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Outward Bound

I’ve recently had the amazing opportunity of attending the Outward Bound Leadership Course. During my 21 days at Anakiwa I was able to complete tasks that were not only physically demanding, but also mentally challenging. I had such an awesome experience learning and developing different leadership styles and ways to apply them. I was also fortunate enough to meet some incredible people and build lifelong memories and friendships. Being 1 of 2 year 12’s in my watch, I was lucky eno...

University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival

On the 8th of April, 2019, a group of 9 girls performed a Shakespeare drama piece at the MTG theatre for the annual University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Regional Festival. The Sheila Winn Festival is a night where schools perform both teacher directed and student directed Shakespeare drama pieces. The language has to stay true to the original play but the pieces can be set anywhere and in any time. Hastings Girls’ entered two pieces in the festival this year. The teacher...

Hastings Girls' on the Environment Youth Council

A goal of mine has always been to give back to the community.  I was given the opportunity to go to a course at Outward Bound. Outward bound taught me the importance the youth has to the community. We can give so much back just by making a bit of an effort.  It made me realise that the youth should take responsibility and start to take care of our environment. This encouraged me to be apart of the Hawke's Bay Youth Environment Council. As a member, my goal is to bring awareness about t...

Hayley's success at Canoe Polo Oceanias

During the school holidays, Hayley Cameron, our Green House Captain, went to Australia with the New Zealand Under 21 Women’s Canoe Polo Team to compete in the Oceania Champs. The team competed well and came home with a silver medal – beaten by the New Zealand senior women in the final. As a warm-up to Oceanias they also competed in the Australia inter-state competition winning bronze Well done Hayley!...

​Colours, love and new beginnings

Colours, love and new beginnings. These are things that we celebrated at the Holi Festival on the 29th of March 2019.  This festival of colours originates from India. It marks the end of winter and welcomes the spring season. It’s a time for everyone to get together and celebrate the start of new friendships.                               &n...

Students assist paramedics

St John Ambulance crew responding to a call Wednesday afternoon (17th) would like to acknowledge the outstanding behaviour and actions of Hastings Boys and Hastings Girls High students who provided assistance to an elderly member of the community who suffered a fall and minor injury in Frimley Park. Tineal Pere, Montanna Hocking, Shahntae Ngawhika, Ottylean te-Houkamau, Shayden Pere, Jaydus Hungahunga, Kalib Walsh and Jaevarn Tapine-Ngamatu (sic) witnessed the accident and recognised t...

Out and about with our international students

We are delighted to be able to host a number of international students again this year. During their time with us, the girls have an opportunity to explore new and exciting experiences, both within and beyond the classroom. 2019 is off to a great start with our girls experiencing many firsts, whether it be new places, new cultures or discovering the uniqueness of Aotearoa.  We recently explored a couple of our local tour hot spots Arataki Honey and the Haumoana Farm Yard Zoo. The girls were...

Good Luck Emma

Congratulations to our very own Emma Jensen for her selection in the Barbarians Rugby Team.Emma is one of our talented PE teachers, who has had an extensive rugby career, starting back at CHB College more than 20 years ago. Some of her career highlights include winning three consecutive Rugby World Cups, as well as being named a Barbarian again, for the second time this year. In her long list of achievements Emma is an 'equal' most capped Black Fern. What an honor! We wish Emma all the best...

Speech Success

One of our year 12 students, Gurmeen Kaur, has recently placed 4th in the Hawke's Bay RSA Speech Contest and was awarded a monetary prize.  Gurmeen gave a powerful performance about the theme, “Women at War.” She recalled stories about the many Maori and Indian women who dedicated themselves to the war effort, but whose actions are often forgotten.  Through these women, Gurmeen reminded us to honour the bravery of those before us and made connections between the many cultures pract...

Our Polo Girls

Twelve girls from Years 10 and 11 have had the fantastic opportunity to go to Birchleigh Polo Club to learn to groom, ride and play. These girls will also be taking Equine Studies as part of this experience. This is a great programme which builds confidence, resilience and also potential pathways for girls. ...

Our Champions

Year 9 Swimming Sports Champion: Ruby Scofield Year 10 Swimming Sports Champion: Jorja Early Senior Swimming Sports Champion: Kate Allen...

Term 1 Summer Sports Summary

The volleyball team performed exceptionally well at the New Zealand Secondary Schools championships.  They qualified into top 8 of Division 3. The team only dropped 2 games, which saw them drop out of the top 4.  They won the final game, which was a credit to all the members of the team. Well done girls....

Safety and Risk Management in the Outdoors/Tourism Trip

We spent four days away in Rotorua, partaking in a number of different activities, and learning about a lot of different things that relate to Tourism and Geography, Safety and Risk Management, and Leadership in the Outdoors. The girls identified hazards related to people, environment and equipment throughout the trip, and also experienced a number of different leadership styles.  We spent time with the Rotorua museum people, and learnt about how tourism began in New Zealand, and how it was...

