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Dear parents and caregivers, As the year draws to an end, I would like to acknowledge the tremendous contribution

our students have made to the school in a vast number of areas. They are inspirational

and there isn’t a day that passes by when I don’t feel privileged to work alongside

incredibly talented young people.

Recently, we held our Senior Honours ceremony and it was pleasing to award a number

of our senior students with Howick College Awards. These awards are one of the most

prestigious and recognise Y13 students who have unselfishly invested themselves in the

school. Through their attitude and actions they have reflected everything that is

positive about us as a caring learning community. We also announced our top academic

scholar, Jac-Wye Chan who deservedly achieved the highest level of academic success

throughout the college. His commitment to his studies was justly rewarded. As a first for

the College, we also recognised the value of leadership potential in our school and

consequently we appointed 27 outstanding student leaders who will provide strong

student led direction to many areas of school life. As part of this new approach, we also

announced our inaugural Head Boy and Head Girl for 2018. Nathan Limm and Inka

Pleiss have consistently shown themselves to be highly effective, articulate and

competent leaders throughout their time at Howick and will again add significant value.

I also acknowledge our juniors who have succeeded. Congratulations to our junior

‘Howick College Honours’ recipients and to our junior scholar of the year, Ethan

McCormick. It is encouraging to know that we have such depth coming through and that

we continue to nurture high calibre students to success.

To all our students whether you ‘crossed the stage’ or not, I congratulate you.

Your commitment and contribution to the college is acknowledged. I would also like to

thank staff for their expertise and willingness to go beyond what is expected to deliver

teaching and learning programmes that make a difference. To the staff leaving, thank

you for your contribution. A special farewell to retiring teachers, Ms Sharyn Meffin and

Mr Ian Parker who have given the school many years of loyal service. I also

acknowledge Ms Lescher who is stepping down from her role as a senior leader.

I wish everyone in our school

community all the very best for the

holiday season and New Year.

I look forward to an even more

promising 2018.

Regards

IL Ropati, Principal

High Five! Term 4, 2017

Inside this issue

Scholar of the Year………………...……….2

Student Achievement……………………….2

Year 10 Inspire…..…………………..………3

Enviro Silver School.………………..………3

Author Visit…………………….....…...….....3

Oscar Awards.....……....…..……………….4

House News…………………………………5

Year 9 Camps………….. ……..…………...5

Sports News ........................ ……………6&7

Board of Trustees ................ ……………….8

Dates for 2018.....…………………………...8

Reminder—

Student Absence – Please send an email

to [email protected]

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. DO NOT TEXT your parents; they

will be contacted by the Health Centre if

required. Students will be picked up and

signed out from the Health Centre.

Inspiring a Community of Passionate Learners / Whakamanawahia Tētehi Hapori o Ngā Ākonga Hihiri

Sandspit Rd, Howick / PO Box 38142, Howick, Auckland / Ph: 534-4492 / www.howickcollege.school.nz

Mr Ropati and Ms Addison with 2018 Head

Boy Nathan Limm and Head Girl Inka Pleiss


Term 4, 2017

2017 Howick College Award recipients

Howick College Award

These awards acknowledge Year 13 students who have made outstanding commitment to the various areas of school life -

namely academic, sporting, and/or cultural and service. Awardees have gained maximum benefit from their time at school, but

equally they have given much to the school for the benefit of others.

Congratulations to the following students who received Howick College Awards: Mele Kaita'eifo, Kelly Perfect, Dylan Anderson,

Jessica Bennett, Madison Hewett, Aimee Mackenzie, Olivia Marris, Raynor Perreau, Reuben Beattie, Hariz Boucher, Jessica

Bray, Ben Scales, Olivia Walls, Connie Passfield, Kerrin Hainsworth, Amol Kumar, Kate Littlejohn, Anjana Naidu, Logan

Stevenson, Chiara Beintken, Kimberley Langevad, Darren Phu, Max Calvert, Sam Jones, Susana Jones, Fang-Fei Tham,

Jac-Wye Chan, Elias Worrall-Bader, Dominique Nagel, Rupinderpal Singh, Nomvuyo Dzadya, Serene Lee and Brad McAuley.

Student Achievement

Premier Junior Debating team - Sophie Fooks, Ethan

McCormick and Emily Bennett - WON the Auckland Junior

Debating tournament.

