Term 2 - Howick College

 Term 2, 2012
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late to school must
sign in at the student
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Inside this issue:
Annual Plan Progress
2
Leadership Week
2
Environmental Leaders 3
My thanks to all parents/caregivers and students for a wonderfully positive term. There
have been many highlights and some of these
have been outlined in our second newsletter
for the year. As always, when given opportunities our students shine and constantly impress
me with their potential to be outstanding young
men and women. I’m pleased to report that
our college continues to improve against our
annual plan for school improvement. A brief
summary of progress to date follows on page
two. Our full plan can be accessed within the
school charter which is on our website.
Government 'turn-around'
I am pleased that the Minister has revoked her
initial plans to introduce a new student/teacher
staffing ratio for all schools in NZ. While the
larger schools, like ours appeared to have no
adverse effects the impact on others seemed
to defy logic. The size of a class does affect
the quality of teaching and learning and you
would be hard pressed to find any school
around the country that would argue the contrary. In any event, common sense has prevailed and the ministry have thankfully reversed their earlier decisions. I am also
pleased that the Minister has taken on board
criticism of her not consulting key stakeholders
and as a consequence she has brought together a small group of sector representatives
to advise her on key issues of education policy
Education Review Office
Our review date has been set for the week beginning Monday 6 August. A team of three reviewers
will be on site during this time with their key focus
being how effective is the Howick College curriculum in promoting learning for all students. The
reviews have a different approach from past reviews. Their intention is to provide a report that is
in plain language for a community of parents and
others to fully understand. Previously, much of
what was reported was not well understood by
parent groups. As mentioned last term, I believe
we are well placed for a positive report if our own
self review practice is anything to go by. I look
forward to their visit.
Enjoy the holidays.
I L Ropati
Principal
‘The Miracle Worker’
Months of hard work and hours of rehearsals,
ensured the success of the ‘The Miracle Worker’ - our first major school production for 2012.
Congratulations to the two casts who both delivered strong and professional performances of
the true story of Annie Sullivan and Helen Keller.
Economics Trip
3
Shakespeare Festival
3
House News
4&5
SportsWise
6&7
Board Of Trustees
8
The Lions Club of Howick generously supported
our production ‘The Miracle Worker’ as it appropriately sits alongside their support of the Blind
Foundation. We thank them for their help and
involvement.
A production of this size requires a lot of preparation and behind the scenes work—including
props, costumes, set design, lighting, make-up
and also front-of house and ticketing. Thanks to
Drama HOD, Mrs Dryden, her team and everyone involved for all their time and effort.
Thanks also to the hospitality department for
producing a production themed three course
meal for the two ‘Dinner and Show’ nights.
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from here on in. I was one of the sector representatives to be invited to join the advisory group
and look forward to sharing my views on current
and future policy decisions.
Cast members learned sign language to prepare for their roles.
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Celebrating Student Excellence
Bridget Keene—won the
annual interschool RSA
ANZAC day speech competition. Bridget delivered her
speech at the Stockade Hill
service.
Sean Pyke—won a gold medal in U21
freestyle wrestling, 80kg division in USA
competitions.
Sarah Hyde—won a University of Waikato
Academic Merit School Leaver Scholarship. She is in her first year at Waikato
University
Hannah Rolleston (Yr 11) & Gavin
Chai (Yr 10) - both won Highly Commended awards for the Intermediate
and Junior age group in the Uxbridge
School Art Awards.
“All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words: freedom, jus ce, honour, duty, mercy, hope.” ‐ Bridget Keene Howick College Annual Plan Progess
Key goal 1: promote a school culture of
learning
Key goal 2: promote curriculum and
pedagogy; promote student learning
Progress: Our professional development support for teachers has increased
staff confidence and understanding of
key principles of very good teaching. Our
focus has been using SOLO (structure of
observed learning outcomes) as a key
strategy to extend and challenge student
thinking and understanding of topics.
Staff have reported very positive learning
as a result. Students have also benefitted from our AME High programme as
they achieve their set goals and record
personal progress. We also invested in a
personal motivator who ran various motivational seminars that the students reported as very useful.
Progress: We constantly look for effective ways to engage students and to
offer a differentiated learning approach.
