| Round 1 | 12 MAY | 7 JULY | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cobden Speights Ale House A | V | BYE | ||
| Tui Central A | V | Railway Hotel Paroa A | ||
| Westland High School A | V | Cobden Speights Ale House B | Hokitika | Greymouth |
| Beachfront Old Girls Black | V | Star United A | Greymouth | Hokitika |
| Round 2 | 19 MAY | 14 JULY | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cobden Speights Ale House A | V | Railway Hotel Paroa A | ||
| Tui Central A | V | Star United A | ||
| Westland High School A | V | BYE | ||
| Beachfront Old Girls Black | V | Cobden Speights Ale House B | Hokitika | Greymouth |
| Round 3 | 26 MAY | 21 JULY | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cobden Speights Ale House A | V | Beachfront Old Girls Black | Greymouth | Hokitika |
| Tui Central A | V | BYE | ||
| Westland High School A | V | Star United A | Hokitika | Greymouth |
| Cobden Speights Ale House B | V | Railway Hotel Paroa A |
| Round 4 | 9 JUNE | 28 JULY | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cobden Speights Ale House A | V | Star United A | ||
| Tui Central A | V | Cobden Speights Ale House B | ||
| Westland High School A | V | Railway Hotel Paroa A | Greymouth | Hokitika |
| Beachfront Old Girls Black | V | BYE |
| Round 5 | 16 JUNE | 4 AUGUST | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cobden Speights Ale House A | V | Cobden Speights Ale House B | ||
| Tui Central A | V | Westland High School A | Hokitika | Greymouth |
| Beachfront Old Girls Black | V | Railway Hotel Paroa A | Greymouth | Hokitika |
| Star United A | V | BYE |
| Round 6 | 23 JUNE | 11 AUGUST | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cobden Speights Ale House A | V | Westland High School A | Greymouth | Hokitika |
| Tui Central A | V | Beachfront Old Girls Black | Hokitika | Greymouth |
| Star United A | V | Railway Hotel Paroa A | ||
| Cobden Speights Ale House B | V | BYE |
|
| Round 7 | 30 JUNE | 18 AUGUST | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cobden Speights Ale House A | V | Tui Central A | ||
| Westland High School A | V | Beachfront Old Girls Black | Hokitika | Greymouth |
| Star United A | V | Cobden Speights Ale House B | ||
| Railway Hotel Paroa A | V | BYE |
Inter-centre semi final on 25 August
Inter-centre final on 1 September
Thursday May 3rd saw the return of a swimming sports day for the whole school. We hope this is the beginning of a return to an annual swimming sports event. This development will depend heavily on our students continuing to show a willingness to be involved. My thanks to Ms Carys Paul and her team for organising the event and to the students who made the day a success through their participation.
Welcome back for term 2. I hope you all had an enjoyable holiday break.
The school spirit shone through on the last day of Term 1 during our “wheelbarrow” Olympics. Each Whanau class decorated a wheel barrow and proudly paraded their efforts while our specially invited guest judge, former Principal, Mr Tony Guilliland, had the unenviable task of selecting the winners. Following the dressage event a number of wheel barrow races were enthusiastically undertaken and the afternoon’s events were complete with the “free style” competition. It was a really enjoyable way to finish the term, with some fun inter-Hapu rivalry. A special thanks to Ms Sharon Wilson for her organisation of the event.
On Tuesday of last week we held a very successful ANZAC remembrance assembly. We were privileged to have 16 representatives from our local RSA participate in the event with us and I was proud of the behaviour of our students as they showed their respect for the spirit of ANZAC day. The event was very well organised by students from the Runanga Tauira, some of whom also represented the school at the public ANZAC day service held the next day.
Thursday saw the return of a swimming sports day for the whole school. We hope this is the beginning of a return to an annual swimming sports event. This development will depend heavily on our students continuing to show a willingness to be involved. My thanks to Ms Carys Paul and her team for organising the event and to the students who made the day a success through their participation.
Some advanced notice. The Ministry of Education have granted 2 teacher only days (TODs) this year for staff to work on the alignment of level three achievement standards. The secondary schools along the West Coast will take one of these days as a “jumbo” day, where teachers from all the secondary schools can meet together in subject groups to use their collective knowledge. This TOD will be held on Thursday May 31st. We have decided to also take Friday June 1st as an additional TOD to work on some of the internal goals established through our charter. We had always intended to have our own TODs throughout the year and it seemed logical to use Friday 1st June for one of these rather than have students back at school for one day, after having the Thursday off, just before a long weekend. This will give students a 5 day weekend (the Monday is Queens Birthday). Ferg Harding Principal.
Ferg Harding,
Principal
Year 7 and 8 students to remain on school grounds at all times, including when alighting from the buses. Parent’s permission required to leave school at lunchtime. We have a duty of care for our youngest and most at-risk students. This part remains unchanged.
Year 9 and 10 students permitted to leave the grounds before school and at lunchtime to go to the local Stafford Street Store only. This would include students arriving on the buses. This freedom reflects a growing independence and freedom, but within some defined limits. Students may go home for lunch as with current arrangements. Currently year 9 and 10 students are to remain on the grounds at all times unless they go home for lunch.
Year 11-13 students permitted to leave the grounds as for years 9 and 10, but also have the option of going to Fitzherbert Street Store or to Porkies. Excursions into town should be open for year 13’s as a right, and to years 11 and 12 with good reason only. This also represents current practice.
If you have opinions on this proposal, please contact me at the school, preferably by e-mail at the address below. If you would like the opportunity to discuss the proposal, it will be tabled at the next PTA meeting at 7.30pm on Tuesday 22 May and you are all welcome to attend.
Chris Manuel,
Deputy Principal
Phone: 03 755 6169
E-mail:
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Westland High School has a long standing commitment to reducing the isolation that we experience by supporting sporting, cultural and other groups to attend events and functions in other parts of New Zealand. We support a diverse range of sports teams and have a great and active interest in the arts that punches above our weight in comparison with other schools of our size.
In a few cases we struggle to get a full team and on occasions we fail to do so and events, or our participation in them, are cancelled. Most of the time we are able to send groups and they are almost always great ambassadors for our school. On the rare occasion when this is not the case, we have usually seen evidence of a similar nature at school. For this reason we are going to consider not allowing a few students to be members of teams or visiting groups if their behaviour in and about the school is not respectful and proper. It is not the intention of this process to punish those who are not performing academically from participation in sport, but those who mistreat staff and do not contribute positively to the school. The numbers are very small, but the effect may be to encourage staff and outside-school supporters to provide more opportunities to travel, in the knowledge that the school will undertake some measures to protect the wellbeing of those on the trip through a process of selection. For most students, this process will be invisible and automatic. For a few it will create the need for some positive actions.
I hope you are happy to work with us in support of the vast number of tremendous students that we have in our school who deserve the right to be held in high regard in our and other communities.
Chris Manuel,
Deputy Principal
Phone: 03 755 6169
E-mail:
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