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From the HEADMASTER

JUNE 2014

NO. 127

THE WELLINGTON COLLEGE COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER

The Collegian is posted to all parents/caregivers. If there is another parent/

caregiver who wishes to receive a copy, please email [email protected]

JUNE 2014 DIARY DATES

30School Production [to 4 July]Quad @ Wanganui [to 2 July]

JULY 2014 DIARY DATES4 End of Term Two

TERM THREE STARTS ONMONDAY, 21 JULY (Day 6) @ 8.50am

21 Māori Language Week23 Annual V PNBHS [Away]24 Australasian Maths Competition

28Annual V NPBHS [Home]BOT Meeting

29 Y10 History Field Trip [to 30th]30 Course Selection Process [to 4 Aug]

AUGUST 2014 DIARY DATES7 KBB Music Festival [to 9th]

12 Wellington College Speech Finals13 TAB Achievers’ Evening14 An Evening with John Campbell

21Big Band National Finals [to 23rd]Wellington Jazz Festival [to 23rd]

25 BOT Meeting27 NIWA Science Fair29 Mid Term Break & Uni. Open Days

SEPTEMBER 2014 DIARY DATES1 Winter Sports Tournament Week3 Senior Drama Production [to 5th]8 Rugby Club Prize Giving

9Winter Extracurricular PhotosFootball Club Prize Giving

11 Y11-Y13 Examinations [to 18th]12 Basketball Club Prize Giving19 Scholarship Exams [to 25th]

22BOT MeetingNga Manu Koreo Nationals [to24th]

23 Y10 Geography Field Trip26 End of Term Three

TERM FOUR STARTS ONMONDAY, 13 OCTOBER (Day 1) @ 8.50am15 Foundation Black & Gold Awards

17WCOBA Class of 1974 ReunionSuper Stars Sports Competition

Under the inspirational direction of Miss Katie

Macfarlane, the profile of Music at Wellington College has gone from strength to strength over the last decade and, in my view, has never been more evident than in 2014. The conscious decision to showcase the talent of our boys in assembly has added a welcome new dimension to our formal gatherings. The Jazz Band has enjoyed spectacular success this year, winning the silver award at the Tauranga Jazz Festival and the ‘Best Big Band Award’ at the Manawatu Jazz Festival. Two of our students, Toby Leman and Leonardo Coghini, have been selected for the National Youth Jazz Orchestra which meets for a week in August under the direction of Rodger Fox and Derek Lisik.

Choral music has become very prominent at Wellington College as a flagship for the importance of music in the life of our school. The Big Sing, both at regional and national level, has been a major focus for our choirs as they prepare to perform on the public stage. This year, three of our choirs have taken part in this uplifting choral festival. The All-Comers Choir, also known as the Coll Boys Collective is a choir made up of students new to singing who want to learn what it is to be part of a choir by singing contemporary songs. This large group of young men performed with great enthusiasm and energy at the Michael Fowler Centre and clearly impressed the judges. So too did the Combined Choir, which is run in conjunction with Wellington Girls’ College. The adjudicator commended the Choir on their balance and blend, as well as a very effective programme of challenging music. Our auditioned Choir, the Wellington College Chorale, once again sang superbly to impress all of those present, including the adjudicator. They sang the

Māori Waiata, Purea Nei, a French classical work entitled Tout Puissant, and the folk song Riu Riu that was also performed at assembly. The Chorale won the trophy for Best Performance of a New Zealand piece, as well as a Certificate for the Best Performance of a Folk Song. We will discover on 23 June whether the Chorale has been chosen as one of the 24 choirs nationwide to participate in the National Finale. Sandy McLachlan and Alex Matangi, both members of the Chorale, are currently in the New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Choir.

Our instrumental music is also thriving in the orchestral area. This year, we have combined our orchestra with both Wellington Girls’ College and Wellington East Girls’ College. While there are some logistical challenges, the move has been very positive. Three of our students, Logan Wu, Nick Majic and Kip Cleverley, have all gained the remarkable distinction of being chosen for the National Youth Orchestra. Andrew McNaughton has been selected for the New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Orchestra.

Finally, for ageing Baby Boomers raised in the 60s, it is gratifying to see so many of our lads involved in Rockquest. Ollie Bomann, Jazz Kane and Louis Skoog with their band, Groozy, came third in the regional finals. Louis Skoog won the Mainz Musicianship Award for Best Musician, and Harry Crawford’s group won the award for best song.

It is truly exciting to see so many of our boys involved with music. In Plato’s famous words, Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue.

Roger Moses, ONZM

It was Billy Joel who said I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music.


We seem to be accelerating through 2014 at a pace greater than previously experienced, and the successes of 2013 have already been replaced by the opportunities of the current year. The BOT has been meeting monthly and the subcommittees more regularly. The minutes of the meetings are available to you all to read online so I thought it best just to focus on a few topical areas.

The College has just been through its five yearly review by the Education Review Office. Our ERO review was comprehensive, undertaken by a very knowledgeable team and required a huge amount of preparation and engagement by our Leadership Team and teaching staff. While the formal report has not been issued at this time, the feedback to date has been very positive. This is reflective of the outstanding leadership we have at the College and the commitment of the entire staff to the quality of education and personal development of our students. Special thanks to Deputy Principal, Mr Dave Thorp who led much of the preparatory work and presentations to the ERO team.

Our financial results for last year were finally signed off, the delays being due to Novopay issues. We are in a sound financial position and for that reason have decided not to increase fees and donations for the 2015 school year. We appreciate the financial contributions received by parents and caregivers through the donations and we would not be able to fund the College, to the current standard of education delivered to our students, without those donations.

