Underpinning everything is the school motto “A wise woman shapes her own destiny.” Hamilton Girls’ High School

JULY 2013FORTUNAM FINGIT

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Principal’s Comment Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou.Dare-Dream-Do is the inspirational slogan behind the Sir Peter Blake Trust Leadership week that our school has celebrated. Activities such as Paint-a-banner, inviting guest speakers in from the Blake Trust “Dream Team”, Red Socks Day, staff-student challenge and the finale, Founders Day assembly have been promoted this week.

It reminds us to reflect on our understanding and perception of leadership in our school and that every student has the potential to be a leader. To quote Dr Seuss: “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know….and YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go”.

The key message is that it’s not just what you know BUT what you will do with what you know.

Sir Peter Blake is an inspiration to all New Zealanders. Many people dream, but Sir Peter Blake set his mind to a goal and went for it, believing that “change comes through realising the vision and turning it into reality”. My belief is that if we want our students to aspire to great things then we need to foster and encourage dreams, self-belief and a real understanding of self. Understanding ourself is important. It gives each student the capacity to lead their own lives and make good decisions based on sound values.

Setting goals that force our students to think big and to stretch their horizons requires support from home and school. I challenge our students to dream big, to challenge themselves and to make a difference.

Whaia te iti kahurangi. Ki te tuohu koe, me maunga teitei.Pursue your treasures. If you falter, let it be before a lofty mountain.

Naku noa Marie GordonPrincipal

School Notices New Electronic SignageA new feature to display calendar events and celebrate achievements. The sign will be static and is on from 7.00am-7.00pm.

Property DevelopmentWe currently have building companies on site working on remedia-tion work in Malins, a Network upgrade throughout school and Earthquake Resilience testing and work. Staff and students are requested to stay offsite as much as possible over the holiday break in these spaces.

Congratulations to our High AchieversGrace Kim and Alpha TanGrace (pictured holding the violin) has been invited to work with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra when they visit Hamilton tomorrow. She will be attending workshops held by the orchestra throughout Friday 12th before they perform in the evening. Only a select few were chosen from a very long list. Grace is pictured with Alpha Tan who is also a high achiever.

Amy Koh and Danni Ryan Amy and Danni have been accepted into a summer camp programme in China for 2 weeks during this coming holiday. Costs are covered by the Confucius Institute. We wish Amy and Danni all the best for their travels.

Eden Bates (pictured below)Eden won gold in sparring and gold in specialty technique. That gave her enough points to be awarded best overall blue belt in the country. New Zealand is a top ranked country in the world for our style of Taekwon-do so that’s quite an achievement.

The aging oak trees, the carefully crafted landscape are the essence of the original Hamilton High School site that forms part of our heritage and inheritance from former pupils. The time, planning, devotion to learning and the strong stewardship of past principals, have all contributed to the students experience of Hamilton High School, Hamilton Girls’ High and Hamilton Boys’ High. Hamilton High School was a focal point for the growing city and guided many of New Zealand’s future leaders. Over the last hundred years, thousands of families have contributed to building these schools; their spirit, and their soul. After 100 years of progress, Hamilton High School has grown into two notable schools: Hamilton Girls’ High and Hamilton Boys’ High. The founding members were committed to providing an education that would produce

sound young women whom are able to pursue their destinies both in New Zealand and globally. While Hamilton Girls’ High School is proud of its heritage, it is also proud of its history as a leader and innovator in girls’ only education and its responsiveness to the needs of contemporary girls. The School’s Strategic Plan affirms its great traditions and strengths, while making a commitment to educate students to be citizens of an increasingly global community in which empathy, trust and ethical values are important. Education for the world of the 21st century emphasizes the need for each student to be a lifelong learner capable of critical and creative thinking.

we honour the past

empower the future

celebrate the present

Concept design HGHS New Gym

Mathematics DepartmentWaiMaths Competitions 2013

The Waikato Mathematical Association will once again be organising the WaiMaths Competitions this year on 15th August, 2013. Students at the relevant year levels are encouraged to take part in the competitions. You can work on your posters and videos during the coming holidays!

The categories that students can compete in are as follows:

Mrs Christophersen, Mrs Cross and Ms Leong will be coordinating the teams for this event.

A team of 3 students at each year level will be representing the school. Some play-offs are in week 10, Term 2 to see which team of students will be in the squad this year. Competition for these places can be fierce. Students who participate in the selection process should be congratulated!

