Newsletter - Hauraki Plains College

9 April 2009
Issue 4
Hauraki Plains College
Newsletter
Tena Koutou matua ma
Dear parents and caregivers
 23 April
Day one of Term Two
 25 April
ANZAC DAY
 9 May
Cross Country Champs
Reports issued
 24 May
Teacher – Parent
Interviews
Within the next few weeks, NCEA results from last year will be publically
available. NCEA results are normally reported in two ways – participation rates or
July 1st return rates. The first is normally used by the media as it includes all pupils
who were entered to complete a qualification in any given year. Below are our
participation results compared with national average at each level.
NCEA Level 2 is considered the basic qualification needed to demonstrate that a
young person has the knowledge and skills for life and work in the 21st century.
While achieving this basic qualification is an important goal for some students,
striving to achieve a Merit or Excellence endorsement is an appropriate goal for
others in terms of both personal best and ensuring entry to tertiary courses
which may have a limited intake. One of the Board of Trustees’ targets therefore
is to increase the number of students who achieve endorsements. To achieve a
Merit or Excellence endorsement, students are required to achieve a minimum of
50 credits at the endorsed level. In 2011, 106 students achieved a Merit or
Excellence endorsement in their NCEA qualication, an increase of 35 from the
previous year.
 15 June
Teacher Only Day
A big thank you to
everyone who
contributed to our
centennial celebrations
There are no silver bullets to improving student achievement and we have
worked for many years on a number of contributing factors including the
following:
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Developing a learning centred culture
Building positive, respectful and supportive relationships between
students and staff
Engaging students in worthwhile, relevant and diverse learning
opportunities
Developing teachers’ understanding of how students learn and developing
teaching practice in the classroom
Ensuring students have basic and advanced skills as required in reading,
writing and maths
2 Kaihere Rd, PO Box 44 NGATEA Phone: (07)867-7029 Fax: (07) 867-7020
email: [email protected]
www.haurakiplains.school.nz
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As with anything worthwhile, this is a work in
progress and the Board’s Annual Plan sets out how
we are intending to continue to refine this work. In
the end, every student who fails is a cause for
concern and must be urgently addressed. On the
other hand, every student who is doing best work
and becoming best self needs to be celebrated.
Tying Career Choices to Job Prospects a
Wise Move
There are many considerations in selecting a
career, not least of which is personal interest
and job satisfaction. We spend so much of our
life at work that we need to be happy in the
work that we do. But future job prospects and
earnings should also be a consideration. Will
we get a job when we qualify? Will the salary
justify the expense of the training?
With the first term over, it is important that
students take stock of where they are at in their
learning and set a goal for next term. Reports are
due out in week three of next term, followed by
teacher – parent interviews.
In choosing a career, ideally we should look at
long-term prospects for occupations as we
would hope to stay in employment for the
duration of our career. But job prospects at the
time of graduation are important too. Not
finding a job in our chosen field can damage
our long-term career prospects. Not working in
our chosen field erodes the skills and
knowledge obtained during study and increases
the chances of being channelled into a career
for which our qualifications are irrelevant.
Best wishes to staff and students for a refreshing
break over the next two weeks especially after such
a busy term.
Ngaire Harris
Principal
Academic
It is difficult to look into the future and identify
which occupations are likely to have good
prospects, especially at the point at which we
qualify. Infometrics' forecasts of industry
growth and the changing skills needed within
industries can give us clues about which
occupations will be in growing demand in the
near future.
Up Coming Careers Events – Term 2
Monday 30 April
Auckland University of
Technology Liaison visit
1:30 Careers Centre
Friday 11 May
Waikato University
Open Day, Bus Trip
Saturday 12 May
Massey University
Liaison visit/seminar
1:30 Careers Centre
Thursday 17 May
Massey University
Liaison visit/seminar
1:30 Careers Centre
Tuesday 22 May
Otago University
Liaison visit/seminar
1:30 Careers Centre
The New Zealand economy is hungry for highlevel skills. Indeed, nearly half of all new jobs
created over the next five years will ideally
require a degree. A commerce degree is a safe
choice as it is the category with by far the
biggest expected increase in demand.
Demand for these qualifications will be
supported by robust growth in the financial and
business services sectors, which have been the
growth leaders in the New Zealand economy
over the past decade.
Another growth leader is telecommunications,
which has been expanding rapidly, and will
continue to do so, with the ever widening
range of telecommunication services available
to households and businesses. Prospects for
highly skilled occupations within the industry,
such as professional telecommunication and
electronic engineers, are outstanding.
Wed/Thu 23/24 May Gateway 1st Aid Course
HPC Pavilion
Wed 23 May
Study Link Presentation
(Student
Allowances/Loans).
All Year 12/13 students.
