Issue 9 - July 2016
EGGS - 2016 Stage Challenge Winners
Coming up in Week 1....
Mon 25 July
Tue 26 July
Sat 30-31 July
Senior Course Selection
Books online for Year 10,11, 12
Tertiary Information Evg
Chinese Extravaganza, RFAC
Coming up in Week 2....
Mon 1 August
Mon 1 August
Tue 2 August
Wed 3 August
Thu 4 August
SADD Week
Course selection forms
available on web portal
Band & Orchestra Concert
Korean Night, AGS
Senior Options Evening
Congratulations to everyone involved in this year's Stage Challenge - EGGS received first place overall.
Dear parents, caregivers and students
The anticipation and nervous excitement was palpable at the Aotea Centre last Friday
night as the judging began for Stage Challenge. Congratulations to Savannah, Emma and
their team and Nicola Rennie and her team on placing first! EGGS supporters were in the
audience in force and the performance captivated everyone. With Paradisum through to the
Finale of the Big Sing and the Kokako Trio in the Nationals of the Chamber Competition and
the Korean Group receiving a number of awards - details here. It has been an exciting term
for Arts and Culture all around.
The cycling team head off to their North Island Championships this weekend and the points
lead for the Premier Netball team in the Herald this week showed their progress through the
tournament to date as serious contenders. Vineta Teutau, Mauosamoa Gautusa and Madisyn
Ofa-Hindt have been selected for the Auckland U15 Girls rugby team which competed at
the Northern Region 15-a-side tournament this week, and won. Congratulations.
EGGS alumnae are featuring at the Rio Olympics - you can see the details here: Epsom-GirlsGrammar-Sport and it will be good to trace their Olympic journey in August.
This week has been Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori. The UN Education, Scientific and Cultural
Organisation estimates that of the 6000 languages spoken currently in the world, 43%
will have disappeared by the turn of the next century. Te Reo is a New Zealand national
treasure – a taonga. This is its home – Aotearoa New Zealand, a place for it to be nurtured
and treasured – something that this year’s Maori Language Week has at the heart of its
theme. Students have been able to join a number of activities this week and the Kotahitanga
students organised a quiz for staff where the competitive spirit ran high!
As the term comes to its end, students and staff look forward to the holiday break. For
some students there may be some school related holiday tasks but they should also make
sure that they have a good amount of time in the holidays to drop everything and have a
complete break.
Nga mihi
Lorraine Pound - Principal
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NCEA
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Fees need to be paid to the school by the end of Term 2 – Friday
8 July. If fees are not paid to the school they will need to be
paid directly to NZQA. The fee for domestic students is $76.70
per candidate; $383.30 for International fee paying students. We
cannot accept payments directly to the school after the end of
Week 3 (August 12th).
Can I get help to pay?
Financial Assistance can be applied for if you are unable to afford
the fees. To get this help parents or caregivers must meet one of
the following conditions:
be receiving a Work and Income or Study Link benefit
have a Community Services Card or have joint family income
that qualifies for a Community Services Card
have two or more children entered as candidates with fees
more than $200.
How do I get help to pay?
To get financial assistance please fill in a Financial Assistance Form
and give it to Mr Nowell, the Qualifications Manager. You can
get this form from Student Support here at school or from the
NZQA website at: www.nzqa.govt.nz/financialassistance
International fee-paying students are not eligible to apply for
financial assistance.
Tertiary Info Evening - Tuesday 26 July
Students and families are invited to come along to this evening to speak to representatives from tertiary institutions (universities, polytechnics,
private training providers and the Defence Force). The evening is helpful for finding out more about courses available and especially any
subject requirements these courses may have. This information can then be taken into account when subjects are being chosen for 2017.
