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Be Waiheke WISE

Brent Simpson — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 01:17:52 +0000

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Hats During PE

Brent Simpson — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:50:13 +0000

Students may wear any hat of their choice during PE, Health, Sport and Sea Sports lessons outside. This includes any style, colour, size or shape! The purpose of this Hat is for sun protection. Students may ONLY wear this hat during PE, Sport, Health and Sea Sports lessons. They may not wear it during school time.

If students wish to wear a hat at lunch/interval/to/from school, they must wear a WHS Blue cap available from the uniform shop or a navy blue hat of their own (no emblems please).

During PE, students should only wear a hat when it is sunny and the class is outside. This is likely to be mainly in Term 1 and 4. Hats are not permitted in the recreation centre or in classroom based PE, Health or Sea Sports lessons.

PE Staff are encouraged to actively promote and encourage the use of hats, including role modelling good practice.

The hat rule is not compulsory, and therefore the choice rests ultimately with parents and students.

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2018 NCEA Exam Timetable

Brent Simpson — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 23:37:37 +0000

ncea exam-timetable-2018

NCEA exams this year will be held in the Hall and in the F-block classrooms. Students can check venue of their exam when they arrive at school to sit the exam.

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Student Trustee Elections 2018

Brent Simpson — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 09:00:46 +0000

We had six nominees for Student Representative on the Board of Trustees. The nominees were:

Jamie Cels
Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman
Felix Blaha
Keoni Davies
Presley Cox
Ethan Douglas

Each nominee spoke to the school about why they were standing for this role and what they could bring to the Board and the student body.

Presley Cox was elected to the Board of Trustees with 108 votes. Presley will join the Board in Term 4, 2018.

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Mike King comes to Waiheke High!

Brent Simpson — Sat, 01 Sep 2018 01:48:12 +0000

Key to Life Charitable Trust, Mike King presentation.

Waiheke high school welcomes Mike King on Wednesday the 12th of September to talk about mental health awareness. We have invited Mike King because we strongly support students who are struggling with mental health and feel its crucial to raise awareness within the school and the wider community.

Below is more information about Mike King and the KTL trust.

The Key to Life Charitable Trust (KTL) is a community focused support group aiming to forever change the way New Zealanders think, act, and feel about mental health and mental well-being. Our specific goal is to work alongside health professionals, service providers, and those within our communities to promote positive attitudinal change throughout Aoteoroa.

The Key To Life Charitable Trust was established back in 2013 when Mike King was charged by police for riding his Harley Davidson without a license. As part of his community service Mike was asked to talk to the students at Taipa Area School in the Far North where 5 students had taken their own lives within several months.

Mike soon worked out that telling jokes was not going to make these kids feel any better so he began to talk about his past as a drug addict, an alcoholic, and someone who has suffered from self-esteem issues for most of his life. Mike took his mask off in front of the kids and in-turn they took off their masks. Mike soon realized that these kids needed someone to talk to who wouldn’t judge them, who wouldn’t call them attention seekers, drama queens, or anything else associated with suffering from confusion or a lack of self-esteem.

Soon after speaking at Taipa Area School the word got around that Mike’s talk had resonated with the students to the point where they were beginning to talk amongst themselves about the issues that were happening in their lives. Within two weeks Mike was invited to talk at several other schools in the Northland area. Since then KTL has spoken to over 250,000 students and youth and 30,000 adults throughout Aoteoroa.

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Pretty Smart Talk

Brent Simpson — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 01:56:24 +0000

On Friday, 17th August we were lucky enough to have Angela Barnett present her Pretty Smart talk to our female students in years 7-9. Many Waiheke Primary School students also joined us for this presentation.

From the website:

“Many girls start to lose their confidence at around 12. They start worrying more about how they look than how they’re doing in subjects like maths or science. And with 24/7 access to the internet, thousands are asking Google every month if they’re pretty enough. Google is not kind with its answers,” says Angela.

“Studies show that if teens are taught how the media and advertising works, they are less affected it. Pretty Smart Talks teaches them beauty is far more powerful as a feeling than an adjective. And while it’s fine to feel pretty and beautiful, it’s important not to be hoodwinked by the industry.”

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