Farewell to Mr Johl - Hillcrest High School

PO Box 11020 Hamilton
ph 857 0297
www.hillcrest-high.school.nz
SEPTEMBER 2015
Farewell to Mr Johl
Farewell to Mr Johl
Sir John Kirwin’s visit
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World Champion
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Tournament Week
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Principal Points
School sport is a significant component of the lives of many of
our students with large numbers of staff, parents and members
of the school community participating and supporting our
extensive extra-curricular programme. We continue to have
success at local, regional and national level, as the reports from
winter tournament week will testify. We also want as many of
our students as possible to be engaged in sport and to enhance
our current sports facilities. This is an exciting development
for the school and the Board looks forward in engaging further
with our community.
We are well into our planning for next year, with enrolments and
subject choice well underway, we are looking at our timetable
and staffing requirements. I will also begin the process of
establishing our school targets and goals for the following year.
Dear Parents and Caregivers
Where has the year gone? I’m sure the years go by faster with
age, and this year is no exception.
When term 4 resumes on Monday 12th October, there will only
be three and a half weeks until the seniors depart for their NCEA
examinations, with Senior Prize giving being held on Monday
2nd November at the Founders Theatre. It is critical that
students use these final few weeks before their examinations
wisely. Staff will be offering tutorial opportunities, further
assessment opportunities and the final information that will
be necessary to confidently enter the examinations. This is
also the time of the year when we celebrate the successes of
the year with a succession of evening events. These are listed
in the newsletter, and I would encourage you to attend these
events, particularly those that involve your son or daughter.
A group of staff and parents have been working on establishing
a Hillcrest High School Sports Board. The composition of the
Board and the selection process for membership of the Board
will be announced next term, however the establishment group
have decided that the Board Mission Statement will be “To add
value to Sport at Hillcrest High School” with specific functions
under the following headings
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2.
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4.
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Promotion of Sport to the local community and beyond
Fundraising to assist codes, individuals and projects to enhance sport at the school
Support participation and achievement in Sport.
Maximising community involvement in Sport.
With the winter sports season completed and student
achievements recognised at code prizegivings, I would like to
thank the many staff, parents, caregivers and members of our
school community who devote such a huge amount of their
time, on a voluntary basis, to coach, manage, administer and
support our extensive extra-curricular programme. Our extracurricular programme, and I also include the Arts and Culture,
play a significant role in the life of our school and add real
value to the lives of our students.
Kelvin S Whiting
Principal
APPOINTMENT OF NEW DEPUTY PRINCIPAL
The Board of Trustees are pleased to announce the appointment
of Mr Ronan Bass to the position of Deputy Principal.
Mr Bass is currently Deputy Principal at Green Bay High
School in Auckland and begins at Hillcrest High on Thursday
5th November. Mr Bass has a Bachelor of Science from the
University of Limerick in Ireland and a Postgraduate Diploma
in Educational Leadership and Management from Unitec
in Auckland. Mr Bass has current responsibilities at Green
Bay for Professional Learning and Development, Director of
Professional Inquiry and Student Achievement Manager. Mr Bass
has experience in Digital Technologies and related pedagogies,
data management, particularly to inform and strengthen
teaching practices, Appraisal and Professional Standards, Maori
Achievement, Curriculum design and Pastoral Care.
We are looking forward to welcoming Mr Bass to our school
later in the term.
Farewell to Mr Johl
At the end of term 3 we farewelled Mr Edgar Johl, our Deputy
Principal.
Mr Johl joined our staff in 2008, initially as Assistant Principal
and then as Deputy Principal taking over from long serving
Deputy Principal Mr Brugh. Over the last 7 years Mr Johl has
made a significant impact on our school.
As well as taking care of the day to day running and organisation
of the school, Mr Johl has significant portfolio’s which included
Positive Behaviour for Learning (PB4L), Senior Student Leaders,
Education Outside the Classroom (EOTC) and Health and Safety.
He is a member of the Board of Trustees Property Committee
and works along-side Mrs Wenham in developing the school
building and property plan. Mr Johl’s influence in the school’s
building programme and environment is clearly evident,
with the most recent being the upgrade of B, C and D block
courtyards.
Throughout his time, Mr Johl has developed the senior student
leadership programme, which now includes the annual trip
to Great Barrier Island, while our school assemblies have
a distinctive student focus. He has worked with Mrs Hart in
promoting our school through developments in the newsletter
and school magazine. Mr Johl frequently attends school events
and is well known in the community. He has made a huge
impact with sport, assisting Mrs Priscott as the senior leader
responsible for sport and of course as a successful rugby
coach and, in particular, the Ist XV. Despite his busy job, Mr
Johl always enjoys teaching his Physics class and is a keen
participant in the Science Faculty.
One of Mr Johl’s greatest attributes is his ability to relate to a
range of people – staff, students, parents and members of the
community. He is approachable, has a great sense of humour
and is exceedingly hard working. He has high standards and
expectations which are uncompromising. He always makes time
to talk and listen and can be compassionate and understanding
when the need arises. Mr Johl is respected by all who know
him.
Kelvin Whiting, Karllie Clifton (Year 13 Dean), Edgar Johl
Mr Johl was instrumental in establishing the Senior Student
Leaders camp and the Year 10 camps at Great Barrier Island.
Mr Johl was a key member of our Senior Leadership Team and
a valued friend and colleague. He will be dearly missed, but
he leaves Hillcrest High School and education having given his
complete dedication to the profession for over 30 years.
We wish Mr Johl and his wife Felicity all the very best for the
future.
Kelvin Whiting
Principal
Kelvin Whiting, Edgar Johl
Mr Johl enjoyed an active participation in the sporting life
at Hillcrest High School
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Science Fair
NZ Programming Competition
Congratulations to all the Science Fair participants 2015.
This year we entered six teams in the secondary schools
category of the National Programming Competition held at
Waikato University on August 8th.
The following students participated in the Science Fair this
term and I am extremely pleased with the effort students have
put into their projects. The results has been great, well done!
Hannah Brighouse, Cynthia Li, Kelly Ye, Sophia Chen, Katrina
Oliver, Ismail Drury, Devon Theunisz, Jonah Franke- Bowell,
John Voss, Will Harlow, Jerry Li, Gabriel Pan, Adam Nachowitz,
Sukriti Sharma, Jenny Kweon, Islay McDougall, Meleena
Redcliffe, Antonia Chen.
Congratulations to our Year 13 team of Tiger Xu, Kiana Pham
and Adam Wu who came second in the Waikato and sixth in
New Zealand.
Students who have been awarded prizes at the NIWA Regional
Science Fair are as follows:
INVENTION – OPEN CATERGORY
2nd - Devon Theunisz and Ismail Drury
PHYSICAL WORLD – JUNIOR
2nd – Jonah Franke- Bowell, John Voss, Will Harlow, Gabriel Pan
VIDEO – OPEN CATERGORY
1st – Meleena Redcliffe
PHOTOGRAPHY- OPEN CATERGORY
2nd- Islay McDougall
Usha Thakur
(Science Fair Coordinator)
Tiger Xu, Kiana Pham and Adam Wu
Theatresports Champions
Three Hillcrest teams competed in the Waikato Secondary
School Theatresports Finals at the Waikato University.
Our Junior Team came 3rd, one of our Senior Teams also came
3rd and our very own Take A Hill Pill Team swept up 1st place
by a very close 2 points, securin gthe shield for Hillcrest for
another year. Congratulations to all three teams.