Senior Options Evening - Thursday 4 August
Following on from the Tertiary Information Evening, there will be a Senior Options Evening on Thursday 4th August 5.30-7.30pm. There will
be general information in the School Hall 5.30-6.00pm then displays and information in departments from 6.00-7.30pm. We strongly advise
families to attend both evenings ahead of making option selections for 2017 courses. Please note: parking will need to be outside the school
grounds for both evenings. Senior Course Selection Booklets and Career Education Pathways information will available on the school website
www.eggs.school.nz from the first day of Term 3, 25th July. An online Course Selection Form will be available on the Web Portal on Monday
1 August. Students will need to make their Option selections by Monday 15th August. Please put these dates in your calendars.
Gifted and Talented Education
As a part of the Auckland Central Community of Schools initiative a
team of teachers has been established to look at the specific learning
needs of our gifted and talented students. This group aims to develop
strategies that will ensure all students are experiencing “healthy
challenge” in their individual learning. This will look different for
each student depending on their need for extension and support.
In addition to this group the Gifted and Talented Co-ordinator, Cate
Campbell, has been running co-curricular programmes for junior
students.
Tournament of the Minds
EGGS teams will compete in the Tournament of the Minds (TOM)
competition for the first time this year. TOM is an inter-school creative
problem solving event for students. All teams must complete a Long
Term and Spontaneous Challenge. Teams are given six weeks to solve
an open-ended Challenge in the areas of Language Literature, Maths
Engineering, Humanities or Technology. Over 100 junior students
expressed interest in taking part in this competition, 35 Year 9 and 10
students were selected on the basis of the quality of their application
and teacher recommendations. Teams will be competing at the
Regional Competition on Saturday 3rd September.
Expansion Thinking Programme
The Year 10 Expansion
Thinking Programme
is designed to help
students
explore
big
philosophical
questions. Through a
community of enquiry
model students are
challenged to think
more critically and
creatively, while also
developing their ability
to work collaboratively
with
others. With
12 students in each
group sessions are
held twice a term.
Students are invited to
join this programme
based on teacher
recommendations and
student data.
Year 10 students participating in a workshop
exploring “Maths and Platonic perfection,”
through origami.
Centenary Celebrations 5 - 9 April 2017: Registrations are open!
If you haven’t already, head over to iTicket at
 www.iticket.co.nz/go-to/eggs-centenary-events-2017
to secure your tickets for this once in a lifetime event. Keep an eye on the
Centenary website too
 www.eggs.school.nz/about/centenary.aspx for the latest news
and updates. We’ll be publishing an attendees list on the website over the
coming months so you’ll be sure to spot some familiar names.
We’re very excited about celebrating our 100th birthday, 100 wonderful
years! Come and join the festivities and fun.
In the meantime if you have any questions or queries about the Centenary events, please contact us on eggs100@eggs.school.nz
Wishing all EGGS students a great break!
Centenary Sponsorships
If you have a business and would like to sponsor any aspect of the Centenary please contact us on eggs100@eggs.school.nz. Your generosity
will be much appreciated.
From the Community EGG
Community Week 20th – 24th June
Student community leaders met in darkness to decorate the main entrance to
EGGS with blue and gold balloons, flowers and lanterns. Welcome messages
were written on the driveway and each student was handed a small note of
affirmation, on arriving at school. The week continued in the spirit of building
community. Activities included egg shaped cookie decorating, a Yoga class, an
international food court, a sausage sizzle and Disco. Thanks to all students who
helped in any way towards this successful week and all teachers who supported
their efforts.
Student Council
Student Council raised money for Sir Ray Avery’s Life Pods on Mufti day in
community week, “Come as Your Childhood Self”. Life Pods are special incubators
designed to function in the most challenging conditions. The students raised
over $2,000 which means that EGGS will be acknowledged on a life pod destined
for Cambodia.
Members of the Student Council
Courtney York and Mehek Dutta
Child Cancer Society - Wear a Wig Dayl
Child Cancer Society
R.S.A
As part of Community Week, The Child Cancer Society promoted
Wear a Wig day in order to raise awareness and funds for children
with cancer. Child Cancer Society meets three times a term in the hall
to plan and organise events. The teacher in charge is Ms Ong.
