Issue No. 8 – December 2020

Senior Academic Prize Giving

This newsletter can be found on the College Website—www.waihicol.school.nz

Waihi College – Mate atu he tētēkura, ka whakaeke mai he tētēkura. As one frond perishes another grows in its place.

PRINCIPAL’S COMMENT

Kia Ora Tatou 2020 has truly been

extra ordinary!!!! As the school year draws to a close, I would like to take this opportunity to

thank everyone involved with the school this year. Your support and caring has not gone unnoticed and I hope 2021 brings a calmer and less stressed climate for us all to enjoy. Congratulations to all who have excelled this year and been recognised at the end of year Prize Givings. Kia kaha. Stand tall and be proud of your mahi. A reminder to parents that the End of Year Junior Prize Giving’s are scheduled as follows: Year 9 and 10 Prize Giving 1.30pm Tuesday 8 December

(Y9/10 students are not required at school on Wednesday)

Year 7 and 8 Prize Giving 9.30am Wednesday 9 December Reports will be issued to all students on the last day of their school year. School (2021) starts on February 4th for all Y8-10 students and February 9th for all Year 11-13 students. Please check the details in the local newspapers mid-January. Stay safe over the summer. Take time to rest and recharge. Enjoy spending time with whanau and friends. Bring on 2021!!!! Alistair Cochrane

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COLLEGE NEWS

Academic Prizegiving Special Awards The Shepherd Cup and Waihi Lions Scholarship for DUX (Top academic achievement for Waihi College): Tasmin Skinner The Coombes Cup for PROXIME ACCESSIT (Runner up to Dux): Grace Coombe The John van der Zwan Koru: Sakura Terabe The Sara Parish Cup: Reagan Thomas

The Kurt Hahn Award: Jackson Pool The Ara Poutama Award: Amaru Donaldson The Chandel Cup: Brayden Shaw The Jack Silcock Memorial Cup: Jason Su The Ryan Aluminium Trophy: Catlin Cumming The Ethel Madgwick Cup – Rural Women NZ: Alanah Rhind The O’Leary Cup for Leadership: Kaurerewa Koopu

The Principal’s Award: Michaela Malone, Thomas Spicer and Saffron Percival-Wheway Penny Bowden Trophy for Performing Arts: Jackson Pool The John Combes Memorial Cup

for Science and Mathematics: Winnie Choi The Sel Baker Cup for Humanities: Grace Coombe The Board Chairman’s Award and the Waihi Beach Lions Trophy for Citizenship: Hannah Rogers The Bronwyn Wightman Memorial Trophy: Penny Croker Maia Short Memorial Scholarship: Hannah Rogers The Kathleen Adams Memorial Award (also known as the Jubilee Award): Winnie Choi, Makayla Langdale Hunt, Zara Roberts and Kaia Waite The Prime Minister’s Vocational Excellence Award: Jakob Dodd Best All-Round Girl, Board Chairman’s Award and Martha Women’s Club Award: Tasmin Skinner Best All-Round Boy and Board Chairman’s Award: Kaurerewa Koopu The Waihi Lions Trades Scholarship: Koran Dillimore

Scholarships Ko Te Tangata School Leavers Scholarship, Waikato University: Zara Roberts Massey University Undergraduate Scholarship, Wellington: Kaia Waite Totoweka School Leaver Scholarship, Wellington University: Hannah Rogers Totoweka School Leaver Scholarship, Wellington University: Alanah Rhind David Johnstone Scholarship for Primary School Training, Waikato University: Penny Croker Massey University Business School Future Leaders Scholarship: Tasmin Skinner University of Otago 150th Entrance Scholarship, Otago University: Winnie Choi The University of Auckland Maori Academic Excellence Scholarship, Auckland University: Kaurerewa Koopu The Waihi Lions Trades Scholarship: Koran Dillimore Prime Ministers Vocational Award Scholarship: Jakob Dodd First place in Year 11: Izzy Faber First place in Year 12: Kyla Walker

Student Leaders for 2021 Head Girl: Kyla Walker Head Boy: Jared Lee

Deputy Head Girl: Paepa Tohaia Deputy Head Boy: Zinzan Coop Academic Leader: Rian Butler Cultural Leader: Sarah Keall Sports Leader: Mia Morgan Service Leader: Haille Strange Find out more about them under ‘Student Leadership’ in our new website in the ‘Our People’ section.

