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Inside this issue:
Achievers 2
Careers Evening 2
Auckland Writers
Festival 3
40 Hour Famine 3
YouDance Festival 3
Culture Week 4
Yr 12 Business Market
Days 4
International Students 4
House News 5
Ingham International
Food Festival 5
Sports 6&7
Board of Trustees 8
Dates for Term 2 8
High Five! Term 2 , 2016
Sandspit Rd, Howick / PO Box 38142, Howick, Auckland / Ph: 534-4492 / www.howickcollege.school.nz
Reminders:
Student Absence –
Please send an email to
Appointments –
Students must bring a note
and sign out (and back in)
at the student office.
Late Arrival After Tutor –
Students must sign in at the
student office. Students
require a note or their
parent to sign them in.
Unwell at School?
Go to the Health Centre
first. DO NOT TEXT your
parents; they will be
contacted by the Health
Centre if required. Students
will be picked up and signed
Dear parents and caregivers,
Senior School Ball Thank you to all senior students who attended this year’s ball event. It was so encouraging to observe our students conduct themselves in such a mature way and contribute to a highly successful night. My special thanks to Ms Marsick and the Year 13 student committee. What some people don’t see are the long hours of careful planning that goes on behind the scenes to make the night spectacular. An excellent night and our students looked
amazing!
Student Success and Achievement Student progress reports have been redesigned with the clear intention to make them more useful to students and parents as indicators of progress. You will notice a number of really positive changes including ‘feedback and feedforward’ comments along with student ownership of learning assessment data. I’m sure you’ll find them much more ‘user-friendly’ and we welcome any post review comments.
Congratulations to our Smokefree Rockquest band ‘Minimal Silence’ who won the regional competition for best band in Auckland. To members, Mark, Logan and Sabastian, we wish you all the very best for the national finals. There are many other examples throughout the newsletter which you’ll be impressed with.
New Trustees Welcome to our new trustees and congratulations on their election success. Stewardship of our College is an important task and we have been very fortunate to have many highly skilled professional members guide our direction as a school organisation. I acknowledge former trustees who have retired at the last election and thank them for their support and commitment to the College.
Property Development In Term 4, we will begin the start of our school refurbishment plan. This involves upgrading all classrooms so that we achieve an optimal physical learning environment. Some of our classrooms over the years have been neglected and this will be an opportunity to ‘spruce’ up learning spaces and make them more attractive. Also planned are improvements to the theatre, gym and outdoor areas.
Sir Peter Blake Leadership Week Each year, our Houses and students support Leadership Week. Celebrating the legacy of Sir Peter Blake our students are proud to be involved and planned a number of events throughout the week. As part of this celebration of leadership, we also acknowledged our teachers as leaders of a profession. A student led design project of a powerful educational quote ‘I touch the future. I teach.’ was unveiled to all staff at a special assembly. This graphic will be placed in the main school reception area honouring our staff as leaders.
End of term 2 I wish everyone a restful break away. School resumes on Monday 25 July. Regards,
Mr I L Ropati, Principal
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Congratulations to:
Logan Anderson, Mark Tohovaka and Sabastian Munro - their
band Minimal Silence won the Smokefree Rockquest Manukau
regional final. They now begin preparing for selection to the upcoming
national competition later in the year. Good luck!
Dr Simon McNamara - received his doctorate in Art History from
Auckland University. He also holds a BA (Hons), MA (Hons) and a
PGDIP (Art History Dist).
Mr James Kumate - graduated from Otago University with a MPhEd,
BphEd (Hons) and MTchgLn.
Ms Lauren Dennehy - graduated from Otago University with a
BA (History and English) and MTchgLn.
Ethan McCormack - won the Howick RSA Anzac Day speech
and delivered his speech at the Stockade Hill service. Ethan is
the fifth Howick College student in a row to have won
this honour.
Kayleigh Subritzky - won a mural
competition run by SADD. The mural
will be produced to be displayed within
the school later this year.
Samantha Knight - progressed to the
27 June regionals for Dragon’s Den
business competition facilitated by the
Young Enterprise Trust. Her product
enables athletes to attach their
competitor numbers easily.
Amelie Laing - first place in the Howick College Baking Club
final with her Orange Marmalade Cakes. Jasleen Kaur and
Harsimran Hundal were second and Meghan Woodfield,
third. Well done to all who made the final; your baking was
superb and the judges thoroughly enjoyed their task! Thank
you to Baking Club teacher in charge, Mrs Poole.
