November 12 2012

Monday 12 November 2012— Issue 31
Tena Koutou Katoa
Congratulations to Callum Blackmore—Selwyn Dux 2012
At this year’s Senior Prizegiving ceremony Callum Blackmore our Head Boy, was awarded the most prestigious
academic award, Dux of the school. This is yet another awesome achievement for Callum, whose year has been packed
with successes and celebrations. Also celebrating on the night were the five other Senior Scholars, pictured below.
Congratulations also to Top Year 12 Scholar, Samantha Lusha,i and Top Year 11 Scholars, Ouday Almoukdad & Nilushya Yoganandarajah.
The Senior Prizegiving was a warm and vibrant occasion. It was wonderful to see so many parents and friends supporting our top
academic students, along with our new Board members and Simon O’Connor, MP for Tamaki.
Supporting
Selwyn College
Senior Scholars 2012: Lily Worrall, Muthana Noori, Vithushiya Yoganandarajah,
Sheryll Ofner (Principal), Bahavathy Kathirgamanathan, Callum Blackmore and Sholto Buck
Friday, 16 November
Selwyn Scoops Seven University Scholarships
7.30pm—10.00pm
Selwyn College students have been awarded seven scholarships for study at
university in 2013. This is an outstanding achievement for a school our size.
Fundraiser
for a new School Van
Callum Blackmore
Maysie Chan
Muthana Noori
Shazia Rajaiy
Anya Truong-George
Lily Worrall
Vithushiya Yoganandarajah
The University of Auckland Scholarship
The University of Auckland Jubilee Award
The University of Auckland Alumni Scholarship
The University of Auckland Jubilee Award
AUT Scholarship
The University of Auckland Jubilee Award
The University of Auckland Jubilee Award
‘Selwyn College Award’ Winners for 2012
This year our prestigious gold medal award was presented to seventeen
Year 13 students: These students have:
 demonstrated an excellent sense of responsibility towards their own
learning and achievement
 reflected the Selwyn values in their personal behaviour and promoted
these within the school community
 been actively involved and given admirable service in the wider cocurricular life of the school as all-round Selwyn students
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Callum Blackmore
Sholto Buck
Maysie Chan
Kevin Dateling
Richard Giles
Bahavathy
Kathirgamanathan
Aidan McLean
Moeroa (Ruth) Maea
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Muthana Noori
Rakesh Patel
Nikhil Ramthol
Georgia Skipper
Sean Smith,
Jackson Taylor
Anya Truong-George
Lily Worrall
Vithushiya Yoganandarajah
A Spectacular Arts Awards Occasion
The Arts Awards for 2012 have been presented in front of a packed theatre of
family and friends. A warm, vibrant atmosphere was created by compere, Duncan
Allan and performances from our highly talented arts students. These included
songs from the upcoming Junior Performing Arts production of “The Christmas
Carol” and jazz numbers from our KBB Award winning Stage Band. A highlight of
the evening was Callum Blackmore’s outstanding vocal performance. We also
watched the best Documentary Film of 2012 produced by Morgaine Halligan and
Anya Truong-George, and viewed wonderful student artwork.
All recipients of our arts awards should be extremely proud of their
achievements. The recipients of the most prestigious Arts Awards for 2012 were:
Above left—
Outstanding Contribution to
Performing Arts &
Composer of the Year:
Callum Blackmore
Left—
Excellence across the Arts:
Lily Worrall
Lower left—
Top Visual Arts Student:
Sholto Buck
Right—
Media Studies Production of 2012:
Morgaine Halligan &
Anya Truong-George
Other Outstanding Student Successes
New Zealand Spelling Champion at Selwyn
Congratulations to Year 13 student Maysie Chan who came 1 st in New Zealand in
the World Education Games Competition.
Australian National Chemistry Quiz
Congratulations to Kevin Dateling who achieved High Distinction in this
competition. This puts him in the top 10% of students who entered.
ICAS English Competition
Congratulations to Year 9 student, Shanti Truong-George and Year 10 students
Dylan Van Lier and Tom Mossong, for gaining High Distinction in this
competition putting them in the top 1% of candidates.
Kobanaa Poopalasingham, Abigail Berge and Stephen Bayley all gained
Distinction.
LENScience Bio-Med Summer School Programme 2012
We are delighted that Year 13 students Muthana Noori and Vithushiya
Yoganandarajah have each received a NRCGD/Friedlander Foundation
scholarship to attend the LENScience Bio-Med Summer School Programme at
Auckland University.
House Awards for 2012
Congratulations to the students of Takeketonga House, which took out the award for first place in the 2012 House Competition.
This House narrowly pipped Rautawa at the post which made the competition very exciting indeed. Mangopare and Pitau came
third and fourth respectively. Congratulations also to all of the students who received House Awards.