Sukriti Sharma, Katrina Oliver, Hannah Brighouse
History repeats itself! Former students Joseph Simblett, Calum
Hughes and Richard Hart handing the shield over to this years
team — Michael Hockey, Giles Lusty, Georgia Strang and Tycho
Smith.
Back: Cynthia Li, Antonia Chen, Ismail Drury, Devon Theunizs,
Jonah Franke- Bowell, John Voss, Will Harlow, Jerry Li
Front: Kelly Ye, Meleena Redcliffe, Islay McDougall, J
enny Kweon, Gabriel Pan
Absent : Sophia Chen, Adam nachowitz.
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MUNA - Model United Nations Assembly
The following students represented Hillcrest at the MUNA held
at the University of Waikato Team NZ
Ryan Bones 13DS, Sneha Chatterjee 13HN,
Akanksha Munshi-Kurian 13DS, Ryan Nadakkavukaran 13HN,
Minzhe Zhang,13MI
Team USA
Jonah Franke-Bowell 10SL, Adam Nachowitz 9RS,
Gabriel Pan 10EV, Sophie Ward, 10SL
Team Bangladesh
Nisha Novell 11GD, Jyotishna Kumar 11GD, Tiao Yan Li 11SA,
Meg Somerville 11SR.
Hillcrest competed as defending champions with only 6
members having been to the MUNA assembly before.
Team USA: Sophie Ward, Adam Nachowitz,
Jonah Franke-Bowell, Gabriel Pan
Our three teams dominated the competition, taking out 2 of
the 4 prizes. The ‘Top Team’ award won by Team Bangladesh - a
team of first timers to the competition - last years champions
were Olivia Maxwell, Emily Scrimgeour and Leina TuckerMasters. The other prize went to Team NZ for ‘Best Team
Speech’
Maths Winners
All teams were very impressive in both their behaviour and
debating skills, so much so that Akanksha, Sneha, Ryan N, Ryan
B, and Nisha were invited to speak on Free FM’s ‘Cosmopolitan
News and Views’.
Congratulations to the Year 10 winning team of John Voss,
Gabriel Pan, Brodie Maxwell and reserve Michael Zhang.
The annual Waimaths quiz competition was held at the Hamilton
Gardens on August 13. Hillcrest entered a Year 9, Year 10 and
Year 11 team.
Year 10 Team: John Voss, Gabriel Pan, Brodie Maxwell
Top Team: Team Bangladesh
Jyotishna Kumar, Nisha Novell, Tiao Yan Li, Meg Somerville
Best Team Speech: Team New Zealand
Minzhe Zhang, Ryan Bones, Ryan Nadakkavukaran,
Sneha Chatterjee, Akanksha Munshi-Kurian
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Music Festival Winners
Amnesty Concert
The orchestra and jazz band competed in August at the
regional ITM Orchestra and Band Festival held at the Gallagher
Performing Arts Centre.
The Hillcrest High chapter of Amnesty International held
a concert in August to raise awareness about issues ranging
from water scarcity and water pollution to water privatisation
and wars over scant water resources. The proceeds from the
concert were donated to water.org, an international charity
working on providing clean water and sanitation across many
continents.
The Orchestra were awarded a Gold Plus Award, only two other
schools in the Waikato/Bay of Plenty were awarded this top
level award.
The Jazz Band was awarded a Silver Award, which is a great
achievement as they have a number of young instrumentalists.
Orchestra ready to perform.
L to R: Sneha Chatterjee (Environment Captain), Aaminah
Ghani, Adam Nachowitz, Supreeti Sharma, Ishma Nasheed,
Sarah Ather, Akanksha Munshi-Kurian, Prapitha Reddy and
Roseanna Olifent
9ESQ Success
The year 9 Early Start to Qualifications class have spent Term
3 conducting investigations into contemporary issues such
as online bullying, food safety, animal welfare and the link
between money and happiness.
Jazz Band performing the piece “Jumping East of Java”
Arbor Day
As well as developing their research, critical reading and reportwriting skills, students have written letters to a publication
of their choice. Congratulations to Mackenzie Bones whose
letter to the Waikato Times was published on Wednesday 16th
September.
Mr I Crandell-Tanner
TIC
Head students: Caitlin McElligott and Michael Hockey, together with Environment Captains: Raj Prasad
and Sneha Chatterjee, planted trees at school for Arbor Day
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IMPORTANT DATES AND UP COMING EVENTS - TERM FOUR
October
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Term commences
November
2
Senior Prizegiving
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Cross Country
4
Year 13 Dinner
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ILC Concert
6
NCEA Exams commence
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Team/Cultural Photos
16-20 Junior Exams
Cultural Awards
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Maori Achievement Awards
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Arts Supper
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Pasifika Achievement Dinner
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Labour Day
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Sports Awards Dinner
Year 8 Orientation Day
December
3
Pakuranga College Exchange (away)
NCEA Exams finish
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Junior Prizegiving
End of Term
Health Clinic
The health clinic have three school nurses who job share; they
are here to see the students who are sick or injured at school.
Students can be seen at interval and lunch and during class
time if urgent, all students are expected to see their class
teacher for a pass to come to the clinic if it’s necessary
during class time.
The clinic has a Doctor who comes in on a Thursday morning
from 9-12 to also see students who are unable to access a
doctor outside of school hours.
The clinic also has a physiotherapist who runs two clinics a
week on Tuesday and Friday.
Our school policy is to advise parents/ care givers of any major
illness or injury that has happened at school, a head injury is
considered serious and in this case the nurse will phone the
Parent / care giver. We will not bother you for something we
consider to be minor; however we expect that your child would
advise you if they have been to see the school nurse. When
students are unwell and need to go home the nurse will always
contact a parent /caregiver to get permission for your child to
go home.
We want to provide a good service here at the health clinic, so
if your child develops any medical conditions that we should
be aware off, can you please let us know so we can keep the
records up to date.
If there are changes in contact details can the school please be
updated as we often have incorrect phone numbers, making it
extremely difficult to contact parents/ care givers.
If you have a child who has been vomiting within 24 hours
of school or is generally unwell, please keep them home as
these bugs travel quickly. If students have on going medical
conditions or who are sick for long periods of time we would
expect that they are seen outside of school by the family GP.
Head lice – please check children’s hair regularly and treat if
these are present as they do spread quickly.
VISION TESTING for YEAR 10’s – year 10’s will have their vision
tested in term 4.
It you eat well, (plenty of fruit and vegetable) drink water and
get plenty of sleep your bodies will love you for it.
Thanks
Megan king, Marion Horton and Anya Kimpton - Registered
Nurses
Angela Fairweather - Doctor
Paul Head – Physiotherapist
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Environment Council
As part of Hamilton City Councils gully restoration community volunteers have planted thousands of native trees and shrubs to
encourage native birds back into our city.
Hillcrest Highs Environment Captain, Sneha Chatterjee and members of the Environment Council have been helping to restore the
Mangakotukutuku Gully and Stream, Sandford Park, Fitzroy.
School Ball
The annual ball was held this term on Saturday, 1 August. This year the
theme was ‘The Last Hour’.
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House Relay
The annual House Relay held in August on a course around the school grounds. Congratulations to winning House - Te Puea
Equality Day
Equality Day was a huge success with even the weather playing
ball. Students were able to play a game that highlighted the
challenges faced by minorities in society, and could sign a
pledge to end discrimination in our community.