Sophie Fooks - had her short story accepted for the NZ

Young Writers anthology

Inka Pleiss - awarded the East Auckland ZONTA Year 12

Leadership Award.

Sonja Bowen - came second in the National Toolbox Challenge for Engineering. You can check her video here to see what she created: https://youtu.be/B_lk1s1Tg1Q Ethan McCormick - WON the East Zone Rotary Brian Hanlon Speech competition Past students awarded Auckland University Blues Awards:

Christopher Ryan—Arts and Culture (Debating), Emma

Bavelaar—Sports (Underwater Hockey)

Students successfully auditioned for selection to highly

competitive tertiary courses: Vicki Mosheim (Transit Dance

Studio, Melbourne), and Shannon Trim and Raynor Perreau (NZ

Broadcasting School)

Scholar of the Year & Citizenship Award

Jac-Wye joined our school as a recipient of the Howick College Rotary Scholarship and during his junior years gained Distinctions in ICAS Science and Maths, and many subject commendations. He was awarded Junior Scholar of the Year in Year 10. Excellence Endorsements in NCEA Level 1 and 2, and Top in Subject awards followed in senior years in Science, Economics, Calculus, Physics and Chemistry.

Not only an academic achiever, Jac-Wye has held many positions of responsibility, and his efforts within the school as Student Trustee, Culture Club leader, Student Host leader, Student Librarian and many other groups, see him awarded the Citizenship award for 2017. Unfailingly polite and diligent, he is a fine example of our 3cs in action.

He has been awarded a University of Auckland Top Achiever Scholarship and will commence an Engineering degree in 2018.

We wish him all the very best

for his future.

Scholar of the Year &

Citizenship Award -

Jac-Wye Chan

https://youtu.be/B_lk1s1Tg1Q


Term 4, 2017

Author Visit

A group of twenty-two keen writers had a

great opportunity to gain some valuable

insight to their craft with visiting author

Shriram Iyer. He spent nearly three hours

with them in a workshop that covered all

aspects of writing, from ideas to

marketing, plot, and character

development. The writers all enjoyed

discussing various books and sharing

what they are working on.

It is the second time Shriram has visited

the school; he talked to the Writers

Group two years ago when his first book

Wings of Silence was published.

His second book Let Me Go was

released in November.

Enviro School Silver

Thanks to the continued hard work and dedication of

our Environment Group, the school is now officially a

Silver EnviroSchool, and the only secondary school in

the local area to have earned this status. The team

made a professional presentation to the Auckland City

Council EnviroSchool team highlighting all the various

projects and progress made within the school to

improve our sustainability. The council team were very

impressed with the professionalism and commitment

shown by our students to raise awareness and help the

environment.

Reducing our waste has been just one of the team’s focus areas with the aim to lessen the amount of rubbish sent to landfill.

To aid this more recycling bins have been set up around the school. From the tonnage of paper recycled this year the school

recently received 30 native trees from the Paper4Trees paper recycling scheme. More food waste is collected for the worm

farm, from areas about the campus, including the staffroom, which has resulted in a dramatic reduction in our rubbish skip

bin. The compost created from the worm farm is used on various garden areas including the Fruit Forest Garden.

As well as helping with the school, members of the Environment Group take part in community projects such as the annual

Mangamangaroa tree planting project, beach clean-up and help local primary schools with their own environment projects.

They are soon to begin a new project at the Emilia Maud Nixon Garden of Memories, working with East Care Health Board

members, an Auckland City Council waste minimisation engineer and a Howick Diabetic Clinic member to create a

sustainable garden for the community.

Congratulations to the Envirogroup and thank you for your commitment to helping raise awareness about environment issues

and how we can all help make a difference.

Year 10 Inspire

Three days of activities kept the Year 10 students busy in their last week of

Junior school, with the annual Year 10 Inspire events. The field was full of fun

and food trucks arranged in conjunction with the Big Stand team. Students

took part in a water slide, inflatable obstacle course and participated in house

games over the course of the afternoon.

A day of sports saw students competing for their House in games on the field.

After the completion of games, an active quiz had students racing to spell out

answers by arranging themselves into the required answers, then heading to

the Theatre for ‘Howick’s Got Talent’.

Inspire concluded with students enjoying off-

site trips to either the Auckland Zoo or

Waiwera. What a great way to end the year!

More Inspire photos can be viewed on the

school FaceBook page.


