Dannevirke High School

Community News

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1300

TARARUA REAP
Defensive Driving Course
Tararua REAP is running a defensive driving course for restricted licence holders (those who have held their licence for a minimum of six months before enrolment). This course will reduce restricted time from 18 months to 12 months. This is being held on Thursdays 22nd and 29th April and 6th and 13th May 2010 from 6:30pm to 9:00pm with a cost of $170.00 which includes one hour driving lesson. To enrol phone Tararua REAP, 374 6565 before Friday 26th February 2010.

DANNEVIRKE NETBALL
The Dannevirke Netball Centre has held its Annual Meeting. Resignations were received from the Vice President; Secretary and Junior Draw Steward. Not one of these positions was filled, so subsequently the committee is holding another meeting on Monday 8th March at 7:00pm at the Netball Pavilion. If you are able to help please attend this meeting as if these positions are not filled it will be the last Netball event for the 2010 season as the Centre cannot run without these people.

CAR BOOT SALE
A car boot sale is being held on Saturday 20th March from 8:00am – 1:00pm at the Hosanna Baptist Church, 331 High Street. Sell unwanted goods, bric-a-brac etc, food and entertainment available. You can book a stall for $10.00 by contacting Trudy Tuhua 374 6812 or email hosanna-baptist@vodafone.co.nz

PGG WRIGHTSON AND BALANCE AGRI-NUTRIENTS
You can earn yourself a ‘Gold Star’ as between 1st March & 31st May 2010, PGG Wrightson and Ballance Agri-Nutrients are giving away $2.00 cash to your local school for every tonne of Ballance Fertiliser. All you have to do is nominate your school at the time you order your fertiliser.

WHANAU ORA DAY – BIKE DECORATING COMPETITION
A Whanau Ora Day – Bike Decorating Competition is being held this Saturday, 6th March at the Dannevirke Top Domain from 10:00am – 2:00pm (if wet in the Dannevirke High School Hall). Decorate your bike and take it down!! The prize category is pre-school, 5 – 10 years, 10 – 14 years and Adult (18 years +) plus child. Bike helmets must be worn.

SPORTS PERSON OF THE YEAR
Nominations are now being called for the Intracon Tararua Sports Person of the Year. Nominations close on 31st March 2010 with the awards ceremony being held on Friday 21st May in the Eketahuna Community Centre. Information and nomination forms are available from the Dannevirke High School Main Office.

Source: Community News

Sports

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1300

NETBALL
Squad training begins on Tuesday 9th March at 4:00pm at the Dannevirke High School Courts. This training is open to ALL girls who are wanting to play Netball in 2010. Trials will be held before the end of Term One with a date to be announced shortly. For any information please contact Mrs Brodie Smith at the school.

BASKETBALL
The Dannevirke High School Basketball Advisory Board is holding their Annual Meeting on Tuesday 9th March at 7:00pm in Room 36. All welcome to attend.

Source: Sports

Sports Registration

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1300

Sports registration is taking place next Tuesday 9th March 2010 during normal assembly time next week (starting at 10:30am) for any student who wishes to play a sport for Dannevirke High School this year. A student can play more than one sport but it is quite expensive due to travel costs, affiliation fees and equipment costs. Please ensure your child attends if they would like to play a sport for Dannevirke High School.

Source: Sports Registration

Meet the Teacher Evening

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1300

A Meet the Teacher evening will be held on Thursday 18th March 2010 for all parents/caregivers. This will begin at 4:30pm and end at 7:00pm. All are welcome to attend this important evening.

Source: Meet the Teacher Evening

Interim reports

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1300

As is traditional practice at Dannevirke High School, a brief report on students’ progress is produced after the sixth week of Term One. These reports will be posted on Friday 12th March 2010. This is simply to give parents/caregivers an indication of their child’s progress.

A full report will be given to all parents/caregivers next term.

Source: Interim reports

HPV Immunisation

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1300

Please ensure your child has returned their HPV consent form to the office by the end of next week.

Source: HPV Immunisation

House Captains

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1300

The House Captains, who work closely with the House Prefects, have been announced and will receive their badges at the next assembly. They are:

Grant                    Teneti Peachey
MacDonald       Joshua Allen
Paulsen            Jenna Mabey
Simmers           Emily Hands

Congratulations to these leaders who have been selected by their peers and tutors.