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2:12 Awards
However, prospects for lower-skilled technicians
are less rosy as rapid technological advancement
in the industry is resulting in the industry
substituting technicians for graduate engineers.
English
A field of study with good prospects is
information technology. Demand for IT
professionals will grow as firms invest in new IT
systems after under-investment during the
recession. Job prospects are enhanced by the
low supply of new IT graduates.
Fabrics
Craft
Science
After poor prospects for many years, it is now a
great time to get a trade qualification, although
prospects differ across fields of study. Demand
for trades workers has been suppressed in the
past by the decline in manufacturing and, more
recently, construction. Prospects in both of
these sectors are turning around.
Social Studies
Yasmeen Surrey
Elena Schouten
Natalyha Surgison
Natasha Price
Julia Barugh
Cheyenne Tata-Moyle
Tessa Zank
Donne Wallace-Hunter
Zac Watkin
Oliver Liddell
Julia Barugh
Zac Richards
David van Vliet
Year 9 Camp
A big thank you to all the parents, staff and
students who helped on the Camp this year. It
was much appreciated by all the people who ran
the camp. Without the assistance of parents and
students we would not have a successful camp.
Prospects for the building trades, and indeed
most occupations related to construction
including structural engineering, architecture
and surveying, are excellent. During the next few
years, activity in the construction industry is
predicted to pick up to levels even higher than
the peak of the building boom in the mid-2000s.
It is not just the rebuild in Christchurch that will
contribute to this but also repair work to leaky
buildings and the rapid growth in residential
construction, which will be required to
overcome the shortage of residential
accommodation that has built up during the
construction slump over the past five years.
Unfortunately many students did not collect all
their gear from camp when they arrived home
and it sat around for a week or so even when the
gear was named.
One student came to collect his tent but had
been collected by someone else. If you received
a tent back from camp that does not belong to
you could you please return it to the college.
- Andrew Whiteford is a Senior Analyst at
Infometrics (www.infometrics.co.nz)
Congratulations to all Year 9 students who took
part in all the activities that were offered to
them. We all look forward to your camping and
cooking skills in Year 10.
Source: New Zealand Herald 2/4/12
Academic Dean –
Lynette Benns
Farewell Mrs Bentley
Students have been informed that the final date
for changing courses/subjects for this year was
March 30. Students are now required to remain
in their current subjects and get on with their
learning and achieving credits for NCEA or the
Junior Diploma of Learning. For the remainder
of the year if you have any concerns about
your child’s achievement in a particular
subject please contact me or the Dean.
Our best wishes to Mrs Catherine Bentley who
is leaving us this week to take up a Deputy
Principal position at Woodford House in
Hastings. Mrs Bentley’s contribution has been
huge as English teacher, curriculum leader and
Deputy Principal and on behalf of the BOT,
staff and students we hope she
finds her new school an exciting
and welcoming challenge.
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Much Ado About Nothing
Welcome to the Garden Ramble
Forty-eight students made the trip to Auckland to see
Much Ado About Nothing in the Shakespeare under
the Stars programme at Auckland University last
month. Sitting in the outside amphitheatre under the
clock tower, the students were engaged by the wellacted and lively comedy of gossip, rumour, true and
false love. The production was set in the post-WW2
era with live music, period costumes and subtle
references adding to the humour and drama of the
play. It was a great night with excellent student
behaviour and response to the play. Even the
weather cooperated – a lovely calm and balmy
evening.
The weather has certainly turned and we are
now well on our way to getting our
Autumn/Winter Horticulture area established.
We have germinated cabbage, cauliflower and
broccoli seeds and have planted some carrot
and radish into our outdoor raised gardens.
Next week some cabbage, cauli and broccoli
seedlings will be going in to our outdoor beds.
In class we have been looking at parts of a
plant and seed structure and investigating the
germination process and photosynthesis. We
are now looking at other propagation
techniques, such as cuttings and will be
making some for box hedge (buxus) and
lavender very shortly.
A big thank you to Fiona Donaldson (Year 13)
who kindly donated a trailer load of compost
to the Horticulture classes. Thanks Fiona!
Thanks must go to all of the Horticulture
students for helping out with all of the loading
of soil and bark for their raised beds and the
gardens around the school. They are all
looking fantastic.
A REQUEST: If anyone has a shade house that
is no longer in use, or a sink unit that can be
used outside, could they contact me at school,
Miriam Courtney (07) 8677029.
Administration
FRIENDS, FAMILY & STAFF
Of
HAURAKI PLAINS COLLEGE
Uniform & Stationery Shops
Just a reminder to everyone that the Uniform Shop
is open every Tuesday and Friday from
12 – 2pm during the school terms.
COST + 10% + GST
4% of all sales will come back to HPC
ONE WEEK ONLY
The Stationery Shop is open every Monday, Tuesday
and Thursday at interval (11 – 11:25am).
