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To Serve and To Work Issue 6 September 2017

The Senior Boys’ and the Senior Girls’ Basketball teams are off to the Secondary School National Basket- ball tournament in Palmerston North during the first week of the October holidays. The teams gained selection at the Zone 2 competitions held at the ASB Centre in Tauranga, both coming runners up. While being eli- gible to compete in the small school competition, the teams opted to compete in the Premier section which makes their achievements all the more significant. Our Junior Boys team competed well in the premier grade at tournament too.

The teams head off to Palmerston North as Waikato Basketball champions. This success comes on the back of some stellar individual performances including Kaylee and Hayley’s selection in the victorious Waikato Women’s under 23 team.

I would like to acknowledge the sus- tained effort and hard work of the coaching and managerial staff in their commitment to the team. Spe- cial thanks go to whanau and friends who have supported all these young athletes and indeed all the students who took part in a very successful Tournament Week.

Go well teams. We wish you all the very best. CALL BACK DAY FRIDAY 29.09.2017 FOR SENIORS—NO SCHOOL FOR Y9-10

SPORTS & CULTURAL SENIOR ACADEMIC PRIZEGIVING PRIZEGIVING

Thursday 26 October 6.00pm Thursday 2 November 6.00pm School closes at 12.30pm 2

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Featuring……………… Tena koutou katoa Principal’s Message — Page 2 –3 Greetings to you all

Well done Janaia! - Page 4 It has been a busy time in the second half of this term with Tournament Week, Assessment Week, Academic Counselling and an extended visit from Year 12 Geo Trip to Rotorua — ERO. Page 5 This year, we had five teams from three codes participating in this sport fo- Australian Maths Competition — cused week where schools from across the country compete for regional and Page 6 national honours. Congratulations are extended to the Boys’ and Girls’ Bas- ketball teams for their runner up positions at regionals and we wish them all Year 12 Tourism Trip to Waitomo the very best at the nationals. This year we also had our netballers, junior boys basketball and boys soccer participating too. Caves — Page 7 Closer to home, both the senior basketball teams won their respective Waika- Access-it Roadshow — Page 8 to Competitions too, with the girls beating the current national basketball champions, St Peters. These are impressive achievements. Tumeke! 40Hr Famine—Page 9 There have also been some stellar performances by other students. Some in Tournament Netball — Pg 10 the sports arena like Te Mania in the boxing ring and others like Nina’s outstanding success in the Australian Maths competition. Tournament Soccer — Page 11 Once again I would like to acknowledge the tremendous support we have Tournament Basketball —Page received for our winter sports codes this season. All these activities could not 12 have happened without the consistent and determined assistance of family, whanau, clubs and the wider community. Long hours of training and practic- Futures Melville—Page 13 es, trips near and far, fundraising and a host of other activities have been undertaken to ensure successful seasons. We are currently reviewing and Northern Stars visit and high- strengthening our management and support of sport. Our new Sports Co- lights—Page 14 ordinator, Natalie Gallagher, is facilitating this process.

Congratulations Kaylee & Hayley The PTA hosted a spectacular Melville Showcase evening as a follow-up to the school based “Melville’s’ got Talent”. All the successful performers from —Page 15 that day freely gave of their time for this evening presentation. There was plenty of food and raffles for sale and the evening was truly a showcase for MHS PTA Talent Showcase pic- our students’ talent. Performances by the schools’ Kapa Haka and Pasifika tures—Page 16 by Nature group were highlights of the evening. I would also especially like to acknowledge the PTA for their excellent evening. Over $1000 was raised while celebrating with the community our students’ musical and cultural abili- ties. UPCOMING EVENTS We have undertaken our practice external assessment week at the beginning 29 Sept  Call Back Day for of this month. I would like to acknowledge the leadership and effort of Assis- selected students tant Principal Steph Ashton in raising expectations and standards. These 26 Oct  Sports & Cultural ‘practice examinations’ will ensure that our students are better prepared for Prizegiving the national NCEA external examinations at the end of the year.