Source: House Captains

Athletic Sports

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1300

The Athletic Sports are being held tomorrow Friday, 5th March 2010. The following is the organisation for this day:
Students to wear mufti to schoo

Students to go directly to the field in the morning and sit on the bank above the shot put circle in House Groups. (Grant closest to roadway, then MacDonald, Paulsen and Simmers at fence end). Roll check at 8:45am. First events are at 9:05am.
A Canteen will be operating from a caravan, on site.
The school will not be open at all. Students are to have lunch either on the top field or on the bank under the trees. The lunch break is quite short, so they are asked to remain in this area.
Students participating should wear House coloured clothing
Students should listen carefully to the announcer and to House Prefects and Captains to ensure they get to the correct events on time.
Check your child knows their correct age group.
Changing and toilets are in the pavilion
Be sun-smart
Leave valuables at home
If the weather is unpleasant, please listen to either Central FM (93.5 or 96.6) or More FM (92.2). If postponed, students are to come to school in normal school uniform, with the correct books and equipment for Friday, which is Day 5.
Parents/caregivers are welcome to attend.
Athletic Sports is a lot of fun.
NB: The lunch break is from approximately 12:30pm to 1:00pm

Source: Athletic Sports

High Life

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +1200

High Life

8th March 2010
(by Dave Murdoch)

Already we are more than halfway through the term as it finishes on April First with the start of Easter. It seems to have roared by with swimming and athletics taking up two days and teachers are racing to keep up with their NCEA programmes. Interim reports are being prepared for delivery in week seven.

I begin to wonder how much learning these days is confined to the classroom because there seems to be a terrific variety of field trips and outdoors work. The computer suites are flat out as well, as students seek information from an even wider world through the internet.

Last week the year tens had a very interesting visit to Lund’s wetland. Science HOD Mrs. de Villiers reported that the classes showed real curiosity and a willingness to muck in.

A day later twenty five year twelve students went to Taupo on a geography field trip for three days. They had a great time and I thoroughly enjoyed the company of a great bunch of teenagers. And so did the Taupo businesses with whom they came in contact. (I am not just talking about shopping either.)

We visited two huge Landcorp farm properties on the first day looking at sheep and deer farming and all the uses land is being put to near Taupo including a new geothermal power station, the Taupo bypass(both well on their way to completion), sewerage disposal, industry and recreation.

Visits to the opening of the Aratiatia Rapids, Huka Falls, Lava Glass, the Honey Hive(not welcoming at all!), the Prawn Farm, and the usual amazing hospitality from the Gibsons at Orakei Korako made up day two, and we even found time for a talk on tourism.

Day three saw us head south through Turangi and the Tongariro Power project to Whakapapa Ski Field where we rode the lifts and heard a talk on developments. The new restaurant will be great.

Then it was south again to the Earnslaw One owned Kariori Forest and a trip to a logging site before travelling home. Class time this week was spent writing up the findings.

Some of the group were just back in time to play cricket on Saturday. Through the enthusiasm of Mrs. Menzies, Dannevirke High has been able to field three teams this season and all played at Ongly Park in Palmerston North. The thirds had a very good win against Hato Paora with a major contribution from Thomas Kuggeline with the bat of 56, while the seconds had a draw against Feilding White despite an eighty not out by Sam Raffaeilli, their game being curtailed because our firsts needed the wicket. The firsts had Palmerston North Cricket Club on the ropes at 80 for 8 but let the last batsmen get a further 50 and we fell short by about that margin. The firsts play Feilding High School Firsts in a Gillette Cup game on Wednesday.

Others were occupied on Saturday and Sunday morning doing a First Aid Course with Mr. Te Huki. They learnt all the basic first aid skills including CPR and injury care and as a result they earned four level two NCEA credits, as well as the confidence to act in an emergency. There was another course the previous weekend.
Two days later and the year eleven geographers were off to Napier to learn about the 1931 Hawkes Bay earthquake. With news of the Chilean tsunami threat still fresh, it was a very interesting day with most of the time being spent at the Hawkes Bay Museum exhibit. As usual our students were a credit to the school, a point made by the education officer.

Tuesday’s assembly featured cricket reports, two power-point presentations featuring the latest EBS theme of keeping left(in the corridors) and the amazing work of Donald Bradford which got him accepted for design school.

The three thousand metres was run as a preliminary event for athletics on Wednesday at lunchtime with a good number turning out for house points.

Thursday, it was the turn of the year eleven Agriculture students to finish the Health and Safety Course started last week.

You don’t have to travel far to experience the world beyond the classroom. Mr. Hanton’s social studies class studying how ancient man lived tried to cook on an open fire. Unable to get two sticks to create a spark they had to resort to matches but the fires did prove hot enough to cook sausages with out digestive consequences later.

Source: High Life