Monday 12 November 2012— Issue 31

Tena Koutou Katoa Congratulations to Callum Blackmore—Selwyn Dux 2012

At this year’s Senior Prizegiving ceremony Callum Blackmore our Head Boy, was awarded the most prestigious academic award, Dux of the school. This is yet another awesome achievement for Callum, whose year has been packed with successes and celebrations. Also celebrating on the night were the five other Senior Scholars, pictured below. Congratulations also to Top Year 12 Scholar, Samantha Lusha,i and Top Year 11 Scholars, Ouday Almoukdad & Nilushya Yoganandarajah.

The Senior Prizegiving was a warm and vibrant occasion. It was wonderful to see so many parents and friends supporting our top academic students, along with our new Board members and Simon O’Connor, MP for Tamaki.

Supporting Selwyn College

Senior Scholars 2012: Lily Worrall, Muthana Noori, Vithushiya Yoganandarajah, Sheryll Ofner (Principal), Bahavathy Kathirgamanathan, Callum Blackmore and Sholto Buck Friday, 16 November

7.30pm—10.00pm Selwyn Scoops Seven University Scholarships

Selwyn College students have been awarded seven scholarships for study at Fundraiser university in 2013. This is an outstanding achievement for a school our size. for a new School Van

Callum Blackmore The University of Auckland Scholarship Tickets $5—includes some game Maysie Chan The University of Auckland Jubilee Award cards Muthana Noori The University of Auckland Alumni Scholarship

Shazia Rajaiy The University of Auckland Jubilee Award Buy tickets at the Student Office Anya Truong-George AUT Scholarship or email [email protected] Lily Worrall The University of Auckland Jubilee Award Vithushiya Yoganandarajah The University of Auckland Jubilee Award

‘Selwyn College Award’ Winners for 2012 Callum Blackmore Muthana Noori This year our prestigious gold medal award was presented to seventeen Sholto Buck Rakesh Patel Year 13 students: These students have: Maysie Chan Nikhil Ramthol  demonstrated an excellent sense of responsibility towards their own Kevin Dateling Georgia Skipper learning and achievement Richard Giles Sean Smith,  reflected the Selwyn values in their personal behaviour and promoted Bahavathy Jackson Taylor these within the school community Kathirgamanathan Anya Truong-George  been actively involved and given admirable service in the wider co- Aidan McLean Lily Worrall curricular life of the school as all-round Selwyn students Moeroa (Ruth) Maea Vithushiya Yoganandarajah

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The Arts Awards for 2012 have been presented in front of a packed theatre of family and friends. A warm, vibrant atmosphere was created by compere, Duncan Allan and performances from our highly talented arts students. These included songs from the upcoming Junior Performing Arts production of “The Christmas Carol” and jazz numbers from our KBB Award winning Stage Band. A highlight of the evening was Callum Blackmore’s outstanding vocal performance. We also watched the best Documentary Film of 2012 produced by Morgaine Halligan and Anya Truong-George, and viewed wonderful student artwork. All recipients of our arts awards should be extremely proud of their achievements. The recipients of the most prestigious Arts Awards for 2012 were:

Above left— Outstanding Contribution to Performing Arts & Composer of the Year: Callum Blackmore

Left— Excellence across the Arts: Lily Worrall

Lower left— Top Visual Arts Student: Sholto Buck

Right— Media Studies Production of 2012: Morgaine Halligan & Anya Truong-George

Other Outstanding Student Successes

New Zealand Spelling Champion at Selwyn Congratulations to Year 13 student Maysie Chan who came 1st in in the World Education Games Competition.

Australian National Chemistry Quiz Congratulations to Kevin Dateling who achieved High Distinction in this competition. This puts him in the top 10% of students who entered.

ICAS English Competition Congratulations to Year 9 student, Shanti Truong-George and Year 10 students Dylan Van Lier and Tom Mossong, for gaining High Distinction in this competition putting them in the top 1% of candidates. Kobanaa Poopalasingham, Abigail Berge and Stephen Bayley all gained Distinction.

LENScience Bio-Med Summer School Programme 2012 We are delighted that Year 13 students Muthana Noori and Vithushiya Yoganandarajah have each received a NRCGD/Friedlander Foundation scholarship to attend the LENScience Bio-Med Summer School Programme at Auckland University. House Awards for 2012

Congratulations to the students of Takeketonga House, which took out the award for first place in the 2012 House Competition. This House narrowly pipped Rautawa at the post which made the competition very exciting indeed. Mangopare and Pitau came third and fourth respectively. Congratulations also to all of the students who received House Awards.

