Newsletter No. 8 27 September 2018

Tom Vanderlaan Principal

DATES TO REMEMBER Nga Mihi O Te Wiki O Te Reo Maori Kia Koutou TERM 3 2018 TE WIKI O TE REO MAORI 28 September The college has enjoyed a range of activities over the last two weeks to promote the use of Te Reo Talent Quest Maori both in and out of school. Staff have been encouraged to use Te Reo more in their teaching End of Term 3 practice and in their interactions with students. It has been great to see the media in 15 October particular, get in behind and tautoko (support) the increased use of Te Reo. Our students were involved in the Hikoia Te Reo (Maori Language March) in City as well as carrying out Powhiri Term 4 starts responsibilities at events in Manukau City. We were also proud of our senior students performing in TERM 4 2018 the Mahi Pai language promotions and featuring on Breakfast Television. Our thanks to Lisa and 19 October Roimata Minhinnick for creating these opportunities. My thanks also to staff members Whaea Rhema, Whaea Piki, Whaea Lorraine and Matua Selwyn for all they do to promote Te Reo and support Tug of War our Maori students. 22 October NEW DEPUTY PRINCIPAL LABOUR DAY The college is pleased to announce that we have appointed Mrs Jerilynne Dong-Bhana as our new 23 October Deputy Principal. We will welcome her with a Powhiri on the first day of term 4. Whaea Jeri is of Leavers’ Dinner Ngapuhi, Niuean and Chinese descent with a long family history in the area. She has worked at Pukekohe Intermediate, Pukekohe High School, and as a Professional Development 24 October facilitator for schools. Sports Awards Evening KAHUI AKO LEADER 1 November The Waiuku Kahui Ako (Community of Schools) have appointed our Deputy Principal Mr Todd SENIOR PRIZEGIVING 1.30pm Malcolm as the new leader for the next 2 years. Todd will take over the role from Sandspit principal, Mr Graeme Newall at the start of Term 4. Waiuku College thanks Graeme for his work in this 7 November important role over the last 2 years. The Kahui Ako has been working with change management NCEA EXAMS commence consultants through the Springboard Trust to review its direction and to develop a new set of strategic 8—13 November goals and plans. JUNIOR EXAMS PO WHAKANUIA th 26-30 November This year has been special for me as principal in celebrating both my 10 year at the college and holding our 10th Po Whakanuia (Maori & Pasifika Awards Evening). It was great to have past student Year 10 Camp winners of the top Te Toa award attend and address the event, along with Whaea Raeleen Harré, ex- 7 December principal, who was so important in setting up and sustaining this important annual event. Congratula- Junior Prizegiving tions to all our student awards recipients and their whanau. th End of year YEAR 8 ENROLMENT – OPEN EVENING WEDNESDAY 17 OCTOBER AT 5.45pm Enrolment processes are well underway and I have visited all of our 9 local Kura (Primary Schools) to Please note that the talk about the transition to College in 2019. An open information evening for parents and new newsletter is emailed to students will be held on the evening of Wednesday October the 17th from 5.45pm. Please meet in the parents\caregivers now, so school hall. please ensure we have your correct email address on file . TOURNAMENT WEEK A big thank you to all the parents\caregivers, teachers and coaches who gave up their time to take eight teams away for tournament week this year. This has been another outstanding week for our Basketball, Football, Hockey and Netball teams. We are very proud of all their achievements. A special mention to Gold Netball for winning the final of their division and gaining promotion for the 2019 Tournament. A big thank you to Mrs Judith Coe for her supporting organisation and administration work. JUNIOR EXCELLENCE – TITIRO TEITEI Year 9 and 10 students with significant numbers of excellences in their assessments this year, were recognized at a special Junior Excellence Assembly this week. Congratulations to all our Junior students who have been recognized for striving to achieve excellence in line with our school motto “Titiro TeiTei” – Aim for Excellence. OVERSEAS MARKETING I will be carrying out a brief visit to Vietnam and Shenzen in China during the last week of term to further develop new student exchange opportunities with schools and agents in these markets. PRINCIPAL ABSENCE TERM 4 I am undergoing a second knee replacement operation, which may keep me away for four to six weeks in term 4. Mr Nickless will be Acting Principal in my absence. BEE KEEPING A group of senior students and staff recently completed a bee-keeping course with Franklin Bee Keepers. There is a real buzz about this activity at Waiuku College, especially as a $16,000 grant has been awarded to the school to investigate the cloning of Queen Bees with a view to proving new hives, which can be spread through our community in the local primary schools.