The WaiMaths Quiz night promises to be a fun evening to watch the competing teams. It is often nerve-wracking as our students are often up there with the best from other schools. There is usually a parent/audience competition while the event takes place. The poster entries will be displayed and video entries will be played during the event. Please come along and support our students!

Details for the competitions are available on the HGHS moodle homepage at http://moodle.hghs.school.nz/

Academic News

A: CASIO WaiMaths 2014 Poster Open to Years 7 to 8 and Years 9 to 10 The winning Poster will be used to promote next year’s WaiMaths Competition

B: Poster About Mathematics Competition Open to Years 7 to 10 The winning poster(s) will be used by the Waikato Mathematics Association to promote Mathematics in schools.

C: Video Competition Open to Years 7 to 11

D: CASIO WaiMaths QUIZ Competition Open to Years 7 - 11 VENUE: Hamilton Gardens Pavilion DATE: Thursday 15th of August 2013 TIME: Years 7 and 8 - 4.30 to 6.00 pm Years 9, 10 and 11 - 7.00 to 8.30 pm

Y12 Science Altenative Star Course at Wintec 27/28th July

• Thank you for allowing me to have this opportunity to take this exciting course. It helped me figure out some options of what I might want to do in my future. My highlight of this course was the blood testing. I got to experience what professionals in the science industry do. The tutors were really lovely and helpful.

• It was fabulous, the best day I’ve had in ages! I enjoyed finding out about the different blood types and also the lungs and how much they fill up. Also the teachers were so nice. They made Science fun!!!

• I found the Star Course Science gave me a taster to what really goes on in our bodies. I enjoyed finding

out my blood type as I had no idea how to find out what type I am. I enjoyed making the paint.• It was interesting to find out my blood type and dissecting the sheep’s lungs was cool.

• I enjoyed the Science Day and I learnt a lot. I found it very interesting to be in an actual laboratory and handling actual laboratory equipment. I’m glad I found my blood type O. Therefore I can give blood to anybody.

• The day at WINTEC was really helpful as I learnt quite a lot of interesting things I didn’t think adult science would be like. I enjoyed the forensic part of the course. It really fascinated me.

Nearly 60 girls participated in a full day of practical Science classes at Wintec in June. There were four different activities: Making Thermochromic paint (paint which changes colour with temperature), blood typing, dissecting a sheep’s lungs and staining bacteria and looking at them under high powered microscopes. Here are some of the comments from the girls.

Science Department

Opposable thumbs are used a lot to carry out common activities on our lives. Only apes and primates have hands capable of grasping objects. The grip is due to precision grip between our thumb and fingers. Without our opposable thumb for this precision grip, it would be difficult to carry out even the simplest tasks we do every day. On the 21st June, Ms Bergman’s year 13 class tried just that. We all tried a range of different basic tasks first using out thumbs and then without our thumbs whilst timing how long each task took. We found that even the simplest tasks, such as using a knife and fork; zipping up a zip and putting on and tying our shoes, were incredibly difficult without our thumbs. Our conclusion was that without an opposable thumb, life would not be the same as it is now and that the use of our opposable thumb is a key factor in our evolution.

On Friday 7th June, all Year 13 Physics students attended the Osborne Physics and Engineering Open Day at Waikato University. We were accompanied by Mr Chand and Mr Mounsey. After a tour around the facilities that Waikato University offers tertiary in science and engineering we attended lectures. The lectures were on the latest discoveries in physics. One explained the theory behind the Large Hadron Collider and the Higgs Boson particle discovered this year which is thought to be one of the crucial building blocks of the universe. Other lectures covered how electric cars are steadily improving to become the principal form of transport in the future, the structure of different everyday materials and why they break, and the potential effects on Earth if a large asteroid hit our planet or if a massive volcanic eruption occurred.

During lunch the scholarship students - Heidi, Alexandria, Christine and Lauren participated in the “Tractor Pull” competition. They were given a 3-volt electric motor and a set of nylon gears by Waikato University and had 4 days to design and build a small battery-powered tractor that could tow a loaded trailer a distance of five (5) meters up a 4° incline. The winning tractor hauled a 500g lab trolley up the slope in the minimum time. HGHS entered 2 tractors which raced into 3rd and 5th place overall.

Osborne Physics and Engineering Open Day

Year 13 Science

Sheilah Winn Shakespeare

This year, Hamilton Girls’ High School had 14 girls participating in the annual Sheilah Winn Shakespeare competition. Mrs Howard-Shi chose the less well-known Shakespeare play Sir Thomas More and the main message is “anti-racism”. The group received help from Ms Wynne-Jones and Miss Maher and were awarded “The Best Costumes” among 13 competing Waikato schools. The girls put so much energy and time into the practice and they were a wonderful team to work with.