7TH – 14TH MAY
Only at
NOEL LEEMING THAMES
Student Services
Any students going on school trips must hand their
consent forms into the Student Centre WITH
payment for that particular trip. If the form is
unaccompanied by the payment it will not be
accepted.
COME ALONG AND SUPPORT HPC WITH
THIS FUNDRAISER
A FLYER required which will be sent with
our Newsletter at the start of Term Two.
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From the Guidance Dept…
Free Weekly Health Clinic for Students
That’s right! In conjunction with the Hauraki Plains Health Centre,
the District Health Board, and Care NZ (Hamilton), we provide free
access to a DOCTOR, a NURSE and a specialist DRUG &
ALCOHOL COUNSELLOR, each Tuesday morning.
The free weekly clinic is held in
our purpose-built, Student Centre
facility, here at the College.
All consultations are confidential
and are coordinated by Mr Benns,
our School Counsellor.
If you would like to know more, don’t
hesitate to contact Mr Benns (07 8677029)
Community Notices
Book Fair with a difference
This year the annual Hauraki Plains
College Book fair will be held over 2
days in the Ngatea War Memorial
Hall. There is a huge selection of
book titles that have been gathered
from all parts of New Zealand
(believe it or not) and these will be
for sale for $2 each. The dates for
this fun event are 12th and 13th May.
However, the second day (Sunday)
will also be a Craft fair and bags of
books will be sold for $5. Crafters
from Hauraki Plains College will be
selling their wares.
We would also like to invite crafty
people from the community to sell
their goods. The cost for a stall site
is $10 and the market will be in the
War Memorial Hall alongside the
book fair. If you are interested in
getting a site please contact
Christina Stilwell on 0276372524 or
078677710.
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Science Department
Ball Winners 2012
Urgent need for ice-cream containers. We
don’t need the lids. Please drop off at school
office. Thanks
Congratulations to the following students who won
a Sports Ball in the beginning of the year Stationery
Shop draw.
Wanted – for permanent display in our Dog
Box – an old style type of long sleeve white
shirt and a short sleeve white blouse.
Contact Kerry Strange at the College if you can
help with this.
Autumn Ramble – 9 Holes of Golf
WHERE
WHEN
Hauraki Golf Course
Wednesday mornings
9:30am – 10am start
Beginning Wed 11th April
WHO
Golfers and anyone wanting to
try golf
COST
$5.00
WILL I ENJOY IT
YES!!!!!!!!
ANY QUESTIONS
Phone Kathy 8673137
Proactive Parenting Course
This year Crossroads will be running its first
parenting course in June, on the 8th, 15, and
22nd (Fridays) 7:30 – 9pm. This is open to all
parents – all ages. It is led by professionals
from Presbyterian Support. Cost is a gold
coin. Enquiries please phone Steve 09
2327323
Paeroa Buses & Shuttles
They are now offering a service to Hauraki
Plains College. This service can now be
changed to accommodate Puke Road, down
Pukahu and along Awaiti Road if there is
enough children to make this route viable.
The cost of this service is $350.00 per term.
Please ring Keri on 07 8627176
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Year 9
Josh Webber
Hannah Ashford-Beck
Jacob Kewish
Zac Richards
Dayna Balsom
Sheldon Byrne
Sophia Brumby
Emma Newton
Gus Barrier
Courtney Robinson
Phillip Jamieson
9TJ
9SY
9GD
9BS
9MJ
9JY
9WB
9WK
9GO
9MT
9RB
Year 10
Hannah Berridge
Kelvin Church
Micky Mills
Shyanne Thompson
Lucie Day
Kauri Rogers
Regan Easton-Sydney
Donne Wallace-Hunter
Nicholas Wiseman
Jayden Davis
10ST
10CP
10BL
10ST
10BL
10SG
10HU
10CP
10FZ
10CB
Year 11
Leana McKay
Chelsea Duck
Nathan Balderston
Kylie Ritchie
Mikayla Peters
Ryan Walker
Luke Melis
Shawn Ryan
Rachell Osborne
11BC
11MA
11CO
11LU
11HR
11CS
11MA
11CS
11AL
Year 12
Cody Povey
Shalbie Bowen
Tanishia Albert-Penu
Emily Bisset
Callum Duckworth
12CX
12VW
12CV
12IN
12VW
Year 13
Gemma Fisher
William Aitken
Daniel Smith
Fiona Donaldson
Nick van der Lee
13ct
13FA
13KT
13KT
13KT
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4th May
Huntly MotoX Event
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6th May
Waikato/BOP SS Show Hunter Champs
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9 May
HPC X-Country Champs
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16th May
HPC Shooting Champs at Taupo
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19th May
NISS Swimming Champs
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20th May
Waikato SS Show Hunter Champs
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23rd May
TVSS X-Country Champs
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30 May
Boulton Cup Netball Tournament
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6th June
Waikato SS X-Country Champs
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10th June
NISS Show Hunter Champs
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12th June
Waikato SS Skateboard Champs
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13th June
TVSS Sycling Champs (Reserve Day 14th)
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14th June
HPC Shooting Champs at Putararu
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16th June
NZSS X-Country Champs
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20th June
Waikato/BOP Individual Duathlon
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25th June
TVSS Golf – Round 2
Sports News from the HPC Sports
Coordinator
Cindy Berridge
E-mail [email protected]
Sports Website
www.schoolground.co.nz/haurakiplains
Another hectic 3 weeks has just flown by with many
events having taken place including the HPC, Thames
Valley, Waikato/Bay of Plenty and North Island Athletics
Championships, the North Island Secondary Schools
Rowing Champs, the Thames Valley and Waikato
Swimming Sports, the Thames Valley Touch Tournament
plus Equestrian and Triathlon events!! It is impressive to
see so many students competing in such a wide range of
different sports and proudly wearing the HPC colours.