You will soon receive an update from the Wellington College Development Office. Tony Robinson is working tirelessly to bridge the funding requirements for the planned Performing Arts Centre and Hall. Please take time to read through the update and see how you can help.

We are conscious that the number 1 field has major drainage problems after any reasonable amount of rain and is closed for play far too often. We believe we are in a position to evaluate the options to resolve that problem and the funding is available to deal with this. This is now a priority for us.

Another priority is to establish and implement consistent and appropriate standards for management of extracurricular and sports activities. We have no significant issues with current management practices however the standards are being clearly laid out by the Ministry and we need to ensure we have those standards uniformly applied across our College activities. Trustees Ian Russon, Sala Sidler and Mark Rees-Thomas are leading that piece of work.

All the best for the rest of the year.

Peter Schuyt, Chair

From the BOARD of TRUSTEES

KEEPING YOUR CONTACT DETAILS UP-TO-DATEA REMINDER TO ALL FAMILIES -Please remember to advise the College if you move home or change your email or phone number. It is essential we have your current and correct contact details in the event of an emergency.

CAMPBELL LIVE at Wellington CollegeCome and help us Raise the Roof of our new Hall and Performing Arts Centre and enjoy an evening of entertaining stories by one of our renowned Old Boys, John Campbell of TV3’s Campbell Live. Thursday 14 August 2014 @ 7.00pmBrierley Theatre | Wellington College Tickets are $40.00 pp with supper included. Wine and Beer sales will be available as well as Craft Beer Tasting from Garage Project, Aro Street, Wellington. Purchase tickets via online banking and make payment to: 06 0501 0575822 02with your surname as reference. You will also need to email us to confirm your order so we can issue your tickets. You can also make enquiries and order tickets with cash/cheque care of The Development Office: 04 802 7698 or email [email protected]

In conjunction with the Givealittle Fund-raising site, Wellington College recently launched an initiative driven fund-raising campaign by our students which makes it particularly memorable. Our site features a six-minute audio clip of the boys singing a Māori song and then launching into a wide range of their characteristic school chants with great gusto. It is an absolute classic so do visit this site to see our boys in action! Have a look and please tell your friends!

Givealittle is a free online fundraising tool for New Zealanders. It’s fast, safe and easy to create a campaign, share with your networks and receive instant donations.

www.givealittle.co.nz

See our students‘Sing for

their Supper’

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS’ HOMESTAYS REQUIRED

We are looking for caring Wellington families to provide a warm Kiwi experience for secondary school students from overseas in

the 2014 academic year [particurarly Term Three].

For further information, please contact Kathi Scott on 802 2520 ext 821 or 021 717 449 or [email protected]

• TOP SCHOLAR AWARDSThe NZ Scholarship 2013 Top Scholar Awards ceremony was held at Parliament in Wellington on 7 May 2014.

This annual ceremony includes the presentation of Premier Awards to the top 10 NZ Scholarship students, and one of these was selected to win the Prime Minister’s Award for Academic Excellence.

The Premier Award winners and the recipient of the Prime Minister’s Award for Academic Excellence are recommended to NZQA by the Technical Overview Group (Assessment) – TOGA.

Wellington College was delighted to learn that Jack Garden was one of the ten Premier Award Scholars. Jack achieved Outstanding Scholarships in English, History, Statistics and Scholarship in Calculus, Geography and Physics.

• WELLINGTON COLLEGE SCHOLARS’ ASSEMBLYEarlier this month, the College acknowledged our students who did exceedingly well in the 2013 national examinations at an Assembly held in their honour. We were delighted to welcome Professor Sir Sidney (Hirini) Moko Mead (the founding Professor of Māori at Victoria University of Wellington and the first department of Māori studies in the country).

Year 13 Recipients

Y13 RECIPIENTS: (L-R): Roger Moses, Peter Lecky, Jack Garden, Sam Becroft, Ciaran O’Brien and Sir Hirini Mead.

TOP SCHOLAR AWARDS and ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS

Sadly, due to university commitments, the following were not able to attend but were also acknowledged: Matthew Amos, Daniel Carbonatto-Bowkett, Luke Higgins, Yihua Hua, David Ravine, Mithunan Sathiyandra and Sam Schuyt.

YEAR 12 RECIPIENTS: (L-R): Roger Moses, Patrick Gibson, Joshua Woolley, Ben Klapaukh, Kh Tam and Sir Hirini Mead.

Y11 RECIPIENTS: (L-R): Roger Moses, Akshay Ranchhod, James Hartshorn, Tiger Brown, Callum Li, Nick Majic, Logan Wu and Sir Hirini Mead.

• DUX 2013At the Senior Prize-Giving in 2013, we were unable to determine the 2013 Dux, as four students were equally in line with their results at that stage so it was decreed that the winner would be announced once the national examination results were known.

Lo-and-behold, two of our students emerged in equal first place and therefore, at the Scholars Assembly we were delighted to announce that two students as our Co-Dux; Sam Becroft [above right] and Tariq Kader [below right]. While Sam was in attendance at the Assembly, Tariq was unable to be there and his award was accepted by his younger brother Zain.

ABOVE: Jack Garden (front row, far right). BELOW: Jack with Headmaster, Roger Moses on the front steps of Parliament.

Wellington College is excited to be selling Entertainment™ Books and the new

Entertainment™ Digital Memberships in 2014!