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Sir John Kirwan
The former All Blacks winger is touring the country as an ambassador for Westpac, talking about depression. He spoke to Year 13
students on 3 September. JK is well-known for his work on diminishing the stigma around suffering from depression.
A very charismatic speak, JK had two fundamental messages: that depression is an illness, not a weakness - and he doesn’t want
any more suicides.
Daffodil Day
This year 9BH offered to help raise funds for the Cancer Society by selling daffodils and holding a bake sale. Many of them showed
great entrepreneurial and marketing skills, and they raised $379.50 on the day!
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Business Studies
Careers
Departments
Economics
Year 11 Career Planning
At lunchtime on September 11 we enjoyed a successful Market
Day arranged by the Year 10 Enterprise Studies classes. The
school community was given a chance to buy their range of
products. This was able to happen after several weeks of
learning how to set up a business, run it, produce a product
and successfully market it.
Many students have test-driven the new Bulls-Eye career
exploration programme launched last term and feedback
is positive so far! On the first day of term four we will be
announcing the winners of our prize draw. We have allowed an
extension over the holidays to provide students time to explore
the programme after a very busy term’s work.
There were approximately 15 stalls selling products including;
cupcakes, fudge, sherbet, candy floss, lemonade, brownies,
games, popcorn and hot chocolate. The weather was in our
favour and lots of customers braved the crowds to add to an
electric and exciting atmosphere. Much to their delight many
businesses made profits.
Mrs Gourdie
HOD Business Studies
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Departments
Drama
Theatresports
Arts Festival
It has been another exciting year for HHS theatresports teams,
with all three superb teams getting to the Waikato Secondary
Schools Theatresports finals.
On Monday 7th September at the Academy of Performing Arts
concert chamber, the teams all played exceptionally well, with
strong scenes and hilarious physicality to add to their quick
wit. The junior team ‘Stuffed Crest’ and the senior B team
‘Cresty Crab’ both gained third place, while the senior A team
‘Take a Hill Pill’ won first place!
2015 Arts Festival was a great success with events ranging from
‘Last Supper’ re-enactments and storytelling to theatresports
madness! A big thank you to everyone who got involved and
supported this fantabulous week. We had some wonderful
music performances by our talented students and teachers.
Congratulations to all our teams and a big thank you to our
cheerleading squad who came to support us both at the finals
and throughout the year.
24-28 July
We would like to thank our special guests the Austin-Tennant
family and our ex-student Phum Siritip for performing in
numerous events. Another thank you to The Arts Faculty, the
Arts Coordinator- Santhriga Krishnan, the superb Arts Council
for their help and last but not least the brilliants Arts CaptainsBreanna Swales and Giles Lusty for bringing the whole thing
together.
-Shiro Binks
Head of Arts Faculty
Festival Week - Art display
Greenland
25-28 August
Year 12 drama production
This term level 2 drama spent many hours
rehearsing this contemporary play for their class
assessment. ‘Greenland’ was a challenging text for
this year level as it refers to current environmental
issues and involved a range of characters and
technologies such as the 6 metre wide projected
images.
We were pleased to be able to show off the talents
of this large cast, as they worked on realistic
characters, precise timing and many scene
transitions. The students should be delighted
with their efforts as they put so much energy and
thought into the performance. Well done, we are
so proud of you!
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Theatresports Challenge - Staff Vs Year 13
Departments
Drama
Storytelling
‘Last Supper’
Dan O’Rourke - Year 12
Upcoming Events
Arts Supper
- Thursday 22 October
(Week 2, Term 4)
$15, Te Kore Theatre,7pm
Year 9 Scenes from Shakespeare
Wednesday 25 November
(Week 7, Term 4)
Auditorium, 6.30pm
Junior Shakespeare
Regional Festival
Monday 30 November
(Week 8, Term 4)
Auditorium, 10am
Visit Hillcrest High School Arts facebook page for up to date information.
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Departments
International
Our 10 Pin Bowling evening and dinner at Joe’s Garage was a very popular event for over 40 International and ESOL Students and
teachers. For many it was the first time bowling and others were able to get an impressive number of strikes. We ended the
evening with a variety of pizzas for all.
Congratulations to Year 13 International
Student Kiana Pham. Kiana represented
all Waikato International Students in a
Mayoral Welcome held in the Hamilton
City Council Chambers where she spoke
of her experiences at a New Zealand high
school.
Following on from their adventures and Bungy jumping last
year, Amanda and Yolanda spent a weekend at Mount Ruapehu
with International Students from a number of Waikato schools.
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Reyna and Yuko volunteered their help with the national
Daffodil Day charity collection. Their smiles and friendly
manner helped raise a large amount for the Cancer Society.
Departments
International
English
Spelling Bee
In August Hillcrest High School hosted this year’s Regional round
of the NZ Spelling Bee competition. Around 35 keen spellers
from the region attended this exciting event in our library.
Hillcrest was represented terrifically by five students.
Getting through to the Regionals meant Sophia Chen, Lujane
Shabbir, Gabriel Pan, Jackson Blewden and Ananya Gupta are
among the top 215 spellers in the country. A tense and nailbiting competition, all students participated in a written round
initially then on to a thrilling oral knock out round.
Although none of our students made it through to the finals
this year, it was a great experience and they all learned new
words they will now have for life, particularly the word they
got out on!
After a busy term the annual Shared Lunch was very welcome
with students inviting a teacher, bringing a meal to share and
acting as host for the occasion. The company was great and the
food delicious.
International Student Applications are now
being accepted for 2016.
Please contact Raelyne Selby: [email protected]
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT
HOMESTAY ACCOMMODATION REQUIRED
We need patient, friendly and caring families
who live in the Hillcrest area
to host International Students
attending Hillcrest High School
Family must be fluent English speakers.
Board paid weekly
For an application pack please contact:
Rae Selby
[email protected]
857 0297 ext 839
Junior Debating
2015 has been a fantastic year for Junior Debating. Twenty
seven Year 9 and 10 students have taken part in a regional
junior tournament at HBHS every fortnight over the last 3
terms. They have debated a wide range of topics, including
issues such as arming the police, plastic bag use in NZ and
technology use in NZ schools. Students have learned valuable
skills in public speaking as well as how to think on their feet and
structure an argument. Congratulations to all junior debaters
and particularly to Gabriel Pan, Adam Nachowitz, Daniel
Stokes, Scott Faville and Jonah Franke-Bowell who made it
through to the finals against Diocesan School for Girls. This was
a huge achievement. Although they narrowly lost, missing out
on the trophy, there is obviously a bright future for debating at
Hillcrest High School.
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Departments
Language
This term we celebrated International Languages Week with
a great variety of activities to recognise the many different
languages that our students speak, or are learning.
French crêpes
Spanish Day
Spanish Day was a fiesta of piñatas and dancing. French Day
included a very competitive spelling bee and delicious crêpes,
with many staff and students coming dressed in berets or the
French colours of bleu, blanc, rouge.
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Traditional Chinese games
Departments
Language
For Chinese Day students tried on traditional Chinese costumes
and had a go at some Chinese martial arts. There was also a
special screening of Shakespeare in Chinese which can now be
seen on the school website (http://www.hillcrest-high.school.
nz/news.cfm).
On Japanese Day there were chopstick games, quizzes,
calligraphy and kimono trials.