You may have noticed our students out and about at
sporting events in our new shirts and/or singlets. Thanks
to some funding received from ‘Water Safety’, we have
smartened up our look and it is now compulsory for all
students to wear these. To complete this uniform,
students will be required to wear plain black track pants
and/or plain black shorts, so any students wishing to
participate in sport will need to have these please.
Shirts/singlet’s will be supplied.
With this in mind 2 shirts and 2 singlets went missing at
the Thames Valley Athletics day. If anyone has these
items at home, it would be appreciated if they could
kindly be returned so they can be used at future events.
A big thank you to all of our staff and community
volunteers who have freely given up their time to coach,
manage or support many of the summer sports teams.
Volunteers are vital to any sport, club and committee
and are crucial to the success of programmes and
communities, so thank you very much; we could not do it
without you!!
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26 June
Waikato SS Gymsports Champs
Please keep me informed of any sports results,
representative selections or information for the
newsletter and website.
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30th June
NISS Cycling Champs
Email [email protected] or phone me 07
8677029. Photos welcome!
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7th – 14th July
College A Netball Gold Coast
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With regards to the HAPU points – Tikapa
managed to retain the cup for another year
winning the Inter-Hapu challenge with a total of
119 points. Piako were 2nd (104), Waihou 3rd
(103) and Ohinemuri 4th (101).
Congratulations to all of our champions.
A Reminder
At this time of year there are a lot of winter
sports codes and teams looking to start their preseason trainings, trials and musters. Whilst the
actions of coaches and trainers to get their teams
physically ready for the demands of the particular
winter sport should be commended – it must be
remembered that if a student has a commitment
to a summer sport then this takes precedence
over any winter sport trials, trainings and
meetings. Should a student need to be in 2 places
at once then they are to go to the summer sport
first and then catch up with the staff member
concerned with regards to the winter sport. If any
students are unsure of whom this is then there is
a list of the Teachers in Charge on the sports
notice board.
Recent Achievements
HPC Athletics Champs
Waikato / BOP Individual Triathlon
The wet weather managed to hold off for the HPC
athletics finals day on the 29th February. After all
the results were collated and counted the
respective champions were found. Throughout
the day there were some great individual
‘showdowns’, particularly in the sprint races and
of course in the Inter-Hapu relays.
HPC had 3 students compete at this secondary
schools event on Wednesday 14th March at Lake
Karapiro. A strong competition saw our girls up
against competitor’s extremely elite in this sport.
Libby Gray racing in the U19 Girls placed 4th, Briar
Hansen finished 5th in the U16 girls with Gemma
Hansen racing in the U14 girls finishing 14th. Well
done girls, great effort!
Junior
Girls
Track
Champion
Reece Downham
Junior
Girls
Field
Champion
Awhina Richards-Kingi
Intermediate
Girls
Track Champion
Sarah Speedy & Alisha
Bennenbroek
Intermediate
Girls
Field Champion
Alisha Bennenbroek
Senior Girls Track
Champion
Georgina Speedy
Senior
Girls
Field
Champion
Darnielle Baker
Junior
Boys Track
Champion –
Sam Thompson
Junior
Boys
Field
Champion –
Sam Thompson
Intermediate
Boys
Track champion
Matt Franks
Thames Valley Triathlon
It was unfortunate that the Thames Valley
Triathlon was cancelled this year and a large
number of our students – individual and teams,
will have to wait until next year to compete.
National Schools Triathlon
Due to the Thames Valley Triathlon being
cancelled two teams from HPC decided to fly the
HPC flag and compete at the National Secondary
Schools Triathlon in Cambridge where the
competition was extremely tough. The
Intermediate girls team of Georgia McCormackGoeth, Kayla Hamblyn and Charlotte Van der Lee
finished 12th in their age group while Joshua
McCormack-Goeth and Adrian Knight finished 17th
in a very strong field of junior boys. Well done,
great effort.
