He Maimai Aroha – R.I.P. Amber-Lee Lawrie It has been a privilege to have had Amber-Lee as a student at Waiuku College and more notably as our Deputy Head Girl in 2016. She was always an outstanding student academically with frequent acknowledgement as an excellence student. Probably her greatest legacy will be our memory of her human qualies which shone through so powerfully in her me with us. Strength, determinaon, posi- vity and atude. Love, caring, sharing and giving. Intelligence - emoonal and intellectual. And a smile that made life-long friends and melted hearts. She was a very special and unique person that we now celebrate for having known. Memorial Tree and plaque A Puriri tree has been planted at the front of the school at Amber ’s request and the year 13 students will arrange for a plaque to be placed in the school quad to remember her. Memorial Trophy The Year 10 Award for All Round Endeavour will be renamed the Amber-Lee Lawrie Trophy to com- memorate her achievements. She was the recipient of this award in 2013. Maori Community I want to acknowledge the huge role that our Kapa Haka students and Maori student leaders had in supporng the school through the Tangihana process for Amber-Lee. They were outstanding in their kanga, their aroha, awhina and tautoko on many occasions. It was also very special to have our Whare Matoro used throughout the week as a place of reflecon and support for our students and wider com- munity. Kanui te mihi ki nga rangatahi Maori of te kura nei! One of our rangatahi represented the College recently at Youth Hui on the rights of indigenous people, organised by the Human Rights Commission. Thank you to Mauriora Kaihau for aending on our behalf. Senior Prizegiving & Study Leave Our final excellence celebraon for senior students will be our Prizegiving at 1.30pm on November 2 nd . Seniors are then released for study leave. They are welcome to study at school in this me as the library will be available for them. Uniform is required. Junior Students will be released early at 12.30pm on Senior Prizegiving day. We will be posng NCEA exam reminders on our Facebook page. Board of Trustees News A big welcome (and fakalofa lahi atu) to our new student trustee Susanna Passi who aended the Octo- ber meeng. She will be funded by the School Trustees Associaon to take part in a special student trustee Spirit of Adventure training voyage. Our thanks to deparng trustee Adam Good for his contri- buon to the Board, and for helping Susanna with her inducon. Young Enterprise Success I was very proud to be at AUT recently with our ‘Chopped NZ’ business studies team as they were awarded one of 5 regional winners prizes which qualifies them for the naonal finals in Wellington on Dec 6 th . Also fantasc to see Olaf Wrieden receive a top individual ‘entrepreneurs’ award. See photos. and arcle inside this newsleer. 2 November (1.30pm) Senior Prizegiving 4-11 November Junior Exams 9 November NCEA Exams commence 24 November Junior Academic Counselling 28 November-2 December Year 10 Camp week 8 December Junior Prizegiving (11.30am) End of year Newsleer No. 9 28 October 2016 DATES TO REMEMBER
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He Maimai Aroha – R.I.P. Amber-Lee Lawrie It has been a privilege to have had Amber-Lee as a student at Waiuku College and more notably as our Deputy Head Girl in 2016. She was always an outstanding student academically with frequent acknowledgement as an excellence student. Probably her greatest legacy will be our memory of her human qualities which shone through so powerfully in her time with us. Strength, determination, posi-tivity and attitude. Love, caring, sharing and giving. Intelligence - emotional and intellectual. And a smile that made life-long friends and melted hearts. She was a very special and unique person that we now celebrate for having known.
Memorial Tree and plaque A Puriri tree has been planted at the front of the school at Amber’s request and the year 13 students will arrange for a plaque to be placed in the school quad to remember her.
Memorial Trophy The Year 10 Award for All Round Endeavour will be renamed the Amber-Lee Lawrie Trophy to com-memorate her achievements. She was the recipient of this award in 2013.
Maori Community I want to acknowledge the huge role that our Kapa Haka students and Maori student leaders had in supporting the school through the Tangihana process for Amber-Lee. They were outstanding in their tikanga, their aroha, awhina and tautoko on many occasions. It was also very special to have our Whare Matoro used throughout the week as a place of reflection and support for our students and wider com-munity. Kanui te mihi ki nga rangatahi Maori of te kura nei!