English Department

9CA worked very hard on a competition for Matariki where they could make posters, poems and articles. They also watched the story of Matariki to get inspired, completed a lot of research from the library and discussed Matariki with their whanau.

English Department

The Creative Writing Club at our school meets every Monday lunchtime to share our works, get new writing assignments and talk with other people who share this interest. Members of the club write anything and everything, including short stories, haikus, rhyming poetry, fan fiction and plays.

Mehira Babak has written a short story entitled The Last Straw about living with Frankenstein in her basement. Miss Maher gave us this task as she is a fan of the original Frankenstein novel; we all came up with some humorous stories!

THE LAST STRAWI know that he’s not upstairs – he doesn’t like the catnip stored there and thinks that it smells. I soon receive my confirmation in the form of my basement floorboards creaking. A thin scream fills the night air and I rush downstairs. Shining my torch on the floor, I see what is probably the brother to the culprit of the scream – a blue balloon. I’m not surprised he’s playing with the balloons again. Who would’ve thought that air being let out of balloon would sound so much like a human scream?

I tiptoe the last few steps of the staircase, cursing my underdressed state as I go. It is a hot summers’night and I went to sleep in my usual singlet-shorts combo. Now I kind of – ok, really – wish I’d worn something more substantial. Like chainmail. A clang behind me interrupts my thoughts quite rudely and I spin around in what I like to think of as a spy-worthy pose, brandishing my torch as if it were a weapon. Nothing.

I, however, have received my clue. The green bugger is going through my kitchen – probably chasing the smell of last nights’ cake. I creep towards the kitchen and, with the light of my torch see a broken white plate with the remnants of last nights’ cake all over the floorboards. I look up into a guilty green face and feel my patience overflow as I think about the blasphemy that is cake-on-the-floor. And I manage to say only one word, snarled between gritted teeth; “FRANKENSTEIN!!!”

Hannah Black has written a 50 word short story, inspired by a painting she saw on a Writing Club Trip to the Hamilton Museum. This painting was displayed in the White Cloud Works exhibition. This collection is composed of a variety of science fiction and fantasy related paintings and inspired us all.

LITTLE LION BOYI was born a boy in a lion costume, so I’m half lion and half boy. Other people look at me as a cute little boy in a lion costume, but to me I am a fierce, roaring lion who can make my mummy and daddy be frightened and scared.

Brittany Lynx has written two untitled fifty word short stories. Miss Maher gave us this challenging task; it was difficult not to go over the word limit!

The trees speak to me as the wind whistles,The grass whispers to me as I step in thistles.‘What am I doing?’ I wonder as my fingers search the sand,‘We cannot tell you’, it replies as the grains caress my hands. I am alone. Except for my pen.

Step, step forward, step, step back,Twirl and spin, jump and skip,Never again shall we two dance, not after this night.Soon enough, your face will fade into nothingness.We will not remember.Know that, for now, I will remember.For now, I will continue to love your shadow.

We hope that you enjoy our works,The HGHS Writing Club

Creative Writing Club

Business StudiesCan you hear the buzz? That relentless, underlying, electrifying frisson of excitement in the air? Just to jog your memory, it’s that time of year again. Junior Business Studies Product Launch and Market Day!!! This is the time for our junior Business Studies classes – Enterprise Studies and Economics, to strut their stuff on the commercial stage. These classes are proving to the world what fantastic entrepreneurs they are.

For Product Launch our clever Business Studies students are creating their own companies. Each company choses a product that they will make and sell. This is not just an academic exercise, these are real products being sold for real money.

Not only do the Business Studies students get to keep all of the money that they make, but there are also prizes awarded on the night. There will be a number of judges circulating and awarding points (and prizes) for Most Innovative Product, Outstanding Customer Service, and Best Advertising and Promotion. We are extremely lucky to have had sponsorship from our local community in regards to prizes, so they will be highly sought after.

So when do we get to sample the delights of our budding commercial superwomen? Product Launch will be held in Ngā Puawaitanga on Monday August 5th starting at 6pm. Everyone is welcome, so bring friends and family to support our Business Studies girls. For those of you unable to attend the evening extravaganza, the companies will be presenting their wares for your enjoyment at Market Day. This will be held at lunchtime on Tuesday August 6th.