Prizegiving Photos We’ve been very busy taking photos at all the end of year Prizegiving Ceremonies. If you would like an emailed photo of you/your student, please email Wendy Shave on wendys@waihicol.school.nz and tell her your or your students full name, LAG teacher’s name and which prizegiving the photos would have been taken at (for example – the Senior Academic Prizegiving). She will email you back with any photos she may have.

New Website Waihi College has a brand new website https://www.waihicol.school.nz/ and digital billboard in front of the school. The website will be up and running by mid December – make sure you check it out! Our website has been completely re-designed and is full of easy to find and relevant information that will be updated regularly to keep everyone informed of all things Waihi College. You will find a full staff directory with email links, access to the Parent Portal for our School Calendar, important dates for next year, sports draws, events, photos and everything you need to know for how your student can get the best out of school. The digital billboard will be updated regularly too with photos, events and important dates so you don’t miss a thing. Wendy Shave

1st in Year 12 Charlotte Hutchins Year 13 Effort Awards Bailey Cameron Cyprus Taniora 1st in Year 13 Makayla Langdale-Hunt

BOT Report Kia ora koutou This week the Board discussed looking toward the future for Waihi College and revisiting our vision and charter. In the new year we will work together with all of the Waihi College community to create a new vision statement that more reflects the current values of our Kura. It was a privilege to be at the senior prize giving this year and it was awesome to see so many students recognized for all their hard work. To all of the students now officially on their summer break, have fun and enjoy your holidays. To the remaining staff and students, you are on the home stretch so hang in there. Nga Mihi Peter Tai Board Chairperson Students from the Home Economics Department have been making Gingerbread Houses

Police Studies New Recruits 2021 On the 10

th November our 2020

Police Studies graduates hosted the new recruits for 2021. 11 students from Katikati College and

13 students from Waihi College came together to get a taste of what the course is all about. We can’t wait to get started for real in February!

Police Studies Prize Giving Congratulations to the graduates of the Waihi College Police Studies Programme 2020. The awards night on the 5

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November showed just how far you have come this year.

Year 12 Effort Awards Nariah McGee Zizan Coop

WINTEC Awards A great night in Hamilton for Waihi College at the WINTEC Trades Academy Awards on Tuesday 24

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November. This year we had two winners.

Braedyn Tottle - Excellence in Construction and Infrastructure Sector Level 2. Nadya Ashley - Excellence in Beauty Therapy Level 2. Congratulations to all of our students that attended the WINTEC courses this year. And a big thank you to the WINTEC teams - Jackie and her Kopu team and Sheryl and the team in Hamilton for all your hard mahi and the great opportunities you give our students.

WINTEC Trades Level 3 Construction Our boys delivered the Whare they made at their WINTEC course in Kopu to our local Kohanga Reo. Awesome mahi boys. All the tamariki were very excited with their new hideaway.

COLLEGE NEWS

COLLEGE SPORT

WBOP Athletics Results A fantastic team lead by Mr Budgen went to Tauranga for the Western BOP Athletics on the 18

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November. All of our athletes represented their school with pride and pushed themselves to get some great results.

Placings Year 7 Girls 200m - 3rd Place Nevaeh Vautier Year 7 Girls High Jump - 2nd Place Nevaeh Vautier Year 7 Girls Long Jump - 2nd Place Nevaeh Vautier Year 7 Girls Discus - 1st Place Rylee Morgan, 3rd Place Nevaeh Vautier Year 8 Boys Discus - 3rd Place Lucas Hale Year 7 Boys Shot Put - 3rd Place Harlem Field-Hargreaves Year 8 Girls Shot Put - 3rd Place Rosie Morley

TVSS Junior 3x3 Basketball

Congratulations to our teams. The girls are Champions with an 11-3 win over MBAS. Great work ladies. And the boys Year 10 team Runners-up with a close loss 11-10 to Te Aroha in the final.