We wish the following teachers lü tu yu kuai for their trip to China during the holidays. They will be spending two weeks teaching students a course that prepares them for studying at Howick College as International Students.
Safe travels to: Ms Restieaux, Ms Jones, Mr Kearney, Mrs Fenner and Ms Collingwood.
Careers Evening
The classrooms in H block were full of students
and parents gathering information at the recent
Careers Evening. With over 40 representatives
from industry and tertiary institutes, there was
something of interest for everyone. The Careers
Evening is a great way for students to find out
more about their future career options by asking
questions from those in the know.
A lot of work goes in to organising and co-
ordinating this event and we thank our Careers department team for ensuring our
students have the guidance and information they need—thanks to Ms van Daatselaar,
Mrs Batt, Mrs Simpson and Mrs Hewett.
To get the Teacher Only Day off to a good start, a
Pink Ribbon Breakfast was held in the school café.
Over $800 was raised as staff tucked into French
toast, home made croissants, fruit, cereal and more.
A big thanks to organisers Mrs Poole, Ms Marsick
and Mrs Roberts. Thanks too go to the hospitality
students who came in extra early on their day off to
prepare and serve the yummy breakfast.
Minimal Silence celebrating their Rockquest win Ethan McCormack
1st place – Amelie Laing (orange marmalade cakes)
2nd place – (Coke bottle cake/shortbread fries/cupcake burger)
3rd place – Meghan Woodfield (caramel cheesecake with chocolate whirl)
Ethan McCormack
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Auckland Writer’s Festival
This year our group of avid writers and readers spent two days at the Auckland
Writers Festival being inspired by writers such as John Boyne (The Boy in the
Striped Pyjamas), Michael Grant (the Gone series), and New Zealand author
Ella West. Attending these sessions offers a fascinating insight to different
aspects of writing with some authors talking about how their process works and
others offering some practical advice on how to write. Some of our students
took advantage of the book signing opportunity to meet their favourite authors.
The students heard from poets and playwrights as well as novelists, and an
entertaining Shakespeare scholar who encouraged the audience to lose their
‘Shakesfear’ and embrace the language of the Bard.
Thank you to Mrs King for organising this trip and ensuring our students don’t
miss out on this popular event. They have been inspired not only in their
reading but also their writing pursuits.
40 Hour Famine
The World Vision 40 Hour Famine once again brought students together to have
some fun and take aim at their teachers. The ‘Sponge a Teacher’ school event,
combined with a lunchtime sausage sizzle, added $200 to the funds raised by the
students and staff who took on the 40 Hour Famine. Well done to the staff who
volunteered to get a dunking.
Over 5 million children have been affected by
the conflict in Syria, many of those are
homeless, living in refugee camps or on the move seeking
asylum in other countries. Some of our students taking
part in the 40 Hour Famine chose to take on the ‘One
Weekend, One Backpack’ challenge, where for the entire
weekend they used only items they could pack in a
backpack, much as a refugee would have to do. World
Vision will use the funds raised from the 40 Hour Famine
to create Child Friendly Spaces in camps, which will offer
a space for children to play and learn. A child friendly space display was set up at the school
for students to see how their support will be helping to make a difference.
YouDance Festival
This annual secondary school festival celebrating dance ran from the 30
th of May to the 1
st of June this year with over 150 students
participating. Howick College has been a long-time contributor to YouDance and this year the dance department decided to challenge themselves and enter two ensemble pieces.
A group of 23 students from Year 10 to 13 performed at the Raye Freedman Arts Centre at Epsom Girls Grammar School. “Forced Winds”, their first work, was a collaborative piece created by guest choreographer from the University of Auckland, Xavier Breed, Level
3 Dance students and Head of Dance, Ms Santana Schmidt. The piece was based on the events that occurred during the time of the Dawn Raids.
The second piece entered was entitled “Wherefore Art Thou?” and was inspired by William Shakespeare’s Act 2, Scene 2 of Romeo and Juliet; the famous balcony scene. This piece was performed by The Company Class - “In Collaboration”, a dance extension group.
The students performed over and beyond expected standards and received a lot of praise and positive feedback from other participating schools, teachers and dance
practitioners. Congratulations to Ms Schmidt and all the Howick College dancers who took part in Youdance 2016.
Performance photos courtesy of
Nina Gastreich Photography
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Cultural Week
The Culture Club hosted a range of lunchtime activities during the first ever
Culture Week to celebrate the diverse cultures represented at the school.
Each day featured different events such as a dress parade, a presentation
from the French trip group, dance performances, quizzes and craft work-
shops.
