Principal`s Message Jubilee Magazine

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Issue 31/14
Thursday 16 October 2014
Principal’s Message
Warm spring greetings to the Kavanagh
Community
Nau mai Haere mai -welcome back for the final term of the
year.
Much has happened since my last missal. Congratulations to all
members of the 2014 Pasifika Vibes group for their outstanding performance at Polyfest last term. Special thanks to the tutors and Ms Jackson
for their time and commitment. The senior boys basketball also had a
fantastic national tournament winning their division—an outstanding
achievement. Congratulations to the team and coach Gerard Mullin who
works tirelessly to promote basketball in the College. Recently Kavanagh
teacher Iris Bugarski was named female coach of the year by Football
South. Iris has inspired over 30 girls mostly in Years 9 and 10 to play
soccer. All of the teams have acquitted themselves extremely well having
to play in a higher senior division. Thanks also to former student and head
prefect Olivia O'Kane for giving back coaching time to the team.
Although much has been made by some in the community of the absence
of sport performance at Kavanagh all evidence is to the contrary as
individuals and teams have excelled this year. The 1st XV rugby team
won their final against Taieri to earn the right to return to the Highlanders
competition next year and the 1st XI Football team pushed the highly
regarded OB's team and beat them for the first time in a decade. Hockey,
badminton and diverse sports such as curling have all seen
success. Individuals have also excelled on the regional, national and
international stage.
Sport is a key component to any school and the development of young
people. The Board have significantly increased sports provision and
resources at Kavanagh over the last two years. Our vision is to provide
the best opportunities for students in all codes and to compete and
succeed to the highest level. We also want students to play sport for the
shear joy of it. However we have to be realistic in terms of sport and
balance it out with all the other elements that make a school successful.
We are not a large school in terms of secondary sport and we continue to
box above our weight.
The key point is Kavanagh College is much more than a one trick
pony. We are a school of substance with a proud tradition of success. We
cater to a broad community and the pursuit of excellence in one area can't
be to the detriment of any other—it's all important and it all has a place in
the school. Of course we have to keep striving to lift our game in sport
(pun intended!) - and in academics, the arts, culture and special character.
I thank students, parents and staff for their great commitment to sport and
for their ongoing loyalty in supporting the school and Catholic education. On the surface many schools are now marketing for enrolments with
a lot of "glitz and glam" but I urge people to look a little deeper under the
rug and ensure the substance is there.
TERM 4 WHĀNAU HUI
Please join us for the next whānau hui
Tuesday, 28 October
5.15-6.15pm in the Kavanagh College staffroom
New whānau are especially welcome
“Wall of Fame” 2014
Does your son/daughter qualify for the Wall of Fame this
year?
Students must be placed first or second in New Zealand in
any endeavour.
Please contact Mrs Kerr-Bell 4773408, Ext 208 as soon as
possible with details of their achievements so that they can be
acknowledged at Prizegivings.
World of Wearable Art Trip to Wellington
Senior Textile Design Technology students went to Wellington in the
first week of the holidays to attend the WOW show. It was a highly
successful trip taking in Te Papa, Massey University, City Gallery,
Cable car and zoo, amongst other attractions. Jenny Kennedy,
Kavanagh’s librarian, went with us as a support person. The weather
was superb and everyone had an enjoyable time.
Photo from left: Taylor Pearce, Cathy Mackintosh, Sarah Foster,
Taegan Payne, Sue Robinson, Lillie Rohan, Kate George, Kate Wilson
and Lucy Winton.
Tracy O'Brien
A full list of Tutorials available for NCEA
students is available on page 6-10.
Jubilee Magazine
The Jubilee magazine is now on sale at the
Bursar’s Office for $20.00.