Best Wishes to all our students and families for the upcoming school holiday break.

Nga Mihi kia Koutou Tom Vanderlaan, Principal

‘GAMING’ EFFECTING STUDENT LEARNING HORTICULTURE cont. We are becoming increasingly aware of the effect gaming (e.g. Bee Club Fortnite and other games) and late night internet use is having Students and staff in the Waiuku College Bee Club recently on the learning of children. Some students are on-line until 3 attended the Franklin Bee Club’s ‘Introduction to Bee keeping’ or 4am in the morning. course. It was held at the College over two evenings, followed up with a Saturday on the Franklin club site. Of particular interest Please consider: was the extension material discussed for the Queen Bee breeding 1. Turning the internet off at 11pm research project, which the students are involved with. 2. Disconnecting the modem Thank you to the President, Tina Cole, and Martin for running the Students should be getting 8-9 hours sleep a night to function course. and learn properly the next day.

HORTICULTURE The Horticultural area is trialling different rat baits in tunnel traps to become predator free.

The short stay Japanese students had a lesson with Ms Patterson. They learnt how to pot up native flax for the Trees for New Technician Trevor Weir teaching students how to tie off Survival programme. They weren’t shy of getting their hands dirty a wire to a strainer post and make a figure of eight join and potted up close to 100 plants.

PO WHAKANUIA

A celebration of this year’s Maori and Pasifika success Po Whakanuia honours the hard work and dedication of our Maori and Pasifika students towards academic and extra-curricular studies. Special guests were some of last year’s major award winners and Mrs Harre, our ex-Deputy Principal

Te Toa, -Top Pasifika student Te Toa -Top Maori student

Major Awards Jayden Watts The Toku Takaaro Award - top sportsperson Natalie Campbell The Te Reo Oriori is awarded to the student who has made a huge contribution to musicianship & performance Lyzann Tara The C F Brown Trophy is awarded to that student who has made an outstanding contribution to Taha Maori Waiohua Minhinnick The Pei Te Hurimui Jones Trophy goes to that student who has demonstrated a high level of competence in Te Reo Wai Ora Minhinnick The Kaitataki Award recognises our leader of Kapahaka Uaratanga - Values Awards Tamati Rei Manaaki Award recognises someone who is helpful and considerate to others Te Aroha Kaihau Aroha Award recognises someone who is caring, kind and giving Sidney McMillan Awhina Award recognises someone who is pro-active and demonstrates initiative Jayden Watts Tautoko Award recognises someone who is dependable, reliable and supportive of others Jade Walters Wairua Award recognises someone who others will follow, leads from the front, has mana and is a role model Jenny Smith Pumau Award for contribution and dedication to Te Reo McKiel Matu Whai Kaha for showing determination and strong will in the face of adversity Loretta Ailepata Te Toa Award - Top Pasifika student Waiohua Minhinnick Te Toa Award - Top Maori student

