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Otago Girls' High School

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**School will finish at 3:10pm on Tuesdays. This is to allow for staff professional development. School buses will run as usual**

Term 1

Week 5

25 - 28 February - Year 9 Camps

26 February - PTSA AGM 7:30pm School Library

Week 7

10 March - Student Learning Conferences (Year 9 Wellbeing)

12 March - Official Opening of Classroom by the Sea

Week 8

17 March - Swimming Sports

Week 9

23 March - Otago Anniversary Day (school is closed)

Week 10

30 March - 3 April - Year 12 Borland Bio/Geo Camp

30 March - 3 April - Tournament Week 

Contents

Sports Day 2020

by Dana Ballantyne and Sophie Miller, Sports Prefects

Otago Girls' Sports Day took place on Friday 14 February at the Caledonian.

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Linda Miller, Principal

Principal's Report

by Ms L. Miller, Principal

Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā tātou katoa

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Attendance

by Mrs S. Porter, Assistant Principal

Attending school every day maximises students' learning. There is a strong correlation between attendance rates and academic achievement.

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Enviroschools Hui

by Jenna Huggins, Year 13

Last Wednesday the Otago Girls’ Enviroschools group kicked off the year with a hui held at the Otago Polytechnic.

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BORLAND CAMP

by Ms T. Munro, HOD Social Sciences

Year 12 Biology and Geography

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BEATS Study

How do your Teens get to School?

by Ms L. Miller, Principal

Our school is taking part in a study entitled: Built Environment and Active Transport to School Study (BEATS-2)

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Wellbeing 

Wellbeing Workshops

by Mrs S. Porter, Assistant Principal - Wellbeing

On Thursday 5 March the Attitude Organisation will be coming to school to deliver wellbeing workshops to each year level.

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Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA)

by Jane Smallfield

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Year 10 Social Studies, i -Time “Speak Up! Be Heard!”

by Ms T. Munro, HOD Social Sciences

Year 10 Social Studies students have had a fantastic start to their i - Time programme.

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Swordfighting

by Miss L. Mackay, TIC Drama

During Term One, Drama students in Year Twelve and Thirteen will be spending iTime attending performance combat arts training.

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Glory Tioa Year 11 Art 

Artist of the Week

by Glory Tioa, Year 11

Congratulations Glory Tioa in Year 11 Art.

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Farewell to Dr Rod Galloway

by Linda Hobbs (current parent, on behalf of the Board of Trustees)

I am writing on behalf of the George Street Normal School Board of Trustees.

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Bridget Dalley teaching a class at Yasuda Girls' High School in Japan how to make cheese rolls. 

Yasuda Girls' High School - Hosting

by Ms B. Thomson, TIC Japanese

Every year we welcome a group of approximately 30 students from our sister school - Yasuda Girls' High School - in Hiroshima Japan.

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Cricket

Cricket

by Mrs R. Flanagan, TIC Cricket

OGHS cricket team played in the Bates Cup qualifying games on Wednesday 12 February.

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Back in Motion

Physiotherapy Clinic at OGHS

by Back in Motion Physiotherapy

Back in Motion Physiotherapy are delighted to offer the students and staff of OGHS an on-site physiotherapy clinic. The clinic will run on Wednesdays between the hours of 9:00am and 12:00pm in K21. The last clinic of the year will be Wednesday 28 October.

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POLi

Online Payments through the Caregiver Portal (POLi)

by Ms K Thomson, Business Manager

The Caregiver Portal enables online availability of student data and online bill payment functionality.

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School App notifications for important messages

by Ms K Dick, Deputy Principal

We encourage all students and their parents/caregivers to download the app. Once it is downloaded just enter the school's name.

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Tips for Sports Trials

by Ms C. Hokianga, Sports Co-ordinator

This great article gives us some fantastic tips for when we are preparing ourselves for sports trials. It is written for a netballer but can be adapted to all sports.

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