Don’t miss out on this wonderful collection
of photos and memories of the past 25
years of Kavanagh College.
Friday 17 October
Aug
Term 4 Key Dates
Sept
Tuesday 21 October
Wednesday 22 October
Senior Sports Awards11.30-12.25, Auditorium
Cultural Awards Evening—7pm in the
Auditorium N.B. Change of Date
HPV Vaccinations—Year 8 Girls
Kavanagh sports coaches function in the
staffroom 5-6pm
Friday 24 October
Sunday 26 October
Jubilee Celebrations
Monday 27 October
Labour Day—school closed
Tuesday 28 October
Whanau Hui 5.15 in the staffroom.
N.B. Change of date
Monday 3 November
Year 11-13 Reports mailed out
Wednesday 5 November
Senior Prizegiving 7.00pm in the school
hall
Thursday 6 November
9.50am. Leavers’ Mass (Year 13 parents
welcome)
Monday 10 November
NCEA Exams begin
Monday 10 November Friday 14 November
Years 7-10 Assessment Week
Tuesday 18 November Friday 21 November
Year 8 Camp 1 (8CAM, 8OCB)
Tuesday 25 November Friday 28 November
Year 8 Camp 2 (8TSU, 8 HAI)
Wednesday 26 November Year 9 Sports Day
Thursday 27 November
Textbook Return Yrs 11-13 in Auditorium
Year 12 at 11.15am
Year 13 at 12.00 noon
Year 11 at 1.00pm
Friday 28 November
Year 9 New Entrants morning
Year 7 New Entrants Day
Monday 1 December Tuesday 2 December
Year 12 Peer Support Training
Monday 1 December Thursday 4 December
Year 10 Camp
Thursday 4 December
Years 7-10 Reports Issued
Friday 5 December
Junior Prizegiving at 11.00am in the
school hall
Monday 2 February 2015
Start of Term 1
Year 8 Camp Dates Reminder
8OCB and 8CAM: 18 Nov—21 Nov
8TSU and 8HAI: 25 Nov—28 Nov
Payment needs to be made before camp
commences.
All notices that have been sent home to date, can be
viewed and downloaded via the school website, under
the tab Year 7/8 Latest News.
The following is a list of students who are required to be at the above
Cultural Awards Evening.
Naitingikeili Amato, Mele Amato, Emily Armstrong-Sagvari, Lucy
Armstrong-Sagvari, Grace Auckram, James Ayers, Sasha Bain, Reid
Baldock, Joshua Bardwell, Taylor Baughan, Connor Bedwell, Connor
Bedwell, Cameron Beeby, Erin Blanch, Elliot Blyth, Jessie Blyth, Jenna
Boyes, Tobias Brennan, John Brosnahan, Connor Butler, William
Caldwell, Milla Campher, Annalise Chalmers, Blake Chalmers, Eila
Chirnside, Sophie Christie, David Clark, Hayley Colbert, Theresa
Cordtz-Kata, Kacy Cosgrove, Elisha Cowan-Brocklehurst, Tiana
Cresswell, Shannon Crooks, Olivia Culbert, Tenson Dalby, Bridget
Dawson, Haodong Ding, Mackenzie Diver Phelan, Kieran Dodd,
Harry Dolan, Ruby Dunbar, Simmone Dunford, Rhys Farquhar, Sarah
Faulkner Barclay, Abi Fern, Annaliese Fitzpatrick, Rosa Flaherty,
Sadonia Folimatama, Ona Fraser, Hanna Gallaher, Paige Gardner,
Amelia Garnett, Matilda Garnett, Ivan Graham, Connor Griffiths,
James Gunn, Erin Hall, Tanelle Hammond, Megan Hanning, Raumati
Hanning, Charlotte Hay, Sasha Hayde, Jordan Henderson, Madeline
Homan, Tara Hook, Jenna Hopkins, Vanessa-Mae Hutchison, Savanah
Kamura, Kieran Kelly, Cormac Kelly, Emily Kerr-Bell, Masin KeweneMasina, Sophie King, Aleisha LaHood, Ene Junior Lam Cheung,
Liliana Lam Cheung, Amy Lamb, Claire Lamb, Isabelle Larsen,
Matthew Larson, Savannah Laws, Samarah Linwood, Zhi Hang (Jack)
Liu, Sinea Lodge, Blake MacDade, Clare MacDonell, Callum MacLeod,
Atunasia Makasini, David Makasini, Therese Makasini, Thomas
Makinson, Moewai Marsh, Olivia Marshall, Jesse Matheson, Trinity
Matika, Lily-Anne McDougall, Liam McElwain, Samara McIver,
Shaymaa McKendrick-Ali Ahmed, Russell McPherson, Joshua Meikle,
Oliver Meikle, Samuel Meikle, Leon Miyahara, Kilistina Moata'ane,
Vehekite Moata'ane, Thomas Monaghan, Andrew Muasika, Jessie
Murphy, Charlotte Murphy, Edward O'Driscoll, Jonathan O'Neill,
Lucy O'Neill, Rebecca O'Neill, Oliver Pali, Nikita Parker, Oscar Paul,
Taegan Payne, Joseph Peacock, Nathaniel Peacock, Kenneth Pestano,
Danielle Philippa, Rose Pickard, Stephanie Pickles, Grace Powell,
Maria Price, Hamish Prince, Hamish Prince, Folauhola Pule, Sione
Pule, Michael Pupualii, Rory Quinn, Piata Rapata-Hanning, Omri
Reading, James Redfearn, Jacob Reeve, Morgan Reeve, Anna Roberts,
Matthew Robertson, Lillie Rohan, Samara Rowe, Sarangi Sabu,
Mackenzie Saville, Mikayla Scott, Mitchell Scott, Ella
Seuseu
Musgrave, Cooper Sharplin, Jonathan Shaw, Thomas Shea, Ripeka