2 Nov  Senior Academic With the latest results from assessment week available for our Parents/ Prizegiving Whanau Senior (Years 11 – 13) Academic Counselling conferences, they 7 Nov  Appreciation Evening were a great success. The interim turnout at this stage seems to be a little for Coaches, Managers lower than our record 90% from Term 3 last year but was still in the mid 80’s. and supporters of MHS The feedback again has been very positive and the collaboration and focus achieved through such meetings are helping students positively target their

learning and prepare for external examinations which get underway on No- vember 7th.

The election for the new student representative has just been completed and I would like to take this time to acknowledge the contribution of Sophia. You

have been an excellent student representative, Sophia. Thank you for setting a high standard. Mrs Chandra will be in school the second week of the holi- As a school we are focused on the external exams which begin in six weeks’ days from Tuesday to Friday time. We are also planning for 2018. Over 40 Parents and students attended from 9.30am to 1.00pm. She the Year 10 course selection evening in the Glenice Gallagher Library earlier will be available for tutorials this month. This was an excellent turnout and demonstrates families greater and extra support in prepara- awareness of the importance of such events. There was a discussion about tion for External exams. NCEA and plenty of questions about programmes and the selection process. Thank you parents and whanau for investing time in your children’s future.

Any MAT101 and MAT201 The school should feel proud of the progress acknowledged by ERO in their students can make the most interim feedback. It was a demanding time over the seven full days of their of this opportunity. review, especially after the postponement from the original visit date. 3 Principals Message continued………. WAI MATHS COMPETITION I would like to particularly thank the Board for their effort Nina, Coleman and Ari’i from Year 9 took part in the in meeting with ERO. ERO reviewers have carefully WMA competition and they were placed 7th. scrutinised all the Board activity as well as all aspects of the school. I would like to acknowledge the staff and in particular the SLT, the LOC’s and all teaching and support staff for their effort and care during this external review. They worked hard in preparation and during the review to put the school in a positive light. While the draft report is some time away the SLT have already begun to reflect on some of the reviewers’ interim com- ments.

The review this time was different in that it focused on priority learners, Māori, Pasifika and students with learning needs. Introduced in May this year, the new format is designed to work with schools to identify and accelerate the achievement of priority learners. The final report will be two months away.

Our focus now turns to supporting our senior students. We also had Abigail, Mikhail and Corbin from Year 10 The weeks ahead for them are vital. The school pro- taking part in the WMA competition and they were vides extensive additional support to senior students placed 4th. with NCEA. This includes an after school homework centre on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday after- The competition was held at Hillcrest High School on noons and also staff are providing additional individual 15 August 2017. I would like to thank the parents for lunchtime and after school tuition plus a raft of further their support in this event by providing transport to and assessment opportunities. Other staff will provide addi- fro. I also would like to thank Mr Joseph and Mr Chand tional support for students over the weekends and forth- for accompanying our students. coming holiday break. We are indeed so fortunate to Daya Chandra - LoC Mathematics have such a supportive staff who go above and beyond the call of duty. This is all in support of our students as they prepare for the external exams next term which get TE WHANAU MANAAKI TANGATA RE-ESTABLISHED underway in the second week of November. As a result of a Board of Trustees hosted hui last month, Finally I am looking forward to our upcoming Sports and our Whanau Support group was re-established. Whaea Cultural Prizegiving on Thursday 26th October (2nd Pania Huata is the secretary and the roopu is meeting to th week in Term 4) followed by the Academic Prizegiving prepare for the 40 birthday Celebration of our Marae, on Thursday 2th November. There is a very short turna- Te Manaakitanga. The establishment hui had 17 adults round between these two special events and there is and seven Rangatahi present and was a very construc- only three weeks of school next term for seniors. This tive meeting.

timeframe is determined by the NZQA exam timetable. I Te Whanau Manaaki Tangata will be holding regular trust you can all attend these very important events. meetings, which will report on Maori students’ achievement and discuss issues and opportunities for and about our Māori students. All parents and members of the

Clive Hamill community are welcome to attend. If you would like to join in and support the whanau group please contact Principal Whaea Pania at ph. 021 134 8277, or hup@melville-

NEW STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE high.school.nz, or contact the office at 07 843 4529.

