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WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK 2013 WESTLAKE BOYS HIG WESTLAKE H S C H OOL 2013 2013 PREFECTS Back Row: Sion Wiggin, Sam Walsh, Vincent Zhuang, Peter Hurst, William Jackson, Jarrod Baker, Benjamin Waters, Connor Skeens, Max Rogers 4th Row: Sean Law, Callum Law, George Aitken, Lucas Rosa, Albert Folasa-Sua, Thomas Tulloch, James Mount, Michael Fraser, Oliver Parris-Piper, Haydn Jack, Dennis Kim, Simon Qi 3rd Row: Nicholas Sugden, Oliver Sclater, Avery Duckett, Jared Bellas, Yishen Zhou, David Kim, Viliami Fonua, Nathan Fouhy, Connor Curlewis, Matthew Cole, Aaron Tunui 2nd Row: John Lee, Abdullah Alazawi, Mitchell Atkins, Cameron Tier, Tom Wang, Troy Mansfield, Ryan Davenport, Cameron Webster, Samuel Lie, Scott Houston, Ayden Reynolds, Thomas Duffett Front Row: Matthew Snelling, Martyn Davenport, James Rankin, Mr A Reed, Jesse Medcalf, Mr D Ferguson, Benny Zhang, Mr J Cachopa, Matthew Canham, Tamati Harris, Jack Salt Absent: Brodie De Gouw, Ja Won Jang, Zane Tuhiwai, Joel Zaia CESONT NT FORMAL REPORTS CULTURE Headmaster's Report 2 Chinese Night, Korean Night 86 Head Boy's Report 7 Culture Week 87 Board of Trustees Report 8 Duke of Edinburgh, Robotics 88 High Achievers 9 Maori Evening, Pasifika Evening 89 Scholarships and Special Awards 10 Year 13 Ball 90 Staff List 12 Debating 92 Staff Photo 2013 15 Young Enterprise 93 Art 94 FACULTIes SPT OR Art History, Careers 16 Commerce 17 Badminton 100 Drama 18 Chess 101 English 19 Basketball 102 ESOL, FPS 20 Cricket 104 Gateway 21 Cross Country 106 International Department, Constantius 22 Dragon Boating, Equestrian 108 Languages 23 Cycling 109 Learner Support, Library 24 Football 110 Mathematics 25 Golf, Lacrosse 112 Media Studies 26 Orienteering, Petanque 113 Music 27 Hockey 114 Outdoor Education 30 Rowing 116 Outdoor Pursuits Centre 31 Rugby 118 Peer Mentoring, Peer Tutoring 32 Rugby League 120 Physical Education 33 Road Running 121 Science 34 Sailing 122 Social Science 35 Surfing, Skiing 123 Technology 36 Snowboarding, Squash 124 Te Tari Maori 37 Touch Rugby 125 Swimming 126 HOUses Tennis 128 Track and Field 130 Hood 38 Table Tennis 132 Pupuke 45 Volleyball 133 Murchison 52 Waterpolo 134 Smale 59 Ultimate Frisbee, Sports Institute Report 135 Ururoto 66 NZ Representatives 136 Stanley 73 Sports Teams A-Z 137 OVERSEAS TRIPS WestLAKERS Hockey Tour to Europe 80 Wastlakers Report 172 Languages Tour to Japan 81 Old Boys Profiles 176 Distance Running Tour to South Africa 82 Basketball Tour to USA 83 TO FINISH Staff Travel Awards 84 Long Serving Staff 182 Editor's Note 184 Contents Westlake Boys High School 1 Headmaster Mr Ferguson H EADMAster'S repOrt HEADMAster'’S ANNUAL REPORT FROM SENIOR PRIZEGIVING After our Jubilee year in 2012, this year has been about getting back Our combined NCEA and Cambridge pass rates are now 96%, 93% to business as usual. Business as usual here is a busy, purposeful, and 88% respectively. In 2009 they were 78%, 78% and 75%. This is enjoyable, positive and hardworking school. Certainly this is how a huge improvement; 18%, 15% and 13 % respectively. Well done to I see it and how I want it to be. Let’s hope the Education review everyone involved in achieving this. It’s been a real team effort with office agree with us next year when they visit us again. hundreds of staff and students contributing to this achievement. January saw our academic results for 2012 being published. We The Executive of the Association of Boys Schools in New Zealand repeated our best Scholarship results from twelve months earlier, has recently commissioned the NZ Centre of Educational Research once again achieving 80, including 11 outstanding. Let’s make it to compare how boys are achieving in boys schools compared to 100 this year Gentlemen. co-ed schools. The early findings are quite startling. At every decile Our Cambridge results in 2012 in Form 5 were our best ever and level, and at every year level, boys in boys schools are doing so much our results were almost as good as ever in forms 6 and 7. All of better than their male counterparts in co-ed schools. Boys do better these pass rates are close to the 100% mark, again, let’s see if we in boys schools. The 256 families that missed out on a place in Year 9 can do even better in 2013. for next year is relevant to this research. For the first time ever last year we had our three top students On Monday in assembly this week I suggested that our senior achieving 5 A* grades at A level, an incredible achievement placing students would be better focusing on what is still needed to be these young men at the very top of Cambridge