The week culminated in a feast of international food with the Ingham House
International Food Festival. Well done to the members of the Culture Club
for arranging this inspiring and fun week.
International Students
Rippa Rugby - A team of our students signed up for a Rippa Rugby
tournament this term. They spent a few weeks learning the game and training
with Waisake Sotutu in preparation for the day of games with other local
International Students. Held at Sacred Heart College, the event proved a huge
success and our students are keen to continue playing. You can check out
some of the fun in the video on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?
v=RLUDdsfj95I. Look out for our team in Howick College red and black.
Mid-Winter Christmas - We hosted a Mid-Winter Christmas for our students
and their host families in June giving
them a taste of a Kiwi Christmas experience. It was lovely to see so many of
our students and homestays come along. Well done to the students who
contributed entertainment by performing songs and dances from their
homelands.
Homestay Families - next term we
will be hosting more short stay groups
and also welcoming long term
students. Hosting a student is a
special experience that often leads to
lifetime friendships. If you would like to open your home to one of our students
and welcome them to your family, either for a short or long stay, please contact
our homestay co-ordinators Vanessa or Tania for more information. Email:
[email protected] or [email protected].
International Students enjoying
morning tea with Mr Ropati
Business Studies Market Day
The Year 12 Business Studies students have run two successful market days at the school. The majority of the groups
chose foodie treats, with one team deciding on a branded baseball cap. Each group had to decide on a product and
then produce a business plan considering production and selling of their items. After the first market day, the teams
reviewed their plan and made changes for the second market day. The food stalls included decorated cookies, fudge,
sushi, cupcakes and other goodies which proved popular with the lunchtime customers.
These market days offer our students valuable hands-on experience of creating a product to sell and setting up a
small business. Many of them continue on to Year 13 Business and extend their entrepreneurship into the Young
Enterprise ‘Dragon’s Den’ competition.
Business Studies Market Day
The Year 12 Business Studies students have run two successful market days at the
school. The majority of the groups chose foodie treats, with one team deciding on a
branded baseball cap. Each group had to decide on a product and then produce a
business plan considering production and
selling of their items. After the first market
day, the teams reviewed their plan and
made changes for the second market day.
The food stalls included decorated cookies,
fudge, sushi, cupcakes and other goodies
which proved popular with the lunchtime
customers.
These market days offer our students
valuable hands-on experience of creating a product to sell and setting up
a small business. Many of them continue on to Year 13 Business and
extend their entrepreneurship into the Young Enterprise Scheme ‘Dragon’s Den’ competition operated by the Young
Enterprise Trust.
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Ingham - International Food Festival
Thanks to the support of our school
community, the annual Ingham
House International Food Festival
raised $1,769 for the Foundation of
the Blind. The money will go toward
an e-braille book.
The Theatre was packed with hungry
teens and staff keen to sample a
taste of the world. Stalls offered food
from countries such as South Africa,
India, Austria, the United Kingdom,
France, the Philippines and
Japan (to name a few).
A big thank you to those students
who participated with a stall and also
to parents who helped with all the
food preparation.
More photos from the Food Festival
can be viewed on the school
website in the photo gallery section.
House News…
Our Houses have been busy this term, continuing
their fundraising efforts to support their various
charities. A very big thank you to everyone who
has supported these events and well done to the
House committee members for their citizenship in
organising and running the fundraisers, and
helping their charities.
MACDONALD raised $380 for Ronald McDonald
House with Friendship Day, selling friendship
bracelets and lollies.
BELL, supporting the Child Cancer Foundation, brought yummy Cookie Monster inspired
treats with cookie and chocolate milk. Cookie Monster himself was on hand to help the team deliver the orders. Bell
raised $610 and would like to thank Countdown Howick and Meadowlands, and Goodman Fielder for their very
generous support in donating the cookies and chocolate milk.
IRVINE organised a fun lunchtime Dodgeball competition. Teams paid $10 to enter, with all funds going to support the
Westpac Rescue Helicopter.
BACOT held a cupcake sale which added to the amount raised last term for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and Fred
Hollows Foundation.
INGHAM gathered donations of canned food to help out the Auckland City Mission.
This term’s Inter-house competitions were affected by the weather, with the Year 9
Multi-sport afternoon having to be cancelled. The race for House shield honours will
continue next term with Year 12 Netball, Year 13 Quiz, and a debating challenge still to
come.
MacDonald Friendship Day
Bell Cookie Day
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Cross country
This year the autumn weather held off the rain for the school cross country which was held at the beginning of term.