Chopstick game
Tea Ceremony
Each day there were also multi-lingual compliments posted
around the school for students to give to their friends.
The final Friday was a celebration of all the languages spoken
at Hillcrest High School. There was a language speed-dating
activity at lunchtime, where students had two minutes to learn
or teach a phrase in a language other than English.
Mrs S Collett
HOD Languages
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Departments
Music
The music department has had a very successful term 3.
Orchestra
On Friday 28th of August both the Hillcrest High School jazz
band and orchestra performed at the Waikato Itinerant Music
Scheme band festival, held at the Waikato University Gallagher
Performing Arts Center.
Previous music student and Cultural Captain in 2013, Phum
Siritip performed at assembly and the annual SCAT jazz choir
performace during Arts week. He is now signed to a record
label in Thailand where he lives and is achieving great success.
We wish him all the best.
Under the music direction of Dr Martin Griffiths, the Hillcrest
High School Orchestra were given a Gold Plus award for their
performance - there were only two other schools in the
Waikato and BOP that were given this prestigious award in the
Orchestral-Symphonic category.
This is an outstanding achievement as Dr Griffiths was only
appointed orchestral director at the beginning of 2015. The
orchestra is continuing to grow and the 2016 year 9 students
are invited and encouraged to join.
SCAT, Hillcrest High School’s Jazz choir, held their annual
concert recently and were raising funds for their international
tour of Singapore and Malaysia over the term three break.
The concert was very successful and showcased a number
of talented students. Assistant principal and SCAT musical
director Susan Radford has done a wonderful job of producing
and presenting an exciting concert programme.
Jazz Band
The jazz band, under the baton of Hillcrest High School
teacher Isaac Crandell-Tanner, were awarded a credible Silver
award. The jazz band have been working hard to develop their
sound and stage presence throughout the year and this is a
deserved award. Plans are already underway for the jazz bands
involvement in the 2016 Tauranga Jazz Festival during Easter
weekend and more concert events.
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Hillcrest High School student Danni Corpuz attended the
Zeal music conference in Auckland recently and spent time
with New Zealand music industry heavyweights such as Dave
Dobbyn. Danni is a very talented artist who we will be hearing
a lot from in the future.
Departments
“Seussical the Musical” has been announced as the Hillcrest High School
show for 2016. The show will be held at the Clarence street Theatre from
30 March to 2nd April. Auditions are being held on the 16th and 17th of
October in the music department. 2016 year 9 students are invited to
audition. Please email Mervyn Cook [email protected] to
express interest. Come and be a part of this exciting musical experience.
Thank you to music department teachers Daniel Shin and Annabel
Rowlands, who continue to excel in teaching music at Hillcrest.
Once again thank you to the students and parents who passionately
contribute to the Arts in general and Music in particular at Hillcrest high
school.
Mervyn Cook
Head of Department
Digital Technologies
Social Science
Robocup Competition
The Year 13 Geographers didn’t let the winter weather dampen
their spirits this term, and the best way to understand the
development of Tourism in Waitomo was to go on a 2-day field
trip. So in week 3 we descended on the sleepy village and
discovered there were certainly many caves to explore, and we
even saw a Kung-fighting Kiwi in Otorohanga. Unfortunately the
huge amount of rain meant we could not go Black Water rafting
due to flooding in the caves. Thank you to Miss Campbell for
also joining the trip.
Saturday 14th August saw Hillcrest High hosting the first ever
Waikato Robocup regional competition. Five schools competed
in 3 different categories, Junior and senior theatre and senior
rescue. Teams were expected to build and program their
robots, then perform on the day. The competition ran really
smoothly and was a great success, we look forward to making
it bigger next year!
The winning Rescue team of John Voss, Jonah Franke- Bowell
and Gabriel Pan then traveled to the National Robocup
competition in Christchurch on the September 12th. Although
there were a few hiccups with the robots performance they
still managed to place 2nd in their category. It was a fabulous
experience seeing over 50 teams competing.
This Term we also had six Year 11 students represent our
school at the regional Geography competition called Maatangi
Whenua, which was held at Tauranga Girls College this year.
The team consisted of Nikhil Rajendram, Sophie Keane, Jess
Phillips, Oliver Duke, Mikayla Carpenter and Flavian Ember.
They all performed very well, and finished just behind the top
three schools.
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Departments
Outdoor Education
The 2015 Outdoor Education class has had a great year of
adventure. As pictured the students completed their SSI dive
certification at Mayor Island, off the coast of Tauranga in Term
2. We also tramped up Pirongia and in the Kaimanawa Ranges.
This then led into a 2 day caving trip to Waitomo where the
students were guided through Gardner’s Gut caving system
with the experienced staff at Black Water Rafting.
Recently we completed three days in the snow, building a
snow shelter and learning skills around walking on snow using
an ice axe and crampons. Alongside the practical elements of
this course, students also learnt a lot about the environment,
sustainability and risk management.
All students have worked very hard, demonstrating a high
level of skill and understanding. The infamous Journey is
still to come; where the students work in teams of four to
complete a multisport event over three days totalling 150km
in length.
Katrina Pollard
HOD
Pietta Willoughby
Cameron Horsfall
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Jordan Bird
Sam Dickson, Georgia McConnell,
Brooke Cooper
Joshua Murphy
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Sport
Archery
Boxing
The Hillcrest Archery team won the NZ Postal
Shoot.
Members of this team were: Jez Wathen-Smith,
Lachlan Mills and Joel Halliday – all year 9/10 so
a great result, boys.
Durrell Fatupaito and Tiwana Gould fought in
the Novice Champs in Rotorua. Tiwana Gould
came 2nd in 57kgs. Tiwana fought with heart
and had to change his style of fighting - he kept
going even when it got tough.
BMX
Durrell won the 54kg weight division. His opponent had a bit
more experience than him, but Durrell sussed his opponent out
in the first round, going hard in the 2nd and 3rd coming away
with a clear win.
Jessie Smith is the U14 WORLD CHAMPION after
competing at the BMX worlds in Belgium in July.
After a disappointing 4th place in her semi
final Jessie came back and won the final, leading the field early
on and winning comfortably.
Both boys will be competing in the National Champs later this
year.
Congratulations Jessie
Duathlon
The annual Duathlon was held on
Wednesday, 12 August around the
school neighbourhood.
Junior Girls
1st
Eilidh Huggan
43min 15 sec
2nd
Alex Win
44 min 26 sec
3rd
Megan Henderson
45 min 13 sec
1st
Hamish Keighley
38 min 41 sec
2nd
Dion Morgan
42 min
3rd
Lachlan McRobie
43 min 13 sec
1st
Nicole Emslie
39 min 50 sec
2nd
Hayley Dibley
41 min 04 sec
3rd
Nicola Aldridge
43 min 04 sec
1st
Angus McRobie
37 min 52 sec
2nd
Josh Henderson
39 min 12 sec
3rd
Tom Medland
40 min 05 sec
Junior Boys
Senior Girls
Senior Boys
Encouragement from Sarah Walker
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Sport
Football
Get-2-Go Challenge
Five-A-Side
Waikato Regional Champions
A very successful secondary schools tournament
was held on Saturday, 12 September. Over 160
teams enteded, including a record of 29 teams
from Hillcrest High.
The day was organised by Hillcrest High School Football Club
and a huge thanks goes to the large number of volunteers
involved in the running of the day.
