NEWS
PRIME MINISTER – John Key Visit – Friday, 15 April 2011
On Friday, 15 April 2011 we were very fortunate to have the Prime Minister John Key visit Rotorua Girls’ High School. Mr Key spoke to the students about having ‘Choices’ in life and to make sure students choose wisely especially when considering smoking or drinking alcohol. Mr Key also spent some time answering questions from students on his ties, portfolio and interest on student loans.
Mr Key also presented Mrs Helen Tina (Teacher Aide) with her New Zealand Educational Institute Scholarship which she had received to allow her to learn sign language. We congratulate Helen on her achievement and were thrilled that the Prime Minister could present her Scholarship to her.
ROTORUA DISTRICT COUNCIL COMMUNITY AWARDS – Thursday, 28 April 2011
On Thursday, 28 April 2011 Charissa Rehu and Te Wakamahi Korohina-Ormsby received a Rotorua District Council Community Award. Charissa achieved hers for her national and international achievement in Martial Arts. Charissa has received a team gold for New Zealand against Australia and will compete at international level again in New South Wales in September. Charissa is a Karate specialist who has won many medals in regional martial arts events.
Te Wakamihi achieved her award for her national and international achievement in choral. She is a member of the New Zealand Secondary Schools Choir who came second in the world choral event in 2010. Te Wakamihi has been appointed as its cultural leader for 2012. She has performed in public for several years and has shown versatility across classical to popular genres. She also was a recipient of a 2010 Sir Howard Morrison Scholarship which saw her receive tuition from Dame Malvina Major. She is also a leader in the Rotorua Girls’ High School Maori Choir and she received a RECT Role Model Scholarship in 2010.
ENGLISH, DRAMA AND MEDIA STUDIES
TERM 1 NEWS
- ICAS – English Competition – RG1, RA1 and RG3
Your daughter, as part of the accelerate programme at Rotorua Girls’ High School, will participate in the UNSW Global ICAS English Competition. The competition has been running for over 20 years in many countries around the world including, Brunei, Hong Kong, Malaysia, South Africa, United States of America and the countries in the Pacific region.
All students receive a certificate and an individual student report indicating which questions they answered correctly, their total score as well as their average compared with the rest of the students in New Zealand. Certificates are awarded for each level of achievement in the following categories: High Distinction, Distinction, Credit, Achievement, and Participation.
The cost for entry into this competition is $7.50 and is to be paid to the accounts office by Friday 13 May 2011. The competition will take place at school on Tuesday 2 August 2010. Your daughter will soon receive a letter with further information.
- Lions Speech Contest
Our best wishes go to Katherine Badcock (Head Girl) and Tessa Morgan (Academic Captain) who are our entrants in this year’s contest to be held on Saturday 29 May 2011 at Waiariki Polytechnic. Topics are open but they are required to prepare a speech of between 5 to 6 minutes and be ready for an impromptu speech that must be at least 2 minutes but no longer than 3 minutes.
What’s on in Drama:
- The Year 13 Drama class is working steadily towards their production of New Zealand playwright Jean Betts “Revenge of the Amazons,” which will be performed in the Redwood Forest under the sails on Saturday 7th of May at 1pm. Tickets will be $5 and the play is open to the general public. This play is a comical rewrite of William Shakespeare’s play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” with feminist themes, which fits in with the student’s thematic study of New Zealand Feminist Theatre.
- Year 11’s: The Year 11 Drama class are working towards their first NCEA assessment during Week Eleven of this term. They have been busy devising pieces based around their own personal memories.
- Year 10’s: The Year 10 Drama class has successfully completed a Process Drama Unit based around the theme “Bullying” with maturity and exuberance. They are now completing Musical Theatre Assignments, based around Broadway Musicals of their choice.
Congratulations to K2 on their completion of their Drama Rotation. They were an awesome class throughout the rotation and should be proud of their efforts.
- Shakespeare in Schools
On Saturday the 2nd of April Rotorua Girls High School students competed at the University of Otago Sheliah Winn Shakespeare in Schools Competition, held at Rotorua Lakes High School. Shannon Dunn entered the five minute student directed section with a piece from “A Winter’s Tale.” Colette Waites played the conniving and sneaky beggar and thief Autolycus who robs Aleisha Aldcroft’s dim-witted character the Clown throughout the scene. After a well-received warm up performance at Rotorua Intermediate on Thursday the 31st of March the girls went on to gain second place at the regional competition. They faced stiff competition in their section and thoroughly deserved their placing.
LEFT TO RIGHT: Anna Richardson (Drama Teacher), Collette Waites, Aleisha Aldcroft and Shannon Dunn