We are reviewing pathways to learning
and have tentatively signalled new initiatives that will help students learn better. Two possible new courses include
a trades academy in Y12 and a sports
performance course for Y9 students.
Both of these will have pathways into
the senior school and beyond.
Key goal 3: promote a safe and positive learning environment
Progress: We use student voice more
in our planning, with a weekly morning
Leadership Week
tea with students who have consistently demonstrated our core values. This
is a very useful way to gain feedback
about what matters to them. Another
key initiative was the annual ‘Big Stand’
event run by senior students and promoting positive relationships.
Key goal 4: strengthen relationships
with parents and key stake holders
Progress: Earlier in the year tutor conferences forged a new relationship
between parents and tutor and this was
followed with subject teacher meetings.
We also invited key community members into college, to share information
about school progress and student
excellence. We have also renewed
relationships with the Howick Lions.
Friday 29 June—Red Socks Day
In week 10 of Term 2 the House Leaders
and Student Board Representative will
promote leadership with a series of talks
by guest speakers to our students. The
timing of the talks coincides with the Sir
Peter Blake Leadership Week.
www.sirpeterblaketrust.org
Leadership is promoted throughout
Howick College in two ways.
In the traditional model we wish to
develop people who can drive initiatives that they care about and lead
teams, committees and councils.
This year we are focusing on how our individual and collective leadership actions
can impact on the environment. Sir Peter
Blake was passionate about conservation
and realised the need to take action to
save the precious natural resources of our
planet.
We also wish to promote the values of
the Big Stand and Restorative Practice
with the visit of Rob Hamill who will
have a powerful message about the
need to pursue justice yet also consider
forgiveness as a way to heal and move
forward.
Equally important are our collective
efforts which help to develop the
ability of students to become valuable, positive contributors to our local
and wider communities by making
appropriate, thoughtful and reflective
choices.
The need for each of us to take actions to
reduce our own damaging impact through
excessive and wasteful consumption is a
key message of the week.
On the last Friday of term we encourage
the school to wear red socks in honour
of Sir Peter Blake.
This can only be achieved when students realise their potential to lead
themselves in a responsible manner.
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Environmental Leaders
the Raglan Environment Centre which
encourages a wide range of community
sustainability initiatives such as a worm
farm, water conservation ideas and a
second-hand store, and the Extreme
Waste Recycle Centre where the students got hands-on experience with the
sorting of plastic rubbish.
Students with a passion for the environment have the opportunity to learn more
about how they can affect positive change
in their world with the new Year 13 Environmental Leadership course. Run in conjunction with Outdoor Education the course
looks at environment issues such as sustainability and conservation.
The final day included a visit to a sustainable aqua-culture farm that produces
whitebait and eels for commercial trading.
The students recently took a three day field
trip to Raglan to learn more about sustainable living. They came away exhausted but
inspired by some of the projects they investigated there, such as the Te Uku wind farm
which has been operating for two years and
now generates power for 90,000 homes.
Staying at the Karioi Eco Lodge enabled
students to learn more about regenerating
native bush. Other projects visited included
Sorting rubbish at the
Extreme Waste Recycle Centre
The trip was an excellent way for students
to see some of the ideas they learn about
being put into practice in the real world,
and provided an insight into some of the
ways they too can make a difference.
Economics Trip
Focus on: Numeracy
The Mathematics and Statistics department is progressing well through the second term, having finished the bulk of our internal assessments.
We have run our first 2 e-asTTle assessments with
the Year 9 and 10 cohorts. This is informing our
differentiation and planning of Year 9 Number and
Year 10 Algebra.
We have teams of Maths quiz enthusiasts preparing for the upcoming Mathex and, even though the
competition is not until August, ICAS competition
entries have poured in.
Year 12 and 13 Economics students had an amazing opportunity to
see how it all works up close. On a busy trip to Wellington, the students
took tours around Parliament and the Reserve Bank. Both these visits
exceeded expectations – learning more about how our Government
works and the history of money in New Zealand proved to be
interesting.
Students were also able to tour Te Papa before visiting the headquarters of a major corporation. Z gave students a presentation on their
recent rebranding and invited them to sample new food products and
hot chocolate that will be available in their new petrol stations.