We’ll keep you posted as to who our winners were on the night, what products were available, as well as their prizes (and maybe even a peek at their profits). We hope that you can support our Business Studies students, and we look forward to seeing you at Product Launch and Market Day.

Y10 Economics & Enterprise StudiesProduct Launch @ Ngā PuawaitangaDate: Monday August 5thTime: Starting at 6pm

Social StudiesYear 11 Social Action: Social Justice and Human rights for all.Year 11 Social Studies student have been working on a plan of action to promote a human rights violation that they feel strongly about. These range from abuse of women, to the trafficking of children, from forced marriage arrangements to the death penalty. Students made advertisements highlighting the issues of human rights abuses and then came together for a freedom lunch hour where they spoke with students about their groups issue and tried to get students to support their organisations by signing petitions and giving them pamphlets of information.

HospitalityWaikato Culinary Fare

On the 27th of June our Year 10 girls entered the Waikato Culinary Fare which is designed to create a friendly local competition. Our girls took the opportunity to compete toward the open age secondary school mystery box competition making use of Wintec’s state-of-the-art facilities. This is our second year entering the competition and this year the standard of achievement increased! Prize giving at the end of the day was nail biting as it seemed Dio and Hamilton Girls were dominating the medals. There was a 5 point difference in which Dio took out the overall secondary school prize. We received 19 Bronze and 12 silver medals in the Mystery box, Cupcake, Barista and Original Non-Alcoholic Cocktail Competition!

Leadership Camp

“...I felt that camp was a great experience!, it had lots of challenges and I was introduced to new things, but I’m glad I gave everything a go, even when I was tired, cold and hungry...” Danni Patterson.

Arts and Cultural

The Indian group went to compete in a High school dance competition at the Logan Campbell Centre in Auckland. It was a fun filled night. The competition was tough and we were the only school outside of Auckland competing. All our training and hard work from day one paid off, as we were placed 6th. The girls worked really hard and supported each other every step of the way. It was a great experience for all of us and we really look forward to competing next year! Bring it on!

On the Friday 14 June Hamilton Girls’ High School Choir ‘Mana Wahine’ attended the Big Sing held at St Peters Cambridge. It was an excellent day for all the students involved and they competed along with thirty other schools. Mana Wahine’s performance was extremely good and they won the Oriana Prize for Best Impact with ex HGHS Student Landy Tyrell Nonoa’s song “Welcome Home”.

Indian Group Mana Wahine

On Tuesday 2 July, ten Maori and Pasifika students travelled to Auckland to participate in the STEAM Ahead day hosted by the University of Auckland. It was a day where the students could learn about the programmes offered at the university. We participated in Science, Technology, Engineering, Architecture, and Health Sciences courses. The presenters were interesting and funny, always a plus when you are out of your comfort zone. Snippets of conversation that came back about the course were positive. The girls enjoyed their day. Even though it seemed to be a case of information overload, they were still excited to talk about the various courses they attended. We thank Mrs Calder for organising the day for us to attend. We encourage all of the Maori and Pasifika girls to aim high, ask questions and believe that a university degree is possible.

STEAM Ahead Day

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Once again a great encounter against Tauranga Girls’ College in our annual Exchange, sending 8 teams over for the day to defend the shield we ended with a draw so retained the shield for another year.

All of our girls fought hard in each sport; with Mereana Monk keeping Tauranga at bay on the netball court with her defense, on the football field we had Roberta Wigelsworth and Georgia Nixon scoring 3 goals to 1 against TGC, our basketball girls still on top with a 50-36 win against TGC with Danielle Paenga and Chevahn Morris showing great leadership on and off the court. On the hockey turf we had Winnie Rawiri-King setting up the play as the gap between HGHS and TGC gets closer, hockey 2nd XI captain Kelsey Lomas stepping up and leading the team to another win.

Thank you to the coaches and teachers that travelled with us to ensure another win against Tauranga.

Hollie ReidSports Captain

SPORT HAMILTON GIRLS’ TAURANGA GIRLS’Netball League 1/ Premier 1 Kahu Kihi-Simon Simone Te KaniNetball League 2/Prem Reserves Aaliyah Wade Riah LyttleNetball Junior A Eden Bates Sophia BogdonovasFootball 1st XI Roberta Wigelsworth Lauren HenryFootball Junior A Amelia McNab Georgia Winnard-KohaBasketball Senior A Dionne Martin Makayla DayshHockey 1st XI Olivia Scotland Yazzmine WoodhouseHockey 2nd XI Hope Fraser Amy Watson SPORT Hamilton Girls’ Tauranga Girls’ Netball League 1 / Premier 1 29 24Netball League 2/Prem Reserves 30 41Netball Junior A 18 26Football 1st XI 4 1Football Junior A 1 3Basketball Senior 50 36Hockey 1st XI 1 5Hockey 2nd XI 2 0

Tauranga Girls’ Exchange Results

Sport at HGHS

We are over half way through the winter seasons with many success already been reported to us, With both Auckland Girls’ Grammar and Tauranga Girls’ College exchanges already locked up in the trophy cabinet.