Dylan is our newly elected CONGRATULATIONS ASHLEIGH

student representative to the Congratulations to Ashleigh

Board of Trustees. Dylan is a of Year 12 who has won a

Year 12 student who enjoys scholarship to attend the Out-

school especially Drama, ward Bound course in the

Music, being involved in ac- South Island. Ashleigh has

tivities and helping others. won a William Wallace

Award, which honours out- I welcome Dylan to the Board. He is excited about standing young people and being the new Board of Trus- helps them to pursue their tee Student Representative dreams of tertiary, vocational and has been a very active or leadership training. Ash- member of the Student leigh has an interest in at- Council. tending an Outward Bound course and this scholarship Dylan There were several nomina- Ashleigh covers full course fees. Student Representative tions received and I thank all Winner of the William Wallace Ashleigh would like to thank the other students for putting their names forward. Dylan Award everyone who has helped her will be undertaking training for his new role in October. to receive this award. 4

Congratulations to Janaia, who participated in a re- Year 12 Advanced Physical Education Tough Guy gional speech competition earlier this term. Janaia and Gal Challenge, Lakes Ranch Rotorua, 25th Au- won an award for the ‘Most extraordinary Speech gust

2017’.

She had a near perfect score and is to be commend- On Friday 25 August, students from the Year 12 Ad- ed for such a brilliant result. Janaia received certifi- vanced Physical Education class travelled down to cates, a trophy and a monetary prize. Lakes Ranch in Rotorua for the NZ Secondary Schools Tough Guy and Gal Challenge. This was no Well done Janaia. ordinary running race; students had to wade through mud, punch their way under cargo nets, jump into an icy lake (twice!), balance across burma bridges and crawl through tunnels over the 6km course.

After arriving at the event carpark, students began taping their shoes securely to their ankles as a strat- egy to ensure their shoes didn’t fall off in the mud. Lining up for the race, I could see a few nerves on students’ faces as everyone looked up at the first hill climb in the distance. Then bang! The race had started and competitive instincts took over and we were off on our way up, around, through and over the course. Due to rain throughout the week there was plenty of mud to negotiate and power through. All students completed the course and enjoyed the experience, racing alongside 1000 other secondary school students.

After eating free pizza afterwards, thanks to the sponsors, it was a quiet trip back to Hamilton as everyone enjoyed the chance to sleep after what had been a tiring day out. Thank you to all the students who were part of this event. A thoroughly enjoyable and successful day.

Michael Edwards LoC Physical Education

STUDENTS FROM MHS INVOLVED IN MUSICAL

Naomi, 9CH and her twin sister Verity, 9IT have spent much of the past term rehearsing for a musical theatre production of Shrek to be performed at Mor- rinsville Theatre during the second week of the school holidays.

Naomi is the leading lady, Princess Fiona. Verity also has a lead role of Pinocchio, the leader of the Fairy Tale Creatures. A musical theatre production takes hours of effort. The cast rehearse two nights a week and all day Sundays plus extra time for photo shoots and practising their lines, songs and dances at home. Naomi has even had to learn a new skill - tap dancing for the show. They work with a professional choreographer, a musical director and a director and help mentor the younger cast members in how to behave off stage. Both girls have helped the younger actors with scene work and are members of Mor- rinsville Youth Theatre that teaches theatre skills on and off the stage. In late October, both girls are part of a group who will be performing for Broadway pro- fessionals in Auckland and will be performing the show as a part of Hamilton Gardens, Rosebowl Fes- tival. 5 YEAR 12 GEO TRIP TO ROTORUA Year 12 Geographers visited the Mamaku Plateau and Rotorua Caldera. This was the location of a massive explosive and effusive volcanic eruption over 200 000 years ago. The evidence of this eruption can be easily observed today. Students learnt that the present day features such as the Mamaku Plateau, Mt Ngongotaha and the Caldera Lake (Lake Rotorua) are a direct result of volcanic eruptions.