The students all enjoyed their experience (especially the hot chocolate)
and returned with a deeper understanding of the world of economics
and business. Thanks to teachers Mrs McArthur and Mr Waetford for
arranging the trip and accompanying the students to Wellington.
Our 11MAP(Maths Applied) classes are using the
new Numeracy Unit Standards for the first time in
2012 and this is proving very popular, with students
displaying their key competencies and achieving
their goals.
Future Economists outside the Reserve Bank
Shakespeare Festival
Mrs Dryden, spent time answering
questions from the Cockle Bay pupils.
This annual event brings Shakespeare to
Howick College in a week of evening performances by Year 11 Drama students. This
year audiences were entertained with the
comedy ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’.
As well as a performance each night, our
Drama students invited Year 3 pupils from
neighbouring Cockle Bay School for an afternoon mini show. Howick College students
enjoy this opportunity to entertain some of the
younger members of their community and,
judging by the laughter coming from the
young audience, they did a great job. After
the performance, the cast and Drama HOD
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Another popular feature of the Shakespeare Festival is the annual Banquet
of Elizabethan inspired fare. Drama
and music students provide entertainment with selected scenes from the
play and are joined by a visiting choir.
Thanks once again to the Hospitality
department and Mrs Copestake and
the Drama department and
Mrs Dryden for all their hard work in
making Shakespeare Festival a huge
success.
‘Bottom’ and ‘Titania’, Queen of the Fairies
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Bell This term has been a busy term for our House with two major fund-raisers. In
May we completed our annual Cookie Day. Over 45 kgs of cookies were delivered to students and staff. This was part of our support for Leukaemia and
Blood Cancer New Zealand, our charity for the year. In June we are running
our Winter Warmth fundraiser which will include gourmet home-made soup
on sale during lunchtime. Several students have performed well in representative sport particularly Ainsley Thorpe in Cross Country.
Despite the controversy, we are proud to acknowledge the achievements of
Avianca Bohm in the Miss New Zealand competition who was a member of
Bell House in 2008.
Cookie Monster and helpers preparing to deliver cookies
Bacot
Over the year, Bacot has made a tremendous effort with promoting awareness
and raising money for their two chosen charities—Cystic Fibrosis Association
and the Fred Hollows Foundation. A number of fundraising events took place at
the beginning of the year and these raised over $1,000. The senior Bacot committee members and Dean Mrs Fenner, put together a ‘Stars in Their Eyes’ competition. This gave students the opportunity to share their talents with the rest of
the school and allowed awareness of the charities to spread.
Bacot’s ‘Cupids Day’ was another fundraising success. Students had the opportunity to send their friends a rose, chocolates, music or a combination of the
three. Cupids Day is always a favourite of Howick College students and the sales
were impressive. Lastly, Bacot’s junior committee took on a bake sale and raised
another successful amount to donate to the charities. A range of homemade and
delicious treats were brought in and by the end of the sale, had almost all been
sold.
Bacot Junior committee Bake Sale
Being able to pass on a donation to the charities at the end of the year is always
a proud moment for Bacot and we hope it will make a great contribution.
Minerva—DanceFest
Although there were only 4 different acts this year, the standard of the
performances was very high, as was the variety, and it made the
judges’ decision a difficult one.
Mr Harada was proud of the dancers and headed the judging panel of
Ms Szopa, Mr Rosoman and Mr Matheson. The eventual winner was
Joey Pope who produced an excellent Hip Hop performance. Second
was Mazarine Ford-Mehudin and Caitlin Spring, who performed Jazz,
with Elaine Ryan and Katherine Burgoyne in third place with their ballet. Emma Parker also gave us a lively Irish dance.
Dance teacher, Mr Harada announcing the prizes
The MC for the show was Angela Mason, who was also responsible for
organising the show. She was ably assisted by Michelle Thomson and
Shannon Sleeman. Ko-Lo Chen was responsible for tickets and poster
design.
Most of the House Committee helped in some way and performed a
rock ‘n’ roll number whilst the judges were deliberating and, as a special surprise this year, Mr Thompson and Ms Dormer performed a ballroom (Ceroc) dance act which brought the house down.
