CONTACT SeptemberJune, 2017 9 August 2019 CAREER PATHWAYS EVENING INSIDE THIS ISSUE Page 1 Career Pathways Evening Demolition of S Block Page 2 Sports News Page 3 Cultural & Academic News Page 4 Page 3 continued Notice re closure of field LOOKING AHEAD 9 August— 18 September Wednesday 21 August Thank you to the many parents and caregivers who versity representatives will be meeting with stu- attended the recent Senior Parent Teacher Inter- dents throughout the day leading up to the event. PEB200 Avantidrome If you are able to get your daughter/son thinking views. Staff enjoyed meeting with you face to face Thursday 22 August and sharing understanding about student progress about future pathway possibilities early it can Careers Pathways Evening and next steps. If you have gone away from these help focus their studies and make school more meetings and thought “I should have asked that” or relevant. I encourage you to not just send your Friday 23 August want something clarified, please don’t hesitate to child along but walk alongside them for the even- Y13 Tough Guy / Gal get back in touch with subject teachers and/or ing and be part of the conversation. Who knows, Deans. you may even find a new career direction for Wednesday 28 August Practice exams are now just five weeks away begin- yourself! Sports & Team Photos ning in Week 8. By now, senior students should be S Block (Science) is Set to be Demolished beginning a programme of study in preparation for Many parents who are ex-students will remember Thursday 29 August these, especially if they have a heavy external exam fondly being taught Science and possibly Mathe- Speech Competition (Finals) load at the end of the year. While we appreciate it matics in S Block, the flat roof building next to Mill is hard juggling this between other commitments Crescent Kindergarten. This building has been Mon 2 to Fri 6 Sept such as part time work and internal assessments, a plagued with leaking and mould issues and is now Winter Tournament Week little planning can go a long way towards ensuring surplus to requirements. The Board is pleased to Wed 11 to Tue 17 Sept success. have received confirmation from MOE that Ra- You will have noticed the advert for the Pathways tionalisation funding has been approved which Practice Externals evening in the top half of the page. This annual will see the this building disappear! We are Friday 13 September event is a fantastic opportunity for students at all hopeful that the rationalisation budget will levels to explore a wide range of employment and stretch to include some demolition of some of C Y10 Vision Screening Block as well. The BOT are keen to get this pro- study pathways. My thanks to Ms. Liddle and Wednesday 18 September ject out of the way to concentrate on facility im- Mrs Bolton-Hampton for all the work they are Maaori Exchange with Mor- putting into this. Many of the tertiary providers provements elsewhere. We hope to share with rinsville including polytechnics, training providers and uni- you plans for improvements in other areas of school soon. Keep up to date with attendance & results at https://matamata.mystudent.school.nz/ Contact [email protected] for logon information SeptemberJune, 2017 GIRLS’ RUGBY 1st XV RUGBY On Wednesday 31 The Matamata College 1st XV July our Girls’ had a tough battle at home Rugby team hosted against Morrinsville College in Te Awamutu in the the Waikato Schools’ Premier Finals. The girls Co-Ed competition last weekend. have had a strong In challenging conditions season and looked Morrinsville were able to use the promising going in strong wind to their advantage in to this Final. The the second half to keep Matamata pinned deep in their Matamata team worked hard throughout the match but own territory. The visitors turned Te Awamutu scored a last minute try to secure the win 22 to 29 around a half time deficit to points. Huge thanks to Bevan Tuhakaraina and Michelle Montague come away with a hard fought 27-21 win. Matamata’s tries were for their outstanding work in coaching the girls. scored by Waata Wharawhara, George Samuels and Jordan Ruck. SQUASH George converted all three tries. Our boys have a chance to Braedyn Henderson, Jack Reynolds and Daniel Willison all played reverse this result when the two teams meet again here at District SuperChamps Squash on the weekend of 27 and 28 July. Matamata College in this weekend’s Semi-finals. Best wishes to Braedyn’s B grade team won and Daniel’s D grade team won so our team for this big match . they are both going to National SuperChamps in September to rep- VOLLEYBALL resent Waikato for each team. On Friday 2 August our Squash team, consisting of Stanley Allison, Leo Cleaver, Andre Burnell, Jack Reynolds, Daniel Willison and Braedyn