Geographers also study how different groups and individuals perceive, interact and use the natural landscape. Our main focus was the different land uses in Rotorua. This included agriculture/ horticulture on the Mamaku Plateau, quarrying of Mt Ngongotaha and use of geothermal energy for in- dustries and tourism. The cultural and economic importance of geothermal energy and tourism took the Yr 12 Geographers on a guided tour of Wai-O-Tapu (Champagne Pools).

Melville High School became pioneers as the first school to play a group game of Pukana in the rich geothermal setting. The tour guides joined in and were impressed with the school spirit.

A huge thank you for Mr McNulty’s support on the day.

Owen Roper – Teacher in Charge 6

ACCESS-IT ROADSHOW E-VELOCITY BIKE

Access-it software staged their annual ‘Training 16th September was the race day for 2017 Evolocity Road Show’ in the Glenice Gallagher library again competition. Ahmad Musa, Tyler Haines and Mr this year. Access-it is our library management sys- Rowlingson headed to the Kartsport track hopeful tem. It is an advanced web based system that stu- that the Melville machine would impress the other dents can access anywhere in the school and at schools and the judging panel. Our machine looked great and was running nicely. The straight line drag home. race was simple, but we narrowly lost to CHS. Fol-

lowing this, we had a breakage to our back wheel

which gave us some nervous minutes trying to find a

replacement. (Thank you Ngaruawahia) Students cannot only access our online catalogue The "slalom" and "street circuit" were tricky events but also web based databases, so if the library does for us as our machine was built for speed! However not have the information they require, relevant web- Tyler and Ahmad did their best. Our repaired axle sites will also be displayed for them to search. came back to haunt us in the final "economy" race The advanced training session was run by Martin and so unfortunately we finished well down the field. Neyland who is the Managing Director of Access-it. We came away from the day having learnt a lot Jeanette and Christine from Access-it head office ran about electric vehicles and how to race them. We the beginner session. also have lots of ideas for next year’s vehicle, or vehicles! Thank you Ahmad and Tyler for the time and More than 40 Primary and Secondary school Librari- effort you put into the Melville machine, "Pukeko ans and Principals from around Waikato/Bay of Plen- Power" ty and Thames area attended the training session Mr Peter Rowlingson - Teacher in Charge which was divided into two ‘breakout’ groups, one for the beginner and one for the more advanced users. Many new features have been added to the ‘Online Student Web OPAC Interface’ making it more visual and easier for the students to access online resources as well as our own catalogue.

Melville High School has continued to remain at the forefront of modern school library management and facilities since the construction of the Glenice Gal- lagher Library in 2008.

There was plenty of enthusiasm shown and everyone went away more knowledgeable and keen to try out the new upgrades.

Several schools that are considering purchasing Ac- Please notify Claire in the Front Office if cess-it came along to the afternoon session to learn more about it. Martin, Tricia and Cynthia enjoyed us- your students have achieved in outside of ing our library and have asked if we can host the school sports/academic or fine arts activi- road show again next year. ties. We are extremely proud of our stu- Many of the schools who attended had not visited dents and would like to be able to share our library before and were impressed with the envi- ronment, great learning spaces, resources and the their successes. displays we provide for our students.

If you think about it, it's strange to celebrate the We featured Te Mania in our last Newsletter, stating achievements of the 40 hour famine participants by eat- how well she was doing, and she has now excelled ing a whole lot of food. It started after school on Mon- over and above what we had written about her. day 28 August when Ms Ashton, Mrs Bayly, Mrs Chan- Since the last newsletter Te Mania has become Aus- dra, my mum and I drove up to the 40 Hour Famine tralian Golden Gloves Champion in her weight division. Awards Evening in Auckland. I was invited to represent This was held in Brisbane 24-28 August, and she has the school at this event because I was the student who just competed in the National NZ Champs in Rotorua raised the most money for the 40 Hour Famine at MHS and become the NZ title holder in the U57kg weight with $450. division. Upon arrival, we were greeted with a red carpet and What a performance from Te Mania — TKO in the 3rd platters of food. After filling ourselves with savouries, round of her latest bout at the National NZ Champs. blue cheese and other delicious food, we were wel- What a year it has been for this young lady. comed into the main room and there was a Kapa Haka performance. NZ Champion , North Island Golden Gloves and We then sat and listened to people talk and be present- Australian Golden Gloves Champion ed awards for hours. Unfortunately, we did not receive any awards but it was a cool experience none the less This has taken so much hard work and dedication from and it was very interesting to see what the money we Te Mania this year, and look how far she has come - it raised is doing to help children in Syria. Hopefully next is a huge achievement and something she should be year we will be able to go back and receive an award. extremely proud of.