Intermediate
Boys
Field Champion
Thawne Roberts
Senior Boys Track
Champion
Thomas Prescott
Senior
Boys
Field
Champion
Thomas Prescott
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Thames Valley Athletics Champs
As a combined team HPC managed to place 3rd out
of the 13 schools competing with a total score of
1225 points. Thank you to Martyn Hamblyn for
your assistance on the day. Much appreciated.
A team of 55 athletes plus 3 staff headed to the
Paeroa Domain on the 8th March for the Thames
Valley Secondary Schools Athletics Championships.
Once again HPC athletes showed some good form
and managed several top 3 placings which are
highlighted below. Well done team on a great
effort by all. Fantastic results!
Results
Junior Girls
Reece Downham
Kayla Hamblyn
Te Ara Watene-Mercep
Awhina Richards-Kingi
4 x 100m Relay Team – 2nd
200m 1st, 100m 2nd
200m 2nd, 100m 3rd,
Long Jump 3rd
300m 2nd, Discus 1st
Discus 3rd
Junior Boys
Gus Barrier
Adrian Knight
Dylan Hawkings
4 x 100m Relay Team – 3rd
3000m 2nd
300m 3rd
High Jump 2nd
Intermediate Girls
Laine Yeager
Ruby Walsh
Shyanne Thompson
Alisha Bennenbroek
4 x 100m Relay Team – 2nd
High Jump 1st
Javelin 3rd
Triple Jump 3rd
100m 3rd
Intermediate Boys
Jordan Walker
Robbie Paul
Isaac Lyons (AWD)
4 x 100m Relay Team – 3rd
Senior Girls
Darn Baker
Tegan Porter
Georgina Speedy
4 x 100m Relay Team – 3rd
Senior Boys
Thomas Prescott
Aidan Summers
Josh Mounsey
Sean Handcock
Ricky Hayward
4 x 100m Relay Team – 2nd
Isaac Lyons
Aidan Summers
Waikato / Bay of Plenty Secondary Schools
Athletics Championships
Shot-put 2nd
Shot-put 3rd
Shot-put 3rd
Those HPC students who placed in the top three at
Thames Valley were selected to attend the
Waikato/BOP Athletics Championships which were
held at the Tauranga Domain on Sat 17th March.
Although all those selected didn’t make it to these
championships because of other commitments, 9
students represented HPC and performed well with
2 athletes placing in the top 3.
200m 2nd,
Long Jump 2nd,
Triple Jump 1st
Javelin 2nd, 400m 2nd
100m 2nd
Results:
Intermediate Boys
Robbie Paul: Shot-put 3rd
200m 3rd
800m 3rd, Discus 2nd
3000m 3rd, 1500m 3rd
Javelin 2nd
400m 3rd
Senior Boys
Sean Handcock: Javelin 3rd
Congratulations to you both for those fantastic
results and well done to everyone who qualified
and competed at this event. A great turnout for
HPC.
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Senior Girls
Helena Gasson
North Island Secondary Schools Athletics
Championships
Following their success at the Waikato/BOP
Athletics champs, Sean Handcock and Robbie Paul
travelled to Tauranga to compete in the North Island
Secondary Schools Athletics champs last weekend.
Both faced some tough competition and did
extremely well qualifying to compete at this event.
Good effort from you both.
Sophie Wiseman
Libby Gray
Senior Boys
Kobi Nicholson
Relays
Junior Girls:
Junior Boys:
Intermediate Girls:
Senior Girls:
Senior Boys:
100m Medley 1st
100m Free 1st – Record
1:01.80
50m Fly 1st – Record 30.12
100m Back 1st – Record
1:11.35
50m Back 1st – Record 33.66
50m Breast 3rd
100m Back 3rd
4x Free – 3rd, 4x Medley 3rd
4x Free – 2nd, 4x Medley 2nd
4x Medley – 3rd
4x Medley - 1st, 4x Free – 1st
Record 57.33
4x Medley – 3rd
School Relay Flying Squad – 3rd (6xFree) – Sian
Teulon, Josh McCormack-Goeth, Georgia
McCormack-Goeth, Jamie Knight, Helena Gasson,
Harry Smit.
Sean Handcock – Snr Boys Javelin
Thames Valley Swimming Championships
Well done to all of our champions. Congratulations
to Josh McCormack-Goeth, Sophie Wiseman and
Helena Gasson for their record results, fantastic
achievements!!
A squad of 23 swimmers represented HPC on
Tuesday 28th February at the Matamata pool. A
great day was had and congratulations to all who
took part. A big thank you to Glenda Gray, Dianne
Gasson and Peter Gasson for your assistance on the
day. Much appreciated.
