustee meetings are open to the public and Learning Centre team. Becca may already be known
you are warmly invited to attend. to you as the coach of our Volleyball team.
Page 4 NEWSLETTER
Students from Year 13 Applied Health Science working on their internal
Natural Remedies assessment.
They are testing the effectiveness of natural remedies such as garlic, ginger, turmeric, kawakawa, aloe vera,
peppermint, lavender to stop the growth of Staphylococcus epidermis bacteria (a skin bacteria that we all have
but that can sometimes cause infections in unwell people).
SISTERS UNITED
MATES
Sisters United is a charitable organisaton set up by Parris Goebel
15 Year 13 students are involved in and her two sisters, Kendall and Narelle, who are Old Girls of
this After School Mentoring AGGS.
programme.
27 of our Year 11 to 13 students are part of their ‘Young Queen's
The girls meet with their mentors, program ‘, which is a fortnightly peer-mentoring programme run in
Auckland secondary schools for young women and connected to
who are all University students The Palace Dance Studio.
every Tuesday from 3.20- The program is delivered using creative arts such as spoken word,
5.30pm. dance and art which help the girls to explore their talents
The programme will continue discovering their worth and empowering them to use their voice and
chase their dreams.
until 3 November. The Young Queen's programme helps to build confidence, teaches
Two of the mentors are ex-AGGS life skills, exposes our young women to new experiences and
students, giving back to their old new role-models as well as providing support from older peer-
school! mentors within their own school.
https://www.sistersunited.co.nz/Page 5
Did you know that this week is NZ Thankfulness week?
with the message that Thankfulness = Happiness.
There is so much to be thankful for even in tough times!
To celebrate this and recognising the challenges we have
recently been through the AGGS Health Committee is
promoting an
ATTITUDE Of GRATITUDE
This Friday lunchtime students will have an opportunity to add to an Attitude of
Gratitude banner outside the Whitelaw Room.
ENROLMENTS 2021
It’s hard to believe but it’s already time to start thinking about enrolments for 2021. If you have a daughter who
is due to come to AGGS next year, or if you know of anyone who may be interested in enrolling their daughter,
please will you let them know that our Enrolment Officer will be happy to meet them and show them around the
school. She can be contacted on (09) 307 4180 or by e-mail on enrol@aggs.school.nz
Our website http://www.aggs.school.nz/enrolment has more information as well as details about applying for the
Cotter Entrance Scholarships.You can also read