Nina Juby Year 9

From Left: Teresa Bayly, Steph Ashton, [Assistant Principal], Nina Juby, Dr McEwan [Nina’s mother], Daya Chandra

With Nina’s outstanding contribution of $450.00 added to the sum raised by the rest of our wonderful students and online donations, we were able to donate $3237.70 to 40 Hour Famine - our best ever contribution to this amazing cause.

Teresa Bayly - Teacher in Charge

Melville High School - 2017 40 Hour Famine Participants 8

AUSTRALIAN MATHS COMPETITION 2017 TERM 3 CALENDAR

This year was the first time we entered students in the Aus- Week 10

tralian Mathematics Competition which tests general knowledge in Mathematics and problem solving skills. Fri 29 Sep Call back days for selected

Students Our 21 students who participated did us proud. The results TERM 3 ENDS 29 SEPTEMBER were :

TERM 4 BEGINS 16 OCTOBER

Nina High Distinction Week 2

Distinction Coleman, Abigail, Corbin Mon 23 Oct LABOUR DAY Tue 24 –25 Oct Y11 Drama Caged Birds Credit Mikhail, Ervin Thu 26 Oct Sports & Cultural Prizegiving 6pm Proficiency Lucy, Erin, Ari’I, Zachary, Cody, Stacy, Week 3 Jaron, Avisha, Ashleen, James, Ashly Thu 2 Nov Senior Academic Prizegiving 6pm

Participation Merry, James, Dominic Week 4 Mon 6 Nov - Y9/Y10 Assessment Wed 8 Nov Congratulations to these students and thanks to Mr Joseph Tue 7 Nov Appreciation Evening 6-7.30pm Thu 9 Nov NZQA Exams start for co-ordinating the competition.

Daya Chandra - LoC Mathematics Week 5 Wed 15 Nov - 10SPO Camp Fri 17 Nov

Week 6 Tue 21 Nov Y10HORT trip to Hamilton Gar dens

Week 7 Mon 27 Nov— Y10 Camp 10ED,10SI,10CHR Wed 29 Nov 1st Rotation Wed 29 Nov— Y10 Camp 10RIJ, 10CN, 10AMD Fri 1 Dec Fri 1 Dec NZQA Exams finish

Week 8 Tue 5 Dec ‘Return Day’ Tue 5 Dec Raft Race Fri 8 Dec 11am: Junior Academic Prize giving Week 9

Mon 11 Dec TOD Tues 12 Dec TOD FURTHER SPORTS ACHIEVEMENTS HOLIDAYS FROM 13 DECEMBER

Te Rangi

Congratulations are extended to Te Rangi for being selected for the Wai- kato Under 13’s Rugby league Repre- sentative Team. Te Rangi plays prop and is a member of the Hukanui Club and is currently trialling for the NZ Māori team. Well done Te Rangi.

Mitchell

Mitchell has capped off a successful year in rugby building on his member- ship of the Waikato U18 Touch Team. He is currently playing for Waikato Un- der 19 Tainui Waka Team and has a schedule of games in Whanganui, Ro- torua and Counties. All the best Mitch- ell. 9 ABSENCE LINE YEAR 12 TOURISM — WAITOMO CAVES TRIP Phone 843 5212/Text 027 287 2428 Please phone or text the above numbers if Our Year 12 Tourism class went on a beautiful thrilling trip to your child is absent from school for any rea- Waitomo. Throughout the day, we did many enjoyable activi- son. No note is required on return to school ties. Our first activity was a tour of the Waitomo area driven if you phone or text in. and led Mr Roper.

