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Friday, 14th October 2016 Kia Ora
Welcome back to term four … a very busy term both as students focus on their academic studies Upcoming Events:
and we celebrate students' achievements through 2016. October On Wednesday we enjoyed the annual Arts 14 Film Festival (Awards Evening) (7.30pm, Hall) Awards. The evening was a celebration of our students' talent and creativity. Congratulations to 15 GDC Rowing Ceilidh (Kay-lee) Fundraising Night (7pm, Hall) all of the students who won awards and/or who 19 Board of Trustees Meeting performed in the evening. A very big thank you (6pm) to the students and staff who put this evening together. It was a 20 Sports Awards Evening wonderful night. 24 Labour Day At assembly this week, my message was clear and simple. Students' 26 2017 Year 9 Testing Day primary focus this term is academic success. It's all about excellence. (8.15am) Olympic gold medallist, Mahé Drysdale, said that he had learned over his 27 Service Awards Assembly various regattas that the most important thing in achieving success is focussing on the process, not the outcome. On his technique, not the 27 Parents’ Association Meeting (7pm) medal.
The same is true for our senior students. By now they should be into a November planned programme of study. All year 11, 12 and 13 students should 2 Senior Prizegiving know: (7pm, Hall) what … internal standards they have left to complete 9 NCEA Exams Start … external standards they will be sitting 15 Pacific Whānau Hui (6.30pm) … is the content of each external standard 22 Taurere Whānau (6.30pm) … she or he must do to get excellence or merit when … their exams are 23 Board of Trustees Meeting, (6pm) … they are going to study – each week and each night who … they will study with (friends and classmates) 23 Teacher Only Day … they can talk to (e.g. teachers) to help prepare a study 24 – 29 Junior Exams plan At this stage of the year, it's easy for senior students to worry about having too much to study and too little time to do it. That's worrying about the outcome. If that is your child, help him or her to work out how much time she or he has to study … and how much he or she will study each night through to the last exam. Help your child to focus on using their time effectively, and let the exam results take care of themselves. That's focussing on the process. The same is also true for junior students. All year 9 and 10 students will sit exams later this term. These are important to gauge how well students are learning this year, and to develop good study skills for year 11-13 and later at university. Our staff are here to help you and your child, so please contact your child's teachers or Dean if you would like
information or assistance about studying effectively. R Dykes Principal
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Start of Year Arrangements for 2017
MONDAY 23 JANUARY: Office reopens HOURS OF BUSINESS 9:00AM – 4:00PM
WEDNESDAY 25 JANUARY: Peer Support Leaders Training Day (Year 13), 9:00am, Hall
THURSDAY 26 JANUARY: Course/Subject Confirmation for
ALL RETURNING YEARS 12 AND 13 STUDENTS
Year 13: 10.00am to 12.30pm
Year 12: 1.00pm to 3.30pm
FRIDAY 27 JANUARY: New Staff Induction
MONDAY 30 JANUARY: Auckland Anniversary Day
TUESDAY 31 JANUARY: Staff Administration Day (Teacher Only Day)
WEDNESDAY 1 FEBRUARY: Year 9: 8:45am, Hall
(Day 0) Year 13 Peer Support Leaders: 8:45am, Hall
NEW STUDENTS ENTERING
YEARS 10, 11, 12 AND 13 8:45am, Hall
Then on to Deans for Course/Subject Confirmation
Course/Subject Confirmation and Orientation for:
NEW INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS 8:45am, Hall
THURSDAY 2 FEBRUARY: WHOLE SCHOOL COMMENCES
(Day 1) Years 11, 12 and 13 assemble in the Hall at 8:40am
Year 9 to Form Rooms and Year 10 to old Gym
School finishes at 3:20pm
MONDAY 6 FEBRUARY: Waitangi Day
Scholarship Workshops
Students and teachers have been working hard together preparing for the upcoming scholarship examinations or preparing folios or performances for assessment. Our last half day workshops will take place on Wednesday the 26th and Friday the 28th of October to give teachers and students more time to prepare for the examinations. Timetables will be available to students next week.