Skipper, Iona Stewart, Danielle Sullivan, Madison Sutherland, Laniet
Swann, Zoe Szostak, Josephine Taimalie, Lavinia Takataka, deLilah
Tamatea, Stella Tamatea, Shaun Tatley, Uatesoni Taungapeau, Aliyah
Tautuhi, Liya Thomas, Grace Tilbury, Emannuel Toilolo, Alyssa
Tomlinson, Holly Trainor-Uluakiola, Mykala Tuxford, Nadia Uriaro,
Lewis Vaughan, Paige Virtue-Hammond, Elsie Wallace, Alice Wassell,
Christina Weston, Sophie Whibley, Lucy Wilkins, Andrew Wilson,
Kate Wilson, Rachel Wilson, Lucy Winton, Sam Winton
Class Photos Reminder
Please collect your class photo from the
Bursar’s Office as soon as possible.
Thanks.
All Kavanagh Students to attend
the Jubilee Mass
Year 10 Parents
Labour Weekend—
26th of October
If you are aware that your child will require exam support in
2015 in the form of a reader/writer/extra time, please contact
the College.
All Kavanagh students are asked to
come to the Jubilee Mass at the
Dunedin Stadium, in uniform, please.
This is a wonderful, once in a life time, opportunity to celebrate
our history and identity as a school after 25 years!
This will be the only Mass in the city on that Sunday and it will be
an event like never before. You don't have to have signed up for
the reunion to attend and parents and wider family are warmly
encouraged to come along and join all the Catholic primary
schools and parishes in this city-wide celebration of catholic
education.
Parents/Caregivers—
Student Roll Numbers 2015
At this time of the year we are under some pressure to
determine our roll numbers for 2015.
Each year families may move away from Dunedin, senior
students may find employment or may have been accepted for
tertiary training.
If your son/daughter will not be attending Kavanagh College in
2015 we require written notification from you as soon as
possible.
Please state the leaving date, reason for leaving, and name of
new school / or training establishment. Thank you.
YEAR 7-9 AQUATICS LESSONS:
All Years 7-9 classes are completing five to six lessons during
term 4. These will occur during timetable Health and Physical
Education time at Moana Pool.
The focus of the lessons will be swimming stroke and technique.
Years 7 and 8 lessons will be taken by Swimsation while Year 9
lessons will be taught and supervised by your child’s Health and
Physical Education teacher. Moana Pool life guards will also be
on duty at the pool during each lesson.
Students will walk to and from Moana Pool. Students will be
clearly instructed on the safe procedure for walking to and from
Moana Pool.
If you have any information about your child’s swimming ability
that would be important for the teacher to be aware of, or there is
important medical information that the teacher should know
please make contact directly with your child’s Health
and
Physical
Education
teacher
on
4773408
[email protected].
INDOOR TOUCH MVP - TOM HENDERSON
Year 11 student Tom Henderson has been
named as Kavanagh College's Indoor Touch
most valuable player.
Tom had a stellar indoor touch season and
thoroughly deserves this award. Tom played in
the KC Hurricanes team during term three at the
Edgar Centre.
The summer outdoor season has just started and throughout
the week Tom plays premiere level Touch at Taieri, The Oval
and Bishopscourt. Tom will no doubt again feature in an
Otago representative team this season.
Applications to NZQA will begin in term 4 of this year. In some
cases further testing will be required.
Kathleen O'Kane
[email protected]
2015 Voyage Spirit of Adventure.
Female berth available on the 10 Day Youth Development
Voyage—27th March - 5th April 2015. For more information
please contact school coordinator John Maguire [email protected]
Also
Male berth available on the 10 Day Youth Development
Voyage—14th October - 23 October 2015. For more
information please contact school coordinator John Maguire [email protected]
HPV Vaccinations
A reminder to all parents.
The third and final dose of the Human
Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine will be given to the
Year 8 girls on Tuesday 21st October . If a student is away
that day, she can receive the vaccination at a later date in
a catch-up clinic at school.
Only girls whose parent or caregiver has consented in writing
will be given the vaccine at school.