2017 DEANS Deans are available regarding any subject or behaviour concerns you may have about your child. Phone messages will be re- sponded to at their earliest convenience.

Year 9 Grace Whaanga Extn 959 Year 10 Phillip Smiler Extn 964 Year 11 Elsie Leslie Extn 962 Year 12 Arnie Paurini Extn 960 Year 13 Teresa Bayly Extn 961

STUDENT SERVICES CENTRE  Notification of change of details  First Aid  Student sign out/in for appointments  Lost property  Fees payments We then went for a tour of Waitomo Glowworm Caves where GUIDANCE COUNSELLORS we were given a talk by one of the great granddaughters of the Students and families are invited to make Maori Chief Tane Tinarau who was one of the explorers who appointments with our Counsellors, Lesley first discovered the cave. She told us about the history of the Beech and Paul Gay during Tutor Time Glowworm Cave and the lifecycle of the famous glowworms. each day or by phone (843 4529 ext The tour ended with a boat trip out of the caves where we had 939/940) an amazing experience seeing the glowworms on the top of the cave. We then had a lecture which included how tourism has CAREERS ADVISER developed in the area. Students and parents are welcome to make appointments with Mrs. Searancke for ad- We went through the museum of Waitomo where we did heaps vice on courses and careers (843 4529 ext of fun activities such as the ‘challenge’ where you had to climb 953) through a really small tunnel and not get stuck and come through at the other side. GATEWAY CO-ORDINATOR Students and parents are welcome to make Then we headed off to the best part BLACK WATER RAFT- appointments with Maria Pearce for advice ING! We were led on a trip through the watery caves where we on gateway placements (843 4529 ext 925 floated through the caves on black tubes. And that concluded or 027 4521026). our day. Thanks to Ms Stantiall for taking us on this wonderful trip.

Mary-Anne, Year 12 Tourism student.

We have a Doctor coming in every Tuesday. This service is free of charge for the students.

Appointments with Doctor Bron- wyn Campbell can be made through Student Services. 10 The Upper North Island Secondary School Netball Tournament is one of the most exciting netball tournaments to attend. Over 160 teams entered this year having 36 teams in 3 grades and 24 in the grade we played in. This year, the tournament was held in Auckland at the ASB Auckland Centre. Our team consisted of Chardai, Claire, Petra, Tigerlily, Mahinarangi, Golden, Destiny, Abbie, Ohatu and Jade. The girls did us all proud, winning 7 games out of 10 and placing 10th out of 24 teams. Everyone had moved to another level of play and the skills that were being displayed were exceptional. Overall the team played as a team, they walked as a team and they rolled as a team. We are so proud of you all!!!!

We want to thank Nga Taiatea, Fairfield College and Hamilton Christian School for their support throughout the week. Thanks to Taasha Connon for umpiring for our team, our sponsors Tommo’s Bakery & Catering, Fulton Hogan and Bidvest Fresh, Liz Willis and Goldie Josephs for all your donations, Melville High School Staff, all of our whanau and supporters and last but not least, a huge thanks to our Chef Tom and to our manager Carman Pihama for always being there and the aroha you both bought to our team. Thank you Carman for standing by my side and being there for our girls. I am so overwhelmed with our achievement. Thank you all for everything you did to help us achieve our netball tournament goals.

I say BRING ON 2018 in Mt Tauranga. Development Classes in Term 4, please give your name to Whaea Valetta if you are interested.

Valetta Wiperi—Netball Co-ordinator

Trident National Tournament

Jason and I would like to take the chance to thank Mr Hamill, Mr Russell, Mrs Gallagher and Karl Aspden for their amazing support during the Trident National Tournament. We really appreciated them.

Whilst the results didn't go our way, the main goal was to experience some of the best soccer competition that NZ could muster, and for a young develop- ing team like Melville, that was very important. We even played our last local Divisional game against St Paul's 2nd XI team that Saturday, and won 8 nil. Each team we played voted for the oppositions Most Valuable Player. Te Auripo got five and Dylan received one. Dylan’s came from the Team that ended up 3rd in the Tournament.

