Senior mock exams are coming up soon, 15-20 September. Students should have now confirmed which external papers they are sitting in each subject with their teachers. A mock exam timetable will be given to students next week. These exams are important for students - the grades gained in the mock exams will be used as derived grades if a student misses their end of year exam for NCEA.

Weatherboard classroom for removal from Northern Southland College, 51 Maria St, Lumsden. Chattels include - heat pump, blinds, light fittings, fixed floor coverings and wall linings. The purchaser will be responsible for costs associated with removing the building and ensuring the area is left in a neat and tidy condition. Building must be removed by 14 October.

Offers over $25k + GST considered. Please contact Peter Richards 027 448 2214 for further information.

Friday 26 August saw a group of students attend the SIT Open Day. Halle Canada was a model for the nursing department to demonstrate how blood pressure is taken. Ryan Senior who attends the Digital Design and Animation course as part of the Trades Academy also took the time to see what is available to study in 2023.

Seniors - you can get credits for your Driver's Licence. The Learner Licence is worth 2 credits at Level 1, the Restricted is 4 credits at Level 2, and the Full Licence is 2 credits at Level 2. Take a photo of your licence and email it to jordana.norrish@nsc.school.nz and they will be put onto Kamar for you.

Ring 03 248 7121 and follow the prompts, text 027 248 7121, or use the absence feature on the school app.

Parents/Caregivers are also required to give the College notice if students are leaving early. Please do this by either phoning, using the app or texting the above number.

https://nsc.school.nz/our-college/publications-and-reports/

Please email all feedback or suggestions to samantha.ker@nsc.school.nz by Friday 9 September 2022.

We are required by the Ministry of Education to receive permission by a parent/caregiver for any student to participate in a school sport or activity.

This term our Sports Coordinator is trialing online Google Forms. These forms will be sent out via email to allow parents/caregivers to give their permission online. The forms will include all relevant information regarding the event or activity. Without a completed online permission form students will not be able to participate in the sport /activity.

The U15 Rugby team won the South Island Co Ed Div 2 Tournament in Nelson, beating Taieri College 17-0.

Congratulations to our four NSC boys that played in the team with CSC; Jono Watson, Syd Woodford, Travis Wise & McKenzie Findlay.

This is an amazing effort to go unbeaten and have few points scored against you - an awesome result! It has been a big effort by the boys, their parents and coaching staff to get the team to Nelson - they would like to thank everyone who has supported them along the way.

Jonty Carran 10s Carnival - Year 7 & 8 Tackle 10’s Tournament for Boys & Girls.

Friday 18 Nov - Otautau. The Carnival level participation event in memory of Jonty Carran who was an age group Southland Rugby representative who died unexpectedly in 2016. It is held in his hometown of Otautau. The community festival atmosphere promotes family, friendship and culture to rangatahi who can participate in a tournament representing their school/club and there are opportunities for boys and girls who are new to the sport to participate in a safe environment. The format is Year 7/8 Girls and Boys Grades with 4 games over the day. Games 20 min - Full Field. For more information, please contact the Sports Coordinator.

Touch players that are interested in Rep Touch, please follow the link below. Teams will train at NSC after the touch module.

Touch Southland are now taking registrations for Junior Development teams. For more information and to register your child click here https://www.sporty.co.nz/viewform/199181

The interest in Volleyball seems to be growing here at NSC. We have entered 2 teams in the Volley South Competition in Invercargill for Term 3/4. A huge thanks to Dale Kington who has taken on the role of Coach/Manager. $70 per student. Practice day and times are yet to be finalised.

Competition nights are Wednesdays After School - 28 September, 19 October and 26 October.

If you would still like to sign up for Volleyball please see the Sports Coordinator.

Over the past week the NSC A Netball team have been up in Timaru competing in the South Island Secondary Netball tournament.

We left on Sunday morning to start the long drive up. Monday was the first day of games, where we fought hard but unfortunately came out with two losses.

Tuesday we came out fighting for the first game but lost again. The spirits were still high leading into the second game against Kaikorai Valley were we finally got our long awaited win 29-16. With the beach nearby a refreshing swim was needed to cool down ready for a big day on Wednesday.

Wednesday came around fast and two very worthy wins, first one was against South Westland school 31-23 and the second one was against Aurora College 46-6.

Thursday was finals day, where we lost our first game against Twizel. That meant we would go on to play against South Westland for 11th and 12th. The game was neck and neck right until the end were we came to a tie. We went into overtime where we fought our hearts out however lost by 2 points.

