The Year That Was 2015

THE YEAR CELEBRATING LOCAL EDUCATION IN 2015

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TWO GENERATIONS BENEFIT FROM JNL TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES JNL always keeps its eye out for talent among its staff that can be developed through further training.

One of its finds was Adrian Greig who joined JNL 15 years ago on the shop floor and is now a trainer at the mill, winning the industry wide Competenz Forest & Wood Training Leader of the Year Award in 2013.

Adrian came from a varied work background when he joined JNL in 2000 including working in a nail factory and bank.

A naturally communicative personality, Adrian wrote an informal instruction manual for his fellow workmates.

His skill was noted and Adrian went on to write official manuals for cleaning, inspection and lubrication for machine operators.

Today Adrian co-ordinates two in-house “Ingrain” training programmes. One tutors long-term staff on how to train new employees, while the other develops staff who JNL believe have leadership potential.

In addition, ESOL programmes (English for Speakers of Other Languages) that Adrian promotes have been particularly beneficial to

members of staff who struggle with English or have literacy issues.

there in July of this year, visiting mills, the company’s technical centre, and showrooms.

Adrian’s son Sam joined his father at JNL three years ago, starting as a contractor on the “gang ripper”.

“A lot of the product made here is semifinished,” Sam says. “It was good to see what other processes it goes through once it gets to Japan and what it is finally used for.”

Nine months later he applied and was selected for a Quality Assurance Technician apprenticeship, a four year course of study which has one more year to go.

In this role, Sam monitors machines and processes around the mill to make sure they produce product that meets the high standards required.

At the completion of his apprenticeship Sam will hold several National Certificates in a range of wood processing disciplines and also a Level 4 National Certificate in Business Management - all positive steps towards eventually becoming a manager.

Both Adrian and Sam have enjoyed trips to Japan as part of their ongoing development with JNL. Adrian travelled there ten years ago, spending three months in different mills around the country while Sam spent a week

“This gave me a much better idea of why we follow the processes that we do, and why it is important that we are really careful with what we do.”

Adrian says JNL has a philosophy of encouraging its staff to pursue further development.

“There are a lot of opportunities for young people at JNL to progress further. The company is always identifying people who would like to progress and giving them the opportunity.

“It gave us both an opportunity that we would not have had otherwise.” The fact that Adrian came from the factory floor helps enormously, he says.

“A lot of staff out there feel they can do training too and get something out of it.”

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THE YEAR THAT WAS CELEBRATING LOCAL EDUCATION IN 2015

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ALFREDTON SCHOOL STAFF 11 STUDENTS 58

Playing Maori Games with the ladies from Rangitane.

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE 2015 has been a year of ongoing growth at Alfredton School! We are well into the 50’s with our roll now and are fully funded for 3 classrooms and teachers.

The ongoing support of our community has been essential to the school’s growth.

The school fundraising team ASCA have actively contributed towards the school funding and this has seen us planning on solar heating for our pool and a newly surfaced court area being completed in January.

Our Board of Trustees have contributed towards the concrete & the complete repair and refurbishment of our school swimming pool – which is certainly something to celebrate. On top of this we have also purchased a huge range of reading books, maths equipment and technology.

Once again our year has been full, action packed and exciting. We had a year full with sports from Softball through to Hockey and everything in between, a wide range of activities through REAP and our Year 7 & 8 students have had a lot of leadership opportunities this year from the National Young Leaders Day and the Pahiatua Conference. We are now all looking forward to the classroom spaces being redefined, a development focus on Te Reo and welcoming our 8 expected new entrants in 2016.

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Our new cricket pitch under construction.

Student writing on events and activities in Alfredton during 2015: Production Coming Up Welcome to Alfredton’s Production. This year in 2015 the production is going to be based on Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. We have practiced lots of times for our production. It will be amazing.

Kairo Cross Country In Term Two we had cross country. We were running around the field every day to get fit.

Lots of kids here got 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and other good places. I got 3rd. It was a fantastic day.

Amelia H. Softball Tournament Sweat slowly drizzled down my face. I gripped the ball firmly with my right hand, brought back my arm and released a powerful underarm. “Strike Three!” shouted the umpire.

The team went up with joy because that strikeout won us the game – we were in the final. In the first term the whole school competed in the Bush School’s Tee Ball and Softball Tournament at Pahiatua Stadium.

My team, the Year 7 & 8 softball team, won all the pool games and the semi final. I was the pitcher for our team. But unfortunately those scenes in the semi final weren’t to be repeated in the final… We were beaten easily

by Pahiatua 1. They were a great team. I think everyone had a great time and a lot of fun.

Jesse M. Hockey I have done many great things at Alfredton, but there is one thing that has really shone out this year. That is representing Alfredton by playing hockey for the Wairarapa Under 13 Hockey Team. We worked hard training and sprinting around and most of all scoring

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goals. We practiced certain moves and perfected them. After that we went on tournament in Levin. We finally got to Levin and we dumped our bags and rushed off to the turf. Let’s go, said the captain. With all of this encouragement we played our game with great effort! This was my week that was.

Jerome

Kapa Haka In Term Three we had the wonderful Chases, Whaea Everlynne and Matua Warren come in and teach us a few waiata’s and our school haka. They also helped us perfect our performance. The Chase’s let us make up the actions for our haka and they used our river, mountain and school motto in the haka. We practiced and practiced until we got it word for word ready for the Big Day! We went down to Eketahuna’s Town Hall where the Cultural Festival was held. We watched all the other performances until it was our turn as lucky last. We walked onto the stage and got ready.

Freddy started and we were off. We were magnificent.

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CARTERTON SCHOOL

Our senior kapa haka group’s amazing performance at Wairarapa Kapa haka Festival

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE 2015 has been an exciting and successful year for Carterton School.

We have trialled our first ‘1 to 1’ chrome book class (every student has access to a device for their learning), two of our junior classes have worked as a flexible learning hub and we have had three akonga māori classes (learning with a focus on māori language, culture and identity.) Alongside other South Wairarapa schools we have been focusing as a school on developing collaborative relationships to enhance learning. Parents and whanau have been an active part of learning throughout the year.

Our students and staff have taken part in a huge range of activities: academic, sporting and cultural. The visit of three mighty All Blacks before the RWC was a highlight for many of us. A school is about the people who are involved with it, with the children being at the heart.

Having the positive support of fantastic BOT, teachers, support staff, whanau and the community makes Carterton School a wonderful place to learn and grow.

We have a real ‘Open Door Policy’ – you are welcome to come and visit at any time. We look forward to seeing you!

ALISON WOOLLARD

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The year has been an exciting and varied one for all of our school community. On these pages we will try and tell you about some of the highlights.

Do take the opportunity to come in and visit us at any time – our classrooms are always open to visitors. The BOT have identified that we will have a few spaces in most age groups for out of zone children in 2016 – if you are interested in finding out more, contact the office. We’d love to see you!

A milestone point was reached by two of our longest serving staff during 2015.

John Le Grice and Michael O’Connell retired from full time teaching in the middle of the year. Both have had a long history with Carterton School, and other schools. We wish them all the very best for the future.

Our Parent Teacher Association focused on hosting community events in 2015.

A highlight was the ‘Welcome’ family picnic that was held in the hall.

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New and existing families came along to get to know each other in a relaxed setting. The evening was a great success. (The chocolate cake did seem to spark up the children though!)

As often as possible we relate our learning to real life. Every second year our school runs PrEP (Primary Enterprise Programme), so this was our school wide focus for Term 3.

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PrEP engages all Year 1-8 students in the design of a community through integrating school curricula. In this community students form their own government, hold jobs, and have marketplaces for goods and services.

Students run ventures in such professions as performing arts, publishing, community services, manufacturing, banking, civil service, broadcasting and many others.

Students design and produce a school-based currency, with one venture providing a banking service.

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Junior students sharing their learning with family and friends.

Huge effort and determination at our school athletics day.

Kate was overall winner of our first ever Supercooks competition.

She beat adults and children!

Through their exchange of goods and services they create jobs for one another. Then we complete our programme at the end of the term by having our PrEP Market Day where all whanau and friends are invited along to purchase items that have been made by students and to see what we have been doing all term.

What a fantastic time we all had with some amazing goods and services created by our students here at Carterton School.

Physical activity is a big part of our life here.

We have many successful individuals and teams throughout the school.

Our Year 7s & 8s have an annual sports exchange with Brooklyn School from Wellington. This year they visited us. As always they were envious of our beautiful, green, spacious grounds. Everyone had a great time

Angela, from the PTA, thanks local Wild Oats celebrity Crystal for her fantastic judging of Supercooks.

together. Our seniors were marvellous hosts for the day.

None of us will forget the fun we had when All Blacks Ma’a Nonu, Nehe Milner-Skudder and Victor Vito visited Carterton School before the World Cup. They were great fun, taking part in silly quizzes, telling us about their life as an All Black, and presenting signed balls to some lucky students.

Connecting our learning to family and community is a focus for us. Several classes have been using the See-Saw App and other digital tools to share learning activities with parents through the terms.

Visiting adults are often seen around school, helping with baking, creative activities, sports and gardening (we have a fantastic veggie garden!).

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Parents have had a say in how we will report to them in the future, they have come to celebrate learning with each learning team, and have told us what it is they want to find out about learning at Carterton School.

Cultural activities are important to us. We have two amazing Kapa haka Groups who are polished and professional, thanks to their hard work and that of their coaches.

Our kapa haka groups are asked to participate in the local citizenship ceremonies to welcome people becoming New Zealanders. They also perform at the Wairarapa schools kapa haka festival. This year they were outstanding.

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The Chanel College 1st XI football team, intercollegiate champions in 2014 had another successful season reaching the finals in 2015.

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Our school motto is - “All through Christ” We are a Catholic co-educational College with a set of values which come from our founding orders the Brigidine Sisters and the Marist Brothers.

Established in 1978, Chanel College is a school with a tradition of Excellence, catering for students from Year 7 to Year 13. Situated in Masterton, at the heart of the Wairarapa, Chanel College is easily accessible to all students in the area.

The core subjects are taught at all levels and a wide variety of optional subjects are available.

The aim of all education at Chanel is to develop potential and educate the ‘whole person’ according to the student’s abilities and needs.

The College seeks to build and develop a warm and caring community spirit among its students, staff, Board of Trustees, parents, former students and the wider Catholic community. This embraces the idea of treating others as we would like to be treated ourselves.

One of the most important things a school does is to provide a wide range of opportunities for students to develop new skills and to improve their personal level of excellence. In 2015 our students have given us much to smile about.

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Our highly successful Chanel College O’Shea Shield team and their coaches at St Patrick’s College in Wellington.

Great success at O’Shea Shield In 2015 our students have given us much to smile about. Over the weekend of May 1-3, 14 of our students represented Chanel College at the O’Shea Shield competition at St Patrick’s College, Wellington. This is a competition held each year involving all the Catholic schools in the Wellington and Palmerston North dioceses – 17 schools in total.

This year we achieved a number of outstanding results: Joseph Croskery won his section of Impromptu Speaking and was awarded 6 points.

Luke Hempleman also won his section of the Oratory competition and was also awarded 6 points.

Marieke Hanson gained 6 points for her Junior Prepared Speech and although she didn’t win her section was amongst the best competitors.

Our debating team of Sion Madden, Jarrich Grey and Andrew Miles won their debate against St Mary’s College Wellington.

Our Religious Drama team of Kimberly Allen, Odette Bayliss, Joseph Croskery, Luke Hempleman and Louis Dotrice gave an

outstanding performance based on a piece of Scripture and also scored 5 points.

Tayla Cade Gerrard represented us in Te Reo Scripture reading which was a new category this year and scored 4 points as did Courtney Wilton in the Scripture Reading section.

Our Religious Questions team of Chelsea McLean, Georgia Sommerville and Abbigail Murcott acquitted themselves really well answering some tricky questions on Evangelii Gaudium and also gained four points.

Intercollegiate technology success The senior Technology student’s first project for the year was to design an heirloom toy.

A toy that could be passaed down through the ages. All the projects were works the students should be very proud of and the quality of the outcomes will ensure this is the case. Well done.

Developing spirituality The Year 12 Retreat was held in September during week 9 at the Copthorne Hotel. The students learnt what it means to be a leader and were then challenged to put what had been learnt into action through a number of activities. The students enjoyed their time on retreat and a big thank you to Mrs Miles who co-ordinated the retreats programme and to

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The Chanel College 1st XI boys Hockey Team who were champions in their senior competition pose for the camera.

Ethan Kilmister, Chanel College Dux 2015, who will be studying medicine at Otago University in 2016.

Our Year 7 and 8 hockey team, coached by head boy Andrew Miles, won their interschool competition.

Mrs Bunny, Mr Hoskins and Mrs Coley who were the group leaders.

The Year 7&8 Hockey team won the primary C grade. A great result and it is the first time Chanel College has won this grade. Well done to the team and to Andrew Miles and Odette Bayliss who coached them.

During week 10 was the Yr11 Formal a new innovation which came from the students themselves. It was a great night and thank you to the Staff, PTFA, Caregivers and the students who worked together to make this happen.

The 1st XI Football team had a great season building through the season. They are very young and were not expected to make the playoffs let alone finish a very credible 2nd in the College grade. The future for this team is

Our Year 11 students had a great time at their inaugural formal.

The Chanel College ball was held at the Copthorne in August.

very bright. The team has some very talented players and none less than Liam Kerr who has been selected in the U20 Wairarapa Heartland Football Team. This is a high honour indeed and shows that our talented students are recognised and gain selection in the top regional teams from Chanel College.

