ERO Visit The Education Review Office has given a very positive draft report for Waiuku College. I hope to be able to share the final report and their findings with you in the next newsletter.

Overseas Trip

Welcome back to our Spanish travellers, who spent almost 2 weeks travelling around Spain soaking up the language and culture. A big thank you to Mrs Glen and Ms Linnen for running this overseas trip.

Canteen Carnival

The annual Canteen Carnival was a great event, with over $7,000 being raised for in support of CanTeen. The head shaving was again well supported, with both Lanita Ellison –Boyes and Dani Kriek raising over $1,000 each for this great cause.

Tournament Week Once again, our teams have done themselves and Waiuku College proud. Seven teams spread out around the country displaying the values of determination, teamwork and pride. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the numerous staff and parents who make this student experience possi-ble.

Board News The BOT Student Trustee elections have concluded with Natalie Moore (Yr 11 student) being voted in as the student representative for 2018. Our current student rep, Susanna Passi has been a valued and effective board member and the Board thanks her for her contribution.

The Board met on Monday 16th of October and welcomed both Natalie Moore and Kauhurangi Taylor as new members of the Waiuku College BOT.

Po Whakanuia 2017 This year’s Po Whakanuia evening was once again a fantastic celebration of our student’s achieve-ments. The evening started with kai for our guests and students in the staffroom and was once again well supported by our community. We have included photos and the names of major prize-winners inside this newsletter, but I would like personally congratulate all the award recipients and thank their whanau for making it such a special occasion.

BYOD Help Grant is available in the Ihub at lunchtime and afterschool to assist with any IT issues that students are having with their BYOD device. Term 4 is a busy and important time with exams looming, and having the correct equipment is essential for students to perform at their best.

Senior Prizegiving and Study Leave The Senior Prizegiving is on Tuesday 7th November in the College Hall. Start time is 1.30pm. It is hoped that parents and family can attend this important event. Seniors are then released for study leave. They are welcome to study at school in this time as the library will be available for them. School uniform is required when on school grounds.

TERM 4 starts 16 October

16 October (5.30pm)

Board of Trustees meeting

23 October

Labour Day

25 October

Leadership Assembly

31 October

Sports Awards

7 November

Senior Prizegiving - 1.30pm

9-14 November

Junior Exams

9 November—1 December

NCEA Exams

20-24 November

Year 10 Camp

7 December

Junior Prizegiving

END OF YEAR

Newsletter No. 9 20 October 2017

DATES TO REMEMBER

Todd Malcolm

Acting Principal

NCEA Exams NCEA starts on the 9th November and finishes on the 1st of December. Yr 11 -13 students are on study leave from the 8th November.

Junior Exams The Year 9 and 10 students will sit their end of year Junior exams over the period 9th -14th November. All junior students should be starting a study program now in preparation for these exams. Moodle is the place to find subject notes and study timetables. Kind regards Todd Malcolm Acting Principal

THREE GINGERBREAD MEN

Mrs Drummond, Head of Food\Fabric Technology baked

these gingerbread men for our Principal to depict before,

S P O R T S P R I Z E G I V I N G

Waiuku College Hall

Tuesday 31st October 2017 - 6.30pm

Guest Speaker

By Invitation only

RSVP 20th October 2017

Come along and share in sporting excellence

PO WHAKANUIA 2017

This year’s celebration of Maori and Pasifika success started with a tribute to

Dame Nganeko Mnhinnick who sadly passed away earlier this year.

Special guest was Matua Luke Thompson.

Po Whakanui honours the hard work and dedication of our Maori and Pasifika

students towards academic and extra-curricular studies.