The top placed runners from each division then went on to represent the school in the zone cross country competition.
Congratulations:
Yr9 Girls: Bella Sinclair, 1st / Caprice Howes, 2nd / Ella McCracken, 3rd
Yr9 Boys: Kaine Bradley, 1st / Francis Morrison, 2nd / Angelo Taufa, 3rd
Yr10 Girls: Annie Williamson, 1st / Katie Heaven, 2nd / Hannah Mesley, 3rd
Yr10 Boys: Daerezad Cooverji, 1st / Heath Galloway, 2nd / Daniel Clarke, 3rd
Yr11 Girls: Inka Pleiss, 1st / Jenna Gawn, 2nd / Hannah O’Kane, 3rd
Yr11Boys: Joel Hughes, 1st / Mason Lockhart, 2nd / Seb Judd, 3rd
Yr12 Girls: Jess Manchester, 1st / Marieka Bavelaar, 2nd / Tamanna Ferov, 3rd
Yr12 Boys: Ryan Cobb, 1st / Morgan D’arcy, 2nd, Blaine Le Roes, 3rd
Yr13 Girls: Alice Cloke, 1st / Annabelle Fletcher-Jones, 2nd / Tasmin Cleland, 3rd
Yr13 Boys: Andrew Catley, 1st / Lachlan Haitana, 2nd / Jeremy Thompson, 3rd
Zone Results:
Junior Boys: Rocky Morrison—2nd / Kaine Bradley—5th / Jesse Scheepers—15th
Senior Boys: Lachlan Haitana—2nd
Orienteering team relaxing after a
hard race where they each ran
3-4.5km sections. The girls finished
6th in the interschool competition,
held earlier in the term.
Lawn Bowls
This year we have had a team of girls who have taken on the challenge of Lawn Bowls.
The Howick Lawn Bowls Club have generously supported them with supplying training
at their facility, coaching and equipment for the girls to use. The team recently took part
in the Auckland Secondary Schools Pairs and Singles competitions and have been
successful with Jansje Strydom and Caitlin Hunn taking home a SILVER medal. Both
teams have displayed excellent structure in their playing of what is a difficult sport
requiring great concentration.
The girls have only been playing for eight months and are holding their own against
teams with several years experience. They have also been noticed by Bowls Auckland
officials who are keen to coach and train them to develop their game further. Well done
to Jansje Strydom, Caitlinn Hunn, Olivia Blake and Ashley Hunt - names to watch
out for on the greens. With Howick College alumni Selina Goddard (Commonwealth
Games Lawn Bowler) as their inspiration, who knows how far they may go?
Congratulations to:
Farrah Brill-Holland and Emma Bavelaar
(former student) - (U23 Women), Annabelle
Fletcher-Jones, Marieke Bavelaar and
Grace Driscoll - (U18 Women), Ryan Deen
and Logan Stevenson - (U18 Men) all
selected for NZ Underwater Hockey teams.
Renee Cure, Rosie Salt and Gabby Hill -
members of the NZ All Girl Elite cheer team
who won SILVER at the International Cheer
Union World Championships in Orlando.
James Davison, Francis Morrison and
Lockie Lockhart - selected for the NZ U15
Mixed Touch team to compete in Australia
later this year.
Jordan Nathan-Welch - selected to
represent New Zealand at the World
Taekwondo Junior championships.
Zoe Virgin - won a BRONZE medal at the
Oceania Youth Weightlifting championships
and set two new NZ records.
Zhuali Lim, Richard Wulansari, Blake
Sellwood (B Grade), Ben Rong, Allan Yu
and James Hamill (D Grade)—finished
SECOND in the East Zone Table Tennis
competition. They now progress to the
Auckland level competition next term.
Olivia Cook - won
GOLD at the Australian
Trampoline Champion-
ships, representing New
Zealand in the U17
pairs.
Howick College - Term 2 , 2016
Howick Sports Awards
The annual Counties Manukau Howick Sports Awards were held in May
to celebrate the local sporting talent and achievement. The evening
event acknowledges not only sporting success but also the huge
contribution to sport made by volunteers who coach, officiate or help
out behind the scenes.
Of the many sports people nominated by
Howick College, several were selected as
finalists. We congratulate our two award
winners Kyle Glogoski and Mr John
Wright. Kyle, a NZ baseball representative,
won the Sportsman of the year award and
Mr Wright, a national Touch and Rugby
referee, won the Official of the Year award.