Waikato Secondary Schools Swimming
Championships
The results were as follows:
Junior Girls
Sian Teulon
100m Medley 3rd,
100m Back 3rd, 50m Fly 3rd
Junior Boys
Josh McCormack-Goeth 100m Medley 1st,
100m Free 1st
50m Fly 1st – Record 29.59
Brayden Palethorpe 50m Back 2nd
100m Back 2nd
100m Breast 3rd
Intermediate Girls
Georgia McCormack-Goeth 50m Breast 1st
100m Freestyle 3rd
100m Breast 2nd
Zoe Summers
50m Freestyle 2nd
Intermediate Boys
Jamie Knight
50m Fly 3rd
On Wednesday 21st March a team of 13 swimmers
competed in Hamilton at the Waikato Secondary
School Swimming Champs. The competition was
tough but our students came away with several top
placing’s. Well done to you all, outstanding results.
The results are as follows:
Josh McCormack-Goeth was 1st in the Junior Boys
50m Butterfly - RECORD 28.40, 1st in 50m Freestyle
and 2nd in the 100m Butterfly.
Brayden Palethorpe was 3rd in the Junior Boys
100m Backstroke.
Georgia McCormack-Goeth placed 3rd in the
Intermediate Girls 50m Breaststroke.
Sophie Wiseman was 1st in the Senior Girls 100m
Freestyle.
Libby Gray placed 3rd in the Senior Girls 100m
Individual Medley.
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Helena Gasson was 1st in the Senior Girls 200m
Individual Medley – Record 2:26.56, 1st in 50m
Butterfly – Record 29.78 and 1st in 100m Butterfly
– Record 1:06.84.
Sophie Wiseman qualified for a number of swims
and was competing despite illness and injury
which has taken her out of swimming and training
for some months. While Sophie did not make any
finals, she is back on track and training hard to
regain her former strength.
Well done to our Senior Girls Relay Team (Georgia,
Sophie, Libby, Helena) who placed 2nd in both the
Freestyle and the Medley Relay events.
At this meet, both Helena and Sophie also
qualified to swim at New Zealand’s toughest
meet, the NZ Open Championships in Auckland.
With all our points combined our girls team
managed to finish in 6th place and the boys team
8th place. Overall HPC finished in 7th place out of a
total 30 schools with a total of 829 points. Superb
effort.
National School Open Water Swim
Championships
Congratulations to our new Waikato Champions
and awesome effort everyone for your successful
day. A big thank you to Glenda Gray for your
assistance at this event.
Two swimmers from Hauraki entered the first
ever National Open Water Championships at Lake
Karapiro. Georgia and Joshua McCormack-Goeth
swam 1km, with wetsuits amongst a strong field
of swimmers of around 200 from around the
country.
Georgia‘s first time ever open water swimming
saw her finish midfield in her age group and
happy with the experience. She is keen to give it
another go next year.
Joshua finished second in his age group, collecting
a national open water medal and completing a
successful season of swimming. He is also keen to
give it a go again next year as it appears set to
become a regular championship event on the
national calendar.
Waikato Swim Team
National Swimming Championships
Three swimmers from Hauraki Plains College
competed in the National Age Group Swimming
Championships in Wellington in March. Helena
Gasson (17) made a number of finals, her best
swim in the 50 Breaststroke where she gained a
bronze medal and now claims the top Waikato
breaststroker title.
Josh with his
Silver Medal
From Open Swim
Event
Joshua McCormack-Goeth (14) had a tough week
after recovering from a stomach bug which saw
him withdraw from a day’s racing, and rebuilding
his strength and energy. Despite this, the last
event of the last day of the championships saw
Joshua gaining a bronze medal in the 100 butterfly
event.
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Please note: whilst we do our best to recognise
all recent outstanding achievements there may
have been some missed. If this is the case please
bring this to the attention of the Sport and
Recreation Coordinator.
Football
Congratulations to the 1st XI Girls and Boys teams
that have been selected, team lists are now up on
the sports noticeboard. We have five teams this
year, 3 girls and 2 boys with trainings well
underway now, the following teams have trainings
at HPC;
Thames Valley Secondary Schools Touch
Competition
On Monday 12th March Hauraki Plains College
hosted the TVSS Touch Competition. Three HPC
teams (Junior Boys/Girls and Senior Mixed)
travelled the great distance to the Ngatea Domain
to take on the rest of the schools in the Thames
Valley. Some tough competition, especially from
Waihi and Paeroa, but HPC worked hard with all
three teams making it through to the finals. The
junior girls played a great game but unfortunately
ran out of steam and finished runner up to Paeroa.
An exciting game from the junior boys, went into
drop off after full time, with HPC finishing up with
a well deserved win against Thames. However
Paeroa proved to be too strong taking out a win in
the senior mixed competition and also retaining
the trophy for 2012. A successful day and well
done to all who took part.
