ST CUTHBERT`S COLLEGE MAGAZINE ApRIL 2013

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ST CUTHBERT’S COLLEGE MAGAZINE April 2013
House
Competition
CONTENTS
2 From the Principal
4 The Board
5Houses
9 Our Successes
11 Junior School
7
From the Head of the Junior School. New Head of Junior
School Physical Education. A Special Visit. Y6 Librarians.
King’s Exchange. Celebrating Easter in Style.”
15 Middle School
From the Head of the Middle School. Y8 Team Leaders. Y8
Camp. Robotics in the Middle School. A Moment With…
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Senior School
Senior Leaders. Return to Kahunui. Fiji Here We Come.
College Students Part of Epic Event. Busy and Successful
Young Pianist. The New Head of Classical Studies and
Latin. Young Leader at University of Melbourne. Tope
Orchestral Instrumentalist. Contemporary Music at the
College. Students Lei Down Art for Tate Modern. Polyfest
Success. Shakespeare Around the Globe.
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22
23Development
28Sport Shorts
32 From the Chaplain
34 Parents & Friends’
36 Old Girls’ Association
46Archives
47Collegiate
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ST Cuthbert’s College magazine APRIL 2013
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From the Principal
While World War One raged in Europe and thousands
of young New Zealanders made the long journey to
fight beside Britain, a group of Presbyterian business
men met to discuss the founding of a school for girls.
James Robertson was appointed convenor of the
committee established to pursue the idea and in late
1914 the company, the Auckland Presbyterian College
for Ladies Ltd, was formed.
September 2014 will mark the beginning of the
College’s centennial year, a year of celebration of the life
of the College and of the lives shaped and affected by the
College over those 100 years. A Centenary Committee has been
working over the past two years to determine the shape and nature of
the celebrations; the focus has been on ensuring that the many diverse
groups which have shaped the College are recognised and have events
and experiences which reflect their time with the College.
The centennial year will begin with the opening of the Centennial
Centre for Wellbeing, currently under construction. The Centre is an
innovative approach to student wellbeing, combining facilities and
resources which connect the physical, social and emotional needs
of students in a unified and coherent way. Within this building, the
provision of a learners’ pool and an eight lane, water polo capable 25m
pool, a fitness centre and Sports Department offices will support the
girls’ physical development, while in the Beattie Centre pastoral staff will
work collaboratively to support students to deal with the emotional and
social issues which arise in all lives; the Physical Education and Sports
departments will work collaboratively with the Pastoral Care team to
identify and support individual students and to design and deliver the
Health Education programme.
The Runciman Bath
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Construction of the Centre is well underway and
Stage One, piling, has been completed. The project is
running on time and on budget and we expect it to
be completed in June, 2014, allowing for the opening
ceremony to be the first event of the centenary. The
fundraising campaign to support the construction
is making steady progress towards our goal of $2.1
million and we are very grateful to the many donors
who have responded so positively to the project. The
opening ceremony will, like the opening of the Performing
Arts Centre, be focused on the girls and on their being
involved as much as possible.
A history of the College was commissioned 18 months ago and writer
Kelley Ana Morey has nearly completed the first draft; Mrs Elizabeth
Caughey and Mrs Beverley Parkinson are key members of the team
and have, as former students, mothers of Old Girls and in their roles on
the Trust Board and the Old Girls’ Association, an invaluable depth of
experience and breadth of interest to support the writer, while Ms Nicole
Stock’s experience in print media and particularly her past experiences
as the editor of Urbis magazine are of huge help. We will launch the
College history at a cocktail party in October 2014. Linked to this project
is a visual history of the College which will be a permanent display for
the 12 months of the centenary.
In November 2014 there will be a Trust Board event to commemorate
the signing of the Articles of Association which brought the College into
existence and this will be a chance to connect with our brother and sister
schools in Auckland and with former Board members and their families.
1915 will be brought to life in February 2015 through 1915 Day; students
and staff will dress up in the style of the period (or a rough facsimile
from the principal
thereof!) and class for the morning will be run on the same lines as
classrooms of the period – strapping and other forms of corporal
punishment excluded of course! The plan at this stage is to have a big
picnic afternoon with parents in costume too and lots of 1915 games
like hoop rolling and egg and spoon races.
St Cuthbert’s weekend will be the big reunion weekend for
Old Girls and former staff; a golf tournament is being organised in
the week leading up to the reunion and there will be a number of
special events such as cocktail parties, a Ball for the whole College
family, a Champagne High Tea, a special chapel service as well as the
traditional ingredients of a St Cuthbert’s weekend. We expect there
will be Old Girls coming to the reunion from around the world as there
is already keen interest in the centenary and we want to ensure that
current parents also get to celebrate!
In April on the anniversary of the College moving to its current site
we will have a Birthday Cake day and some fun activities for current
students, while in July current and former staff members will have the
chance to get together to celebrate.
We want also to celebrate the incredible depth of creativity and
sporting ability within the College family. Work is being done on
a “gala concert” concept for August 2015 which would combine
performances by current students, Old Girls, parents and staff and
we are also looking at Old Girls versus students sporting contests
throughout the year.
The celebrations will come to a close with a service of thanksgiving
in September 2015. There is no doubt it will be an action packed 12
months!
Mrs Lynda Reid,
Principal
Progress on the Centennial Centre to date
ST Cuthbert’s College magazine april 2013
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The Board
The New Houses – A Trust Board Perspective
I have always felt like an Iona girl. It may have
been because I loved the colour pink as a 7
year old and purple was the closest colour
to pink, but I actually think it was because
Mary Baragwanath was Head Girl, in Iona, and
I wanted to be exactly like Mary. Just before
I started as a 5 year old at St Cuthbert’s the
College introduced three new Houses, Iona,
Kelso and Lindisfarne. Naturally the College
was encouraging girls to join the new Houses
and I, with all the wisdom of a 7 year old
decided to reject my Mother’s House, Melrose,
my Aunt’s House, Dunblane, and pave my
own way in an unnaturally rebellious way
and settled on Iona. It was only when my own
daughter, Etie started and I selected Iona
as her preferred House that I realised how
disappointed Mum must have been. She never
let on. We agreed that we would always barrack
for our own House and hope the other would
come 2nd and Dunblane 3rd to appease my
Aunt. When my nieces started one chose to be
in Melrose and one in Dunblane. We had found
a diplomatic solution.
Such is the passion, commitment and
strength of the St Cuthbert’s College House
system. I was a little curious however when
it was announced to the College that for only
the second time in the College’s 98 year history,
girls would have the choice to change to one of
the new Houses, York or Durham. It has been
fun to observe the process and secure in the
knowledge that there was some consultation
needed from the home front.
As a Trust Board we have been delighted
by how Mrs Reid and her team have embraced
the new House structure. With the growing
complexities of today’s world, extending the
House system into smaller groups for the girls
gives greater strength to pastoral care and
a strong sense of connection amongst the
year groups. It also encourages and fosters
leadership and mentoring opportunities and
of course nurturing that deep sense of House
spirit.
As for me…well I will always be an Iona girl.
Ms Charlotte Hellaby,
Trust Board member
When I attended the College in the 1960s
Elgin won the Black Watch Cup every year. I
remember the rest of the school, especially
my fellow Dunblanians, determined to topple
Elgin in each event. They provided us with
a challenge. I loved my House but even at
home I had to defend our performance with a
Melrose mother and an Iona sister who were
just as loyal to their school sub culture. My
favourite time was House drama when it gave
me an opportunity to interact with students
from other year groups and work towards
performing on the Clouston Hall stage under
the lights.
As a parent with three Dunblanian
daughters there was a scramble for yellow
clothing and accessories on athletics and
swimming sports days when the colourful
mob would cheer their Housemates on. House
Flowers and House Performance revealed
the depth of creative talent giving so many
opportunities to contribute to and support
their House family.
Mrs Joanne Wills,
Trust Board member
Ms Charlotte Hellaby sports her
Iona colours to support her House
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Houses
Orange and pink have suddenly become important colours at St
Cuthbert’s. Exactly fifty years after the original three Houses established
by foundation principal Miss Macdonald (Dunblane, Elgin and Melrose)
were joined by Iona, Kelso and Lindisfarne in 1962, the decision was
made to add two new Houses – Durham and York. Generous offers
by students throughout the three schools to change Houses (with
the agreement of their Old Girl mothers…) meant that they joined
students new to the College to create the two new Houses. The girls
have embraced their orangeness and pinkness with enthusiasm while
Dunblane has come to terms with being absolutely yellow. The increase
in House spirit has been fantastic and it has been great to see even higher
levels of participation in Athletics and Cross Country and support for fun
events like House Flowers.
Junior and Middle Schools
Houses are all about fun, involvement and belonging. In the Junior
and Middle Schools the girls all belong to one of the eight College
Houses. At these levels, the girls are building their sense of identity with
their Houses and experiencing the challenge and fun of inter-House
competition. The girls identify strongly with their Houses, through being
involved in House activities and events. Inter-House competitions, in
sport, drama, debating and music, build healthy House rivalry and
students are keen to be involved to earn House points. As the girls get
older in both schools, their leadership skills are built through organising
and running many of the House competitions and in fostering House
spirit. They meet regularly as a whole House, with students leading the
assembly.
Senior School
In the Senior School another dimension is added to the House system
as it becomes the central focus for the pastoral care system, building on
the homeroom experiences of the Junior and Middle Schools. There
are around 105 students in each House and each House is divided into
six tutor groups. Staying in the same House they were in in the Junior
and Middle Schools, students enter their tutor group in Y9 and stay in
that group with the same Tutor Teacher until Y13. Students entering the
College Y9 and above are assigned to a House.
The Tutor Teacher works with the tutor group members to monitor
and support academic and social progress, to provide mentoring, to
encourage involvement in co-curricular activities, to develop selfmanagement strategies such as time management and prioritising.
Over the five years in the Senior School the Tutor Teacher, the student
and her family will get to know one another very well with strong
relationships being built; each year Tutor Teachers have only three or
four new students joining the group, so they get to know new students
and families quickly. The Dean of House and the Tutor Teacher work
closely to ensure that girls are given personal support and attention and
to deal positively with issues as they arise. There is a strong emphasis on
continuity and on being known.
As the girls enter each new year level they are given more
responsibilities in the tutor group to mentor and support younger
students, to take on roles as part of the Learning2Lead programme (such
as Student Council representative) and to lead the Values programme.
They run activities in the tutor group to allow the Tutor Teacher time to
work with small groups of students.
Girls identify strongly with their Houses, through being involved in
House activities and events. Inter-House competitions, in sport, drama,
debating and music, build healthy House rivalry and students are keen
to be involved to earn House points. Their leadership skills are built
through organising and running many of the House competitions and
in fostering House spirit. They meet regularly as a whole House, with
students leading the assembly.
The girls’ identity as a year group is also very important; the girls
spend 27.5 hours per week in year group classes and 2.25 hours per week
in tutor groups, giving them substantial time with their age group peers.
Their year group identity is also fostered with regular Levels assemblies
to give time and focus to programmes and events which are based on
the needs of the individual year level, such as study techniques in Y9 or
university applications in Y13.
The girls’ sense of belonging to the wider school and College is
fostered by weekly whole College assemblies, and fortnightly Senior
School assemblies, both usually with significant student input.
Mrs Lynda Reid,
Principal
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houses
Senior School Athletics
House Spirit was shown with a sea of colour at the annual Senior School Athletics
early this year. The Y9-13 sports day was a buzz of action at Mt Smart Stadium. Two
standout performances were by Audrey Gregan who broke the senior 3000m record
and Natasha Eady who broke the intermediate Hurdles record. The winning House
was Lindisfarne on 1459 points and we certainly saw the cheering in white on the day! The overall champions were:
Placing
Junior
Intermediate
Senior
1st
Phoebe Ellis
Natasha Eady
Alice McFall
1st=
Kate Ivory
Kelso
2nd
3rd
Emily Borich
Sophie Rees
Su Arn Kwek
Victoria Lowe
Abigail Stuart
Cross Country
The Senior Cross Country was held today on the traditional 4km circuit around
Carlton Fields.
In a change to the normal structure, there were plenty of House Points on offer to
reward effort around the course. In the competitive races, 1st place was rewarded with
30 points, 2nd received 25 points, 3rd received 20 points and 4th-10th places gained
15 points each. All other competitors received 10 House points so long as they jogged
the route. The winning House was Durham with 317 points. This will make it their first
ever win in College history for the new House!
Placing
Junior
Intermediate
Senior
1st
Kate Ivory
Sophie Rees
Audrey Gregan
2nd
Samantha Moriarty
Gabriele Hawkins
Alice McFall
3rd
Antonia Young
Kayla Fairbairn
Kayla Fairbairn
Durham
Iona
Elgin
Dunblane
York
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Lindisfarne
Melrose
houses
Fairy Tale Flowers
To kick start St Cuthbert’s Weekend, we held our
annual House Flowers competition. And for the first
time we had eight installations with the inclusion of
York and Durham. After much deliberation by judges
Mrs Elizabeth Caughey, Ms Tracey Joe and Mrs Bev
Parkinson two ecstatic Ionians jumped for joy when
they discovered Iona was the winner of the Elizabeth
Caughey Cup for House Flowers. With the theme of
Fairy Tales, the Atrium and close by was filled with
Aladdin’s Flying Carpet (Iona) and Genie (Kelso),
Beauty and the Beast’s teapot, Mrs Potts (Lindisfarne),
Rapunzel’s lengthy golden locks (Dunblane), Jack and
the Beanstalk (Elgin), Snow White’s poisoned apple
(Melrose), Puss in Boots (York) and a very plump pig
from the Three Little Pigs (Durham). The calibre this
year made for a very tough competition.