Parents or caregivers can accompany their daughters on the
day of vaccination, if they wish. Please ask the office what
time the nurses will be at your school.
On the day of vaccination, please ensure your daughter has
breakfast, and wears a loose-sleeved top, if possible.
Side effects of the vaccine are uncommon, and the students
should be able to participate in normal physical activities a
few hours after the vaccination.
All girls born from 1993 onwards are eligible for free HPV
vaccine through their GP practice until their 20th Birthday.
Should you have any questions about the programme, please
phone:
Natasha Rodger
HPV school-based co-ordinator
Otago Public Health Nursing Service
Phone: 03 476 9811
Email: [email protected]
BOYS BASKETBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!!
An outstanding result from our Senior A Boys Basketball
team. After qualifying last term they travelled to Palmerston
North in the holidays to compete in the New Zealand Secondary
Schools A Championship.
On day one they started with two good wins over Catholic
Cathedral 87 - 68 and Huanui 78 - 68. Day two started well with
a strong win over Stratford 84 - 70. They then suffered their first
loss to Aquinas 61 - 76. Day three started with a big win over
Opunake 80 - 41.
This put them into a sudden death semi-final against a very tough
Te Aroha team.
At three quarter time we were down
49 - 51. With 40 seconds to go the scores were tied up.
Kavanagh then scored 9 consecutive points to take out the win
and a place in the final.
The final was against the 'old foe' St Kevins. In a great
performance Kavanagh dominated the game and came away
with a great win. Kavanagh was crowned National Champions!!!
The team was:
Jacob Cromb, Tsz Kai (Marcus) Chan, Lawrence Kim, Isaac
King, Jacob Koopman, Liam Lavelle-Pool, James McDonald,
Alex Nettleton, Richard Rodger and Miguel Santos
Richard, James and Jacob were named in the tournament team
and Richard was named as tournament Most Valuable Player.
C
ongratulations to Felix Kyle (10MCK) who represented
Kavanagh at the New Zealand secondary school mountain
bike champs held here in Dunedin during the holidays.
Felix competed in two events, the Downhill and Super D
Enduro race. He placed 16th in the South Island and 18th in
NZ for the Downhill event. In the Super D, which was raced in
terrible weather, he placed 3rd in the South Island and 6th in
New Zealand.
Felix was the sole rider representing the College and with the points
he earned Kavanagh placed 31st
out of the 45 schools involved.
A great effort by Felix!
C
ongratulations to
Ben Millar-Coote on his
selection in the New
Zealand U18 Ice Hockey team!
C
ongratulations to Christina Weston
who was awarded two gold medals in
the South Island Diving Championships. This has gained her entry into the
National Championships which are being held in
Hamilton in October. Well done!
Congratulations and thank you to coach Gerard Mullin, Assistant
Coach Grant Roydhouse, and Assistant Coach and Teacher in
Charge Scott Reid. A huge thanks also to the parent managers
group of Liz Piper, Rose Nettleton, Chona Rodger and Angela
Cromb.
Preparing to Study: A Good Study Place
The DETER Strategy for Taking Tests
You need a good study place to be prepared to study. You
should be able to answer YES to all of the following questions:
To do well on a test, you must have good
knowledge of the information that is being tested.
But you must also have a strategy for taking the
test that allows you to show what you know. The
DETER strategy can help you do your best on any
test. Each letter in DETER reminds you what to do.
1. Is my Study Place available to me whenever I need it?
Your Study Place does you little good if you
cannot use it when you need it. If you are using a
Study Place that you must share with others for
any reason, work out a schedule so that you
know when you can use it.
2. Is my Study Place free from interruptions?
It is important to have uninterrupted study time.
You may have to hang a DO NOT DISTURB sign
on the door or take the phone off the hook.
3. Is my Study Place free from distractions?
Research shows that most students study best in
a quiet environment. If you find that playing a
stereo or TV improves your mood, keep the
volume low.
D = Directions