One of our rangatahi represented the College recently at Youth Hui on the rights of indigenous people, organised by the Human Rights Commission. Thank you to Mauriora Kaihau for attending on our behalf.
Senior Prizegiving & Study Leave Our final excellence celebration for senior students will be our Prizegiving at 1.30pm on November 2nd. Seniors are then released for study leave. They are welcome to study at school in this time as the library will be available for them. Uniform is required.
Junior Students will be released early at 12.30pm on Senior Prizegiving day.
We will be posting NCEA exam reminders on our Facebook page.
Board of Trustees News A big welcome (and fakalofa lahi atu) to our new student trustee Susanna Passi who attended the Octo-ber meeting. She will be funded by the School Trustees Association to take part in a special student trustee Spirit of Adventure training voyage. Our thanks to departing trustee Adam Good for his contri-bution to the Board, and for helping Susanna with her induction.
Young Enterprise Success I was very proud to be at AUT recently with our ‘Chopped NZ’ business studies team as they were awarded one of 5 regional winners prizes which qualifies them for the national finals in Wellington on Dec 6th. Also fantastic to see Olaf Wrieden receive a top individual ‘entrepreneurs’ award. See photos. and article inside this newsletter.
2 November (1.30pm)
Senior Prizegiving
4-11 November
Junior Exams
9 November
NCEA Exams commence
24 November
Junior Academic Counselling
28 November-2 December
Year 10 Camp week
8 December
Junior Prizegiving (11.30am)
End of year
Newsletter No. 9 28 October 2016
DATES TO REMEMBER
ANNOUNCING OUR HOUSE CAPTAINS FOR 2017
Matai Captains: David Salu & Jade Thomson Vice Captains: Jared Wemyss & Olivia Hansen Totara Captains: Ryan Parker & Charlee Passi Vice Captains: Alton Matheson & Chloe Kayll-Irvine Kauri Captains: Jaclyn Passi & Elvina Burnside Vice Captains: Jewel Henderson & Andrew Goodare Rimu Captains: Jade Davies & Jackson Lee Vice Captains: Loretta Kerisiano
ANNOUNCING OUR PREFECTS FOR 2017
Amon Dense Caden Gillett
Madison Hull Joshua Martin
Lanita Elliston-Boyes Brooke Druyven
Antony Thomas Simone van der Merwe
Megan Muir Laura Torpey
Jasmine Fraser Cameron Lamont
Stuart Lusty Levi Matenga-Turner
Caitlin Kelly Susanna Passi
Livia Rattrie Janetta Hamilton
Luke Jordan Leanni Browne
Liam Clarke Tayla Thornton
Our Student Board of Trustees Representative for 2017 is: Susanna Passi
Student Computer Slow? Year 10 students with Acers
Upgrade to a Solid State Drive
Leave your Laptop with IT (Grant in IHub) during Year 10 Camp week
and we will install a 120Gb SSD Drive for $65.
(You must pay at office before the install)
Sports Awards My thanks to the amazing community support we had for our recent Sports Awards celebration and my congratulations to all the students who received awards, and of course, in particular to the recipient of our top award - the Sportsperson of the year. This went to Savarna Asafo-Tavita.
Savarna has been an outstanding athlete, sports person and student in her time at the college and is fully deserving of this award.
Restricted Licenses We ask that parents monitor student drivers with restricted licences who may be illegally taking other student passengers to and from school. We will be contacting parents of student who are causing us concerns with this practice.
Enrolment 2017 & BYOD Enrolment of Year 8 students is almost completed and we had a successful and well attending Open Evening on Wednesday October 12th. We got some good feedback from parents that mainly said I talked too long!
BYOD extends to Year 11 next year with all students in Years 9, 10 and 11 required to have a personal device. Recent improvements to our network have dramatically improved our internet speeds and wireless coverage and effectiveness. My thanks to our amazing IT manager - Grant Taylor who has driven so much improvement in this area.