Term 4, 2017

The Nicest Kids in Town - stars of the Corny Collins Show

Oscars Awards

Performing Arts and Extra-curricular groups celebrated a year of performances,

competition success and creative pursuits at the Oscar Awards evening.

This annual awards ceremony recognises students who are passionate about

their creative pursuits, who shine in their arts fields, and who deliver work that

inspires others.

A very big thankyou to all our staff who support our students in dance, drama,

music, art, creative writing and other extra-curricular groups. Your continued enthusiasm for the expressive arts

opens up many opportunities for students to enjoy and perfect their craft. Thanks too go to Mrs Szopa and the Student

Arts Council, and all who helped make the Oscars ceremony such a special event.

Congratulations to all students who were nominated for awards and those who crossed the stage to receive their

honours. We all look forward to more wonderful performances to come in 2018!

More photos from Oscars can be viewed in the school Facebook album here https://www.facebook.com/pg/Howick-

College-1029459327065487/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1739790379365708. Thanks to photographer

Aimee Mackenzie.

Auckland Showdown Production Awards

Four nominations were received for the 10th Annual Auckland Secondary Schools

Showdown Production Awards. With so many fantastic productions hitting the school

stages across the region, to receive a nomination is an exciting recognition and a

special honour for students. Congratulations go to Byron Hogan for WINNING the Best

Supporting Male in a musical for his hilarious portrayal of Edna Turnblad in

Hairspray.

Congratulations also go to the following for their nominations:

Max Kanzig—Best Male Soloist for his role as Wilbur Turnblad in Hairspray

Erica Harrison—Best Female Lead (play) for her role as Oberon in Revenge of the

Amazons

Hunter Forsyth-Wright—Best Supporting Male (musical) for his role as Corny Collins

in Hairspray

Jess Bennett

Howick Lions Derek

Wigzell Drama Award

Hariz Boucher

Best Musician

Danielle Taylor

Dancer of the Year Scot Gardner-Snoad

Best Male Actor

Five years service and commitment to

Debating Aimee Mackenzie, Madi Hewett,

Jess Bennett and Max Calvert


Term 4, 2017

House News…

With the new Student Leadership structure, the house leadership positions differ slightly for 2018 in that there is a Senior

Leader and Deputy Leader. Congratulations to the following students who have been appointed:

BELL - Iva Livani (Senior Leader) and Blake Sellwood (deputy)

BACOT - Seb Judd (Senior Leader) and Maddy Holland (deputy)

MACDONALD - Neve Bradbury (Senior Leader) and Kristoffer Gemmell (deputy)

MINERVA - Ana McKearney (Senior Leader) and Byron Hogan (deputy)

INGHAM - Inka Pleiss (Senior Leader) and Don Yeh (deputy)

IRVINE - Jeanne Wilson (Senior Leader), and Jacob Maddren and Lee Wilton (deputies)

Congratulations to BACOT

winners of the House Shield

competition for 2017.

Year 9 Camps…

Sun, sailing, frisbee golf, archery and kayaking were all on the

schedule for Year 9 students on their recent camps. The two-night

camp at Waharau is jam-packed with activities and fun, which is all

part of the Outdoor Education curriculum.

For some students, activities such as sailing and kayaking are new

experiences, for others the camps offer opportunities to challenge

themselves, and for all of them camp is a fun time where friendships

are made, and social and team work skills are strengthened. A highlight

of the school year, it is a great way to finish off the first year of high

school.

With over 400 students in Year 9, it takes a huge amount of work to

ensure the camps run smoothly, with lots of staff involved organising,

helping groups, running activities and ensuring everyone is well fed.

A very big thankyou to all who helped out and made the camps so successful.

Thanks also to our senior student leaders who give up their break time to help

out on camp to support their peers.

More photos of the camps are available on the school Facebook page here:

www.facebook.com/pg/Howick-College-1029459327065487/photos/?

tab=album&album_id=1774870945857651

Student Leadership team 2018

Fees Free - First Year Tertiary Education

From 1 January 2018, recent school leavers and other people who may have put off doing further education

will be able to access fee-free tertiary provider based study or industry training.

Interested? Check your eligibility find out more by visiting www.feesfree.govt.nz.

(Have your NSN (National Student Number) on hand.)


Term 4, 2017

National Netball Champions!