Major Awards Pareaute Edwards The Toku Takaaro Award – top sportsperson

Ruby Kendall & The Te Reo Oriori is awarded jointly to the students who have made a huge contribution to musicianship &

Natalie Campbell performance

Ngaiwi Kahukoka The CF Brown Trophy is awarded to that student who has made an outstanding contribution to Taha Maori

Ngaiwi Kahukoka The Pei Te Hurinui Jones Trophy goes to that student who has demonstrated a high level of competence in Te

Reo

Ngaiwi Kahukoka The Kaitataki Award recognises our leader of Kapahaka

Uaratanga - Values Awards Lyzann Tara Manaaki Award is someone who is helpful and considerate to others

Leanni Browne Aroha Award is to a student who is caring, kind and giving

Caitlin Kelly Awhina Award is someone who is pro-active and demonstrates initiative

Jasmine Fraser Tautoko Award is someone who is dependable, reliable and supportive of others

Levi Turner Wairua Award is a person that others will follow, leads from the front, has mana and is a role model

Susanna Passi Te Toa – Top Pasifika student

Ngaiwi Kahukoka Te Toa –Top Maori student

Luke Thompson - Guest Speaker

Ngaiwi Kahukoka

Te Toa—Top Maori Student

Susanna Passi

Te Toa—Top Pasifika Student

SENIOR APPRECIATION ASSEMBLY

At our recent Senior Appreciation Assembly the following are

those senior students who were involved in the most services

for their year level:

Year 11 Paige Neil - Class Representative and member of

Kapa Haka and the Maori Pasifika Council

Year 12 Niko Manning - Class Representative, Peer Support

Leader and member of Kapa Haka, Maori Pasifika

Council and the Student Council

Year 13 Susanna Passi - Student Representative on Board of

Trustees, Prefect, Class Representative, Peer

Support Leader and member of Student Council

CONGRATULATIONS TO FAITH JEPSON

At the end of this year, Faith will receive a scholar-

ship from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to

spend 2 weeks in a high school and homestay.

She is 1 of 17 students from all round NZ who was

chosen after a strict application process.

BUSINESS STUDIES - CANTEEN CARNIVAL Yes, it is that time of the year again for Canteen Carnival. Our year 11 Business Studies students, putting to the test their planning, organising skills, culinary skills, promoting their product, and selling their products.

The variety of food items ranged from butter chicken to chips to sweet items like candy floss.

This year there were eleven business groups. It didn’t appear that the weather was not going to be very cooperative, so a quick decision just before lunch was made to have it in the hall. Some stalls sold out in seven minutes, and students applied the balance of the 4 P’s (price, product, place and promotion) in running a business.

This was an opportunity to showcase our “creative, energetic, and enterprising” young people, who will contribute to New Zealand’s economic future.

In business studies, students develop their understanding of busi-ness theory and practices in a range of relevant contexts, through experiential as well as theoretical approaches to learning. Canteen Carnival is a platform for market day, it creates oppor-tunities for students to:

gain such qualities as initiative, resilience, and resourcefulness and the skills of problem solving, co-operation, decision making, negotiation, and communicating

gain knowledge and understanding of good business practice and of business as a productive activity

acquire greater financial capability

become more knowledgeable consumers and better able to manage personal or household finances as a result of their learning in business studies.

The skills students learn in business studies are transferable to learning in many other areas, and to real life.

A minimum of 40% of their profits went towards CANTEEN, though one group chose to donate 100% of their profits.

A big thank you to Mrs Cook, and all staff and students who supported these students and their business.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES CONTACT DETAILS

Name Email Address

Peter Attwood (Parent Rep) peter.attwood001@gmail.com

Doug Johnson (Staff Rep) jh@waiuku-college.school.nz

Megan Lamont (Chair) megan@lamontbuilders.co.nz

Gareth Manning (Deputy Chair) buck@sunsetfreerange.co.nz

Natalie Moore (Student Rep) moorena@my.waiuku-college.school.nz

Dick Parsons (Co-opted) dick.parsons@gtmail.com

Kahurangi Taylor (Parent Rep) kahurangi.taylor@gmail.com

Tom Vanderlaan (Principal) vl@waiuku-college.school.nz

BOARD MEETING DATES 2017

(5.30pm in the College Boardroom)

Tuesday 21 February Tuesday 22 August

Tuesday 21 March Tuesday 19 September

Tuesday 11 April Monday 16 October

Tuesday 23 May Monday 13 November

Tuesday 20 June Monday 11 December

This year’s NCEA External Examinations start on Thursday 9th November and end on Friday 1st December. You can find the exam timetable included in this newsletter and also at the bottom of the NZQA homepage -www.nzqa.govt.nz.

