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CONTACT SeptemberJune, 2017 11 April 2019 Well That’s Term 1 Done! 2019 Triennial INSIDE THIS ISSUE What an amazingly busy term! The last 11 weeks Board of Trustees Elections have simply flown by. As a school, community and Page 1 country we have experienced some tragic lows as Every three years, state and state integrated school communities elect their parent and Message from the well as some positivity amongst the adversity in staff trustees to help govern their schools. trying times. It does not matter if you are a Labour Principal Right now boards around the country are Party, National Party, Green or other Party support- er no one could argue against the fine example of preparing to hold their 2019 triennial school Board of Trustee elections. our Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, who has been Page 2 a beacon for humanity in recent weeks. The period from 17 May 2019 until 21 June Sporting News With all that has been going on, our students and 2019 has been gazetted by the Ministry as the range of dates for the Board of Trustees staff have simply got on with their mahi and Triennial Elections for 2019. The suggested continue to make the most of the many opportuni- Page 3 ties offered in our school. We are dealing with common election date is Friday 7 June 2019. Sheilah Winn teenagers so of course there will always be those who are challenging and it has not been all plain The Matamata College Board of Trustees Ugly Shakespeare sailing. However, for the majority of our students it have five Parent Representative positions to Winter Illnesses has been a positive and rewarding term. There is fill. no better way to keep track of all the positive stuff Trades going on in our school and with the latest news, Nominations for interested persons to stand opportunities and developments, than by following as a Parent Representative will be called for Page 4 from Friday 10 May 2019 and nominations us on the school’s Facebook page. If you haven’t Quiz Night liked us already, please check us out on: will close on Friday 24 May 2019. Nomina- https://www.facebook.com/matamatacollege/ tion forms will be posted to all parents/ Gumboot Day caregivers on the school electoral roll by the Thank you to those parents who made the effort to 10 May 2019. Uniform Shop attend our Interim Report night. It is always good Canteen to have contact with parents and whanau and put For further information contact our Returning faces to names. If you were unable to make it and Officer, Jennifer McCormack on 07 881 9032 School Ball want to touch base with any of your child’s teachers or [email protected] please feel free to make an appointment and/or make contact via email. As we come to the end of term, it is now that LOOKING AHEAD assessment data begins to be loaded and for seniors, credits begin to accumulate. If you have not already done so please get your son/daughter Mon 29 April to show you how you can keep track of assessment data via the Parent Portal. Beginning of Term 2 Term 2 is very important for setting students up for Wed 1 May end-of-year success as it is then where much of the grunt work for the year is completed. Y13 Art Field Trip It has been a long and action packed term and I Thu 2 May to Fri 3 May wish students and staff all the best for a deserved term break. Please use the time to recharge your Level 1 Kayaking batteries and come back on Monday 29 April ener- gised ready for the winter terms ahead . Tue 7 May Level Geography Field Trip Ngaa mihi, Wed 8 May to Fri 10 May Alan Munro Principal Declaration of Student/Staff 12PEB Camp to Rotorua Election Results Thu 9 May Mrs Wendy Davidson was duly elected to Shooting Team Out at Event Kaua he whakamaa ki te korero Maaori, the Matamata College Board of Trustees as Fri 10 May Ahakoa he iti, he taonga. Staff Representative and Sarah McDonnell as Student Representative for the remainder Vietnam Trip Quiz Night Don’t be shy to speak Maori, of 2018/2019. No matter how little, treasure it. Y13 Media Field Trip Keep up to date with attendance & results at https://matamata.mystudent.school.nz/ Contact [email protected] for logon information SeptemberJune, 2017 Volleyball players (Therese Ganas, Mila Gandeza, Emma Morton- Farrelly, Jess Tims and Te Aorere Wharawhara) finished their last Nationals campaign with a smile on their faces after an- other top season. Six players are set to return to school in 2020 and they’ll set new goals and make new memories. Showjumping