TERM 3
TERM 4
First in Academic Quiz
Pitau
First in Academic Quiz
Takeketonga
First in Attendance
Rautawa
First in Attendance
Mangopare
First in Inter House Sports Rautawa
First equal in Extracurricular
Rautawa and Takeketonga
First Overall
Rautawa
First Overall
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Mangopare Award Winners
House leaders:
Moana Sebenik & Richard Giles
Junior Leadership:
De Niro Price & Abigail Berge
Mentor Group with the Best Attendance: M2
Top Mentor Group Fund Raising:
House Spirit:
M5
Santana Maihi (right)
Pitau Award Winners
House leaders: Katrianna Lammas-Howell & Jackson Taylor
Junior Leadership:
Timooy Llanes & Lavi Abibtol
Mentor Group with the Best Attendance: P11
Top Admin Group Fund Raising:
House Spirit:
P5 & P10
Louise Ryan (right)
Rautawa Award Winners
House leaders:
Nikhil Ramthol & Justine Mafi
Junior Leadership: Jessie Hutchings &Morgan Dalton-Mills
Mentor Group with the Best Attendance: R9
Top Mentor Group Fund Raising:
House Spirit:
R2
Angela Kotevska
& Kevin Dateling (right)
Takeketonga Award Winners
House leaders:
Junior Leadership:
Moeroa (Ruth) Maea & Djordje Tadic
atrina Lang & Connor Clarken.
Mentor Group with the Best Attendance: T1
Top Mentor Group Fund Raising:
T10
House Spirit Award:
Bahavathy
Kathirgamanathan (right)
House Citizenship Awards:
Joana De Carvalho
Angel Garcia-Vargas
Jimmy Hetaraka
Xsara Hobson
Gary Hofman
Oren Meizeles
Anthony Minarapara
Shayen Ramthol
Patrick Syme
House Citizenship Awards:
San Aung
Sam Brookes
Larissa Crowe
Georgie Dawson
Taaki Fale
Devonte Mulitalo
Muthana Noori
Rakesh Patel
Maxzyena Tauevihi
House Citizenship Awards:
Gabe Aerenga
Chris Keesing
CK Manase
Madia Raijay
Teariki Roos
Willy Taavili
Cameron Thaver
Nilushiya Yoganandarajah
Vithushyia Yogananadarajah
House Citizenship Awards:
Joshua Beadle
Callum Blackmore
Keshwan Goundar
Richard Hamlin
Nita Rakovica
Ellen Reid
Jessica Spence
Jeremiah Vainerere
Dylan Van Lier
Clark Yparraguirre
Takeketonga
A Name Change and Party for the Special Education Unit
Last Wednesday, the Special Education Unit celebrated the
achievements of their students at their annual Christmas party. The
students in the Unit have gained credits and made great progress in
their learning this year. As always the students worked hard to
create a magnificent spread of goodies for morning tea. They used
letters and words as the theme. The party is a way to thank parents,
school staff and community agencies and members who all support
our students to achieve their goals.
After much discussion we have also decided to change our name
from Special Education Unit to Totara Learning Centre or TLS
Selwyn for short. Sheryll Ofner took great delight in unveiling the
new plaque.
Selwyn Tennis Champions 2012
The play offs for cups for our Tennis Champions were held recently. It is wonderful to see tennis back so strongly at Selwyn again.
Thank you to parent James Hoskins for his enthusiasm and management of this sport and to Malcolm Ali and Brad Waelen. The
following students are our champions for 2012. Congratulations to:
Junior Boys:
Timmoy Llanes
Junior Girls:
Alice Hoskins
Intermediate Boys:
Mahdi Hossaini
Intermediate Girls:
Ayesha Horley
Senior Boys:
Taneroa Emery
Senior Girls:
Nita Rakovica
Selwyn Snowboarding Sports Team Trip to Mt Ruapehu
After many weeks of training at Snowplanet, the Selwyn Snow Sports team finally got to experience real snow during the Term 3
break! The team travelled to Mt Ruapehu and spent two fabulous days skiing and snowboarding on the Turoa Ski Field. During this
weekend, the team managed to try out new jumps on the terrain park (along with the teachers!), practise their carving from the
top of the mountain, as well as learning about valuable mountain safety skills. The Snow team were lucky to have beautiful
weather and fresh powder on both days – we couldn’t have asked for more!
The last supper was at Volcano Pizza in Raetihi (owned by a former Selwyn College student!), where we had amazing 18” pizzas
and warmed up with a hot chocolate. A big thanks to teachers – Natasha Bagley, Carol Du, and adult volunteer Chris Blom – for
making this trip possible. The Selwyn Snow Sports trip has been extremely successful and we will be looking forward to expanding
the team over the next years. We will be recruiting new students next year for the team and will be entering selected students into
the North Island Secondary Schools Skiing and Snowboarding Competition, so keep an eye out for it. Watch this space!
Left - Selwyn's Snowboarding
Sports team at Mt Ruapehu.