Winner Iona
Melrose
Elgin
Dunblane
York
Kelso
Durham
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houses
Foodbank
An enthusiastic group of
parents from P&F collected
items for the foodbank early
one morning in March with
their usual efficient methods of organisation. This year however
there was a new twist. Each girl who donated an item put a piece of
paper the colour of her House in a box and they were later tallied
to find the House winner. There was an overwhelming response
this year with close to a quarter more donations than previous
years being donated to the local foodbank. Congratulations to the
winning House Melrose.
House Leaders
Each year in Y6, Y8 and Y13 we appoint House Leaders. They are
selected through a process of voting and staff selection and it is a big
responsibility for each leader. This year of course, we have four more
leaders in each level with the introduction of Durham and York.
Throughout the year the girls help organise House events and
activities, they promote their House and encourage House spirit
within their peers. A number of qualities are fostered through these
roles; leadership, tight bonds between fellow House members,
maturity, independence, friendly rivalry, time management skills and
organisation.
Each girl is proud of her House and will tell you that hers is the
best! The girls work hard together and have
a lot of fun cheering on their Houses at all events.
Y6 House Leaders
Back Row: Deputy – Brianna Hyland, Captain – Sienna Cook (Iona), Deputy –
Tobi Innes, Captain – Lily Douglas (Durham)
Second Row: Captain – Ella Greenwood, Deputy – Lucy Hadden (Melrose),
Captain – Estella Gapes, Deputy – Aurora Kilfoyle (Lindisfarne), Captain –
Fredericka Rose-Zondag, Deputy – Amanda Churchill (Elgin)
Front Row: Captain – Eva Matheson, Deputy – Georgia Milne (Dunblane),
Deputy – Jordan Fenning, Captain – Hannah Stewart (Kelso), Captain –
Fancesca Masfen, Deputy – Jamie McConnell (York)
Y13 House Leaders
Y8 House Leaders
Back Row: Captain – Isabella Price, Deputy – Caitlin Mary Parker Allen
(Dunblane), Deputy – Maia Stewart, Captain – Monique Tomlins (Elgin)
Second Row: Deputy – Isobella Ng, Captain – Kelcey Roberts (Kelso),
Captain – Madison Don, Deputy – Alice Chrisp (Iona), Deputy – Kyana Leala,
Captain – Charley Rose-Zondag (Durham)
Front Row: Deputy - Harriet Nickels, Captain – Claire Rees (Melrose), Captain
- Rose Brooke (Lindisfarne), Deputy – Kendall Vaughan, Captain - Tiana WillisBaker (York)
Absent: Deputy - Jessie Graham (Lindisfarne)
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Back Row: Sharlene Maharaj, Isabelle Walker (Kelso), Annie-May Blanch,
Hannah Follows (Dunblane)
Third Row: Brittany Kay, Georgia Mackay (Elgin), Almirah Mohammed,
Jacqueline Yee (Lindisfarne)
Second Row: Savannah Tafau-Levy, Katie Millar (Iona), Joanna Dibley,
Akansha Kumar (Durham)
Front Row: Bailey Mitchinson, Hannah Kohn (Melrose), Melanie Clarke,
Calypso Kulasegram (York)
Our Successes
Top of NZ in Geography
and Design
Abigail North and Tarn McConville topped the country in Geography and
Design respectively in their 2012 NZQA Scholarship examinations.
Not only did Abigail receive the Top of Subject in Geography Award
but she also received an Outstanding Scholar Award as well. She
excelled in many areas while at the College. Last year she was the Rotary
Environmental Science Essay Winner, a Cultural Honours Double Award
recipient (drama and debating), a NZ Biology Olympiad Award recipient and
she received a Scholars’ Badge in six subjects. During her time at the College
Abigail received many awards for Latin, English, mathematics, science and
Abigail North
Tarn McConville
College community involvement.
Tarn showed creative flair while at the College and worked closely with
her teacher Ms Rozanne Donald and Communications Manager Ms Robyn Mulgrew to create a St Cuthbert’s College iPhone and Android Map App.
She was involved with the arts in many forms as a member of the Production Crew, the Visual Arts Committee and Gospel Choir – ReZonation. She
received a SCC Double Award last year for Design and Web Design along with a SCCOscar Award of Recognition for Design in both 2012 and 2011 and
a SCCOscar Award of Recognition for Art in 2009.
2012 NZQA National Scholarship Awards
Scholarship provides recognition and monetary reward to top students in their last year of schooling. Scholarship exams enable candidates to be
assessed against challenging standards, and are demanding for the most able candidates in each subject.
Scholarship candidates are expected to demonstrate high-level critical thinking, abstraction and generalisation, and to integrate, synthesise and
apply knowledge, skills, understanding and ideas to complex situations. Approximately three per cent of Y13 students studying each subject at Level 3
are awarded Scholarship.
To receive a scholarship award, the student must be enrolled in tertiary study in NZ for the years in which they receive monetary awards. For
awards with second or subsequent year payments recipients must maintain a ‘B’ grade average during their tertiary study.
National Scholarship
Recipient
Award
Outstanding Scholarship Award
(At least 2 Scholarships at Outstanding level plus at
least 1 at Scholarship level or 1 at Outstanding level
plus at least 4 Scholarships)
Abigail North
Stephanie Chen
Olivia Lewis
$5000 each year for 3 years
Scholarship Award
(Scholarship in 3 or more subjects)
Hannah Ng
Jessica Lim
Georgia Nixon
Rishija Dolli
Ishika Jayasinghe
Maria Ji
Nicole Wong
Top of Subject Scholarship Award
Tarn McConville (Design)
Abigail North (Geography)
Single Subject Award
(Scholarship in 1 or 2 subjects)
15 Students (2 Subjects)
45 Students (1 Subject)
114 in total
14 at Outstanding level
100 at Scholarship level
$500 per subject
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our successes
International Baccalaureate Diploma
The International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme is a rigorous two year course for
students in Y12-13. It is an educational foundation course motivated by its mission to create a better
world through education, focused on the student.
The programme helps develop the intellectual, personal, emotional and social skills to live,
learn and work in a rapidly globalising world. It was founded in 1968 and is currently in 3,341
schools in 141 countries.
The IB Diploma qualification is recognised in New Zealand and overseas to gain entry to
university.
The curriculum contains six subject groups together with a core made up of three separate
parts. This is illustrated by a hexagon with the three parts at the core.
New Records in
2012 NCEA Results
The NCEA results show a continuation
of St Cuthbert’s students achieving
at the highest national levels. We
congratulate all of our students who
achieved NCEA Certificates last year
and commend their hard work.
Level 1 (Y11):
99.4% of our students gained Level 1
65.1% gained Certificates with
Excellence
97% of the achieved Certificates were
Endorsed at either Excellence or Merit
Level
67.1% of the achieved Certificates gained
course endorsement with Excellence
97% of the achieved Certificates gained
course endorsement with Excellence &
Merit
Diploma students take six subjects (usually one from each subject group). Three subjects are
studied in depth at Higher Level and three at Standard Level. Students must also write a 4,000
word Extended Essay, complete a course in Theory of Knowledge (TOK) and participate in a
number of Creativity, Action and Service (CAS) projects.
A key feature of the IB programme is that it encourages international mindedness in students.
The Higher and Lower level provisions encourage a well rounded education including study of a
broad range of subjects as well as subject specialisation based on the six areas of learning.
2012 IB Results
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Gained Diploma:
100%
Score Range:
31-42 (out of 45)
Median Score:
37.3 (31 Internationally)
IB Top Scholars:
3 (for scores of 40 or more,
6% Internationally)
Grade 7:
13%
Grade 6:
42%
Average Grade:
6 (4.6 Internationally)
Level 2 (Y12):
Excellence
93.4% of the achieved Certificates were
Level
55.1% of the achieved Certificates
gained course endorsement with
Excellence
Excellence & Merit
Level 3 (Y13):
Excellence
83.2% of the achieved Certificates were
Level
Excellence
Excellence & Merit
99.3% Received UE
Junior School
From the Head
of the Junior School
At last the new Y0-6 Junior School has become a
reality and I have enjoyed my part in working with the
staff to make the changes. Our aim has been to create
a more personalised approach for our youngest girls
and this is coming to fruition now with additional
numeracy and literacy staffing in place, a more
flexible timetable, a refurbished Junior School, a
challenging new playground for Y5-6, a lovely library
at the heart of the Junior School, greater House
spirit and involvement, and more student leadership
opportunities, including running assemblies. The
special community assembly we held in the Chapel
early in Term 1, run by a group of Y6 girls with
Religious Education teacher, Mrs Sue Porter was lovely.
I had been hoping that we might be able to fit all of the
Junior School girls into the Chapel, and we could. The
focus of the assembly was to tell the Junior School
about Stephanie Bright’s special memorial garden that
is outside the Junior School foyer. Stephanie was in
Y4 in 1994 when she died, and the garden was planted
especially for her. A group of Y6 girls love looking after
it with Mrs Porter. They told us how important it is to
respect Stephanie’s garden, as it’s a special part of the
Junior School community. Stephanie loved the colour
yellow, so after our assembly, the girls helped me to
put two yellow balloons on her tree. We all agreed that
they looked wonderful flying in the breeze above.
On 1 March, the Junior and Middle Schools girls
and staff said farewell to me at a delightful assembly,
run by the girls. It was a joyous occasion, absolutely
fitting for a school that is committed to the Reggio
Emilia approach to children’s learning, with its
philosophy of Nothing Without Joy. Since leaving
the College that day, I have enjoyed reflecting on the
Reggio approach in the St Cuthbert’s context and have
been developing ideas for further staff professional
development to enhance the girls’ learning in the
future. I am most grateful to the College for the
fascinating opportunities I have had to learn from this
approach. I cannot imagine educating children with
any better foundation and wish the new Junior School
well as it continues its Reggio journey.
I have also been reflecting on the College itself and
the great girls, families and staff I have encountered
over the years. Our ultimate goal for every student is
always the best possible education. Achieving this in a
friendly, happy school with its By Love Serve Christian
ethos has been especially rewarding.
Mrs Elizabeth Battersby,
Head of Junior School
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JUNIOR SCHOOL
A Special Visit
The Y0-6 girls were delighted to have Dr and Mrs Peebles and wonderful Mobility
Dog, Hugo visit them again in the Junior School earlier this term. Mrs Cleal, a St
Cuthbert’s mum, also came with Maddy, a dog she is training at present.
It was wonderful to hear how these special dogs assist people in need in our
city and we are very happy to be able to help them again as our Values project for
this year.
Mrs Sue Porter,
Junior Values Coordinator
New Head of Junior
School Physical
Education
Ms Amanda Starkey has joined the College as the
new Head of Junior School Physical Education,
coming from Holy Family Catholic School in
Wanaka. She studied a BEd at the University of
Otago before going on to teach primary level
students. Amanda began teaching Physical
Education three years ago and says teaching PE
is fun and varied and she enjoys seeing positive
changes in students through being active.
She can be found skiing, playing netball,
shopping and spending time with friends in her
spare time and is a lover of travelling. Her favourite
places are Croatia (for its stunning atmosphere,
beautiful architecture and the feeling it is still
untouched by tourism) and England as it is
Amanda’s second home after living there for four
and a half years.
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Amelia Barrett and Roisin Buckley
Y6 Librarians
This year our Head Librarians in the Junior School are Amelia Barrett and Roisin
Buckley. Their job is to show leadership with their group of librarians and with
students who visit the Smith Gray Library. They are in charge of issuing and
shelving books and helping fellow students find something they might like to read.
Being a librarian is a responsibility girls can have in the Junior School and continue
on into the Middle and then Senior Schools.
JUNIOR SCHOOL
King’s
Exchange
A flurry of boys in grey was seen at the College in
mid March for the annual King’s exchange. Each
year the College and King’s School visit each other,
and the girls and boys get a chance to see each
others’ school and make new friends.
The junior students worked together making
yummy biscuits, decorating paper bags and
making boats out of walnuts and candles. St
Cuthbert’s and King’s were paired up in buddies
and enjoyed reading and playing together.
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JUNIOR SCHOOL
Celebrating Easter in Style
Before the girls went off to celebrate Easter at home with their families
they celebrated it at the College, in style! The Junior students put their
creative energy into each making an exciting Easter Bonnet with which
they put on a parade around the Junior School playground for parents
and family members to come along and see.
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Middle School
From the Head of the Middle School
We are four months into the year and our
new Middle School is living up to and in fact
surpassing our expectations. The changes can
be seen in the four key areas of connection
with people, providing an amazing place,
and of course, teaching and learning. A goal
for us as we worked through the strategic
planning process was to provide for greater
connectedness. We wanted to establish this
between Y7 and 8 students and staff, and
between you – the wider College community
and us – the Middle School staff. We have made
remarkable inroads in this area, and a common
theme from all of our Y8 student leaders is
their desire to be more connected with the
Y7 girls. They are working towards this in the
planning and shaping of their committee tasks
for the year. The class coordinator system is
being revisited by the P&F and we look forward
to growing this system as a way for our Middle
School families to better and more easily
connect with one another. The Drop in times
for the Head and Assistant Head of Middle
School are creating closer connections too
with many parents just popping in to meet
me and Ms Deb Lean, and others coming in
to discuss ideas that would make the Middle
School even greater, or to talk about ways we
can help their daughters as they negotiate the
Middle School years.