On the 11th August Hillcrest High School competed in the
Hillary Outdoors Get 2 Go Challenge at Lake Karapiro Domain.
Hillcrest entered 2 teams into the competition: an all-girls
team and a mixed premier team consisting of 4 boys and 4 girls.
The day involved students competing against 10 different
schools (21 teams) in the Waikato. The event required students
to work together and gain as many points as possible as they
participated in: kayaking, mountain biking, orienteering and
problem-solving activities over a four-hour period.
The all-girls team finished in a very respectable 16th place with
274 points. Their highest amount of points were scored in the
mountain biking event where they worked very effectively as
a team.
The Hillcrest mixed premier team performed well in each of
the tasks, especially in the problem solving event where they
gained maximum points. This consistent approach enabled the
team to gain a total of 361 points, and this was enough to secure
top position; finishing as the Waikato Regional Champions for
2015!
Hillcrest now has the opportunity to compete in the national
Get 2 Go championship at Great Barrier Island from the 6th to
the 11th of December.
The winning team: Brodie Maxwell, Josefine Jensen, Jonah
Franke-Bowell, Jessie Smith, Jet Lim, Jaxon Wright, Anja Kuys
and Megan Henderson.
Knock Out Competition - Winners
Congratulations to Hillcrest Junior Girls A winners of the knockout competition, held on Saturday, 19 September at St Peters,
beating Sacred Heart in the final. Half time score 0-0, final
score 1-0 to Hillcrest
This is the first time since 1995 that Hillcrest have held the
trophy.
L to R: Jet Lim, Anja Kuys, Josefine Jensen, Jessie Smith,
Brodie Maxwell, Megan Henderson, Jonah Franke-Bowell,
Jaxon Wright (absent)
Howick Exchange
The annual sports exchange with Howick College took place on
Wednesday, 29 July at Howick.
Hillcrest Howick
Win
Basketball - Boys
55
42
W
Football - Boys
2
2
D
Football - Girls
2
2
D
Hockey - Boys
3
1
W
Hockey - Girls
7
3
W
Netball
30
53
L
Rugby
12
15
L
3
Loss
Draw
2
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Sport
ILC
The ILC travelled to Fraser High School on Tuesday 15th
September to compete in the Special Olympics Basketball
tournament. Two teams were entered who would take away a
first place in both divisions.
The teams wore their Hillcrest tracksuits with great pride
and displayed sportsmanship throughout the day’s matches.
The foundation for the team’s victories was playing as a team
with both groups working well together on both defence and
offense.
The ILC will be looking to continue their success when they
represent Hillcrest at the Athletics Special Olympics in term
one in 2016.
Josh Groom TIC
Indoor Bowls
Hillcrest had 10 girls and 4 boys attend the
Waikato Secondary Schools Pairs Champs this
year. For most of the players this was their
second Championship and a high level of skill was
displayed by all.
They all played in a good competitive spirit and displayed great
Sportsmanship.
Caitlin Moore and Nikita Chand collected the Medal for fourth
place in the Girls competition, this was fantastic considering
Nikita was a late replacement and had never bowled before.
Ollie Bell and Riley Higgs collected third in the Boys competition
playing very well to go undefeated throughout the day and with
a few more points would have been playing the final.
Bruce Fleming - TIC Bowls.
Karate
Joshua Martinsen won Silver in 58kg 14-15
Premier Boys and bronze in the Open Weight
Fight.
Inline Hockey
Congratulations to “Semtex” for winning the
school league “A” division. The team quickly
gained a 3-0 lead over Hamilton Boys High who
responded towards the latter part of the first
half to tie the game 3-3.
The second half was a battle of vigorous attack and scrambling
defence from both teams.
Hillcrest finally put the winning goal home 90 secs before the
end of the match.
In the “B” division, Hillcrest teams “Typhoon” won third place,
and “Tornado” second. Special mention goes to Kate Thomson,
(goal tender) who played four games in both A and B divisions,
and was called on to make some very difficult saves during
the “B” division finals. Kate held a pivotal role in keeping the
Hillcrest teams competitive during this round.
Good luck to all players participating in the upcoming national,
and inter regional championships.
Mr M Gilliver - TIC
Adventure Kayaking
On Wednesday the 9th September Hillcrest
entered two teams in a new kayaking event
run by Boatshed Kayaks.
In this event
students kayaked in teams as they navigated
their way around Lake Karapiro and finding different check
points in order to gain as many points as possible over a timed
period.
The 4-person Hillcrest team managed to find all markers
on the course and they finished the race with 178 out of a
possible 180 points. This resulted in a first-equal placing with
Cambridge high school, an excellent result. The 3-person
team participated very well, but a costly mistake meant they
finishing at the back of the field.
Target Shooting
Kacey McCabe- Shaw was selected for the North
Island Junior Team to compete against the South
Island.
Multi
Nicole Emslie completed the World
Aquathlon Championship in Chicago in
early September and came 7th out of 16
in U19. It was very hot - 32 degrees C with
high humidity.
Nicole also completed the Triathlon – a bit cooler but windier
and the lake a bit choppier - still 29 degrees C. She came 24/70
in the U19s and 120/758 competing in the sprint triathlon.
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The winning team (L to R): Josefine Jensen, Jet Lim,
Brodie Maxwell, Anja Kuys
Year 9 Road Race
Year 11 Road Race
Boys
Sport
Boys
1st
Ethan Murdoch
15.51 min
1st
Mark Smith
15.30 min
2nd
Anas Mohamud
15.53 min
2nd
Isaac Boyce
16.09 min
3rd
Dylan Kenny
17.00 min
3rd
Hugo Molloy
16.42 min
4th
Darragh Rondel
17.10 min
4th
John Flood
16.53 min
5th
Gupreet Singh
17.23 min
5th
Daniel Martin
17.10 min
6th
Blake Callesen
17.32 min
6th
Cameron Young
17.15 min
7th
Sunny Yang
17.43 min
7th
Yaser Azfar
17.33 min
8th
Hasham Abdi
17.46 min
8th
Aaron Imperial
17.38 min
9th
Sam McFarlane
18.18 min
9th
Nick Smallwood
17.43 min
10th
Dion Morgan
18.18 min
10th
Sadan Mohamud
18.09 min
Girls
Girls
1st
Emma Kelly
17.48 min
1st
Lily Patterson
19.31 min
2nd
Mereana Atatoa-Carr
18.28 min
2nd
Hannah Rogers
19.43 min
3rd
Maayan Levy
19.18 min
3rd
Briar Wharry
19.47min
4th
Tavia Bell
19.19 min
4th
Laura Thresher
20.15 min
5th
Jessica Sizer
19.23 min
5th
Rachael Aird
20.29 min
6th
Samara Clare
19.57 min
6th
Amelia McNamara
20.30 min
7th
Georgia Wharry
20.33 min
7th
Hannah Scovell-Lightfoot
20.33 min
8th
Brooke Lee
20.43 min
8th
Faiza Suleiman
21.11 min
9th
Annelies Bardoul
20.59 min
9th
Saeeda Suleiman
21.18 min
10th
Kate Gilkison
21.13 min
10th
Tiaoyan Li
21.21min
Year 10 Road Race
Rowing
Boys
1st
Abdul Suleiman
16.01 min
2nd
Kayel Neagle
16.23 min
3rd
Daniel Stokes
16.48 min
4th
Crae Kinzett-Rolfe
16.52 min
5th
Josh Adams
17.10 min
6th
Nathan Ditfort
17.28 min
7th
Marcus Overwater
17.30 min
8th
Jacob O’Connor
17.43 min
9th
Caleb Callagher
17.44 min
10th
Jet Lim
17.47 min
1st
Kendra Peart-Anderson
18.05 min
2nd
Megan Henderson
18.40 min
3rd
Eilidh Huggan
18.52 min
4th
Jessie Smith
19.17 min
5th
Jana Kivell
19.26 min
6th
Josefine Jensen
19.38 min
7th
Anastasia Argyroudi
20.00 min
8th
Claudia Leitgeb
20.31 min
9th
Angeli de Silva
20.45 min
10th
Hannah Doak
21.03min
Girls
The rowing season is well underway with
year plus and novice rowers undertaking
land based and water based training for
the last two months.