Te Aroha Tamati Jayden McKial Jenni

Natalie Jade

Lyzann Wai Ora Sidney NCEA EXTERNAL EXAMINATIONS 2018 PPPPP Cont. This year’s NCEA External Examinations start on Wednesday 7th You also need to look after your body; living on junk food and November and end on Friday 30th November. You can find the revising into the wee small hours isn’t good for your brain. Eat exam timetable at the bottom of the NZQA homepage - well, sleep well and revise well and you should be properly www.nzqa.govt.nz. prepared. And get off those screens at least an hour before you want to go to sleep. The blue light generated by screens on Admission Slips phones, tablets, laptops and TVs fools the brain into thinking Early next term, students in Years 11, 12 and 13 will receive a it’s still daytime and affects your ability to get a good night’s photocopy of their personalised Admission Slip setting out the sleep. dates and times of their exams. Students will be handed their Keeping Up To Date with NCEA Results original Admission Slip when they attend their first exam. Students should be keeping up-to-date with their results, both Students should take great care of their Admission Slip as they on MUSAC Edge and on the NZQA website. All senior students won’t be allowed into exams without it. have received a card with their National Student Number (NSN) and login instructions. Once they have registered they will be What do you do if miss an exam because of illness, able to view their results and order documents such as certifi- bereavement or other unforeseen circumstances? cates and their Record of Achievement. Please note that Under certain circumstances you can apply for a Derived Grade. schools are only required to send results into NZQA at the start A Derived Grade is based on evidence, such as your Practice of each month so there is often a delay between results Exam results, and is awarded by NZQA for the standards you appearing on Edge and appearing on the NZQA website. missed. You must complete a form and provided appropriate evidence by 12 noon on Friday 7th December. For example, if you miss an exam because you are unwell you must get a CHESS COMPETITION medical certificate stating that you were too sick to sit the Following on from our huge success at the South Auckland exam and the dates of your illness. You can also apply for a Regionals, the team travelled to Mt Roskill for the much antici- derived grade if you believe your performance was affected pated Auckland Regional finals. because you were ill. Again, you will need to provide a medical certificate. For more information contact Mrs Everitt. An early 7 am start on Friday 3 August saw Xxavier Willoughby- Ansell, Matthew Codling, Cameron Slattery, Marius Jansen van NCEA Results Rensberg and Cody Ohms set off for the challenge of the year. NZQA do not automatically post out Results Notices as most The competition included seventy-five students, representing people now view their results online. If you would like to eleven schools, playing seven rounds of chess. receive a paper copy of your Results Notice you must login to After some exciting games, the best four scores were added the NZQA website and order one before the end of December. together to find the best schools. Waiuku College fought hard, throwing out some inspiring moves and finishing a well placed NZQA Fees sixth. Both Matthew and Xxavier finished in the top 20. The deadline to pay NZQA fees to the school was 10th August. However, it is still not too late to pay this year’s fees. You can To Xxavier’s delight, the hours of practice paid off and he has either collect a School Candidate Payment Form from the qualified to represent Waiuku College at the Chess Power school and post your payment to NZQA or log into the NZQA Champions Trophy in October. This is an individual competition website and pay online. The deadline for the payment of fees with up to 150 students and is a great achievement by Xxavier. to NZQA is 1st December. Payments made after the 1st We wish him well. December will incur a $50.00 late payment fee. If the fees are not paid students can still complete assessments, including Cameron exams, and their results will still be recorded. However, they Cody will not be awarded any qualifications they have earned, e.g. NCEA Level 1 or University Entrance, and they will not receive their Record of Achievement (RoA) or any certificates. Once any outstanding fees are paid the student will be awarded their qualifications and can order their RoA and certificates. PPPPP - Revision is the Key Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance. In order for Maurius students to do their very best in the external exams they need Matthew to be properly prepared. If they haven’t already started revising, now is the time. They should get online and Google