HGHS girls selected for the HB Youth Council

Kate Allen, Kathleen Steffert, Pelerose Vaima’a and myself have all been selected to be apart of the 2019 Hastings Youth Council. Hastings Youth Council consists of a small group of 15 pupils aged 15-18 who live in the Hastings area. We all come from different schools across Hawkes Bay. We meet on the first Wednesday of every month. I chose to apply to be on the youth council as I wanted to voice my opinions and thoughts but also be somebody for our youth to come to, to voice their v...

We have the new, improved gym up and running!!

After six terms without a big space to teach in, we are thrilled to be able to use the newly refurbished and extended gym.  It feels huge, it feels flash and we are excited about all the things we can do, play and achieve in there.  Not only do we now have a full sized Basketball court, but also an Indoor Netball court, so that our girls can train inside. An extra Badminton court can also fit which means we will have more students actively learning in PE.  We do, however, need to ...

The school needs you to step forward

On 10 May, we will be calling for nominations for members of our community to join the Hastings Girls' High School Board of Trustees. The nominations close shortly after on 24 May, so that voting can begin, close and the Board can take office again by 14 June. We want to invite all members of our wider community to consider joining our school Board of Trustees, and adding measurable value to our students as we grow resilient, strong, confident and connected life-long learners. Both parents and p...

Whanau Day - Wednesday 10 April 2019

Kia Ora Whanau Our relationship with the families and whanau of our girls is really important to us as a staff and central to the success of your daughter at HGHS. As we come to the end of Term 1 we would like to invite whanau to take up an opportunity to meet with their daughter’s Akina coach.  Our Whanau Day is on Wednesday 10th April from 1.30-7.00pm. Akina Coaches, Deans and the Careers Advisor are available during that time for whanau and their daughters to drop in at a suitable...

Torrie and Rebecca march to success

Torri Bolten, Rebecca Churches and their marching team 'Buckingham Guards' recently traveled to Christchurch for the NZ Marching Championships.  Torri, Rebecca and their team first qualified to march against the top 6 teams (out of 13) in the Championship grades, which is a huge achievement, with tough competition.  Then the following day they performed in the elite Championship division and placed 4th Display, 5th Technical and 5th Champion Senior team overall.    ...

Year 9 Cross-curricular steam class

Attention all Year 9 Students and WhanauWe are excited to be able to offer your daughter an innovative learning opportunity for the rest of her Year 9 2019. Due to our roll growth in Year 9, we have decided to open a sixth class for our current Year 9 students. This will provide smaller class sizes across year 9 for all students, and aims to give students an opportunity to opt into a STEAM, cross-curricular learning hub. As a school we are committed to the development of a rich curriculum with a...

Leaders in their Schools - 2019

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Baby new - we welcome Kalolo Moli

We welcomed a new member to our Hastings Girls’ whanau.  Mrs Moli and her husband Senior welcomed baby boy - Kalolo Moli on Saturday 2nd March a tiny 7.12 lbs compared to his older brother and sister. Everyone is doing great and Mrs Moli looks forward to introducing Kalolo to the HGHS aiga. Congratulations to their whanau from all the staff and students at Hastings Girls’....

Baby new - we welcome Cayden Lawson

We welcomed a new member to our Hastings Girls’ whanau. Miss Rose had a baby boy Cayden Wolf Hikiwai Lawson, on Saturday 16th February. She says, “Our little boy is more than we could have wished for to complete our little family. Poipoia te kakano kia puawai - Nurture the seed and it will blossom.” Congratulations to their whanau from all the staff and students at Hastings Girls’. ...

Learning Korero

We have had an exciting start to the year with our learning, in particular with the development of our rich, local Junior Curriculum. Our Junior girls are having a variety of education outside the classroom experiences designed around their learning and are enjoying the new technology and performing arts hubs.  As a staff we are focused on the continued improvement of literacy and numeracy skills and we are thrilled to have 150 hours of in-school professional development in both areas with ...

Academic Excellence

Scholarships have been achieved in French, Classics and Biology.  Congratulations to our 2018 Academic Captain, Nicole Douylliez, for achieving 2 scholarships in French and Biology and congratulations to Georgia Huisman for a scholarship in Classics.  Special thanks to Mrs Phillips, Miss Clifton and Whanau for all their support of these two girls. Mrs Phillips and Miss Clifton should be congratulated on their tireless work and dedication in enlivening a love of education in our gi...

Enrichment Pathway Meeting

The first Enrichment Pathway Meeting to extend students on their learning path, was well attended by a diverse group of students and whanau. This Year 9-13 program offers students support in the journey towards Excellence and Scholarship. It focuses on developing critical and creative thinking, developing strong and rich knowledge and challenging students in their next steps. Any interested students or whanau, please see Mrs Kelsey for more details....