The Boys 1st XI Hockey team have had a very successful season finishing 1st in the College 1 grade of the Boys Hockey competition.

In October Jonathon Bos entered the UCOL Wood Skills competition and won 3rd place against all the schools in the Manawatu.

Andrew is a member of the U18 Capital Mens Hockey Team. The team is drawn from the Wairarapa, Wellington, Kapiti Coast, Tasman and Buller.

Our successful public speakers in 2015. From left Caitlin Sullivan, coach Dr Claire Hills, Luke Hempleman and Marieke Hanson.

The Team travelled to the National finals in Auckland during the July holidays.

Severa Masoe and Matthew Hymers took part in the ANZAC Sunday Mass at St Patricks Church.

We have had another successful year in public speaking with Luke Hempleman gaining first place in the Inter-collegiate Speech Competition. Caitlin Sullivan gained third in the Year Nine section. Marieke Hanson competed strongly in the Year Ten section.

Logan Tubman-Wallis Year 8 won a Sir Peter Blake Leadership award for the way he lead his team of peers as they developed their entry for the Air NZ ad awards.

Our students remember the battle of Gallipoli at Sunday mass on ANZAC day at St Patrick’s Church.

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Cobblestones, Greytown. How it used to be!

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE We take steps to ensure that we are at the cutting edge of learning, and we are not afraid to try new ideas. We recognise each student as an individual that brings their own needs, strengths and interests to shape their learning.

We have purposely worked over the year to promote student independence and agency in classrooms that thrive on communication, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity. Collaborative teaching has been taken to new levels where teachers work in pairs to promote learning and pastoral care with a shared group of students. Our Modern Learning Environment is a global, wall-less experience bringing the world into the classroom and taking the learning into the world. Reaching for life, grasping opportunities and fulfilling dreams characterise life at Douglas Park School.

DICK BROWN

Learning with digital devices.

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Modern Learning Innovations The future is now with us as we work with learners in a digital age educating them for a super digital and technology driven age to come. The skills required are greater than just reading, writing and mathematics. Learning with digital devices means having the ability to learn anywhere any time.

Not just in the classroom during school hours. To support this learners need to be self managers, determine what they need to learn, develop the skills of self assessment and work competently with technology and computers.

These have been the skills we have developed at DPS over the year. While we are well down the track, the journey is just starting and we look forward to continuing developments over the 2016.

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We take great pride in working closely with our school community to create a welcoming environment and share the skills and joy of learning with parents. Over the year a Bangers n Maths evening looking at everyday

maths activities for families was greeted with maximum attendance. A new innovation in two writing evenings to broaden the world of writing together at home was enthusiastically received by parents. Reading Together is in such demand it was run four times over the year. For a way to banish the reading blues at home and up skill parents, this one is hard to beat. We look forward to another year of working with our parents as allies in the learning process.

Rediscovering the Wilds!

With fabulous financial support from our Friends of DPS each team has been able to get out and about several times over the year.

The outdoors creates an authentic context for learning and adventures bringing parents and students together in real world learning.

The environs from Pukaha Mt Bruce to Cobblestones, Henley Lake to Mt Holdsworth and Camp Anderson to QE 2 Park have been roamed and explored by intrepid DPS adventurers. Their impact on the environment was minimal with the environment impacting hugely on them. Long may it continue.

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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE It has been my absolute pleasure to be the principal of Fernridge School. I have a wonderful group of amazing teachers who work really hard to provide the best possible learning programmes for the children at Fernridge School. We have terrific students and families who feel that at Fernridge School we learn all the time not just in the classroom.

I also value working with a great group of principals in the Masterton cluster who have been working really hard on a shared vision of collaboration which ensures that all children in Masterton will be successful at school.

JANINE DEVENPORT

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2015 was a year all about CHANGE. We have spent the year incorporating CHANGE into all of our learning. At Queen’s Birthday weekend the school celebrated its 150th Jubilee. This was an amazing accomplishment and one which we celebrated in style. School was opened on the Saturday and we involved all of the community to show them what school is like in 2015.

During the term the students learned about how school and the community had changed since 1865.

In term 1 we learned about how we change as we grow up which was a great start to the year. In term 3 we learned that when we change the way that we use materials we can be creative and mindful of the environment.

This culminated in a wonderful “Trashion show” where the students created amazing items for a wearable arts display using materials that would have been rubbish.

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Old Fashion Dress up for Fernridge School 150 Year Jubilee.

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In term 4 we are learning about how light can change colour and we are looking forward to sharing our learning with the community at the end of the year.

We endeavour to bring the community into our learning and give them many opportunities to participate. We have the school duathlon, swimming sports, cross country, pet’s day, sharing evenings, athletics, the jubilee and the Christmas fete.

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GREYTOWN SCHOOL

THE YEAR AR R

STAFF 38 STUDENTS 341

THAT WAS AS S

Judging the lambs at Pet Day.

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Welcome to the year that was from Greytown School.

As always it is a challenge to select events that highlight the year but we have selected a few events that show the varied opportunities the children at this school receive.

Involvement in the Positive Behaviour for Learning initiative over the previous 4 years has been a very positive exercise for the school which saw a significant drop in the number of classroom and play ground behaviour issues being reported. This is where the acronym SHARP (Being Safe, being Honest, Achieving, showing Respect and having Pride) has come from. This has virtually replaced the need for school rules and is creating a positive behaviour culture across the school.

Once again we are pleased to be sending our Year 8 students on to college next year with the skills that they will need to meet the new challenges that will come with attending secondary school.

To the rest of our students we look forward to you returning next year and to experiencing a new set of opportunities for next years “The Year That Was”.

KEVIN MACKAY

Year 7 students caving at Mount Bruce.

Kowhai We have had a very busy year! There was a disco and we had swimming sports in the school pool. We went to Cobblestones Museum to see how things had changed. We got to take a ride in an old car and we went in the school house. It did not look like the classrooms in our school.

We brought our bikes and scooters for Bike Day. We decorated them and had a parade.

We ran in Cross Country at Barton’s Farm. It was very tiring.

We did a production called Sweet Dreams at Kuranui College. We sang lots of songs.

The All Blacks came to celebrate the Rugby World Cup. We had a Pet Day, it was a lot of fun looking at the pets in cages and the pets on the field.

There were prizes for pet rocks, cows, birds, dogs, cats and all the different things.

Totara WOW-World of wearable arts: WOW is an inspiring event. Classes created costumes based on a theme using only rubbish and old scraps found in student’s homes which they made at school. The themes this year were Circus, Insects, Jungle and Underwater.

Students went to Art Splash to take part in a mass choir.

Pet Day was fun. We got to bring our pets & show off our art.

We have a Chinese student called Flora who teaches us how to speak & sing in Mandarin.

South Wairarapa Rippa Rugby Tournament.

Kauri It’s been another great year for the year 6-8 Kauri Syndicate.

We have had another successful year for sports.

The year 5 & 6’s won their Mini Ball competition and the Netball A team won Grade2. Greytown also won the South Wairarapa Soccer tournament.

We also had success in the Wairarapa Science Fair with a 1st in the Year 8 section. Again this year we were successful in the Matharapa competition, Year 8’s came 2nd and the year 6’s came 1st.

Our production this year was based around fairy tales, with each class putting a spin on a classic fairytale that involved dance, singing and drama.

The All Blacks come to visit.

Our year 8 leader took part in the National Young Leaders Day in Wellington and were inspired by the different speakers.

We keep embracing the technological world by being a fully one on one laptop syndicate and preparing ourselves for the future.

Seven Sharp TV programme filmed Year 5 boy Alex Walsh and his friends at school for a story on friendship.

We were very lucky to have 3 All Blacks visit and do rugby skills with some of the children.

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THE YEAR AR R

GLADSTONE SCHOOL

THAT WAS AS S

Moving to the beat with our dancers in the Play.

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Trophy winners at the annual Gladstone School Pet Day.

By nearly all measures it has been a banner year for Gladstone School. We have made huge progress towards implementing our modern learning environments with teachers wonderfully enthusiastic about incorporating the best learning technology into their programmes. The school roll is the highest it has been in seven years and community events such as the annual Scarecrow Fair are attracting record numbers.

Next year the school is looking forward to pressing ahead with refurbishment of classrooms and further developing its exciting programmes. Since returning from study leave after receiving a Ministry of Education study award it is very exciting to be back onboard with renewed vigour and an extended knowledge base. Our school has limited openings for out-of-zone enrolments.

Gladstone School continues to thrive thanks to our enthusiastic students and staff, committed Board of Trustees and very supportive Friends of Gladstone School Committee and parent community.

Good day at Clareville for Gladstone Hockey, winners of both competitions.

Y1’s and Mum Bear in our biannual School Production.

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Had a great time learning about Mau Rakau and performing at the Kapa Haka Festival and Scarecrow Fair.

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Kosta sprints over rugged terrain, winning the South Wairarapa Y7 Cross Country. He also came 14th in the Nationals.

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STAFF 12 STUDENTS 135 STA

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Enjoying learning about water safety on the Ruamahanga.

We love our ‘Homegrown’ scarecrows.

Rooms 1 & 2 recognising fallen ANZAC soldiers with the NZ Army.

The school enjoyed a visit from Hot Air Balloonists during the Annual Wairarapa Balloon festival.

Sergeant Ian Osland promotes the police in rural communities.

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GOOD BEGINNINGS INFANTS & TODDLERS

THAT WAS AS S

SUPERVISORS MESSAGE

Kawanui practices his climbing skills.

It has been another rewarding year for the teachers at Good Beginnings Infants & Toddlers with being awarded our second pa-harakeke (Gold) Healthy Heart Award, which recognises the work we do to support children and families to make healthy food choices and develop a positive attitude towards physical activity.

We believe that children develop holistically and therefore, see the value of community involvement. This year we have had visitors to the Centre to help with baking and physical activity.

We also visited different places such as the library and made trips to buy new resources for the Centre.

We love watching the children learn through exploring and making discoveries about the fascinating world around them. We are so lucky to be surrounded by fun and laughter on an everyday basis.

EMMA DEAN

Lets make sandcastles.

Good Beginnings Infants & Toddlers opened approximately 4 years ago in a former villa.

The environment has been developed to cater specifically for children less than 3 years of age.

The Centre is open Monday to Friday between the hours of 7.00am to 5.30pm.

Teachers believe continuity between the home and the Centre is paramount. Each child is allocated a primary caregiver to ensure strong relationships are formed so children and parents feel a sense of belonging.

Individual charts support communication between the home and Centre and teachers take great pride in providing informative portfolios of each child’s learning journey.

Peek-a-boo.

Our latest ERO review found “Children learn in a calm, happy atmosphere…each teacher is familiar with the specific needs and interests of the children in their care… interactions between children and teachers are highly responsive…teachers talk with

children in a positive, respectful and sensitive manner. They are skilled at acknowledging children’s non-verbal gestures and supporting language development. They regularly engage with children on a one-one basis and extend their thinking…children are comfortable and secure in the environment.

They freely explore at their own pace.” The report can be found at www.ero.govt.nz.

Loving outdoor play.

Transition from the Infants & Toddlers Centre to our Educare Centre is developed in consultation with parents and dependent on the needs of individual children. Teachers from both Centre’s work closely together to ensure a smooth transition.

Due to children transitioning to our Educare Centre in January 2016 we have limited spaces available. If you would like to learn more about the Centre please visit our website www.goodbeginnings.co.nz or contact Nicola on 06 377 0949 or email gbec@xtra.co.nz.

Enjoying some quiet time with a good book.

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THE YEAR

GOOD BEGINNINGS EDUCARE CENTRE

THAT WAS

Daniels train.

OWNERS MESSAGE It is my pleasure to manage both Good Beginnings Centre’s. We have a team of qualified and specialised teachers that have a passion for working with children under the age of five.

Teachers work alongside the children to install a love of learning.

Our curriculum is based on children’s interests and during 2015 we have been on many learning journeys, continuing to make links with the local community and gaining our Healthy Heart Award.

As you can imagine each day brings delight as a child develops a new skill or discovers something for the first time.

The teaching team looks forward to continuing our support for families and whanau in helping their children to become confident competent learners.

NICOLA BURLING

Grace shows off her art work.

Good Beginnings Educare Centre was established approximately 21 years ago and is open Monday to Friday 7.00am to 5.30pm.

The Centre is housed in a former villa, which is spacious, homely, and the inviting environment supports child initiated play, catering uniquely for children aged 2 to 5 years of age.

The Centre’s programme is developed in consultation with parents and children and based strongly on children’s individual needs and interests.

Throughout the day children can choose from a range of learning experiences in a carefully prepared environment.

Teachers and children interact in responsive reciprocal ways to support learning experiences that are meaningful to all.

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Teachers notice, recognise and respond to children’s emerging interests and plan appropriate learning experiences which integrate literacy, mathematics, science, technology and art… Positive outcomes for children are promoted by teachers working collaboratively… Teachers role model te reo Maori and integrate it authentically throughout the programme. ” The report can be found at www.ero.govt.nz.

Look how high Logan can swing.

Teachers are committed to supporting children and families in their transition to school.

Our transition policy incorporates maintaining links with local schools to ensure children have the appropriate skills for the best possible start at school.

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GREYTOWN EARLY YEARS

THE YEAR AR R

STAFF 11 STUDENTS 47

THAT WAS AS S

Max and Sophie Morison challenging themselves on the obstacle course.