Read the test directions very carefully.

Ask your teacher to explain anything about the
test directions you do not understand.

Only by following the directions can you
achieve a good score on the test.

If you do not follow the directions, you will not
be able to demonstrate what you know.
E = Examine

Examine the entire test to see how much you
have to do.
Be sure your Study Place includes reference
sources and supplies such as pens and pencils,
paper, ruler, calculator, and whatever else you
might need. If you use a computer for your
schoolwork, it should be in your Study Place .

Only by knowing the entire task can you break
it down into parts that become manageable for
you.
5. Does my Study Space contain a large enough desk or table?

Once you have examined the entire test,
decide how much time you will spend on each
item.

If there are different points for items, plan to
spend the most time on the items that count
for the most points.

Planning your time is especially important for
essay tests where you must avoid spending so
much time on one item that you have little time
left for other test items.
4. Does my Study Place contain all the study materials I need?
While working on an assignment or studying for
a test, use a desk or table that is large enough to
hold everything you need. Allow enough room
for writing and try to avoid clutter.
T = Time
6. Does my Study Place have enough storage space?
You need enough room to store your study
materials. Be sure you have enough storage
space to allow you to keep your desktop or other
work surface clear of unnecessary materials that
can get in the way.
7. Does my Study Place have a comfortable chair?
A chair that is not comfortable can cause discomfort or pain that will interfere with your studying.
A chair that is too comfortable might make you
sleepy. Select a chair in which you can sit for
long periods while maintaining your attention.
8. Does my Study Place have enough light?
The amount of light you need depends on what
you are doing. The important thing is that you
can clearly see what you need to see without any
strain or discomfort.
E = Easiest
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The second E in DETER reminds you to answer
the items you find easiest first.

If you get stuck on a difficult item that comes
up early in the test, you may not get to
answer items that test things you know.
R = Review

If you have planned your time correctly, you
will have time to review your answers and
make them as complete and accurate as
possible.

Also make sure to review the test directions to
be certain you have answered all items
required.
9. Does my Study Place have a comfortable temperature?
If your Study Place is too warm, you might
become sleepy. If it is too cold, your thinking
may slow down and become unclear. Select a
temperature at which your mind and body
function best.
Having a good Study Place is important for good studying.
Using the DETER strategy will help you do better
on tests and get better grades.
Tutorials for Students in Years 11-13
The College is looking to raise awareness with parents of the various tutorials being offered by staff. We would encourage
students to attend as many of these as possible. Below is a list of Tutorials being offered and details will be updated in subsequent
Newsletters.
Please encourage attendance at these tutorials to ensure students get the best possible grades.
Many Thanks
Steve Read
Deputy Principal