‘revision techniques’ and find out what works for them. There are certain things that don’t work for anyone: last minute cramming the day before; mindlessly reading through notes; recording notes and playing them back whilst asleep. Good revision is active and involves taking the information to be Xxavier learned and processing it in some way, e.g. turning written notes into pictures or diagrams. A good place to start is the exam timetable. Find out when your exams are and then devise a revision timetable. Remember to build in rest breaks and time for physical activities like sport. CANTEEN CARNIVAL 2018 - 12th SEPTEMBER BEFORE The Waiuku College annual Canteen Carnival was once again a huge success. Canteen is a non-profit organisation which is very close to our heart as it supports teenagers living with cancer. Our goal was to bring awareness to this cause by showing our support through fundraising for this charity, as well as having a few brave students and teachers who had their hair cut, shaved their heads and waxed their legs. This year we tried something a little different. The Bike Bash was a new activity in which 11 bikes were provided and some- one was required to be cycling constantly from 9am to 3pm. There was a huge effort put in by everyone with all bikes being occupied for the entire six hours – Ms Kingi cycled for the whole six hours! During lunchtime we had a variety of food stalls kindly donated and organised by some year 13 students. PSSP again had ‘guess the condoms in the jar,’ and face painting. Mrs Becker and a AFTER group of students made friendship bracelets. The Waiuku College First XV team generously donated their pain as students could make a donation and wax the boys’ leg or facial hair. There were many boys walking away at the end of the day with half-waxed legs and cleanly shaved faces. The main event of the day was the head shaving. We had three courageous girls – Brenna Ford (Year 13), Abigail Ditchburn (Year 13) and Amber Humberstone (Year 9), as well as one of our history teachers Miss Kelsey Flynn. They all had at least 14 inches cut off their hair (35.5cm) to be made into wigs for teenagers living with cancer. We also had eight boys who shaved their hair for this cause - Liam Cassidy (Year 13), Bradley Allan (Year 12), Hamish Simpson (Year 11), Josh Ebelthite (Year 10), Reagan Wanhill (Year 9), Jake Cattaway Year 9, and Joel O’Neil (Year 9). Mr Ruegg not only completed the Death Nut challenge, which involved eating a selection of the ‘hottest peanuts in the world,’ he also shaved his head. A huge thanks to Shelley Cassidy, as this year marked the 10th year she has come to the college to cut the students’ hair. James Hanna-Batty, who has had no experience shaving heads, did a great job shaving the boys’ hair. All in all, we raised BIKE BASH approximately $2500 for Canteen which was a great effort from everyone involved. By Peta Butler and James Hanna-Batty GIRLS’ BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT SPORT SPORTS AWARDS EVENING This was our third year competing in the Schick Northern Cup Secondary Schools Basketball Tournament held at the Bruce 6.30pm, Thursday 25th October in the College Hall Pulman Arena in Takanini, Papakura. By invitation only This year our team was made up of girls ranging from year 9s All queries to Mrs Coe - Director of Sport up to year 13s. Even though we had slight differences in age and experience, the girls were able to come together and work ______as a really good unit. NEW ZEALAND SECONDARY SCHOOLS Although there were lots of tears, injuries, strapping and ice WINTER TOURNAMENT WEEK pack, we shared a lot of laughs and learnt a lot about one This year Waiuku College sent eight teams of various codes all another. We have so many positives to look forward to, for the over the to attend the New Zealand Secondary future of girls’ basketball at Waiuku College. Schools Winter Tournament week. I would like to thank some We are so proud of the girls for their awesome effort, attitude people, for their time, effort and contribution to our students in and trust they showed, both on and off the court. It was an helping to make this happen. absolute pleasure and honour to be part of a team with these College Gold Netball attended the Upper North Island Netball beautiful young ladies. Tournament held in Mount Maunganui. We would like to say a big thank you to the parents for getting Special thanks to Coach Hannah Kimber, Manager Sue Capes, the girls to trainings, for the lovely dinners and the yummy and support crew Antoinette Walters, year 11 student Charlotte desserts we shared together. Also to Mrs Coe for her endless Cooper who umpired on behalf of our team, and all the help and support, and to Mr Vanderlaan and all the staff. wonderful support parents/caregivers that travelled to support this team. st Boys’ 1 XI Hockey attended the Coach’s Trophy Boys’ Hockey Tournament held at the Horowhenua Hockey Turf in Levin. Special thanks to Coach Rodney Jackson and Manager Dean Borrell, and Andrew Watkinson (parent) for coming to support the team. st Girls’ 1 XI Hockey attended the Eveline Hankers Tournament held at the Great Lakes Hockey Turf in Taupo. Special thanks to Coach Bernadette Corcoran and Manager Shannon Adamski, and the support parents who went along to support our girls. Boys’ 1st XI Football attended the 2nd XI Football Tournament SENIOR BOYS’ BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT held in New Plymouth. This year we entered our senior boys basketball team in the NZ Special thanks to Coach Frank Lieder, Manager Jason Senior Premiership competition held at Auckland’s North Shore. Hammersley and Alan Tauroa-Barnett who accompanied the This is the top level college competition, so we realised we team as the referee. would be playing the best of the best. Girls’ 1st XI Football attended the Maurice Hulme Tournament Taking a team of year 11 boys our goal this year was to gain held in Rotorua. experience and build on that for the future. The level of com- Special thanks to Manager Keli Toner, Coach Emma Christensen petition and size of our opponents challenged our boys both and Assistant Coach Ashleigh Barnett who travelled with the mentally and physically. team, and all the wonderful support parents/caregivers who Some highlights were:- scoring 50 and 60 points against some were there for the team most days. top level schools, not making any game easy for any of our op- Boys’ Junior Basketball attended the Junior Zone 1 Tourna- ponents, and competing against some amazing players. ment held at the North Shore Events Centre. We were conscious that we were the new kids on the block - Special thanks to Coach Mike Harper, Manager Kylie Dalgety, this being the first time Waiuku had ever entered this comp, and Hayley Hickmore, a year 9 student who attended as their and people were interested to see what we could do. The boys Referee. did Waiuku proud and showed that we belonged there. We Boys’ Senior Basketball attended the Senior Zone Tournament finished 22nd from 24 teams. held at the North Shore Events centre. Special thanks to Coach Candy Tia and Manager Di Bradley. Senior Girls’ Basketball attended the North Island Qualifying Tournament held at the Bruce Pullman Centre in Papakura. Special thanks to Coach Riki Minhinnick and Manager Shelley Thompson. Special mention to Cheyenne Beukman and Hayley Hickmore for refereeing and playing for our girls team. It was a fantastic effort from everyone concerned and I was so proud to see our students representing our Waiuku College and the colours of Maroon and gold with pride. Judith Coe Director of Sports Following are articles and photos from some of the codes. TOURNAMENT WEEK CONT. GIRLS’ 1st XI FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT By Keli Toner,

