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Otago Girls' High School

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Please note: On Wednesday 16 August and 20 September school will finish at 3pm to allow time for extended staff professional development. Buses will run at normal times.


Week 4

16 August - 3pm Staff Meeting. School will finish 3pm

17 August - 2018 Year 9 Enrolments close 4pm

Week 5

21 August - Financial assistance forms and payments due for NCEA

22 August -Senior reports available on the portal from 3pm

22 August - Portfolio Art Exhibition opens 

23 August - Senior Triangular Tournament

24 August - Student Learning Conferences

Week 6

28 August - Subject Selection Evening 5 - 6:30pm

28 August -  All other payments for NCEA due

29 August - Edge Portal Open for students to make formal selection of subjects

31 August - Sports/Culture photos

31 August - HOD’s available at lunchtime to assist students with subject selection

1 September - Portfolio exhibition closes, Ski trip departs 4pm

Week 7

Winter Tournament Week 

4 September - Edge Portal Closed for subject selections

5 September - Ski Trip returns


Contents

Subject Selection

SUBJECT SELECTION TIME!

by Mrs R. Bazsika, Career Education Leader

Over the next two weeks all students will attend special subject selection assemblies and receive information to support them to make appropriate decisions about subjects to study in 2018.

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Yasuda Welcome 

Principal's Report

by Ms L. Miller, Principal

Thank you to all our students, staff and the wider school community for supporting our Open Night last week. 

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Highgate Fellowship awarded to Assistant Principal Bridget Davidson.

by Jane Smallfield

A huge congratulatons to our Assistant Principal Bridget Davidson who has just been announced as the winner of the prestigious Otago Girls' High School Highgate Fellowship. This fellowship rewards Mrs Davidson for her outstanding contribution to the school and provides her with an extended professional development opportunity that will benefit the school and the recipient. Well done Mrs Davidson!! Here she is pictured with Principal Ms Linda Miller and Board Chair Mr Peter Hogan.

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Portfolio 

“PORTFOLIO” – OGHS Senior Art Exhibition

by Ms C. Robson, Art Teacher

Our annual Senior Art Exhibition “PORTFOLIO” is being held soon at the Dunedin Community Gallery. It runs from Wednesday 23 August to Friday 1 September. 

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Your NZQA Fees are due now

by Miss W. Dunn, Principal's Nominee

Each senior student pays an annual fee when undertaking NCEA. The account of each senior student has been charged $76.70.

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Yasuda Girls' High School Visit

by Mrs B. Thomson, Japanese Teacher

On 27 July we welcomed 30 students and two teachers from Yasuda Girls’ High School, Hiroshima, Japan.

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The Otago Girls' High School Fashion Show

by Mr E. Shields, HOD Visual and Performing Arts

Don't want to be caught wearing the same thing twice? Are you a secret fashionista? 

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Wearable Arts 

by Miss H. Sutherland, Wearable Arts Co-ordinator

Students with a love for colour, creating and collaboration proudly showed off their garments in this year's Wearable Arts competition. 

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Whaea Joe Hunter greeting a Yasuda student 

Mäori 

by Whaea Joe Hunter, Dean of Maori Students

He Kärere ki te whänau

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by Jane Smallfield

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German 

by Mr C. Durrant, HOD Languages

Congratulations to the following students. 

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Science

by Dr I. Phillips, HOD Science

Congratulations to the following Year 10 Science students from 10Cn: Madeline Gray, Hannah Matehaere, Ella Nicholson and Sarah Lee.

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Student Learning Conferences

Year 10 to 13 Student Learning Conferences

by Mrs B. Davidson, Assistant Principal

On Tuesday 12 March the first Student Learning Conferences will take place for all Year 10 to Year 13 students in an effort to enable students to take more responsibility for their own learning and to deepen the conversations that students, parents and teachers have around student learning.

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Winter Sports

SPORT

by Ms C. Hokianga, Sports Co-ordinator

Important Dates Term 3

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Physedder of the Fortnight

by Mrs M. Clements, HOD Physical Education

Congratulations to these students for displaying the school values. 

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Spanish Student Exchange - Lucia 

by Lucia - Spanish Exchange Student

My name is Lucía and I'm from Spain. I stayed in New Zealand for six weeks with Sarah Hubbard and her family.

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Dunedin Youth Orchestra

Dunedin Youth Orchestra

by Mr E. Shields, HOD Visual and Performing Arts

Last weekend the Dunedin Youth Orchestra rehearsed at Otago Girls' High School. 

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SPORTS BLUES CRITERIA

by Ms C. Hokianga Sports Co-ordinator

Otago Girls’ High School awards Sporting Blues to recognise outstanding achievement and participation. Criteria for an award of a Sports Blue are determined by individual sporting codes with the Board of Trustees approval. All awards are at the discretion of the Blues Committee.

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Sports Injury Prevention and Treatment Clinics Clinics

by Sport Otago

Register with Jason Wadsworth Sport Otago 474 6355 sportdevelopment@sportotago.ac.nz

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Outward Bound

Otago Community Trust Outward Bound Scholarships

by Miss Young, Outward Bound Coordinator

This year Otago Girls' were lucky enough to be able to give out three Otago Community Trust Outward Bound Scholarships to Year 12 students.

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Pippa Sparrow Year 10

Artist of the Week 

by Pippa Sparrow Year 10

Pippa Sparrow Year 10

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Holly Mason Year 13

Artist of the Week 

by Holly Mason Year 13

Holly Mason Year 13

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Cadbury Dunedin Marathon

by Cadbury Dunedin Marathon

Sunday 10 Sept

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