Year 10 laptop upgrades - Year 10 students who purchased the original Acer laptops may want to consider upgrading their computers with a solid state hard drive. This can make a big improvement to boot up time and processing speed. Grant is offering to install these hard drives to students who bring their devices to him and pay for (see below) the new hard drive at the office. This can also be done at the start of the year as the technicians will be on site for 2 weeks in January before school starts.
Overseas Trips - Japan & Australia My thanks to the teachers responsible for the amazing overseas trips to Japan and Melbourne, Australia that took place over the school holiday break. Both groups have reported back to staff and students about the rich experiences they had on their overseas travel.
Strategic Planning - Community of Learning Now that we have our lead principal, we have started on the processes to appoint three lead teachers across the community, and also the 5 in-school positions that have been agreed for Waiuku College.
I can see that the strategic goals for the college will become more and more closely aligned with the wider community goals as we cooperate and develop further. I will be discussing this with the board at our next meeting and welcome as always, any community feedback into our strategic planning process. As always ideas and suggestions can be e-mailed directly to me at [email protected].
Kind regards
Tom Vanderlaan
At the recent Sports Awards evening the special awards
went to the following:
Savarna Asafo-Tavita Sportsperson of the Year (Clarrie Peterson Memorial Trophy)
Megan Muir Best All-round Sportswoman
Kurtis Shuker Best All-round Sportsman
Girls’ 1st XI Hockey Team Team of the Year
Savarna Asafo-Tavita Mr & Mrs L Coe Trophy for Dedication in their sport
Emily Kitson Corrie White Cup Sporting Endeavour for Girls
James Sixsmith Athol Ohlson Cup Sporting Endeavour for Boys
Cameron Lamont Service to Sport
Frances Good Best All-round Junior Sports- Woman (Stephen Donald Trophy)
Reid Shackleton Best All-round Junior Sports man (Stephen Donald Trophy)
Congratulations to all prizewinners!
SPORTS AWARDS 2016
1st XI Girls Hockey - Team of the Year
Savarna Asafo-Tavita Emily Kitson
James Sixsmith Cameron Lamont
Frances Good Reid Shackleton Megan Muir Kurtis Shuker
NCEA - Key Points to Remember This year’s NCEA examinations run from Wednesday 9 November to Friday 2nd December. Morning exams start at 9:30 am and afternoon exams at 2:00 pm. Students should arrive 30 minutes before their first exam and 20 minutes before all other exams. Students who arrive more than 30 minutes after the start of the exam will not be allowed in. Students must wear proper school uniform. If they are not in uniform they will not be allowed into the exams.
All senior students, except those who are not doing exams, have been given a copy of their Admission Slip. This sets out the date and time of their exams. (You can also refer to the timetable - in this newsletter.) Students will be given their original Admission Slip when they attend their first exam. They must take great care of their Admission Slip because they will not be allowed to sit their exams without it. If they lose their slip they must see Mr Ditchburn who can provide them with an official copy.
Students have also received a copy of the 2016 National External Assessment - Instructions and Information for Candidates leaflet. This leaflet provides more information about the exams and exam rules.
Derived Grades
Under certain circumstance, if a student is unable to sit an exam they can apply for a Derived Grade. The most common reason is illness, in which case the student will need to produce a medical certificate stating that they were too ill to sit the exam, or that their illness may have affected their ability to perform to the best of their ability. Students can also apply if they are bereaved shortly before or during the exams. In all cases students, or their parent(s)/caregiver(s) should contact Mr Ditchburn for further advice, either e-mail [email protected] or phone 235 8139 ext. 220.
Results
Exam results are released in mid-January. Students can either log into the NZQA website (www.nzqa.govt.nz) to view their results, or they can order a Results Notice which will be posted to them. Students wanting to receive their Results Notice should order it online via the NZQA website before the end of December. Students who have paid their fees can also order one free copy of their Record of Achievement and NCEA Certificate.
