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Newsletter No. 11 14 December 2017 Tom Vanderlaan Principal DATES TO REMEMBER Haere Ra Ki Te Tau Kura 2017 – Goodbye to the 2017 School Year TERM 1 2018 BRETT DONALD – 42 YEARS 16 January onwards We were pleased to hold a celebration at the end of term 4 celebrating Brett Donald’s official retire- Office Open (for sale of ment after 42 years of teaching service at the college. It was great to have a large number of family, uniform) old friends and teaching colleagues along to share stories about Brett and his career. The function was run as ‘pseudo rugby match’ with the ball being passed from speaker to speaker as we traversed 30 January Brett’s life at the college and in the Waiuku community. A final successful conversion by Brett brought Yr 9 & Yr 13 students start the official speeches to a close. As a school we salute and acknowledge Brett for his huge contribution to our college and to our town. 31 January Brett will be back for a bit of part-time teaching in 2018 as he weans himself gently away from his All Yr levels in career-long addiction to Waiuku College history students! 6 February STAFFING CHANGES Waitangi Day Renske Hughes replaces Brett as Head of Social Sciences from the start of 2018. We also have a new Head of Physical Education. Kerry Potts replaces Rachel Sinclair who has decided to step down and 23 February work part-time since her return from maternity leave. Class ID Photos Deputy Principal Tina Filipo is leaving us to move to Howick College and we hope to appoint a replace- ment to start in Term 2 of 2018. We thank Tina for the important work she has done in her time here. 30 March - 3 April Easter Break Piki Jakeman is moving to part-time next year and will be joined by her daughter Rhema in the Maori language department. 13 April Catherine Linnen (Japanese Language - 16 years) and Theresa Cannell (Business Studies – 2 years) are End of Term 1 also both leaving to take up post graduate studies at Auckland university. We have also farewelled our guidance counsellors Paumea Mackay and Maggie Anderson. We hope to have a new counsellor in place for the start of the new year. JUNIOR PRIZEGIVING We once again had an excellent turnout of family and community supporters at our final prizegiving event for 2017. My thanks to all who attended. Congratulations to all the students who received awards and especially the Year 10 Junior Diploma recipients with Excellence and Distinction. Our overall top academic students were: Zoe Lund in Year 9 and Georgia McLeish in Year 10. SPORTS SUCCESS Kurtis Shuker took out the top Orienteering Award at the recent College Sport Awards night. It’s been a great year for Kurtis who also had success with the NZ Secondary Schools and Under 20 teams in tests against Australia. We look forward to hearing more good news about Kurtis now that he has left school and we wish him success in his sporting career. Judith Coe was on hand at the Counties Manukau Sports Awards night recently to accept our award as Sports College of the Year. As Director of Sport Judith is responsible for our amazing participation rates and a lot of our team and individual success in local and regional sport. Well done Judith! Judith will also be picking responsibility for Netball coordination next year, taking over from Brian Perry who has done a great job in this role for the past 6 years. Well done and thank you Brian! FAREWELL TO KEN, our first international student who has graduated from Year 13 and will study at Victoria University next year. UNIFORM 2018 Senior staff recently reviewed our uniform regulations and have made a minor change to the shoe rules. They now read: Shoes must be plain and completely black – including laces. We no longer require that they be made of leather. After trialling plain burgundy caps and plain black beanies the last few years, we are now confirming that these are acceptable uniform items. Caps are available at the school uniform shop. BOARD OF TRUSTEES My thanks to Chairperson Megan Lamont, Deputy Chair Gareth Manning and the other members of our Board of Trustees for their excellent stewardship of the college through 2017. At our December meeting we approved a draft Charter and Strategic Plan for 2018, along with a provisional budget that we believe will continue to fund quality teaching and learning provision for the school. OVERSEAS TRIPS Our First Eleven Boys cricket team are at present touring and playing in Melbourne Australia. My thanks to Mike and Jennifer Foy and their team of parent helpers for all the hard work that has gone into making this trip possible. World Challenge Costa Rica also leaves soon for an amazing month-long adventure in Central America. Best wishes to Miss Corcoran and your small