The Year 12 Agriculture class has been on two field trips over the past couple of weeks. We have been looking at the environmental impact of dairy farming on the Waituna lagoon. We visited the Waituna Lagoon, tested the water clarity at the lagoon and on dairy farm higher up in the catchment. We looked […]
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We were very fortunate to have some of our SGHS Old Girls Association in for a tour around the school yesterday. It was very special for them to come and re-connect with each other and our current students. Joyce Gilbertson nee Petrie who was Head Girl in 1946 is pictured here with some of our
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Mahi nui to Bailee C and Annaliese R who recently competed at Te Manu Kōrero Speech Competitions. Bailee delivered a speech about stress less, live more: Rangatahi tips about how and why you might stress and going over what can happen when you don’t talk about it and some ways to help you stress less
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SGHS is super proud to announce our 2024 Youthmark recipients: Emily S, Emma P, Katie P, Bridget A, Ebony S, Carlie S & Kobi H Youthmark awards recognise our Year 13 students who have excelled in their chosen field. We congratulate the recipients on the outstanding efforts in their chosen pursuits in sports, the arts,
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To finish off ‘International Language Week’ we would love to celebrate the recent results from the Education Perfect Languages Championship. This competition involved schools from New Zealand and Australia. SGHS placed: 5th overall in our category out of 454 schools 2nd in NZ in our category out of 120 schools 2nd in French in our
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Last night our incredible SGHS choirs Sanguine & Femme performed at First Church for the NZCF Choral Showcase “The Big Sing” regional competition. Both were absolutely outstanding and came away with some much deserved awards. Sanguine – Commended Femme – Highly Commended Femme – The Big Sing/Ministry of Youth Development ‘Spirit of the Festival’ Youth
Well done to Amera M and Emma T who recently represented SGHS in the 3km race for the “Te Waka Taiohika o Murihiku Rangatahi Waka Ama” programme in Otago Harbour on 1st June. Their team were 8th overall and 2nd in the women’s under 16 category. A big thank you to Nga Kete Matauranga Pounamu
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Our Year 8 Ambassadors headed away on Friday to attend National Young Leaders Day in Dunedin. During this time students heard from several guest speakers including Brooke Neal, William Pike and Nate Wilbourne, who shared their own stories and wisdom around leadership and being a change maker in our community. We are excited as the
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Check out these incredible ballroom dancers, Yr7 Amelia B-P and Yr10 Tessa M who competed at the NZ One Dance National in Wellington over the weekend Both girls and their partners, who have been training exceptionally hard with Rachels Studio of dance in Gore and Invercargill danced exceptionally well and both came home with national
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Year 13 student Carlie S is currently representing New Zealand at the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships in Suva, Fiji. She has achieved the following outstanding results: Under 18 Women’s Discus Throw – 41.63m – 6th Under 18 Women’s Shot Put – 13.25m – 5th (a personal best) Under 18 Women’s Hammer Throw – 36.07m –
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Southland Girls’ High School
328 Tweed Street, Georgetown,
Invercargill 9812, New Zealand
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Email: [email protected]
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