Order your new 2014/2015 Wellington Entertainment™ Membership from Wellington College and 20% of your Membership purchase goes towards our fundraising for the Extracurricular Arts Programme! Visit https://www.

entertainmentbook.co.nz/orderbooks/10j4088 to order your 2014/2015 membership today.


WORLD VISION 40-HOUR RUNATHON UPDATETo family, friends and students of Wellington College - thank you for making the 2014 Runathon such a success! On behalf of all organising parties that were involved in the Runathon this year, we would like to express how grateful we are for the contributions of time, money and energy put into the Runathon by so many. Without the extraordinary backing we received from the College community this year, the Runathon would not have been as successful as it was.

Thank you to our 2014 Gold Sponsors: Waterford Security, Storage King, McDonalds, Partridge Jewellers, The Village Goldsmith, Fuji Xerox, Ballentynes, the James Cabaret, Arobake, Victoria University, Nova Energy and Monsoon Poon. Also a big thank you to our Silver Sponsors: Inter Islander, Kilbirnie Sports, Shoe Clinic and New World Miramar Supermarket.

One of the build-up activities included the Team Leader 'Water Walk' to the Wellington Railway Station and back was another successful tradition, where this year's Super Six and Team Leaders walked with buckets full of water on their heads and the rest with donation buckets and flyers for the Runathon Concert. This was to simulate the walk that so many people living in poverty must go through every day in order to get enough water to survive. This reminded the organisational team what they were literally working to prevent and this activity proved to be a huge success.

In the minds of all the people involved, the 2014 Runathon was a great triumph and really exhibited how every ‘Coll Boy’ can get behind an event like this and make it relevant. As we wait for the final count up, we can be proud as a school community of what we have achieved this year and how we can build on this year with more education around what the event does and an even greater involvement by the community. Again I want to thank everyone who was involved and we look forward to seeing how the Wellington Runathon continues to grow in the years to come!

Riva Williams, Super Six Team Member

Term Two is perhaps one of the more challenging times of the year. Winter sport is at its peak and there are various cultural activities taking place. Yet of course within our busy lives, we must not ever lose sight of our academic goals and performance within the classroom. I urge every student, and indeed our parents to take time to reflect on how much time is being allocated to our NCEA Internals and homework. Make an effort to find out where you’re standing academically, and where you want to be in a few months time.

Sporting exchanges and traditional fixtures have once again bound the school together. We recently hosted St Patrick’s College (Town) for the first major exchange of the year. Congratulations must go to the 1st XI Football, Hockey and the Golf team for their wins over competitive Town teams. Both the Senior A Basketball and 1st XV rugby fought to the very end, but unfortunately were both pipped at the post. I know the 1st XV have put ‘a seemingly dubious’ last-minute try behind them and will no doubt continue to play with the skill we know they can exhibit.

St Patrick’s (Silverstream) also hosted us recently. Unfortunately both the 1st XI Football and 1st XV Rugby went down narrowly. While the Silverstream Football team are not paying in the Premier competition this year, they showed just how much a win over Wellington College means. A few returning club players allowed them to snatch a one-goal victory over our boys. The Rugby boys produced a much-improved performance against a team labelled as potential national title contenders. The 1st XV essentially must win games from this point onwards, and I genuinely ask, if you’re not doing anything on Saturdays or after your own games, to come and support the boys.

Meanwhile, things have been busy on the cultural front. Our music groups are leading the way with both the Chorale and the Jazz Band performing admirably at their respective competitions. The Chorale, at time of writing, is anxiously waiting to see if they have been selected into the National Big Sing. The leader of the group, Matthew Clay and director, Miss Katie McFarlane have both done a superb job in bringing the vocal talents of our boys together.

The major production for 2014 is a play titled Riverside Drive. Starting in Week 9, the play is set to entertain! The cast of boys from Y11 upwards in conjunction with students from Wellington East and Wellington Girls’ Colleges have been rehearsing tirelessly for the play set in 1950s New Zealand, where social norms were being ‘challenged’ by the emergence of the teenager. Miss Jane Armstrong, the Director and Ms Kirsty Hazledine, the Producer, as always are working hard behind the scenes in preparation for the five-night season. Tickets for this show are on sale now, so make sure you don’t miss out!

Colin Powell, the first African-American to serve as the United States Secretary Of State once said Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty and persistence. If you are not currently doing so, it’s not too late to start to work hard. Look back on your goals, re-evaluate them and get back on track!

All the best for the rest of the term, and remember to get down and support our sports teams and cultural groups.

Jack Trevella

From the HEAD PREFECT

Jack, with 1964 Head Prefect and Wellington College Foundation Chairman, John Marshall at the Class of 1964 50 Years On Reunion, held in March at the College.


After many months of careful research and construction, the Wellington College breWCafe opened its service window to students and staff earlier this month. The vision of Wellington College staff and the enthusiasm of its students has culminated in a takeaway coffee bar on the school grounds that would rival the quality of any on the vibrant streets of any metropolitan city. All the coffees will be made by the barista students, allowing them to accumulate practical hours which go towards their qualifications. Working with Claire Matheson from Run Brew Bar and Coffee Education, the school has established a relationship which utilises 20 years of her international coffee experience but ensures the focus of all training and development is kept on the barista students and the school. Although the concept of coffee training in schools is not new, the level and focus of the new breWCafe is leading the way in preparing our young men for their lives outside the school. Claire’s philosophy for training and education in coffee, promotes the idea that the role of the barista is not one discriminates. In all my coffee trainings, I always ask the same question, why? Why have students chosen to do the course. The answers always fall into the same four categories. • They want a career in coffee or hospitality • they would like to travel and hope that making coffee will help fund it• they plan to study and working in a café is