What a way to end the season! After gaining entry to the

Premier division last year, our girls had an amazing year

of netball seeing them qualify for Nationals at the Upper

North Island Secondary Schools tournament for the first

time in the school’s history. The girls headed to Rotorua

to represent the school and swept through the

competition undefeated to take the title from rivals St

Kents in an exciting final game.

Added to the excitement of winning the nationals was a

surprise visit from former Howick College student the

current Silver Fern captain, Katrina Grant. She popped

in to school to personally congratulate the girls on their

major achievement.

Congratulations to: Lasalle Lefale (Captain), Iva Livani

(Vice captain), Leehave Saverio, Tori Parker, Dajian Brown, Teuila Sotutu, Myia Hetaraka, Sal Pamatatau, Susana

Jones, Shalom Setu-Veve, Su Elyse Ulugia, Nanise Waqaira and coach Mrs Sotutu, manager Mrs Dyke and team physio

Ms Belle.

National Netball champions—

(photo courtesy Michael Bradley Photography)

Sports Awards

Our top athletes and teams were recognised at the annual Sports Awards

evening, held at the Pakuranga Rugby Club. The evening highlights the

sporting achievements gained and the continued commitment shown by our

students to always give their best. There have been many successes, with

not only medals and trophies won, but also personal goals reached and

games played with passion and in good sportsmanship.

Such successes cannot be made without the support of all our staff and

parents who give their time to coach, manage and cheer on our students,

and we thank you all. Thanks also to the Sports Council and Sport

Department team who work hard to organise the many teams and events

that happen throughout the year, including the awards evening.

Congratulations to our award winners:

Sportsperson of the Year - Marieke Bavelaar

Senior Sportswoman - Marieke Bavelaar

Senior Sportsman - Logan Stevenson

Junior Sportswoman - Abby Lockhart

Junior Sportsman - Avery Fesolai

Team of the year - Premier Netball

All rounder - Teuila Sotutu

Values Cup - Zac Kershaw

Mauri tu Mauri ora (perseverance in sport) - Levi Shearer

Coach of the year - Adelita Sotutu

Manager of the year - John Jones

Service to Sport (student) - Aimee Mackenzie

Service to Sport (adult) - Tracey Stevenson

Supporter of the year - Jocelyn Blackwood

Photos from the Sports Awards evening can be viewed here:

https://aimtocapturephotography.pixieset.com/howickcollegesportsawards/.

Thanks once again to Aimee Mackenzie for her photography.

Marieke Bavelaar and Logan Stevenson

Zac Kershaw


Term 4, 2017

Congratulations to:

Sean McGrath - multiple national titles won at the Clay Target Shooting Championships Sarah Kennedy - 2nd place in ADP4 Individual, 1st place in ADP4 Pairs at the National Aerobics Championships

Cameron Sims - SILVER medal U17 Rep Ice Hockey finals

Invited to NZ Secondary Schools Netball camp 2018: Nanise Waqaira, Leehave Saverio, Iva Livani, Myia Hetraka, Teuila Sotutu and coach Mrs Adelita Sotutu College Sport Auckland Young Sportsperson of the Year finalists: Isla Norman-Bell (touch), Kurt Harrison (touch official), Marieke Bavelaar (UWH) and Logan Stevenson (UWH). Well done to Marieke who was named UWH Sportsperson of the year. Former student Selina Goddard - BRONZE in the World Champion of Champions bowling in Sydney. U15 Girls 7s team - finished 7th in the national ‘Condors’ competition and won the Plate final. Abby Lockhart was named in the U15 tournament team. Senior Girls 7s team - finished 5th in the national ‘Condors’ competition. Selected for Auckland softball teams: U19 Girls A Connie Passfield U19 Girls B Corinna Rahm U19 Boys A Seth Gibson U19 Boys B & U17 Boys A Yorel Alapaki U15 Girls A Kylah Oliver

Abby Lockhart Avery Fesolai

Teuila Stotutu

MVP

Badminton - Jaymeson Kington

Basketball - Harry Duthie

Cricket - Will Paranthoiene

Equestrian - Hannah-Marie Rhodes

Football - Sam Jones & Laura Annison-Chisholm

Hockey - Zac Kershaw & Nikki Smith

Netball - Nanise Waqaira

Orienteering - Aimee Mckenzie

Rowing - Max Calvert & Rhian Blakeborough-Kocsis

Rugby - Connor Masson

Sevens - Lasalle Lefale

Table Tennis - Zhuali Lim

Touch - Chase Pamatatau & Isla Norman-Bell

Underwater Hockey - Logan Stevenson

Volleyball - Mele Kaita'eifo

Waterpolo - Brodie Powel & Anna Driscoll

Special Olympics - Luke Thorne

Premier Badges

Netball—40 games played for the school: Shalom Setu-Veve, Nanise Waqaira, Teuila Sotutu, Leehava Saverio and Myia Hetaraka