Mrs S Hewetson, Deputy Principal
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Glendowie College Rowing Ceilidh (Kay-lee) Fundraising Night - 15th October, 7pm
Tickets are now on sale for this ancient and legendary fun filled evening of all things Scottish. Help celebrate the thistle taking pride of place on the new rowing uniforms and Glendowie's Scottish link. Enjoy a complimentary dram before being piped in to the Grand Hall by the stirring sounds of the Auckland Police Pipe Band. Ceilidh will be led by Wee Jocks Band. There will be plenty of time to chat and catch up with friends in between. Delicious canapés and a light supper will be served including haggis. Cash bar, fantastic silent auction. For tickets email [email protected] or mob 021 285 6948.
‘Showdown’ Nomination
Congratulations to Genesis Su'a-Tariau for receiving a ‘Showdown’ (Awards for school shows) nomination for his performance in ‘Blood Brothers’. We are very proud of his awesome performance. Well done Genesis! Mrs C Stone, HOD Drama
New Zealand Economics Competition
Award winners in the New Zealand Economics Competition are:
High Distinction Level 2
Donovan Kelso, Quinn Hendry, Scott McKenzie and Frank Leng.
Distinction Level 3
Nicole Mills, Lockie Woon, Monique Tran, Kate Yanagisawa, Lachlan Southall, Blair Spooner, Grace Ling, Callum Lawson, Nicholas Fallows, Ricardo Parfoot, Malcolm Willis, Christina NZ Economics Competition High Distinction Posner and Louis Mercieca. Level 2 Award winners (left to right) Donovan Kelso, Scott McKenzie, Quinn Distinction Level 2 Hendry and Frank Leng with Ms Rothbart at the awards presentation evening Alissa Skyrme and Darien Matsis.
Ms B Rothbart, Social Sciences Faculty
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Glendowie College’s Annual Fun Run/Walk
Glendowie College's Annual Fun Run/Walk was held on Sunday, 18 September, with the 5k and 10k run/walk starting at 10am from Gate 3 car parking area at the college.
The college appreciated the on-going support of the major sponsors:
Barfoot & Thompson - St Heliers SuperCity Mortgages The Uniform Group New Balance
Mr D James, Development Manager
2016 Arts Awards
The Annual Arts Awards Evening was held on Wednesday, ARTS AWARDS TROPHY WINNERS 12th October and recognised excellence in co-curricular Arts. Senior Debating Trophy - Andrey Borro A series of presentations acknowledged the wide variety of Production Cup - Samantha Hayward co-curricular Arts at the college within the categories of Arts Leaders Pasifika Trophy - Dance, Debating, Drama, Kapa Haka, Music, Theatresports, Katie Glasgow-Palmer Visual Arts and Wearable Arts. Theatre Sports Award donated by the Congratulations to all the award winners. Forbes Scott family - Mitchell Stone Photos from the Arts Awards Evening may be viewed on the Best Jazz Musician Award - school Flickr page - click on the following link to view them: Emile Vreeburg Concert Band Award: https://www.flickr.com/photos/138591673@N03/albums/7 Best Musical Contribution Award - 2157671646057673 Zoe Braithwaite Arts Leaders Koru Trophy - Gregory Hunter
Best Junior Music Performer Award - Daniel Tran Excellence in Musicianship Award - Alden Khoo Most Outstanding Music Performer Award - Frank Leng Dance Choreography Award - Sophia Reid
Mr Dykes is pictured with the Arts and Cultural Dance Performance Award - Emily Ding Leaders, Katie Glasgow-Palmer and Gregory Hunter
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Head Prefects’ Breakfast
On Tuesday, 20th September our Head Prefects hosted a breakfast to acknowledge the following achievers:
Alice Webster-McNamee – Alice has excelled in the sport of Waka Ama, or Outrigger Canoe Racing. Alice's team won the New Zealand National Waka Ama Championships in the Under-16 grade. This qualified the team for the World Competition at Lake Kawana on the Sunshine Coast in Australia in May of this year where Alice's team came third, taking a Bronze medal away for their effort. Alice is also involved in Athletics, especially field events including the discus, shot put and javelin. She was also Captain of the Year 9A Netball team this year. Gryffen and Tate King - Gryffen and Tate entertained the school when they demonstrated their Cup Stacking skills. Cup Stacking is a rather unique sport, that involves students stacking … and unstacking … empty