CHAIRPERSON’S MESSAGE ‘When we as adults think of children there is a simple truth which we ignore: childhood is not preparation for life, childhood is life.’ Professor T Ripaldi. This quote is so true and I believe our new philosophy supports our children with their learning journey.

The Early Years community welcomes All Blacks Ma’a, Nehe and Victor .

Greytown Early Years 2nd Annual Duathlon – on the Tour De Greytown.

We have a passionate teaching team and an enthusiastic board that work together to ‘Provide quality care and education for the children of our community, guided and supported by our community ‘- a vision that began in 1986 and continues to thrive today.

2015 has seen our curriculum continuing to grow as we build and strengthen our community of learners. We have developed our philosophy in consultation with our whanau and we believe that it captures the essence of who we are and what we value as a learning community.

We continue to hold successful fundraising events throughout the year and I wish to thank the wider community for their continued support.

This allows us to continually improve our environment and resources to support our children’s ongoing learning.

Our new philosophy: Greytown Early Years, an engaging, welcoming, safe and secure home away from home. A responsive, dynamic environment that reflects our diverse learning community and celebrates the natural world.

RACHEL BUTLER-PECK

We nurture trust, and take pride in building positive, respectful connections within our learning community. We listen, notice and respond as we strive to strengthen connections between our learners, our whanau and our community. We value our bicultural heritage and celebrate our diverse backgrounds and identities.

We encourage and support our community of learners to be curious and courageous. To embrace challenge, guide their own learning and share their sense of wonder as we investigate their interests, ideas and passion together.

Matilda, Hannah and Ava share a quiet story time together.

We were delighted to achieve the highest (Pā-Harakeke) gold award from the Heart Foundation of New Zealand in May this year. This award represents the high level of physical activity on offer and our focus on making healthy food choices as part of our curriculum at Early Years.

We continue to extend children’s learning through events and activities at our centre and in our local community such as: hosting a children’s art workshop during the Greytown Arts Festival, a visit from Thames the police dog, hosting Grandparents day, celebrating Arbor Day and Matariki with a performance from the Greytown School Kapa Haka group, active movement sessions at St Andrews Union Church hall, visiting the animals at Greytown School pet day, fire station visit, regular park and library excursions, attending the Kiwi Moon show at Carterton Events Centre, shopping at FreshChoice Supermarket, Rippa Rugby at Greytown School, making pizza at Cuckoo Cafe, and our popular annual duathlon event for our Early Years community.

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Olive, Aidan, Ethan, Harry and Harriet concentrating on construction techniques!

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THE YEAR

STAFF S TA 2 STUDENTS 57

THAT WAS

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE 2015 has been a year of changes for the Learning Centre. I gave up the Kip McGrath Franchise and chose to align myself with a group of other like minded NZ Tutors who trade under the banner of “In2Learning.” We are all independent Tutors with common goals ie – wanting to give students the very best of extra assistance using New Zealand made Software programmes.

I am still based at my home in Masterton and students needing extra help and support outside school hours come from all over the Wairarapa. Their ages range from 6 years to 16 years. We cater for the basic skills of Mathematics, Spelling, Reading, and Writing.

Our numbers can range anywhere from between 40 to 50 students depending on student’s needs at the time.

Children are chosen on merit and an assessment is done first, not only to see where the student is at but also to assess whether or not the student will be able to cope with an 80 minute session and work independently without interrupting or distracting other students. Younger students are given rewards as an incentive to learn and perservere. We aim to make learning fun and enjoyable.

SALLY CHAMBERLAIN

Over the past 15 years Sally Chamberlain has taught and inspired hundreds of children.

The In2Learning Centre is based at my home at 141 Akura Road Masterton. Until recently Sally was part of the Kip McGrath Education Centre group but now she is an independent educationalist, tutoring under the banner of the In2Learning group.

Sally became a teacher way back in 1967 and still enjoys the vocation.

“Once a teacher, always a teacher,” she says.

“I still like to motivate and encourage young people to use their talents, and succeed in any way they can.”

Sally and her staff of two qualified teachers Adele and Shane, tutor the children amidst the tranquillity on her and husband Dick’s 50 acre sheep & beef farm just out of Masterton.

They focus on helping improve children’s skills in numeracy and maths, english, spelling and reading from ages 6 to 16yr.

Sally regularly tutors students who from even a young age have lost the will to succeed.

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Sally offers free assessments for all students.

Some problems can easily be helped with a professional eye test or the Cellfield neurological programme which improves students with reading and comprehension issues. Whatever the reason, Sally’s lessons help children to improve their learning and also feel more successful in their lives.

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Sally uses rewards based incentives, and New Zealand based software programmes which make learning fun.

Sally’s passion outside of teaching is being President of the“Wairarapa Singers” choir who perform regularly. They recently performed “Mozart in May” to a live orchestra, and in November the “Last night of the Proms” with the Masterton Brass Band.

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KAHUTARA SCHOOL

THE YEAR AR R

THAT WAS AS S

STAFF 11 STUDENTS 120

Junior Kapa Haka.

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Junior Kapa Haka.

Ki ora / ni hou It is a privilege to be the Principal of Kahutara School. We are a medium sized, physically active country school that is proud of all the achievements of our children during the 2015 school year.

We have 5 running classrooms, with the Year 5 - Year 8 children in a learning hub that has the tuakana / teina philosophy, where younger and older siblings assist each other with their learning.

We are extremely proud of our academic achievements this year. We have a strong belief that children’s learning happens both inside and outside the classroom therefore we encourage our children to participate in a variety of EOTC activities in the community.

So feel free to pop in and see us at any time. Ka kite / zai jian CLARE CRAWFORD

Kapa Haka Festival This year fifty-six students, aged between five and ten years old, participated in the Wairarapa Schools’ Kapa Haka Festival. One of our school values is ‘To do one’s best’, which in the case of Kapa Haka means to perform to a polished standard and uphold the mana of our school. We were very proud our students certainly rose to the challenge.

Ngātahi Hub Production Year 7 & 8 students, Ashley Taylor, Maisie Arnold-Baron, Kareshma Sundar, Dan Graham and Audrey Jamieson wrote ‘The Wrong Side of The Trenches’ as an English Enrichment Programme during Term Two. The year 5-8 students performed this amazing production in Term Three consisting of acting, humour and dance. The show was a huge success and enjoyed by many.

to a “Cat in the hat theme”. Students artwork decorated the backdrop, Nina and Maya created the programme. All classes were very entertaining and the production was enjoyed by all.

Mandarin Language: This is our second year of introducing the mandarin language to all our students.

Through the Confucius Institute we have a MLA ( Mandarin Language Assistant) who becomes a part of our school and community for the school year. Jinqiong Yang helps our children learn the mandarin language and we in turn help her with her English. A wonderful balance.

Senior Production.

Punching Above Our Weight: A year of success in sports, the arts and the curriculum. Our Year 7 Matharapa team won the Competition, while our year 5/6 team finished 3rd. The Epro8 challenge final held at Raroa Intermediate saw our team finish 5th out of over 80 teams. Our Hockey first eleven finished second after a dramatic final, as did our mini ball team.

Junior Production: Our Junior production was called “Adventures through the Galaxy”. Room 3 performed space plays. Everyone had speaking parts, and were very impressive.

Room 4 skillfully acted out the story of Matariki and Room 5 performed and sang

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THE YEAR

THAT WAS

STAFF 71 STUDENTS 503

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Kuranui College’s ethos is “Be the best you can be – Whaia te iti kahurangi kit e tuohu koe, me maunga teitei!” and it truly sums up the attitude of our school community.

Mathematics and Science subjects are becoming increasingly popular for students at the senior level, as more Kuranui students look to study these subjects at university. This year, the college won both the Year 9 and Year 10 Matharapa titles, and the Year 9 ‘B’ team was awarded second place. Out of this year’s 72 Year 13 graduates, 38 will be taking up degree level courses in 2016.

Kuranui students are encouraged to embrace a positive attitude and inspired to be the best they can be in everything that they do. The college is centred around five core values of Respect, Integrity, Empathy, Creativity and Determination.

We are immensely proud of our students and staff, and extremely grateful to our whānua and the wider community.

Kuranui College has had another outstanding year.

There have been many academic, sporting and cultural successes achieved by our students in 2015, and we have been impressed with the way they have represented the college at a wide range of events and occasions.

We are always striving to improve our students’ level of achievement and continue to look at new and innovative ways to deliver our programmes of learning.

Kuranui has implemented changes to its 2016 senior curriculum. It aims to be as broad, flexible and as relevant as possible. All senior courses have been rewritten and renamed to give them a real life context, with many whole year courses now halved into 17-week semesters and all courses linked to a vocational pathway.

Kuranui sports teams punched well above their weight this year. The Boys 1st XI Football Team won the Wairarapa secondary schools A Grade, the Girls 1st XI Football Team the Wairarapa Girls Division 1, the Boys 2nd XI Football Team the B Grade, and the U15 Boys Rugby Team gained the Principal’s Cup as winners of the Wairarapa U15 competition.

The Kia Eke Panuku professional learning programme continues to increase achievement across all year groups. The Ministry of Education initiative focuses on lifting the achievement of Māori students by helping teachers to look at changing their teaching practice and to become more culturally responsive in the classroom. Kuranui is also a proactive member of the South Wairarapa Super Whānau Advisory Group and a contributor to the Ngāti Kahungunu iwi education strategy.

Kuranui continues to pioneer its Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) programme. Year 9 students are introduced to e-learning, digital citizenship (which includes learning about safe use of the internet and social media), and are taught how to share documents with their teachers via Google Docs during their first term at Kuranui.

Our involvement in the Kia Eke Panuku professional learning programme continues to increase achievement across all of our year groups and individual learning plans remain a focus in helping our students be the best they can be in everything they do.

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to what has been a highly successful year for the college.

Good luck to our Class of 2015: we wish you the very best in your future careers!

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LAKEVIEW SCHOOL

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Forest lakes senior camp.

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Lakeview is a fantastic full primary school. Our school community is very proud of our diversity and believe that this is one of our strengths.

Our staff are committed, focused and have a high degree of professionalism.

It continues to be our aim to build a strong, open and supportive school that welcomes all students, parents and friends. I want to share with you what has been happening in 2015.

ED HODGKINSON

Polar Bear swim.

Principal’s Day Out This is a special day which happens once a term where children whose behaviour has been exceptional are selected. The students get to spend a day with our Principal – sometimes it’s the pool and movie, other times we have spent time ten-pin bowling or travelling on the train to Featherston for a fun activity day.

Enviro Group Students have continued to tend our school garden which has proven popular. This group of avid gardeners are learning skills to produce an array of wonderful vegetables which many of our families have enjoyed.

A new initiative this year is our wonderful organic hydroponic garden producing bok choy, lettuces and silverbeet etc.

All our organic waste is now recycled and we are producing worm wee from our worm farm in Room 17.

Te Rangiwhakawaitau Ihaia.

Bikes in Schools Programme Another wonderful new initiative is our bikes in schools programme. We hope to have this up and running for term 1 next year.

The tracks are being developed. We have purchased 50 brand new bikes and getting storage sorted. A big thank you to our major sponsors - Regional Public Health, Greater Wellington Regional Council and a Lakeview family who have assisted financially. The children will learn bicycle safety and have confidence to use cycle routes that have connections from their home to school.

Cycling for children encourages physical activity and improved understanding of the benefits of physical activity that contributes to reducing obesity.

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Mahi Tahi Kai Tahi – “Work together, Eat together” TOA our whanau group continue to work and develop better outcomes for Maori and build strong relationships with our Maori community. Three events were scheduled – the first one was a BBQ at the pool to meet the teachers, we celebrated Matariki which we held in the Town Hall, culminating with a sky lantern display and the third one is a special event where we will celebrate the re-dedication of our carvings for the front of the school.

Magenta Tamatoa, Matariki Petutia-Connor and Fiamate Kava.

Polar Bear Swim Children braved the elements and jumped into our pool mid-winter – warming up with a hot chocolate afterwards.

Sports Sport is big at Lakeview. Children have the opportunity to be involved in an array of sporting codes and competitions i.e.

Athletics, Harriers, Orienteering, Softball, Tee ball, Miniball, Canoe Polo, Netball, Volleyball and Rippa/touch Rugby to name a few. The children represent our school well and achieve great results. We had 4 netball teams in the finals – 3 winning their grades. Our Y5/6 mini ball team also won their grade.

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Student Leaders Our senior students strive to become student leaders. Leadership is fostered, promoted and developed at Lakeview. The group attended an overnight camp at Kaitoke in March and were part of the National Leaders Day held in Wellington.

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Kapahaka Festival.

Dream Vitale, Destiny Mila, Sara Blezard, Taotiga Manesa and Sapphire Larsen.

Corban Roy and Terryn Ward-Forrester.

Room 5 students.

Girls soccer team.

The Golden Squad.

Performing Arts • Each year a syndicate holds a Production where children can ‘shine’. This year the Senior Middle syndicate put on a show called “The Golden Squad” which focused on our super heros.

• We were fortunate this year to have another visit from Te Aute Boys and Hukarere Maori Girls Colleges who held Kapa Haka workshops for our groups. The children also participate in the annual Kapa Haka Festival which is a highlight.

• Music - We have a music tutor who provides tuition to individual students and groups of student’s in guitar, keyboard, drums and vocal lessons. The band also have an opportunity to perform in Wellington band competitions.

Senior Camp to Forest Lakes What a great experience for our senior students. They spent 4 days at Forest Lakes in Otaki – packed with exciting activities i.e. horse riding, mud sliding, archery to name just a few. The seniors did extensive fundraising including PREP, a market day where they sold produce produced over the term.