The money raised will go to the Minerva House charity, Child Cancer
Foundation. To all who contributed we offer our grateful thanks and for
those who did not see it; you missed a treat!
DanceFest winner, Joey Pope
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Ingham
Besides efforts to ‘AME High’, Ingham House has successfully completed two fundraising
events: a Rock Climbing Competition and a Bake Sale – which was organised by the Ingham
Junior Committee. We also held an Inter-Tutor Competition which was a Home Baker’s Competition with the 3Cs theme. (1st-INHP; 2nd-INCW; 3rd-INSR).
In the Inter-House Competition, Ingham won the Year 11 Five Bat Rounders!
Our next fundraiser is our annual International Food Festival which will be held in Term Three
on 27 July. This event is always popular, with lots of different food to try - $5 for 5 items of
food or $7 for 7 items of food. Anyone who is interested in sponsoring food items or creating a
stall, please see Zakia Khan (INKR-L8), or Jacqueline Reis (INSN-G20).
Proceeds from Ingham fundraisers go to The Foundation of the Blind. Our target this year is to
raise $2500 which will go towards the sponsoring of a pup/guide dog.
Ingham is also supporting the annual Auckland City Mission Orange Day Appeal. All non–
perishable food items may be dropped off at Mrs Sundrum’s office before school, during interval and after school until 28 June.
Ingham students running the cake-stall
MacDonald
In week two of this term, MacDonald House held their annual Talent Quest.
Before the April holidays we held auditions for the Talent Quest. We were
overwhelmed by the number of acts auditioning and range of talent. The
MacDonald Council had a very tough job in selecting six Acts for the Talent
Quest. Natasha Cobb won the Talent Quest singing an original song. The
MacDonald Council raised $384 for Ronald McDonald House from this
event.
The MacDonald House second committee held a bake sale on Monday 11
June. The committee hope to raise money to help buy a gorilla suit for the
House. (Our House mascot is Magilla Gorilla). The gorilla suit will be worn by
a student at House events such as Athletics Day, inter-House competitions
and fundraising events held by MacDonald. We are a competitive House and
feel envious of the Houses that already have a full sized mascot. Many
thanks to the parents who assisted, baked, donated and supported
our fundraising.
MacDonald hopes to purchase a gorilla suit like
this one for their house mascot
Irvine
Every House supports a charity and throughout the year the House
captains, committee and Dean of the House organise events and
House day to fundraise for that charity. Irvine House’s charity is the
Westpac Helicopter, which is a rescue service that is always on-call that's 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. We are proud to
support them and over the past five years, have raised over $14,000 for
them. Irvine students also volunteer to collect during the Westpac annual street appeal.
Irvine House hosts events such as Battle of the Bands (coming up in
August), which is where our local school bands get to perform and compete. Irvine House also has Easter day/Irvine day where we have stalls
and little games happening through out the day.
Congratulations go to Irvine student Jessica Morrison, who recently
placed second in both the Intermediate and Team Auckland Secondary
School cross country races.
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Irvine House fun-fundraiser day
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Parkour At Howick College
The Parkour team is lead and trained
by Mr Hemera. They spend hours practising in the school gym, learning how
to land safely, before heading out of
doors to do their thing in an urban setting.
The Howick College Parkour team has had
a busy year so far. In March the team was
invited to help celebrate the opening of a
purpose built Parkour ground at Pasadena
Intermediate and in April, put on a public
display at Silo Park at the Auckland Viaduct. Both displays were very successful,
with audience feedback praising the team’s
skill and behaviour.
The team is gaining a reputation for
their skills and have been requested to
give demonstrations at Elim College
and New Zealand Fashion Week in
Term 3.
Parkour is a fast paced physical and creative sport which involves using flips, jumps
and tumbles to travel within an urban landscape with speed and efficiency.
Mr Hemera is keen to see a purpose
built Parkour ground built and is
looking at possibilities for the future.
Rugby League
and started to complete consecutive
sets. In the second half a try by Terry
Hill gave us a chance, bringing the
score to 6 - 8, but was unable to cross
the line for a second try. Result; another loss by two points.