Admission Slips Early next term, students in Years 11, 12 and 13 will receive a photocopy of their personalised Admission Slip setting out the dates and times of their exams. Students will be handed their original Admission Slip when they attend their first exam. Students should take great care of their Admission Slip as they won’t be allowed into exams without it.

What do you do if miss an exam because of illness, bereavement or some other unforeseen circumstances? Under certain circumstances you can apply for a Derived Grade. A Derived Grade is based on evidence, such as your Practice Exam results, and is awarded by NZQA for the standards you missed. You must complete a form and provided appropriate evidence by 12 noon on Friday 8th December. For example, if you miss an exam because you are unwell you must get a medical certificate stating that you were too sick to sit the exam and the dates of your illness. You can also apply for a derived grade if you believe your performance was affected because you were ill. Again, you will need to provide a medical certificate. For more information contact Mr Ditchburn.

NCEA Results NZQA do not automatically post out Results Notices as most people now view their results online. If you would like to receive a paper copy of your Results Notice you must login to the NZQA website and order one before the end of December.

NZQA Fees The deadline to pay NZQA fees to the school was 11th August. However, it is still not too late to pay this year’s fees. You can either collect a School Candidate Payment Form from the school and post your payment to NZQA or log into the NZQA website and pay online. The deadline for the payment of fees to NZQA is 1st December. Payments made after the 1st December will incur a $50.00 late payment fee. If the fees are not paid students can still complete assessments, including exams, and their results will still be recorded.

However, they will not be awarded any qualifications they have earned, e.g. NCEA Level 1 or University Entrance, and they will not receive their Record of Achievement (RoA) or any certifi-cates. Once any outstanding fees are paid the student will be awarded their qualifications and can order their RoA and certifi-cates.

PPPPP - Revision is the Key Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance. In order for students to do their very best in the external exams they need to be properly prepared. If they haven’t already started revis-ing, now is the time. They should get online and Google ‘revision techniques’ and find out what works for them. There are certain things that don’t work for anyone: last minute cram-ming the day before; mindlessly reading through notes; record-ing notes and playing them back whilst asleep. Good revision is active and involves taking the information to be learned and processing it in some way, e.g. turning written notes into pic-tures or diagrams. A good place to start is the exam timetable. Find out when your exams are and then devise a revision time-table. Remember to build in rest breaks and time for physical activities like sport. You also need to look after your body; living on junk food and revising into the wee small hours isn’t good for your brain. Eat well, sleep well and revise well and you should be properly prepared. And get off those screens at least an hour before you want to go to sleep. The blue light generated by screens on phones, tablets, laptops and TVs fools the brain into thinking it’s still daytime and affects your ability to get a good night’s sleep.

Keeping Up To Date with NCEA Results Students should be keeping up-to-date with their results, both on MUSAC Edge and on the NZQA website. All senior students have received a card with their National Student Number (NSN) and login instructions. Once they have registered they will be able to view their results and order documents such as certifi-cates and their Record of Achievement. Please note that schools are only required to send results into NZQA at the start of each month so there is often a delay between results appearing on Edge and appearing on the NZQA website.

NCEA EXTERNAL EXAMINATIONS 2017

HAKA COMPETITION Last term during Maori Language week, Waiuku College held their annual house haka competition. It was an emotional day as Matai dedicated their haka to the Late John Robinson. Every house gave it their all and many students and staff stated that the quality of the performances was the best they have seen in years. Placing are as follows.

