King'sNO 135 AUTUMN 2016 Insights Into TheCourier Life, Soul And Purpose Of The King’s College Community King’s College Resounding Reaping Personnel Results the Rewards pages 6-7, 17 & 26-27 pages 12-13 & 23-25 pages 14, 32-33 & 43 A WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES In This Issue 4 King’s Events 20 King’s Chapel 35 Investing in the Future Calendar of Events Chapel News KCOCA Bursaries 2016 5 King’s Headmaster 21 King’s Archives 36 Faith and Dedication Student Learning The College Bells Friendship, learning, faith and poignant memories 6 King’s Board 22 King’s Trips King’s Welcomes a New Head Non-Stop Adventure and Exploration 38 Mark Your Diary Introduction from Mr Simon Lamb Branch Dinners 23 King’s Sport Year Group Reunions 8 King’s Marketing Sports News Annual Reunion Dinner Matching Perception to Reality 24 King’s Culture 2016 ANZAC Day Service 10 King's Diversity Pacific Poet Principal Writer 39 Family Ties Endless Opportunities Offered What Does ‘Muzzled Voices’ Mean? 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They inspire students with their own competitive global marketplace. Students go 2.30pm Rugby: First XV v Kelston Boys’ High School (Home) Saturday 11 2.30pm Rugby: First XV v Sacred Heart College (Away) passion for their disciplines. They help through a number of significant developmental Sunday 8 Mothers Day Sunday 12 10.00am Family Service (Middlemore, Taylor and Parents) 9.00am Holy Communion Monday 13 RBNZ Monetory Policy Competition (to 20 June) students to acquire the skills and knowledge changes during their time at high school that Monday 9 4.30pm Year 13 Parent/Teacher Meeting (Great Hall) Tuesday 14 Big Sing (Auckland Regionals) to become confident, independent learners may impact on their achievement. The Tuesday 10 7.30am Senior and School Prefect Meetings (Lecture Theatre) Thursday 16 Year 9 Examinations (to 17 June) who then pride themselves on their influences of culture, families and teachers Thursday 12 9.30am Campus Tour 9.00am Clay Target: Matamata School Shoot (Taupo Gun Club) understanding and expertise. Great teachers should never be underestimated on students Friday 13 1.30pm Small House Music (Great Hall) Auckland Skiing/Snowboarding Championships enable their students to experiment, make and their achievement. 7.00pm Rowing Awards Dinner (Dining Hall) Saturday 18 2.30pm Rugby: First XV v Auckland Grammar School (Home) mistakes, inquire and question, and develop Saturday 14 Auckland Maths Olympiad Competition Sunday 19 10.00am Family Service (St John’s, Parnell, Averill and Parents) Great teachers continually build their the skills and disposition of original thinking. 2.30pm Rugby: First XV v Otahuhu College/Liston College Tuesday 21 7.00pm Senior Drama Performance (Great Hall) pedagogical capacity, their repertoire of Sunday 15 10.00am Family Service (Peart, Greenbank and Parents) Wednesday 22 7.00pm Senior Drama Performance (Great Hall) Michael Leach 12.00pm Peart Musicale (Great Hall) Thursday 23 7.00pm Senior Drama Performance (Great Hall) The purpose of education in our classrooms teaching strategies and their ability to form Tuesday 17 4.30pm Year 12 Parent/Teacher Meeting (Great Hall) Friday 24 12.15pm Round Square Political Debate is to provide a rich academic pathway and partnerships with students in mastering Friday 20 7.30pm Big House Music (Vector Arena) (Lecture Theatre) (to 1.25pm) to prepare young people for life after school; the process of learning. Saturday 21 2.30pm Rugby: First XV v St Peter’s College (Away) Concert Band Camp (to 26 June) helping them build up their mental, emotional, The digital era changes what is possible to guide this process. The classroom Sunday 22 10.00am Family Service (Marsden, Major and Parents) Saturday 25 2.30pm Rugby: First XV v Dilworth School (Away) social and strategic resources so they enjoy Thursday 26 4.30pm Year 10 Parent/Teacher Meeting (Great Hall) Tuesday 28 7.00pm Mid-Winter Music Showcase (Great Hall) for students to do as technology enables partnership allows students to build on their the challenges and cope well with uncertainty Friday 27 9.00am Year 12 Exchange with Otahuhu College Wednesday 29 7.00pm Rock Bands (Tuning Fork) each to discover, create and use knowledge strengths and interests or aspirations. The and complexity. We help them discover the (to 1.30pm) (Great Hall) Thursday 30 10.05am Year 9 Exam Order and Year 9/Year 10 in the real world faster, cheaper and with goals in an environment like this will be rich Choir Camp (Kapella and Chapel Choir) (to 29 May) Term Orders published things they are good at and then strengthen authentic audiences. and challenging with clear learning intentions Design Photography and Painting Trip to Sydney 1.10pm Year 11 to Year 13 Term Orders published their will and desire to pursue them. and success criteria so students will know (to 29 May) Confidence, capability and passion can Our teachers know they have a curriculum Saturday 28 2.30pm Rugby: First XV v Tangaroa College/Onehunga High July when they have met the expectations. Vital School (Home) be developed as real world intelligences, to deliver where high stakes assessments are Friday 1 1.00pm Term Two ends in these experiences will be high quality Sunday 29 7.00pm Evening Service (School, Selwyn and Parents) especially when students are to think for the culmination of this extended learning, but Saturday 2 2.30pm Rugby: First XV v Saint Kentigern College (Away) feedback from their teachers and peers, and Monday 30 6.00pm Tertiary Study Options Evening (Lecture Theatre) themselves, to dialogue with their teachers they are also bound by the expectations where those student characteristics of perseverance, and peers, and to engage in interesting the focus is now on the learning process. persistence, reflection and work ethic will and demanding coursework. Developing students’ ability to lead their own always be valued. learning and understand that when a teacher Design Our real emphasis on adolescent academic Build ‘opens the door’ for the experiences that build Feedback from students to their teachers Maintain achievement helps develop young people and scaffold learning opportunities, it will be about what works and what does not work their responsibility to take up the challenges is a critical learning tool for teachers as they Timeless and focus their growing intellect on are trying to always make things better for maximising their academic outcomes.