principals announcement:

It is a real pleasure to advise you that the Year 10 Digital Technology class will be taking over the publication of the Principal’s newsletter. I will supply the content and they will organise the presentation and publishing. I will have the “editorial” say over any content which they may wish to put in the newsletter. Thank you, Mr Cajita and Year 10 DGT for an impressive initiative.

I am also pleased to announce that Ms Tapu Paitai (HOD Maori and PE) has been appointed to Assistant Principal on the resignation of Sister Lusiana. Ms Paitai is an experienced teacher and middle management administrator. She has aspiration towards a Principal ship in the future. Congratulation, Ms Paitai

Mr. Toakarawa Kabuta has been appointed to the permanent Mathematics position.

Thank you parents for the very successful turnout at the NCEA Parents and Students Evening. Twenty-six out of twenty– eight families were represented with one apology. This is the interest and commitment that we want to see. Keep checking your student’s NCEA folder.

Our attendance and punctuality is looking very good at the moment. Please, parents, can we strive to maintain 100% attendance and 100% punctuality at school. Attendance and punctuality are important social values. Students get embarrassed when they are asked why they are late — especially when their parents make them late!!

  PICNIC 2016:  

Now the School had a great picnic at Rutaki on Friday, 12 February. This was a fun, friendship and frolicking in the water day. Significantly, it is a day of leadership development for our prefects who organised and ran the day. Well done, Prefects!

 Art Department: 

Dear Parents, Guardians, Caregivers & Students,

The Art Room is lacking in some resources. Therefore we are appealing for any contributions that would help us to build up a stock of supplies. There is no need to go and buy anything but you’d be surprised at what you can find around the house. This appeal will be for the rest of the year, so if at any time, you have one or a few of the items on our request list, please send it into school. Students can drop items off in the Art Room.

Thanking in anticipation

Mrs G Dixon

HOD ART 

Health calendar 

Proposed Calendar of Health Specialist   Visit 

HEALTH DEPARTMENT: 

Attached is the calendar from the HEALTH DEPARTMENT which details all visits of Health Specialists throughout the year. Please note the visit of any specialist you would like to see and make the necessary arrangements.

As a nation we are not doing well on the HEALTH CHARTS! Parents, please give your students a nourishing breakfast and a healthy cut lunch. They are so much cheaper than the shop or canteen products. Also, please talk to your child about the need for re-hydration — especially in this hot and humid weather.

 Principals Report

1. Welcome to the first week of the first school month of 2016. Our school roll has increased to 168 and that makes us feel good because it reflects the commitment the community has to, and the faith it has in, Nukutere College.
2. We have lost about 15-20 students to Tereora or overseas (and still our roll has increased!). If you are connected to any family who has removed a student from Nukutere College could you please ask them to notify us and formalise the withdraw as we simply do not know where some of our students are or should be.
3. We are fully staffed with one relieving teacher teaching maths until such time as we can make a favourable appointment.
4. We had a turou for all our new students, families and new staff last Monday, Feb 1 morning it was a joy to welcome all the newcomers in to Nukutere college community. Monday was a day of introduction and familiarisation. On Feb 4 we were in to class room and the academic timetable. Thanks to preparatory work by staff during the two weeks prior, we were able to start the year confidently.

School calendar request

Because of the change in the school calendar for 2016, we will be requesting a change from the Ministry of education .To give us more time with our level 1 NCEA students, we are requesting only ONE week’s holiday at the end of term 3 and finishing school for the year ONE week earlier on the 8^th December. We will confirm this as soon as we have a response from the Ministry of Education.

 2016 Prefects

The college held its opening mass and investiture of 2016 prefects last Friday. Congratulations to Winton Herman (head boy), Teraimateata Teataiariki (head girl), Terina Aberahama (deputy head girl), Joshua Caffery (deputy head boy), Jaedon Bates, Are Ingaua, Ryan Nicholson, Teokotai Tupuna, Dora Iripa, Joesie Pare, Emilienne Pauka and Emily Tangi-jim.

Staffing Annoucement

It is with real sadness that I accepted the resignation of Sister Lusianna Matai. Sister Lusianna has been director of religious studies for the last 10 years at Nukutere College. What she has brought to our school and the legacy she leaves us is immense. Everyone she has touched will recognise this. Sister moves out of Nukutere College but will still serve the Sisters of St Josephs of Cluny in the Cook Islands community. Sister will also mentor Mr Iokimi Narovu who replaces her.

New appointments:

Mrs Joyce Kirkham- HOD English

Mr J.C. Rey Cajita- HOD Dig. Tech.

Mrs Gina Dixon- HOD Art and Junior Curriculum

Mr Iokimi Narovu- Director Religious Studies.

Academic Rigour

During teacher only week (last week) discussion was held about maintaining an academic Rigour within the school. I spoke about this at the closing ceremonies last year and wrote about it in the 2015 magazines. The staff discussed positive strategies to address this concern. The most important factor is that the development of your student relies on 1) the school (teachers), 2) parents and 3) students who must take responsibility for their learning. We must all work together and each of us must make a contribution.