• Artworks – Matua Wayne has been working with a group of talented students producing an array of fantastic artworks and doing bone carving.

• Kapa Haka – An experienced Teacher with Te Reo is released weekly to take our Kapa Haka group and Maori Extension.

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There are so many activities and things going on at Lakeview that we wanted to share but have run out of room. 2015 has been a wonderful year. We encourage families to come and see what we are doing at Lakeview School – we want you to be part of our community.

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LANSDOWNE PRIVATE CHILDCARE AND PRE SCHOOL STAFF 19 CHILDREN 78

Role Play and Communication.

OWNER’S MESSAGE We opened our Early Childhood Centre in 1993, with an ongoing commitment to operate in a relaxed manner, promoting a nurturing environment which provides quality care and education where our children feel safe, happy and secure, as they would do in their own homes. Children are exposed to a wide range of stimulating preschool activities and warm caring staff.

We operate to a basic flexible routine, encourage and value parent/family relationships and involvement within the centre and wider community.

I feel communication and consultation with families is very important to the understanding and well being of each child. All Children in our care are encouraged to grow and develop physically, socially, intellectually, emotionally and culturally at their own pace.

TONI DEVENNY

Discovery.

Creativity and Exploration.

Engaging with the world around them is one of the most effective ways for children to learn, so our teachers go to great lengths to foster the children’s interests. We have had a really busy time this year in both our Pre School and Infants and Toddlers Centre with lots of exciting learning experiences taking place. Some of our children spent a lot of time pretending they were firemen, so our teachers organized a trip to the local fire station were children had an opportunity to view equipment and take turns using the fire hose, a day or so later the fire engine visited the centre which was a cause of great excitement for the children.

Trucks and diggers were another part of our centre life as the children all enjoyed watching the man digging up the old water pipes on the footpath and road outside the daycare.

As part of teaching our children about the wider community, this year as well as the visit to the fire station we made visits to the Library, our local Butcher Shop, the Lansdowne Cheese Shop, Kandahar Retirement Village, Henley Lake, Hunting and Fishing and Lakeview School.

Firefighting lead onto the children being interested in earthquakes, so this was a good opportunity for the teachers to talk about and teach the children about earthquakes. As part of that learning experience we watched a DVD called turtle safe which was aimed at teaching young children how to keep themselves safe in an earthquake.

We celebrated Matariki. Matariki is a small cluster of stars/whetu also known as Pleiades that signal the end of one year and beginning of the next for Maori. During Matariki some of our children/tamariki were involved in kite making, and learnt that kites are viewed by Maori as messengers to the stars and herald the connection between earth and sky. As part of the celebration we invited our families along to a shared afternoon tea and disco.

We also had a visit from Sue Edmonds the community constable, she talked to the children about road safety. Sue also invited the children to sit in her police car which of course was a great hit.

We welcomed two new teachers Robyn and Megan to our teaching team, as well as new relievers Raewyn and Robyn.

Superheroes and Frozen have been an ongoing interest for most of the year, we have had visits to the library to source books about superheroes like Batman, Spiderman, Elsa, Bad Jelly the Witch etc.. We purchased and also made some superhero capes and costumes with the children.

Imagination.

We look forward to another enjoyable and successful year ahead and wish our families and the wider community “Merry Christmas and a Safe and Happy New Year.”

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LITERACY WAIRARAPA

THE YEAR

STAFF S TA 15 STUDENTS 220

THAT WAS

Pathways Awarua helps learners develop skills.

MANAGER’S MESSAGE Literacy Wairarapa offers assistance to Adult learners 16 years and over who are no longer involved in the secondary school system. We run courses to help you to improve your literacy and numeracy as well as basic computing, learner license theory and social English.

Foundation courses are provided in Intensive Literacy and Numeracy.

We provide Workplace Literacy programmes tailored to individual and/ or work place requirements. We have small class sizes - usually up to 8 per group or some learners work individually with tutors.

Annually over 200 learners access services through Literacy Wairarapa. We aim to help learners gain confidence and skills so that they move onto other courses or gain employment. The age of our learners is 16 years and beyond - no one is too old to ask for assistance.

BETH TAYLOR

A learner hard at work.

Tutors discuss online learning programmes.

English language classes have continued to grow this year.

In 2015 Literacy Wairarapa has continued to assist Adults to improve their literacy and numeracy skills. To date over 220 learners have enrolled in our programmes.

Literacy Wairarapa is a member of Literacy Aotearoa, a leading provider of literacy and numeracy assistance to adult learners in New Zealand - Aotearoa.

We have continued with the collaboration with the Open Wananga to deliver three foundation level programmes and this year 24 of our learners enrolled in these programmes. The resources provided are superb and a “drop in” support centre is held twice a week.

In September we celebrated International Literacy Day and Adult Learners’ week / He Tangata Mātauranga by taking part in the Ace Place on the move. We gave away 150 books as part of the “Travelling Books” programme – a collaboration between Literacy Aotearoa and New Zealand Post.

Learners and Tutors were recognized at the Awards Ceremony held at the Men’s Shed at Henley Lake. Two of our Tutors received awards. One tutor, Sharon, was awarded an Excellent Adult Tutor Award as part of her work she does tutoring Intensive Literacy & Numeracy classes and Open Wananga courses at Literacy Wairarapa. Sharon has also worked with learners at Te Awhina/ Cameron Community House. Another tutor Noelle was recognized for her dedication

to tutoring learners who learn English as a second language as well as assisting learners with the Open Wananga courses and Road Code classes. Two of our learners also received Outstanding Adult Learner awards for their hard work and dedication to learning.

As from 1st September we merged our service contract with South Wairarapa Adult Learning Association from Featherston.

This means we are now offering literacy & numeracy tuition to the peoples of the Southern Wairarapa area under the banner of Literacy Wairarapa. With the changes in technology there are many ways we can work with learners who live away from the main areas – it doesn’t always mean a trip into Masterton.

A learner completes the Mahi Toa programme.

If you would like to register on one of our programmes please contact Literacy Wairarapa, Phone 377 4214, email literacywairarapa@ orcon.net.nz or call into our offices situated at 340 Queen Street, Masterton.

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STAFF 38 STUDENTS 325

Stage Challenge 2015. Makoura College’s theme this year was “Being Comfortable With Who You Are”. The performance bought home 6 major awards for the 2015 entry.

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Makoura College is an innovative and creative school, where student’s achievement and success is the central focus. As a college, we continually review what we do in order to enhance the development of our students, academically, socially, and personally.

Our ability to adapt and be innovative over recent years has seen a significant positive shift in student achievement, levels of success and roll growth. This success is clearly displayed in both NCEA pass rates well above the average for New Zealand schools and in our most recent ERO review.

Because of our relatively small size we ensure that all students are known, valued and acknowledged for who they are and for their personal talents. We consider ourselves partners with the parents and guardians of our students and together we work very hard to promote the success of all.

“Queen of Hearts”. Wearable Arts entry by Makoura College student Nicole Smith. Makoura College hosted the Intercollegiate Wearable Arts competition on the 26th August 2015.

Students hard at work during class. NCEA achievement has continued to rise at Makoura College and we are very proud of the success of our students.

Makoura College student Jonte Hullena taking part in the High Jump competition during Athletics. Makoura College students participated in a range of sporting events throughout 2015 including Swimming sports, Cross Country, Sporting Tournaments and Sports Exchanges with other Colleges.

Makoura College Music students taking part in a bucket drumming Workshop. One of the many musical opportunities presented to our students.

Makoura College Dance students – The Gumboot Dance.

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2015 Senior Ball. Our theme this year was “Once Upon a Time.”

Hillary Outdoors Ski Trip. Makoura College students enjoy the snow and sun at Whakapapa Ski Field on Mt Ruapehu.

Makoura College Service Academy 2014 March Out. The March Out is a celebration and our way of recognizing the success of our Service Academy students.

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THE YEAR

THAT WAS

STAFF S TA 16 STUDENTS 53

Kiwa and Harlem Williams watering seedlings for our garden.

MANAGER’S MESSAGE

The low ropes - a Tamariki Toa Programme activity.

Kia Ora Koutou Our centre and philosophy is all about whanaungatanga/relationships, with our tamariki at the heart of everything we do. With a positive and supportive Management Committee, fantastic committed teachers (who are all qualified and registered), and strong Whānau and community engagement, MCECC provides positive and meaningful experiences for all akōnga/learners to thrive. We plan and implement learning and development in partnership with Whānau and friends.

Everyday our devoted team of teachers make use of our purpose built centre and wonderful natural outdoor area to deliver a high quality programme for all the tamariki.

Each morning we have Whanau time at 9.20am where we all come together to sing waiata, share news and celebrations. This coming together as one is an integral part of our programme.

We have included just a few of the many exciting highlights of our year showing the varied opportunities the tamariki at Makoura receive.

We also have regular Takarua time where the 3-5yr olds participate in a variety of literacy, numeracy and group based activities that support the children’s transition to school.

We are also working towards retaining the highest level (Pā-harakeke) of the Healthy Heart award with teachers and many Whanau modelling healthy lifestyles both inside and outside of the centre.

We have an open door policy so please feel free to visit us at any time to see what wonderful early education and care we can offer your tamariki.

WENDY RUTHERFURD

We continue to take the children to weekly gym sessions, the Te Reo library programme and on other trips within our community.

Wahi Reka Kohanga Reo. Over the course of this year we have extended our outdoor education and nature exploration by developing our “Tamariki Toa” programme with the instrumental help of David Woodcock and his son Tim and lots of the children’s parents (Dads in particular).

These four year olds experience a wide variety of activities, including, low ropes, caving, climbing walls, flying foxes, farm visits and bush walks, to name just a few. The increasing competence and confidence of the children over the course of the year has been wonderful to see and the children really look forward to the challenges each week.

Emma Bak enjoying sand play.

If you would like to know more about our centre please contact us on 06 3770224 mcecc@xtra.co.nz or www.makourachildcare.co.nz Alex Mason at Takarua Time.

In March the tamariki participated in our centre Bi-athlon around the Makoura College playing fields with fantastic Whanau participation.

In June we celebrated Matariki with the centre hosting an afternoon tea and waiata session for Whanau, which was thoroughly enjoyed by all. Also in June the centre switched to an online Portfolio system (Educa) which has really strengthened the connections with parents and Whanau and enhanced the documentation of children’s learning.

Just recently we participated in a fun Rippa Rugby event and sausage sizzle with our neighbouring EC Centre’s Ko Te Aroha and

Jenene Handscomb and Constable Sue.

Taitea Love experiencing water play.

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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Masterton Primary School is now twelve years old and it has evolved into a school with a culture that is unique with its own identity where people are Motivated to learn, show Positive behaviour and build Successful relationships.

This year again we have been involved in a wide variety of sporting, cultural and learning events. Teams compete successfully in a wide variety of sporting codes, through to the performances of the Kapa haka group, the choir, the matharapa teams competition, the work being done by the school in the Enviro Schools project, through to our own wonderful Arts Evening performance in term three. In this last term our Senior syndicate had a great Wellington trip, we will be holding our Book Fair and our Year 6 students will be camping at Forest Lakes.

MASTERTON PRIMARY SCHOOL STAFF 40 STUDENTS 275

Term 1 2015: Room 2 needed to make some money to help buy paint for their mural design on the fence as you enter school. The students and families made yummy treats to eat, cakes, biscuits. We made: $161.90

After lots of outside help and planning the newly restored school bell tower was unveiled with past and present school students and community to welcome it in. A lovely ceremony was held with the ribbon cutting and the first ring followed by the choir singing and Kapa haka performing.

A very special day celebrating 100 years since the landing on Gallipoli. Our children learned all sorts of interesting facts about war time within the classroom. We also held a schoolwide ANZAC ceremony with parents and grandparents attending celebrating local known and unknown soldiers. A time to reflect.

A truck pulls into school, parks on the back court and transforms itself into an art gallery for two days, WOW! what an opportunity for our children to experience different forms of art.

MPS Arts Evening. Weeks of rehearsals, costume making and excitement paid off on the night. A great turn out of families supporting their children.

Matariki Planting - The Maori new year begins a time for planting, sharing stories and connecting with nature.

SUSAN WALTERS

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Bangers and Maths evening- Ryan Stammers playing a board game with his father.

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Another fantastic year has come and gone. Students have been excited about their learning and achieved incredible results with many students again making accelerated progress. All of our students have participated in an enormous amount of learning opportunities both in and out of the classroom; camping by the beach; attending a Cricket World Cup game alongside learning cricket skills and rules; visiting Te Papa to see ‘Gallipoli- The Scale of Our War’ exhibition and visiting the New Zealand War Memorial Museum to see Peter Jackson’s WW1 exhibition as part of our ANZAC and history learning; studying agriculture, spending a day at Taratahi and also going to the The Wool Shed, New Zealand’s national museum of sheep and shearing.

A huge thank you to our Board of Trustees, teachers, parents, whanau, and community members who make our school the incredible place that it is. We are a small school, but a big family.

Learning Together. Learning Forever.

REBECCA STEVENS

Road Safety - Students standing beside road signage that they designed and painted to slow passing traffic.

School Camp Our whole school participates in an overnight camp at the beginning of each year- this year we went to the beach. We stayed at Whakataki spending heaps of time doing team building challenges and cooperative games. We went for walks at Mataikona and Castlepoint beaches, and did a beach clean up.