students in New done this year, rather what has already been completed. A subtle Zealand. Our Deputy Head Boy, Matthew Lie, pipped Prasad Ravi, our difference in thinking but a powerful one as well. The main academic Head Boy, for the Dux Award. Our Academic Captain, Pita Roycroft, challenges of the year are still to come, remember that and prepare secured two top in the world A level results in History and Geography. accordingly and you will give yourself the best chance of success. Twelve months ago I was proud to report our best ever NCEA Albert Einstein said, ‘One should not pursue goals that are easily results. Our young men trumped that in 2012. A 94% pass rate at achieved. One must develop an instinct for what one can just barely Level One equaled our best yet. A 6% improvement at Level Two achieve through one’s greatest efforts.’ Worth remembering as you took us to an 89% pass rate and a 14% improvement at Level Three all approach the big ones. Good luck Gentlemen, whatever happens took us to 80%. We can do better and we should be very proud of we will be proud of you. What we really want is for you all to be the improvements here over the last few years. proud of yourselves. Mr Ferguson and Mr Sclater at Senior Prizegiving 2012 Scholars, Prasad Ravi, Pita Roycroft, Dux Matthew Lie and Jae Ha Lee. 2 2 Westlake Boys High School Formal Reports Mr Ferguson and Mr Van den Heuvel with some of Westlake's top scholars at the ACSNZ Awards PROpertY It was pleasing to see the Science Block renovations completed in term pretty quickly and B block was finished in time for the open one this year. It is frustrating that the money spent by the Ministry of evening. I was hoping today to be able to announce a start Education this year, on a building that is less than 15 years old, could have date for the Gymnasium project. At this stage I can’t confirm been put to far better use had the original building been done properly that, but we are now making some really good progress after at the time but at least we now have a Science Block that we can be a frustrating period of inactivity which hasn’t been for the want proud of. The construction of the three Physics laboratories were a much of trying. needed addition to the building. We are working hard to improve the campus every year and I Despite the demise of Mainzeal who began the B block project this year, would like to thank Mr Tom Kotze our Property Manager again thanks to our Property Committee, we managed to get things going again for all of his hard work, along with our grounds staff. Chemistry is underway in the new Science Labs Formal Reports Westlake Boys High School 3 The crowd congratulate the 1st XV at the Harbour Final The Westlake Symphony Orchestra performs at school assembly STPOR MUSIC Our sports programme has once again been successful this year. We Our Music Department has once again proved to be a continue to be one of the very best sporting schools in the country. jewel in our crown. Voicemale, our top boys’ only choir were again the top boys’ choir in New Zealand, and added In Basketball, Table Tennis, Orienteering and Chess we were New Zealand to this they achieved their first ever Gold Award at the champions, placing second in New Zealand again in Hockey, Water Polo and national finals. Squash for the second year in a row. Badminton also fell agonizingly close at the final hurdle. Rowing and Sailing secured third places one ahead of Golf Choralation (our combined choir with Westlake Girls’) took and Volleyball respectively. At the top level then, a good year, top four in New out the top in New Zealand prize again for the fourth time Zealand in twelve different premier sports. I don’t think there will be another in five years. school in New Zealand that has achieved this range of success. Our music groups dominated the annual KBB Festival, In Auckland we secured Premier Championships in seven sports and were securing two of the top four awards with our Symphony runners up in a further six. Our 1st XV were once again North Harbour Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra both placing first. Added Champions. to this a second place and third place in the other two categories plus a number of individual awards and we can A special mention at this point to Marty Davenport and Jack Salt who have claim, with Westlake Girls’ High School, to be dominant both received their Gold Outstanding Achievement Awards this term for here again. competing on a world level in Rowing and Basketball respectively. Adding an Auckland title for our Barbershop Quartet and a Well done to everyone who has represented our school this year.