THE SCHOOL FOR LEARNING & PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

Dear Parents

We welcome to our staff a number of new colleagues and hope they will enjoy their time at New Plymouth Girls’ High School.

Mrs Keri Elvin Assistant Principal

Ms Pamela Jensen LTR Social Studies, Coordinator of Overseas Students

Mr Tony Smith LTR English

Dr Feike de Bock Science / Chemistry

Miss Rebecca Freeman LTR Music

Ms Diane Curtis English (Acting Asst HOD to November 16)

Ms Diane Hewitson LTR Accounting & Economics, Terms I & II

Ms Sheryl Guise English

Ms Melissa Smith Science

Mrs Barbara Bennett Science, Technology

Mrs Carolyn Matuku Art

Dr John Riddle Part Time Science

Mrs Lynn Graham Deaf Student Communicator

In addition other teachers are filling different roles this year. Karen Morine is Acting HOD Business Studies.

New Deans are

Fiona Harcourt Year 9

Melinda Stevenson Year 10

Alison Slater Year 11

Claire Hall Year 13

To bring success students need to develop a commitment to their school work

These are the keys to doing well. Parents can help enormously by supporting girls in meeting these targets.

She was First in Biology First in Geography First in Maths (shared)

I am very sorry about the omission and congratulate Rebecca on these wonderful results.

Our exam results were very pleasing with some stunningly good results in some areas. School Certificate Spanish had 100% pass rate and all except one student gained an A pass – the other a high B. German too, had excellent results – 100% pass rate and a high proportion of very good marks. Maths gained 36 A passes, an excellent result. Music, Art and English were other spectacular areas. Practical English at Year 11 and Year 12 gained 100% pass rate.

In Form 7 we gained 9 Scholarship-level marks. 3 in Painting, 2 in Accounting and 1 each in English, Classics, Statistics, Calculus. A further 8 students missed scholarships by one mark….

We gained 75 Bursaries, 112 students sat 5 subjects and 110 gained University Entrance.

We hold the Yoplait Cup – the National Secondary Schools title. To get to the final four teams in New Zealand the Marbles Buffet NPGHS

The top four teams were Epsom Girls Grammar, Napier Girls’ High School, Timaru Girls’ High School and New Plymouth Girls’ High School.

Marbles Buffet NPGHS Cricket Team won the Yoplait Cup on a count back on Tuesday 12 December 2000. After two earlier wins, the first against Timaru GHS (last year’s winners) by 100 runs and Epsom Girls’ Grammar by 4 wickets. NPGHS lost narrowly to Napier GHS by 1 wicket in the last over. With Epsom, NPGHS and Napier tied with two wins a piece, the cup was decided on net runs per wicket. NPGHS had 6.57, Epsom 3.57 and Napier –1.24.

Rachel Priest was named player of the tournament with 92 runs, 5 catches and 1 stumping. Other players to perform were Aimee Mason 116 runs, 6 wickets for 57 runs and 2 catches. Amy Pope 39 runs (1 not out) and 6 wickets for 57 runs, Anita Waugh 5 wickets for 58 runs. Courtney Sim 3 wickets for 54 runs and Toni Street 54 runs. It was a complete team effort with great fielding and 5 run outs.

CD Under 21 - Three NPGHS players have been named in the CD Under 21 team to defend the title in Christchurch. They are Aimee Mason, Toni Street and Amy Pope.

Taranaki Secondary Schools - Aimee Mason (captain), Rachel Priest, Toni Street, Anita Waugh, Amy Pope, Jessica Haigh and Aimee Whitmore are all named in the Taranaki Secondary Schools team to play Wanganui.

CD Women’s Team - Aimee Mason has been playing successfully at Central Districts level.

Ms Adams took a small team of 7 to the National Secondary Athletic Championships and they did brilliantly to return with 6 medals:

Angela McGregor – Gold, 300m hurdles Keisha Grant - Gold, Javelin Conal Grant – Bronze, Shot Put

Helen Kibby - Silver, Steeplechase Keisha Grant – Bronze, Discus, Bronze, Long Jump

Every member of the team performed very well. Conal has been selected for a National U16 squad and Helen has gone off to her University in the USA.