We are waiting to take on Rotorua Girls High School on the 8th August. Sports competing are basketball, netball, football and hockey.

HGHS Sport would like to thank all the parents, supporter, coaches and managers that are on the sidelines supporting our girls to strive for the best they can be. Sport could not survive without your support

At the moment girls are participating in 29 different sports. If there is something that you may wish to pursue, come to the sports office and we can see what we can do. Keep an eye on the notices and they will let you know of anything that is coming up in the sporting world at HGHS.

Physical Education13APSIt has been a busy Term for the 13APS class, with their current achievement standard they are working on. The girls have been fortunate enough to experience a range of new activities within the unit. Roller Hockey was a hit with plenty of thrills, spills and bruises all round. We also had a session at the Waikato Table Tennis club, where the girls learnt the skills involved and ran a class competition, where Estelle Poole displayed some outstanding play. Well done to the girls and good luck with your assignments on lifelong wellbeing.

Waikato Secondary Schools’ Gym SportFive girls competed in the Waikato Secondary Schools’ Gymsport Competition on Wednesday 26 June, with some pleasing results:

Selena Timings came 1st in Level 5 Women’s Artistic Gymnastics.Fenella Finlay-Yates came 3rd in Level 2 Women’s Artistic Gymnastics.Fenella Finlay-Yates, Stacey Woods and Teree McCord came 2nd team in Level 2 Women’s Artistic Gymnastics.Ella Knox competed in the Trampolining section.

Year 13 OutdoorsYear 13 Outdoors has been working towards Achievement Standard 3.1 “Physical Activity, is it good for us?” As part of this they have to experience and evaluate new activities, identifying influences and barriers to participation in lifelong physical activity. We have enjoyed GRIT at Les Mills, Urban Rogaining and most recently Archery. The girls now write their evaluations and plan for their future participation in sports and other recreational activities.

Careers Update Tertiary Study 2014 All students considering tertiary study for 2014 have been encouraged to start sourcing financial scholarship information. The school subscribes to www.breakout.org.nz which is a data base of scholarships and the students can access this at any school computer. All tertiary institutions also have a scholarship section on their website. Term 3 Key Events Course planning assistance takes place, the following universities have confirmed visits to the school. - 15th Aug – Auckland University - 22nd Aug – AUT - 10th Sept – Waikato University - 12th Sept – Otago University - 13th Sept – Victoria University - 24th Sept – Canterbury University Other events - 4th & 5th Aug – Waikato Career Expo – Claudelands Event Centre - 30th Aug – Victoria University Open Day - Wellington - 31st Aug – Auckland University Open Day – Auckland (students can register for a free bus online)

Careers and Gateway

Ariana Gedge at Smith & McKenzieThis year I went to the Gateway programme looking for work experience as a Chef. I expected to be placed in a café or maybe a small restaurant, but I wasn’t. I got placed in one of the best restaurants in Hamilton, Smith & McKenzie.

I’ve had the great opportunity to work with Scott and his team once a week. I did not expect the staff to be nearly as friendly as what they are, I personally thought they would just think I was a silly High School student; but they were so welcoming.

I’ve learnt lots of great new skills that I will have for a life time. I have two lots of people to thank for that, the staff at Gateway and the staff at Smith & McKenzie. They have all been a great help with my future in cooking. Gateway is an amazing thing to do. I encourage everyone to give it a go.

Nicholle Miller at AgResearch Three weeks ago I started a Gateway programme at AgResearch, Ruakura campus. I work alongside Pip Gerard who is a Senior Scientist in Agricultural Entomology in the Plant Protection department.

I applied for this Gateway programme as an extension of my plans to attend Lincoln University next year to study Agricultural Science.

While at AgResearch I have counted Weevils, washed plant roots to count root nodules and weighed Grass Grubs.

I have enjoyed the experience so far and it has given me a taste of what is expected if I take up a role in Agricultural Research.