JUNIOR BOYS’ BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT Manager On Saturday 1st September, the Junior boys’ basketball team Another great time had by all, with laughter from the start to had their first game in the 2018 Grade A Tournament at the the end. Our girls had new coaches who had come on board North Shore Events Centre. Although they played a tough for this tournament, and it was always going to be a hard task opponent and our top player was fouled out in the fourth for a team of girls and coaches who don’t really know each quarter, the boys still managed to come out with a win, which other to work together. It only took a couple of games for the was a great way to start off the four day tournament. coaches to start to tweak positions and find a format that would work and be best for the team. With a few more wins and a few losses, the team finished 6th overall. This was a huge accomplishment for such a young and It was amazing to see many players play out of their natural inexperienced team, and their success was due to their positions and adapt well to it. It was great that many of the commitment and dedication. girls families were able to attend some of their games and attend our activities. It’s is so great to have all this support. There were so many highlights from the tournament:- a rare four point play from Kyson, Timoti twisting his ankle, playing For the girls who played for their last year at tournament, we through the pain and going beast mode, and assistant coach hope you have lasting memories. Jalen drawing up plays and running them exceptionally. New team members, welcome and hope you will be back for All 12 players performed to their best and it’s exciting to think more next year. how good they will be with more training and hard work. A big thank you to the parents who helped out with transport and supported the team.

GIRLS’ HOCKEY TOURNAMENT By Sasha Kyd This year the first XI hockey girls participated in the Eveline Hankers cup which was held in Taupo. They played the best hockey they had all season, which was reflected in the scores from every game throughout the tournament. The coaching BOYS’ 1ST XI FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT and management team were happy with the results, leaving After an exciting final against Ormiston College, the 1st X1 came the tournament undefeated and coming away with 9th equal runners-up after extra time and penalty shootouts and even following 4 draws and a big 7-0 win against One Tree Hill. The made TV Time on Sky Sports. Then on to New Plymouth to play final game on Friday against Cambridge Girls High School was in the NZ Secondary Schools 2nd XI Tournament against fifteen tense as they had a 1-0 lead throughout the whole game. As teams from around the North Island. the game drew to a close, the team was given a penalty corner A mixed bag of results meant a play-off for 9th place. All the in the dying seconds, the whistle blew, and the game was over. games were close, and the team enjoyed the tournament and Knowing the penalty corner had to be played out and that it gained experience from this for the start of the 2019 season. was the only chance to even the score and stay undefeated, it worked like clockwork and in the end it was Kadia Thornton who scored, resulting in a 1-1 draw. It was a bittersweet moment as even though the game was a great one to finish the tournament with, for some of the girls it was the last game they would play together. From the start of the season it was obvious the team had progressed massively. To sum up the season, it was pretty successful considering how new the team was at the beginning and that some of the girls had never even picked up a hockey stick before. The co- captains (Sasha Kyd and Kadia Thornton) thoroughly enjoyed captaining and coaching the girls throughout the season and look forward to seeing them progress next year.