Football—35 games played for the school:

Corinna Rahm, Ariana Nathan-Welch, Rebecca Jeronsom, Holly McKendrick,

Georgia Corkill, Hinemoa Watene, Laura Annison-Chisholm, Anna Ross, Danielle

Grimmer, Joyce O’Brien, April Tamepo, Cassandra Fausett, Sam Jones, Sam Green,

Brook Robinson and Peter Garofalakis

Cricket—20 games played for the school:

Keagan Oberholzer and Connah Thompson

Rugby—20 games played for the school:

Hemi Harrison, Joseph Carter, Antonneo Tofa and Luke Barnes


Term 4, 2017

Board of Trustees

As another school year nears the end, we can look back on a term where there is pressure on the students with exams, our year nines off to camp over a two week period to finish their first year at college, and a time we celebrate excellence within our school. There was much excellence to celebrate and the students and staff should be very proud of their efforts. Term four is a time that the senior leadership and the board get together for a full day and look at where they want the school to go to over the next few years, and also take time to reflect on the current year’s highs and lows. The board is also looking at the longer term, and what we would like the school to look like and have in place by 2024 – our 50

th Jubilee. Vision 2024 is a plan the board and Senior

Leadership have spoken about in our recent Strategy Day. It is very exciting, and early next year we will provide our community with more detail around this vision. We have quality leadership and quality staff now we need to complete it with quality facilities – something we are planning and progressing with. The new student leadership structure was announced and I am extremely pleased to see the announcement of our head girl and boy, the first for the school. The recipients, Inka and Nathan, are two students who will do the school proud and are very deserving recipients, living the Howick College 3Cs. I would like to congratulate all the various groups and teams who have represented our school this year, from drama, debating and musical groups, to the many sporting teams. We hope you have enjoyed your opportunities, and look forward to many more next year. For those students who are leaving Howick College, I would like to wish you all the best in your future tertiary education, trade schools, travels or entry into the workforce. I hope that your time at Howick College has been rewarding, has created friends for life, and has taught you some of the many skills you need to progress in life outside of college. I would like to wish all students, staff and our community a safe and relaxing break over December and January and look forward to our returning students and staff in 2018.

Regards,

Roger Gribble, BoT Chair

Term Dates for 2018

Term 1: Tues 30 Jan—Fri 13 Apr

Term 2: Mon 30 Apr—Fri 6 July

Term 3: Mon 23 Jul—Fri 28 Sept

Term 4: Mon 15 Oct—Fri 7 Dec

Starting Dates for 2018

Mon 22 Jan—Course confirmation

Y12&13

Mon 29 Jan—Auckland Anniversary

(public holiday)

Tues 30 Jan—First day Y9 and

International Students

Wed 31 Jan—Whole school

Tues 6 Feb—Waitangi Day

(public holiday)

Important Dates for Term 1

Fri 23 Feb—Teacher only day

Week 6—Assessment week

Mon 26 Mar—Parent/teacher interviews

Wed 28 Mar—Parent/teacher interviews

Fri 30 Mar—Good Friday

(public holiday)

Mon 2 Apr—Easter Monday

(public holiday)

Tues 3 Apr—Easter Tuesday

(school holiday)

Fri 13 Apr—Last day of term

* please note: dates and events may change *

Meadowlands

Stationery 2018

Stationery for all year levels are is now available from

Office Max - either on-line, in-store or by phone.

Visit the website, search for Howick College and

select the relevant list to check what is required.

Remember to also check the Essential Items for

all year levels.

https://www.myschool.co.nz/Howickcoll

Order by 19 January 2018 to ensure delivery

in time for Term 1 start.

Buy now, play later—for orders made on-line

in December

Be in to WIN a $10,000 Flight Centre credit—

order between 1 Dec and 18 Jan (Ts&Cs apply)

More information about stationery is available on the school

website: www.howickcollege.school.nz

https://www.myschool.co.nz/Howickcoll

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