August 2017

HIBS Newsletter

Key Dates for your Diary:

14 August — Miskimmin Cup Under 15 Hockey

15 August—ICAS Maths

16 August—Year 7 and 8 Hockey Sportsfest

17 August — Sports Team Photos

18 August — Mufti Day—IS Fundraiser

19 August—Senior Ball at Te Papa

21 August—Subject Information Evening

27 August—PSA Car Rally

4 September—Teacher Only Day

Inside this issue:

From the Principal 1-3

Congratulations 3

From the School Office

3

Notices 4

Careers 5

Science Fair 6

International Service 7-8

HIBS Community 9

Sports 10-11

Thank You 11

Dear Parents/Caregivers At the end of last Term, I attended the International Boys’ School Coalition (IBSC) Conference in Baltimore, Maryland. The IBSC emerged from concurrent events – a meeting of a small group of school heads called to discuss the importance of the all-boys composition in schools, and a group of largely (US) east coast boys' school admissions officers, who decided to organise a conference on the condition of contemporary boys’ schools. While the Heads were interested primarily in philosophical and pedagogical issues, the admissions officers were motivated in part by concerns about the viability of boys’ schools following a period during which a number of boys’ schools and mens’ colleges had become coeducational. The admissions officers and the school heads became appreciatively aware of one another and decided together to stage another conference, this one involving considerable planning and offering itself to boys' school advocates from all over the world. Thus, in June of 1993 on the campus of the Belmont Hill School outside of Boston, the IBSC was born. The boys' school momentum was international from the beginning. The first informal conversation of boys' school heads in 1989 included Eric Anderson, then headmaster of Eton College, Doug Blakey, then head of Upper Canada College in Toronto and John Bednall, then headmaster of the Hutchins School in Hobart, Tasmania, as well as a number of school heads from the United States. Thus the IBSC was formed at about the same time that HIBS became established (1991) – a time when boys’ schools were far from fashionable and they were under quite a bit of pressure from other education groups and educational commentators. One Harvard study proclaimed that “men’s groups are toxic”. We know that for quite a few years now, the number of boys wanting to get into HIBS has far exceeded the number that we have been able to take. However, when the school was being established, many people were surprised that anyone was interested in establishing a boys’ school. Indeed, to my knowledge, HIBS is the last boys-only secondary school set up in New Zealand and likely one of the last worldwide. There are currently 266 schools from 20 countries who are members of the IBSC and, while initially there was only an instinct that boys’ schools are worthwhile, the organisation itself has become far more robust in terms of its use of research and data to help inform the teaching practice within boys’ schools. Most of the schools come from the English speaking or Commonwealth countries such as the United States, Great Britain, Canada, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

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The New Zealand boys’ schools are different to most of the others because, of the 40 or so secondary boys’ schools in New Zealand, only three are private schools (Christ’s College in Christchurch, Scot’s College in Wellington and Dillworth College in Auckland). The vast majority of boys’ schools around the world are private schools. It was nice to meet up with the Principal of (our former staff member) Sam Huckstep’s new school, Southport School and to hear that Sam is doing very well over there. Southport School is hosting the conference next year. I also met with a member of the senior management of Welham Boys’ School which HIBS student, Josh Williams, visited last year and from which Anirudh Singhania visited us earlier this year. She told me that Anirudh went back singing the praises of HIBS and of New Zealand. The relationship between HIBS and Welham actually started from an IBSC conference that I attended a few years ago and I am pleased that we have more students going there this year and that we are looking forward to hosting some more of their students next year. Many of the schools have unusual backgrounds. I spoke with a teacher from a school in Philadelphia, which is about to celebrate its 100th anniversary next year. It was set up by a farmer after the end of World War 1, to cater for the sons of women who were widowed as a result of the war. Some of the widows worked as matrons in the boarding hostel. For the first 92 years of its existence the Principals of the school all came from one family; the grandfather, the father and the son. Family members are still on the school Board. Up until fairly recently, the (approximately 180) boarding school students spent half of their day working on the farm and the other half working on their studies. The earnings of the farm paid for their boarding expenses. When the United States government introduced laws which made it impossible for the school to keep the students working without actually paying them, the school sold the farm and invested the $200 million they got for it. The budget for the school is now largely based on the income from that investment and from the small number of day students (approximately 20) who pay school fees. That was certainly a school which has spent the last 10 or so years reinventing itself. I went to a work-shop called ‘Heritage and Innovation’, run by the Headmasters of three schools which had been estab-lished for far more than 100 years. Harrow School in the UK, which was established over 400 years ago and two traditional Sydney boys’ schools, Scots College and ‘Shore’. They were talking about what they are doing to keep their schools relevant for today’s students. It may be all very well having had students like Winston Churchill or Lord Byron go through your school, but our society is changing so quickly, all schools have to be confident that what they are doing is relevant to their current students. While each of the three schools had their differences, the common theme from all three Headmasters was the increasing emphasis placed on faith based education and Christian values. For example, despite having students from more diverse backgrounds than ever, Harrow has brought back compulsory chapel services every two weeks after having these as optional for the previous 100 years. The chapel services sounded something like our Understanding Faith classes. At HIBS, our emphasis on our Special Character, Christian values and the HIBS DNA forms a structure