TOURNAMENT WEEK CONT. BOYS’ HOCKEY TOURNAMENT By Hayden Foy NETBALL GOLD TOURNAMENT The boys had a great season this year. We started with a We travelled to compete in the Upper North Island Secondary couple of wins, one being against Strathallan. Our steady pre- Schools Competition which was held in Mount Maunganui. season created the team a foundation to build off for tour- Better known as UNISS. We competed in the C Grade comp nament week. As a year 13, this would be my last tournament which is made up of teams from thirty-one other schools. In wearing the maroon and gold of Waiuku College. I couldn’t be every division the games are fiercely contested, and none of more proud of the way the boys played, and our end result them can be taken lightly. after the final whistle. We were successful in winning all our games except one, Our first three days left us at the top of our pool, securing our playing two games a day, each game being 4 x 10 minute position in the top 8. As well as playing hockey, as a team we quarters. watched a few games from other pools and it was evident we weren’t the only team here to play hockey. We played some This led us to the finals day that saw us up against Tauhara tough games in our playoffs and got a result we were not College from Taupo in the Semis, and after a nail biting game expecting. Out of 16 teams from all over the country we placed we finished with a win 31-30. 6th. Being captain this season was a massive pleasure. I Onto the finals and we were up against the only team we had thoroughly enjoyed working alongside our coach Rodney and lost to earlier in the week, Kaipara College. To our delight our playing alongside the lads we came to call brothers. Congratu- girls dug deep, played their hearts out and came away with a lations to Nathan Browne on receiving the Tournament MVP victorious 37-33 win, taking out the C Grade Championship. award, it was well deserved with your huge effort and hard Special congratulations to Che Harcombe and Nicole work on the turf. Kempthorne who were Identified and named in the tourna- ment week team for 2018. Also to Charlotte Cooper, who travelled with the team as their umpire. Charlotte started off umpiring C Grade teams and by the end of the week was doing

B Grade teams, which was a great result for her. Special thanks to Coach Hannah Kimber, Manager Sue Capes, support person Antoinette Walters and all the parents and caregivers who travelled down most days to support the girls.

We now move up to B Grade again for the 2019 season.

CELEBRATING STUDENT SUCCESS Written by Gregory Capper-Conijn (9AD) Over the past year, I have been competing in cattle showing all around the North Island. I am really proud of my New Zealand Junior Purebred trophy that I won for handling. I also won the Marcus Trotters award in April, for showing. I have been handling and showing cows since I was three-and-a- CONGRATULATIONS TO Kaleb Midgley (Yr 9) who had half years old, and it takes lots of practice to prepare for the his first game as referee assistant for the game of Counties shows. Women's heat vs Auckland, and Counties Men vs Wellington. Most recently, on August 5th, I competed for Counties Special Olympics Swimming in Whangarei. I won first place for back- A great effort Kaleb! stroke, second place for the mixed relay, third place for breast- stroke and fifth place for freestyle swimming. I train every week in Pukekohe and I am now preparing for my next swimming competition in Manukau.

CLAY TARGET SHOOTING TEAM SPORT cont. th On 13 September the shooting team travelled to Tauranga for

their last monthly competition before they head to GIRLS’ CRICKET TEAM TO RAROTONGA Christchurch at the end of this month for the South Island Our cricket girls, led by Mr Jason Hammersley and Ms Sophie Nationals. They arrived to a fine but blustery day with an Knight, are leaving to play three games of Cricket in Rarotonga, attendance of 122 shooters and 25 quads from around the th Cook islands. They depart New Zealand on Thursday 27 central North Island. September and return on Tuesday 2nd October. Shooting wasn’t easy at all and that showed on the score board The girls would especially like to thank Mr Hammersley and Ms with only a handful of possibles. It was Waiuku’s Matty Groot Knight for taking them, and also their parents, caregivers and who handled the pressure well, shooting 19\20, 59\60 and 10 loyal supporters who have helped them with their fundraising \10, so only 2 points down for the day. He had to shoot off to enable this trip to happen. with one other on the same points and took out the top honours for the day. He also took out first place in the Juniors section of the Trophy Event, which was shot over the Single Rise and Single Barrel Events. Kiel Bell-Tipene took out third place in the same event after a shoot off against 5 other shooters. One of our first year shooters, Jack Thomas did himself proud being only 3 points down on the day after shooting 19\20, 60\60 and 8\10. No mean feat and he was the only shooter on the day to shoot the possible 60\60 in the Points Score section. Well done Jack!! Our A team for the day of Daniel Craig, Josh Baird, Kiel Bell- Tipene, Devan Partridge and Matty Groot, placed 4th in the Open Teams. Their coaches and manager were very proud of this very young and talented team.

