16Th April 2021 Principal's Desk – Te Tipu O Te Tumuaki
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Tom Vanderlaan 16th April 2021 Principal’s Desk – Te Tipu O Te Tumuaki Important Dates Nga Mihi Mahana Kia Koutou – Warm Greetings to you all TERM 1 2021 Dear Parents, Caregivers, Students and Community Last day of Term 1 NCEA Excellence Recognition Fri 16 April It was a pleasure to recently present the certificates to students who last year achieved NCEA Level 1 & 2 endorsed with Merit or Excellence ANZAC day • To achieve Merit a student must have 50 or more of their 80 credits at Merit or Excellence Mon 26 April (observed) • To achieve Excellence a student must have 50 credits at Excellence rd START OF TERM 2 – 3 May Congratulations are in order, but also to all the students who also gained Merit or Excellence in single subjects. Well done to you all. Year 9 Camp Mon 3rd to Fri 7th May Most senior students should by now have completed a 2021 NCEA assessment in each of their subjects, which can be seen on EDGE. Senior progress reports will be sent out in early Term 2 with Board meeting parent interviews on the 31st of May. Mon 17th May, 5.30pm Year 9 Digital Skills and CV’s Senior Report Evening This week we presented Year 9 students with a Digital Skills Certificate to recognize the learning that Thu 3rd June – 4.30-7.00pm they have done this term to have the skills for distance learning from home (eg Lockdown) Queen’s Birthday holiday We also gave students a clearfile to place the certificate in. This clearfile can start to be used as a CV th th to store certificates and records of achievement. (Some students may already have started their own) Mon & Tue 7 & 8 June This is useful for students when they start thinking about applying for part-time jobs. It would be good Sport & Cultural Photos for parents to engage with the students about their own experiences with CV’s and how important th Fri 11 June they are. Cultural Week Term 1 Events Mon 14th to Fri 18th June It has been great to have no serious interruptions to the last 6 weeks of term, allowing a range of sports, events, camps, trips and exchanges to take place. The inaugural Hauraki Plains College Sports Canteen Day Exchange took place last week on Friday and I was pleased to be along to see us narrowly win by 5 th Thu 17 June matches to 4, with one drawn. My thanks to the parents and coaches who assisted us. We were also Board meeting pleased to hold a whole school Athletics Whanau Competition day which was very successful. st Mon 21 June, 5.30pm Principal Appointment Junior Report Evening The advertisement for a new principal has gone online and the Board are hoping to attract a strong field of candidates. EDSOL consultants held workshops with staff, students, iwi and the community to Tue 29th June – 4.30-7.00pm get input on the skills, experience and attributes that they would like to see in the new leader. Last day of Term 2 Applications close on May 4th after which a shortlisting and interview process will follow. The goal is Fri 9th July – half-day House to have a new principal in place for the start of term 3. Sport Competition Smoke free – Vape Free Government regulations require school grounds to now be Smoke and Vape free places. Please Please note that the respect this rule when visiting college or watching sports, where it also applies. School signage has newsletter is emailed to been updated to include vaping. parents\caregivers, so please ensure we have your correct Phone: +64 9 235 8139 Waiuku College, Constable Rd, P.O. Box 124, Waiuku 2123 email address. Fax: +64 9 235 8137 Website: www.waiuku-college.school.nz Email: [email protected] Staff Changes and Teacher Shortages We said farewell to our teacher of Spanish, Charlotte Glen at the end of the term. We wish her well with her return to Christchurch and her new position at Burnside High School. We have been unable to find a suitable replacement to take over her Spanish language classes. Existing students at years 10, 11 and 12 will be enrolled with FARNET online learning providers. We hope to have a replacement Spanish Teacher for 2022. Year 9 students who were scheduled to do a 10-week Spanish module in term 2, will instead do an introductory module in Drama. Drama can be chosen as a subject option from Year 10 to 13 along with senior only Performing Arts Technology (Props, Make-up, Lighting, Sound). Ms Brooke Taylor takes maternity leave for the birth of her first child but will return to us in 2022. Ms Sophie Knight will start her maternity leave early in term 2. Congratulations to Mr Nick Mulligan, Ms Michelle Wilson and Mrs Adamski on the recent births of Our Values their children. SENCO role – we have