The boys had an excellent start, winning
what was an arm wrestle against Southern
Cross College. The team conceded two
early tries, but fought back with tries from
Terry Hill and a winning try from Lorenzo
Nair. The difference between the two
teams was the boot of Tipene McCarthy
converting both tries.
Round four lead us to Aorere College
and a chance to make up for last weeks
loss. We started off in no better fashion
scoring first with a try by Rahiri Witehira
and later in the half Alex Van Den Dop
scored, ending the first half with a 12 4 lead. Once again our second half let
us down as we let Aorere back into the
game with three more tries taking them
to a 18 - 12 lead. Not long before full
time Terry scored out by the wing
meaning that it all came to a pressure
kick from Tipene McCarthy, who slotted
it from the side line and evened up the
game to finish 18 -18.
The team travelled out West to play
Waitakere College. Howick scored three
first half tries to secure a comfortable lead
heading into half time. After the half time
break, the boys scored another try giving
us a 22 - 6 lead. Fatigue started to kick in
as the bigger forward pack of Waitakere
started to dominate and, in the last play of
the game scored a try to seal their victory,
and the first loss for Howick finishing
up 22 - 24.
The next game was against Lynfield College. Once again a slow start with Lynfield
scoring two easy tries before the boys
adapted to the poor weather conditions
Parkour team in action at Silo Park
ourselves that we could win this
game going into half time behind 6 10. Lack of possession and not muscling up on defense, saw Tamaki
running in six unanswered tries in
the second half. We scored a consolation try right at the end of the game
to finish up 38 - 12 in Tamaki's favor.
Our second home game was played
against St. Paul’s College. About 10
minutes into the first half we scored
the first points as Jayden single
handedly split their defense on his
surge to the line. The score remained 6 - 0 at half time. The second half was to be a different story
with St. Paul’s scoring two, quick
back-to-back tries. Things then went
from bad to worse as Jayden left the
field after splitting his head open. St.
Paul’s then ran in another two tries
making the final score 22 - 6.
Our next opponents were the top of the
table Tamaki College. We proved to
Rugby
It’s been a tough start to the season for
new coaches, Craig Howe and Bevan
Packer, and their team losing their first 5
games. After a few tough games to start
the season playing Papatoetoe High
School and Dilworth, two teams that are
expected to be real contenders to win the
1B division, they have improved a whole
lot to come close against Mangere
College and Avondale College.
Daily & weekly notices now on-line:
www.howickcollege.school.nz
There are two games remaining in the
first round for the Howick boys to grab
some wins and work towards winning the
1B plate.
RESULTS:
If you are free on Saturday mornings
come down and get behind the boys as
they search for their first win of the
season.
Howick College 1st XV vs Papatoetoe
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Howick 5 vs Papatotoe 29
Edgewater 26 vs Howick 6
Howick 3 vs Dilworth 39
Avondale 26 vs Howick 12
Howick 16 vs Mangere 17
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Basketball
It’s been a rough season so far for most of
the teams with a few tough losses. Howick
Girls Open Grade are currently in 4th
place, Under 15 Boys are in 6th place,
Under 17 Boys are in 5th place and Open
Grade Boys are also in 4th place.
Howick Girls
Open Grade
Howick vs Macleans
Howick vs McAuley
Howick vs Rosehill
Good luck to all four teams for the rest of
their season.
Howick College Basketball vs Onehunga
Howick Boys
Open Grade
Howick Boys
Under 15
Howick Boys
Under 17A
WBD
60 - 50
55 - 58
59 - 28
Howick vs Pakuranga
Howick vs Rosehill
Howick vs Sancta Maria
Howick vs Ormiston
Howick vs Sancta Maria
Howick vs Manurewa
Howick vs St. Kents
16 - 62
12 - 57
17 - 45
26 - 30
23 - 31
26 - 34
Howick vs Kings
Howick vs Pakuranga
Howick vs Botany
Howick vs St. Kents A
Howick vs Macleans
LBD
17 - 38
36 - 48
26 - 57
28 - 72
Cross Country
These are the Howick College Cross Country Results
for 2012. It was a very successful year and congratulations to all participants—many of which went on to
compete in the Auckland Cross Country Competition.
Special mention to Ainsley Thorpe and Jessica Morrison who set two new school records in their races—
Junior Girls and Intermediate Girls.
