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THE DUNSTAN
Issue 18
20 November 2014
FROM THE PRINCIPAL
Thank you to those parents and friends of the school who attended
our Senior Prize Giving on Wednesday 5 November. This annual school
event gives us the opportunity to publicly acknowledge the academic
achievements of our Yr 11-13 students as well as farewelling our Yr 13
students from the school.
Special thanks to our Junior Haka group and Dunstanza for their Brent Russell
respective contribution to the evening’s entertainment.
Congratulations to the following students who received this year’s premier awards.
JUNIOR PRIZE
GIVING
School Gymnasium
- 10am
All Welcome
Junior Course
Clearance
Kage
Nesbit
Forms will be handed out
on Monday 1st December
and returned to Tutors
Wednesday 3rd December at
3pm (special Tutor Group).
Students
must
return
Library books by 21st
November. All books and
other resources, including
sports uniforms need to be
returned and accounts paid
before a student is ‘signed
off’.
Senior students should
have completed Course
Clearance Forms and need
to return them by Tuesday
2nd December. There are
still a lot of Library books
outstanding from Senior
Students.
Please note that to receive
a School Magazine, the
school donation must be
paid.
2014
PLATINUM
PARTNERSHIP
Georgia
Vessey
Drew
van Boxtel
MacCauley
Harris
Chantal
Driehuis
Thomas
Gibbons
Kage Nesbit– Dux
Georgia Vessey and Drew Van Boxtel– Proxime Accessit
Georgia Vessey – The David Richardson Award for All-round
achievement and involvement.
MacCauley Harris– The Stacy Harborow Award for outstanding
contribution and involvement in school life.
Chantal Driehuis– The David McKenzie Award for care and concern
for others.
Thomas Gibbons - Jubilee Cup for outstanding service to the school and
wider community
In addition to the seven Central Lakes Scholarships published in Issue 17, the following
students have also received tertiary scholarships for 2015.
Georgia Vessey and MacCauley Harris – Otago University Leaders of Tomorrow
Scholarship.
Sophie Wright – Victoria University Excellence Scholarhip
Chantal Driehuis – Otago Polytechnic Principal’s Scholarship
Monty Shearer – Otago Polytechnic Automotive Engineering Scholarship
James Marshall– Breen’s Construction Company Scholarship
Cody Laing - Tony Botting Rugby Scholarship
Sarah Taal and Eilish McHugh-Smith – House of Travel Alexandra Scholarship
I look forward to welcoming you to the Junior Prize Giving on Friday 5 December at
10.00am.
Brent Russell, Principal
Supporting the roles of the Sports and Arts Co-ordinators in the school:
Unichem Pharmacy,
Central Motorways Coaches, Checketts McKay Law Ltd, Fulton Hogan Central, House of Travel
Alexandra, New World Alexandra, Paper Plus, Peter Lyon Shearing Contractors, Pioneer
Generation and Tony Botting, London.
Any other businesses interested in supporting the school should contact the
NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ROAD SHOW
Left - Amy Fang 9C
Pearson
Right - Hunter Smith 9C
Scientists Visit Dunstan
from Otago University come and speak to them recently. Dr Anita Dunbier an ex pupil discussed her research on
“exploring the genome to conquer cancer”, and the other three women also shared their ground breaking research
with our pupils. Our pupils were inspired and engaged and managed to keep the academics long after their talks
by asking many questions.
Junior Speech Competition
‘Public speaking is the art of diluting a two-minute idea with a two-hour vocabulary’ - Evan Esar
Junior Speech Competition were a chance for a formidable few to battle it out. Speeches had been assessed
Drama room, Thursday 13 November.
Every year the standard seems to improve and this year was no exception, making judging, for Alan Whitaker,
an unenviable task. There are separate trophies for Year 9 and Year 10. Congratulations to Sunterra Barrie-Bright
(winner of the Year 9 trophy) and Kia Wales (winner of the Year 10 trophy).
1st - Sunterra Barrie-Bright
2nd - Ally Hamill
3rd - Crystalyn Lines
Year 10
1st - Kia Wales
2nd - Shaun Lowis
3rd - Logan Boyd
Sunterra
Barrie-Bright
From the Careers’ Advisor
Student Job Search is a service created to help
Parent Portal
Would YOU like to keep your
By entering the Parent Portal, you
will have access to the following:
Your child’s attendance/
absences
Your child’s timetable
Your child’s Interm/Mid-year
and End of Year reports
Your child’s NCEA data
Your child’s Fortnightly Report Data (FNRs)
with the following details:
Your name
Who your children are - Year Level, House if known
Your preferred password
Your login details will then be emailed to you.
are free to students who are enrolled into Tertiary
Education or are planning to study at a Tertiary
Institute in 2015.
For this reason, they would like to make Year 13 (and
possibly Year 12) students aware of their services,
especially as summer is approaching and many of
them will be looking for work during this period.
Fencing Job: Bern and Baldie Lucas have a permanent
position, with opportunities for specialist training.
Wanted; a motivated, hardworking, trustworthy
person who is looking to learn.
This is not a summer job. It is Central Otago based
work. The person will need to have a restricted licence
or better.
$15.50 to start, 40 hours per week, 10+ hours per
day
email: p.j.lucas@slingshot.co.nz
cell : 0274 972073
And Job 2 :
Radio Journalism at Classic Gold Central
Chris Diack
The Director
Central Otago Radio Ltd
Is looking for a Senior Student interested in
Radio Station work, someone with an interest in :
entrepreneurial skills, creativity, interested in the
community, spoken communication, and sales and
marketing on radio.
Please respond to this ad with a cover letter
expressing your interest in working at Classic Gold
Central, addressed to Chris Diack, Director.