The classrooms are wonderful clear, cool
and contemporary environments and the
air conditioning has been a very welcome
addition as we experience such a long hot and
dry summer. The modernising of our learning
environments has meant that the rooms were
a clean slate for our 2013 Middle School girls
to make and create as their own and they are
doing a marvelous job of this. Every class has
its own distinct flavor. The girls and staff have
a real pride in our beautiful new physical
environment and this shone through on
open day with almost 100 percent of Middle
School girls attending and showcasing their
environment with great pride and happiness.
The Curriculum review is ongoing, and
an interim step has been for us to introduce
Digital and Media Technology in Y7-8. The girls
in Y7 are making robots and using software on
their macbooks to programme these robots
to have them dance to a piece of music. The
opportunity to teach across Y7-10 has been
opened up and we have teachers choosing
this in order to fully utilise their talents and we
look forward to seeing more of this in the years
to come.
With three distinct schools, there is more of
a focus on forging connections between each
school, and we have seen the creation of new
leadership groups in both the Middle School
and the Senior School in order to facilitate
these relationships. The Y8 Playground
Angels continue to support younger students
at lunchtime, while we have introduced Y8
monitors to have lunch with the Y0 girls,
and there is a Y13 Middle school Committee
focusing exclusively on building relationships
with our Y7-8 girls. So connectedness is a focus
at every level.
Class sizes have been significantly reduced
in Y7 and we will see this flow through to Y8
in 2014 as the Y7 girls move through to Y8.
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We have seven mathematics teachers across
the five classes in Y7 and in Y8, enabling us
to further reduce class sizes and personalise
programmes for all of our girls.
The curriculum review team is considering
the introduction of other languages such
as Chinese in Y7 and or 8, and extending
specialist science to Y7. They are also looking
at models for further embedding careers
education and financial literacy in the Middle
School curriculum. Currently science is taught
by homeroom teachers in Y7 and by specialists
in Y8.
The Middle School Centre is a wonderful
meeting place, all sorts of events are being
held there, and different groups of people
are coming together in this new unique to
the Middle School space. We have Apple
TVs in every classroom and in the Middle
School Centre so that students may use their
macbooks and throw images onto big screens
no matter where they are in the Middle
School. This is providing a level of flexibility
we have not experienced before.
Finally, we are seeking to give students
every opportunity to lead and to recognise
and support leadership in their peers. In this
vain you will see us looking at everything we
do in order to find opportunities for students
to take ownership and be involved. A recent
example is the role Madeline Falconer and
Hanwen Cao took in leading the Junior
School/ Middle School St Cuthbert’s Day
Service; roles previously carried out by the
Head of School and Y13 Chapel Prefect. We
look forward to many further changes and
refinements and we work together with you
and our girls to make the Middle School the
best place it can be.
Y8 Team Leaders
As the leaders of the Middle School, some Y8
students are selected as Team Leaders. We
have six teams that include the Community
Relations Team, Environmental Team, Media
Team, Playground Angels Team, Service Team,
Sustainability Team and the new Y0 Monitors
Team. Each group has a different task to
concentrate on during the year and the girls are
advocates for their group encouraging others
to get involved or be aware of the activities and
topics they focus on.
You will see them involved in activities such as
Walk to School Day (with the Y13 Sustainability
Committee), helping on the playground at
lunchtimes, looking after the new Y0 students,
providing writing for the Chronicle and
much more.
Ms Margaret Talbot,
Head of Middle School
Back Row: Leader – Celine Goh, Deputy – Greta Bennett (Media Team), Deputy - Teresa Nadan, Leader – Jennifer Perratt (Environmental Team), Leader –
Olivia Yeo, Deputy - Angela Cheng (Service Team)
Front Row: Leader – Ella Liddell, Deputy – Jessica Shilton (Playground Angels Team), Leader – Lydia MacNeil, Deputy - Emily Adams (Community Relations
Team), Leader – Elise Pertab, Deputy – Lucy Heron (Y0 Monitors Team)
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Y8 Camp
Abseiling, Kayaking, Rafting, BMX Riding,
Archery and Crate Climbing were just a small
selection of the exciting activities that went on
at Y8 Camp this year. The girls and their teachers
rode to Totara Springs by bus and the two hour
trip included a lot of singing and talking!
Teresa Nadan and Greta Bennett explained
that this year, camp was about learning how to
work in a team, gaining confidence, using their
initiative and improving their organisation skills.
The team rescue certainly helped with the
team work, as it involved getting team members
across a river bone dry and building rafts (that
occasionally fell apart, forcing girls to ride tyres
down the river). They also had a masterchef
competition, where they needed to use intiative,
cooking over a camp fire.
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Robotics in the
Middle School
Y7 girls have been toying with a new topic this
year – Robotics. The new Digital Technology
programme started in the Middle School this year
with Robotics as one of its units. The project runs
for one semester and the second semester the
girls will look at graphics and the creation of an
Infographic. St Cuthbert’s is always encouraging
involvement in STEM (Science, Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics) topics and the girls
are very excited to be involved in this new and
creative technological study.
A Moment
With...
Jan Walls, Y8 Tutor
Teacher
Your Inspiration:
People who have a positive
outlook, even when they are facing
challenges. They bring out the best
in others and are inspiring to be
around
Favourite Quote:
“I’m extraordinarily patient, provided
I get my own way in the end” –
Margaret Thatcher
Tell Us A Secret:
My name won a baby name
competition – Janet Christine, and
my parents received a beautiful
cane pram
Why St Cuthbert’s?
St Cuthbert’s is an exciting place to
be part of - inspiring and committed
colleagues and wonderful students
who are excited about learning. It is
hard to beat this combination
From Your Bucket List
Spend time on an ashram in India
What Floats Your Boat?
Enjoying yoga and tramping
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Senior School
Y13 Leaders
Head Girl
– Olivia Mann
Hi, I’m Olivia Mann, referred to
by most as OMann. I am incredibly
honoured and excited to be Head
Girl this year, I’m not sure that it will
ever actually sink in. Before coming
to St Cuthbert’s I attended Freyberg Community School and
then Remuera Intermediate. When I arrived in Y9 I quickly
settled into the warm and inviting environment of teachers
and girls and instantly became a very proud St Cuthbert’s
girl who didn’t want to take off her Black Watch Tartan at
the end of the day. I have participated in a range of activities
during my time at St Cuthbert’s including soccer and Young
Enterprise Scheme. The most rewarding and memorable
moment at St Cuthbert’s for me to date has got to be my time
at Kahunui. I can’t put into words how much St Cuthbert’s
has given me over the past five years, and now it is my turn
to give back to the College, which has done so much for me.
Head Boarder
– Bonnie
Anderson
Boarding is what I like to refer to as
‘the heart of the College,’ here at St
Cuthbert’s and it holds a very special
place in my own heart. Each weekend I travel to my home
either in Waiheke or Miranda, where I make the most of
being with my family. There are many perks to boarding
such as not having to wait in traffic to go home every day
or catch a bus, but ultimately it’s the amazing friends you
make that under other circumstances you might not have.
I am privileged to be at the helm of our spirit ship this year
with the fabulous Meredith Jeory as my right hand woman.
Our goals for this year are to give back to boarding which
has shaped us all and helped us to learn the importance of
compromise, support and understanding people. We hope
to help everyone feel welcome and at home, whether they
are from China, Whangarei or Auckland, so they too can
enjoy every opportunity St Cuthbert’s has to offer. It has
been a swell start to 2013 and I hope the rest of the year will
be much the same.
Head Girls and Prefects
The Head Girl and Head Boarder work with a team of Prefects to lead the College.
This year’s members are:
Back Row: Eliza Beca, Amy Davidson, Lucy Blundell, Elizabeth Waalkens, Charlotte
Jackson Third Row: Margaux Lovrich, Sabrina Yeh, Caitlin Orr-Walker, Elizabeth
Stevenson Second Row: Ramali Madagammana, Arielle Bok, Maria Lee, Rebecca Pretty,
Christie Fyfe Front Row: Meredith Jeory (Deputy Head Boarder), Bonnie Anderson
(Head Boarder), Sobitha Manoharan (Deputy Head Girl), Olivia Mann (Head Girl), Pooja
Upadhyay (Deputy Head Girl), Abigail Stuart (Deputy Head Girl)
Y13 Committee Leaders
Along with the Prefects and House Leaders the College also has Y13
Committee Leaders who are responsible for helping organise Committee
events and the wellbeing of students at St cuthbert’s. They are involved in
many activities throughout the year such as the Fashion Show (Development
Committee), Junior and Middle School Socials (Junior and Middles School
Committees), Walk to School Day (Sustainability Committee) and fundraising
events (Service Committee) to name a few. This year’s Committee Leaders are:
Back Row: Jessica Milne, Una Cahill (Junior School Committee), Gabrielle KinzettCarran, Annabelle West (Student Council Committee), Sophie Gardiner, Jenny Cao
(Communications Committee) Second Row: Vica Cao, Paris Reardon (Development
Committee), Phoebe Clifford, Catherine Tian (Middle School Committee), Anita Austin,
Jessica Stubbing (Performing Arts Committee) Front Row: Sanjna Gangakhedkar,
Jenny Liu (Service Committee), Zoe Wilkinson (Games Committee), Kellin Wang, Lei
Lei Kung (Visual Arts Committee) Absent: Alexandra Beggs (Games Committee)
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Senior School
Return to Kahunui
Y13 students, the new leaders of
the College, travelled to Kahunui
again for the first time since Y10.
This leadership camp had them
involved in activities of Adventure,
Connections and Footprints. They
learnt about leadership, built mini
footprint projects and stronger
bonds with each other (the lengthy
bus ride helped with that too!).
Head Girl Olivia Mann and
Deputy Sobitha Manoharan,
explained that it was a very different
feeling returning to Kahunui, they
were more excited this time rather
than nervous or anxious. They
both said that something they will
always remember about Kahunui
is its tranquility, the sounds of the
river, knowing you’re deep in the
valley, the connection to nature is
something they both feel you can’t
describe.
Olivia and Sobitha learnt to trust
their abilities as leaders and to be
themselves, “that is what others
respect”. Everyone had a lot of fun
working together and employing
the skills they learnt three years ago
when they first set foot in Kahunui,
including showing off their bivvy
making skills most remembered
from Y10.
Fiji Here We Come
Ten students and two staff members accompanied by a qualified builder are off
to Fiji to build a house! During the first week of the school holidays, usual holiday
activities will be off the agenda as our girls help Habitat for Humanity in their
Global Village project to help house Fijian families.
Teams from Australia and the USA and another Kiwi team will join them during
April, spending five days building at least one house per team.
Habitat for Humanity is one of St Cuthbert’s partner projects. We do regular
builds with them in
Auckland each month
and fundraise for them as
well. The Global Village
project is an extension of
what we do with Habitat for
Humanity. Builds happen
in a number of countries
around the world such as in
Vietnam. Each team member
contributes a donation
which goes towards the
costs of materials and paying
for specialist labourers like
plumbers and electricians.
Front to Back: Ameesha Nobre,
Caity Butcher, Sharleen Maharaj
at the team bonding and
preparation exercise for
the build in Fiji
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College Students Part
of Epic Music Event
The Auckland Music Festival came to a resounding
finish mid March with a performance of Britten’s epic War
Requiem; set for mixed choir, treble choir, full symphony
orchestra, chamber orchestra and soprano, tenor and
baritone soloists.
Because of her calibre of expertise our Choral Conductor
Ms Megan Flint was asked to supply half of the students
(20) for the treble choir from St Cuthbert’s. The girls worked
extremely hard, learning some very challenging music
and rose to the occasion, which was a very highly powered
professional event, in a very impressive manner.
In the Orchestra and the Choirs (NZ Youth Choir, Voices
NZ and the Auckland Chamber Choir) the College also had
a number of Old Girls, itinerant music staff members and
family members.
Busy and Successful
Young Pianist
Pianist Sylvia Jiang, is both
a high school and university
student this year. She was
invited by the University
of Auckland (UoA) to apply
for the Young Scholars’
Programme for which
Sylvia was selected for
2013. She travels to the UoA
for her music courses and
for performances. Over the second half of last year Sylvia
also received a NZ Institute Registered Music Teachers’
Scholarship and won the Margaret Doone Piano and
Schubert Piano Scholarships.
This year, she has been very busy not only with being
part of the UoA programme but also with performing. Sylvia
was contracted to play in a 2013’s first Steinway Showcase
where she played pieces by Chopin, Liszt, Debussy and
Haydn. This was her first performance of this scale (500600 people) as the sole performer. Sylvia even had her own
billboard and radio advertisements! To prepare for this
she gave a free concert in the Joan Holland Auditorium for
friends and their families. Not long after she held another
solo performance at the Lewis Eady Charitable Trust.
Senior School
New Head of Classical Studies and Latin
Mr Rob Griffiths is the College’s new Head of Classical
Studies and Latin. He holds an MA in Ancient History from
the University of Auckland and was teaching at Epsom Girls
Grammar School (2009-2012) before coming to the College.
St Cuthbert’s is no mystery to Rob as he has many
family connections. His Sister Elizabeth Griffiths, Mum
Donna Griffiths nee McLauchlan, Grandmother Gloria
McLauchlan nee Nehoff and Great Grandmother Iris
Griffiths nee Munro all attended St Cuthbert’s with his Great
Grandmother attending the College at its Stokes Rd campus.
Rob’s mother was also once the editor of College Ties.