Overall House Results:
1.
Macdonald
2.
Bell
3.
Minerva
4.
Irvine
5.
Ingham
6.
Bacot
Junior Girls
1. Ainsley Thorpe - Bell
2. Alice Cloke - Minerva
3. Nadine Sellwood—Bell
Intermediate Boys
1. Trent Thorpe—Bell
2. Dylan Williamson—Bell
3. Davie Elliot—Irvine
Junior Boys
1. Andrew Catley—Ingham
2. Lachlan Haitana—MacDonald
3. Dylan Prentice—MacDonald
Senior Girls
1. Anna Trenholme—Ingham
2. Katy Ralph—MacDonald
3. Shayna Ravii—Ingham
Intermediate Girls
1. Jessica Morrison—Irvine
2. Amanda Bracewell—Bacot
3. Timea Egan—Bacot
Senior Boys
1. Todd Waters—Irvine
2. Alex Van Dendop—Bell
3. Tapiwa Weng—Bell
Hillcrest Sports Exchange
Results Round-up:
Well done to all the following students:
Planning and training is underway for this annual sporting challenge between Howick College and Hamilton’s Hillcrest High School,
which is to be held in Term 3 on Wednesday
25 July. This year the event will again be
hosted at Howick College and, after a win last
year, we are eager to hold on to the cup.
* Aerobics AKSS Champs—Step 6 Indiv
10-14yrs
Greer Bonnette 2nd, Emma Spargo 4th
Hockey—Hillcrest Exchange 2011
The day involves many players and teams
and requires a lot of organisation by the managers and we thank them in advance for their
encouragement and support.
Competing teams include: Hockey Girls and
Boys, Netball, Squash, Rugby, Touch, Volleyball, Badminton, Lawn Bowls. Other team
challenges include Debating, Theatre Sports
and Chess.
* Underwater Hockey ASS Regionals Senior Boys 3rd, Senior Girls and Junior
Girls 4th
All teams have qualified for the NZSS
Champs in Wellington
* Mountain Biking Auckland Champs Senior Girls—Anna Trenholme, 1st
Intermediate Girls—Jemma Manchester, 1st
Charlotte Rayner, 2nd
Sarah Russell 3rd
Junior Girls—Kayla Russell, 1st
Touch—Hillcrest Exchange 2011
Good luck to all participants!
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Board Of Trustees
It is hard to believe that already we are halfway through the school year. The Board continues to be focused on achieving our key objective of being the preferred secondary
school in our catchment area. We are continuing to review with the Heads of Learning areas all results from the 2011 school year. We
are very pleased with the improvements in our
academic results and are expecting further
improvement in 2012; as there is still work to
do to match the results of other Decile 10
schools. It is incredibly encouraging for the
Board to see the commitment of our teaching
staff and their desire to reach our goals.
Our students continue to amaze, recently
our senior students attended the school
ball and their behaviour was a credit to
them as individuals and a group. Well
done to the organising committee and
others who helped put this event together.
On the individual front we continue to see
our students represent the school with
pride across social, sport and in academic
endeavours. This week our school production showcases some of the exciting
talent we have at Howick College.
The Government and PPTA continue to
create headaches for schools with continThis year will be another busy one for the
ued changes to policies. In this climate
Board and Howick College. During term 3 we the Board continues to keep a very close
will be receiving a visit from the Education
eye on the financial performance of the
Review Office; our confidence levels are high school. Results from our recent school
that they too will see continued improvement
audit again show a strong improvement on
in our school. We have tightened our process- the previous year. The focus of Iva, the
es and implemented a self-review programme management team and staff in controlling
to ensure we continue to deliver a school that their budgets should be acknowledged
meets our community’s expectations.
and commended. It remains important for
the school that all Donations and School
Fees are paid in a timely manner, to assist
the school in delivering our curriculum and
providing the best environment for our
students to learn. Your support of the
school is always greatly appreciated.
support for the Principal as well as
greater consistency and focus on delivering our goals.
We have the opportunity to meet prospective parents at the end of June
and I look forward to greeting them
and telling them why Howick College
should be their school of choice.