Currently we have between 32 and 36 rowers plus 3 to 4
coxswains training under the watchful eye of Dr Brett Smith
(Head Coach and Coaching Co-ordinator), Miss Chloe Mac
Farlane, Mr Brent Whiting, Miss Annabel Rowlands and Miss
Loveday Yeoman.
The school rowing club is led by Mr Blair Wright with Mrs Liza
Hallam our Rowing Manager for both the Girls and Boys crews.
Rowing is going from strength to strength at Hillcrest with a
further increase in numbers from last season. The committee
is planning to increase their plant and equipment with the
purchase of new boats and possibly a new coaches boat.
The clubs first training camp will be held at Mangakino in
Labour weekend and by this time all crews will be well into
their training programme for the season.
Kelvin Whiting
TIC Rowing
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Sport
Skiing / Snowboarding
Twenty-Six Hillcrest High School students
competed in the Waikato Secondary Schools Ski
and Snowboard Champs held at Turoa on August
21st. We were the biggest team there, it was
a fantastic day for riding and the students did
amazingly well.
We had four podium finishes with Alex Douglas (Year 13)
finishing 3rd in the Girls Snowboard Giant Slalom, Sam
McFarlane (Year 9) grabbing second in the Boys Slopestyle
Skiing and Rebecca Pickering (Year 12) having a great day in
finishing second in the Girls Snowboard Slopestyle and first in
the Giant Slalom.
The team now turns their focus to the North Island competitions
to be held in weeks 9 and 10 this term.
Representatives
Basketball
Logan Vugler and Georgia Parsonson were named in Waikato
U17 teams
Football - Girls
Georgia Williams and Tayla Christensen were selected for
the Waikato Bay of Plenty Football Premier Womens team to
compete in this year’s upcoming ASB National Women’s League.
Hockey
Waikato
Waikato
Waikato
Waikato
U15A: Kendra Peart-Anderson, Olivia Yung
U15 Development: Georgia Wharry, Molly Bird
U15A: William Kingsbury
U15 Development: Crae Kinzett-Rolfe, Jared Kelsen
Inline Hockey
Alex Douglas, Rebecca Pickering, Sam McFarlane
Skateboarding
Hillcrest had 7 skateboarders competing at the
recent Waikato Secondary School Champs held at
the In-line Hockey rink. Competition was fierce and
the rink made for some slippery landings!
Despite this Fynn Thomas made it to the open final and Corina
Tweedie won the Open Girls. The Hillcrest team of Corina
Tweedie, Benjamin Pizzini, Connor Dewar and Thomas Groufsky
also won the Team competition.
All around it was a great day and all of you out there who are
considering it for next year should certainly give it a go!
Thanks to Sport Waikato for organising the competition and
Deep Drop and Backdoor for providing all the ramps, setting up
and running the day.
Thanks also to those who competed and to Mr Fleming for his
support.
Manager – Fiona Bolden
Central Region
U14 - Diego Waksman & Mitchell Ellis
Junior Women – Elinor Harris, Jana Kivell, Kate Thompson &
Rebecca Wilson
In the Oceania Champs in Australia, Kate played for NZ U14 and
did not let one puck past her.
Super League
Women – Gina Davis, Philippa Eddy, Jana Kivell & Laura Thresher
Lacrosse
Waikato U18: Samantha Quintal, Hollie Cooke
Waikato U18 Development: Faye McDougal
Waikato A: Chelsi Rys
Waikato Development: Anya Kuys, Amelia McNamara, Matilda
Plant, Georgia Wharry, Meghan Wilson
Waikato U15s to compete in Melbourne Lacrosse Tournament:
Chelsi, Anya, Matilda
NZ U15 Squad: Chelsi, Anya, Georgia
An interim NZ U15 team named to play in the upcoming NZ U18
Champs: Amelia, Meghan.
Netball
Lyanne Eukaliti has been named in the Senior Lion Foundation
Waikato Team as the youngest player.
Lyanne was also named in the Upper NI Tournament Team where
there were 1300+ players competing so it was a huge honour.
Lyanne and Fiesola Puamau were earlier named in the NZ U17
and WBOP and Tournament Teams.
Corina Tweedie
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Sport
Rugby
Rugby has once again had another successful
year at Hillcrest High School both on and off
the field, once again fielding 4 teams.
The Montana Catering Hillcrest High School 1st XV finished
round robin in top spot in the Warren Gatland Division of the
Waikato Secondary Schools 1st XV Competition only dropping
one game throughout the season. The team set some high goals
for 2015 especially after finishing top of the table, however
they lost their semi-final play-off in a nail biter vs Te Kuiti 1st
XV 20 – 17 meaning the team missed out on the final for the
second year in a row.
The boys have put huge amounts of effort into this season and
should proud of the culture they have created and the way
they have influenced their peers within Hillcrest High School.
Hillcrest High School 2nd XV had a very successful season
reaching the final of their division. Losing several games by
just a few points early on put them on the back foot however
they bounced back to go on a great winning streak. The team
had wins of schools such as St Pauls Collegiate and Te Awamutu
College throughout the season.
There are some promising players coming through from this
team who will push for 1st XV spots in 2016. The future of
rugby at Hillcrest High School looks promising.
Hillcrest High School U15 finished the season strongly and put
in real team efforts vs schools such as Forest View and Hamilton
Boys’ High. Although they began to hit their peak in the last
few rounds they had numerous close losses and suffered from
injuries. Credit must go to coaches Ben Kennedy and Kelvin
Whiting and their team for their commitment throughout a
tough season.
Farewell to Edgar Johl
Hillcrest High School Rugby would like to acknowledge Edgar’s
service to Hillcrest High School Rugby over the past 8 years.
He has coached the U14s many years ago which included some
of today’s 1st XV members and has then been involved with
the 1st XV for a number of years since in both managing and
coaching roles. During this time the teams have reached semifinals on a number of occasions and the finals in 2012 &2013.
Edgar is a member of the Hillcrest High School Rugby Club and
a driving force behind not only rugby but all sport at Hillcrest
High School. All of this is while carrying out the role of Deputy
Principal.
Edgar is a coach with huge knowledge from the 31 years of
coaching he has under his belt in that time coaching 4 different
1st XV teams. He has shared his knowledge with not only all
the boys over these years but also other coaches.
The boys will miss Edgar greatly and this was shown by the
emotional haka they performed for Edgar after their last
game.
Edgar you will be missed by the 1st XV, the Hillcrest High
School Rugby community, the school. Thank you for your great
contributions.
He aha te kai ō te rangatira? He Kōrero, he kōrero, he kōrero.