Young Leader
at University of
Melbourne
She came up with the name of this magazine in the middle
of the night about 15 or 16 years ago. She wanted to give the
magazine a name that captured all the connections that it
had and could reach and wanted to tie in the aspect of the
uniform which is why the original title had a tie for the i.
He is a total advocate of Latin and Classical Studies. His
favourite classroom possession is a sign that reads “Latin
and Classics have always been my teenage dream” signed
by Katy Perry. He also has another signed by Dan Carter
that says “Don’t drop the ball, study Latin and Classics” and
hopes to continue his collection.
Top Orchestral Instrumentalist
As if school wasn’t enough, Y13
student Annabelle West spent part of
her summer at University! She was
the only student from NZ to attend the
Trinity Young Leaders Summit at the
University of Melbourne
Each year the University of
Melbourne offers 14-17 year olds
the opportunity to get a taste of university life. More than
120 young people from all over the world participate in
the Young Leaders programme at Trinity College. They
experience what life would be like at university and
residential college in Australia while enjoying academic and
personal development opportunities.
“I really enjoyed working with people from such different
backgrounds, sharing our opinions and learning about
global issues.” Annabelle West
After auditioning against over 150 of NZ’s top secondary school orchestral
instrumentalists, Isabel O’Mara was selected into the NZ Secondary Schools
Symphony Orchestra.T he orchestra is limited to only 90 students, and her
selection means she will go on to participate in an intense six-day orchestral
course run by the Christchurch Itinerant Teachers.
The annual event has musicians represent their
school in a full size orchestra. This course is widely
regarded as a significant training ground for young
players aspiring to gain membership in the NZ Youth
Orchestra and ultimately to a career as a professional
musician.
Isabel plays the flute, the piano, guitar and ukulele as
well as recently picking up the piccolo.
Music is Isabel’s outlet, whether through playing an
instrument as part of the Manukau Youth Orchestra or
just listening to her favourite song.
Isabel has dreams of playing with orchestras like
the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra and the New York
Philharmonic Orchestra.
Contemporary
Music at the College
Mr Allan assists Eliza Beca in recording
Bailey Mitchenson’s singing
The Contemporary Music programme will
be ably led by Mr Stewart Allan in his new role
of Head of Contemporary Music. He has been
teaching at the College for six years and is an
exceptional musician. His expertise includes close
to 17 different instruments including the sitar,
didgeridoo and Egyptian oud.
In the realm of contemporary music the
College is continuing to successfully grow the
Contemporary Music programme with Rock
Bands, ReZonation, songwriting, recording, musical
culture and performance outside the College.
Stewart explains the need for this programme at
the College - “The growth and inherent popularity
of contemporary forms is an exciting new direction
for the College’s music programme. The
initiative reaches upward of 400 students
with a range of stimulating and innovative
opportunities. Blessed as we are with world
class teaching facilities and incredibly talented
students, it is crucial to harness these forces
with programmes that represent the cutting
edge of culture. I see our students as future
creative innovators in the arts and corporate
world.”
The opening of the Performing Arts
Centre’s performance in 2011 encapsulated the
potential and power of multi-disciplinary arts
projects within St Cuthbert’s. Stewart regards
that performance as a minor miracle given the
scope, ambition and shear number of student
performers (around 250). He is interested in
pursuing collaborations between all areas of
arts including a NCEA Performing Arts Course.
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Senior School
Students Lei Down Art for Tate Modern
St Cuthbert’s was invited by Tate Modern to be
part of an international collaboration of schools
across the globe, late last year, through an online
exchange of ideas.
Seventy Y9 students spent three full days
forming a work of art that spiralled around the
large Red Birch tree outside the Robertson Building.
Their original starting date saw downpours
of rain but they quickly got to work soon after,
weaving together the magnificent installation
- Te Puawaitanga.
As part of Mass Sculptural Action, the work was
a response to being in the southern hemisphere/
Pacific Ocean, and particularly in NZ with its
diversity of cultures. Diversity is celebrated at
the College and this was portrayed through
the number of leis, the array of colours and
the many different shapes used by the girls in
putting it together.
Tate houses the UK’s national collection
of British Art, and International Modern and
Contemporary Art. It is a network of four
museums: Tate Britain, London, Tate Liverpool,
Tate St Ives, Cornwall and Tate Modern, London
(with a complementary website, Tate Online).
To be invited to be a part of this was an
exceptional opportunity for St Cuthbert’s
students and the College itself.
Y9 Girls working with their art teachers
on the installation
Shakespeare
Around the
Globe
Groups performing
at Po Fiafia Night:
Kapa Haka Group,
Cook Island Group.
Polyfest Success
In only their second year in Division 2 at Polyfest, the Kapa Haka group gained an impressive 2nd place
in the Haka Taparahi section! Our Cook Island group came 3rd in the non competitive division as well.
The College is very proud of this result as we had only two Cook Island girls and 14 different nationalities
represented in the group. It is so great to see girls taking part in a culture different to their own and
celebrating diversity in this way.
Polyfest is the largest Maori and Pacific Island cultural festival of its kind in the world. This year 9,000
students participated from 59 schools and 200 performing groups showcased their culture through speech,
song, and dance.
Students compete on five stages - Cook Islands, Maori, Niue, Samoan and Tongan as well as the
Diversity Stage (Chinese, Indian, Thai, Mongolian and Korean performances). We had 170 students
compete in Kapa Haka, Samoan, Cook Island, Chinese, Indian, Korean, Mongolian and Thai groups.
To prepare for Polyfest, all of our cultural groups performed at the College’s annual Po Fiafia night.
Fellow students, staff and families came along to see their performances and like each year before, this
year had a fun and lively atmosphere and guests had the chance to see Mrs Reid and Ms Robertson in
action on the stage at the end of the night as well!
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In the December 2012 issue, the
following article did not correctly
credit Claudia Richards, apologies to
Claudia and please see the correct
information below.
Jessica Stubbing and Claudia
Richards are off to London this year
to perform on the famous Globe
Theatre stage! As part of the Young
Shakespeare Company they’ll hit the
stage on 25 July 2013. The girls were
offered this amazing opportunity
after being part of the National
Schools Shakespeare Production in
the Term 3 school holidays last year.
After such success at the 2012
National Finals of the Sheilah Winn
Shakespeare Festival, the College
had three students participate in
the National Schools Shakespeare
Production. Jessica, Claudia and
Mariata Pittman were chosen to be
a part of it along with only 45 other
students from all over NZ. Claudia
said the trio found the experience
inspiring, being around other talented
people who were so good at dancing,
singing and acting.
Development
Help Us Fill Our Pool Drop by Drop
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With only 150 drops in total, now is the time to be part of building the Centennial Centre for Wellbeing.
Please help us by buying a named drop of water on the “drop by drop” sculpture. Your daughter’s and
family names will be a constant reminder of the generosity that helped build this Centre.
We do need your support so please ring or email the Development Office for your drop of water or any
of the other opportunities to contribute to this significant step in the history of St Cuthbert’s. Please phone
09 520 8845 or email debbie.cook@stcuthberts.school.nz.
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Making Their Mark Morning
The Making Their Mark Awards recognise outstanding Old Girls who are making their mark
in their chosen field and the Marking Service award recognises Old Girls who give back to
our communities; leading the challenge to help change lives. Both awards are given to Old
Girls who embody By Love Serve and have a belief in achieving extraordinary things.
TIME: 7.00am DATE: Wednesday 26 June VENUE: Clouston Hall St Cuthbert’s College
Tell us About the Remarkable Women in Your Lives
Do you know any remarkable women who are Making Their Mark in society? Perhaps someone who is making a difference
in service? Tell us who they are and nominate them to receive a Making Their Mark or Marking Service Award. Better yet, be
a part of it all and come along to see them receive their awards at the Making Their Mark Morning.
Your Nomination Counts!
To make a nomination you can find criteria and nomination forms on the College website http://www.stcuthberts.school.nz/
ourcollege/our_college
2012
Frances Clayton
Sara Jane Elika
Natalie Archer
2011
Anna Gowan
Rebecca Elvin
Jackie Oakes
Sarah Williamson
2010
Roseanne Liang
Dr Renee Liang
Joanna Pidgeon
Dr Virginia Toy
Amber Sainsbury
Dr Karen Willcox
2 0 09
Join Us for the Awards and Book Now
Booking forms for the morning are available on our website www.stcuthberts.school.nz/ourcollege/making_their_mark. Please fill
out electronically or return the completed form to Sarah Powrie, PO Box 26020, Epsom, Auckland 1344 or fax it to 520 8844 or
deliver to the College reception.
To contact Sarah, please phone 520 4159 ext 7607 or email sarah.powrie@stcuthberts.school.nz. Please note that your booking will
be confirmed by telephone, fax or email. Tickets will not be issued.
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Talented Team
Busy Creating Your Cookbook
What a fantastic response we have had to our recipe request for
the new St Cuthbert’s Cookbook. Thank you to all those who have
contributed so many delicious dishes: the cookbook is off to a
flying start. Publication is scheduled for September, so this unique
collection of everyone’s favourite recipes will be ready in time to
become the ideal Christmas gift. A talented dream team of Old Girls,
mothers and friends of the College are now busy selecting recipes,
editing, styling and photographing images for what promises to be a
cookbook you will treasure.
and Leanne Brittain, who not only have extensive catering experience
but also worked together on the previous St Cuthbert’s cookbook. All
are sharing their considerable expertise for this latest collection.
We are delighted that Cate Rainbow has volunteered once again
to provide the photography for the new cookbook, as the stunning
images Cate produced for the College’s previous cookbook played
a huge part in its success. Cate enjoys working with the entire
St Cuthbert’s community and, indeed, the gorgeous wedding
photography which has become a cornerstone of her business now
often features beautiful St Cuthbert’s brides in our Chapel or on the
Robertson Building steps.
Cate has already begun shooting the sponsored pages for the
cookbook. Her commercial experience has proven essential and it’s
testament to her easy manner and professionalism that our generous
sponsors have enjoyed working with her just as much as our girls
have. “I just love the way Cate works with people. It’s definitely the
combination of her skill, her calm and organised attitude and her fun
personality which makes every shoot such a delight,” says the Director
of Development, Deb Cook.
Left to right: editor Christina Sayers Wickstead with our food committee - Leanne
Brittain, Sarah Wren, Pippa Cuthbert and Leigh Melville.
The deluge of recipes has certainly inspired our dedicated panel
of foodies, which comprises Sarah Wren, mother of Charlotte and
Harriet and owner of Auckland’s hugely popular Bambina cafes; Pippa
Cuthbert, Old Girl and author of seven cookbooks; and Leigh Melville
You can stay up-to-date with the developments of this key fundraising
project by visiting our website, www.stcuthbertscookbook.co.nz, and
we will also keep you informed of progress over the coming months.
You will see the final product in September when your daughter
brings home her allocation of books, and we can’t wait to show you
your cookbook hot off the press.
Fun on a location shoot at BRD. From left to right: Victoria Tusa (BRD), Year 13 students, editor Christina Sayers Wickstead and photographer Cate Rainbow.
Proudly supporting us:
development
The Robertson Circle: Year in Review 2012
As you all know the economic situation
remains very tough. However, despite this once
again the College family through the Robertson
Circle has shown tremendous support and
the College was able to raise $788,963 in 2012.
Since the inception of the Robertson Circle
in 2002 $11,002,731 has been raised. It really is
remarkable the level of support the College
continues to receive. Thank you very much for
all your support.
With approximately 70% of College fee
income going towards personnel costs, without
your generous financial support the College
would struggle to cover other operating costs,
general maintenance, and investment in new
capital/building projects while keeping fees
within the same range as other independent
schools and maintaining a zero debt policy.
Late last year we commenced work on the
Centennial Centre and began to implement
actions that have been developed through the
new College five year strategy based around
personalised learning. Some of these actions
include the formation of standalone Junior and
Middle Schools, a major refurbishment of the
Junior and Middle School facilities, creation of
the Senior Academy, and of two new Houses,
with smaller pastoral care groups in the Senior
School. Your generous support allows the
College management to deliver world class
facilities and ensure that our girls have the best
opportunities available to them.
On behalf of the Trust Board, Management
and the Robertson Circle family I would like to
thank retiring Robertson Circle Patrons Nick
Wiles, Jeff Davidson and Richard Le Grice
for all their support and hard work over the
past 10-11 years. Their individual effort to help
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thanks to these dedicated parents. My sincere
appreciation also to Robertson Circle Patrons
Gretchen Hawkesby, Mark Clatworthy, Henry
Hall and Duncan Leigh for their ongoing
commitment to help the College.
Your support is valued and appreciated,
thank you.
Mr Andy Coster,
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The Robertson Circle
Financial Review
January 2002 to December 2012
The Robertson Circle
Donations
$10,549,137
Pledges
$388,893
Business Circle
$453,594
Total Contributions to the Robertson Circle
$11,391,624
ALLOCATION OF TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED
Arts Fund
$98,684
Building Fund
$8,420,877
Endowment Fund
$199,275
Innovation Fund
$141,225
Scholarship Fund
$1,969,606
Sports Fund
$173,064
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Sport Shorts
Dragon Boating Bronze
Our Dragon Boat team won bronze in the Auckland Championships,
this was our first medal in the 22 years we have been competing. The
girls paddled so well they qualified as the 4th fastest team in the Girls
Grand Final.
They competed against 15 other schools, some with two teams.
The final included two teams from Epsom Girls Grammar School,
acknowledged as a very strong Dragon Boating school, and two teams
from St Mary’s College along with our one boat.