From the CAREERS and TRANSITION DEPARTMENT

the perfect way to support them• they really like coffee and want to make better coffee at home. Not only is barista training to be conducted at school, but by having the students operating their own café they are also dealing with all elements of the service industry. Wellington College is working alongside VEND who are leading the way in state-of-the-art app-operated till systems, the boys will be using eftpos and experiencing full cash handling and customer service. During the holidays, the advanced barista team are heading to Espresso Ninja where they get to see the inside workings of an espresso machine and better understand the technical components of coffee production. As well as this they are also spending time at Red Rabbit Coffee Co on Leeds Street, cupping single origin coffees and designing their own Wellington College blend for use in the breWCafe. (This blend will also be available for retail to parents and staff). Currently the breWCafe will be open between 10.00am – 2.00pm weekdays with the hope of extending these hours to before school for Term Three. It will also be operating during weekend sport, parent/teacher events and other planned activities at the school.

Whether a student leaves College to go to University, another tertiary provider, or indeed decides to move straight into employment, it is fair to say that getting

The 2014 Gateway Programme is yet again proving to be a success with the students of Wellington College and the wider business community.

Students attend a work placement of their choice one day a week. This allows them the opportunity to experience first-hand the jobs they are considering for their future and it significantly enhances their probability of employment when they leave College. While at school, they are continuing with their other subjects as well as working on specific qualifications targeted at their chosen career during the Gateway class.

The Gateway programme is quite adaptable and students can choose to attend the placement for the whole year, a term, or even during the school holidays or Saturdays.

If the academic load is quite high, some students opt for the ‘Gateway Alternative Programme’ where they do not have Gateway as a subject choice but complete the work

placement. This works well for those students who are studying at University and who wish to ensure they are making the right choice in their chosen career.

Please contact me, Mrs Dawn Hall, Wellington College Gateway Coordinator on 803 0325 or 027 455 3855 for applications, queries regarding the programme or if you are able to help regarding a placement for a student.

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the many businesses that are supporting the Wellington College Gateway Programme this year.


ABOVE TOP: (L-R) Gateway Manager, Mrs Dawn Hall, Deputy Principal, Mr Dave Thorp, Careers Adviser, Mr Ernie Rosenthal, Business Manager, Mrs Heather Benfield and STAR/Business Studies Teacher, Mr Kevin Moriarty.

BELOW: Barista-in-training, Sachien Budhai and Cafe Manager, Claire Matheson.

into the workforce is very competitive. The Wellington College Careers’ Department acknowledges this and has taken steps to improve our students’ chances off working in one of NZs leading industries - Hospitality and/or Tourism by providing them with Barista training, qualifications and experience. Our Board of Trustees supported this and approved the expenditure of converting an existing room into a preparation, production and training Barista Cafe. Property Manager, Mr Kelwyn de Souza was amazing in the design and construction of this new facility.

From the ARTS DIRECTOR

• JUNIOR DRAMA : LEGLESS JIMMY DAWKINSJunior Drama is one of many outlets in the Arts where students have the opportunity to both be in a team and give something a go in a context that’s different from the altogether usual. This year, Junior Drama ably lived up to that mantra, having a cast ranging right from Y9 to Y11 full of three-year veterans, drama jocks and the guys just wanting to try something new.

This year, Junior Drama enjoyed all the usual things we who do it love to remember it by. We had a strange but hilarious script - ably written by Ed Hughes and a mixture of the Drama Department’s most loved, and therefore most used costumes and props. But aside from the hastily strung together back drop and the occasional techy hiccups, this year’s cast did a superb job in entertaining the great audiences we were privileged to get on all three nights.

Going along a similar theme to last year’s play, this year’s Junior Drama saw the story of a young girl, played with great conviction by Tommy Denisov go along with Cousin Eustace (Blake Boston),on an adventure to find her Grandfather’s, (Isaac Anderson), long lost treasure. On the way, as any good ‘quest plot’ story does, they ran into some larger than life characters namely a stone-blind Australian (Harry Russon), an eccentric Scotsman (Craig Pollock) and an unenthusiastic parrot (Jake Elston), not to mention a One Armed Buccaneer (Oli Cook) and the play’s evil antagonist, a decent rip off the Pirates of the Caribbean’s Hector Barbossa, played brilliantly by Liam Stevens, to name a few.

Of course, it wasn’t so much about the performance this year; though the cast did an impeccable job in entertaining its audiences, as it was about the journey - a theme that inspired the plot of the play. The good hearted humour, the fun times had during rehearsals and the weird combination of hilarity and stress, fun and nervousness made this year’s Junior Drama a more than memorable learning experience. Thanks must go to Ms Stephanie Meronek for her invaluable help and to Ms Kirsty Hazledine for her continued support of such an activity as well as to Assistant Director, Jack Roberts for his unfailing help and advice. There’s a wide range of opportunities for students to find and nourish what they’re passionate about here at Wellington College and I’m exceptionally proud that Junior Drama was one of those outlets for this year’s talented cast. George Barton: Director and Co-scriptwriter

• SHEILAH WINN SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL Both the Romeo and Juliet and the Comedy of Errors groups performed well at the regional Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival. There were over 40 performances, from which two were selected for the national competition (those being Queen Margaret College and Hutt Independant Boys’ School), and although neither of our groups were selected, the feisty Romeo and Juliet performance was a popular and excellent opening act for the Tuesday night performances. The Comedy of Errors group was invited to perform at Wellington Girls’ College on their Shakespeare Day and were warmly received. Both groups were commended by the adjudicators for their skilled stage combat and creative staging. Thanks must go to Keagan Fransch, a recent graduate of Toi Whakaari, for her excellent directing and tutelage.