appointed Miss Elena Peebles to be our new Special Education Needs Coordinator from the start of Term 2. Kaiarahi will be a new role filled by Mr Henare Pairama who will be a Te Reo and Tikanga assistant for our whanau classes at the College. Henry has previously worked with us as a Kapa Haka tutor. School Nurse - Rebecca Taupo will be joining us part-time in term 2 as a school nurse providing 3 days a week of Health Support from the main office. Kapa Haka – Polyfest Our performance took place on Thursday April 15th – something we were unable to do in 2020 due to Whanaungatanga Covid. Our split with Wesley has seen a big increase in boys taking part in Kapa Haka which I believe Relationships is a real positive for these boys and for Waiuku college. Kia Kaha e nga tama o te roopu kapa haka o te kareti o Waiuku! My thanks to Whaea Rhema and Matua Henare and whanau, for all your mahi to get us to Polyfest this year. Uniform Uniform regulations can be found on the Waiuku College website, including rules around jewellery. The majority of our students are great with their uniform and I thank parents for their support in this area. Small areas of concern include boys wearing ‘skinny’ bottomed long black pants and girls with nose earings which should be plain studs. Also, caps must be plain burgundy – not other colours and beanies and shoes must be plain and black. A Long Term – Whanaungatanga! It has been a long and difficult and disrupted 11-week term! Some of our students (and teachers and Whakaute parents) are feeling the stress and anxiety from this experience. The college is mindful of these Pride & Respect impacts and our role in providing support. The appointment of a nurse, a Kai Arihi and an increase in Guidance Counselling resource from 1.5 to 2 full time persons – are some of the ways we are responding. We will always continue to monitor and prioritise the well-being of our school community and the ways we can support it. This is at the heart of our school value of Whanaungatanga. I wish all students and staff a restful term holiday break and look forward to seeing them all back at the start of term 2. Ngaa Mihi Kia Koutou Tom Vanderlaan – Principal Kaitiakitanga Week (12-16 April) – see photo collage on back page Kaitiakitanga Guardianship & Photos from Kapa Haka practice in readiness for Polyfest (write-up & photos next newsletter) NCEA EXCELLENCE ASSEMBLY At the NCEA Excellence Assembly held in mid-March, the following students received acknowledgement: Level 2 Certificate endorsed with Merit Level 2 Certificate endorsed with Excellence Ella Mowbray Charlotte Smith Jessye Darwen Anna Williams Carmen Burrell Alicia Capes Alexander Leask Aria Moore Tamlyn Burden Laura Walker Hannah Nicholson Jessica Lu Penelope Cave Natasha Dobbs Qingyuan Zhen Jazmine Aicken Riva Grace-Wara Zoe Lund Staciann Chambers-Coll Taite Muir Jacky Kim Quang Nguyen Thai Hoang Si Yuan Xia Maisson Murray Summer Jamis-Tamihere Level 1 Certificate endorsed with Merit Level 1 Certificate endorsed with Excellence Cajun Butler Charlotte Barker Korbyn Pollock Brooke Glenny Kaeleigh McEvoy Natalie Evans Victoria Liefting Leah Kelly Anri Kortenhoeven Brock Wheatley Georgia Roberts Isabella Coulthard Nathan Quai Hoi Kathleen Allen Liam Curran Eva Mae Head Lauryne Fernandico Daniel Longhurst-Lee Kaitlyn Grinder Shelby Bennett Emerald Kwa Aleisha Pyke Isabel Hodgson Caitlin Williams Amber Humberstone Miriama Pataviri Danielle McNamara Louise Cleave Shea Ovens Malay Pye Melody Matheson Angelo Hubers Holly McGillan Jordan Kimber Jasmine Li Abbey Carroll Suhyun Kim Codey Rack Mia Sargent (cont…) Jordyn Hobman Emma Schrader Cherry Ang Kirsten Watts Yvette McDonald Charlize Aicken Nicole Bargh Erica Webb Beanie Rattrie Keely Lipscombe My Anh Vu Millie Thompson Al-hayy Buksh Charlotte Morris Kadia Riddle Newrea Yong 12ECE - COMMUNITY THANK YOU We would like to express a sincere thank you to those parents, businesses, charity organisations and members of the Waiuku community, who have donated resources and/or the promise of their valuable time and energy, to our Level 2 Early Childhood Education course here at the College this year. It is through these very kind donations that we are able to enrich our students learning experiences within this new vocational pathway, that leads them towards a rewarding career in Early Childhood Education. We have such a wonderful community here in Waiuku, and as always, the College is very grateful for the kind and plentiful support and community spirit shown to us through gestures such as these. A special thanks to the Saint Andrews Church Charity Shop (Sharon Levestone & Co) for their considerable donation and ongoing offer of support throughout the year.