TERM 3 TERM 4 First in Academic Quiz Pitau First in Academic Quiz Takeketonga First in Attendance Rautawa First in Attendance Mangopare First in Inter House Sports Rautawa First equal in Extracurricular Rautawa and Takeketonga

First Overall Rautawa First Overall Takeketonga .

Mangopare Award Winners House Citizenship Awards: House leaders: Moana Sebenik & Richard Giles Joana De Carvalho Junior Leadership: De Niro Price & Abigail Berge Angel Garcia-Vargas Jimmy Hetaraka Mentor Group with the Best Attendance: M2 Xsara Hobson Top Mentor Group Fund Raising: M5 Gary Hofman Oren Meizeles House Spirit: Santana Maihi (right) Anthony Minarapara Shayen Ramthol Patrick Syme

Pitau Award Winners House Citizenship Awards: San Aung House leaders: Katrianna Lammas-Howell & Jackson Taylor Sam Brookes Junior Leadership: Timooy Llanes & Lavi Abibtol Larissa Crowe Georgie Dawson Mentor Group with the Best Attendance: P11 Taaki Fale Top Admin Group Fund Raising: P5 & P10 Devonte Mulitalo Muthana Noori House Spirit: Louise Ryan (right) Rakesh Patel Maxzyena Tauevihi

Rautawa Award Winners House Citizenship Awards: Gabe Aerenga House leaders: Nikhil Ramthol & Justine Mafi Chris Keesing Junior Leadership: Jessie Hutchings &Morgan Dalton-Mills CK Manase Madia Raijay Mentor Group with the Best Attendance: R9 Teariki Roos Top Mentor Group Fund Raising: R2 Willy Taavili House Spirit: Angela Kotevska Cameron Thaver & Kevin Dateling (right) Nilushiya Yoganandarajah Vithushyia Yogananadarajah

House Citizenship Awards: Takeketonga Award Winners Joshua Beadle

House leaders: Moeroa (Ruth) Maea & Djordje Tadic Callum Blackmore Keshwan Goundar Junior Leadership: atrina Lang & Connor Clarken. Richard Hamlin Mentor Group with the Best Attendance: T1 Nita Rakovica Top Mentor Group Fund Raising: T10 Ellen Reid Jessica Spence House Spirit Award: Bahavathy Jeremiah Vainerere Kathirgamanathan (right) Dylan Van Lier Clark Yparraguirre A Name Change and Party for the Special Education Unit Last Wednesday, the Special Education Unit celebrated the achievements of their students at their annual Christmas party. The students in the Unit have gained credits and made great progress in their learning this year. As always the students worked hard to create a magnificent spread of goodies for morning tea. They used letters and words as the theme. The party is a way to thank parents, school staff and community agencies and members who all support our students to achieve their goals. After much discussion we have also decided to change our name from Special Education Unit to Totara Learning Centre or TLS Selwyn for short. Sheryll Ofner took great delight in unveiling the new plaque.

Selwyn Tennis Champions 2012 The play offs for cups for our Tennis Champions were held recently. It is wonderful to see tennis back so strongly at Selwyn again. Thank you to parent James Hoskins for his enthusiasm and management of this sport and to Malcolm Ali and Brad Waelen. The following students are our champions for 2012. Congratulations to: Junior Boys: Timmoy Llanes Junior Girls: Alice Hoskins Intermediate Boys: Mahdi Hossaini Intermediate Girls: Ayesha Horley Senior Boys: Taneroa Emery Senior Girls: Nita Rakovica

Selwyn Snowboarding Sports Team Trip to Mt Ruapehu

After many weeks of training at , the Selwyn Snow Sports team finally got to experience real snow during the Term 3 break! The team travelled to Mt Ruapehu and spent two fabulous days skiing and snowboarding on the Ski Field. During this weekend, the team managed to try out new jumps on the terrain park (along with the teachers!), practise their carving from the top of the mountain, as well as learning about valuable mountain safety skills. The Snow team were lucky to have beautiful weather and fresh powder on both days – we couldn’t have asked for more! The last supper was at Volcano Pizza in Raetihi (owned by a former Selwyn College student!), where we had amazing 18” pizzas and warmed up with a hot chocolate. A big thanks to teachers – Natasha Bagley, Carol Du, and adult volunteer Chris Blom – for making this trip possible. The Selwyn Snow Sports trip has been extremely successful and we will be looking forward to expanding the team over the next years. We will be recruiting new students next year for the team and will be entering selected students into the Secondary Schools Skiing and Snowboarding Competition, so keep an eye out for it. Watch this space!

Left - Selwyn's Snowboarding Sports team at Mt Ruapehu.