Girls 1st XI & Boys 2nd XI every Tues/Thurs 3.30pm.
Girls 2nd XI & Development every Mon/Wed
3.30pm.
Tennis
Fees are $80 and need to be paid prior to player’s
first game.
Thames Tennis Club Championships for 2012 were
recently held and the following HPC students
placed:
Both the Girls and Boys 1st XI teams will be
attending Tournament Week. Further details and
information will be available soon.
Boys 16 & under singles:
Ryan Tanner 3rd.
Boys 16 & under doubles:
Ryan Tanner and
JD Paki (Thames)
Winners.
A Grade Boys singles:
Ryan Tanner 4th.
A Grade Boys doubles:
Ryan Tanner and
JD Paki Winners.
Girls 16 & under doubles:
Rachel Rees and
Marie Melcher
(Thames)
Runners up.
12 & under doubles:
Megan Goodwin 1st
C Grade doubles:
Megan Goodwin 2nd
The Boys 1st XI will train every Mon/Fri 3.30pm
down at the domain.
The following coaches have been confirmed:
Girls 1st XI
Lance Trow
st
Boys 1 XI
Terry Lee/Nigel Douglas
Girls 2nd XI
Vacancy
nd
Boys 2 XI
Desmond Pickard
Girls Development Vacancy
If anyone is available to help out with the Girls 2nd
XI or Development team, please contact Cindy
Berridge (TIC of Football) 07 8677029 or
[email protected] .
The season kicks off next term with the Girls 1st XI,
Boys 1st XI and Boys 2nd XI all playing in the Waikato
League and the Girls 2nd XI & Development teams
playing in the Thames Valley League.
Next football meeting will be held Monday 23rd
April in the school pavilion at 7pm. All
parents/caregivers and players can attend.
If you wish to receive the football meeting minutes
please contact the secretary, Daphne Willis at
[email protected]
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The next tournament is at Huntly Slater Park on
the 4th May. Our HPC team host this and is
promising to be once again a success for MX school
riders with some coming again from as far as
Wairoa and Kerikeri – that is dedication for you.
HPC MotoX Team
Amanda Fitzpatrick
Western Heights MotoX Tournament on the 30th
March welcomed us with a FROST! Although light
it was still cold and the woolly socks luckily were
in the car. What a great day we had with 24
riders on the track. There was no down time
with riders in every race. The only hiccup was
that I had not recharged the camera so didn’t get
the usual 500 photos – I’m sure they will remind
me next time! The riders were great and
although we had some tired riders come over
from OPC they appreciated being able to ride.
Well done to Kent Morley coming in 20th out of 58
riders in the MX2 Senior National 250 Class.
Huge pat on the back to the new members of the
team who had never been to the track and some
had never raced before. Their resilience and
determination shone as did their smiles. Lucas
Smyllie had the best result of the day coming
home 4th in the 250cc class, the school team
managed to come home 10th out of 23 schools
which was fantastic. All results can be found on
www.mylaps.com
The team really stood out and were so easy to
see on the track at a distance with their pink
Mohawks and giant pink HPC on their backs they
all looked impressive. I’m not sure how many
people said to me “the Mohawks are great, we
can see them!”
A huge thank you to all the
parents/supporters/caregivers who help these
students to ride and compete. Without them we
wouldn’t have a team and they wouldn’t be
riding for HPC AND we wouldn’t have such an
amazing “pit crew” when it comes to bikes that
don’t want to play!
Alivia Singer
We now have a Hauraki Plains College MotoX
Team Facebook page and we would love you to
go in there have a look and LIKE us please. When
we get to 500 LIKES there is a reward for the
team. It’s also now my way of communicating
any info to the team and parents. Stephen
Smyllie runs it and does a sterling job – you will
only read good stuff on this page.
Luther Wenn
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HAURAKI PLAINS COLLEGE ROWING CLUB
On 9th, 10th & 11th March the North Island Secondary
Schools Rowing Champs were held at Lake Karapiro
with schools competing from all over the North
Island.
All our athletes competed in various weather
conditions, wind and rain during the heats on Friday
creating delays in the racing, to calm days on the
Saturday and Sunday. Five crews made it to A finals
on the Sunday – the U15 girls four, the U18 senior
novice boys four, the U17 girls quad and four and
the U17 girls double resulting in a Bronze medal for
Emily Speedy and Sonja Rose coached by Luke
O’Neil.
Six crews made B finals resulting in a number of
crews likely to be strong competition at nationals.
The last week of March will find us competing in our
season’s finale – the Secondary Schools Champs
(Maadi Cup) to be held in Twizel. Results in the next
newsletter.