It was a close race. Our girls had a slow start, but they impressed
their large audience with a gutsy finish, showing their ability to keep
their timing and high rating. They beat the St Mary’s Y13 team by 1
second. What an exciting end to a full on day
New Coaching Model
in Netball
Ms Helen Fraser, Netball Coordinator, has been establishing
a new Netball Coaching Development Programme for 2013. It
aims to offer netball students the best coaches they can possibly
have by providing a framework to enhance the standard of
performance of everyone involved including players, coaches,
umpires and managers.
Helen works with other experienced coaches to train student
and parent coaches. She is constantly looking for new coaches
and the College is always being approached by people wanting to
coach as well.
Now that we have been through the trial process for all
of the netball teams (around 50 teams), the programme is
well underway. The Y3-8 teams and their coaches have been
improving their skills for the past 5-6 weeks.
Coaching workshops are very important as there is an
expectation that if you would like to coach you need to have
been to coaching workshops. The first workshop took place in the
first week of April for the younger team coaches and had a great
turn out.
Helen is excited about the year ahead for netball and can’t
wait to see our coaches and students get better and better. You
will recognise her and her team of development coaches on the
courts in new uniforms this year.
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SPORT SHORTS
Junior School
Y3-6 Remuera Zone Competitors
Swimming
The Y3-6 students took on the pool with a full day of Swimming Sports in late February.
The programme was a full day with races for every student to participate in. Sports Coordinator
Mrs Rachel Howells explained that it was a positive, exciting and challenging day for the students
involved. The day’s champions were:
Placing
1st
Y3
Victoria Jagush
Y4
Meredith Wang
Y5
Y6
Amelia Wilby
1st=
Charlotte Matthews,
Georgia Milne
2nd
Sasha Situe
Ella Nesdale
Brooke Farmer
3rd
Rachel Duston
Isabel Chaplin
Mackenzie Ross
3rd=
Sienna Cook
Zara Stewart
After a successful Y3-6 Swimming Sports it was time for our swimming champions from Y5 and 6 to
take on the other schools from the Auckland area. St Cuthbert’s College were the champions in the
Open 4x25m Medley Relay and individually the girls did superbly.
Y5
25m Backstroke
25m Breastroke
Rebecca Fala
St Cuthbert’s College
4x25m Freestyle
Relay
1st
2nd
Amelia Wilby
3rd
Mackenzie Ross
Y6
25m Freestyle
1st
Sienna Cook
25m Breaststroke
50m Freestyle
4x25m Freestyle
Relay
Sienna Cook
2nd
Charlotte Matthews
3rd
Georgia Milne
St Cuthbert’s College
At the Field Championship Open Relay (for the fastest four freestyle swimmers in each school, some
school teams were all boys, some all girls and some mixed) St Cuthbert’s placed 2nd Overall.
Y3-6 Swimming Sports
ST Cuthbert’s College magazine April 2013
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SPORT SHORTS
Middle School
Aquathon
Congratulations to all of the students who attended the AKSS Aquathon
in February. Students from Y7-13 competed as individuals or as a team
in a swim and run race. Kendall Vaughan came 1st in the Individual
Girls Y7-8 competition, Megan Greensmith came 3rd in the Individual
Girls Y7-8 competition and Emma Moriarty and Emily Hacket-Pain both
came 2nd in the Team Girls Y7-8 competition. Kendall was also the 4th
fastest student in the Y7-8 Individual Boys and Girls Races.
Cricket
The Y7-8 Hardball team played in a Junior/Intermediate grade against
Y9/10 teams. They played exceptionally well to make the grade final
against Westlake. Half centuries were scored by Breana Catley and
Sophie Giltrap.
The Y7-8 team has also been competing in the NZCT Shield
Qualifying competition. They topped a tough-looking opening pool with
wins over Auckland Normal and Remuera Intermediate Schools. This
has taken the team through to the Auckland quarter-finals. The team is
intent on winning through a number of rounds to make it to the National
finals in Term 4.
Swimming
At the Y7-8 Swimming Sports Emma Moriarty broke the Junior 50m
Breastroke record with her new time of 40.16 seconds and Ellie
Tomoana broke three; the Senior 50m Freestyle with a new time of 29.50
seconds, the 50m backstroke with 32.50 seconds and the 50m Butterfly
with 32.16 seconds. The overall champions were:
Placing
Junior
1st
Madeline Falconer
2nd
2nd=
Senior
Ellie Tomoana
Georgia Bason
Madison Don,
Emma Moriarty
3rd
Emelia Legget
The Middle School students had a really successful Central Zone
Swimming Sports event at Diocesan Aquatic Centre
Junior 50m
Freestyle
1st
2nd
Junior 50m
Backstroke
Ellie Tomoana
Madeline
Falconer
3rd
Senior 50m
Backstroke
1st
Senior 50m
Freestyle
Georgia Bason
Madeline
Falconer
Junior 50m
Breaststroke
Open 50m
Butterfly
Ellie Tomoana
Ellie Tomoana
2nd
3rd
Abigail Jackson
St Cuthbert’s did exceptionally in the relay races with the following
results:
Junior Freestyle Relay – 1st place (Madeline Falconer, Madison Don,
Emma Moriarty, Alexandra Cowling)
Senior Freestyle Relay – 1st place (Ellie Tomoana, Georgia Bason,
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Kendall Vaughan
Brittany Bodie, Megan Greensmith)
Open Girls Medley Relay – 1st place (Ellie Tomoana, Emma Moriarty,
Madison Don, Georgia Bason)
Some of these students have now been selected to go through to the
Inter Zone competition against other schools from across Auckland.
Tennis
Congratulations to the following girls who won the CEZ Tennis
Championships.
Y7 Singles - Sarah Weekley
Y7 Doubles - Grace Parkinson and Harriet McElroy
Y8 Doubles - Emily Mellsop and Isobella Ng
Triathlon
St Cuthbert’s students competed in the NZ Secondary Schools Tri
Championships and Open Water Championships in Christchurch.
Kendall Vaughan placed 1st in the Individual Y8 Girls race with a time
of 26min and 4sec. Kendall had a brilliant race having come out the
first leg (the swim) in 12th place and completing a great ride and run to
come in 1st. In the Y8 Girls Team events, Kendall, Emily Mellsop and
Georgia Bason placed 2nd and Claire Rees, Emmy Adams and Madeline
Falconer placed 5th.
The following day some of the students competed again in the NZSS
Open Water Swim and Madeline Falconer placed 5th in the Y8 Girls Race.
SPORT SHORTS
Senior School
Athletics
Natasha Eady competed in the NZ Track and Field Championships in
March, in the Women’s U18 long jump event.
After winning a silver medal in the 3,000m at the NZSS
Championships in December, Audrey Gregan went on to represent NZ at
the Australian Youth Olympics in Sydney. Audrey ran superbly to win a
silver medal in the 3,000m and also place 4th in the 1,500m.
In between times, Audrey set Auckland Women U18 records in both
the 3,000m and 5,000m. Her 3,000m time of 9.42mins met the standard
for inclusion in the IAAF World Youth Athletics Championships being
held in July in Ukraine.
Audrey also won the Athletics NZ (U20) 3000m in Nelson, leading
from start to finish and winning by a 15 second margin, she is now
National Champion in the 3000m.
Aquathon
Congratulations to all of the students who attended the AKSS Aquathon
in February. Students from Y7-13 competed as individuals or as a team in
a swim and run race. Ruby George placed 3rd in the Individual Girls race.
Cricket
The 1st XI, playing in Premier Division 2, is placed in 4th position and has
had two excellent wins over Long Bay College and Kristin School scoring
over 170 runs, with half-centuries scored by Kate Stokes, Radhika Patel
and Alice Cleal.
Cycling
Holly White has had her most successful National Track Cycling
Championships to date. Holly won gold medals and NZ Titles in both the
U17 Points Race and Team Pursuit and a silver in the Individual Pursuit.
The talk of the Championships was Holly’s solo 20 lap ride off the front of
the chasing pack, winning the Points Race.
Equestrian
Our equestrian Eventing Team competed at Wainui Pony Club at
Auckland Secondary School’s Eventing. The girls won the A Grade,
beating Saint Kentigern College who were placed 2nd and Strathallan
College in 3rd. The team finished a very close 2nd in the dressage
section, and had some very good show jumping and cross-country
rounds.
At the Intercollegiate Ribbon Day at Woodhill Sands, Stephanie
Fankhauser finished as the 1st Overall individual and the College
finished as the 1st Team Overall.
Hockey
Su Arn Kwek and Isla Bint have been selected to play for the Auckland
U21 Women’s Hockey team, Joining Old Girls Elizabeth Thompson, Ali
Hunt, Stephanie Mackie, and Black Sticks player Julia King. Our very own
Simon Norton is the coach of this team.
Orienteering
The Oceania Orienteering Championships were hosted by NZ in January.
The first two days included a challenge between the NZ and Australian
school. Kayla Fairbairn and Rebecca Gray were selected for the NZ
Junior and Senior Girls teams respectively. In the relay event, both the
Junior and Senior Girls teams had comfortable wins over the Australian
schools teams. In the individual events, Kayla won the Junior Girls
by nearly 8mins. The NZ Schools Team was dominant, winning the
challenge 8-0.
Kayla and Rebecca were also selected for the NZ W16 and W20 teams
respectively to compete against Australia in the Oceania middle distance,
sprint, long distance and relay events. During the Oceania Carnival Kayla
came 2nd in the sprint event, 3rd in the long distance and 1st in the
relays (in the W16 class), Rebecca placed 3rd in the middle distance and
2nd in the relay (in the W20 class) and Kate Salmon came 3rd in the relay
(in the W18 class). Kayla accrued the most points over the eight events to
be declared the winner of the W16 Oceania Multiday Event.
In the Orienteering Club Nationals over Easter Kayla Fairbairn and
Kate Salmon competed strongly. Kayla came 2nd in the Women’s U16
Sprint, 1st in the Women’s U16 Middle Distance, 1st in the Women’s U16
Long Distance and 3rd in the Mixed Long Relay. Kate came 3rd in the W18
Long Distance.
Kayaking
Rose Fitzgerald had a fantastic national Kayaking Regatta, winning two
National titles at U16 level. Rose secured 1st place in both the K4 200m
and K4 500m crews and, she was also the runner-up in the K2 200m and
K2 500m.
Swimming
In the Y9-13 Swimming Sports our champions were:
Placing
Junior
1st
Samantha
Moriarty
1st=
Intermediate
Senior
Georgia Marris
Millie MacDonald,
Mary Tate,
Georgia Zacest
2nd
Emily Borich
Jessica Retter
3rd
Ruby George
Olivia Marris
We also had an outstanding five College records broken by two
students. Samantha Moriarty now holds the records for both the Junior
50m Butterfly and the Junior 100m Backstroke while Georgia Marris
holds three new records; the Senior 50m Freestyle (Georgia now holds
this record at all three age groups), the Senior 100m Freestyle (Georgia
now holds this record at all three age groups) and the Senior 200m
Freestyle.
Touch
Auckland U15 Touch Rugby representatives, Tahlia Strachan and
Gabriele Hawkins won gold at the Touch National Championships in
March.
Triathlon
At the NZ Secondary Schools Tri Championships and Open Water
Championships. Alice McFall placed 9th in the Individual U19 Girls race
with a time of 1hr 15min and 23sec. In the team events, Sarah Hamilton,
Lucy Todd and Eva Newell placed 10th in the U14 Girls Teams and Alice,
Brittany McCrystal and Katie Millar placed 7th in the U19 Girls Teams.
The following day some of the students competed again in the NZSS
Open Water Swim with Sarah Hamilton placing 12th in the U14 Girls Race,
Alice McFall, 10th in the U19 Girls Race and Samantha Moriarty, 2nd in
the U14 Girls Race.
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From the Chaplain
What’s in a Name?
If you think about it, names are strange things.
Most of us have at least two: what some people,
irrespective of religious conviction still refer
to as a ‘Christian’ name, and a surname. Many
have others in the middle which they often
don’t use at all, unless they are filling in a form.
Whenever I first meet a class and go through the
roll to check attendance, I am always struck by
the huge diversity of beautiful names among
us. I ask students to correct my pronunciation
if it is incorrect, or to tell me if they prefer to be
called by a name that isn’t the one printed on
my roll. Some prefer an abbreviated form of
their ‘official’ name. Others say another name
entirely - presumably a pet name or nick-name
that has stuck and that they now choose to be
known by. It is one way we can assert our identity,
to reconfigure the way the world perceives us
beyond what our parents chose to be our name
when they registered our birth. Some people go
so far as adults to change all their names officially
when they are legally able to do so, presumably
as a way of ‘reinventing’ themselves, or to signal
some great change in the way they interface
with the world and wish to be perceived. Some
women change their surnames when they marry,
to signify their change in marital status (and
others don’t as they don’t wish to signal a radical
loss of the personal identity they have had and
have been happy with to this point in their lives).
Babies born to Roman Catholic parents are
customarily given a middle name which is the
name of a Saint. So they celebrate their own
birthday, and often also their ‘Saint’s Day’, the day
the Saint they were named for was born, or, more
often, because by that stage someone thought to
record it, the day they died. As I understand it, this
custom is partly about the belief that that Saint
will, as it were, ‘be on your side’ in heaven, and
also because that person led a wonderful and
exemplary Christian life which, if you are willing
to pattern yours on theirs, will mean that you will
too. It is a way of calling a kind of vision of what
might be possible for a person into their present,
and also their future. I imagine it also gives you
a kind of anchor within your broader religious
tradition, a sense of belonging to and identifying
with a his- or her-story deeper and broader than
your own personal one. The Catholic Church
is very good at this weaving of the threads of
individual lives into the broader tapestry of the
Church.
I am not sure if this custom follows that of
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St Francis of Assisi
newly elected Popes choosing a ‘pontifical’ name,
or if the Popes started it first and then the laity
and others followed. Monks and nuns follow
the same practice. Obviously, whatever the
precise historical unfolding, there is a common
root here. As a Catholic, Pope Francis, as he has
chosen to be known, presumably already had
a Saint’s name. In fact my curiosity has got the
better of me on this one- and indeed, Google tells
me that he was Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio:
Mario being the masculine form of ‘Mary.’ That
seems quite interesting in itself. Mary, as Jesus’
mother, is a much-loved and revered figure for
many Christians; without Mary, Jesus would
not have come into the world. In every Catholic
Church I have ever been into, and also in many
Protestant ones, there is an altar to Mary with the
opportunity to light a candle in front of an image
or a statue. In our own College Chapel there is a
small icon (image) of Mary, donated by a parent.
There are many students named Maria or Mary
in our community here at St Cuthbert’s. Mario
is a common name for men in Latin countries,
interesting as a choice when you consider the
‘macho’ type of masculinity which tends to
prevail in countries such as Argentina.
Although it is obviously accepted form to
name a boy after, or perhaps better put, in honour
of Mary, evidently to name a Pope after Mary is
not. I do not think there has ever been a Pope
Mario. Perhaps the custom is to choose a new
Saint’s name, even if the one you already have
would be an acceptable choice, to signal a new
beginning and a new ministry within the Church.
If Jorge Francesco Bergoglio had been elected
Pontiff, could, and would he still have chosen to
call himself after Francesco of Assisi? No doubt a
website exists which could provide an answer to
that question, should we wish to venture further
down the labyrinthine byways of Canon Law and
custom. But really what interests me is Cardinal
Bergoglio’s choice of new name.
Francis was born in Assisi in central Italy in
either 1181 or the following year. He was baptised
Giovanni (John) but given the name Francesco
(the Frenchman) by his father, who was a cloth
merchant who traded in France and married a
French wife. Although he was expected to follow
his father and take over the family business,
Francesco determined to live a radically
alternative life “naked, following the naked Christ.”
When he finally severed his connection with his
father and his father’s expectations, in front of the
bishop of Assisi, he renounced all the privileges
of wealth, literally stripping off all his clothes. The
Bishop gave him a grey-brown peasant’s smock
to cover himself up, and this became his habitual
clothing from then on. Members of the Order of
Friars Minor (Franciscans) wear brown ‘habits’ to
this day.
Francis began a life of poverty, preaching the
love of Christ. He started off living by himself and
moving from place to place, serving the needs of
those around him. But word soon spread about
his work and his goodness, and people started to
come to him, wanting to live as he did, serving the
poor. Francis was recognised by those around
him to be a man living very close to the heart of
God - a holy man. Even the birds and animals
seemed to find his presence calming, and in art
he is often portrayed surrounded by them. By
my front door I have a small tile I bought while
on a pilgrimage to Assisi some years ago, with
the words ‘Pax et bonum’-‘Peace and good’. This
was apparently Francis’ habitual greeting, and he
evidently was an exemplar and font of peace and
goodness himself.
As his followers grew in number, Francis
started to come under pressure from the Church
authorities of the time to formalise arrangements,
and to place himself and his companions more
explicitly under the formal central authority
of the church. To quote from a guide to Saints’
lives - “The resultant tensions between simple
poverty and the demands of a large organisation
were part of the cross Francis had to bear.”
FROM THE CHAPLAIN
Francis saw his loyalty and obedience as being
to Christ and to a life of complete poverty, and
for a time resisted the Church authorities, but in
1220 reluctantly succumbed to their pressure
and complied. He died in 1226, exhausted by his
missionary travels, poor health, and unceasing
and loving service to the needs of others. He is
one of the most inspirational of the Saints. I can
very much understand calling a child Francis or
Frances, Francesco or Francesca. It seems rather
a surprising choice for the supreme figure of
authority in the organisation with which Francis
had so much conflict, to exemplify the ministry
he intends to exercise in the modern Catholic
Church today.
intends himself to root his ministry in Christ,
having the desire and willingness, like Francis, to
love and serve the needs of others, and to follow
Christ whatever the consequences for himself
personally.
There is another South American, whose
words are very much in the spirit of Francis,
Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador. “The
church follows Jesus who lived, battled and died
in the midst of a city, in the polis…it is the poor
who tell us what the polis is, what the city is, and
what it means for the church to really live in
that world.” Whether or not the formal process
of sanctification has been completed, Oscar
Romero is widely regarded as a Saint because of
I recently came across this beautiful prayer. It is a prayer for all of us, in whatever contexts
we live and however we are called to exercise authority over others.
‘The Franciscan Prayer of Discomfort’
(after St Francis of Assisi)
May God bless you with discomfort at easy answers,
half truths, and superficial relationships, so that you may
live deep within your heart.
May God bless you with anger at injustice, oppression,
and exploitation of people, so that you may work for
justice, freedom and peace.
May God bless you with tears to shed for those who suffer from
pain, rejection, starvation and war, so that you may reach out your
hand to comfort them and to turn their pain into joy.
May God bless you with enough foolishness to believe that you
can make a difference in this world, so that you can do what
others claim cannot be done.
And the Blessing of God, who Creates, Redeems and Sanctifies, be
upon you and all you love and pray for this day, and forever more.
Amen.
Pope Francis has already signaled by
his choices so far that he is going to simplify
proceedings, do away with some of the pomp
and ceremony which some Catholics like the
late Cardinal Carlo Martini felt have become a
cumbersome burden which the Church needs
to lay down. In the part of the homily I heard
which he delivered during his inaugural Mass in
St Peter’s square Pope Francis referred to Francis’
love of nature and the harmony which he
created around him. Perhaps his intention is to
be as radical as Francis. ‘Radical’ is a word which
comes from… meaning ‘root’. He is evidently
signaling that, like Francis of Assisi, Pope Francis
his willingness to stand alongside the persecuted,
and speak out against violence and economic
injustice, whatever its source, without fear of the
personal consequences. “Brothers, we are part of
the same people. You are killing you own brother
and sister peasants and when you are faced with
an order to kill given by a man, the law of God
must prevail, the law that says, ‘Thou shalt not
kill… We want the government to take seriously
the idea that reforms are meaningless when they
are stained with so much blood. In the name
of God then, and in the name of this suffering
people whose laments rise up to heaven each
day more tumultuously each day, I plead with
you (the Guardia Civil and the police), I order you,
in the name of God, stop the oppression!” This
is a quote from the sermon he delivered on 23
March 1980. Archbishop Romero was shot while
conducting Mass, the following day.
We must each do what we can to inform
ourselves and draw conclusions on the basis of
evidence about the role of Cardinal Bergoglio
in the politics of Argentina in the 1970s and 80s.
He was a powerful figure in the Jesuit Order and
the broader Catholic Church during the period
of rule by the military Junta between 1976 and
1983.This was a dark time in Argentina’s history,
when those who opposed the oppressive regime
were ‘disappeared.’ Suffice to say that in 2000
the Argentine Catholic Church itself made a
public apology for its failure to take a stand
against the generals “We want to confess before
God everything we have done badly”- ran the
statement issued by the Argentine Episcopal
Conference.
I cannot even begin to imagine how it
must be to live in a country with the political
landscape and history of Argentina. Perhaps
Pope Francis, if he had the opportunity to now
make different choices in the very challenging
situations he has found himself over the past
decades, would do so with the wisdom and
conviction of hindsight. Perhaps his conscience
is entirely and rightly clear. Undoubtedly he is
a man with very many wonderful attributes- a
Conclave of Cardinals would be unlikely to have
endorsed him otherwise. Perhaps he stands
testament to the reality of life for us all: we
attempt to live a vision, follow a vision, allow a
vision to pervade our lives and hearts and flow
out into our actions. Sometimes, pretty often if
we are honest about it, we fall short of our own
high standards, unless we are Francis of Assisi
or Oscar Romero. It is our lives and our own
decisions that we must account for in our heart
of hearts (and for Christians that means placing
ourselves, abandoning ourselves, in the merciful
heart of God.) We are not called to spend our
time judging the behaviour and choices of others.
As Jesus says in Matthew Chapter 7, “Do not judge,
so that you may not be judged…Why do you see
the speck in your neighbour’s eye, but do not
notice the log in your own eye?” However the
fact remains that if the life of Francis of Assisi is
chosen as a lodestone, that choice comes with
a very high expectation of coherence between
word and action, faith and life.
Rev Carolin Telford,
Chaplain
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Parents and Friends’
Parents & Friends’
Association
As always, the Parents & Friends’ main role
is to encourage a sense of community within
the College among parents and to support the
College with “people power” and hospitality
for events. We always welcome new parents
and know from experience that being involved
in these activities helps parents understand a
little more about the College, which enhances
their sense of engagement. The girls like
knowing that their parents are helping out, too.
We are keen to have new members,
especially as a number of our committee
members are either nearing the end of their
daughters’ school life or in fact, have daughters
who have long since left school, including Sue
Ellis who is a Grandma of an Old Girl! Age is
no barrier, as she will proudly tell you. We are
especially keen to hear from parents of junior
school girls. We are genuine when we say that
the more people we have, the less we all have
to do. We understand the demands of a busy
life and we feel them too. We promise that for
any job we ask you to do, you will be paired
with a person who has done it before and we
will not leave you to figure it out for yourself.
New Parents’ Morning Tea
We catered to about 50 parents new and old,
served in the Atrium. There was senior staff on
hand to talk with parents individually and our
committee members to serve strong coffee to
some who needed a fix after their first run to
school in rush hour traffic.
Meet the Teacher – Junior and
Middle Schools
Drinks and hospitality served after meeting the
teachers. We support these occasions to allow
parents another opportunity to mingle with
fellow parents and staff.
Qualifications Evening
We served wine and finger food for
approximately 60 guests.
Fun Day Out
This is the first big event each year for the P&F,
and planning begins well before the end of the
previous school year.
Many hands made light work the day
before, with setting up tents and laying out
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Fun Day Out
the field. The heavy rain at 11am on the day
didn’t deter the convenor, Murray MacDiarmid,
from setting up for a 12.30pm start! The rain
cleared in time and families arrived to our new
format Fun Day Out. With creative input from
our Chairperson Marg Wood, the tents were
set up according to House colours. She had
met with the House Captains earlier so when
they arrived to decorate their respective tents,
the displays were excellent. It was brilliant to
see girls arriving in their House colours with
a few mums and dads decked out as well.
Congratulations to Kathryn Crystal and her
daughters for carrying away a prize for “Most
Colourful”. We were delighted that a new
family won the P&F raffle for an outdoor café
table and two chairs - Leonie Henwood is now
the proud owner. We were pleased with the
way the day unfolded and have taken note of
feedback so that next year, we will bring some
of the organised events forward so that they
kick off at the start of the event. We are told that
the House activity flowed on to the following
day at Senior Athletics, so you can look forward
to more radiant displays of House colours at
future events. It was no mean feat to have the
field cleared by 6.30pm by the team of P&F
volunteers who stayed on.
Chapel Services
We are urgently seeking new volunteers. We
realise Sundays are precious and we only
ask for an hour and a half to set up and serve
morning tea. Ideally we would have 16 people
on the roster which would mean you would
only be asked to be on duty once per year. You
will have noticed a couple of faces who appear
at every chapel service morning tea. These
kind people are moving on from the committee
and we are keen to find a convenor to run the
roster and the parents to fill it. Everything you
need to know will be handed over and you
will be able to ask for advice as you ease into
the role.
parents and friends’
Class Coordinators
Open Afternoon
P&F provides a presence for prospective
parents and students who are visiting that day,
to help with directions and to answer questions
about being a parent at the College. We also
provide parking assistance as the grounds can
become quite congested that day. The College
is keen to preserve the good relationships it has
with its neighbours and considerate parking is
key to this.
Class Coordinators
Class coordinators provide social interactions
among parents. We aim to have one
representing each class room at all year levels in
the Junior and Middle schools. They are mainly
responsible for helping establish and maintain
these connections between parents by way of
facilitating get-togethers. These can take any
form but commonly are coffee mornings or
drinks and nibbles at any venue they choose.
It’s also important when a new girl starts at
various times during the year, for her parents
to have an introduction to the other parents in
the class and year group. Their other role is to
help disseminate information from the College
to the parents. With the aid of email contact lists
supplied to them, this is done very quickly and
easily. Class Coordinators are warmly invited
to any P&F meeting, where they hear first hand
what’s going on within the College, including
reports from the Principal, Development Office,
P&F Treasurer and others. This information can
be passed on to parents so that everyone has
access to it. On occasion when there are school
functions on, we will ask Class Coordinators
to help call for helpers or to promote ticket
sales. When we have willing people in this role
in most classrooms, we hope that parents feel
involved and connected to the College family.
The role is not at all onerous. It can be shared
and rotated among parents if they wish so that
no one person has to take on more than they
can manage. If this sounds like you, please make
yourself known to P&F by email in the first
instance: parents.friends@stcuthberts.school.nz.