Pictured Back row: Hannah Danes

2nd row: Ms Knight (Mngr), Alix-Rose Hearn, Tayla Robinson, Emily McGregor, Molly Buchan, Mr Hammersley (Coach) Front row: Laura McGregor, Jayden Watts, Kadia Thornton, Sasha Kyd, Harmony Allen

CONGRATULATIONS TO Emily Kitson of year 13 who was selected to play for the Counties Womens’ Senior Rugby Heat Team. Emily got to play a full game against Manawatu as No. 15, and they came away with a 31-22 victory. This last weekend they played against Auckland. The photo is of Emily with Mr Brandon Roberts, an ex-student of Waiuku College, who was appointed as the Touch Referee Back row: Kiel Bell-Tipene, Dylan Burns, Daniel Craig, Luke Cathcart, for that game. Josh Baird Mid row: Chloe Thompson, Matty Groot, Jack Thomas, Jack Dear Well done to you both. We know that this is just the start of Front: Devon Partridge your future careers in Rugby. JUNIOR BOYS’ FOOTBALL The team had a great win vs Aorere College Wining 3-2. They are an all young side full of heart and coming together so well as a squad. They are coached by ex-student Alan Tauroa Barnett who is doing a great job, and managed by parent Charise Savage. HIKOIA TE REO MARCH TE PUAHA O - THE MOUTH OF THE BASKING IN TE REO MAORI RIVER The following students were involved in a mass Kapahaka Beautiful day today. Basking in Te Reo Maori..... performance to represent our Area - Te Puaha o Waikato - The Jack Tame and Esther from Shortland Street walking the talk.... Mouth of the River, and to honour our Maori King's 12th year. Quite an emotional day for us as we celebrate the importance They were: Wai Ora Minhinnick, Pare Edwards, Zahntaye Brown of our Reo.... -Heather, Natalie Campbell, Lyzann Tara, Hawaiki Jakeman, Ngaiwi Kahukoka and Trent Brown (ex-student). Schools involved were Te Puaha o Waikato Kura kaupapa, Onewhero High and Primary, Tuakau College and Primary, Pukekohe High, Pukekohe North, Wesley College and Waiuku College. There were one hundred plus performers on stage. A wonderful experience for our tamariki, learning about Tikanga Maori first hand. you can watch the video on the Kiingatanga facebook page... Video is named DAY 4 KORONEIHANA 2K18 and our group is on from the 25 minute mark. To add, the Waiuku Maori rugby team (adults and youth) won their rugby final for the 8th year running yesterday. Players involved were: Taiki Minhinnick, Javin Heperi, Khonnor Brown- Heather, Hema Buchanan and Bill Taupo. Overall, a great day had by all.

Tihei mauri ora !!!

BOARD MEETING DATES 2018 (5.30pm in Boardroom) BOARD OF TRUSTEES CONTACT DETAILS

Monday 15 October Monday 10 December Name Email Address Monday 12 November Peter Attwood (Parent Rep) [email protected] Phillippa Buchanan [email protected]

Doug Johnson (Staff Rep) [email protected] Megan Lamont (Chair) [email protected]

Waiuku College Facebook Gareth Manning (Deputy Chair) [email protected] https/www.facebook.com/WaiukuCollege Natalie Moore (Student Rep) [email protected] Please like our page to keep up to date with Dick Parsons (Co-opted) [email protected] life at Waiuku College. Tom Vanderlaan (Principal) [email protected] Colin Webb [email protected] A REMINDER TO PLEASE LABEL YOUR CHILD’S UNIFORM ITEMS. We have a lot of uniform items handed in unnamed, which means they cannot be returned to their owners.

Second-hand uniform We would very much appreciate any second-hand uniform items that you no longer require. We are especially short of girls shirts and blouses.

wanted Ice Cream Containers Please drop at College office

STUDENT ABSENCES 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 you require your student to leave during school hours, a note or a phone call is required before they can leave.

Holden Street Smart is a world-class, cognitive based driver programme that aims to positively influence the lives of young kiwis across the country. Holden Street Smart is a one- day event providing young drivers and their parents/caregivers the opportunity to undertake supervised driving practice. There is a focus on developing good decision-making strategies for safe driving, including assessing themselves, reading the road environment, resisting peer pressure, managing or eliminating distractions, and planning ahead. The Programme takes place in safe, controlled, off-the-road environments, under the watchful eye of qualified coaches plus the parent/caregiver. This provides the parent the opportunity to also assess themselves, in order to be a better coach and mentor to their teen. Holden Street Smart will be delivering it’s programme through- out these next School Holidays at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, Hampton Downs on Monday 8 October. Registrations are open for only $49 at The Rainbow's End website has all the information about www.holdenstreetsmart.co.nz the event: https://rainbowsend.co.nz/whats-on/night-rides

SENIOR REPORTS Senior reports have now been emailed home, and are also available on-line through Edge. If you require a printed copy please contact the College Office - phone 09 2358139