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Nayland College Newsletter, 22 June 2018

Term 2: 30 April - 6 July

Term 3: 23 July - 28 September
Staff Only Day: 6 September
Mid Term Break: 7 September

Term 4: 15 October - 12 December

School Hours

Monday - Friday: 8:50 am - 3:10 pm

Reception: Mon, Tues, Thur & Fri 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
& Wed 8.00 am - 3.30 pm (earlier closure)

Breakfast Club

Monday, Wednesday, Friday in the Year 13 Study Room

Contents

Principal's Report, Friday 22 June, 2018

by Daniel Wilson

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Calendar: 16 June-1 July 2018

by Nayland College

Check out our upcoming events below.

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NayCol Chorale, the mixed gender choir, is directed by Nigel Weeks.

Students' voices soar at The Big Sing

by student reporter - Sophie Hampson

On Thursday 14th of June Nayland choir students arrived home from Blenheim happy and proud of the results they had achieved that day.

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Video: Nayland Senior Ball 2018

A ball had by all

by Media Studies Teacher - Duncan McKinlay

In this entertaining audio, we give you the low-down on the senior ball, held last weekend at the Trafalgar Centre.

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Rangatahi in the Abel Tasman

Camp experience engages our young leaders

by Jane Townsend - Deputy Principal

Nine of our rangatahi (youth) from Years 10 -12 were selected as leaders for our upcoming Year 9 Hui Taurima event. As part of their training they were invited to participate in a Waka Haerenga (waka journey) in the Abel Tasman on 11 and 12 June.

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Forty hours of silence awaits these committed students.

Silence as a social action

by Nayland College Official

There have been many social actions taking place over recent times at Nayland College. All of them have been to raise money and awareness for World Vision and specifically for the children of the South Sudan refugee crisis.

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Showquest 2018

Showquest - Tuesday 26 June 2018

by Anton Bentley - Teacher

This coming Tuesday 26 June, a dedicated group of Nayland College students will perform at Showquest. Our students have been working hard rehearsing before and after school and at lunchtimes since the start of the year and have created a fantastic piece that we can be proud of.

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The fitness unit gives students a chance to set personal goals.

Juniors take to fitness

by PE and health teacher Jo Cotton

Year 9 & 10 students have recently completed a fitness unit during physical education lessons.

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The team is pretty pleased with their well-earned certificates.

Learning centre crew crowned football winners

by Nayland College Official

The most recent Special Olympics event was held the week before last at Saxton Field Stadium.

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Nayland College student Ivy Weir won the Tony Catford Shakespeare Costume Design Competition at the University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival. 

Nayland student wins national costume award

by Nelson Weekly reporter Charles Anderson

This article, written by Charles Anderson about Year 13 textiles technology student Ivy Weir, was published on June 13th in The Nelson Weekly.

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The Nayland girls plays Waimea in their pre-season match.

Girls rugby kicks off

by team manager Jo Cotton

The Nayland College girls rugby team has kicked off its rugby season with three games already under its belt.

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Marathon event at Top of the South Tour Speed Skating Competition

Students continue their success at the Top of the South Tour Speed Skating competition

by Nayland College Official

Holly Ward, Zena Denton and Luke Denton participated in the Top of the South Tour Speed Skating 3-day competition which was held in Blenheim near the beginning of June.

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No flies on this car!

by Trish Gargiulo - Teacher Learning Support

As a part of the learning support class mathematics project on cars, Mr Peter Glue was invited to school to show students a classic car he had assembled himself.

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Wicked Tooth Fairy Initiative

The Wicked Tooth Fairy is in flight!

by Whanake Youth & Nayland College

Wicked Tooth Fairy is an exciting new service, recently launched at Nayland College by Whanake Youth. We are a youth health and wellbeing charitable trust who aim to ensure our local young people have timely and youth appropriate access to health and wellbeing services.

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You are invited to shape the future of NCEA

by Nayland College Official

The government’s review of NCEA is now underway, and people all over the country have started talking about, and sharing their ideas and experiences of NCEA - the challenges, the successes and what we can do better in the future.

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Midwinter Christmas Dinner 29 June 2018

Midwinter Christmas dinner 29 June 2018

by Nayland College Official

Purchase your tickets before Tuesday 26 June for a Midwinter Christmas Dinner event on 29 June and support Nayland College music students attending the Victorian Schools Music Festival in Melbourne in August.

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Txtmylunch.co.nz

Txt my lunch - now available at Nayland College!

by Champion Tuckshops

Dear parents/caregivers; last year we launched the school lunch sensation; Txt My Lunch. This innovative, new project has been incredibly well received by schools all around the country and continues to grow!

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Junior Stretch & Challenge Day

by Glenis Paul - Teacher

Academy Conferences is running an Inspire Ambition Junior Stretch and Challenge Day for Years 7-9 (ages 12-14) in Nelson at Nayland College on Wednesday 8 August 2019.

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