What is the food of the leader. It is knowledge. It is
communication.
The team showed the fighting spirit we wish for from all our
teams.
Hillcrest High School U14’s showed a lot of promise during
2015 and the future of Hillcrest High School Rugby looks in good
hands. They finished round robin in 7th. The team showed huge
determination when up against some massive teams and never
once backed down. This attitude will benefit all players in
the future. Thanks to Coach Steve Wilson and Manager Sharon
Wilson for their hard work this year.
Huge thanks must go to all coaches and managers for the 2015
season. Without their contribution rugby at Hillcrest High
School would not be in such a good position. The same must
be said for our sponsors this year New World Hillcrest, Montana
Catering, Subway Silverdale and Dynamo Events.
Representative Players
Harlequins U14’s:
Blake Callesen, Ropata Martin
Harlequins U15’s:
Thanks to the following sponsors for their support of Rugby at Hillcrest
Luke Kennedy, Durrell Fatupaito,
Jared Ewen, Nathan Stone
Hamilton U18’s:
Hillcrest
Storm Stainton, Claude Harmse
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Sport
Rugby
Prize Giving
1st XV
Best Forward
Claude Harmse
Best Back
Ronin Stephenson
Team Player
Agapei Eukaliti
Player of the Year Agapei Eukaliti
Coaches Award Storm Stainton
Most Promising Logan Catherall
2nd XV
Best Forward
Walter Barratt
Best Back
Fletcher Harris
Team Player
Walter Barratt
Player of the Year Eddie Harrison
U15
Best Forward
Durrell Fatupaio
Best Back
Luke Kennedy
Team Player
Kalib Ollard
Player of the Year Kalib Ollard
Team haka for Agapei Eukaliti
U14 Best Forward
Troy Riddle
Best Back
Max Wilson
Team Player
Te Aorangi Clarke
Player of the Year Ropata Martin
Warren Eddington (New World), and Agapei Eukaliti
Mr Whiting and Eddie Harrison
Mr Johl and Kalib Ollard
Craig Goodwin (Montana Catering) and Ropata Martin
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Volleyball
The 2015/16 school season is already underway.
We currently have three senior teams competing
in the Waikato League at Hamilton Boys High
School every Tuesday night.
We also have four junior teams competiting in the Waikato
Junior Schools Competition at Hillcrest and Hamilton Boys
High School every Thursday afternoon/evening. That is
approximately 60 students training and playing at competitive
level at the moment. This would not be possible without the
help and support of our coaches and managers.
We currently have 9 coaches with a few parents helping out
some of our junior teams as managers. This commitment is
much appreciated!
Sport
Recently we had some of our Year 13 girls play at the NZ Club
Nationals. Kristina Emson (4), Tyler Hurn (2), Ciara Fee (13) and
Rebecca Endres (6) played for Hamilton B Women along side
some ex-students Niahm O’Brien (9) and Meagan FitzgeraldWebb (10). With the exception of two players this was just
about a Hillcrest team! The girls had a great week just missing
out on semi-finals and finishing 5th in Division 2.
We also have four junior teams competiting in the Waikato
Junior Schools Competition at Hillcrest and Hamilton Boys
High School every Thursday afternoon/evening. That is
approximately 60 students training and playing at competitive
level at the moment. This would not be possible without the
help and support of our coaches and managers. We currently
have 9 coaches with a few parents helping out some of our junior
teams as managers. This commitment is much appreciated!
The Waikato Sunday Social competition, that is run at Hillcrest
High School every term, continues to be very popular with over
80 of our students having competed so far this year. There
is one competition left next term. School teams can enter
with Ms Clifton and out of school teams can enter directly
with Waikato Volleyball. Details are on their website www.
volleyballwaikato.org.nz
If you have any queries about volleyball at
Hillcrest please don’t hesitate to get in touch
with Karllie Clifton who is the teacher in charge.
You can contact her via email [email protected].
nz or phone on 07 8570297 ext 868.
Again this year our Hillcrest players have dominated the Waikato
U17/19 Age Group Teams. We would like to congratulate the
following Hillcrest players for their selection:
Waikato U19 Girls – Ciara Fee, Tyler Hurn, Rebecca Endres
Waikato U19 Boys – Jacky Sek, Albert Chen, Khasayar Ghafouri
and Natch Sadindum
Waikato U17 Girls – Michelle Orchard, Kacey Bennett,
Jessica Pasene, Inu Pouli,
Kali Rapley-Inia, Alisi Vulaono
and Rebecca Rodriguez
Waikato U17 Boys – Chris Abbott, Montell Oakes-Tapara, Harrison MacKenzie, Dylan Gonano,
Sean Corbett and Teina Joseph.
These teams will be competing these school holidays in the
Inter-provincial Champs at the ASB Arena, Mount Maunganui on
the 3rd and 4th October. Also these school holidays Kristina
Emson, Brianna O’Brien and Kyle Marsters will be travelling
to Australia with their NZ Representative teams. We wish
these teams and players safe travels and all the best for their
tournaments.
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Tournament Week - August 31 - September 6
Congratulations to the Hillcrest teams who competed in Winter
Tournament Week held from Monday 31st August to Sunday 6th
September. Some outstanding results were achieved by these
teams.
Basketball - Boys
Premier Tournament - Rotorua
Our Senior Boys Basketball team comprising Yaser Azfar, Drew
Elliott, Agapei Eukaliti, Marlon George, Wiri Nikora, Tonisha
Olsen, Shalom Peacock, Joshua Sprosen, Tyrone Ta’Eiloa, Logan
Vugler and Quinn Vugler, under the eye of new Coach Mr Daniel
Green and Manager Mr Shane Vugler, competed in the Regional
tournament in Rotorua. The teams aim was to make the top
six and qualify for the nationals being held in the September
holiday break.
After a first up win against Pakuranga College, the team had
a tough encounter against Fraser High School before going on
to beat local rivals St Peters (Cambridge). This result qualified
the team for a quarter final against Auckland powerhouse St
Kentigern College, which they unfortunately lost 75 – 86. The
boys then beat Hauraki Plains College for a place in the top six,
and in doing so qualifying for the nationals. In their last game
the boys lost narrowly to Hamilton’s St Johns College.
Overall the tournament was a huge success. MVP award went
to captain Quinn Vugler for his scoring and playmaking ability.
Basketball - Girls
Junior Tournament - Rotorua
The Junior Girls basketball team also competed in the Regionals
in Rotorua. The team comprised Sarah Bigham, Georgia Brooks,
Samara Clare, Grace Cooper, Casey Davis, Giorgia Parsonson,
Olivia Parsonson, Amy Smith, Emily Sue and coached by
Rebecca Sue, Year 13.
Football - Girls
Football - Boys
Rex Dawkins Tournament - Papamoa
The Boys Ist XI travelled to Papamoa to compete in the Rex
Dawkins tournament. The team was accompanied by Coach Mr
Josh Groom, Assistant Coach Mr Dylan Groom and management
staff/referees Mr Brett Chibnall and Mr Dominic Hopkirk. The
tournament began with a 2-2 draw with Pukekohe HS. Although
the team would defeat Northcote on day two but close defeats
against Lindisfarne (Hastings) and John Paul College (Rotorua)
meant that the team missed the quarter finals by one point.