Grenville Simpson has so far broken 7 records in the Taranaki Athletics Champs.

Inge de Bruin - 1^st 50m Breaststroke, 100m Breaststroke, 2^nd 200m Breaststroke, 3^rd 50m Backstroke, 100m Backstroke, 100m Butterfly, 200m Ind. Medley

Jill McCarthy - 1^st 50m Backstroke, ^t 50m Freestyle, 2^nd 100m Butterfly, 200m Ind. Medley

Tania Hockings – 3^rd 100m Breaststroke, 50m Breaststroke, 200m Breaststroke

Kim Shearstone – 1^st 100m Breaststroke, 50m Butterfly, 50m Breaststroke, 2^nd 200m Ind. Medley, 50m Freestyle,

3^rd 100m Butterfly, 200m Butterfly, 200m Breaststroke, 100m Freestyle, 200m Backstroke

Cara Sibsten - 3^rd 200m Freestyle, 200m Backstroke, 100m Backstroke

Jemma Southgate – 1^st 400m Freestyle, 2^nd 800m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle, 50m Breaststroke, 100m Backstroke

Heather Kilmore - 3^rd 50m Backstroke, 50m Freestyle

Jade Shearstone competed at the Wellington Swimming Championships with distinction.

Michelle Clement won a National title at the Championship in Christchurch.

Catherine Stevenson has been playing in the Taranaki Tennis team.

Congratulations to our students: five out of nine of these prestigious new scholarships went to

Robert Gibson Scholarship LA Alexander Trust

We have not heard the results of these Scholarships as yet, but students applied for each of them.

Congratulations to Whaea Jo Thompson-Garrett on her award.

Anna Carrington and Stacey Pine have been selected to play in the NZ In-Line Roller Hockey team to play in Cairns in March/April.

Alisa Ravji has been selected for the NZ Indoor Hockey team. She is also in the National U18 squad and played against Argentina and Malaysia in the holidays.

Congratulations to Kathryn Helms.

Well done Rachel Wills – to achieve this highest Guiding Award is a real feat.

I’m sure there is much more news – please let me know so that we can celebrate the success of our school family.

An invitation is extended to all girls to participate in this competition. Years 9, 10, 12, 12 and 13. Competition Day is May 8^th but entries close on March 2^nd. Entry Cost $5/00

Please enter and pay at Student Services downstairs in the Millennium Building. Girls in 9A, 9F, 9G, 9L, 10A, 10E, and 10I are expected to participate in this competition.

For further information please see Mrs Bennett, B11, or your Science teacher.

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to ask me:

758 5319 is the school phone number.

In this mail out is a letter explaining our 2001 fees and their timing.

All Year 9 classes will have a 1-night 2-day camp at Te Wera in Week 3 – from February 11 – 17. Girls have had the information and been asked to return the permission slip by February 2^nd.

Brian Garrett, one of our property staff, has made an observation hive in the upstairs laboratory MB11. Bees come in a tunnel which passes – sealed – through the window. We can watch them building their combs, store royal jelly, lay eggs, feed larvae, cap honey cells and much more. To identify and watch the Queen bee is really interesting. There is no way that the bees can get into the classroom, and their flight path is high above heads. If any of you are concerned, you are welcome to come and look and talk about it.

We are very proud of our school and of the achievement of our students. We work very hard to encourage this pride in our students too and to ensure that it shows

COMING EVENTS

6 February Waitangi Day – holiday

8 February School Swimming Sports

11 February TSSSA Beach Volleyball

11 February to 17 February - Y9 Camps

18 February TSSSA Softball

Would you like your daughter to have fun and learn skills as a member of an up to date organisation in your local area?

We cater for –

• Pippins 5 & 6 year olds
• Brownies 7 – 9 years
• Guides 9 - 14½ years and
• Rangers 13 – 19 years

We would also be happy to hear from volunteers who would be interested in helping with leadership

For further information phone Robyn on 755 3305

S J Gaudin

Principal

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