Congratulations also to the following
finalists for their continued commitment
and passion for their sports:
Annabelle Fletcher-Jones, Farrah
Brill-Holland - Underwater Hockey
Gabby Hill, Rosie Salt - Cheerleading
Iva Livani - Rugby 7s and Netball
Rhian Kocsis, Sian Lovelock, Annie
Willamson, Gemma Owen and Saskia
Jordan - Rowing
Angel McCreedy - Taekwondo
Seth Gibson - Softball
Chris Walden, Liam Brown - Football
Evan Froger, Mak Rawiri - Ice-hockey
Trevor Smith - Drag Racing
U15B Netball team, Mrs Adelita Sotutu - Netball
Jessica Manchester - Mountain Biking
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Kyle Glogoski
Mr John Wright
Underwater Hockey
The regional tournament in
Tauranga was a huge success
for our Senior Girls A team,
with them bringing home the
GOLD medal. It was a
weekend of hard games and
all our teams performed well,
playing their best and staying
committed. The Senior Girls B
team finished 5th and Senior
Open 9th. Several students
have been selected to trial for
the Northern Region U18 team later this year, based on their
performance during the tournament.
A big thank you to all the coaches, managers and parents who worked
hard behind the scenes to support our players, cheering them on and
keeping them fed and focussed.
Good luck to Sean McGrath— for the
North Island Clay target shooting
championships, 8-10 July .
Weekly sports draws and a roundup of
results are now on the school website:
www.howickcollege.school.nz/about/sports
We recommend downloading the College
Sports mobile phone app to stay up to date.
Also available on the website.
Olivia Cook
Yorel Alapaki -
selected for the U15
New Zealand softball
development team.
Senior Leadership Team (SLT): Eric Wall (Deputy Principal), Janice Wright (Assistant Principal),
Mike Stanghan (Business Manager), Kathy Heaton-Brown (Executive Secretary), Iva Ropati
(Principal), Louise Addison (Associate Principal), Steve James (Assistant Principal), Lin Lescher
(Deputy Principal), Joseph Heays (Deputy Principal).
Thanks to the following Friends of Howick College for their generous support:
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Important Dates for Term 3
Mon 25 Jul - first day of Term 3
Thurs 28 Jul - enrolment evening,
4.00-6.00pm (in zone)
Tues 2 Aug - BoT meeting; 6pm
Wed 3 Aug - Yr12 Inter-house
Wed 3—Fri 5 Aug - Yr 13 Production
Blood Wedding
Thurs 4 Aug - enrolment evening,
4.00-7.00pm (in zone)
Fri 5 Aug - MACDONALD MacMarket
Mon 8 Aug - teacher only day
Tues 9 Aug - Hillcrest Sports day
(in Hamilton)
Tues 9 Aug - enrolment evening,
4.00-7.00pm (out of zone)
Wed 10—Fri 12 Aug - Yr 12 production
The Cherry Orchard
Mon 15 Aug - Inter-house debating
Wed 17 Aug - MINERVA Daffodil day
Fri 19 Aug - mufti day
Fri 19—Sun 21 Aug - snow trip
Tues 23 Aug - parent/teacher
interviews; 5-8pm
Thurs 25 Aug - parent/teacher
interviews; 4-7pm
Fri 26 Aug - Yr13 Inter-house quiz
Week 6 - tournament week
Tues 6-Fri 16 Sept - Senior Exams
Tues 20 Sept - BoT meeting; 6pm
Fri 23 Sept - mufti day / winter sports
photos / last day of term
Mon 10 Oct - first day of Term 4
Meadowlands
Board of Trustees
As another term comes close to an end the Board of trustees and I would like
to congratulate all students and staff for their continued hard work.
We are pleased to welcome our new parent representatives to the Board of
Trustees: Rachel Barker, Roger Gribble, Pino Scully and Kelly Slattery. All
four have some valuable previous governance experience. We also welcome
Adelita Sotutu who replaces Dianne Fenner as the staff trustee. We look
forward to the valuable contributions they will all make as members of the
board.
I was delighted to have the pleasure of attending the recent college open
evening. From the large numbers of attendees of prospective pupils and
parents it is clear that Howick College is the school of first choice for many.
It was inspiring to see so many staff and pupils passionately involved in the
open evening. There were so many attendees that two presentations had to
be made.
There are some exciting times ahead for Howick College with new building
plans and further advances in new programmes for teaching and learning
and technology.
The Board of Trustees continue to wish all students success in their studies
and future events of which there are many to look forward to.
Regards,
Alan Topham Chair, Board of Trustees
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They are now at Unit B, 16 Bishop Dunn
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