We had a successful day with our Boys team,
consisting of Andrew Wenham, Sam Cox, Liam
Shelley, Nicholas Wiseman and Brandon Kelly,
getting into a shoot off for first place, but after
a hard fought battle ended with a second
placing. Sam Cox won a 7th overall placing in
the Individual Boys event.
Our Girls team, consisting of Rachael van
Bysterveldt and Fiona Donaldson, won a first
place, with Rachael and Andrew Wenham
gaining a first place in the Pairs Trophy.
Rachael also gained a first place in the Girls
Points Trophy.
Well done to all the shooters who attended
this day. We had a great start to the shooting
year.
Sally van de Wetering
TIC
NETBALL
After a series of trials over the past few weeks
twelve netball teams have now been named.
Many thanks to the selectors who gave up
their time to organise the trials and name the
teams. We are still very short of coaches,
managers and umpires. Now that your
daughter has been named in a team, it may be
possible for you to coach, manage or umpire
for that team. Please contact Mrs Benns
urgently if you are able to help us out. We can
not field teams if they do not have the
personnel to look after them!
Netball commences on Friday 27 April for most
College teams. However, some teams will also
have a game/s on Wednesday 25 April due to
TV League commitments.
Emily, Sonja & Luke
Shooting
The Hauraki Plains College shooting students
attended their first clay target shooting event on the
15 March which was held at the Auckland
Metropolitan Clay Target Club, hosted by Kings
College and Waiuku College.
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Many thanks to Anne Leonard who has been
most successful in applying for and receiving
grants to enable HPC to purchase brand new
uniforms for 10 of our teams. Our College
Netball teams should be looking very smart
this season. We have also received funding for
new bags and balls for most teams.
Rugby
Equestrian News
Coaches and Managers 2012
1st XV Head Coach
Phil Hale
Assistant Coach
Barry Priest
Manager
Denny Hale
Development
Head Coach
Normie Anderson - Matua
Assistant Coach
Bart Thompson
Manager
Niki Farrant
th
4 Grade
Head Coach
Sam Aislabie
Assistant Coach
Israel Rangitaawa
On 30th March our small team of 2 set off
very early to the N.I.S.S Dressage
Championships at St Peters in Cambridge.
It was a very early start for Natasha
Watters and she gained a 5th place in her
first test and 5th place in test two. Well
done Natasha.
Fees
Reminder that fees are $75.00. These need to be paid
to the student centre. Students who have not paid fees
by the 17th May will not be able to play until this is
sorted. If you have difficulties paying fees then you
need to sort it out with the school or see Matua.
Students will be issued with a breakdown of costs for
their fees. It is very important that fees are paid in
order for school rugby to continue to run efficiently and
effectively.
Dress Code/Uniform
This year the uniform for both 4th Grade and
Development will be changed. It has been decided that
both teams will wear a standard uniform. Although this
means additional costs for the trousers, we hope that
this will improve the standard of dress.
Players need to be dressed in appropriate attire for
games. The standard uniform for the following teams
are 1st XV to be dressed in number ones. Development
and 4th Grade need to be dressed in grey long trousers,
school shirt (black), school jersey and shoes.
Failure to wear appropriate attire will result in players
being stood down for that game. So make sure that you
have the correct gear. Grey trousers can be purchased
from the uniform shop.
Code of Conduct
A reminder to all players coaches and supporters about
behaviour during the rugby season. To ensure the
safety of all the code of conduct MUST be followed.
Any players, coaches or supporters who do not abide by
these rules will be reprimanded according to what
incident has occurred. So lets all get on board and be
positive in our attitude and conduct.
If you have any queries about rugby please either
contact coaches or teacher in charge of rugby, Matua
Anderson
Kia ora, Matua Anderson
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She was ably supported by Erin Cooksley
who had a 10th and 15th placing, this was a
great achievement as there were 25
competitors in each of the events.
I would also like to congratulate the
students who competed in the New Zealand
Horse of the Year Show. Not only did they
spend hours and days qualifying for each of
their events but this is an open
competition.
Among the top 10 placings in their classes
were
Hannah Mills SJNZ Development Medal
Pony Equitation 90cm Annex 6th.
Alisha Bennenbroek Category C Welcome
Hunter 80cm 6th.
Treleenah Bentley Category B Open
Welcome Hunter 70cm 6th.
Reece Downham- Smith Debutante Large
Show Pony of the Year - 138cm & not
exceeding 148cm 8th.
Maddison Hair Junior Teams Games 4th and
3rd equal in Class 3 C Grade: Individual
Championship Games, Under 17 Years.
A reminder to all Equestrian team members
you must supply the entry fees with your
entry form as we cannot enter you in a
team without the appropriate fees being
paid please.
Entry forms for the Show Hunter Series held
at St Peter’s are now available on line or
from School but they must be handed in to
Ms Leuthart.
Have a great holiday and enjoy the time to
spend with your horse or pony before
winter sets in.
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