Friday 20 March 2015 — Issue 7

Tena Koutou Katoa Final 2014 NCEA Results: Selwyn Convincingly Outperforms All Our Neighbouring State Schools This week NZQA released the confirmed statistics for NCEA 2014 with a tool that enables comparisons between schools. We decided to compare our pass rates with those of every other state school in the central and east Auckland which assesses NCEA. We are very excited with the findings which are presented in the following table.

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 University Entrance Selwyn College 95.3 95.5 90.4 76.7 Glendowie College 92.2 90.9 85.9 71.2 Pakuranga College 89.1 87.2 84.4 73.9 Howick College 80.3 90.8 74.6 57.1 Tamaki College 51.1 70.6 54.5 13.8 Edgewater College 72.5 81.9 65.4 31.8 One Tree Hill College 76.5 81.6 67.8 28.9 Onehunga College 63.4 65.5 67.8 50.0 Auckland Girls Grammar School 76.1 79.6 65.0 53.1 Epsom Girls Grammar school 92.1 94.8 90.2 83.6

Be Sure To See Our 2015 Musical In the Heights!

The season starts on Wednesday with the Gala Evening and runs until Saturday. This is an incredibly special occasion as Selwyn College has been granted the rights to perform this as the New Zealand Premiere! This is a huge honour for Selwyn and is the result of a long track record of excellence in the Performing Arts. This is reflected in the large number of Showdown Awards bestowed on our students and staff such as Best Leading Male, Best Leading Female, Best Musical Director, Best Company Chorus to name a few.

'In the Heights' tells the story of a vibrant community in New York’s Washington Heights neighbourhood – a community on the brink of change, where the biggest struggles can be deciding which traditions you take with you, and which ones you leave behind.

This musical has won Tony Awards, a Grammy Award and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

The show’s American writer has tweeted about the fact that Selwyn College is doing the NZ Premiere and has shared our promotional poster around the world! Morgan Dalton-Mill, Anthony Minarapa, Elijah Forsyth and You MUST COME! PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS ON Finn Tarrant in a scene from ‘In the Heights’ ITICKET!

Selwyn College, Kohimarama Road, Kohimarama Green Jam Inspires Selwyn Students

Three Selwyn students attended the Green Jam Youth Sustainability Conference this week. Jarrin Kistanna our Environment Council Leader reports: "The 2015 Green Jam was an awesome experience; we learnt about the environmental problems we are soon to be facing followed by many great solutions. We got to hear from several talented young speakers who inspired the audience. We also got to meet with other 'Enviro' teams from all around schools in Auckland, sharing ideas that we will use to benefit the Selwyn community’s sustainability and waste management systems."

Introducing New Teacher – Anisa Barrowclough I am excited to be working in the English learning area at Selwyn College. I completed a conjoint Law and Arts degree in 2007. I then spent several years working in Auckland and overseas as a lawyer before deciding to retrain as a teacher. I am passionate about English as a subject and particularly interested in encouraging students to read and to develop critical thinking skills. I am very much looking forward to being a part of the vibrant community at Selwyn College.

Selwyn Community Education Weekend Workshops 28 & 29 March

Basic Car Maintenance Apple Mac—An Introduction Digital Photography—Introduction to DSLR Workshop How to Start an Online Business Introduction to Social Media Weekend Woodworking for Beginners Sushi Making Bike Maintenance 101 Painting in Oils and Acrylics Workshop iPad 2: Getting to Know iTunes Android Smartphone Digital Scrapbooking with Powerpoint and Photoshop Reminder to Parents How to be Found on the Internet If you have any questions about your student/s academic Easter Cooking Class progress and/or their wellbeing please contact their Head of Gorgeous Gift Wrapping House. Painting with Watercolours

Head of Houses Mangopare Aaron O’Brien Ext 675 See our website www.selwyncomed.school.nz Patiki Cameron Andrew Ext 681 for details and enrolling or phone 521 9623 Pitau Jane Phillipson Ext 677 Rautawa Mary Anne Foley Ext 680 Takeketonga Ryan Pryor Ext 679