Probably the most memorable goal was Laiten’s effort from 40 metres out, considering he missed two from just one metre.....lol. This game was a con- siderable feat, as previously St Paul's had beaten us 3-2, only three weeks prior to the National Tour- nament. The my pre-game speech consisted of "...just go out at show them what you learnt at Tour- nament!!" And they certainly did just that! Amazing season with the usual ups and downs! As Coaches, Jason Tubman and I saw the massive potential that such a young team could produce! With nine year 11's and a Year 10 player in our 2017 Team, we knew that it wasn't going to be easy! And that proved to be the case! Playing most- ly Year 13 opposition, we struggled at times with belief.

However, by the end of the season, with a national Tournament under our belt and an 8 nil season ending win, we had finally arrived at that place called ‘Satisfaction’. The satisfaction of finally real- ising our potential! If the boys prepare for next season by doing lots of fitness during the off-season, we believe that this potential will produce massive results next season!

We can't wait to see what 2018 will bring!!"

Paul Chalmers—Soccer Coach 12

The junior boys, senior boys, and senior girls’ basketball teams participated in their respective Zone tournaments during the term 3 tournament week.

The junior boys’ team placed 9th at the Zone 1 & 2 Jun- ior Boys tournament in Papakura’s new Bruce Pulman Event centre. Our junior boys won 6 from their 8 games played. The only games they lost were the two games played on Sunday which meant that three of our starters were not available to play. The junior boys competed extremely well and had the tournament not included Sunday play we are confident that the junior boys’ team had a great chance to make the quarter finals. This means that the senior boys’ team contin- ues to have a competitive and promising future. Con- gratulations to Caleb who, as a result of his tournament play, was invited to attend a National Talent De- velopment Camp for U17 Boys in the last weekend of the school holidays in Auckland.

The senior boys’ and the senior girls’ teams both competed in their respective Zone 2 National Qualifying tournaments held in Tauranga and the ASB Stadium. The boys won 4 of their 5 pool games having comfort- able wins against Otumoetai High and Opotiki College; challenging wins against Cambridge High, and Roto- rua Boys; and a loss against Hamilton Boys High.

In the quarters, the senior boys faced Tauranga Boys who were top of their pool and we were able to prevail in the end with a good win which also cemented a place at the National tournament for our senior boys’ team. In the semi-final, we played Fraser and won that encounter which then allowed us to move on to the final to once again meet up with Hamilton Boys High. We played a little better in the final but Hamilton Boys High proved too strong and we placed second from the schools in Zone 2.

The senior girls had a much easier path to get to the semi-final game when they played a close hard fought game to win against Hamilton Girls’ High. In the final, the senior girls meet St Peters the reigning national champions. Unfortunately, due to early foul trouble we fell behind in the first quarter and St Peters were able to extend their lead in the second quarter and then comfortably maintain the lead in the second half.

The good news is that both the senior boys’ and the senior girls’ teams qualified for the National tournament, and both came second in their respective Zone 2 tournaments. Even better news is that since the Zone 2 tournament the semi-finals and finals of the Waikato secondary school competition has been played where the senior boys’ team surprised the Hamilton Boys High team with a great win to us to claim the Waikato Secondary School Senior Boys’ Premier title.

There was also a rematch for the Zone 2 final for our senior girls’ team as well when they faced St Peters. This time, we were able to avoid foul trouble and the girls came away with a great win against St Peters to claim the Waikato Secondary School Senior Girls’ Premier title.

Well done to the players, coaches, managers, and supporters for a great season. The senior boys’ and senior girls’ teams are looking forward to the National tournament and we wish them well as they compete at in the first week of the October school holidays.