On 30 and 31 March Olivia Prendergast and Nicole Weatherley competed at the Waitemata Grand Prix Showjumping event held at Woodhill. Olivia won the 5-year old style class and also placed 5th in the Young Horse Championship and 1st equal in the 85cm. Nicole won the 1.05 Mini Prix and placed 6th in the 1m Top Score class. Together they won the Double 1m Mini Prix. WSS Swimming On 2 April a team of 12 headed over to the Waikato Secondary Schools Swimming Champs held in Hamilton. Caleb Lawrence placed 1st in the 50m Butterfly and Heather The Matamata College Girls’ Senior A team enjoyed an Hills placed 3rd in the 50m Breaststroke and the 50m Free- excellent season which culminated in the recent National style. She also placed 2nd in the 100m IM. Sam Hills placed Secondary Schools’ Championships in Palmerston North. 2nd in the 50m Freestyle. It is great to see the strong swim- The girls played impressively through the local Waikato ming culture living on here at Matamata College. competition and were the strongest all round team. On finals day, the girls defeated Te Awamutu College 3-0 in TV Bowls the semi-final before overcoming their long-time rivals and On 3 April we hosted the Thames Valley Bowls at Hinuera good mates from Hillcrest 3-1 in the final. The team effort Bowling Club. Tamati Sydney and Liam Shelley won the in the Waikato competition was notable as at no stage did Trophy for 2019. This was followed up by a 2nd place for the team have their full squad available. Captain Mila Lyndon Leaf and Oliver Nicholls who played well all day. Con- Gandeza was slowly returning from injury and only played nor Mayo and Charlie Nicholls also played strongly as a new full matches on the finals weekend. Mollie Allison, an Y10 pair and we look forward to following their progress over excellent passer and attacker, was unable to play in the the coming year. finals and the effort of the girls to win the Waikato title without her was outstanding. MotoCross At the Waikato Prize Giving, Mollie Allison, Olivia Goodwin On Friday 29 March a group of boys headed to Rotorua for and Te Aorere Wharawhara were deservedly named in the the National Secondary Schools MotoX Champs. Brooke All-Star Seven (the tournament team) and Te Aorere Daisley came 13th overall in Novice 85/150 class, Dylan picked up her second successive Most Valuable Player Storey came 8th overall in 85cc class, Luke Collings came Award after a dominant attacking performance in the final. 30th in 125/250 Novice class, Josh Henwood came 35th in It was great to see our boys’ team place third in the 125/250 Novice class. These are great results for what was Waikato (with Ollie Morton-Farrelly making the tournament their first outing of the year so far. team) and they’ll be aiming to compete at Nationals in 2020. Our girls’ B team placed 2nd in Division 2, a fine effort Mountain Biking as all but one player in the squad was a junior student. Between 29 and 31 March Cameron Jacobsen and Liam At Nationals, the team worked hard in their opening pool Fernyhough headed off to the North Island Secondary and won all three matches. They defeated McAuley High Schools Mountain Bike Champs in Wainuiomata to School 3-0 before winning two long five set matches compete in the U20 classes. Cameron managed 10th in the against Carmel College and Riccarton High School. This Cross Country, despite his chain coming off and 8th in the qualified the girls for Division 1, which had been a goal for Enduro with more minor mechanical issues. Liam came 14th all of the squad. in the Enduro. We took a team to the WSS Mountain Bike Champs at Te Miro on 10 April. Results to follow. Victories were harder to come by in Division 1 matches but the team fought hard in every match. The highlight was Golf Croquet their first pool play match where the girls narrowly lost 2-3 to Nayland College in an exceptional match which was one On 18 March, Matamata Croquet Club hosted the WSS Open of the longest of the tournament. This was the team’s third Doubles Tournament. The College entered 3 teams. successive five setter and although they couldn’t quite get Stephen Turner and Alanna Meadowcroft came 1st, Naomi across the line, the whole squad knew they had been part Turner and Alyssa Meadowcroft came 2nd and Nico Concha of an excellent contest. and Ashley Meadowcroft came 3rd making it a clean sweep for Matamata College. Our top two teams now qualify to go to The Matamata girls ultimately finished up in 16th place out the Nationals in Christchurch in September.