NEW ONLINE RESOURCE HUB FROM CAREERS NZ FOR SCHOOL LEAVERS
YEAR 11 EXTREME EDGE TRIP
The end of the final year at school can be a stressful time. Your teen will be focusing on exams and assessments. They’ll also be thinking about what they want to do when they leave school. Will they go straight into work, go to university, do a trade or take a gap year?
Careers NZ are here for you Careers NZ understand that as a parent you want to support and guide your teen through this stage of their lives as best you can. They have put together a dedicated resource hub where you can find all sorts of tips, tools and advice to use and share with your teen during this exciting and formative time in their life.
Go to and lots of otherwww.careers.govt.nz to find the Where To Next? resource hub useful information and tools.
The current Prefects and our 2017 Prefects pictured together following the Leadership
Assembly held last Wednesday where they were presented with their badges.
CHOPPED NZ - We are so proud of you! As you may have already heard, CHOPPED NZ is a Lions Foun-dation Young Enterprise Scheme Business which is being run by five Waiuku College students. Back in June we competed in the Regional Dragon Den finals after being selected from the initial rounds, and took home first place. Last month we were told that we had made it through to the Regional Awards. These took place last Friday at AUT City's Campus.
At the regional awards, early in the night, we were awarded an Excellence in Innovation and Sustainability award before heading out to mix and mingle with the companies from the other four Auckland regions. After light refreshments and a handful of speeches the National Excellence Awards and Regional Company of the Year were announced. This was the moment we had all been waiting for. Had our hard work paid off? The answer was yes! CHOPPED NZ had been awarded the Regional Company for the Year for South Auckland.
So what's happening now? Now, while working around exams we are aiming to create one more batch of boards, along with creating a Dragons Den pitch worthy for a National title. With this we will be heading down to Wellington early December to pitch our business model to a series of national business people in competition for the Company of the Year 2016 title.
Many thanks to everyone who has put their head 'on the chopping block' and supported us throughout the year in our business journey.
Watch this space!
The CHOPPED NZ team—pictured left to right:
Tyler Schnell, Ellen Ballantine, (Mr Vanderlaan), Olaf Wrieden,
Stephen Walker & Ceinwen Cattroll
STUDENT ABSENCES \ SICKNESS If your student is not coming in to school please phone the after-hours or absentee line (during school hours) and record the following: Your name, name of the student and the reason for their absence.
If you are unable to make a call please send a note in with them the day they return to school. A Medical Certificate is required for 3 or more days absence due to sickness.
If your student feels sick at school please remind them to tell their teacher if they are in class, or come to the Student Centre. The office staff will then make contact with you to arrange pick up etc. If you require your student to leave during school hours, a note or a phone call is required before they can leave.
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JAPAN TRIP REPORT BACK On 23rd September, 13 students, Ms Linnen and Mr Robin-son set out for a 16 day trip to Japan. The goals were for the students to learn and experience Japanese culture first-hand, and to have the opportunity to interact with Japanese students their age and practise their Japanese.
We arrived in Tokyo, spent 2 nights there and then moved on to Jin-Ai Girls’ High school in Fukui. The students home stayed with students from the school and attended Jin-Ai, where they had lots of interactions and hands on cultural experiences, such as calligraphy, making traditional Japanese sweets, tea ceremony etc.
From there, we travelled to Kyoto and visited several temples and a castle and also made a day trip to Nara, where we went to the deer park and saw the biggest Buddha in japan.
After Kyoto came Hiroshima. There we visited the Peace Park Museum and park. This was a great history lesson and a very sobering experience. We also travelled to Miyajima, which is an island near Hiroshima.
Finally, we returned to Tokyo, where we saw the Imperial Palace, electrical goods area and Asakusa in downtown Tokyo. To wrap up the trip the students got to visit Tokyo Disneyland. VIEW ROAD SCHOOL ART EXHIBITION
This is held every second year in our school hall and is a display of artwork from the year 7 & 8 technology students from: Aka Aka, Awhitu, Glenbrook, Otaua, Pukeoware, Sandspit, Waipipi, Waiuku Primary and View Road schools.
The quality is really great and Ms Sue Walsham and the students have put a lot of time and energy into it.
The Exhibition will be open during the following times:
