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of their families’ connections to ANZACDay, and two current Year 13 studentsspoke of their relatives who are on our Rollof Honour (RoH): Kelsey Sanderson who hashe names of her grandfather’s two olderrothers and his cousin all on our WW1 RoH;nd Sami Hawili who has a relative on our

WW1 RoH and another on our WW2 RoH. Inall, 58 young men from the Mahurangi districtdied in WW1 and 33 in WW2. Kelsey and Samithen laid a wreath on behalf of our students andstaff at the school flagpole, which now has ourupdated Roll of Honour engraved below it.

Congratulations to Forrest Axford on beingl t d t t NZ in the Men’s U19

Under-WaterHockey worldchampionshipsbeing held in Spainin August this year.He is the youngestmember of the NZeam having justurned 17.he senior schoolhow this year,Forever After”, willke place in weeks

9 and 10 of this term.Tickets for the evening performances will beavailable from the school office from thebeginning of June.

David Macleod, Principal

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NEWSLETTER

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David Macleod

important dates

ISSUE 03: May 2015

MAHURANGI COLLEGE

Dear Parents and GuardiansTena Koutou Katoa

Welcome back to Term 2.At the end of last term we were pleasedto host the Associate Minister ofEducation, Nikki Kaye, at the college.She met our senior student leaderswho showed her around the school,including a number of surprise visits toclasses in action. She announced anincrease in the funding to remediate ourleaky buildings from $5.2m to $6.3m.Each of these blocks was built between 10and 20 years agoThe remediatiowill include somupgrading aswell, providingus with morestate of the artteaching andlearning facilitiesfor our students.Our seniorstudents againrepresentedthe school wellat the Warkworth community ANZAC Daycommemorations. Our Head Boy, DanielVaughan and Head Girl, Ella Hauser, eachspoke at the main service. Our Deputy HeadPrefects, Ashleigh Dick and Thomas Patton,spoke at the RSA afterwards, along with thekapa haka group who performedsome of the wartime songs.The guest speaker at the schoolANZAC services was RyanTurner, a former Green Houseprefect at our school now in theNZ Army. He recently graduatedas the top in his year and won aMarksman competition betweenNZ, American and Singaporeantroops in Singapore. Our Headand Deputy Head Prefects spoke

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Thursday May 21• L1 Geography 3 day trip - Rotorua• Performing Arts Academy - EnigmaVariations (APO) Auckland Town Hall

Wednesday May 27• Yr 7 8 Zone day -Boys RugbyThursday May 28• Performing Arts Academy - La Cenerentola(Opera) ASB Theatre -

Monday June 1• Queens BirthdayWednesday June 3• ICAS Science Exam - B10Thursday June 4• Auckland Cross Country ChampsFriday June 5• Slum City - 40hr FamineWednesday June 10• SLC Football Trip - NS Events CentreThursday June 11• Yr 7 8 Zone day - Girls Rugby 7sMonday June 15• Senior Show Matinee• ICAS Writing ExamTuesday June 16• Senior Show MatineeWednesday June 17• Yr 7-8 Zone day - Girls HockeyThursday June 18• Yr 7-8 Zone day - Boys HockeySaturday June 20• Senior Show Opening NightTuesday June 23• Senior Show MatineeWednesday June 24• Senior Show Evening Performance• ICAS English entries closeThursday June 25• Senior Show Evening Performance• Performing Arts Academy - Divas (APO)Auckland Town Hall

Friday June 26• Yr 7-8 Reports issued• Senior Show - closing night• Yr 7-10 Mathex Competition - Whangarei BoysJune 29 - July 3• Life Ed Bus - Yr 9 HealthTuesday June 30• Hauraki Exchange (away)• History trip to Vietnam & CambodiaWednesday July 1• Hauraki Exchange (away)• Rugby trip to Australia

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Achiever of the Month: Zane Illingworth

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Proudly Supporting Mahurangi CollegeWARKWORTH Corner Woodcocks Road & Mansel Drive, Phone 425 8119

• The ANZ Bank Middle School Top Scholar Award 2014• Junior Boys Cross Country Champion 2014

• First Equal in Year 10 English 2014• House Award 2014

• Reserve for Boys 1st XI Soccer

Presented by Dee Collette, Team Leader of Mega Mitre 10 Warkworth

Mahurangi College StudentsWinOmahaClassicTeamChallenge!

Back in March,a group ofstudents tookpart in the TeamChallenge in theOmaha Classic -Inspiring health,well-being andcommunity,which is an

annual fundraising event forMatakana School.The Omaha Classic is a wonderful event, that offersa variety of walking and running events and catersfor everyone in the community.Our team; Chantelle Maher, Daniel Matheson andJacob Bindon represented Mahurangi College andeach of them had to complete a 10km course. Allthree of these athletes trained hard for this eventand as a result, took out the Team ChallengeTrophy. Congratulations to you all.Angela Daysh, Sport Coordinator

Senior School Production 2015Forever AfterThe Senior Schoomusical production,“Forever After”, isunder way. Auditionshave been called,nervous actors havehad their voicesand acting abilityassessed and theexcitement is building.This year experienced director Wendy Sutherlandis presenting a version of the Cinderella story, withoriginal music by Anthony Macleod.The story has humour, romance and action- andtwists in the plot that will keep audiences of allages highly entertained.Wendy Sutherland says “ I am very pleased withthe casting. We have a very talented group ofperformers who are showing their commitmentby putting in a lot of work before rehearsals.Rehearsals are progressing well.”Local schools are invited to matinees in the weekpreceding the opening night.Performance dates are;June 15 - Monday - matineeJune 16 - Tuesday - matineeJune 20 - Saturday Opening NightJune 23 - Tuesday - College Yr 7 & 8 matineeJune 24 - Wednesday - evening performanceJune 25 - Thursday – evening performanceJune 26 - Friday – evening performance; ClosingNightJill Jackson, Arts Co-ordinator

Pop up LibraryWith themain library undergoingrepairs, one solution to thelimited space available in thetemporary library has come inthe form of a pop up library.Once a week, boxes of booksare loaded into the boot ofa car and transported toclassrooms across the school.There the books are unloadedand put on display for students to choose.Our Library Manager, Mrs Cornege uses her laptop toissue books on the spot. At the end of the session,the books are loaded back into boxes and returned tothe library.The pop up library has proved extremely popular withthe students. This was especially noticeable when theywere selecting their six books to read during the EasterHoliday Book Break.Verity Rowsell-Starkey

At the endof Term 1,Trudi Lile,i t i n e r a n tteacher atMahu r a ng icollege, tooka group offlute studentsto busk atNew World Supermarket in Warkworth.Their music was well-received by the passingshoppers who contributed to their fund for aholiday outing.The students played a range of music from jazz toclassical, demonstrating their skills in ensembleplaying and solo improvisation.Jill Jackson, Arts Co-ordinator

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Grants Coordinator/Archivist/PublicistWe are looking for a highly organised andenthusiastic person for the key role of Grants& Funding Coordinator, Archivist & Publicist.

The successful applicant will need to:• Have great organisational skills• Have excellent communication skills• Have excellent interpersonal skills• Be meticulous with a strong attention to detail• Be able to work under pressureThe contract is fixed term for one year with areview at the end of 12 months.Applications close 4:00 pm, Friday, 22 May 2015.Inquiries, letter of application and CV to theExecutive Officer, Carla Strachan, MahurangiCollege, P O Box 64, Warkworth. Phone: 425 8039Fax: 425 7275, email: admin@mahurangi.school.nzContract Specifications available on our website:News>Vacancies

Mahurangi College Hockey ClubMahurangi College Hockey Club

Trivial Pursuit NightTrivial Pursuit Night$ 10.00

Sat May 237pm-10pm

Mahurangi College AuditoriumCash bar and nibbles available

See a member of any college hockey team for tickets

Congratulations Forrest AxfordUnderwater Hockey continues to grow and be astrong feature at Mahurangi College and this month,we would like to Congratulate student, Forrest Axford,who has been selected for the New Zealand MensU19 Underwater Hockey team and is heading awayto the World Champs in Barcelona, Spain in August.

Forrest says “Underwater Hockey is asport like no other and to havethis opportunity to represent mycountry at the World Champsis especially exciting!” “I alsobelieve in giving back to my sportand so I coach the MahurangiCollege Junior Team”. “The pastfew years, I have had so manypeople coach, manage, supportand encourage me and I really

want to say ‘Thank You’ to each and everyone of them, as I feel that they have been vital tomy success. The person who has been my biggestinfluence on my underwater hockey career, has beenmy Dad!” “He has coached multiple New ZealandRepresentative teams over the years, along with ourJunior and Senior school teams.Everything that we have achieved at MahurangiCollege could not have done without him. Hisguidance and support has been a driving factor to mysuccess. Forrest is busy during his spare time, doingfirewood and anything else he can turn his hand to, tofundraise for his trip to Spain. if you would like to help,please go to givealittle.co.nz/forrestaxford1029 . Youcan also follow his journey on his page on Facebook -Forrest Axford Worlds Journey/Make4Spain.Congratulations Forrest, we know you are verydeserving of this spot on the New Zealand team andwe are all right behind you! If anyone is interested inhaving a go at Underwater Hockey, please feel free tocome along to one of our trainings - Seniors Monday7-9pm, Juniors Thursday 7-8:30pm at the CollegeSchool pool.Angela Daysh, Sport Coordinator

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