• PUBLIC SPEAKINGRace Unity Speech CompetitionMahdhi Osman-Penrice represented the College extremely well at the Race Unity Speech competition at the end of March, drawing

on his Somali heritage and stereotypes associated with this ethnic group, and he won the regional title. This saw him flown to Auckland for the national finals, which was a great experience for him. He was not placed but has been offered internships at the Office of the Human Rights Commission and also the NZ Police.

United Nations Speech CompetitionY12 students, George Barton and Seb Klinkum entered the UN Speech competition this year. The topic was Education and the Maintenance of Peace: what can be done? George was placed second and Seb was first. Seb represented Wellington at the National Finals in the Legislative Chamber of Parliament. Although he was not placed, he spoke extremely well and was commended by many UNANZ delegates present.

Ngā Manu KōreroSean Howe (Kāi Tahu) (Y9) and Māui Ormsby (Ngāti Maniapoto, Te Āti Awa) (Y13) represented the school at the regional Ngā Manu Kōrero speech competition at Takapūwāhia Marae in Porirua. Both boys spoke very well and were strongly supported by students from Te Haeata Awatea, the combined elite Kapa Haka from Wellington College and Wellington Girls’ College.

• DEBATINGSandy McLachlan represented Wellington on the weekend of 24/25 May in the Russell McVeagh NZSS Debating Championships. After an intense weekend of debating his team, Wellington Gold, was unlucky not to make the semifinal cut but Wellington Black went on to win the title. Impromptu Debating ChampionshipsAndy Dowell and Michael O’Brien won the Junior Impromptu Debating Championships, winning all their debates, with Andy being named Best Speaker of the tournament.

• MUSICNational Youth Orchestra Three students have been accepted into the NYO – Logan Wu (Violin), Kip Cleverley (Trumpet) and Nick Majic (Violin). This is an outstanding achievement as the Orchestra is open to musicians under the age of 25 and many go on to professional music careers.

National Youth Jazz OrchestraToby Leman and Leonardo Coghini have been accepted into the National Youth Jazz Orchestra. The Youth Jazz Orchestra meets for a week in August and will be directed by Rodger Fox and Dave Lisik, with guest soloist; California-Costa Rican trombonist, composer and arranger, Luis Bonilla.

Tauranga Jazz Festival The Jazz Band did very well at the National Jazz Festival in Tauranga over the Easter weekend. The Band was awarded a Silver Award; Bromann (a jazz combo featuring Oliver Bomann, Leonardo Coghini, Sam Sneyd) gained a Gold Award, and on an individual level, Oliver Bomann was named Best Bass Player and Leonardo Coghini, Best Pianist, and for Best Arrangements.

Manawatu Jazz Festival Our Jazz musicians did even better over Queen’s Birthday weekend at the Manawatu International Jazz and Blues Festival. They performed a variety of songs with a number of featured soloists, including Toby Leman on tenor sax. Faced with tough competition,


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the band rose above all expectations and won the Festival’s Best Overall Big Band award. As well as this, Josh Kibblewhite received a Special Commendation for his arrangement.

Along with the Jazz Band, the combo Bromann featured at the festival and were awarded Best Musician Award for their whole combo. This award usually goes to individuals, however the judges felt that it should be awarded to the group because of the exceptional musicianship. On top of this, members of the band received a number of individual awards including Ollie Bomann who was awarded the Best Bassist award and Leo Coghini received the Best Pianist award, and members of the group from other schools won the Best Vocalist and the Best Drummer awards. The Wellington College Jazz Combo for 2014 called The Educational Machine, also made a strong impression on the judges at Manawatu - their debut performance for the year - with Kip Cleverley on trumpet being highly commended by the judges for his high level of performance.

Smokefree Rockquest Wellington College had three full Wellington College bands entered into the Smokefree Rockquest regional heats: Alibi Highway, Groozy and Pyramids of People, and in addition to this, two of our students were in bands with other schools. Of these five bands with members from Wellington College, three made the top 13 for regional finals; Groozy, Pyramids of People, and The Valve.

In a great set of results, Groozy was placed third and The Valve, featuring Harry Crawford (Y9) was placed second and now proceed to the national finals. Louis Skoog won the award for best overall musician.

Chamber MusicThis year we had ten students from Wellington College in five different Chamber Music groups who played in the New Zealand Community Trust Chamber Music Contest for the Wellington District. Two groups containing Wellington College students were acknowledged with awards from the adjudicator. The Tane Trio (Andy Yu and Matthew Chang) were awarded the Adjudicators Award for a group that is worthy of special mention. Me He Korokoro Tui ( Hans Hong, Brendan Looi, and Max Grice) were awarded the KBB Music Award for the group judged to be striving for excellence in their music making.

Big SingWellington College students sang in three choirs in the regional Big Sing Chorale festival: the All-Comers Choir (Coll Boys Collective) directed by Mr Alex Drummond (which has 30 members) impressed the adjudicators with their obvious enjoyment and communication skills.