It has been an amazing week. Thank you to Miss Stark for being a fantastic coach and to Annie Armitage and Nick Duthie for being great support throughout the week and repairing our bodies every night before the next big day ahead.

Winton Football’s 5aside Summer League 2022

We are now calling for those interested in playing in this competition to contact the club on 5aside.wintonfootball@gmail.com to be sent an entry form and the rules. Fees are $100 per adult team and $10 per player in the junior grades. Intended start date is Thursday 20 October 2022 for 8 weeks. Last day for registration is 30 September 2022.

There are still spaces available to sign up to the School Rock Climbing Team. We have had a good amount of interest in this upcoming competition which consists of 2 Climbing Events.

• Round 1: Saturday 17 September 2022 - YMCA Rock Climbing Wall, Invercargill

• Round 2: Saturday 29 October 2022 - Te Anau Fiordland Events Centre

If you would like to sign up or get more information, please see the Sports Coordinator.

Please note that this event has been postponed to Sunday 18 September due to snow forecast this weekend.

BALFOUR GUN CLUB RESULTS 14 August 2022

High Gun – Over All

Ladies: Kate Bennett

Junior: Jack Heslip

Single Rise

HOA Open – Jack Heslip

HOA Ladies – Kate Bennett

Ladies – Maddison Price – Second

Junior – Duncan Durling – Second

Skeet

HOA Ladies – Makenzie Appleyard-Drake

Ladies – Grace Naylor – Second

Senior – Cade McLachlan - Second

Junior – Mitchell McLachlan - First

Junior - Duncan Durling – Third

Teams – First - NSC Ladies Team Grace Naylor and Makenzie Appleyard-Drake

Single Barrel

HOA Open – Jack Heslip

Senior – Josh Lowe – Third

Junior – Mitchell McLachlan – Third

Ladies – Kate Bennett – Second

Point Score

HOA Ladies – Kate Bennett

Senior – Josh Lowe – Second

Juniors – Jack Heslip – Second

Juniors - Duncan Durling – Third

Ladies – Maddison Price – Second

Ladies – Grace Naylor – Third

Points Score Teams Event

Ladies NSC – First – Kate Bennett, Grace Naylor and Makenzie Appleyard-Drake

Open – NSC – Second – Cody Lowe, Jack Heslip, Josh Lowe, Cade McLachlan and Duncan Durling

Yr 7/8 Hockey Final

Congratulations to our junior hockey team on their convincing win against Southland Girls on Thursday. The end of this year's Junior Hockey Competition was certainly on a high note.

Special thanks to Ang Sheat for doing her part as team manager, Annabel Saunders for providing transport for the team to and from Invercargill, Player of the Day Grace Walling, and Support Player of the Day Xavier Kington.

Well done to everyone for a fantastic season.

On Tuesday 23 August the NSC hockey teams had a shared prize giving and break up, with a game of hockey on the turf and fish and chips to follow. Congratulations to all the players for a great season and to the recipients of the most valuable and most improved players for each team. A massive thank you to all the coaches, managers and parents, without your support there would be no teams.

A Team

Harri Wilson - Most improved Player

Ethan Friend - (St Peters) Most Valuable Player

B Team

Ryan Hansen - Most Improved Player

Ashley Chan & Jacob Elder - Most Valuable Players

Yr 7/8 Team

Grace Walling - Runner Up Most Improved Player

Digby Saunders - Most Improved Player

Angus McFadzien - Runner Up Most Valuable Player

Honor Collins - Most Valuable Player

Wednesday 7 September at 3:30pm, NSC Library. All team members plus one or both caregivers to attend. Any questions or queries to Mr Wilkinson - principal@nsc.school.nz

ALL NETBALL and YR 7/8 HOCKEY players - Please return your uniforms to the GREEN WHEELIE BIN in the LIBRARY FOYER outside the Sport Coordinators office.

Please also make sure you have joined up with the alert sport groups specific to your child/ren to receive relevant notifications.

Chris Ridden from MSD will be speaking to Year 12/13 students who in the future may need to access StudyLink.

Parents are more than welcome to attend this session. It will be held in the school library on Wednesday 7 September, 9.15 am–10.00 am. Come and learn all about what StudyLink is all about if you have a student who intends to pursue tertiary study.

To ensure you don't miss out on important information from the College, please check your junk/spam folder. Our address now ends with "nsc.school.kiwi", so if you do find them there you will need to mark as "not junk mail" so that future correspondence goes to your inbox.

This needs to be checked regularly as each new teacher will mean a new email address that could be going to Spam.