Finally, ALL parents are welcome to
attend any P&F meeting in the staffroom
on the second Tuesday of each month. We
start with refreshments and usually end up
chatting afterwards, too. We are keen for you
to understand that we don’t need you to make
a life-long commitment to P&F but that you
can come to some meetings, and help at some
events, as you are able. This is what many of
us already do. If you would like to come along
for an obligation free chat with us, please email
our secretary at: p&f@stcuthberts.school.nz
To encourage your introduction to P&F, we
warmly invite you to a drink and a chat and a
chance to meet current members to find out what
we do, for 30 minutes from 7pm before the next
P&F meeting on Tuesday 9 April (and you are
welcome to stay on and take part in that meeting).
Jenny Alison,
P&F
Coming Up Next Term:
Father Daughter Breakfast,
Wednesday 22 May 7.30-8.30am
– Westpac Helicopter
This year we are giving fathers a turn at
this special breakfast, rather than mothers
and daughters. These breakfasts have
always been sell-out events because
of the fascinating speakers who have
come, thanks to the event management
experience of Jane Sheetz. This year is
no different, with the guests being the
Westpac Rescue Helicopter. Without
giving too much away, there will be a few
lucky girls who will have a chance to do
something quite amazing and to see the
helicopter at close quarters. It’s all over by
8.30am so the girls are in class on time and
dads can be at work only a little late but
with a good excuse.
Ongoing:
Triple P Seminar Series
P&F has established a partnership with Triple P (Positive Parenting
Programme) to provide separate Discussion Groups for Senior School
and Junior and Middle Schools’ parents. They are deliberately small
in numbers so that there is the opportunity to discuss matters with individuals. Feedback
has been positive and we will continue to deliver this as a service to parents during the year.
This is not a fundraising activity and Triple P charges a fee for attendance.
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Old Girls’ Association
President’s
Report
As my time as President comes to a close, I find
myself reflecting on my term and all we as a
Committee have achieved.
Two years ago we pledged to the school a
new Scholarship to be launched in 2015 in line
with the College’s 100th birthday. We have put
all our energy into fundraising towards this goal
and are now well placed to provide for this. The
new Scholarship will enable a girl, who wouldn’t
otherwise be able, to attain a place in the College
for her all-important Year 12 and 13 years.
Late last year, we also pledged a $200,000
donation to the school’s Wellness Centre that will
house the wonderful new pool complex. Our
donation will be twofold; (1) a wall over the pool to
celebrate & honour Old Girls’ sporting successes;
and (2) an Old Girls’ Health Education Centre which
will teach the girls about healthy eating and living.
We are so proud to be involved in this wonderful
new building and all our fundraising efforts over
the next few years will be put towards this.
These are our gifts to the College in its
Centenary year – an extremely exciting time for
both the College and Old Girls’ at large and I have
so thoroughly enjoyed being part of this process
and the legacy it will leave.
Alongside this we have run all of our annual
events and reunions, keeping Old Girl’s in touch
with each other and it has been so wonderful to be
able to be re-kindled with so many familiar faces,
whilst meeting so many new.
It is always important to continue to build
a strong Committee, to ensure we meet our
obligations both professionally and progressively
and I have been so very fortunate to have been
supported by my outstanding Committee over
my term as President. You are all wonderful
people and I have a deep respect for your desire
to give back to this community. In addition I so
very much valued all the life-long friendships I
have made with you. It has certainly been a very
busy time for the Committee, most of who are
busy working mothers, and I am proud of all our
achievements over the past few years.
I would personally like to thank the Board,
Principal Lynda Reid and College Staff for all
their support over the past two years. I feel
humbled by both the kindness and the strength
of commitment that is shown towards our
Association by the College. I would also like to
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make a special thank you to Debbie Cook, Sarah
Powrie and the Development Office.
To have served as President of the St
Cuthbert’s Old Girls’ Association has indeed been
an honour, privilege and pleasure. I wish our new
President, Leigh Melville all the very best for the
next two years, in the knowledge the Association
is in very good hands. Thank you and I wish you
all a wonderful and prosperous 2013.
Ms Georgie Harrison,
Immediate Past President
I was delighted to receive an invitation from
Georgie and Lisa Bates two years ago to re-join the
committee with a view to becoming President in
2013. I did pause for a moment; life was already
pretty full! I am a full-time working mother
attempting to juggle home, work, friends and other
commitments. However, of course I know that
I am no different from numerous others in that
regard and perhaps I would just have to learn to
work a little smarter.
The last two years have passed in a whirl – it’s a
fantastic time to be back helping at the College as
they work towards Centenary celebrations. One
gorgeous spring morning last year we turned the
first sod on what will be a fantastic new building
for Old Girls’ and new. The Centennial Wellness
Centre will highlight the role of our Association
within the College and celebrate those who
have gone before. We will also play a pivotal
educational role through our sponsorship of the
Old Girl’s Health Education Centre. The Old Girls
have a history of supporting building projects
at the College; particularly those with a sporting
focus, and the committee are delighted to be
continuing this tradition.
We have a fantastic hard-working committee
on board and at the AGM last month welcomed
four new members, including three from my own
class of 1990 - it feels good to be back together
again. In 2012 Fi Geary joined our committee
as Vice-President and I look forward to working
closely with her.
In order to fundraise for this and continue to
meet our existing obligations we have launched a
very special art project. In 2012 we commissioned
leading New Zealand glass artist Layla Walter to
create an artwork especially for us. The result is
called Lavender, St Cuthbert’s Garden. Please look
out for further information about the artwork on
page 45 – it’s a fantastic opportunity to support
us and a lasting reminder of your connection to
the College. I commend the project to you and
encourage you to call me with any queries – or to
see one.
The Old Girls are delighted to provide financial
support in the form of capital and scholarships to
the College. However I believe that one of our most
important functions is in supporting our members
of all ages through our regular functions and other
activities. Please come along to our events, you are
very welcome and we look forward to connecting
with you. Attending St Cuthbert’s provides our
girls with a great education but it also provides
a lifetime of love and support. I look forward to
leading the Association over the next two years
with that in mind.
Ms Leigh Melville,
OGA President
Welcome to our new committee members
Helen Craig (Yerex)
Helen has been back in Auckland for five years after moving
back to New Zealand after many years working and raising
a family abroad. During that time she lived in the UK, Russia,
Spain, Argentina and Singapore.
Helen has two sons and a daughter Phoebe, who is a current
student at St Cuthbert’s College. Her family has a long and
rich association with the College and Phoebe’s Grandmother
Lynette Yerex (Joughin) is a member of the Old Girl’s Club 50.
Helen is a keen painter and has been taking art classes
for over 20 years. It was in Moscow where she learnt to paint
in Water Colour and since then has enjoyed learning new
techniques and styles of painting.
Helen is currently undertaking a new house and garden
renovation as well as some part-time study. She is looking
forward to working with the Old Girls’ Association and giving a
little back to the school.
Kate Morgan-Rees (Tomlinson)
Kate completed her 7th form at St Cuthberts in 1990 and
then went on to Canterbury University where she studied
for a Bachelor of Commerce. She then worked in Marketing
for leading New Zealand companies before heading to
London where she worked for Lloyds TSB and London
Stock Exchange plc.
She married a Brit and returned to New Zealand with
him and their three children in 2007. She now combines
motherhood and a marketing career. She has two daughters
Lili and Evie and one son Tom. Her daughter Lili is due to
start St Cuthberts College in year 7 in 2015.
Sarah Reid
Sarah left school in 1988 and went to Christchurch
to complete a BA, LLB at the University of Canterbury.
Following her admission to the bar she decided to pursue
a career in business and has over 15 years of international
brand management experience with premium luxury and
beauty brands including Bulgari, L’Oreal, Kerastase and
Lancôme, working in both Switzerland and New Zealand.
She is now working part time as a Marketing
Management Consultant, which gives her the flexibility
to spend time with her two pre-school children Jack and
Isabel. When she is not mothering or working, Sarah loves
being with family and friends, keeping fit, cooking, travelling
and discovering NZ artists with her Art Group.
Sarah lives in Parnell with her husband Donald, children
and dog Lulu.
Joy Bates (Main)
After leaving St Cuthbert’s in 1990 Joy
completed a BSc at Canterbury University and
then went on to gain a Post Graduate Diploma
in Oenology & Viticulture at Lincoln University.
Combining travel with wine she then went on
to work vintages in California, Marlborough
and Chile. Working as a vintage winemaker in
Santiago, Chile with Viña Santa Carolina led her
to land a position with the company as Assistant
Export Manager which led to a five year stint
in South America. A change of employment
and winery during this time also resulted in
the promotion to Export and International
Marketing Manager and on relocation to London
Joy was then approached by another Chilean
Winery, Viña La Rosa, to set up a UK office as
Europe Export Director.
Returning to New Zealand to enjoy the
summer holiday period after nearly three years
in London, Joy reconnected with, and later went
on to marry an old friend Steven Bates who was
a Captain on Larry Ellison’s Super Yacht here
in Auckland for the America’s Cup. She went on
to join her husband in running and managing
Larry’s Super Yacht while travelling extensively
through the Mediterranean, USA, Mexico and
South America and the Caribbean.
Joy returned home in 2007 to have her first
child and her family are now happily settled
back in Westmere with their children Oli (6) and
Jessica (4). Joy continues to follow her passion
in wine and is currently working part time as a
Wine Specialist at The New Zealand School of
Food and Wine in the Viaduct, Auckland.
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Old Girls’
Association branches
Please contact the appropriate person below if you are
interested in catching up with Old Girls in these areas.
If you would like to set up an OGA branch in your area,
please contact us at alumnae@stcuthberts.school.nz
NORTHLAND
Contact: Val Wilkinson (Brydon) or Rona Mackie
(Rodgers)
Phone: (09) 436 0270 (Rona)
Email: robertwilkinson600@hotmail.com (Val)
WAIKATO
Contact: Glen Cole (Parker)
Phone: (07) 849 4159
Email: glcole@clear.net.nz
BAY OF PLENTY
Contact: Anna Finlayson-Smith (Smith)
Phone: (07) 552 6160
Email: dameanna@talk.co.nz
CHRISTCHURCH
Contact: Susan Cooke
Phone: (03) 384 5376
Email: susan.cooke@xtra.co.nz
BRISBANE
Contact: Bronwyn Anderson (Seddon)
Phone: (07) 3374 4290
Email: bronwynanderson744@gmail.com
PERTH
Contact: Marg Shorter (Hartnell)
Phone: (08) 9388 2221
Email: margshorter@westnet.com.au
LOS ANGELES
Contact: Amanda Wong
Phone: (626) 798 3035
Email: kiwi_esq@hotmail.com
SYDNEY
Contact: Emma Mellow
Phone:(04) 236 16353
Email: em.mellow@gmail.com
HONG KONG
Contact: Emma Matuschka (Darwen)
Phone: (852) 6323 1646
Email: emma.darwen@gmail.com
LONDON
Contact: Kate Turner
Phone: (44) 78374 57882
Email: kate@lih.co.uk
Contact details
For all enquiries, including contacting OGA President Leigh
Melville, information about our events, reunions and news
of Old Girls or other items for College Ties.
EMAIL alumnae@stcuthberts.school.nz
Phone (09) 520 4159 ext 7607
website www.stcuthberts.school.nz/OGA
Address St Cuthbert’s Old Girls’ Association,
PO Box 28-218, Remuera, Auckland 1541
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Nominations for Old Girls’
Honour Board
Old Girl Honours have been awarded since 2003 to Old Girls who have made an
outstanding contribution in their chosen field, including (but not limited to) the arts,
commerce, education, military, the professions, public service, research, science
and technology and sport.
2012
Eleitino Paddy Walker (Halliday)
– services to Pacific women and the Pacific region
2011
Dr Gillian Greer – for services to women’s health
2010
Bridget Liddell (Coates) – for services to business
2009
Gillian Mellsop - for services to Unicef
2007
Rosemary Nalden – for services to music
2008
Judith Trotter CNZM – for services to diplomacy
2007
Rosemary Nalden – for services to music
2006
Dr Roma Mere Roberts (Middleton)
– for services to science and Maori education
2005
Heather Robson (Redwood) – services to Badminton as
NZ representative and administrator
2004
Pamela Allen (Griffiths) – children’s book Author and Illustrator
2003
Christine Fletcher (Lees) – politician, Mayor of Auckland
Nominations for the award close on 1 May 2013. If you know someone who deserves
recognition for their work please visit the website and download a nomination form.
Congratulations
Kushini Sugathpala
The Violet Wood Advanced Studies
Grant Recipient 2013
Kushini is a graduate student of international
law in Geneva, we asked her to provide a brief
overview of her studies so far.
After completing my Bachelor’s degrees in Law and
Arts (majoring in Political Studies and French) at
the University of Auckland in 2011, I decided to do
postgraduate study in international law. I was happy
to get the opportunity to do so at the Graduate
Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland,
where I have just begun my second semester. I have really enjoyed my studies
there so far and feel that I have learned a lot in the past six months. I find the
work both intellectually engaging and challenging. This semester I am taking
elective classes on topics I find incredibly interesting such as the human rights
obligations of non-state actors, investment law, and international criminal law.
I also appreciate the friendships I have made here - the law programme at the
Institute is rather small (there are only 23 students in my very diverse year
group) so I have been able to get to know most of them well. This experience
has also opened up a number of opportunities for me - this summer I will be
interning at a research institute in Switzerland and attending a symposium in
Spain on invitation of a Professor at the University of Auckland. I also recently
co-authored a paper on climate change and law, slated for publication in March
of this year. It has been an eventful couple of months!
I would like to thank St Cuthbert’s Old Girls Association for the Violet Wood
Advanced Studies Grant. It is great the association can assist Old Girls . I really
appreciate this scholarship and the help it provides in financing my studies in
Switzerland.