The Combined Choir is an auditioned choir which is combined with Wellington Girls’ College and are run by Miss Sutherland, Miss Katie Macfarlane and Mr Michael Fletcher. The Combined Choir performed three pieces at the Big Sing regionals; traditional Māori waiata Kuarongo, Classical German song Lebenslust and the Teddy Bears’ Picnic. The adjudicator commended the Choir on their balance and blend, as well as a very effective programme of challenging music.

In their preparation for the Big Sing, the Chorale has been lucky enough to receive assistance and guidance from Old Boy and

renowned Māori Performing Arts expert Tanemahuta Gray. The Chorale sang the Māori waiata Purea Nei, a French classical work entitled Tout Puissant and the folk song Riu Riu. The Chorale sang extremely well, winning the trophy for the Best Performance of a New Zealand piece, as well as a Certificate for the Best Performance of a Folk Song. We now wait until 23 June to find out if the Chorale has been selected as one of 24 choirs nationwide to participate in the National Finale.

• SCHOOL PRODUCTION 2014Riverside DriveJune 30 – July 4; Brierley TheatreIn a departure from the usual programme of either Stage Challenge or a musical as the major school production, the production for 2014 is the play Riverside Drive written by the late Graham Tetley. This will be only the second time the play has been staged, the rights having just become available, and we are excited and honoured to be able to stage what is a challenging and relevant play.

Set in 1950s Lower Hutt, the play deals with some of the episodes that lead to the 1954 Mazengarb report into ‘Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescence’ and shows, from the teenagers’ point of view, how the labels of ‘delinquents, hoons and harlots’ that were thrown at them, were unwarranted. The play deals seriously with issues that are very relevant to our young men and their world, but far from being moralistic and didactic, it is amusing and entertaining as well as thought-provoking. The play lends itself to inventive and creative staging, includes a Gospel Choir, a rock’n’roll band and has an interesting historical context as it is set in an atmosphere of keen anticipation of the Queen’s visit in 1953. In leading roles are Head Prefect Jack Trevella, and Y11 student Remy Armitage. We are enjoying working with students from the four local girls’ colleges.

Because of the mature content, we are suggesting parental guidance, particularly for junior students, and very much hope parents will come to the play with their young men.

Kirsty Hazledine • [email protected]


1 Junior Drama Cast2 Junior Drama: Craig Pollock3 Junior Drama: Harry Russon & Craig Pollock4 Junior Drama: Isaac Anderson5 Jazz Band at the Manawatu Jazz Festival6 Impromptu Debating: Michael O’Brien (L), Andy Dowell7 Jazz Combo: Josh Kibblewhite, Kip Cleverley, Toby Leman8 National Youth Orchestra: Logan Wu9 Rockquest Regionals: Groozy10 Rockquest Regionals: Pyramids of People11 National Youth Orchestra: Nick Majic12 Race Unity Speech Winner: Mahdhi Osman-Penrice13 The Comedy of Errors: Conor McDonnell and Jack Roberts14 Sheilah Winn cast with Keagan Fransch15 Wellington Regional Debating: Sandy McLachlan16 United Nations Speech Regionals: Seb Klinkum17 Sheilah Winn Festival: Morgan Probert and Ed Matthews

Arts Gallery

Sheilah Winn Festival Photos by Amy Schulz. Junior Drama Photos by Jack Roberts.


From the SPORTS DIRECTOR• ROWINGDuring Summer Tournament Week, our Rowers competed in the prestigious Maadi Cup in Twizel. The largest student tournament in the Southern Hemisphere, the standard of competition is second to none. The team performed exceptionally well with crews Making 7A finals and 9B Finals. This is the best overall result from Wellington College teams ever.

Major highlights included Tom Cummack winning Silver in the U16 Singles Sculls, the U18 Novice Coxed Four also winning Silver - (Andrew Loveard, Connor Moore, Henry Horwood-Verstappen, Fergus Murray, and coxswain Matt Chang), and Phil Wilson achieving an incredible fourth in the senior single sculls. Phil has since gone on to gain selection for the NZ team.

• FUTSAL This sport has shown a huge growth in interest this year with both Junior and Senior teams playing in the NZSS Championships and coming away with Bronze medals.

• CROSS-COUNTRYThe College teams saw considerable success in the Karori Cross-Country Relays. This involved teams of six from schools as far away as the Wairarapa and Wanganui. In previous years, the College has won many of these relays, but in recent years we have struggled to get a clean sweep. This year, we knew we were strong in the Y9 grade, and so it proved. After a race which stretched over six 2km laps, our team won the Y9 grade by a couple of minutes. This bodes well for the rest of the season. In the U16 grade, we were less confident of victory, especially with some absent runners. However, on the day, our team performed really well, and was clear by the end of the fifth lap, bringing home a victory. The Seniors came down to a sprint for the line with the call just going against a valiant Harry Delany. At the College Sport Wellington Regional Championships, we were up against not only local schools but also Napier Boys' High School.Top performers were Matthew Sutcliffe, fifth in Y9, Connor Davidson fifth in U16 and our Captain, Riva Williams, third in the Senior grade. In the three-person teams event, we were first in Y9 and third in both U16 and Seniors. The next meet will be the Nationals at Palmerston North.

• SWIMMINGAt the NZ Open Champs in April, Liam Albery (Y13) qualified for four finals, winning a Bronze in the 800m freestyle and setting three Wellington records for 18-year-olds on the way. Devlin Forsythe (Y12) made two finals finishing seventh and eighth in the 1500m and 800m respectively. Excellent results for a 16-year-old in an Open competition.

Devlin went on to win a Gold in the 1500m in the NZ age-groups for 16-year-olds. Liam also backed up to thee silver and a bronze the 17-18-year-olds group.