Road Safety Last year students accessed research about the speed of drivers passing our school.

75% of vehicles were speeding and our students decided that they needed to do something about it. Notices were put in the newsletter, we had speed cameras outside our school, and made gateway signs to slow traffic down. Our students are working with the Masterton District Council to install ‘rat patches’ on the road and to plant along the side of the road to encourage people to drive more slowly.

Community and Whanau Involvement

Pet Lamb Project- Katrina Andrews with her lamb Lassie.

Our personalised learning programmes have continued this year thanks to parents and community members who come in to our school to support our students and their learning. Students have had the chance to learn about food technology and cooking through preserving and pickling, baking and cake decorating, and making healthy meals for themselves and their families.

Other activities include a variety of art and craft, soft materials and woodwork activities and environmental studies. Our staff and students have developed a relationship with Waireka Resthome, with some students visiting weekly to do craft, play games, chat, appreciate and engage with an older generation. Students have learnt empathy, acceptance, communication and appropriate social skills. For many students it is the favourite part of their week.

As part of our learning we have regular Whanau Days based around a theme from the curriculum such as Matariki, Fairytale Day, Sea Week, Bangers and Maths, Science Fair and Pet Day.

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During the year students’ learning has been based on inquiry around an agricultural theme. Students have investigated the daily and seasonal lives of farmers, investigating various future careers opportunities. Thanks to our generous local farmers and businesses each student has had the opportunity to raise their own pet lamb (our students from town included!), learning about animal care, responsibility, empathy and our school values of respect and perseverance.

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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Tena ra koutou katoa ki runga i te kaupapa o te tau nei.

Our school’s vision is that students at Masterton Intermediate School are engaged and successful learners who achieve excellence and contribute positively to society.

We work towards achieving this vision through the contributions of an extremely enthusiastic, versatile staff, a highly committed Board of Trustees and a very supportive school community, along with keen involvement from the students themselves.

We live and breathe our school whakatauki in all aspects of school life: “E matahi ana, e mataara” (Working together in a diligent and focused manner.)

This school year has certainly been an extremely busy, enjoyable and successful one for M.I.S. Just some of our many highlights are mentioned on these pages for each of the 12 months of 2015.

RUSSELL THOMPSON

Zara Reid, Beyonce Neemia and Carleigh Cox performing ‘Whiti whitia’ at this year’s Wairarapa Kapa Haka Festival.

THE YEAR THAT WAS IN 2015 AT MASTERTON INTERMEDIATE JANUARY A great deal of was work done on the buildings and grounds this month by our dedicated caretaker, Mr. Mike Clarke, who doesn’t seem to know what the word ‘holiday’ means. He made sure that the school was in top condition for the students of 2015. This was continued through our teachers preparing for a busy year of learning and getting ready to provide the huge range of opportunities for all at M.I.S. FEBRUARY The school year commenced on Monday, February 2 with 357 students seated quietly in the hall, very excited but also a little nervous. The Boys and Girls Softball teams both finished runners-up in the first Super Sport tournament for 2015 on Wednesday, February 18. These competitions involve 10 Intermediate Schools from Horowhenua, Manawatu, Wairarapa and Whanganui. The Boys and Girls Cricket teams also finished in second place for their Super Sport tournaments a week later, on Wednesday, February 25.

MARCH All students experienced two days of actionpacked fun through 13 different Education Outside the Classroom programmes on Thursday, March 19 and Friday, March 20.

Black Sox softball coach, Mark Sorenson, was a fantastic guest speaker at our assembly on Friday, March 27. Mark presented a Special Effort Award to Stan Dickson for the courage that he displays on the diamond.

Tauwharenikau syndicate were victorious in an outstanding Haka competition on Tuesday, March 24. Our tennis teams were very competitive at the Super Sport tournament in Whanganui on March 11, the boys finishing second and the girls gaining third place.

APRIL The first Principal’s Day Out for 2015 was held on Wednesday, April 1 in which 42 students were selected to enjoy a day of Lazer Tag, swimming and hydro sliding in Palmerston North. This group were acknowledged for the excellent efforts applied in all areas of their learning and behaviour throughout the first term. There is one Principal’s Day Out each term. The Year 7 Girls Triathlon team won their event which also took place on Wednesday, April 1.

MAY This month started with a very positive visit from the Education Review Office. Some of their most pleasing comments about Masterton Intermediate included: • “A positive school tone is evident.”

• “A school farm is integral to the curriculum, where students can care for animals in an authentic setting.”

Our amazing Dance Splash crew performing at the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington.

• “A wide range of achievement information is collected and used to identify students’ needs.”

• “Parents are well informed. They receive useful information that shows achievement and progress in relation to National Standards.”

• “Student wellbeing is a high priority.”

• “Te ao Māori is valued and there are a number of opportunities for Māori learners to lead, learn more about and engage in the curriculum through their language, identity and culture.”

JUNE Siena Cockburn, a Year 7 student, won the Junior Sports Personality of the Year at the Wairarapa Times-Age Sports Awards on Wednesday, June 3. We were also named as Primary School of the Year.

JULY A powhiri was provided on Friday, July 31 for 32 students and 3 staff to start the 20th visit from Shijonawate Gakuen Junior High School in Osaka, Japan.

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Our MIS 1st XV Rugby squad celebrating their success after winning the Super Sport Rugby banner.

AUGUST Winning the Super Sport Boys Rugby tournament on Wednesday, August 5 with a converted try with two minutes remaining in the final against Monrad Intermediate from Palmerston North for a 21-17 victory was one of our school’s most memorable successes on any sports field in recent years. Our new school logo and school app. were launched at a very successful Open Night on Wednesday, August 19.

10 adults from Havelock North Intermediate for the annual Cultural Exchange which first started in 1990, involving performances from each school’s choir, kapa haka and orchestra groups.

SEPTEMBER The Powerhouse (Choir) and Dance groups provided top quality performances at the annual Artsplash Festival held at the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington on Tuesday, September 1. Another very successful Writers’ Camp took place with Stu Duval and 23 students at Castlepoint on September 8, 9 and 10. Twenty-five Year 8 students and four adults flew to Shijonawate Gakuen Junior High School on Wednesday, September 23 for 12 days of amazing experiences involving Japanese culture, education, food and plenty of fun.

• Sports Awards on Wednesday evening, December 9

OCTOBER Our Masterton Intermediate Kapa Haka roopu performed with huge levels of energy and pride at the Wairarapa R.E.A.P. Kapa Haka Festival held at the Masterton Town Hall on Thursday, October 22.

NOVEMBER On Friday, November 6, our Masterton Intermediate Rock Band won the Wellington Region Battle of the Bands competition. We hosted 72 students and

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Life on the MIS farm! Some Waiohine students with our boar ‘Taz.’

DECEMBER We look forward to recognizing and acknowledging the outstanding performances of a huge number of M.I.S. students on the following dates:

• Service Awards assembly on Friday, December 11 • Curriculum Awards assembly on Monday, December 14

Beau-Leah Karaitiana representing our Year 7 A Netball team during our long and successful winter season.

This year’s ‘Writer’s Camp’ group taking a break from their work with author & illustrator Stu Duval.

Konichiwa! Here is the MIS Japan travel group at one of their cultural highlights in Osaka, Japan.

Dylan Blatchford working hard on his birdhouse for one of the exciting practical options on offer at MIS.

• Final Assembly to be held in the Wairarapa College hall at 11.00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 15.

LOOKING AHEAD TO 2016 2016 is an exciting time ahead with the introduction of a new school uniform through our partnership with N.Z. Uniforms. We also look forward to further developments on the school farm, working towards Enviro School status, further professional development for staff with digital technologies and modern learning environments, additional property refurbishments and continuing in our efforts to enable all M.I.S. students to be the very best that they can be.

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The teaching team at McKenzie House.

Our first chick (Tahi) to hatch from the incubator.

Making use of a cardboard box from a delivery of nappies.

Playing Rippa Rugby with our Carterton School friends was a blast.

Two of our infants building whanaungatanga (a relationship) with each other.

A fun day out at Wallowing Heights.

As we near the end of another exciting year of fun and learning at McKenzie House, we reflect on the significant changes that have occurred. McKenzie House has an all new team of passionate and dedicated teachers who are committed to creating an environment in which children feel safe and secure to learn and grow. We believe children learn in a socio-cultural context with and alongside their peers, adults and the environment, and therefore we work in partnership with parents/whanau to promote and extend the holistic development of each

child who attends this centre. Our infant’s room offers a nurturing and respectful environment, flexible to the needs and interests of individual children. We adapt our environment and planning to meet the needs of children in our care.

We develop and implement a curriculum that helps all children become competent and confident learners and communicators, healthy in mind, body and spirit. 2015 has seen our curriculum grow from strength to strength with exciting highlights such

as Wallowing Heights farm trips, hatching chickens in an incubator, the Rippa Rugby tournament and the Carterton Christmas Parade. Another highlight of this year is our relationship with Carterton School – we frequently have visits from students of the Akonga Maori class at Carterton School who teach our children waiata, dance and haka and a great friends and role-models to the children of McKenzie House.

environment to ensure we are responding to and supporting children’s strengths and interests. Our policies and practices reflect the dual cultural heritage of the Treaty of Waitangi, while respecting and promoting the cultures and values of our wider community. This year at McKenzie House we celebrated Chinese New Year and Matariki with our whanau, and we look forward to more cultural celebrations to come.

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OPAKI SCHOOL

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STAFF S TA 16 STUDENTS 193

THAT WAS

Opaki teacher, Lucy Zouch helping Ben Farmer get ready for Dancesplash.

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE When I look back over the year it’s amazing to see what the children of Opaki have achieved.

The children of Opaki are very lucky that they have a staff who go beyond the call of duty to develop programmes that will inspire children to want to learn.

Once again we have had tremendous support from the community, as a lot of what we do at Opaki is reliant on that support and children and staff are very appreciative of this.

Field of Remembrance commemorations.

Congratulations to all those ex Opaki pupils that have done so well in their respective schools. We are all very proud of you and to have played a part in your development.

2015 has seen the staff, students and community of Opaki School enjoy another year of engaging learning, community projects and initiatives, as well as exciting new events.

I continue to enjoy coming to Opaki School because of the enthusiasm shown by the children towards their learning.

Things that have stood out this year have been:

I’m also lucky to have a focused, dedicated staff to work alongside.

DAVE FINLAYSON

• Children being focused and working towards their personal goals, both inside and outside the classroom.

• High participation and success on the sports field. From T-Ball to Soccer, Mini-ball to Canoe Polo and everything in between, Opaki students have represented the school with pride and enthusiasm.

• The first Tough Guy/Gal Day - The inaugural Opaki Tough Guy/Gal Day was a great success, with students taking on a range of obstacles and challenges to test their mettle.

• Dance/Art Splash late in Term 3 gave a wide range of students the chance to participate in a something special. Choreographing their own performance and including some great music and moves provided for some great entertainment.

• Kapa haka – Our school Kapa Haka group have practiced hard throughout the year, culminating in a performance to be proud of at the Term 4 Kapa Haka Festival.

• Opening of a new confidence course – A huge community effort saw the installation of our new confidence course. Fundraising and weekends on shovels resulted in a great new set up for our students.

• Library / Room 1 upgrade – Refurbishing our original school block has resulted in a new space for Room 1 and the school library that allows students to enjoy these spaces more fully.

• Yr 7 / 8 Forest Lakes Camp – Our biannual Year 7/8 trip to Forest Lakes was a great chance for our senior students to experience a wide range of activities and enjoy some quality time together.

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STAFF 8 STUDENTS 38

THAT WAS AS S

Te Mahuri Kaiako – Gaye, Astee, Emma & Jo.

CENTRE MANAGER’S MESSAGE Since opening in April we have had a really great response from our community. The support shown, through enrolments, is evident that there is a need for a bicultural centre in Masterton.

We are proud of all of our tamariki and their transition into our new centre; forming new friendships and embracing Te Ao Maori as part of their everyday life at Puāwai. I would like to thank our dedicated teaching team, whanau and the wider community for their ongoing support as we look forward to many more enjoyable years ahead.

Kia rere to te manu kai mātauranga Kia tipu ko te orange pūmau Kia whai wāhi ko te aroha kit e katoa Kia puāwai ko te tamaiti Fly the bird that consumes knowledge To grow one’s life Let there be love for all So our children blossom JO NEWBERY

Mahitahi – making a sign for our bug corner.

Evie, Ellie & Harlen baking up some kai.

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At Puāwai we pride ourselves on creating an environment where Te Reo me nga Tikanga Maori is the cornerstone of everything we do.

It is imperative for our tamariki that we get to know our whanau and make strong links between home and Puāwai.

By doing this we encourage the feeling of whanaungatanga between Puāwai, tamariki and their whanau.

Te reo Maori is beginning to flourish at Puāwai. Our tamariki are embracing te reo which is beautiful to be a part of. Not only understanding what is being said but now repeating and using in everyday conversations of their own accord. Waiata sessions are magic, with all the tamariki joining in and predominately requesting maori waiata.

Getting out into our community is a great way to extend on current learning and interests. We are lucky to be so central to town with everything on our doorstep. We have ventured out to see emergency services and how they help our community to which we now have a few Dr’s and Policemen in the making.

All the children enjoy visiting the Wharepukapuka and choosing which pukapuka they would like to bring back to the centre and share. An excursion on the bus to check out the park & creek was a hit with the tamariki, also expanding their knowledge of Papatuanuku. And a trip to the supermarket is always welcome and guarantees hungry puku need filling by the time we get back. Being a mixed aged centre, catering for tamariki from 0-5years old, our tuakana (older tamariki) learn the importance of looking after and including our pepi in play and our teina (younger tamariki) have role models for their approaching milestones. We also have a designated area just for our pepi to safely explore and learn in.