Phillip Smiler—Director of Basketball 13

Drivers Licences WinTec – Māori and Pasifika Trade Training Courses We have been having discussions with Glenview Com- munity Centre to try to find a way to help students at With a nationwide shortage of skilled trades peo- Melville High School to get their Driver’s Licence. I ple Government has invested money into Māori have heard many students talk about the difficulties and Pasifika trade training. WinTec have joined a they face in achieving this and we are working on re- group of Iwi and Pasifika community groups, em- ducing the barriers. ployers and ITOs to develop programmes that

It is proposed that next term the students who have put bring together the best support, experience and learning – for FREE. their names down will attend evening classes here at school delivered by the Glenview Community Centre Students will gain the skills and experiences our Tutor. community and employers need in small hands-on

We would then take them by van to the Vehicle Testing classes and on real work sites, with dedicated station to sit their theory. We will send letters to those support available. And, when they successfully parents once this is finalised with a proposal to share complete the qualification/course, we'll help them the costs between Gateway and the family. find a job, and upon work placement will be eligi- ble for tool grant. In 2018, we would aim to have those students sit their restricted licence and we will hopefully have a group of  Culinary Arts Level 4 volunteers to give students practice in their cars.  Restaurant and Barista Training L 3 and 4 2018  Horticultural Trades Level 4 Year 13 students are gearing up for exams and also  Hair Design Level 3 and 4 making and acting on some decisions for 2018. We  Electrical Engineering Level 3 have had all the Universities come to help with enrol- If you would like any more information about any ment and students need to come over to see Mrs of this please see Mrs Searancke Searancke if they are needing any more help.

Apprenticeships

If any students would like to register for the event be- low they should come to Futures and speak to Mrs Searancke.

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NORTHERN STARS VISIT AND HIGHLIGHTS

Highlights of netball this season were amazing:

Northern Stars, verse Tactix - Carman Pihama, Anne Wallace and I took 13 girls to Auckland to watch the match between these two teams.

Many of our girls had never been to watch a top netball game or ever been up close to so many sporting icons.

It was such an awesome day and things became better when all of our netball players got to meet three of the players and do some different drills and skills with them and ask lots and lots of questions. Another amazing day!

It was so great to be able to have this opportunity available for our girls and we would like to thank David Hop- kins, (CEO of High Wire Trust), Sulu Fitzpatrick, Paula Griffin, and Christina Oscar.

Valetta Wiperi - Netball Co-ordinator 15

We would like to make special mention of the basketball achievements of Kaylee and Hayley for the 2017 representative season. Both Kaylee and Hayley played for not only the Waikato U19 Women’s team but also received a call up for the Waikato U23 Women’s and Waikato Women’s team.

The Waikato U19 Women’s team won the national final against Canterbury Combined U19 Women’s the highly touted favourites, due to the number of NZ age group players they had, and who had already beaten Waikato in pool play. Kaylee and Hayley were starters for the champion Waikato team and Kaylee was selected in the U19 Women’s National Tournament Team. Once the U19 age group representative season was over, Kaylee and Hayley were selected to also play for the U23 Waikato Women’s team. They had opted not to participate at the U23 Nationals due to school and time constraints. However, they both received an emergency call from Wellington from the Waikato U23 coach on the second day of the National tournament. The Waikato U23 Women’s team made the grand final game. They played U23 Bay of Plenty U23 Women’s team and complete- ly dominated them from the beginning, winning the final in a convincing performance. Kaylee and Hayley were able to be members of another National Championship team. These two National Championship titles go nicely with the 2015 U17 National title when Kaylee and Hayley were members of the U17 Waikato National Champi- onship team.

We congratulate Kaylee and Hayley for their basketball achievements this year in the age group representative teams. They were also members of the Women’s Waikato team but only Kaylee was able to play in the Nation- al Women’s Tournament in which the Waikato team achieved 6th place.

Kaylee and Hayley’s basketball season is not over yet. They still have the secondary school national tournament to compete at with the Melville High School Senior Girls team. We wish them the best at the national tournament and for their futures.

We thank them both for being wonderful ambassadors for Melville High School since their arrival in 2013 as Year 9 students (in which they were members of the Melville High School Senior Girls team which won the ‘A’ National Secondary School title as Year 9 students along with with Jazmyn, Alyssa, and Marnie). 16