Mr Martin Vaughan took a team of eleven away to the NISS Champs at Palmerston North and the team finished top of the medal table with 14 Gold, five Silver and five Bronze medals.

Nick Crott led the way with four Gold medals in the 15 and over age-group. Other medallists were Liam Albery with three Gold and and one Silver, Hamish Trlin achieved two Gold and two Silver, Devlin Forsythe won two Gold and two Bronze, Andrew Loveard won one Gold, one Silver and one Bronze and Matt Peterson won a Silver and two Bronze medals.

Nicholas Crott, Hamish Trlin, Liam Albery and Devlin Forsythe teamed up to win both relay events in convincing fashion. They set impressive new record times in both 4x50m Freestyle and 4x50m Medley events

• ORIENTEERINGThe CSW series is over for another year and we have had some good results again. There has certainly been an improvement in the depth of ability that we now have particularly at the junior level. We had more than 20 boys taking part in the CSW series overall. The CSW series runs over six events with the best four results that count towards the final results.

In the Junior Championship, Seb Daellenbach, in his first full year of Orienteering, dominated the first four events to take what was then an unassailable lead in the series. Zane Goggin had an outstanding run in his last race to propel himself into second place in the Junior Championship. In the Intermediate Championship, the best finisher in the Championship will be Joesph Lynch who was poised with a chance to win the Championship having won two of his three events. But with four events to count and Joesph unavailable for the last one, he ended up finishing outside of the top three.

In the Senior Championship, George Engleback had a season long rivalry with a Paraparamu College student who ended up pipping George for the title. As a Y11 student though, George still has two more years in the Senior Category.

• UNDERWATER HOCKEY Central Regional ChampionshipsJuniors: Day one results were exceptionally promising as the Juniors convincingly won all three of their games. Day two started well but they lost against Hutt Valley High School. However, they finished on a high with a another convincing win over HIBS. Day three started against Nelson A and we soon realised why they were the ‘A’ team. The Junior team placed third after the round-robin which meant that they played HVHS again in the semi-finals. After a number of sin bins and a dubious penalty goal, the Juniors won their semi-final 4-1. Unfortunately, the Juniors were unable to maintain their winning streak in the final and they lost to Nelson A. Still, they gained a very respectful Silver medal and a place at Nationals. The MVP was Henry Griffiths.

Seniors: The Senior A team went into the Central Zone Secondary Schools’ competition as defending champions from 2013 and had high expectations of performing to a similar standard this year. Their main competition was always likely to be Scots College and this proved to be the case.

Wellington College went through the pool play with only one loss - to Scots - in a tight 3-2 battle. Come finals time, the team convincingly


dispatched Nelson College 7-0 in the semi-final to set up a repeat showdown versus Scots. The boys played with plenty of flair and were rewarded with a 1-0 lead at half time. However, Scots came back early in the second half to tie the game up at 1-1, where the score remained until full-time, forcing the game into golden goal extra-time. After a torrid battle, Scots managed to score the winning goal and take the Gold medal, with Wellington College taking the Silver.

Competition coordinator of NZ UWH noted at the prizegiving that he fully expected the same two teams to fight out the National title in September, as per the past two years - a reflection of the high standard of play. MVP was Josh Kibblewhite.

The Senior B team performed with real spirit given that, with only six players, they were under-manned. This meant each player had to play every minute of every game - a big ask when the lungs are screaming for air! Despite this, they provided solid resistance in most games and key members of the team will bolster the Senior A team when it comes time for the Nationals competition. The MVP was Brandyn Tong.

• HOCKEYThe end of the grading round saw some exciting Hockey being played, and has culminated in all the Wellington College teams sitting in great positions going into the competition round. The week ended with the 1st XI winning The Dominion Post Cup for the top Premier One team in the grading round for a third year in a row, in a very exciting and hard-fought match against Scots College. This was on the back on four wins from our other teams (three of which were against other 1st XIs) and one incredibly narrow loss by only one goal.

• TRADITIONALS

versus St Patrick’s (Town) at Home1st XV Rugby Lost 17-191st XI Football Won 2-01st XI Hockey Won 9-1Golf Won 9-0Senior A Basketball Lost 66-86versus St Patrick’s (Silverstream) Away1st XV Rugby Lost 12-241st XI Football Lost 3-4Senior A Basketball Lost 48-68versus Christchurch Boys’ High School at Home1st XV Rugby Drew 19-191st XI Football Won 6-01st XI Hockey Won 6-0

• NZ REPRESENTATIONClimbingGeorge Sanders (Y11) has been selected for the NZ team to the World Youth Champs in Noumea, New Caledonia in September 2014. The event attracts around 1,000 athletes aged 15-19 from 70 countries.

Rowing Philip Wilson (Y13) has been selected for the NZ team to compete in the Junior World Championships in Germany. Prior to the event, he is based at Lake Karapiro for seven weeks before travelling to Germany with the team.

SoftballDante Matakatea (Y13) has made the NZ Junior Black Sox team to play in the ISF World Championships in Canada in July.

From the SPORTS DIRECTOR (CONTINUED)

Underwater HockeyMatt Webster (Y13) and Ben Paviour-Smith (Y13) have been selected for the NZ U18 B team to play Australia in Wellington in July.

• QUADRANGULAR TOURNAMENTThe longstanding (88 years) Quadrangular Tournament played between Wanganui Collegiate School, Nelson College, Christ’s College and Wellington College will be hosted by Wanganui Collegiate School this year from Monday 30 June to Wednesday 2 July.