See Mrs Thom if you need help with your letter.
Please all pick up a Student Job Search sheet from
the Hall foyer if you are interested in the information
to do with that agency, or contact them through:
www.sjs.co.nz
Thank you,
Rosemary Thom
Careers Advisor
POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR FOR LEARNING (PB4L)
Respect
Personal Best
“Raise the Bar”
Junior Review
A small team of junior students have volunteered to present PB4L ideas to their peers. In Assembly
this week, Shelby Davidson and Sophie Williamson presented the group’s review on what PB4L
means to juniors. The team went around school videoing juniors doing the
‘right thing’ and interviewing them on what PB4L is all about.
We saw doors being opened, litter binned, honest
behaviour and friends respecting each other.
The juniors had fun, joined in and persevered to complete
the task. They commented on how challenging the job
Shelby Davidson
was and how they now appreciate the behind-the-scenes
hard work that the seniors have done.
This week, the team is going to complete a presentation on caring for our
school, being tidy and respecting the environment.
Mr Russell also spoke at Assembly to remind students to continue to do their
stage, and be respectful in their everyday dealings with others and in the classroom.
is ourselves that we answer to when asking; “Have I done my best? Have I done the right thing?”
Positive Behaviour 4 Learning
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Community
Cyber
Live by your school values
‘friendship and honesty’
‘look good feel good’
Be a good citixen
‘make us proud’
Make good choices online
‘check yourself before you wreck
yourself’
Respect
Others
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School
Personal
Best
Others
Think before you act
‘would you show it to your
grandmother?’
Care for our school environment
‘tidy school’
Live by our school balues in the
community
‘be a DHS ambassador’
Strive for your personal best
‘GPA of 9+’
Take advantage of every
opportunity in school
‘join in’
Be a positive digital citizen
‘be a mate, don’t send hate’
Support your friends
‘random acts of kindness’
Support others
(to reach their goals)
‘who can I help this week?’
Cyber Angel
‘don’t be a sheep, be a shepherd’
Thyme Festival
DUNSTAN HIGH SCHOOL
PTA SECOND-HAND
UNIFORM SHOP
Open Wednesdays, 5.45pm
– 6.30pm
(last day 3 December)
Open Thursdays, 11am 12.30pm
(last day 4 December)
and other times by
arrangement.
OPEN DAYS will be
advertised in local papers
in January 2015
Enquiries to Judy Dymock
448 8092
and Vyv Weller 449 2800
Lost Property
Numerous items of lost property remain on
check if you are missing items at home.
FOOTWEAR: BOYS AND GIRLS
PERMITTED STYLES – ALL BLACK ONLY
PLEASE NOTE:
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NO CANVAS SHOES
NO SLIP ONS
NO SPORTS SHOES
HOSTEL UPDATE TERM 4
At the Hostel, our role is to support our students and ensure
parents and community members who help our young people
parent taxi drivers, homestay hosts and teachers who go the
Mark Templeton, Hostel Manager
Dunstan High School Hostel Students 2014
JUNIOR HOSTEL STUDENTS HELP IN THE COMMUNITY
Aston, Joseph
Duncan, Max
Duncan, Anna
Kinney, Kendra
MacGillivray, Aidan
Manderson, Dawn
Nyman, and Genna
DHS Health Education
School Community Consultation 2014
DHS is conducting its bi-annual Health Education Programme Review, as required by the Ministry
of Education. This is an opportunity for all parents/caregivers of current DHS students, parents
of future DHS students, and other interested persons within our community to comment on our
Health programmes.
An explanation of Health programmes at DHS is available for viewing online on the DHS Ultranet
page at dunstan.ultranet.school.nz. Click on “Health Consultation 2014” on the left hand side of
the page. Once there you can view the material, and participate in a very short survey, (follow the
link online). The link and material will be online from Friday 21st November until Thursday 27th
November.
of Faculty John Mawhinney at jmawhinney@dunstan.school.nz.
SPORTS
Country coaching
Country coaching clinics will be held for our
junior cricket and volleyball teams on Tuesday
25th of November between 1-3pm.
Sam Malcolm, Sports Co-ordinator
Thursday Lunch Time
Jogging Group
Thursday
lunchtime Jogging Group
If you want to get some fresh air and recharge the brain,
a short jog at a friendly pace is a great idea! Meeting
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CLASSIC GOLD CENTRAL
DHS sports round-up regularly on Saturday morning
between 8-8:30am throughout the year.
Alexandra 91.9FM, Cromwell 107.7FM.
SING!
When our rural families purchase Balance Agri-Nutrients fertiliser, they can nominate Dunstan High School as their cause for Cash for Communities.
Support our School through Fuel for Schools
Southfuels donates 50 cents for every
100 Litres of bulk fuel that you have
delivered to us!
We can then redeem these funds
for a technology package or sports
equipment package, its that easy!
Phone 0800 999 989
www.southfuels.co.nz
2014 PARTNERSHIP PLAN
OLD - Cooneys Clothing and Footwear, Criterion Club Hotel, Dunstan Hotel, McIntyre,
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Flannery Tait Ltd, Otago Daily Times Print, Phil Morris Electrical, PlaceMakers Alexandra, SBS
Bank, Stadium Tavern, Southern Wide Real Estate, Stu McLeod - Courier Post, Tarbert St Dental
Surgery, The Community Trust of Otago, TradeZone Alexandra and Cromwell.
ILVER - Brian Luff Automotive, Central Betta Electrical, Deep South Distribution, Henrys,
Tyreland Alexandra
RONZE - CRT, Terrace Distributors (1985) Ltd.
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