Climbing.

Our experienced staff enjoy capturing and sharing, with whanau, the progress their tamariki are making through individual learning journals which are also available online for whanau convenience.

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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

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Following our great NCEA results last year, a large number of students received their Academic Colours awards in Term One.

In Term Three, Solway College organised an Interschool dressage day at the Solway showgrounds. We hosted 105 horses and approximately 250 people and despite cooler weather, the day was extremely successful.

At Solway the year that was has been another year of achievements and successes. We started the year by confirming that our NCEA results were again excellent with 100% passing NCEA at Level 1, and Level 2 and 93% passing at Level 3.

And our successes kept coming from Years 7 to 13 with wins and placings in interschool and intercollegiate speech, music, swimming, athletics among others and with Solway students being selected to represent us at local, provincial and national levels over a range of sports, activities and events.

Solway, with its small number of students, has shown that when every student counts as they do at Solway, we succeed.

We welcomed students from Turakina Maori Girls College for a sports exchange in Term Two.

It has been a year of sporting success for Solway College with many students competing in representative teams. Noemi Leinfellner won the Amanda McAslin Trophy for contribution to junior sport and Grace Quinn won the Hayley Jones Award for commitment and contribution to intercollegiate sport. Pictured also are Rachael Whiteman, head girl and captain of Redwood House who won house swimming and athletics and Morgan Leevers our Sport Prefect.

Our Sol-Sci Sol-programmes again gave Year 6 to 8 girls a “hands-on” holiday science programme to encourage enthusiasm for science. This was followed by our two day Sol-Scribe creative writing programme with acclaimed writer Kate De Goldi for the same age group.

Both programmes were outstandingly successful with far more applicants than we could cater for and reinforced Solway’s place as a leader in girls’ education in sciences and in the arts.

As a leading girls’ college with a strong academic history, Solway has much to offer and we look forward to celebrating 100 years of excellence in girls’ education at our centennial in Waitangi weekend 2016.

BETH ROGERSON

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Radio FM(L-R) Vini MacKenzie, Rangimarie Edmonds, Ivana Southey with teacher Jo Miller ‘On Air’ …during a Solway broadcast.

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Solway School is an urban fringe school which caters for 230 pupils.

We are situated at the southern end of Masterton and have had an Enrolment Scheme in place since 2006. A number of families have a long association with the school.

We are a warm and vibrant school with a supportive community at its heart.

We believe strongly in the notion of partnership and encourage families to be an active part of the learning journey.

We have developed an evidence based school wide self-review as part of a strategic cycle of continuous improvement. We can then deliver quality well planned and evaluated learning that maximises the opportunities of all individuals to achieve and succeed.

Our students are safe and happy operating within the spirit of teamwork, co-operation and in partnership with the community.

Ako Ngatahi “Learning Together” GAIL MARSHALL

TahaTahi Production: Polar Bears from the production: Eddie the Penguin saves the world. (L-R) Willie Lynch, Tiaka Paku, Connor MacIver, teacher Bridget Connor and Kome Levi.

Anzac Service: Honor Mita and Rebecca Mobberley raise the NZ flag and Rebecca recites a poem she wrote.

Today’s Y1’s will be retiring in the year 2067.

We have no idea of what the world will look like in five years, much less 60 years, yet we are charged with preparing our students for life in that world. Our students are facing many emerging issues such as global warming, famine, poverty, health issues, a global population explosion and other environmental and social issues. How do schools prepare children for this future?

This year we reviewed our Charter Vision to look to the future of learning and teaching at Solway. We need to help each child communicate, collaborate, think creatively and critically and to connect them with their world in ways that are personally meaningful and relevant.

This year our strength areas have been in establishing a highly successful writing programme in the Y1-3 classes and to run a Spring into Maths programme across the school. Each year we try and balance the 3R’s with other curriculum activities such as: The Arts, Sport, Health & PE, Science and Social Science. This year The Junior Team (TaraTahi)

put on a magnificent production: Eddie the Penguin saves the world and The Senior Team ( TaraRua) put on a Wearable Arts Show – both had a focus on protecting the environment.

The school’s amazing Kapa Haka team took part in the annual festival. The TaraRua team started Kidz Club on Friday afternoons. This involved children in activities such as: knitting, card craft, juggling, unicycle riding and Minecraft competitions. The school continued its relationship with Arrow FM by taking part in broadcasts at least once a term.

Camps, Trips, Visits, Sports, Competitions, Pet /Flower day, Triathalon, Learn Now/ODC have all been fun and part of our local school culture. We are very proud of the children’s efforts and achievement throughout the year. New teacher –Bridget Connor started her teaching career with us and one more of our senior teachers –Deb Hurrell has been awarded an Advanced Classroom Expertise Teacher recognition and Viv Nicol has reached 25 years at Solway this year.

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STAFF S TA 16 STUDENTS 151

THAT WAS

Bella at Aratoi in front of some of our school’s exhibits at the Breadcraft Schools Art Exhibition 2015.

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE The basis for South End School’s programme is the New Zealand Curriculum. Children receive learning experiences in all subjects of the curriculum, with a particular emphasis on Literacy and Numeracy development.

There is a deliberate focus on the pursuit of excellent achievement and effort, and positive behaviour.

Attributes, based on our “Four Rs” of being Respectful, Responsible, Resourceful and Resilient are strongly encouraged.

The school includes six classes. In three of our classes, the teaching is based on the Montessori method.

Our enrolment has continued to grow. Together with the refurbished classrooms which were opened in 2013, two new classrooms and a new library have been built and they were opened early this year. This means that all teaching environments are modern, spacious and therefore inspiring for students, teachers and staff.

During the 2015 school year, many exciting, positive and enriching events have occurred.

ALASTAIR KAY

Kapa Haka group performs at our Cultural Festival.

We continued to strengthen our connection with the Hurunui-o- rangi marae with another sleepover for our Years 5-8 students.

During the year, the students enjoyed participation in inter-school swimming, cross country events, sevens rugby, Rippa Rugby at all levels, soccer, athletics, hockey and chess. Other highlights included the Ki-o-rahi tournament.

During the year, several schoolwide events have included a very successful Cultural Festival during which a new entrance for the hall and a special Maori kite representing the local ancestor Nukupewapewa were unveiled and a wonderful Matariki celebration, during which another twelve native trees were planted in our native tree “reserve”.

Our performance in the Kapa haka Festival was heart-warming, as many participants were our younger students which bodes well for the future. Our annual Pet Day was a hugely successful and enjoyable day. A number of students had their wonderful art work displayed in the Breadcraft Wairarapa Schools Art Exhibition and at the Wairarapa A and P Show. All students have their art work displayed on the stunning mural on the fence at the front of the school. Our students participated successfully in the “EPro8” Science and Technology challenge, the South Wairarapa Schools’ Science Fair, and the Wearable Arts show in Wellington, as well as the Matharapa event. All students are currently practising to participate in our whole school production, “Manukura”.

Other highlights for our students included participation in Daffodil Day and the Top Team competition at the Carterton A and P Show,

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All students participate in our regular Values Groups meetings which continue to be linked with activities arising from our involvement in the Enviroschools programme. Our Enviroschools group has planned several new features in our school environment.

Apart from the student activities described above, important work by the staff has continued towards revising our school’s curriculum, and by the Board of Trustees in our review of the school’s Charter, through the Charter Review Group.

Throughout the year, the school’s students have been wonderfully supported by the school’s teachers and support staff, by parent participation including the Board of Trustees, the Parent Support Group and the Whanau Support Group, as well as benefiting from ongoing support from our “Granny Readers” and a number of community groups. A Food Fest in Term Three was hugely successful in bringing the school community together.

As is evident from the year’s highlights above, we aim to educate the “whole child” and this is underpinned by our goal of developing, across the curriculum, well-educated children who exhibit self-confidence, a sense of selfworth, and pride in themselves and their school, and in their community.

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STAFF 7 STUDENTS 130

Senior students who will be travelling to Vanuatu in 2016.

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE 2015 has been another very positive year for St Mary’s School. We finished the 2014 class year with four classes; this year significant roll growth has led to us starting our fifth and sixth classes and reaching our roll maximum. This can be attributed to high quality academic programmes, our fantastic teachers, supportive families and parish, and our students, who always represent our school in the most positive way every single day. It is truly a pleasure to know that students are sent to my office on a daily basis to receive positive acknowledgement for the work that they have been doing in class; this is what children should be going to visit the Principal for!

TIM NELSON

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Kapa Haka remains a big part of our school culture. Under our tutor, Jimbo Ratapu, we are proud to have the biggest school group in the Wairarapa, as every single child is involved.

Our performances at the Kapa Haka Festival were received extremely positively; the children did themselves and our school so very proud.

2016 will see senior students visit Vanuatu for a cultural and French language experience.

The group will form ties with a French language Catholic School that we would like to see maintained for the years to come.

Mini Mary’s One of the reasons why our students arrive so well prepared and ready for school as new entrants is our Mini Mary’s programme. Four year olds are able to come to weekly sessions in our junior class, helping them to socialize and learn school routines. By the time the children arrive when they turn five, fitting in is a breeze!

Technology

First Holy Communion at St Mary’s School.

Getting ready for the kapa haka festival.

Children working together in whole school buddy reading.

St Mary’s is very well resourced with ICT equipment, with the senior class being a BOT funded one to one iPad class, and all other classes having iPads for groups. Additionally, by the end of the year all classes will have Apple TVs and large screen TVs. We see these resources as a further means to compliment what are already high quality class learning programmes.

School Successes We take great pride in our students partaking in all manner of inter-school events.

Participation is important, and so is success; we have seen our students achieve at a high level in hockey, Matharapa, cross country, rippa rugby, cricket, ICAS exams, and so much more. The level of success that we have goes far beyond what could reasonably be expected from a school of our size.

Extra Programmes Significant staffing is invested in employing teachers to facilitate enrichment and remediation programmes for students who need support, both for extension and, where required, catch-up programmes. This includes the equivalent of our own ‘one-day school’ for students who are achieving at a high level in our two senior classes.

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ST PATRICK’S PRIMARY SCHOOL

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STAFF S TA 13 STUDENTS 256

THAT WAS

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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE ‘Preparing for the future in a Catholic environment’ We are a Catholic Integrated School catering for children from new entrants through to year six. We aim to provide every child with a high quality education within a caring, respectful and Catholic environment. At the heart of everything we do is our school motto ‘Strength & Kindness’. Our school curriculum gives opportunities and experiences for all children to meet the ever-changing future with resilience and confidence.

We highly value and promote all aspects of school life including sport, culture, environmental issues, performing arts and academic success.

“We are always keen to hear from families with a Catholic connection to join our amazing school community.”

STEVE WHEELER

Performing at the Wairarapa Kapa Haka Festival.

Daily life at St. Patrick’s School brings many different opportunities for our wonderful children to learn and grow. Some of the main highlights this year have been:

‘Old Time Music Hall’ School Show Performed to over 800 people at the Masterton Town Hall, our 2015 school show was a huge success. The children enjoyed going back in time to the 1914 era, dressing up in amazing costumes and singing, dancing and acting over three wonderful shows.

Act 1- Peace time musical items by the Brigidine Syndicate.

- Let’s go fly a kite - The teddy bears picnic - In an English country garden - I’m forever blowing bubbles Act 2 – Traditional English music hall items by the McKenna Syndicate.

- My old man said follow the van - Roll out the barrel - Knees up Mother Brown - Hands, knees and boomps a daisy Act 3 – The story of Jack Dunn, a local soldier from Whakataki, Wairarapa, told through acting, song & dance by the Kildare Syndicate Grand Finale – ‘Wish me luck’

Celebrating cultures

McKenna Syndicate dancers at the school show.

Recognising and celebrating the variety of cultures in our school community is always a priority. This year has seen the development of a ‘Welcome Wall’ depicting a wide range of languages, as well as the celebration of International Languages Week which included a day where children dressed up in

their national costumes or clothes. We have also started a Whānau group for members of our Māori community.

Helping others An important element of our Special Character is helping others who are in need.

This year the children have raised money for the Solomon Islands through CARITAS, filled, packed and sent 60 shoeboxes full of gifts to children around the world as part of Operation Christmas Child and raised money for the Wellington Free Ambulance Service by holding a ‘Onesie Day.’

Wellington Free Ambulance Service ‘Onesie Day’.

Sport Sport is a huge part of what we do. Children have participated in many different sports including soccer, hockey, netball, basketball, cross-country, rippa and touch rugby, swimming and athletics. A major highlight was two of our netball teams winning their grades in this year’s competition.

St. Patrick’s Diamonds Netball Team.

MasterChef This year in the senior syndicate we have started a ‘MasterChef’ programme to help the children develop their learning through real life purposeful experiences. As part of this they have learnt many new skills as they have created dishes including pastas, butter chicken, pizzas and home-made burgers.

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Connecting with the wider world.

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE My name is Jennifer Muth and I am proud to be the Principal of St Teresa’s School Featherston, a vibrant learning community. I am passionate about providing the best learning environment we can for our students.

I love interacting across all the classes, supporting the teaching and learning.

At St Teresa’s School we aim to get to know the students and their families well. Together we can build our learning community, sharing the progress and achievement.