around which we try to teach the attitudes and values that will support our boys in whatever they do

when they leave here. Every application for HIBS this year mentioned the importance to those families

of the teaching of Christian values taught within an environment for boys.

Most of them backed this up by saying they have seen these values in the boys they know who attend here or who have attended here, or in the boys they met in the time they spent here on Open Day.

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Probably without knowing it, our current students and the HIBS men who have gone before them

stand out as the sort of man these parents want their son to be and they represent an endorsement of

what we are doing as a school for boys.

NZQA EXAM FEES YEAR 11—YEAR 13

NZQA exam fees are now due. This year payments are to be made online directly to NZQA. You should have received an email with further information on this including where to make your payment. If you did not receive the email please contact Tarsh: thall@hibs.school.nz

Mike Hutchins Principal

PILOT’S LICENSE

Ethan Tether (Year 12) has gained his Solo Pilot's license.

SUPER BIKES In a press release by Suzuki NZ, it was confirmed that Juan-Peter Siebrits is joining the team as he will be competing in the 2018 NZ National championship for Team Suzuki NZ.

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UNIFORM SHOP

Blazers Year 10 Students will be fitted for their Blazer over the next two weeks. If your son does not require a blazer, please contact Sandy in the Uniform Shop on 528 6227 or email sduffy@hibs.school.nz If you are buying a second hand Blazer, please make sure it is the new style blazer ie: red piping around the Blazer with the school logo on the pocket on the left side. Year 13 Students If you are interested in selling your Blazer at the end of the year please contact Sandy in the Uniform Shop asap. She will then offer it to the Year 10 students. Recommended price $100. Also if you have your Year 12 tie and would like to donate this to the school it would be much appreciated.

AWARDS EVENINGS

Thursday 14 September—Arts Awards Evening Wednesday 20 September—Sports Awards Evening House Awards evenings are as follows - Monday 25 September—Halberg Tuesday 26 September—Freyberg Wednesday 27 September—Hillary Thursday 28 September—Rutherford

HIBS AWARDS ASSEMBLY

We held the HIBS Awards assembly Week 3, Tuesday. This was a special assembly as we awarded the HIBS Platinum Award for 100% Motivation for the first time. The new award was the initiative of our Academic Captain Jaiden Moir following discussions with fellow Year 13 students regarding recognising students who have consistently demonstrated their self-management and strong work ethic across their subjects.

Platinum Awards were presented to the following students who gained Motivation Grades of 100%. Year 8: Mark Zondervan, Sebastian Boeke Year 11: Alexander Yee, Cameron Draper, Kevin Jose, Kobe Fleming, Lachlan Echegaray, Ron Koshy Year 12: Wade McGhie Year 13: Caleb Chan, Grayson Wass, Henry Li, Samuel Horsefield, William Gray, Jaiden Moir

The focus of the assembly was on identifying ways to manage wellbeing to retain balance between school and life outside of school. Viv Hullena, Assistant Principal shared strategies to assist with time management, recognising stress and strategies to manage this when faced with assessment, homework and examination pressure.