1st – Matai, 2nd – Totara, 3rd – Kauri, 4th - Rimu

13PE TRAMP

In September, the 13PE students went on the annual tramping trip with Miss Wilson, Mr Ditchburn, and Mr Jackson. We started at Waitawheta at the northern end of the Kaimai Ranges, and followed the river for 10kms along the tramway walk to the hut.

Upon arriving at the hut, we helped out the resident doc ranger with his saw mill restoration project. Many hands make light work and our strong party of 30 had soon made a significant contribution; lifting large logs to form the sleds for the mill, and clearing fallen trees. We topped up the shed with firewood, then a few students braved the fresh spring water and went for a swim in the river. Dinner consisted of scotch fillet steak, mashed potatoes, spaghetti bolognese, and a semi frozen tub of ice cream. Rhys and Max managed to set up the mountain radio and we heard a positive forecast for Friday. Card games, glow worms and star gazing were the entertainment for the night, as well as the persistent possum who narrowly escaped our substandard hunters.

We started day two with a sunny blue sky and an uphill slog. Cameron’s dad jokes and Leanni’s relentlessly positive attitude kept every-one moving and we stopped for lunch on the track to regroup. Then it was time for the trip up Te Aroha mountain. Fog had reduced visibility to the point where we questioned whether the extra one hour walk would be worth the detour. The majority of students decided they needed to give it a go and we boosted up to the top in 25 minutes. But unfortunately…no view to be seen at all. A few harsh words towards Miss Wilson and Mr Jackson had to be apologised for when all of a sudden…the view appeared! The fog cleared in short bursts and we could see 360 degree views into the distance. A two hour walk in the bush down to the bus completed the eight hour day and we headed back to school feeling very proud of ourselves. A special mention to Max for encouraging the class and Miss Wilson to ditch the safe option and choose the challenging track. Best 13PE trip to date!

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS Waiuku College is sad to say goodbye to three of our international students who ended their learning journeys at Waiuku College at the end of September.

They are Nano and Yae from Japan, and Lena from Germany. Nano is one of our longer staying students who has proved it is possible to achieve, adapt and integrate despite having little prior experience studying overseas.

“It was a good decision that I chose to come back after my two-week short stay here at WC. Everything that I experienced here is some-

thing I will never forget.” - Nano

SCIENCE Year 9 students have been dissecting eyes under the topic Glories of Colour - they identify the iris, pupil, lens, optic nerve, retina, sclera and vitreous humor.

From the Scientists who have lost their Labs due to building works

The science Department are persevering despite the lack of lab space, to keep the practical investigations continuing as best they can.

The Year 11 students have been carrying out their practical investigations.

These are a few of the students in the Science Internal Course working towards gaining 4 credits in the following NCEA courses;

Investigate biological ideas relating to interactions between

humans and micro-organisms

Sam Science 1.2 - Investigate implications of electricity and magnetism for

everyday life

Alex and Jacob

Chemistry 1.1 - Carry out a practical chemistry investigation,

with direction

Eileen and Reipae

TOURNAMENT WEEK

The first week of September saw 7 teams travel to different parts Of NZ to compete in the Annual Winter Sports Tourna-ments.

Girls’ Hockey went to Tauranga and competed in the Eveline Hankers tournament, they were placed 11th out of 16 teams after a week of intense games. Lots of injuries but a great team effort. Special thanks to coach Ms Bernadette Corcoran, manag-er Ms Shannon Baxter and mother helpers Kara Thornton and Teresa Kyd.

Boys Hockey flew to Oamaru and competed in the Coach’s Cup Tournament. They had a wonderful trip and were thrilled to come away with a Silver Medal at the end of the competition. Special thanks to Coach Mr Rodney Jackson and Mothers Ms Joanne Wemyss and Mrs Vicky Thomas who supported our team

Girls’ Football travelled to the Maurice Hulme Tournament in Rotorua. With a small squad of 14 girls, they fought bravely and won there first 3 days of games, to fight towards a semi final position, which they won. Thursday saw them lose a player to injury, leaving them with the bare 13 girls. They fought hard in their semi final narrowly losing 1-0. They finished the week with 4th place out of 32 teams which was a valliant effort. Many thanks to coach Desiree Rickard, asst coach Jahna Stephens and manager Kelli Toner Manager, and the many parents and care-givers who travelled daily to support them. As we only lose 1 girl out of this team for 2017, 2018 will be a exciting year for them.