ESOL DepartmentThe ESOL department has had an interesting half year. We have students from Y9 – 13 (often in one class!) and from all over the world. As you can imagine, we have amazing discussions about all sorts of things, and different cultural perspectives are voiced. The students in ESOL classes are all at least bilingual and some are multilingual – this makes them valuable 21st century citizens. Students come and go from the ESOL classes throughout the year – life is never dull.

We have also seen exchange students come and go – at the start of the year we welcomed Mika, Ayano, Mina, Miyuki and Maho from Japan, India from USA, and Samira from Austria. Now we are farewelling Bente from The Netherlands, Alice

from France, Mathilda from Germany and Sarah from Austria.

Sadly, we had to farewell Mrs Denise McBride after 12 years in the ESOL department. Over the years she has helped a huge number of students and we really miss her expertise. XHD and XSP (the international students’ tutor groups) have both grown considerably. The students in these tutor groups are either students who are new to NZ or who are here as leaders to help students who are new to NZ. We learn about lots of different countries and cultures – and also about the special days in the year.

Teenagers today spend an increasing amount of time online. Many students now have access to the online communities through their Smartphone, Ipads, E-books, ipods and computers 24 hours a day.

One of the most popular hang outs for teenagers are the social networking sites, particularly Facebook, Chatrooms, Twitter and Utube. All these services enable direct interaction between individuals.

Users can post information about themselves, display photos, tell people what they are up to, chat and play games. Social networking forms a part of the social identity of many teens.

It is important to talk to your daughter about ways she can keep herself safe in social networking sites. While social networking offers many benefits, there are also risks.

E-Learning July 2013Teenagers today are citizens of the Global Community

Play nice. You wouldn’t

want your friend to

broadcast a bad photo

of you, would you?

Don’t post any photos that might come

back to haunt you or your friends. You

never know who will see them.

I took a photo of my friend that I want to share...now what?

Go ahead! Share & ENjoy!

1. IS IT A GOOD PHOTO?

2. WOULD MY FRIEND AGREE?

So my friend is okay with it, but how might it affect me?

3. COULD IT GET MY FRIEND INTO TROUBLE?

5. AM I AWARE THAT ANYONE CAN SHARE IT?

6. WOULD I BE OKAY WITH MY GRANDMA SEEING IT?

7. A YEAR FROM NOW, WILL I FEEL GOOD ABOUT MAKING THIS PUBLIC ?

YES NO

YES NO

YES NO

YES NO

Congratulations! You clearly self-reflect before you self-reveal online, so...

Be proud of the photos that you share with others! Only show people the best of the best.

Well, it's true. Anything you post online can be saved, copied, and shared with a large invisible audience.

Hold off if you’re having doubts. Your future self will thank you.

Then it’s not worth posting. Really.

If you think it will make your grandma blush, then there’s a good chance somebody else will find it inappropriate, too.

4. IS IT GOING TO CAUSE DRAMA? YES NO

YES NO

YES NO

For information and resources about digital citizenship, visit www.commonsense.org/educators.

© 2012 www.commonsense.org

CHECK SHE:

• Thinks before she posts! Posting personal information – including photos – may seem harmless but could put her at risk. Once it is online, it’s really hard to take down.

• Keeps her password secret. Make a password that is really hard to hack and make sure it includes numbers and symbols and that she changes it often.

• Smartphones can pinpoint her exact location and publish this online. Think carefully before she checks in and tells the world where she is.

• Uses the privacy settings to control who can see her personal information. She can also use a site’s settings to block users who make her feel uncomfortable.

• Reports any Cyber bullying and inappropriate content directly to social media sites.

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2ENG/EXT AssessmentMufti Day2ENGA Assessment2ECE W/E3HOS Restaurant13APO/APS NZSS Tough Guy ChallengeSongfestSNR reports handed outFounders DayKenmei Girls’ Junior High30 July till 12 August0TEF Restaurant

Product Launch Y10 ECO/EPSMufti DayAtrium Recital SeriesRotorua ExchangeNZ LacrosseProduction All DayY10 Vision TestingOPEN DAYProduction - Tom SawyerProduction - Tom SawyerProduction - Tom SawyerNZSS SquashNZSS SquashProduction - Tom SawyerNZSS SquashOption Evening Y12-13Option Evening Y10-1112/13 ECO Trade FairY10 Vision testing catch-upWinter PhotosVision College ConcertMedia Studies Oscar NightOrchestral FestivalSenior Assessments26 August till 3 SeptemberJNR reports handed outNational Concert BandNZSS Basketball JNR Zones

Key Dates to note for July & August 2013