A group of students who had given their time on either Poppy
Day, Anzac Day or both, were accompanied by Ms Heywood to a
morning tea hosted by the RSA in order to thank the school for
its commitment. Students enjoyed talking to veterans and were
awarded with a service certificate. The RSA also announced a
scholarship for a student to attend a day at either Outward Bound,
the Spirit of New Zealand, or the Walsh flying school.
Arts and Cultural News
Upcoming Events
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Short Film Evening – 26 July RFAC 7.30pm, tickets $15 Adults, $10 Students
Chinese Extravaganza on the 30th and 31st July, RFAC
Korean Night 4th and 5th August
Stage Challenge
It was a massive day down at the Aotea Centre for the Stage Challenge team
last Friday. Their performance based around the idea of Fortitude hit the stage
at 7pm and was a great success – EGGS received first overall as well as awards for
excellence for choreography, concept, and stage use, set and vision enhancement.
We also took out the award for most enthusiastic crowd!! Well done to Arts and
Cultural Leaders Savannah Poynter and Emma Harkness, along with teacher in
charge Nicola Rennie. Congratulations girls!
Drama
Drama Department Theatre
Trips
On 23rd June, Year 12 and 13 Drama
students saw the outstanding musical
“That Bloody Woman” by Luke Di Somma
& Gregory Cooper and directed by Kip
Chapman and performed at the Sky City
Theatre. The show used punk, rock and
pop music to explore the story of Kate
Sheppard’s life. This was an exceptionally
clever performance that highlighted the
huge burden of responsibility and the
sacrifices that were made by women in NZ
campaigning for the vote. On 10th June, Year 10 students viewed a
live performance by Ensemble Impact that
showcased a variety of plays by NZ playwright,
Arthur Meek. They enjoyed the physical and
humorous performance that presented themes
of colonialism, family and the importance of
tradition. This performance was held in one of
our Drama studios. On 30th June, they travelled
to Q Theatre on Queen St to see the Indian Ink
Theatre Company perform “The Elephant Thief”,
written by Justin Lewis and directed by Jacob
Rajan. This was a comedy that used mask, live
music, physical theatre and a huge puppet of
an elephant to tell a story set in the future when
elephants were almost extinct. The themes
were about looking after the environment,
communication and globalisation.
Year 11 Drama students
perform at Highwic House
This term, Year 11 Drama students have
been researching and devising drama
about Highwic House. Students performed
characters from the early 1900s who may
have had an association with the historic
home. From their research, they were able
to create plausible situations and imagine
the lives of those from their community at
another time. been a delight to watch the
students create the world of
these wacky characters.
The style of our performance
is stripped back in the
sense that there is minimal
technology. This puts the
focus on the performance
of the students; I have been
amazed by their talent. They
have brought to life a raucous
horse race, a tango, a song
Performing at Highwic House
Iphigenia at Aulis
and a 19th century love
story. All 17 students remain
Iphigenia at Aulis by Euripides
on stage throughout and support one another to bring these diverse
Miss Hesketh's Year 12s kicked off the curriculum production settings to life.
season presenting scenes from the Greek tragedy; Iphigenia at
Aulis, the last existing tragedy by ancient playwright Euripides, to As a class we have thought about New Zealand’s identity, our
an invited audience on the 14th and 15th June. The play revolves relationships with one another and our relationship to the land.
around Agamemnon, the leader of the Greek forces in the Trojan War, Wheeler’s Luck does not pose any solutions to the issue of land
and his decision to sacrifice his own daughter, Iphigenia, in order to development in our country but rather, through entertainment,
allow his troops to set sail and preserve their honour by going to prompts us to question our own values around land."
battle against Troy. The students rose to the challenge of performing
a difficult text with sincerity.
Wheeler’s Luck
Ms Beckett's Year 12 class hit the stage on June 22nd and 23rd in the
second production of our annual curriculum season with the New
Zealand comedy "Wheelers Luck."