team of senior students. KAHUI AKO – WAIUKU COMMUNITY OF LEARNING A stewardship group has been set up to support the work of the Principal Leader – Graeme Newall (Sandspit School). The other members of the group are myself (Chairperson), Lysandra Stuart (Glenbrook School) and Cris Hull (View Road School). Boards of Trustees of member schools will be asked to delegate areas of board authority to this group to facilitate decision making for the good of our whole Community of Schools. SEASONS WISHES Thank you to our whole school community for your continued support and encouragement for the work we do for the students at Waiuku College. Best wishes to you all for the long summer ahead, for the festive season and for the 2018 New Year! Nga Mihi O Te Tau Kia Koutou Tom Vanderlaan - Principal Counties Manukau Sport Secondary School of the Year Award 2017 Waiuku College was awarded the Counties Manukau Sport Secondary School of the Year award at the Annual Sporting Excellence Awards for 2017. This was held at the Vodafone Events Centre on Sunday 26th November. Out of 43 Secondary Schools in the Counties Manukau area, Waiuku came away with the school that has increased its growth in sport and started new initiatives and sporting opportunities within their school, and had the greatest support from staff, parents, caregivers and the wider community. Kurtis Shuker won the College Sport Young Sportsman of the Year award for Orienteering. Kurtis was selected from over 117 schools in the Auckland College Sport area. This is a huge dedication for a year of true perseverance and dedication that Kurtis has put into his chosen sport. We wish him all the best as he leaves College, and we know we will still see him on the Orienteering stage in the future. Junior Prizegiving 2017 SPECIAL AWARDS Lexi Muir Special Endeavour in Performance Music Jack Warren Best Stage Performer YEAR 10 JUNIOR DIPLOMAS Junior Diploma achieved with Excellence: Kian Sorensen-Smith Jessica McEvoy Chloe Thompson Caroline Pembridge Annalese Hagan Louise Skinner Georgia McCabe Benjamin Rowe Olivia Glenny Joshia Supandji Chantel Vaughan Ava-mae Steven Alanah Watkins Liam Vallesfin Amy Grimmond Sarah Copas Olivia Jordan Neve Buchan Renee Jensen Jenna Matthews Katie Tucker Reid Shackleton Lily Sixsmith Emily Smith Beau Watson Jack Newton Marisa Reed Braden Hull Jack Morrison Antoine Ashman Junior Diploma achieved with Distinction: Georgia McLeish Logan Ying Tara Lipscombe Aimee Te Kanawa Hannah McDonald Allister Hamilton Charlotte Cooper Oliver White Daniel Wu Noah Bradley PREMIER AWARDS Ethan Millett Year 9 Student who has made the best of their abilities throughout 2017 Lily Sixsmith Year 10 Amber-Lee Lawrie Award for Consistent All-Round Endeavour in Year 10 Emily Hewitt Year 9 Public Speaking Award Zoe Lund Top Year 9 Scholar for 2017 Georgia McLeish Top Year 10 Scholar for 2017 Congratulations to all our Junior Prizewinners! NCEA NEWS NCEA Results NZQA have announced that students’ 2017 NCEA results are More information can be found at: due to be released on Tuesday 16th January 2018. Students who www.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/ncea-results/reviews-and- have registered with the NZQA website will be able to view reconsiderations/ their results online. Students who wish to receive a Results Notice through the post should order one by logging onto the Scholarship Results and Papers NZQA website before the end of December. Scholarship results are released in February. Unlike NCEA, students will only receive a digital copy of their paper(s) via email. Scholar- Exam Papers ship students can also apply for Reviews and Reconsiderations. NZQA will start mailing exam papers out to students from mid- Scholarship reconsiderations cost $30.70 which will be refunded if January. When students receive their papers they should check the final grade is changed. The deadline for scholarship students to them, and if they believe that a mistake has been made they nd apply for reviews and reconsiderations is Friday 2 March 2019. should speak with their subject teachers when they return to School. More information can be found at: www.nzqa.govt.nz/qualifications -standards/awards/new-zealand-scholarship/scholarship-results/ Reconsiderations and Reviews results-publication/scholarship-reconsiderations/ If students believe that the marker has made a mistake in adding up their scores or recording their grade, for example the Results Were Not What You Expected? grade on the front of the paper does not match the one If your results are better or worse than you expected and you want showing on their results, they can apply for a Review. Reviews advice about what to do next you can seek help from your Dean or are free and do not involve the paper being re-marked.