I am also passionate about students setting goals and understanding their own learning journey. Students have the opportunity to build on their strengths.

My years spent working with students with a range of learning needs has reinforced how vital it is that students and their families feel secure and comfortable within our school.

JENNIFER MUTH

Leadership and challenges through sport.

As a Catholic School we foster the values of faith, love, justice and humility, which help our children reach their potential and contribute positively as effective citizens. We encourage service to the community and an understanding of social justice through the Religious Education programme taught in all classrooms and the example set by all the staff.

We have high expectations in terms of academic achievement and appropriate behaviour. We use On –TRACK to describe the behaviours which help students put our values in place- Think, Responsible,

Service to our community.

Achieve, Courageous, Kind. We aim to support each student to be the best they can be through educating the whole child and giving students opportunities to shine.

While reading, writing and mathematics are important we want every student to experience the arts, science, technology, sport and ICT. Students have the opportunity to grow in confidence, develop leadership and creative thinking through sporting and cultural events. Our students are our focus.

Our Board of Trustees are committed to our school vision of developing confident, life-long learners within the Catholic Faith.

The Board ensures high quality resources are a feature of our classrooms. We have a supportive community who willingly use their talents to support student learning.

Along with a very dedicated staff, this support gives our students a great learning environment.

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Patrick Wellbrock, Michael Stone and Jack Higinbottom paint their papier mache models.

Xavier O’Neal with the fields of remembrance crosses.

It seems amazing that another year has nearly gone by! I would like to take this opportunity once again to thank everyone for their contribution to our school throughout the year, and look forward to this continuing support into next year. This year we have focused on developing leadership across the school. We proudly fielded a number of teams in the Agrikids Competition, with two of our teams making it into the finals, and one of these coming a credible fourth overall in the National Finals. We are now eagerly awaiting our classrooms being upgraded which will be completed near the end of the school year.

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Balance – The children create their own challenging obstacle courses.

HEAD TEACHER’S MESSAGE 2015 has been a happy, busy year at Hadlow Preschool.

In Term 1 we held our annual sports day.

This is always a popular event enjoyed by both parents and children.

Baking is a popular weekly activity and we enjoy trying out new recipes each term. We all perfected our Anzac biscuit recipe during Term 2.

Jumping – Active play outdoors makes for happy, healthy kids.

Construction – Our creative kids are always building something.

We enjoyed celebrating Matariki and ended our celebrations with a shared lunch with all our families.

Hadlow preschool is situated on the grounds of Hadlow School and is operated by the Trinity Schools Trust Board.

Pets Day was another exciting, fun day with a variety of pets including fish, cats, dogs and calves brought along to join in the fun.

We offer preschool education to all children between the ages of 3 and 5.

We all gained extensive knowledge from our visit to the Rangimarie Marae and appreciated the warm welcome we received there.

For further information on our preschool please contact us.

Hours are 8.30-2.30 every day from the start of 2016.

Hadlow Preschool is an exciting place for your child to begin their learning journey.

At Hadlow Preschool we prepare children for a lifetime of learning by providing a balanced learning programme in which children actively participate in a range of planned and spontaneous experiences. The development of literacy and mathematical skills is an integral part of our programme.

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We would highly recommend Hadlow to all who are considering starting their children at preschool.

Tiffany Evans-Smith — The staff at Hadlow Preschool do an absolutely amazing job every day. The children are engaged and have fun doing a variety of activities. Baking is very popular with our daughter. The children love being recognised for doing well and are so proud of themselves when they achieve something they have been working hard on e.g. writing their name. Being special helper for the day is also on the top of the list for most kiddies.

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The winning Year 8 Science Quiz team.

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE The school has been on a journey since 2009 to implement a future-focused teaching and learning practice and environment, school-wide. The practice is now in place across all the hubs. No longer is there a single teacher in front of a class of children; now two or three teachers work collaboratively with between forty and fifty-five children in innovative learning spaces. As part of the professional learning development, the staff has had to re-think their teaching, and the children have had to re-think their learning. As part of the transition from old to new there have been some big questions that the staff and board have discussed and debated – what does the future of learning look like? What is effective learning? What is important to learn? Where does learning take place? What is so important you never leave it to chance?

All that collegial talk has resulted in six factors that everyone at the school believes underpin what we do here: • that learning is personalised, goal-driven and reflective • that there are different ways of learning • that learning involves critical, creative, and analytical thinking • that learning is collaborative, relevant and authentic • that every child can achieve success, and that learning is flexible and can happen anywhere, at any time, at the appropriate pace.

MICHAEL MERCER

Lilli Rose with her winning science investigation.

MANAWATU SCIENCE FAIR WINNERS Each year, as part of the senior school science programme, the school enters the Manawatu Science & Technology Fair. This year twelve science inquiries were accepted for the fair.

The investigation titles conjure up some interesting thoughts – Ouch, Sweet Revenge, No Harm Lip Balm, Rusty Nails, Air or Water, Does Colour Change the Taste?, Which Battery Lasts the Longest?, and Is Our Water Safe? Matthew King investigated the different models of hockey face-masks to determine which one was the safest and most durable, and was awarded a Certificate of Distinction in the Massey Science & AgResearch prizes.

Lilli Rose Rogers, who investigated and produced a natural lip-balm was awarded first place in the junior section of the science fair, first place in Statistics NZ prizes, Excellence in the use of statistics, and the Manawatu Youth Engineering Scheme Prize.

Annabelle Smith was highly commended in the NZ Institute of Food Science and Technology prizes for her investigation on whether colour affected taste. Rosie King, Lou Lou McNelly and Meghan Macri were awarded third place in the Fonterra Junior Prize category, merit in the New Zealand Baking Industry Research Trust prize, highly commended in the Massey School of Food, Nutrition and Human Health section, and won the MSTF Approval Prize for a project that showed thoroughness while adhering to the correct ethical and safety protocols.

WAIRARAPA SCIENCE FUN QUIZ SUCCESS This year Solway College hosted a Wairarapa Science Quiz for Year 6, 7 & 8 school pupils in teams of four. The quiz was an all-day affair made up of six rounds of different competitions. These included a multiplechoice question section, a fair-testing quiz, picto science and a hands-on section where competitors had to complete a science experiment correctly. We sent seven teams – a Year 8 team, a Year 7 team, a Year 6 team and four teams made up of Years 6, 7 & 8.

The Year 8 team, made up of Erin Hudson, Grace Hancox, Matthew King and Anthony Voice were placed first, and our Year 7 team of Amber Powell, Lily Burgin, Xavier White and Finn Roberts were placed fourth overall.

Everyone really enjoyed the day of science activities.

Our head girl and head boy with Archdeacon May Croft.

Archdeacon May Croft at the Ash Wednesday service.

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House members safe in their shelter.

Hub 1 crossing High Street.

HUB CULTURAL At the end of Term 3 each of the hubs presents two musical items to the two hundred parents, grandparents and family-friends that come to watch. The hub teachers and the children choose a hymn and a song that they would like to perform and then throughout the term they practise their performance.

The orchestra and choir also perform at the concert. This year the programme opened with a welcome haka, performed by the Y7&8 boys.

This haka has been written especially for the school and everybody is learning it in their music lessons. It was a very strong and loud haka which made all the babies in the audience start to cry.

After the haka, the orchestra presented three items and then Hub 1 (our Y1&2 children) sang A Gift to You as their hymn, followed by Kiwi Kids Song. Hub 2 (Y3&4) then sang A Blind Man Sat by the Road, and Cut Lunch Blues.

The choir then performed two items before Hub 3 (Y5&6) presented The Servant Song as their hymn and Happy for their song.

Hub 4 (Y7&8) then raised the rafters with the chant Shalom – which requires stamping of the feet – accompanied by our five and six year-olds.

They sang Make You Mine as their song and then walked out hand in hand with a junior.

The choir returned to the stage for a final waiata to conclude the programme.

HOUSE DAY In the past, and especially when the school had boarders, the House system provided an appropriate vehicle to encourage a separate identity for smaller groups, competition in the sports domain especially, a workable model for the completion of operational tasks, and interaction amongst all the year groups. It also provided a hierarchical student-leadership structure thus providing opportunities for leadership to be more widely distributed – house captains, house prefects etc. If you go back far enough you will realise that the House was in fact the ‘home’ for the boarders when they were at school and each House competed fiercely to win kudos and the respect of the other Houses. Application for entry into a school was often via the House rather than the school.

As the school has changed, so the House has tended to be replaced by the Hub. There was a desire to keep the link with the past so the school pupils decided on a House day at the end of Term 2. The day was planned by the senior pupils and the pupil-leaders, and as well as promoting the House spirit and interaction across the age-groups, it was also used to provide a greater awareness of the disaster in Nepal. The plan was for each House to fundraise for the Nepal relief fund by creating a coin-trail, and for the children to be involved in activities that relate to disaster relief – a shelter/water challenge, a stretcher relay, a survival relay, a Morse code activity, as examples. The Trinity Schools’ caterers, Alliance, created an authentic Nepalese meal

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BISHOP’S VISIT Bishop Justin spends a day with us each year.

He has a particular interest in the school’s special character and future-focused teaching and learning. He met with the principal and the chaplain and then he toured the school and visited each of the hubs. He was truly impressed by what he saw and what the children were able to articulate about their independent learning and their preference for the way teaching and learning happens here. He applauded the innovation that the staff and board of trustees have implemented at the school – he is a strong advocate for education and for the future-focused model.

The two conductors for the Hub 4 item.

Fun at the school disco.

After morning-tea with the staff, he joined our RE Teacher, Margaret McLean-Craig, in Hub 4 to participate in the RE lessons. This was followed by lunch in the dining-room where he joined a table of children and talked with them. After lunch he prepared himself for the school Eucharist service at the Church of Epiphany. The bishop presided at the service.

He complimented the school on its childcentred services and inclusion of all faiths.

Bishop Justin officiating at the school chapel service.

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Amber and Charlotte laying the school wreath.

Teacher and pupils in their cardboard home.

ANZAC DAY 2015 was the centenary of the Anzac landing at Gallipoli. Each school in New Zealand was presented with a set of thirty small wooden crosses and at school these were all ‘planted’ in the shape of a cross on the front lawn at a special, school Anzac service on the last day of Term 1. Seven representatives from each of the four hubs, the mayor and our guest speaker each placed the crosses in the lawn.

The service was led by the children – our head boy and girl read For the Fallen and In Flanders Fields, while the head of chapel read a special prayer. Our guest speaker was Mr Trevor Thompson a Vietnam returned serviceman.

The service concluded with the singing of the national anthem, and then the children were each given an Anazc poppy to wear, and an Anzac biscuit.

MATHS SUCCESS The school entered six teams in the Wairarapa inter-school maths competitions this year. The competition is broken up into three age-group sessions – Year 5&6, Year 7, and Year 8.

Each of the teams competed very effectively, but our Y5&6 team of Jack Sorrell, Angus Smith and Flynn Register won their competition, and our Year 8 team of Sebastian Smith, Tom Parker and Grace Hancox won their competition and were awarded the Y8 trophy. The school has won the Y5&6 trophy four times since the inception of the competition in 2003, and has won the Year 8 trophy seven times since that competition started in 1990, and coincidentally the school won both trophies last in 2004.

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INTER-SCHOOL WEARABLE ART COMPETITION The school entered eight items into the interschool wearable arts competition. Five schools entered the competition: Hadlow, Makoura College, Wairarapa College, Solway College and Masterton Intermediate School.

Hadlow entered in the Intermediate open section but there were categories spanning from Once Upon a Time to Mechanical Madness to ANZAC. There were seventeen entries in the Intermediate open section with three from Solway, six from MIS and eight from Hadlow.

MIS took out first and second place, Solway was third and Hadlow’s Anna Bebbington and Naiah Milner were awarded a Highly Commended Certificate. Hannah Sorrell was awarded the Wow Factor.

WAIRARAPA SCHOOLS’ ART EXHIBITION The annual Breadcraft School Art exhibition opened on Saturday 5 September at Aratoi.

The exhibition is made up of art work selected by the panel, from all primary and secondary schools in the Wairarapa. This year, the school has employed a specialist art teacher to ensure that every child has the opportunity to learn new techniques and develop their creativity.

CARDBOARD CITIES During two sunny mornings, Hubs 2 and 3 created cardboard cities. This was part of our Religious Education teaching & learning unit which explored how we can love our neighbours as much as ourselves (Mark 12: 28-34). The context of natural disasters was used to understand this scripture. The learning focus provided the opportunity to walk a mile in our neighbours’ shoes so the children could identify hardships, and understand in a very real way about the need for planning, cooperation and fair distribution of resources, and especially in times of need.

The hubs made a miniature cardboard city, and used the structures as donation boxes to raise funds for Vanuatu.

WORLD VISION SCHOLARSHIP DAY The school was invited to send four intermediate - aged representatives to the World Visions’ Intermediate Scholarship Day held at the Little Theatre in Lower Hutt. The event was described as an action-packed day full of fun, inspiring and empowering presentations, workshops and simulation games. The school was also presented with a World Vision Award acknowledging the outstanding contribution to the 40 Hour Famine the pupils had made.

The flexible teaching and learning programme also allows the children to finish their art-work in the hub, and to develop their art skills further as part of the passion programme.

Ten percent of the school had their art-work selected for the exhibition.

The winning Y5&6 team.

The two Hadlow wearable art winning entries.

The tapa cloth art on display at Aratoi.

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Our First XI Football team had a great season.

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE It’s the last term and Christmas decorations are going up in stores. Hard to believe that another year is almost over!

