Pegasus Post: March 21, 2024

6 Thursday March 21 2024
Term 1 - From the Tumuaki
Avonside Girls’ High School
Te Kura Kohine o Ōtākaro
Educating and empowering young women
to achieve now and in the future.
Ko Hine-Titama koe nānā i puta ki te whai ao ki te ao mārama
Avonside Girls’ High School Te Kura Kohine
o Ōtākaro – A community where ākonga are
empowered and nurtured to thrive.
Our vision statement above comes from
consultation with our students and community.
The first goal to achieve this for us is
establishing a wairua in which all students
belong in their identity. That was certainly
encapsulated in the start of the school year.
2024 at Avonside Girls’ High School Te Kura
Kohine o
Ōtākaro has
started with a
strong sense of
school wairua
and energy. This
has been led
by our amazing
staff and Year
13 students
from day 1.
The year began with our Year 13 leaders out
on a three-day camp experience to bond
and develop their leadership skills and goals.
It was an incredible experience for these
students who demonstrated courage (kia maia),
manaakitanga, determination (kia manawanui)
and leadership. They came back to school
with strong energy and welcomed the new
Year 9s into the school. This term the Year 13
peer support leaders continue to work with
There were some
incredibly creative
costumes that
encompassed
our school mauri.
Following on from
that we held our
house tabloid
sports. Everyone
dressed up in
house colours and
had heaps of fun.
This term we have
also held our
swimming sports
and athletics’ day.
These were great
days and enjoyed
by all – lots of
participation
and competition.
Summer sport
has also got off
to a great start
with students competing in touch, tennis, indoor
netball, volleyball, cricket, softball, ki o rahi
and rowing. Winter sport trials are currently
on and we are excited to have more sign ups,
teams and groups participating in sport. Our
Music department is also thriving with bigger
numbers in orchestra, choir and bands. Kapa
Haka is now 40 strong and our polyfest Pasifika
group consists of 78 students – they perform at
Canterbury Polyfest in Hagley Park. Both groups
sound amazing, and we are very proud of this
development in the arts and cultural groups in
our school.
At the heart of what we do we want our
students to succeed academically, and we would
like to congratulate all our 2023 students on
their NCEA results. We celebrate this in our
academic assembly. With over 70% pass rate at
Level 1 and Level 3 and 75% pass rate at Level
2 our students are achieving well. We would
like to congratulate our staff and students
on the growth in endorsements and we were
excited to hear about our students who gained
scholarships. 7 scholarships were gained
by 5 students with Zoe Langley gaining an
Outstanding Scholarship in Technology.
our Year 9s to
support them
at the start of
their secondary
school
experience.
Our staff led a
mihi whakatau
to welcome new staff and we were proud of
Quentin Smitheran, a teacher, who led the
whaikorero.
Year 9 students had 3 days at Avonside to get
to know the school and settle in. We had lots
of fun including the traditional newspaper
dress competition in which students had to
create outfits from newspapers that reflected
their house, women leaders and school values.
209 Travis Rd, North New Brighton, Christchurch. Ph: 03 389 7199
Email: office@avonside.school.nz www.avonside.school.nz