upside down cups. It sounds simple, but is anything but. It requires a lot of agility and concentration. Gryffen and Tate are both part of the National Speed Stacking team – the Black Stacks. Both boys will travel to Taiwan next year to compete for New Zealand in an international competition. Gryffen and Tate also play a number of other sports including tennis, football and basketball. Jacqueline Cox - Jacqueline is a talented artist in year 12 who recently had her work accepted for the National Youth Art Awards. This national competition is prestigious, and being accepted to have your work presented there is an honour in itself. Jacqueline submitted some of her own painting for this award. Jacqueline is also involved in the wider life of the school, through her passion for German and helping with the costumes in this year's musical – ‘Blood Brothers’. The Glendowie College Big Band - On behalf of the Band, the two year 13 leaders of the group Emile Vreeburg and Alden Khoo received recognition. Music is a major and successful part of Glendowie College. This year our various groups have performed, and excelled, in a range of events and competitions. The Big Band performed at the Rhapsody in Rotorua earlier this year, picking up awards there. Most recently the Band won a gold medal at the Auckland KBB Festival. This is a very high distinction. Scott McKenzie - Scott McKenzie is a year 12 student who is a very talented 29ers sailor. 29ers are two-person high performance yachts that often act as a development pathway to sailing 49ers which are the yachts that New Zealanders Peter Burling and Blair Tuke won gold in at this year's Rio Olympics. Scott competed in the World Championships in the Netherlands this year. Competing against adults, Scott won one race and came seventh in another. Given the highly competitive standard in sailing around the world, these were outstanding results.
Alyssa Bullot - Alyssa is an outstanding, talented year 13 student who has excelled in her sport of running. This year Alyssa won in the Senior Girls' 3000m and also in the Senior Girls' 1500m at the Auckland Secondary Schools Championship. Alyssa was also the Senior Girls' Overall Champion at the Glendowie College Athletics Day. Alyssa has also competed nationally, and last year was part of the New Zealand Secondary Schools Road Race Team. Alyssa has also excelled in areas such as public speaking and leadership. At school she is the Sports Prefect, a role that she has done with excellence this year.
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Mr Elliot Lord who is a Senior Advisor at SuperCity Mortgages was the guest speaker and presented achievement certificates to each of the students. Elliot graduated from Glendowie College in the 1990's and went on to study Law and Arts at Auckland University. He worked for 7 years as a solicitor, before joining SuperCity Mortgages. Elliot is a strong supporter of his old school and is involved with the college's Development Trust and is a regular sponsor of the college.
Thank you to Mrs Henvest and the students from her Food Technology classes who provided breakfast for the award recipients and their parents after the formalities.
Leavers Concert
Our annual Leavers Concert was held on Tuesday, 20th September 2016. The concert is held each year to farewell our year 13 music students.
This year’s year 13 music leavers are pictured left.
THANKS FROM THE SALVATION ARMY
‘Last week we had the pleasure of meeting three highly inspirational girls from Glendowie College.
The Food Bank at the Auckland City Corps Mount Wellington Centre was at a very low level due to high demand in our area. With school holidays just around the corner and Christmas fast approaching it was fantastic timing for us that we were able to receive over one hundred cans of non-perishable food from Sophia Bower, Andi Ross and Erica Moss students from Glendowie College.
It is inspiring to see three young local leaders seeing a need in their greater community and making a plan to address the issue while not being afraid to roll their sleeves up and collect the cans for us.
They were a delight to meet and have signed up to volunteer in the food bank over the School holidays.
It is great to see youth taking action and inspiring us all while filling us with hope for the future generations.’
