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Timaru Girls’ High School

2025 Newsletter Issue 1

28 Feb - Swimming sports and The Aoraki Senior Touch

2 Mar - Aoraki Triathlon

3 Mar - Year 12 Bio Trip to the Rocky Shore

4 Mar - Aoraki Senior Girls' Volleyball

5 Mar - Year 12 Geo Trip to Mt Cook and Country Athletics

7 Mar - International Womans Day (alternative uniform day)

9 Mar -11 Mar - International Students trip to Queenstown

11 Mar - Year 13 Geo Trip to the Coast

12 Mar - Aoraki Athletics

24-30 Mar - National Summer Tournament

26-27 Mar - Gateway First Aid

31 Mar - Academic Conferencing

3 April - Year 13 Bio trip to Orana Park

5-6 Apr - SISS Athletics

10 Apr - House Choirs

11 Apr - Distinction Assembly and last day of term 1

Contents

2025 Athletics

A Fantastic Start to the New School Year!

by Ms Erica Bailey

It's wonderful to have everyone back and the school buzzing with energy!

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Rebecca Kidd

Rebecca Kidd - Academic Success in 2024

by Rebecca Kidd

In 2024, Rebecca Kidd achieved an English Scholarship.

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Level 2 Excellence and Merit Endorsement

NCEA Excellence and Merit Endorsements for 2024

by TGHS

Congratualtions to the following students for their fantastic efforts in their NCEA exams last year.

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Bella Thin - Chrissie Chastle Cup winner in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025

Timaru Girls' High School Athletics Day - 2025.

by Janelle Amalfitano

A record was broken, and history was made at the 2025 Timaru Girls' High School Athletics Day!

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Academic Success in Geography

by Ms Robinson

The Geography Department at Timaru Girls’ High School would like to congratulate all our students who experienced success in their academic studies in 2024

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Maziah in London

Just a girl who loves to explore…

by Maziah Isaako Tuala

Kia Ora! My name is Mazaiah and I was privileged to participate in the Global Development Tour 2025.

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Hostel Term 1

'The House' is ALIVE!

by 'The House'

The House staff and senior leaders have enjoyed welcoming our new boarders and their families to our hostel community.

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Year 9's first days

First Days at TGHS

by Rose Schempers, Lillian Kritzinger, Hollie Weir and Hayley Tairua

The first day at high school can be mixed with lots of emotions.

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Staff Update

Welcome to our new staff for Term 1 2025

by Debbie Waldron

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UC Women in Engineering (WiE)

by Jo Shaw

During the holidays, Year 13 student Elise Smith attended the Women in Engineering (WIE) residential programme at the University of Canterbury. Read about her experience below.

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Step into the Careers Department 2025

by Jo Shaw

Welcome to Timaru Girls' for the 2025 School year! We have many exciting career events planned for Term 1 to help you explore options for your future and pathway into further study, training, or employment.

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TGHS Rowing 2025

by Janelle Amalfitano

A summer of training leads to success!

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Year 13 Leadership Day 2025

Year 13 Leadership Day

by Year 13

The year 13s started out their last year at Timaru Girls High school at Claremont Castle for a leadership day.

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An Evening of Connection

An Evening of Connection – Wanaka 2025

by Amada Davies

Timaru Girls’ High School is coming to Wanaka, and we’d love to see you there!

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Careerwise Connections Feature

by Jo Shaw

Calling all parents, whānau, old girls' and people from our wider community!

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International group 2's first day

Welcoming Our International Students 2025

by Mrs Sahana

As Term 1 kicks off, we are excited to introduce a group of international students who have recently joined our school.

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Hands-On at Otago

by Jo Shaw

During the holidays, four students, Marielle Valeriano, Caitlin Hinton, Harlow Robertson (Y12), and Renee Habraken (Y13) spent a week living and studying at Otago University as part of the Hands-On at Otago programme. Read about their exciting experiences below.

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Guides to NCEA –for students and whānau

by TGHS

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2025 Ag Science trip

Yr 13 Ag Science Field Trip

by AgScience

This month our 13 Ag Science class joined with the TBHS class on our annual ECAN Water Quality field trip to the Opihi River.

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🎶 Join the NEW Choir at Timaru Girls High School! 🎶

by Mrs McNally

Are you ready to raise your voice and be part of something amazing?

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The Arts

Arts Department

by Debbie Waldron

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Jaydah Prue and Chrismari Venter

Jayda Prue and Chrismari Venter - 2 more Achievements to Celebrate

by Debbie Waldron

Congratualtions to two former TGHS students who have done well since leaving school.

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Do you know your school signs?

School Signs

by TDC

This is a reminder of what the road signs around our kura mean.

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Interested in learning an instrument?

by Mrs McNally

The Itinerant Scheme is designed to support beginner or experienced instrumental students on their musical journey!

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Canteen Prices

Canteen Orders

by Canteen

Did you know you can order lunch via the MyKindo app? Check out the new menu for term 1 2025.

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Rangitata Youth MP 2025 - apply now

by James Meager

I’m looking for Rangitata’s next Youth MP, applications for Youth Parliament are open now!

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ACT Youth Parliament

ACT Youth Parliament 2025

by ACT

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SchoolApp

SchoolAppNZ - have you downloaded this yet?

by Debbie Waldron

If not, we highly recommend that you do, it s a an awesome form of communication for parents/caregivers

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NCEA Tuition

InTuition Tutoring NZ

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