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Year 13's: Course Planning visits Auckland University – Tuesday 22 August, period 6 in C3. Bring a pen Massey University – Thursday, 26 October, lunchtime in C3. If you have a laptop at school please bring it (or you can use a Commerce laptop). Defence Force Careers Visit Year 10-13 students are invited to attend a presentation of the Defence Force recruiter on Wednesday, 30th August. Venue will be in the notices. Halls of Residence Applications for these opened on 1st August. These are done online for the University concerned. Students must also get a CCRF completed. Copies of this form have been placed in the Common Room and have been emailed to all Year 13 students to download and print off. They must complete the top part and then give it to a staff member to complete. This should be done before the end of August. Scholarships Many students have been working on scholarship applications. A reminder to note due dates (different depending on the scholarship) and to make requests for references several weeks in advance of the due date. Year 10 Careers Year 10 students are currently looking at Careers Education in DVP. As well as general presentations during the DVP session, Ms Moore will also be spending a period with each class introducing them to some online Careers tools which can be used throughout the senior school. Year 11 and 12 Over weeks 4 & 5, Ms Moore will be talking to all Year 11 and 12 students regarding their subject options for 2018. The primary aim is to make sure that they are taking the subjects that they need to keep their desired pathways open and the appointments are usually only about five minutes long in order to get through the 185 students. Students are welcome at any time to contact Ms Moore (best places are at the Commerce office or to send her an email) to request a longer appointment at another time (often made for a lunchtime or interval to avoid disruption to class if possible).

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Once again, Year 8 students produced a great array of projects for this year’s Science Fair Competition. They came up with their ideas in their Science classes and then began their task of carefully formulating how they were to put their plans into action! Testing and retesting completed, the results were written up and transferred to their boards.

All the projects were displayed for family and friends to view with many of the competitors standing proudly next to their exhibits. The boys waited patiently for the results to be announced and finally that moment arrived, with Brenda MacKechnie moving on to the stage. The boys listened attentively as the winners’ names were announced, clapping their peers enthusiastically as they received their awards. First place was deservedly awarded to Benjamin Wilson, investigating whether or not it was worth spending more money on the more expensive basketballs. A proud Benjamin is pictured (right) along with 3rd placed Fiach Gahan (middle) and Highly Commended Mark Zondervan (left). All the winning boards will be entered into the NIWA Wellington Regional Science Fair, held at a new venue this year, namely Newlands College and Intermediate School. This takes place during week 8 of this term. The winners for 2017 are: First Place Benjamin Wilson ‘Is it worth spending more money on higher priced tagged basketballs?’ Second Place William Davey ‘How far did the football travel?’ Third Place Fiach Gahan ‘Does temperature affect the conductivity of wire?’ Highly Commended: Nathan Edmonds ‘How different surfaces affect friction’ Ryan Swift ‘Bacteria’ Mark Zondervan ‘A viscosity comparison with 4 liquids’

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The International Service team are continuing to work hard to raise the amount they need for their project in Vanuatu in July next year. The plan is to rebuild a local school and cyclone shelter on the island of Pele. The Pele community is in desperate need of help following a destructive cyclone last year. It will be the task of the team to help with vital repair work on this school site in order to give a community back its school. The boys have been busy marshalling various running events, organising a movie fundraiser and also organising the new HIBS initiative of a Year 11 Semi-formal. The team would like to say a huge thank you to all of you who have bought tickets for these events and to those who have contributed so far to the Brick appeal (see next page) by purchasing bricks.

In the meantime, if you have any jobs that need doing please get in touch with Mr Lawrence, Mrs Lawrence, or Mr Falloon. We are always open to new fundraising opportunities and have a team of very willing helpers.