GARY DAVISON, THE SALVATION ARMY, TAMAKI CO-ORDINATOR FRIDAY, 23 SEPTEMBER 2016
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Year 13 Fun Day
The Year 13 students, Dean and form teachers enjoyed a day of fun on the last day of Term 3.
Friday 23rd September, the last day of term 3, was an opportunity for the year 13s to have some fun after a huge term and their mock exams. The year group dressed up in form class themes, some of which were inspired by their form teachers; MCK - Scottish theme; HEN - chefs; PVN - builders; as well as other beach, hippie and gangster themes. After a delicious sausage sizzle it was form class versus form class in a battle of year 9 inspired games such as Tug of War, Gold Rush, Speed Ball and the ultimate Sponge game. It was an amazing afternoon, with a huge amount of comradery and team work shown. Thanks for a lovely end of term Year 13! Year 13 Form Teachers Ms P Jones, Ms S Hancock, Mrs J Fraser, Year 13 Dean Mr M Pavarno, Mr G Mckie and Mrs W Henvest with Year 13 Dean Mrs J Fraser Accounting Success
Congratulations to Alma Lowe who was in year 13 in 2015 for achieving the highest mark for Accounting 101 at Auckland University for last semester. Alma is currently studying Law and Commerce.
Ms N Doherty, Teacher in Charge Accounting
ICT Tip
"Safe, Smart & Social" have published a web page with some tips for parents suggesting how to manage productive screen time with teenagers. Click the link below to view these experts’ advice: http://bit.ly/2d3JFsT
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Junior Hackathon Competition
Daniel and Michael Tran have created a game as part of the Junior Hackathon Competition using the 'Construct 2' software. They went through the technological process and uploaded the game to the competition website and on Saturday, 24 September went to MIT to demonstrate the high quality of their game where they finished as one of the top five finalists. The link below will take you to their game: http://buzzingmayhem.azurewebsites.net/
The Tran brothers have also created a Facebook page for the game, called 'Buzzing Mayhem’.
Mr H So, Technology Faculty
NZ Secondary Schools Swimming Championships
Our team this year comprised of Erin Abernethy, Ellissa Hunter, Sean Gibbs and Jordan Wilson. Overall results were exceptional for the team with two silver medals in the 4x50m Freestyle Relay and the 4x50m Medley Relay. The Star of the Year was Sean Gibbs (Year 9) who took medals in a number of events.
1st - 50 Butterfly 1st - 50 Freestyle 1st - 100 Freestyle 2nd - 100 Butterfly 3rd - 50 Backstroke Jordan was able to secure a bronze medal in the 100m Butterfly and was happy with this after a period of being unwell and little training. He also placed in the top 10 in each of his other 6 events. Ellissa and Erin swam beautifully and had some excellent races, both were valuable team members when it came to the relay and enjoyed their weekend of racing. Glendowie College placed 16th out of 66 schools in the boys section with only 2 swimmers as opposed to the winners, Westlake Boys High School with 19 swimmers! Fiona Wilson (Jordan Wilson’s Mum)
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Auckland Secondary Schools Road Running Championships
The Auckland Secondary Schools Road Running Championships were held on Tuesday, 20th September 2016. Congratulations to the following students on their exceptional results:
Alyssa Bullot - 1st Senior Girls Sophie Atkinson - 4th Intermediate Girls Maxwell Rawbone - 10th Senior Boys
Mrs N Beattie, Sports Administrator
29er Sailing Success – Scott McKenzie
Three days after arriving in Medemblik – Scott McKenzie competed in the German 29er Nationals. This was a four day regatta with 90 boats. Scott and his sailing partner (Seb) finished 8th overall. The sailors had 2 days rest before continuing with training in preparation for the Open Worlds. One of the rest days, the team spent an enjoyable day in Amsterdam.
The Open 29er World Championship was a gruelling 6 day and a marathon 20 races event, sailed in a mixture of very testing conditions. They had a record number of boats this year – 230 boats (29 countries). We are so, so proud that Scott finished 7th overall – this is EPIC considering that he and Seb have only been in this class of boat for about 8 months. Now Scott and Seb can sail with a Number 7 on their sail, as they are ranked 7th in the world now – amazing!