Henderson, headed off to attend the New Zealand Secondary Schools Squash Championships in Tauranga. They started the competition seeded 14th. After 5 games over the course of the weekend they managed to take out 12th place out of 34 teams from all over New Zealand. The boys played some really tough teams but always gave On Tuesday 31 July our Girls' Volleyball team played against a their 100%. This was a great tour group representing four schools from Buenos Aires in achievement for this team Argentina. It was an enjoyable match with our girls coming out on and we are very proud of top, three sets to nil. you all. Special thanks to BADMINTON Colin Henderson for coach- On Wednesday 7 August six students headed off to the Thames ing/managing and looking Valley Junior Badminton Championships in Te Aroha. Brooke after these boys. Daisley played in the Boys Singles and Elise Crozier in the Girls LACROSSE Singles. Ella Smart and Jamie Scott competed in the Girls Doubles Mia Roberts has been select- and Oscar Donderwinkel and Eric Schweizer in the Boys Doubles. ed for the Under 18 Waikato They all had a great outing Lacrosse Development team. and Elise managed to place 3rd. Ella and Jamie had an Jason Roberts, Coach, has exceptional day and took out been selected as Assistant first place. Thank you to our Coach for the Under 14 Year 12 Student, Jessica Lowe Waikato Lacrosse team. for coaching and managing Samantha Crowther has Badminton this year. Well been selected as Goalie for the Under 15 Waikato Lacrosse team to done to all the students in- compete at the New Zealand National Tournament to be held in volved on a very successful Auckland in September. Samantha has also been selected to day. represent Waikato in the ALA National Tournament to be held in Adelaide in late September (also as Goalie). Congratulations on these fantastic achievements. www.matamatacollege.school.nzhttps://matcol.nz/ SeptemberJune, 2017 VISIT FROM JAPAN YEAR 12 & 13 TOURISM TRIP At the last school assembly we said goodbye to our Japanese students from Ikubunkan High School in Tokyo. Students enjoy having a range of international students within the school. Jason Gage-Brown bid farewell to our guests and thanked them for their contribution to the school. Two of the Ikubunkan students spoke very well and thanked the Matamata College community for hosting their group. On Friday 2 August Year 12 and 13 Tourism classes enjoyed an excellent visit to Rotorua. They spent the morning at the TRIP TO GLOBE THEATRE Te Puia Centre where they were taken through the carving Helen Drysdale-Dunn rooms and the kiwi house. The guides also showed our reported back to the students the geysers and geothermal activity within the school about her trip to centre. The afternoon was spent at Skyline Rotorua which London as part of the included a number of trips down the luge track. The trip has Young Shakespeare significant connections with the work the students will be Company. Helen enjoyed required to complete later in the year. the amazing opportunity to perform on stage at the YEAR 13 CHALLENGE Globe Theatre. She was The senior class of one of the New Zealand 2012 introduced the students selected to play the role of King Henry in Henry V “Year 13 Challenge” and relished the chance to utter the famous line “once more where a team of unto the breach dear friends” from the Globe stage. Her senior students other highlights included visits to the New Zealand High compete against a Commission and Stratford-upon-Avon as well as being able team from one of to attend several plays at various London venues. Not the other year lev- surprisingly Helen described her trip as “unimaginably fun els. This has since and life changing”. Congratulations on all your success Hel- become a regular en, it is thoroughly deserved! feature of school life. The events contested can be sporting, academic or UN CRISIS SUMMIT almost anything. The Year 13s generally come out on top Our Deputy Head Girl, Emily Nowell, was selected to attend but a group of Year 9s stormed home to overtake and the UN Crisis Summit in Auckland last weekend. The summit defeat the senior students in a spelling competition. Con- explores how conflicts begin and the ongoing issues they gratulations to Marissa McGill, Chelsi Millar, Grace-Ann Wal- cause. Students put themselves in the shoes of international ters and Priya Saini-Potts. leaders who are experiencing conflict. They discussed the issues AUSTRALIAN MATHEMATICS COMPETITION and negotiated solutions. This was a On Thursday 1 August nearly 30 of our students from Year 9- fantastic chance to further develop 13 joined over 500,000 students from all over the world in key skills such as debating, team- sitting the Australian Mathematics Competition papers.