Audiences were thoroughly delighted by the girls' energy, humour
and Ms Beckett's superb direction. Below is Ms Beckett’s director
notes:
“I chose Wheeler’s Luck because it is bold, physically challenging and
lots of fun. At its heart is the small town community of Bellend and
the characters who live there. As a class we have worked on creating
a strong ensemble which has given us a sense of joy and unity. It has
Epsom Music News
NZCT Chamber Music Competition
Kokako Trio May Gao, Mabel Hung & Esther Wu are off to the
National finals!!
Congratulations too to Esther Lee who has also reached the national
finals, as part of an inter-school group.
"Wheeler's Luck"
The Big Sing
Congratulations to Paradisum and their director Virginia Le Cren
who are off to the Big Sing National finale in Dunedin this August!
SPORT
iSport Foundation Leadership Day
10 EGGS students attended the iSPORT Foundation Leadership
Day with Richie McCaw. It was powerful day of leadership insights
from world class speakers and with 500+ teenagers from around
Auckland. Congrats to Greer Sinclair who won an up close rafting
adventure with Richie grabbing the best seat in the house.
See our Sport Facebook page for the link to the article
https://www.facebook.com/EpsomGirlsGrammarSport/
Hillary Challenge
Epsom Girls took part in the 6 hour Hillary Challenge in Taupo over
the weekend. The girls had to put their Running, Trekking, Biking,
Orienteering and Problem Solving skills to the test throughout the
race and take on the elements!
Clash of the Codes Quiz Night
The Clash of the Codes Sports Quiz Night is now going to be
held on Wednesday 3rd August (Week 2 Term 3). Get your
tickets for this great battle of the codes from the school Cashier
and see if your sport can outsmart the rest! Parents, supporters,
coaches, managers, friends and students all welcome.
Gym Sports Auckland
Championships
Aerobics
Congratulations to the girls who competed in the Aerobics
competition on the 18th June. Well done to our team
that placed 2nd in the AeroSkools Level 3 Teams (15+)
Paris, Maggie, Samantha and Olivia.
Rhythmic
Our Rhythmic competitors had a great day placing 1st, 2nd and
3rd in the Year 9 and 10 groups grade. We placed 2nd and 3rd in
the Year 11 – 13 group grade and in the Individual Club B grade
Phoebe Lush placed 1st with Poppy Lush placing 3rd.
Artistic Gym
Artistic Gym Level 2 EGGS team placed 1st with the results of
Emma Olsen and Georgia Cantlon placing 3rd equal and Emily
Johnson placing 5th putting us on top.
The Level 3 team made up of Sophie Whitlock 1st equal, Rachel
Sadler 5th and Clemence Bowles 6th place also finished in first
place.
In the International Womens grade Tyla Bow placed first and
Brooke Dalton right behind placed 2nd.
Trampoline
In the Elite Junior Womens grade Maddy Niven placed 2nd only
just behind the winner.
In the B grade Alexsia Ooi, Jamie Englington, Jessica Ou and Niya
Matthew joined their great results together to be the 1st place
team.
Luka Jefferson, Zahra Stolker and Ashleigh Brown together
claimed 3rd place team in the C grade competition.
Tumbling
In the A grade Tumbling competition Emma Olsen placed 6th.
Squash Team Championships
EGGS Premier Squash team placed 2nd this year in the Squash
Division 1 Teams Championships and our EGGS Division 2 team
placed 3rd in their competition.
NZ U15 Girls Developing Softball Team
EGGS students Milla Glassie (Captain) and Brooke Glassie recently
travelled to Melbourne to compete in the Waverley Softball
Carnival. The NZ U15 team competed in the U17/U19 Division
and placed 2nd overall. Brooke Glassie has also been named in the New Zealand Junior
White Sox Squad who are traveling to Florida, USA next year to
compete at the Junior Worlds Softball Championships.
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