You can check out the final results here: http://www.29erworlds.org/index.php/event/results/finals/. These are the results from the final 10 races. The first 10 races are the Qualifying series – if you get in the top 50 – you make it into the Gold Fleet. Scott and Seb were placed 11th after 10 races. This score is then added onto the scores from the next 10 races (Final Series). There were a total of 9 NZ teams there – 3 teams made the Gold Fleet and nearly the rest in the Silver Fleet. Overall New Zealand performed very well.
Sara McKenzie (Scott McKenzie’s Mum)
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Badminton
In the recent Auckland Schools Competition held over Term Two and Term Three we had five teams entered. Once again we had success. In Term Two our Senior A reserve team came second in their division and third overall. Our team could have been placed higher but we were unable to play one of the games due to another event. This was the first year that any of our teams had played in the A grade, and hopefully we can continue in this grade next year. The A team members were Aldric Khoo, Alden Khoo, Chris Hsueh and Frank Leng. Last year our B1 team won their grade (this years A grade). This year our B1 team were placed third, and our B2 team won their overall grade and will be receiving their medals shortly. Our C1 and C2 teams were placed in the middle of their divisions. Ms G Thomas, Teacher in Charge Badminton
National E Grade Ladies Squash Champions
Congratulations to Asta Schnell (10WBR) and the Remuera Rackets Club E Grade Ladies Team on winning the National Superchamps finals. The finals were held in Invercargill from Wednesday 21st – Saturday 24th September.
The District and National Superchamps events are played to identify the strongest club in the country for each grade. Teams are composed of five players per club that are in the same grade (B, C, D, E and F/J for both men and women). At the District Superchamps clubs in a single district play off to find the district champion in each grade. The district champion is then eligible to travel to the National Superchamps finals to play off for the national title. Teams contest ties in round-robin and/or knockout format, with the team that wins three or more matches declared the winner.
The Remuera Racquets Club E Grade Ladies Team: Left to right: Lucy MacFarlane, Jo Cormack, Asta Schnell (Glendowie College), Brighid Shelton and Olivia Judd
Glendowie Bowling Club – ‘Have-a-Go’ Day
The Glendowie Bowling Club are having a “Have-a-go” day on Sunday the 16th October at their club situated 25 Chelmsford Avenue, Glendowie between 1pm and 4pm. The club provide their facilities as part of their school programme and invite all parents and their families to view their facilities and experience the recreational side of bowling first hand. All bowls coaching and afternoon tea will be provided.
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2016 Auckland Regional Sport Stacking (Cup Stacking) Tournament
The 2016 Auckland Regional Sport Stacking Tournament is being held at Murrays Bay Intermediate School Gymnasium, 37 Sunrise Avenue, Murrays Bay, North Shore, on Saturday 5th November 2016. The tournament is for all ages from 3 - 60+, for Novice and Experienced stackers. Registrations can be done online. All details including registration links are on the Speed Stacks (NZ) website Tournaments page: www.speedstacks.co.nz/pages/auckland-tournament
Early registrations end Friday 21 October. Entries close Monday 31 October.
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Stonefields School and Rotary St John’s Gala Fair
Stonefields School and Rotary St John’s welcome all our surrounding community to attend their Gala Fair on Saturday 15th October from 10am - 2pm. There should be something for everyone with a huge choice of cultural food dishes for sale as well as sausage sizzles, steak sandwiches, candy floss and lollies. Watch some of the many performances from local schools and groups and take part in the numerous activities available on the day. This year, we have the new addition of an assault course run by the army cadets. It will be too good a day to miss! See you there!
Eastern Suburbs Family Scavenger Hunt
Attend the Eastern Suburbs Family Scavenger Hunt on Sunday 13 November from 11am-3pm and be in to win over $3,500 in prizes/spot prizes all donated by our local business community. In teams of 5 use your cell cameras to photograph up to 100 items, people and places around the community. Raising awareness and funds for Prostate Cancer. Enter [email protected] or https://www.facebook.com/easternsuburbsfamily scavengerhunt/
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