One of the very first matches recorded was the match Wanganui Collegiate versus Wellington College back in August of 1885, which Wellington College won 24 – 0. A few years later in 1889, the forerunner of our present day Quadrangular Tournament started, as a triangular tournament between WCS, Wellington College and Christ’s College. Later the next century, in 1925, Nelson College joined to form the current Quadrangular tournament.

There will be a function for local and visiting Old Boys plus current 1st XV members and staff on Tuesday, 1 July in Wanganui. Please contact the WCOBA at [email protected] for more information.

On Friday, 16 May, our 1st XV met Palmerston North Boys’ High School at the Stadium in the curtain-raiser. In a thrilling game, Wellington College came out top with a 29-25 win. A number of students were in the stand supporting the team and following the win, the team reciprocated their thanks with a rousing haka.

Dave Keat • [email protected]

From the UNIFORM SHOPWith winter on our doorstep, it’s a good time to check on warmer clothing and shoes. We sell leather lace ups for $76.00 - a great price for a sturdy shoe. We also sell waterproof jackets ($71.00 and $98.00) as well as singlets, short sleeve and long sleeve polyprops. Maybe your son needs to upsize his jersey (Junior $95.00 and Senior $99.00) - made in NZ. These are quality garments. A full pricelist is available at www.wc.school.nz/uniform-shop

Remember also that we sell training gear for Rugby (shell tops and T-shirts) and tracksuits for all sporting codes. We have kept the tracksuit at sale prices to encourage the boys to stay warm at practices and games. Sizes 10 to XL $115.00 and sizes 2XL and 3XL are $50.00

Our next Saturday Opening will be 19 July before Term Three starts on Monday, 21 July. The Uniform Shop Hours are: Mondays and Wednesdays 11.00am to 1.30pm during the Term. Vicky Hughson, Uniform Shop Manager Tel: 04 802 2543 • Fax: 04 802 2542 Email: [email protected] • Web: www.wc.school.nz


Sports Gallery

1 The 1st XV at Westpac Stadium2 The 1st XI Hockey Team3 George Sanders: Selected for NZ Youth World Climbing Champs4 Dante Matakatea: Selected for NZ Junior Black Sox Team


Wellington College Foundation

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5 Underwater Hockey: Senior A6 Phil Wilson: Selected for the NZ Junior Rowing Team7 Underwater Hockey: Junior A

Awards 2014Wednesday, 15 October @ Wellington College

Nominations will be announced soon!

From ‘COLLEGE PARENTS’

Our recent Lunchtime Forum; ‘A Potpourri of Wellington College’ featured a number of school staff who addressed and answered questions on a plethora of areas within the College. Presenters included (L-R), College Chaplin, Liz Pa’u (Guidance), Saskia Manktelow and Ross Dunn from the Learning Support Department, Assistant Principal, Darrel Harvey on the MyColl, communications and Kamar; Careers Adviser, Ernie Rosenthal and Deputy Principal, David Thorp on NCEA. Unfortunately Ernie’s time was cut short but earlier this week, Ernie spoke to both students and parents about the ins and outs of tertiary and hostel applications which was well received.

In early June, we were delighted to host our annual ‘Big Blokes Breakfast’ for our sons and significant male family members. With exactly 300 in attendance at such an early time of the day, it was a pretty tight fit as guests enjoyed their breakfast and networked with fellow students and parents. Guest speaker was parent and Hockey coach, Nigel Pollock. Nigel gave a very entertaining and heartwarming speech on family values and this was well received by our guests and thanked by Head Prefect, Jack Trevella. To conclude the function, we asked everyone to get up and move about, at the same time as looking under their seat to see if they were one of the 25 lucky people who won a voucher, generously donated by Jack’s Bakery and Graham Joe of Gelissimo Gelato.

Special thanks to fellow committee members and the wider parent community who assisted with the planning of both these events. Christine Young, WCP President • [email protected]

At the end of Term One Deputy Principal and History Teacher, Mr Robert Anderson and History Teacher, Ms Stephanie Meronek together with a Y9 History class paid tribute to the 30 Old Boys who lost their lives at Gallipoli. Each boy in the class had written the Old Boy’s name, rank, regiment and date killed on a cross. The crosses were placed outside the Memorial Window. In a moving ceremony, each student placed a poppy on the cross of his 'adopted' Old Boy as the roll of honour was read out. In a fitting tribute, some boys gave readings, Y12 student Kip Cleverly played the Last Post and Y10 student, Michael McKenzie played the lament, To The Somme on the bagpipes. Headmaster, Roger Moses laid a wreath.

Later that same week, the College held its annual ANZAC Services. We welcomed Old Boy and current serving officer, Major Scott Caldwell and relief teacher Lieutenant Colonel (retired) Grant Crowley to the Service. Mr Crowley addressed the Assembly with a fitting speech. Messrs Ashby and Anderson held an afternoon ANZAC service for the Y9 students.

Wellington College’s ANZAC SERVICE

FUTUREWCPEVENTS:Thursday,14 August‘Campbell Live’at Wellington College

Wednesday,20 AugustStaff Appreciation Lunch(Please email us if you can donate some home baking).

Wednesday,29 OctoberKaren Boyes presents ‘Future Proofing Your Kids’at Wellington [email protected]

(L-R): Lieutenant Colonel (retired) Grant Crowley, DHP Riva Williams, DHP Daniel Petrovich, HP Jack Trevella, DHP Tristan Fuli and Major Scott Cordwell. Insert: Michael McKenzie


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