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As a part of the fundraising process, the team have 800 bricks to sell, all of which will directly contrib-

ute to the repair works ongoing at the school site. The money that you donate through this fundraising

activity will go directly towards the costs for purchasing the bricks which the International Service

team will be laying at their project site. These bricks come at a cost of $10 each and we would greatly

appreciate your support.

If you would like to purchase a brick, please pay into the HIBS bank account under the name of

‘ISBRICK’. Should you require a receipt for your donation please contact: tlawrence@hibs.school.nz.

HIBS Bank Account Number: 03 0502 0126981 03

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FOOD BANK

Many thanks to the HIBS community for your generosity and contributions to the local Food Bank in Upper Hutt. We delivered a whole van load of groceries to the Food Bank at the end of last term. Food Bank volunteers and clients were very appreciative of our support. Awesome - thank you.

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REPRESENTATIVE HOCKEY AT HIBS 2017 Congratulations to Jaiden Chhika, Graeme Murrell and Anish Rama who recently performed at the New Zealand National Under 18 Premier Hockey Nationals in Whangarei for the ‘Capital’ side. Capital is a selection of the best hockey players from Wellington, Wairarapa, Kapiti-Horowhenua, Nelson and Marlborough. The team played extremely good hockey placing 4th overall. The tournament proved to be a very tight affair. Canterbury took out the final 6-0 despite losing to Capital earlier in the tournament 2-1. Harrison Watt and Angus Bowmar were named in the Wellington under 15 team to contest the Nationals in Nelson during the first week of the next school holidays whilst at the same time Finn Ihimaera Smiler will represent Wellington Under 15B in Invercargill.

Like the Under 15’s HIBS had three representatives named in the Under 13 Wellington sides. Year 8

student, Grayson Dawson followed up his 2016 selection with another year in the Wellington under 13

side. He is joined by year 7 Oliver Bowmar. Both of these boys will contest the Hatch Cup in the second

week of the next school holidays whilst George Bylsma will represent Wellington B’s in the Curtis Cup.

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HIBS Daily Times

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday Period 1 8.35am-9.30am Period 2 9.35am-10.25am Tutor/ Hse Mtgs 10.25am-10.45am Interval 10.45am-11.05am Period 3 11.05am-11.55am Period 4 12.00pm-12.50pm Lunch 12.50pm-1.40pm Period 5 1.40pm-2.30pm Period 6 2.35pm-3.25pm

Principal’s Assemblies are held each Tuesday - note period times below Period 1 8.35am-9.25am Period 2 9.25am-10.10am Interval 10.10am-10.30am Period 3 10.30am-11.15am Period 4 11.15am-12.00pm Break 12.00pm-12.10pm Assembly 12.10pm-1.05pm Lunch 1.05pm-1.55pm Period 5 1.55pm-2.40pm Period 6 2.40pm-3.25pm

HUTT INTERNATIONAL BOYS' SCHOOL

PO Box 48101 Silverstream Upper Hutt 5142 Phone: 04 528-6227 Fax: 04 528-6237 E-mail: admin@hibs.school.nz www.hibs.school.nz

FUTSAL Daniel Makowem (Year 8) recently represented Wellington in the Youth Futsal Nationals in Palmerston North. His Under-12 Capital Football side were crowned National Champions at this tournament.

WELINGTON SQUASH CHAMPS HIBS have finished 1st and 2nd in the Squash final. Campbell Webster has beaten Kobe Fleming in the final 3-1 (after Kobe won the first set). Congratulations to both players after a very successful Team Nationals.

TRAMPOLINING On the 8th and 9th of July, Isaac Cheung (Year 8) competed at the Mid-Island Gymsports Trampolining competition. He made it to the finals for both Trampolining and Double Mini Tramp. Isaac has also qualified at this competition in Trampolining and Double Mini to compete at the 2017 New Zealand Trampoline Championships which will be held in Christchurch from the 12th to 14th October.

PSA

A big thank you to the PSA for funding the following items: Electric Cart $7,900.00 Goal Posts x 2 $6,998.00 Art Room Requirements $2,223.28 Emergency Plan Management $3,600.00