Wayne Johnson, BOT Chair
Coming up in Term 3:
Wed 25 July—Hillcrest Sports Exchange & Careers Evening
Fri 27 Jul—Ingham House: Food
Festival
Wed 1 Aug—Irvine House: ’Battle of
the Bands’
Fri 3 Aug—MacDonald House:
Friendship Day
Week 5 & 6—Senior Exams
Tues 28—Inter-House debating
Mon 27 Aug—Teacher Only Day
As mentioned in the last newsletter, the
Fri 31 Aug—Minerva House: Daffodil
Board has decided to split the Board terms
Day
to allow more continuity and provide a
succession plan for key roles on the
Tues 11 Sep—PTA Meeting
Board. We believe this will provide greater
Fri 14—Sun 16 Sep —Ski trip
Thanks to the following Friends of Howick College for their generous support:
Every booking made by families
from Howick College, earns a
donation from Corporate Traveller which will be used for purchasing resources.
As part of the Flight Centre family,
Corporate Traveller has access to
all Flight Centre advertised travel
specials, and can book for business or leisure travel.
Call Corporate Traveller East Auckland on 0800 327 874 and let them
know you are from Howick College.
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International Students
always our hope that the friends they
make in our school are also changed by
the friendships.
We have twenty-five new international students due at the beginning of Term 3 and a
group of nineteen Japanese students coming for short visit of just over a week in
July. Nine international students will also
be finishing their time at Howick at the end
of term three. So the International Department is constantly welcoming and farewelling people from all over the world.
As students at Howick College are exposed to a number of different cultures,
they learn that there are different ways of
doing things and hopefully they become
more open to new experiences and more
international in their outlook.
Many return to their homes changed by
their experience in New Zealand and it is
One group who particularly benefit are
the students who become buddies to the
School Ball
new internationals. Their care of
students makes an enormous difference to students who are
possibly away from home for the
first time in their life.
However it also gives the local students a contact from another country which can be invaluable in the
future as so many jobs now require
workers to be able to work with people from other nationalities.
Getting involved…
The school ball is one of the popular events
in the senior school calendar. The theme for
2012 was ‘Vintage Hollywood’ and the
students all looked suitably glamorous.
Samira Fries has been part of the
recent Shakespeare Festival, playing the part of a Fairy in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’.
This year, prizes were awarded to the most
glamorous and debonair students. All studnets are to be thanked for their excellent
courtesy and behaviour.
Alex Widliczek is a member of the
Boys 1st XI soccer team.
Keizu and Yoshiki with Mr Ropati and Mrs Parker
It was great to see so many of our internationals enjoying themselves last
weekend.
When it comes to entertainment, dancing and music there seem to be no cultural barriers.
Ronja, Lars, Laureen & Alex
helped with a tree planting project
at Duders Regional Park.
Nils Kull is on the Howick College
boys hockey team
Lars Roemmelt is on the Howick
College squash team
Valentina, Pedro, Laureen, Ronja, Alexander and
Lars at the Howick College school ball.
Leavers Comments:
Farewell
“I really loved my OED
class...everyone works together
and we are like a big family…”
At the end of this term, we farewell
some of our students who return
home; some after having been with
us for a year or even more.
We are sure they have enjoyed
their time at Howick College and
wish them all the very best for their
future studies—we hope they will
visit us again sometime.
Farewell to: Toh Vivatthanavanich, Fah Phopoonsak, Samira
Fries, Annemarie Henn, Sofia
Hilzendegen, Lara Schuetze, Lars
Rommelt, Ronya Behnsen, Ricardo
Ruppel-Gonzalez, Bjorn Radtke,
Julia Siegburg and exchange student Laureen Missaire.
“...you have an awesome selection of subjects… and an
awesome photography and
textiles department…”
1st XI Soccer —Alex Widliczek
Ronja planting native trees
Reminder To all students returning to their home
countries permanently or for the holidays:
please make sure Mrs Molloy has your flight
details. Please also make sure you have
organised your airport pickup and drop off.
Equipping
Howick College—Term 2, 2012
“Before I came I was a bit
worried about my homestay but
when I arrived, I recognised that
my homestay was so nice and I
didn’t have to be worried.”
“My host family ...made my year
perfect! They helped me and
we laughed a lot. They are
actually my second family!”
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