Panui to Parents, Caregivers & Friends of the School February /March 2020

Dear Parents / Caregivers It is a pleasure to share with you the first newsletter for 2020. We have had a very busy and vibrant start to the year as you will see from the photos of events that have taken place. A special welcome to our new families and staff to the Queen Elizabeth community. Now to offer some advice in terms of the issues facing our community and the wider world. The coronavirus has created a lot of uncertainty for us and I urge you to consider the facts of the matter and be wise in your decisions. Schools are required to remain open by the Government. There have been very few cases of the virus in schools and the Ministry of Education and Health are keeping us all updated. The school has spoken to the pupils today about keeping safe at school. We have one family self-isolating now, despite the rumours we have no confirmed coronavirus cases in our community. Another local school is having pupils and a staff member tested following overseas travel. All current cases are from people returning overseas. We have no community transmission that the government is aware of. We have advised the students to keep a metre away from each other in classes and not to touch each other. The washing of hands frequently for 20 secondswould destroy any viruses on the hands as well as not touching the face is also a sensible precaution. Ultimately, you as the family will make your call on your comfort levels of sending your tamariki to school. We can only do our best to keep the school clean and to stop all hireage of facilities to control movement through the school. If you choose to keep young ones at home, we respect that decision. However, be aware schools are open and teachers are available. I have asked all teachers to be available for online learning with pupils. If your child can email the staff, they will be able to provide them with work. This will be limited as they are already teaching the classes, and this would be an additional workload. Teachers will not email packages of work to pupils. Pupils must make the contact to initiate this process. My suggestion is that all whanau look at access to a device, if needed the school could lend one. The Government is looking at being able to provide data to families for online learning. This would only happen if schools were officially shut. I suggest contacting SPARK who are providing a $5 package for families new to the internet. They have a 30GB package which would be suitable for schoolwork. Once again, the school could lend a device if needed. My advice is to prepare for schools being closed by contacting staff, internet providers and look for options to get electronic access. As a school and staff, we are committed to the teaching and learning of your children. If it is online from home so be it! Teacher emails have the following sequence: The initial of their first name and their surname Followed by the common address eg, cmoller@qec.school.nz (please do not reply to this) By emailing teachers pupils can get links to the course work and work remotely. My last point is that pupils learn best with teacher contact, school is open, and we will keep working with the young ones. If needed, we can use the electronic remote option.

Kind Regards

Chris Moller

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Gilbert Hokianga Isabel Moller Floyd Huxtable Fia Brown Emma Simpson

mailto:cmo@qec.school.nz

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Matai 12

Kauri 20

Totara 16

Rimu 8

ATHLETICS

Queen Elizabeth College 2020 NCEA Endorsements

YEAR 11 ENDORSEMENT

Hine Paranihi Level 2 Te Reo endorsed with Merit in Year 10

Jayda Smith Level 2 Te Reo endorsed with Merit in Year 10

Mikaela McDonald Level 1 endorsed with Merit

Azalea Wilson-Tipu Level 1 Art endorsed with Merit

Seth Embi Level 1 Mathematics endorsed with Merit

Anipau Kurei Level 1 Te Reo endorsed with Ecellence

Phoenix Collins Overall NCEA Level 1 endorsed with Merit Level 1 English endorsed with Merit Level 1 Social Studies endorsed with Merit

Jamie Gilbert Overall NCEA Level 1 endorsed with Merit Level 1 Mathematics endorsed with Merit Level 1 Science endorsed with Merit

Dorian Jenkins Overall NCEA Level 1 endorsed with Merit Level 1 Mathematics endorsed with Merit Level 1 Science endorsed with Merit

Sophie Marsden Overall NCEA Level 1 endorsed with Excellence Level 1 Mathematics endorsed with Merit Level 1 Science endorsed with Merit Level 1 Social Studies endorsed with Merit

YEAR 12

Toby Burnmeister Level 2 Design endorsed with Merit

Alice Fowler Level 2 Painting endorsed with Merit

Jayden Jackson Level 2 photography endorsed with Merit

Paanga Smith Level 3 Te Reo endorsed with Merit

Louise Anderson Overall NCEA Level 2 endorsed with Merit Level 2 English endorsed with Merit

STUDENTS WHO HAVE LEFT

Moesha Ah Tong Level 2 Art endorsed with Merit

Amy Hirini Level 2 Art endorsed with Merit

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Tanika Jeffery Head Girl

Jayden Jackson, Art Prefect

Year 9 Camp was really fun and I got to serve Macaroni Cheese on the last the day. When doing the mud run I got stuck in one spot and Douglas helped me out. We washed the mud off in the lake and when we got out we were covered in leeches, most of us went for showers and some of us stayed in the lake and played on the slide. We were challenged by Mr Stewart, “whoever goes down the slide in all their clothes would get Maccas,” which we are still waiting for, Mr Stewart. Overall, I rate our Year 9 Camp 10/10 and wished we could stay longer. Tyler Manawatu

Tokotai Mataora Head Boy,

Poly Prefect Kauri House

Captain

Kiriana Pokai Deputy Head

Girl, Sport Prefect

and Totara house Captain

Michael Smith Deputy Head

Boy, Community Prefect and

Totara house Captain

Paanga Smith, Maori Prefect,

Kauri House Captain

Year 9 Camp

Prefects

2020

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Hannah Mataki-Shaw,

Community Prefect Rimu House

Captain

Raukura Te Momo,

Maori Prefect, Rimu House

Captain

Ihaia Tanirau Sport Prefect Matai House

Captain

Louise Anderson, Academic Prefect

Matai House Captain