GENERAL INFORMATION
Europe Trip 2019
A meeting outlining details of the 2019 Europe trip is taking place on Tuesday 27 March between 5-6pm in the School Hall. Thank you to all parents who have already replied using the Permission Click form. This trip is open to students who are currently in Years 10-12 and will be seniors next year. We will be visiting London, Belgium, Paris, Venice, Rome and Sorrento in July 2019. Should you require further information, and have not previously expressed an interest in this exciting opportunity, please contact Mrs Rachel Roberts: rachel.roberts@woodford.school.nz
Flu vaccinations
A reminder that the Influenza Vaccine will be administered at school during the first weeks of Term 2. An email was sent to all parents and caregivers last week with information about the vaccine and a consent form to complete. Please ensure you provide your consent before Friday 6 April. If for any reason you do not wish to proceed in 2018, please email the nurse directly at: nurse@woodford.school.nz
From the kitchen
View and download the menu for next week here.
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ACADEMIC
Parent-Teacher-Student-Interviews (PTSI)
An opportunity to discuss the recent interim and diagnostic reports, and your daughter/s’ learning and pastoral progress, will be available on Wednesday 28 March, 3.30pm - 5pm for Day Girls and Thursday 29 March, 3pm - 4.30pm for Boarders in the form of 5-minute interviews. These will be held in the School Hall.
For students new to the School, we encourage you to also make an appointment with your daughter/s’ Homeroom Mentor (as your first port of call for learning and pastoral conversations at Woodford House).
This is the first round of PTSI for 2018 which are designed for you to simply check-in with your daughter/s’ teachers. The interviews in Term 2 will allow for more in-depth discussion around assessment and learning progress.
To make appointments please click on the following link: https://sobs.co.nz/pt/parent.php
Should you have any difficulties with this process please contact Mrs Robyn Walsh, Senior Leadership Assistant, at robyn.walsh@woodford.school.nz
Scholarship Academy
The Woodford House Scholarship Academy experienced its best success yet with 10 scholarships attained in 2017. All girls did extremely well. Nationally, only 3% of students studying each subject at Level 3 are awarded Scholarship. Last year’s Head Prefect and Dux, Susannah Hansen, had a stellar year, attaining three scholarships with one at Outstanding (English, History and Accounting).
We were also fortunate to have had three Year 12 students receive scholarships: Georgia Trent (Physical Education), Emily Park (Music) and Maddie Fenn (English and History.) These girls are invaluable resources for the 2018 Scholarship Academy, which is being led by Academic Prefect Emily Crosse and Deputy Principal Mrs Stephanie Russell.
The rationale of the Academy is to strengthen our scholarship results by working to support our Scholarship candidates. Woodford House is enjoying the critical thinking and academic literacy expertise of Mrs Libby Hooper who is working alongside students and the staff leading Scholarship in their subjects.
Successful scholarship candidates are able, engaged and interested. We are looking forward to working with the group in 2018 and offering an interesting academic challenge. Students who are prepared and ready will be entered for NCEA Scholarship at the end of the year.
University visitors
Tertiary Liaison visits continue next week for Year 12 and 13 students who are interested in enrolling at university in the future. These are the last visits for Term 1. Next term the remaining visits from Lincoln and Otago universities will occur. Parents are welcome to attend these presentations.
1. Monday 26 March, 5.30pm in the Material Technology Room at Woodford House: ARA (Christchurch Polytechnic and Institute of Technology), courses at ARA include:
- Medical Imaging
- Midwifery
- Nursing
- Architecture
- Broadcasting
- NASDA
- Outdoor Education
2. Monday 26 March: 6pm in the Gallery: Waikato University
3. Tuesday 27 March: 6pm in the Gallery: Massey University
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BOARDING
Weekend activity
This weekend the girls will spend Saturday afternoon baking snacks for the week ahead. There will also be an optional movie offered on Sunday.
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CULTURAL
Senior Debating
Selected senior debaters will travel to Central Hawke’s Bay College to compete in the Secondary School Debating Competition on Wednesday 28 March.
House Music Rehearsals
House Music rehearsals will take place on the following dates. Attendance is compulsory and rehearsal takes priority over other school activities.
- Thursday 5 April until 4.30pm
- Monday 9 April until 4.30pm
- Tuesday 10 April: Dress rehearsal - 6-9pm
- Thursday 12 April until 4.30pm
There will be no rehearsal on Thursday 29 March due to the Easter holidays and no rehearsal on Sunday 8 April due to Evita and Chapel.
House Music Performances
House Music performances will be staged during the last week of Term 1.
The schedule for performance week is:
- Wednesday 11 April: House Music Cup – This event will run during the School day for participating students.
- Thursday 12 April: House Music Gala performance - 6.30pm
- Friday 13 April: House Music performance - 1pm
Parents and caregivers are warmly invited to attend the performances on Thursday 12 April or Friday 13 April. RSVP for bookings to: suzanna.elliott@woodford.school.nz
View the House Music Poster here.
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SPIRITUAL
Holy Week and Easter in Chapel
Week 9 is Holy Week, the most important time in the Christian calendar. Christians throughout the world will be following Christ’s final journey into Jerusalem and to the cross. We will be marking Holy Week in the following ways:
- Monday in Chapel (10:55-11:20am) we will mark Palm Sunday- Christ’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem on a donkey. Girls will each receive a flax cross (made by some of our students in Religious Education). These can be kept somewhere prominent all year until Ash Wednesday next year when they are returned to be burned for the ashes in the service.
- Thursday in Chapel we will be marking Maundy Thursday and Good Friday by recalling Jesus’ last supper on the Thursday and his crucifixion on Good Friday. We will set up the large wooden cross and place a purple cloth upon it. The final Lenten light will be extinguished as a symbol of Christ’s death.
- Our Easter Service will be held on Sunday 8 April at 7pm in Chapel. This will be a joyous occasion of singing and celebration, when we will dress the wooden cross with flowers to symbolize the resurrection and new life. All family and friends are invited to join us in this special service.
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