Well done boys. Great mahi also to the Year 9 Boys team who played hard all day.

Year 7/8 Athletics Big thank you to Mr Budgen and his team for putting on another great day. Thank you to all of the Whanau who came to support.

Champions Year 7 Girls Champion - Nevaeh Vautier (A) 22pts Runner-up - Celeste Rush (A) 10pts Year 7 Boys 1st Equal Champions - Aidan Butler (A) and Harlem Field-Hargreaves (E) 13pts 3rd Trent Ewing (A) 12pts Year 8 Girls Champion - Olivia Malone (E) 21pts Runner-up - Greta Spicer (A) 7pts Year 8 Boys Champion - Taikaha Manuel (A) 18pts Runner-up - Lucas Hale (D) 13pts Year 7/8 Athletic Records Broken! Congratulations to: Year 7 Girl - Rylee Morgan New Shotput Record of 8.14m (Old record of Moana Magee 7.80m 2019) New Discus Record of 19.20m (Old record of Olivia Malone 18.45m 2019) Year 7 Boy - Harlem Field-Hargreaves

New Shotput Record of 10.44m (Old record of Lucas Hale 9.13m 2019) Year 8 Girl - Neesha Mayor New Shotput Record of 8.84m (Old record of Monika Vaughan 8.07m 2018) Year 8 Boy - Lucas Hale New Discus Record of 27.76m (Old record Tisharn Field 26.54m 2018)

TV Year 7/8 Touch Champions 2020 Great day. Great kids. Big thank you to Mark Coll for giving up his day to steer the team. Rachael Hall

Waihi College thanks Gold FM 96.4 for their support of our students.

COLLEGE NEWS AND COMMUNITY NEWS

Upcoming Events December 3rd-9th NCEA Exams 4th-6th NZSS Track, Field & Road Champs 4th Community Concert 4th Year 13 Formal 7th Documents Day 8th Y9/10 Prize Giving 9th Y7/8 Prize Giving

Waihi College thanks the OceanaGold Mining Education Trust for their ongoing support of our students.

Schooling Dates for 2020/2021 Tuesday 8th December – Year 9 and 10 Prizegiving and last day of school for students in Year 9 and 10. Wednesday 9th December – Year 7 and 8 Prizegiving and last day of school for everyone.

2021 Schooling Dates 2nd – 4th February – Year 13 Camp 4th February – Year 8 to 10 start 5th February – Year 7 start (powhiri) 9th February – Year 11 to 13 start 2021 Teacher Only Days 28th and 29th January 19th May 12th August 23rd November 2021 Public Holidays Waitangai Day – 8th February (Mondayised) Easter – 2nd to 6th of April Queens Birthday – 7th June Labour Day – 25th October

BYOD in Senior School BYOD stands for Bring Your Own Device. Many schools are adopting this policy across their whole school. In 2021, all students in the senior school who need to use a device for their learning, should bring a device from home. This could be in the form of a chrome book, laptop or ipad but not a cell phone. Courses that require use of a device have indicated this in their course outlines. If you do not have or are unable to purchase a device, Waihi College will engage in a device lease contract with the student and their families to issue a

device (bond required). Please contact Jo Howell if you have any queries.

Uniform Shop Hours for the Beginning of 2021 January 25th 10.00am—2.00pm 26th 10.00am—2.00pm 27th 10.00am—2.00pm 28th 2.00pm—6.00pm 29th 9.00am—12.00pm February 2nd 9.00am—11am 3rd 9.00am—11am 4th 9.00am—11am 9th 9.00am—11am 10th 1.30pm—2.10pm 11th 3.00pm—4.15pm 15th 1.30pm—2.10pm 17th 1.30pm—2.10pm 18th 3.00—4.15pm

Students from the Home Economics Department have been making Gingerbread Houses

Rose Parks, Editor, signing off. Look out for the new look newsletter in 2021. Have a good Christmas everyone.