I was lucky to go and support both the girls Hockey and Football

and saw some wonderful talent out on the field and turf and I’m

so proud of them all.

Netball Gold travelled to Auckland netball Courts for the Upper North Island Netball Comp. Here we see over 140 teams from all over the Upper North Island competing for the top spot. Gold had some good wins and a few losses by 1 or 2 goals, and they gave there all for their team on the court. Special thanks to coach Rachel Browne-Cole, manager Browyn Sloane and scorer Graeme Muir Scorer for all they have done for the girls this year and on tournament.

Basketball Senior Boys and Girls and Junior Boys had their tour-nament at Bruce Pullman Park in Papakura.

Junior Boys had 4 intense days of basketball, and they ended there comp in 3rd place which is a huge effort from such a young side. We look forward to seeing how this team progresses in the years to come; they all have such exciting flair and bring a lot to the game. Special thanks to coach Michael Harper and manager Di Bradley for being with them all year and making them such a competitive and successful team.

Senior Boys and Girls ended there tournament both in 3rd place. Thanks to Daniel Arthur-Worsop and Anita Manning for the boys team, and Mr Ricky Minhinnick, Lauren Nijenhuis and Shelley Thompson for all the time and effort they put into out students.

We are so proud of all these teams and there dedication they have shown towards Waiuku College Sport, and look forward to them all returning next year .

By Judith Coe, Sports Coordinator

STUDENT ABSENCES \ SICKNESS

If your student is not coming in to school please phone the after-hours or absentee line (during school hours) and record the following: Your name, name of the student and the reason for their absence.

If you are unable to make a call please send a note in with them the day they return to school. A Medical Certificate is required for 3 or more days absence due to sickness.

If your student feels sick at school please remind them to tell their teacher if they are in class, or come to the Student Centre. The office staff will then make contact with you to arrange pick up etc. If you require your student to leave during school hours, a note or a phone call is required before they can leave.

UNIFORM SHOP HOURS 2017

Daily - 8.30 am to 9..30 am,. And

Mon, Tue, Thu & Fri - 1.30pm to 2.10 pm

Wed - 12.35 pm to 1.20 pm

wanted

Ice Cream Containers

Library Opening Hours

8.30am – 4.30pm Monday to Thursday

8.30am – 3.30pm Friday

Chess Club—after school on Thursday

Note The Internet is available each day during

lunch and after school.

STUDENT LEAVERS

We would very much appreciate any second-

hand uniform items you no longer require.

Please consider donating your uniform items

as you leave school and no longer require

them.

Balle Bros is a locally owned family business, with operations across New Zealand. We are a significant NZ producer of cabbage, cauliflower, carrots. potatoes and onions. We are continually looking for people who share the same passion as we do. We are recruiting for those who would like to get some experience and understanding of what it is like working in our industry. This role is suitable for school leavers where a prac-tical experience can be gained during the school holidays (November – January) before a more permanent position can be offered. We invest in our staff through on-the-job training and mentoring, so if you have an interest in agriculture particu-larly vegetable production, we would love to hear from you.

You can either contact us directly by emailing

hr.admin@ballebros.co.nz

or come in to our Head Office at 185 Heights Road, Pukekohe

and pick up an application form.

Pukekohe Performing Arts presents:

FOOTLOOSE - The Musical

20 Oct - 4 Nov 2017

Harrington Theatre

2 Harrington Ave

Pukekohe 2120

Tickets available at iTicket More info: www.pukekoheperformingarts.org.nz