After a disappointing day two the team bounced back and the
remaining games proved to be a scoring feast with the team
scoring 23 goals and conceding only one. The team members
were Matthew Ashman, Isaac Boyce, Bailey Brown, Alex Choi,
Todd Didley, Jordan Ditfort, Liam Du Plooy, Cameron Horsfall,
Jet Lim, Bradley Mardon, Kristofer Nebesky, Jacob Rotton,
Natch Sadindum, Daniel Smallwood, Sasha Wallbank and Simon
Watkins.
Hockey - Girls
Tournament - Tauranga
The Girls Ist XI travelled to Tauranga to compete in the first
ever combined top tier tournaments of Federation Cup and
Marie Fry Trophy. The team consisted of Nicola Aldridge, Molly
Bird, Dannii Cooke, Jessie Davys, Joeke de Vos, Aleysha Elmer,
Acacia Kelsen, Amelia McNamara, Tara Newman, Shani Oed,
Kendra Peart-Anderson, Maia Peart-Anderson, Shanelle Reeve,
Briar Wharry, Georgia Wharry, Deborah Yung and Olivia Yung,
with coach Miss Shannon Cochrane. The teams goal was to
make the Federation Cup (top 16 in NZ), but the team was
placed 3rd in their pool after two days of play and then played
off for 16th – 32nd. After a close 3-2 loss to Otumoetai College
in the semi-final, the team battled for an extra time win over
Tauranga Girls College and the bronze medal for 3rd place,
and a final placing of 19th in NZ. Debroah Yung was named
the team’s MVP and a special thankyou to Caroline and Grant
Wharry for spending the week with the girls.
Premier Tournament - Taupo
The Girls Ist XI competed in the National Premier Tournament
in Taupo. The team comprised Tayla Christensen, Hayley
Dibley, Kira Frank, Eden Healey, Emma Kelly, Braidy Lidington,
Emma Marshall, Samantha Nation, Anina Peresson, Melissa
Pfeffer, Samantha Quintal, Hannah Rogers, Chelsi Rys, Kaila
Rys, Victoria Scott, Emma Sizer, Jessica Sizer, Brianna Uivel and
Georgia Williams, coached by Mr Martin Finny with assistance
Tayla Christensen and team Manager Mrs Kate Rys. The team
was also accompanied by referee Mr Turner. The team won
their first game, but then lost the next two which placed the
team in the bottom 16 of the competition. Despite a number of
injuries the team played some outstanding football throughout
the week and ended the tournament in 24th place, which
effectively means a ranking of 24th in New Zealand.
Teams acknowledged at assembly
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Anina Peresson
Hockey - Boys
Founders Cup Tournament Palmerston North
The Boys Ist XI travelled to Palmerston North to compete in
the Founders Cup. The team was coached by Mr Richard Baggs
and Managed by Mrs Karen Floyd and composed of Logan Floyd,
Tyaelor Hastie, Estian Hattingh, Hayden Horsfall, Hamish
Keighley, Jared Kelsen, William Kingsbury, Crae Kinzett-Rolfe,
Giles Lusty, Thomas May, Max Phillips, Devin Pointon, Aonghas
Robertson, Brayden Silvester and Lewis Smith. The teams
aim was to qualify for next year’s combined top tier Rankin
Cup/India Shield which would require a top two finish. The
team played consist hockey throughout the tournament with
the team making it through to a semi-final encounter with
Taradale HS, and after intense second half pressure won by
3-1 and qualifying for a match-up against Pakuranga College in
the final, but went down by 2 goals to 1. Although losing the
final the team still earned a silver medal for second place, and
importantly booking a place in next year’s top tier tournament.
Another achievement of note is that Hillcrest will be joining
Wairarapa College and Rangitoto College as the only state coeducational schools nationally that have their boys and girls
Ist XI’s competing at the top tier secondary school hockey
tournaments in 2016. Well done!
Lacrosse - Girls
National Tournament - Hamilton
This year’s Lacrosse nationals were held at Hillcrest High School.
Although losing their first game by a narrow point against
Mt Albert Grammar, the team defeated Auckland Dio with a
convincing win, which meant a play off for 5th and 6th place
against old rivals St Peters. Thanks to awesome goal keeping
by Matilda Plant, the team won by 1 point and ended the
tournament with a 5th placing in NZ. The team was coached by
Siobhan Quintal and comprised Tara Carmichael, Hollie Cooke,
Charlotte Hooper, Anja Kuys, Phoenix Mansell, Emma Marshall,
Faye McDougall, Katya McGeady, Amelia McNamara, Rebecca
Pickering, Matilda Plant, Samantha Quintal, Chelsi Rys, Ellie
Volk, Briar Wharry and Georgia Wharry.
Netball - Open A
Upper North Island Tournament
- Hamilton
This year’s Upper North Island (UNISS) Netball Tournament
was held in Hamilton. The Hillcrest team was coached by Mrs
Kerren Priscott and managed by Miss Katrina Pollard and Mrs
Diane Blackmore. The team comprised Lucie Bardoul, Jaydah
Croft, Lyanne Eukaliti, Cherish Grace, Megan Henderson,
Emmerson Houghton, Nai Mullane-Ronaki, Jessica Pasene,
Fiesola Puamau, Make Puamau, Ambah Tuhoro and Rebekah
Vercoe. Unfortunately the team was a little down on playing
strength with the late loss of Year 13 players Rebekah Vercoe
(Captain) and Make Puamau. This meant the team entered the
tournament with a very young and inexperienced team. After
a rather slow start, and almost facing threat of retaining next
year’s position in A Grade, the team bounced back strongly
with a succession of wins. The team ended up coming 25th
out of 32 teams in A Grade, and out of 112 teams overall and
maintained their position in next year’s A Grade.
Netball - Development Team
Upper North Island Tournament
- Hamilton
Olivia Yung (L) & Kendra Peart-Anderson
Estian Hattingh
This year Hillcrest was invited to send a second team to
compete in the Upper North Island Secondary Schools
Tournament (UNISS) in Hamilton. This was an ideal opportunity
to expose some of our younger talented players to the intensity
of such a competition. The team played 10 games in total.
The team consisted of Rachael Aird, Libby Alsemgeest, Amber
Barry, Olivia Dixon, Alex Douglas, Johannah Gregory, Leah
Haumaha, Georgia McConnell, Brianna O’Brien and Ata Teopu.
And coached by former student Danielle de Ward and Mrs Pippa
Alsemgeest.
Deborah Yung
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Hillcrest High School Old Pupils /
Teachers / Friends Association
In 7 years time Hillcrest High School will celebrate it’s 50th Jubillee.
During it’s short life the School has many produced many distinguished
Alumni , people who have made a significant contribution to their various
field and communities.
Peter Thomas and I would very much like to form a group to help with
the establishment not only of a steering group for the Jubilee but also
some kind of Association of Alumni /Friends .The time is right and with a
group of enthusiastic people the task does not need to be onerous so we
want your ideas: ideas about people who could help. And the aims and
objectives of this new organisation. We
would need a start-up committee; a website linked to the school site
and a Facebook page or pages as we now have a second generation of
students a school.
If you are willing to help or can think of someone who might like to,
PLEASE
CONTACT;
Peter Thomas: [email protected]
Sue Radford : [email protected]
Sue (Knell) Pope: [email protected]
Or Jeanette Hart at the school ([email protected]) with your
ideas and willingness to support.
We want to make this even truly special to reflect the wonderful
community that is Hillcrest High School.
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