Family Connections
Student
Mother
Simran Patel
Kalpana Reddy
Alice Tucker
Fenna Goldfinch
Sue Disbrowe
Kate Chetwin
Isobel Denton
Charlotte Hardiman
Joanna Pidgeon
Natalia Wilcox
Maude Wilcox (Stewart)
Emma Hamilton
Kim Hamilton (Wylie)
Sara Beuvink
Genevieve Lyne
Lisa Beuvink (Fuller)
Fi Geary
Chloé Vickers
Sofie Williams
Charlotte Vickers
(Prendergrast)
Helen Williams (Lowes)
Macy Watson
Georgina Timpany
Melissa Watson (Ross)
Mary Timpany (Beale)
Holly Lane
Lauren Hemingway
Cinnamon Lane (Vincent)
Tracey Hemingway
(Crump)
Krista Dudson
Katya Dudson Poole
Diary dates
Grandmother
Great Grandmother
DATE: Sunday 14 April 2013
VENUE: Sarnia Park Boutique Lodge,
151 Maungatautari Road, Cambridge
TIME: 11.30 am
CONTACT: Glen Cole at
glcole@clear.net.nz or 07 849 4189
Kaye Galley (Haslett)
Lucy Marvin
Amy Henwood
Lisa Marvin (Cunningham)
Armineh Edgar
Alexandra Bodie
Cora-Sue Edgar (Heaney)
Anna Bodie (Russell)
NEW PARENTS COFFEE AND
DESSERT EVENING
Rosemary Stewart
(McGregor)
DATE: Thursday 23 May
VENUE: St Cuthbert’s College
TIME: 8 pm
CONTACT: Fi Geary at
fi.geary@xtra.co.nz or 578 2172
OLD GIRLS HONOURS’ AWARD
BREAKFAST
Dian Ross (Robinson)
Edna Gill*
Wendy Dudson (Doyle)
Janice Russell (Middleton)
DATE: Wednesday 26 June
VENUE: Clouston Hall
TIME: 7.30 am
CONTACT: Sarah Powrie at
sarah.powrie@stcuthberts.school.nz
or 09 5204159 ext 7607
BRIDGE DAY
Alison Smith (Somerville)
Harriet McElroy
WAIKATO AGM AND LUNCHEON
Roma Middleton (Melvern)
Robyn McElroy (Waters)*
DATE: Thursday 27 June 2013
TIME: 10 am
CONTACT: Sarah Don at
sarahdon2@gmail.com or 021 020 23000
* paternal connection
CLUB 50 MORNING TEA
Family Notices
We have been notified of the
following:
Deaths
Alison Anne Allnutt (Court
1945-1947)
Mary Elizabeth Wilkinson
(Fisher 1921/22.)
Joan Lorraine Davies
(Billington 1938-1942 Dux)
Helen Jacks
(Cranwell 1930-40)
MARRIAGES
Hannah Saunders (2000) to
Andrew Ross-Thompson
Georgina Allen (2002) to
Andrew Fenwick
BIRTHS
The St Cuthbert’s College
Chapel has notified us of the
following Baptisms
March 2013 – Harry Thomas
Chapman – son of Bridget
Ashby (1989) and Aaron
Chapman
November 2012 – Mackenzie
Alexandra Liddle – daughter of
Alexandra (Jackson, 2001) and
Shane Liddle
November 2012 – Fionn
Leo Fortune-Harris – son of
Adrienne Fortune (1997) and
Stuart Harris
DATE: Thursday 24 October
TIME: 10am
CONTACT: Sarah Powrie at
sarah.powrie@stcuthberts.school.nz
or 09 5204159 ext 7607
BAY OF PLENTY AGM
DATE: November 2013
VENUE:TBC
CONTACT: Anna Finlayson-Smith at
dameanna@talk.co.nz
Chapel Flowers
The Old Girls’ Association is recruiting new volunteers to join the chapel flower roster.
The role requires providing flowers (from your own garden is fine) and setting two medium-sized
arrangements in the chapel once a year. You will be guided on the ins and outs if this is your first time
helping. Please consider assisting us with reviving this lovely community service – we promise it
brings a great sense of joy and connectedness.
The roster is open to all our College community, parents and Old Girls. If you are interested,
please contact Vanessa Playle at vanessa.playle@crbard.com.
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Reunion Cocktail Party
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1. 2007 Reunion Group photo 2. Phoebe Smith, Sophie Wallace, Ashleigh Pushon, Tiffany Ma 3. Amy Prentice, Anna Linkhorn, Alexandra Jacobson 4. Senora King
5. Anna Wills 6. Laura Hart, Alanna Esslemont-Clow, Lydia Wong, Jessica Blanch 7. Anna Sinclair, Lucy Herbert, Phoebe Smith, Lisa Cameron
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1. 1997 Reunion Group photo 2. Lynda Reid, Shaan Antunovich, Anushi Bigwood, Neha Kasabia 3. Anna Sinclair, Lucy Herbert 4. Catherine Walker, Charlotte
Vickers (Pendergrast).5. Gayle Radley, Elizabeth Meade, Emily Gardner, Helen Darwin 6. Monique Rogers, Alanna Esslemont-Clow, Kathleen Mulligan, Saatchi
Goldwater, Charlotte Dodson 7. Anushi Bigwood, Donagh Kim, Katherine Reardon 8. Adrienne Fortune, Gretchen Caroll (Davies) 9. Natalie King, Ashleigh Low,
Laura Hart, Emma Routledge 10. Haneesha Nimmagadda, Neha Kasabia, Ravishka Arthur 11. Georgina Kelly, Abby Venter, Samantha Shorter
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Reunion Dinner
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1. 1957 Reunion Group photo 2. Tracey Christiansen (Howarth), Siann Aburn, Jane Hayes (Simpson) 3. Ann Everard (Hally), Mary Erickson-Castles (Erickson)
4. Amanda McGeorge (Young), Rachel Walsh, Linley Steele (Coleman) 5. Felicity Avaa’a (Heaven), Karen Paterson (Hill), Melissa Allen (Howie), Philippa
MacNaughtan (Bates), Dorothy Tomlinson (Beamish), Elaine Bartley (Todd) 6. 1977 Reunion Group photo 7. Julie Adamo (Picot), Mary Anne Ellett (Watt), Enyth
Collings (Swinton), Helen Schlichting (Ambler), Diana Daniel (Wells) 8. Amanda McGeorge (Young), Joanna Macdonald (Staines), Kim Williams, Fi Geary
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1. Jo Chaplin (Eady), Di Eady (McIlroy) 2.Diane Church (Trenchard-Smith), Heather Seiffert (McLennan), Anne Hargreaves (Challinor) 3. 1967 Reunion Group
photo 4. Janet Silvester (Grigor), Christine Harris (Gow), Margaret Davies (Haswell) 5. Diana Still (Page), Margaret Nash (Tutt), Gillian Kendrick (Smith) 6. Melanie
Stuart (MacKenzie), Pip Gower (Gould) 7. 1987 Reunion Group photo 8. Georgina Robertson (Gilbert), Sarah Weenink (Cato), Kirsty Hegan (Allan) 9. Philippa
Robison, Jane Tayler (Foote), Judith Gibson (Thompson)
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Reunion Lunch
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1. 1947 Reunion Group photo 2. Josephine Green (Macky) Past President, Leigh Melville (Parton) New President, Susan Parton (Waygood) 3. Susan Hemmings
(Barton), Karen Paterson (Hill) 4. Hessey Hargrave (Dey), Joan Waygood (Whittome) 5. Charlotte Hellaby, Christine Gordon 6. Miss Whittaker, Miss Wilson 7.
Barbara Smith (Collins), Anne Ridgley (Grey), Dallas Waite (O’Donnell) 8. Stephanie Overton, Ann Louise Jordan (McGrane), Karen Scholes (Mortensen) 9. Carol
Sanders, Dorothy Snook (Wise), Moina Garland (McFadyen), Elaine Bartley (Todd) 10. Georgie Harrison (Robinson), Leigh Melville (Parton), Lisa Bates 11. Fae
England (Hammond), Bernice McGregor (McGinty) 12. Bernice McGregor (McGinty), Pamela Cameron (Wiseman), Shirley Kilgour (Humphrey)
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‘Lavender, St Cuthbert’s
Garden’ Art Commission
The Old Girls’ Association has commissioned
leading New Zealand glass artist Layla Walter to
create an artwork exclusively for us to assist with
our fundraising for the College centenary.
‘Lavender, St Cuthberts ‘Garden’ is the result;
beautiful and delicate, contemporary and modern
and reflective of the school traditions this superb
bowl was inspired from Layla’s visits to the College.
About the piece
Lavender symbolises devotion, and the tall stems
inspire achievement. Each piece while cast from the
same mould is individually carved and the pattern
placed in a different location making each one
unique. Available in a variety of colours it stands 12
cm high with a diameter of 12.5 cms.
About the artist
Layla Walter is a well known practitioner in glass
casting, Layla exhibits around New Zealand and
internationally. He work is held in numerous public
and private collections including the Auckland
Museum and Te Papa Tongarewa.
“Lavender – a connected
community of stems
and blooms supporting
each other”
– Layla Walter
This limited edition piece is available for $2,500.00 ($1000 of which will go directly to our centenary and scholarship funds).
To register your interest or make an enquiry please contact Leigh Melville leigh@artandobject.co.nz or tel: 021 406 678
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Archives
Camp – 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 Years Ago
In 2013 at the beginning of the year Y13
students attended a Leadership Camp where
they not only enjoyed their time at Kahunui
but learnt leadership skills and responsibilities
for their last year at school.
Fifty years ago in 1962 the Prefects waited
until the middle of the year and went for a
week to Mt Ruapehu which from all accounts
had nothing to do with leadership skills but a
lot to do with learning to ski and surviving a
blizzard! “At a quarter past three in the morning
we were woken with the news that Bunkroom 4
was the centre of a blizzard. Six of us plus Miss
Wilson spent the next 40 minutes shovelling
snow while people in the other bunk rooms
complained bitterly we were disturbing their
sleep.” P57, 1962 Chronicle. 1966 and a report in
1972 sans photos shows this was a real tradition
for the Prefects or Seniors of the College.
By 1983, 30 years ago, there is a report of
a 4th Form (Y10) Outdoor Education Camp
for four days. “These Camps were held at the
Kiwanis Camp at Huia, near the Northern
head of the Manukau Harbour.” P35 1983
Chronicle. On returning to school the girls
entered comments in a Log Book about the
orienteering, rope work, search and rescue
training, problem solving activities, canoeing,
overnight tramp and camp-out they undertook
– Here’s a selection:
‘I’ve never suffered so much pain for so long
after only four days! Otherwise fun’. Class 4P
‘Well I survived the food – just, and the
exercise nearly killed me but the camp was
excellent.’ Class 4H
‘I found out teachers are people too.’
Class 4M
I’ve never seen so much mud in my life.
But it sure added to the fun and Mum’s washing
load.’ Class 4F
Twenty years ago in 1993, 4th Form
camps were still in vogue with an overnight
camp at Kawau Island in Term 1. Then in
Term 2 preparation started for the Outdoor
Education Camp to be held in the last term
with a programme involving “First Aid and Risk
Management, physical and mental challenges,
team cooperation and leadership training
exercises - they are powerful teaming (new
word?) experiences”.
By 2003 there are several camps. Part of
the Syllabus for 6th Form (Y12) PE was a camp
involving caving at Waitomo Caves, Kayaking
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on Lake Rotorua and Mountain Biking in Red
Hill Forest. The 4th Form (Y10) camps were
continuing with their outdoor challenges
including climbing to the South Crater of
Mount Tongariro.
Camps 10 years ago were taking place in
the Junior School too with Y7 camping on
Motutapu Island where they learned to kayak,
went sailing had to walk from Islington Bay on
Rangitoto to the campsite and tried rope walks,
abseiling and orienteering.
Opinion from Sarah Carnachan Y7 – “It was
awesome to be challenged by the activities set
for us, some of them were scary but others made
me feel excited and willing to do them over and
over again.”
For over 50 years St Cuthbert’s Students
have been challenged to move beyond their
comfort zones, try new activities and learn new
skills. The College now has its own campsite
at Kahunui. In 2013 these challenges come at
several levels of the school not just in a ‘Blizzard’
on Mt Ruapehu for the Prefects as in 1963.
4th Form Kawau Island, 1993
Prefects Mt Ruapehu, 1962
Glenys Griffiths,
Archivist
s Camp, 1982
it
6th Form Accred
Seniors Camp, 1966
4th Form Outdoor
Education Camp, 1983
Y7 Rangitoto and
Motutapu Islands,
2003
Collegiate
A New Performing
Arts School
We are excited to announce the formation of “Saints Performing Arts
School” based in our Performing Arts Centre. Our aim is to provide
stimulating opportunities for students of all ages to gain professional
training in a range of creative and performing disciplines. Classes will
be open to students from both the College and the wider community.
With talented and skilful teachers, students will be encouraged to
participate in performing arts, to gain confidence and self-discipline and
be inspired by their experiences.
Classes in music, speech and drama and dance will be after school,
during weekends and during school holidays. The first two sessions are:
Rock Guru on Thursday afternoons for Y7 and up with Luke Fitzgerald
Creative Dance begins in Term 2 for children aged 5 and 6 years
with Clare Battersby who is one of New Zealand’s leading children’s
dance educators. We are talking with more possible tutors to establish more and
different programmes to run in our new Saints Performing Arts School
so stay tuned!
Heather Foy and Sally Lawrence,
Collegiate Centre
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