We have had a wonderful year at St Matthew’s.

In a newsletter to parents and students at the end of Term 3, I reflected upon the importance of maximising time. Resting, and then actually resting. Studying, and then actually studying. Being with those people you care about, and then actually being with them. The importance is about being in the moment.

This remains relevant heading into the holiday season. We encourage all of our students, both those who are returning in 2016 and those who are moving into another stage of life, to live in the moment this summer.

To those girls who are leaving us at the end of this year, we thank you for being a part of our family, and wish you well.

KIRI GILL

We wish departing senior students well in their future endeavours.

A PE class on their NCEA tramping assessment.

St Matthew’s Collegiate is a state-integrated Anglican school which offers both day and boarding positions for girls in Years 7-13.

At St Matthew’s we focus on the needs of the individual, encouraging each girl to reach her potential in all aspects of school life, and – “ad astra per aspera” – to reach for the stars.

Within a Christian environment, fostering tolerance and respect, we educate our pupils to be effective citizens, who are independent, resilient 21st century learners.

At St Matthew’s, students enter as girls ready to develop academically, culturally, socially, civically, and in the world of sport. When they leave they do so as young women ready to take their places as leaders of the future.

As a school it is our endeavour to embrace the demands of this changing world so that our young women become effective, leading and contributing members of the local and global community.

Becoming a St Matthew’s girl means you join a school with a regaled reputation as one of the finest schools in New Zealand.

Our 2015 highlights include:

A wonderful Junior School production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and brilliant performances from our Senior Girls in the Rathkeale/St Matthew’s Senior College production of ‘Into the Woods’.

In the world of sport, strong performances from our football, netball and hockey teams at the National Secondary Schools Tournament Week competitions, a Prem Netball Trip to the Gold Coast Netball Carnival, and a series of fiercely contested matches during our sports fixtures with other schools.

Another highlight was the amazing effort from our soft materials technology students who collectively entered 30 garments into the Hokonui Fashion Design Awards, with a number of students garnering awards for their wonderful work, including Ella Sims who took out first place in the ‘Night Life’ category of the secondary schools section.

1st XI celebrating their Marie Fry Trophy win at Tournament Week .

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Rathkeale College prides itself on being able to offer young men a wide range of opportunities in and beyond the classroom.

Supported willing and able staff, our students commit fully to a school life that seeks to promote physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing. We are proud of their achievements and commend them on the efforts they have made in pursuing their academic, cultural, musical, sporting and service interests. We sincerely thank parents for the tremendous support they provide for their sons, and in turn the school.

• Football gained 6th place at a National Tournament– highest ever

Highlights for 2015 include:

• Numerous Wairarapa Hockey and Rugby Age Group representatives

• An outstanding number of Excellence endorsements in NCEA Internal Assessment

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

• Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Cast awarded Best Stage Combat at National Finals

Rathkeale College has had an excellent year. We expect another set of commendable results in both the NCEA examinations and the junior examinations at the end of the year.

• Theatre Sports team – Won Wairarapa Secondary Schools’ competition

Our departing students will leave with the best wishes for the bright futures they will undoubtedly have. In January we will extend a warm welcome to all boys and their families who will be starting with us in 2016.

WILLIAM KERSTEN

THAT WAS

• Viva Camerata and Boys’ Choir – commendations at Regional Big Sings

• Good 1st XI Cricket team wins over Wanganui Collegiate, Nelson College, Francis Douglas College

• Colts Rugby – Winners of Manawatu Competition • Several Members of the 1st XI Football team selected into the Wairarapa United Heartland U20 National League team • Top performances by the Tennis Junior team with wins over Wanganui Collegiate, Lindisfarne College and Hutt International Boys’ School

• Several awards at Bronze and Silver level Duke of Edinburgh awards with John McKeefry and Hugh Morrison-Thomas achieving Gold level • Staff member, Shane Mann, selected as one of 15 teachers in New Zealand to be awarded a Microsoft Innovative Educators’ International award National Representatives and Title Holders: •

Bayley Donald – NZ U21 Clubsport (Motorsport) Champion

• Liam Burling - School batting record vs Marlborough College (200 exactly)

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• John McKeefry - Athletics, Swimming and Cross Country Champion (the first time in the school’s history all three titles held by one student)

Jonty Morrison - NZ Junior Track and Field Team (Oceania Games & Australian Championships)

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Dylan Drysdale - NZ Karting Team (World Championships in Portugal)

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Vincent Capes - NZ Junior Power Lifting Team (Commonwealth Champs in Canada)

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Tom McCallum - NZ Junior Cycling Team (Australian Championships)

• Nathan Whiteman - Wellington Athletics team & Wairarapa Hockey Academy

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• Dylan Price and Zac Caldwell have been selected into the Capital U18 Hockey squad

Max Spencer - Reserve for the NZ Secondary Schools’ Cross Country team to compete in Hungary

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Callum Riach NZ Secondary Schools’ Brass Band

• Sam Hammond, Oliver Donaldson, John McKeefry, Logan Allen and Mitchell Cockburn – Top swimmers at regional and national Secondary Schools’ level gaining several Wairarapa records

• Bayley Donald is the NZ U20 Junior Champion • Ben Taylor and Ben Renton Hurricanes U18 team • Callum Riach - Top 0.2% in the Language Perfect World Championships and NZ Secondary Schools’ Brass Band

Our Colts Rugby team won their league this season.

Our First XI Football team go from strength to strength.

A fantastic performance of ‘Uptown Funk’ by Blake House.

We wish all of our students and their families a happy holiday season and look forward to welcoming our community back in 2016.

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• 1st XI Sports Teams and Colts Rugby did well at Winter Tournaments Docking Day on the Rathkeale Farm.

• Hockey promoted to Rankin Cup (Top 16 in NZ) – highest ever

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The centenary of World War I became a focus of the Social Studies department with the college becoming involved in the Fields of Remembrance.

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Wairarapa College students have embraced the LEAD values (Learn with Purpose, Engage with Pride, Act with Respect and Dare to Succeed) in 2015 and have packed their year full of academic, sporting, cultural and outdoor achievements.

The 2015 school year has been as busy and action-packed as ever. Looking back on the year, I am proud of all our students and what they have achieved in all areas of college life.

Not only did the Outdoor Education students get out and about in the hills and snow, but a group of Year 10’s spent five days on the Spirit of Adventure and others travelled overseas with the traditional Japanese language trip to Japan.

The academic results have been outstanding, as showcased by the large group of college leavers who have received university scholarships.

Wairarapa College students have strengths in the sporting and cultural arenas and to see our students reach regional and national representation is wonderful.

In this year’s sporting and cultural assemblies considerable numbers of students received Awards, Blues and Elites.

A great deal of learning occurs outside the classroom walls with students having opportunities to get involved in so many activities, from being on stage to travelling overseas to competing on a national level.

Technology provided many students with endless opportunities to be creative. A large number of students entered into the intercollegiate Wearable Art and Fashion Extravaganza evenings.

The commitment and support of the college staff and community are behind all these successes and achievements.

Staff make a huge contribution, both in and out of the classroom and, along with the support of parents, enable the college to continue to provide the best for our students.

MIKE SCHWASS The 1st XI girls football team won the Manawatu competition they were involved in and the boys’ 1st XI came second in the Wellington Premier 2 Division and second at the Trident Cup during tournament week.

LEAD reward cards were wildly popular with students trading them in each term for a variety of rewards including canteen privileges, iTunes vouchers and even morning tea with the principal.

A large number of Year 13 students have been awarded university scholarships for 2016, setting them up to continue their learning when they depart Wairarapa College. Head Girl Harriet O’Hara and Head Boy Liam Hare ably led the student body.

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The hundreds of lambs and ewes on the college farm had students looking after them all year with lambing, docking, drenching, dagging and shearing. Horticultural students got green thumbs as they planted and harvested many crops and they have also been working on planting and espaliering fruit trees.

Year 13 thespian Cael Friday was selected to travel to William Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London next year.

The PB4L team had a number of other initiatives including painting Chorus boxes close to the college.

All the world became a stage for hundreds of students in a variety of disciplines. From dancing in Disco Inferno, managing the lighting in Stage Challenge, performing in the Variety Show, coming to grips with the Bard in the Shakespeare Festival and entertaining the entire student body as part of a band or kapa haka, there was something for everyone to get involved in.

Wairarapa College’s gold and blue colours were involved in over 60 sports teams competing in a variety of sports at many different levels. The 1st XI girls’ and boys’ hockey both won the Wellington Secondary Schools’ Premier 1 competition and the 1st XV rugby were competitive in their first year in the Premier 1 Division and had a enjoyable and successful trip to Australia. The 1xt XI cricket team won the McBride Peterson Cup for the first time since 2008.

Four students represented New Zealand at an age group level in canoe polo and athletics.

House spirit was alive and well and fiercely contested between the six houses. There were many events including spelling bees, maths and general knowledge quizzes, tug-of-war and the roof-lifting house singing.

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School Picnic.

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE 2015 has seen Wainuioru School strengthen and grow as a team of students, staff and community. We started the year with some wonderful improvements to our physical surroundings with the swimming pool upgrade and the very popular slide.

We have been busy making the most of new opportunities throughout the year and this has been made easier by the purchase of a flash new bus which helps us get large groups into town and around. The staff and Board chose two of the school values to focus on this year so students have been working hard to learn and practice the skills of confidence and open mindedness. Confidence for us means feeling good about ourselves when we show courage and perseverance in challenging situations and open mindedness means that we will have a can do/positive attitude towards new people and experiences. We have focused especially hard on our academic results in maths and have done lots of work on science and technology in the classrooms to ensure we are preparing students for the future.

KAREN GOODALL

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Anzac Day Ceremony.

Our big topic of science saw us investigate the concept of how to think like a scientist so we kicked off term one learning about Space which was a very interesting topic for the students and we finished it with a visit from the Starlab. In term two the students learnt about the physical world and forces and motion. Term 3’s topic was Changes in Matter with the senior class being fascinated by forensic science. Term four has seen us looking at how science works on the farm and this included a fabulous trip for the two junior classes to see a dairy farm in action. The year long focus on science has really helped to develop skills in investigating, understanding and explaining our natural physical world and the wider universe. We also attended the Solway Science Quiz and the Science Roadshow to consolidate our learning as well as the two senior classes travelling to Te Papa to attend the Awesome Forces exhibit and workshop.

We also wanted to put our fancy new Ipads to great use in the classroom so selected some apps to teach the children to use and they have learnt how to make movies throughout

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the year which we look forward to sharing with the school community at the end of year prizegiving. A group of students were lucky enough to visit the MindLab in Wellington to learn about robotics and other students took part in the Epro8 challenge.

A real highlight for students has been the Kapa Haka lessons that REAP and WSCA helped us provide. Students have really enjoyed working with Whaea Shari and learning a range of haka and waiata.

Surfing lessons.

The community is a very important part of our school and we are lucky that we have people who are so willing to attend school functions and make it possible for us to provide students with extra opportunities.

We travelled into town for both the Seussical Musical and Into the Woods. We had a wonderful group of Dads, Uncles, Brothers and Grandfathers have breakfast with us to celebrate Father’s Day and a lot of parents visit to see the Learn Now Mini Market in action as well as a lovely function to celebrate the opening of the new hall deck.

Have a wonderful summer everyone.

Farm Trip.

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Our Ripper team took out the bowl title this year.

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE We have once again shown more growth in 2015 with our school roll hitting the 40 mark this year. We have seen a huge variety of opportunities for our students and this has meant a busy year for everyone. Whether it be in the classroom or outside of the classroom the opportunities that our students have is a special feature of our school. It is also great to have students achieving across a range of curriculum areas in events we take part in around the Wairarapa.

2016 will be another big year for us with a shift to some trying new initiatives in modern teaching practice with our students. We want to take this time to wish you all a Merry Christmas and safe New Year.

Assembly is one of the many times we celebrate success.

Family and whanaungatanga is an important feature of our school.

In Term 1 our unit of learning was Early Wairarapa. We all had to come up with an idea for an inquiry project. We researched our information and were lucky enough to be taken to Cobblestones Museum and the Fell Engine Museum, to gather more information about the history of the Wairarapa. We also had our rural schools swimming competition in which many of our students qualified for the town championship and wider Wairarapa championship. We also took part in Surf School with Miles Ratima.

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Term 2 started off with a spring in its step with cross-country weeks around the corner and many of our students doing very well in that as well. Three of our Year 8 students were selected to participate in the annual year 8 Leadership Camp at Mawley Park in Lansdowne, where they had to complete challenges and over come obstacles along the way. We had a variety of visits and continued to develop our work through Enviroschools and the dotterels at Riversdale Beach.

Our Kitchen Chemistry unit meant a trip to Zibbibo restaurant in Wellington.

In term 3 the senior year 7&8 camp went to Mount Ruapehu for their leavers trip. It was a fantastic trip and we couldn’t have asked for better weather conditions! As an extra bonus everyone got up and managed to ride their skis down the slopes. We were also given the opportunity to go to ‘Zibbibo’ restaurant in Wellington at the end of term, the food was amazing! We also had an eye-opening trip to

Term 4 has been incredibly busy so far, and we’re only in Week 3!! So far we have run business enterprise groups, we are in the process of athletics training and we also are rehearsing for our “Aladdin” production. Our school pool will open again soon and we will start our water safety programme too.

At the end of the year we will present our production at our final assembly, which will be held on the 17th of December.

From all the students here at Whareama School have a merry Christmas, safe holidays and a Happy New Year.

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