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DEPUTY PRINCIPALS' AND DEANS' CONTACT DETAILS DEPUTY PRINCIPAL All levels
Ms Sarah Drew drw@avcol.school.nz
820 1700
YEAR 9 Dean
Mrs Aleishia Davis dva@avcol.school.nz Associate Dean Mrs Grace Williams wmg@avcol.school.nz Deputy Principal Mr Matt Bennett bnn@avcol.school.nz
820 1708 ext 534 820 1702
YEAR 10 Dean
Mr David Dewsnap dsp@avcol.school.nz Associate Dean Miss Helena Pattison ptn@avcol.school.nz Deputy Principal Mrs Lynne van Etten vtn@avcol.school.nz
820 1738 ext 539 820 1720
YEAR 11 Dean
Ms Rhonda Donaldson dsn@avcol.school.nz Associate Dean Miss Ashleigh Earwaker ekr@avcol.school.nz Deputy Principal Mrs Lyndy Watkinson wtn@avcol.school.nz Dr
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AVCOL WELCOMES NEW DEPUTY PRINCIPAL Avondale College is delighted to welcome our new Deputy Principal, Ms Sarah Drew. A former student of Avondale College, Ms Drew has most recently been teaching English at Mt Albert Grammar School. She will be looking after the College's Student Services portfolio.
Mrs Naomi Parker prk@avcol.school.nz Associate Dean Miss Joy Yallop ylp@avcol.school.nz Deputy Principal Dr Terry Brown bwn@avcol.school.nz
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820 1707
820 1710 ext 540 820 1728
YEAR 13 Dean
Mrs Megan Miller mrm@avcol.school.nz Associate Dean Mrs Pritika Patel ptl@avcol.school.nz Deputy Principal Mr Phil Hill hil@avcol.school.nz
820 1709 ext 542 820 1701
ABSENCE LINE absences@avcol.school.nz
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Progress reports for all students will be posted shortly. There is an evening planned for parents to meet with teachers to discuss this report. This will be held in the Atrium on Tuesday 10 April between 4:30pm and 7:30pm. Please note that online bookings of interview times are now open through our Family Connection site. From Monday 9 April appointments will be filled in manually by students who should see their subject teachers with the appointment form posted out with the report.
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YEAR 12 Dean
PROGRESS REPORT EVENING TUESDAY 10 APRIL 4.30 - 7.30PM HELD IN THE ATRIUM
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Lunchtimes / PAC / Gold coin Fri 23rd - Wed 28th March Wed 4th - Fri 6th April
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Adults $10 / Child $5 1 th April - 7PM
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UPCOMING EVENTS Week 10 Term 1 2018
SPORTS DRAW
Taurewa Trip 5 (Year 13s)
WEDNESDAY 4 APRIL TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS @ Scarbro Tennis Centre, Glen Innes CRICKET 1st XI Girls vs Waiuku @Avondale 1a THURSDAY 5 APRIL TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS @ Scarbro Tennis Centre, Glen Innes TAG FOOTBALL Senior Boys vs Rutherford @Moire Park 3 Senior Boys vs Lynfield @Moire Park 3 Senior Girls vs Waitakere @Moire Park 1 Senior Girls vs Auck Girls @Moire Park 2 Senior Girls vs Lynfield @Moire Park 2 Senior Girls vs Massey @Moire Park 1 Senior Girls vs TBC @TBC SATURDAY 7 APRIL TENNIS Senior Boys vs Auck Grammar 3 @Avondale 1-3 Senior Girls vs Rutherford @Avondale 4-6 SUNDAY 8 APRIL NETBALL AUCKLAND PRE SEASON TOURNAMENT @ Auckland Netball Centre, St Johns TUESDAY 10 APRIL
Year 10 CIE checkpoint testing this week
KILIKITI SENIOR TOURNAMENT @ Pulman Park, Takanini
Wednesday 4 April Talent Quest Heats at lunchtime in PAC (4-6 April) Auckland Secondary Schools Tennis Champs (4-6 April) Thursday 5 April 11SCC trip (2) to Karamatura & Shadbolt Park Tag Football Senior Central North Western Zone Championships at Moire Park, Massey 11BUS Market Day at lunchtime, D Block courtyard Friday 6 April Japan Trip (6-22 April) Saturday 7 April Orienteering Sprint Finals Sunday 8 April Archery Match Play Championships
Week 11 Term 1 2018 Monday 9 April
Tuesday 10 April Kilikiti Senior Tournament at Pulman Park Report Evening 4.30pm-7.30pm Wednesday 11 April Tag Football Senior Championships (Subject to qualification)
WEDNESDAY 11 APRIL TAG FOOTBALL SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS @ Cornwall Park, Epsom THURSDAY 12 APRIL CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS @ West Wave Aquatic Centre, Henderson
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Talent Quest Finals - PAC (evening) Thursday 12 April Champ of Champs Swimming meet at Westwave
alumni news: mason lino
Friday 13 April End of Term 1 Sunday 15 April Secondary School Pre Season Netball Tournament (TBC)
Week 1 Term 2 2018 Monday 30 April Taurewa Trip 6 (Year 12s) Tuesday 1 May Netball Waitakere Season begins (Grading Rounds) (TBC)
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Photo by David Neilson Former Avcol league player Mason Lino had a fantastic game for the Warriors against the Roosters in the weekend, achieving his first NRL win, his first NRL try and his first NRL game with 100 per cent with his kicks!
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AVCOL AT NATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL Photos by Goh family
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YEAR 10 CIE CHECKPOINT TESTING MONDAY 9 APRIL - THURSDAY 12 APRIL A number of Year 10 classes will be sitting CIE Checkpoint tests in English, Science and Mathematics during Week 11. The tests are designed to provide feedback which will help families and students choose an appropriate academic pathway in Year 11. Results and information on how to use them will be provided in Term 3.
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AVONDALE COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES UPDATE Survey The Board of Trustees will shortly be canvassing opinions and feedback from our school community. Watch this space for your chance to contribute to the well-being of the school. Vacancy Due to a recent resignation of a parent representative relocating overseas, the Board of Trustees has decided to seek expressions of interest for a co-opted position. The Board has a mandate to provide effective governance of Avondale College with our primary focus being student achievement and our aim of excellence. The trustees meet monthly with sub-committees also meeting monthly.
SPORTS REPORT Monday 26th March – Sunday 1st April
ATHLETICS
With a full team of 23 athletes who qualified in the zone meets, the team headed to Mt Smart Stadium early morning on Monday 26 March to compete in the College Sport Auckland Athletics Championships. The athletes were eagerly anticipating a fantastic day of competition. We came away with a staggering number of medals - eight - but more importantly, all these athletes were given the opportunity to contest the championship titles on offer. All in all, we were awarded three gold medals, three silver medals and two bronze medals. Stand out performances were seen by Percy Maka with his win in both the Junior Boys' Shot Put and Discus throws. Joanna Poland also showed an impressive display of middledistance running talent, winning her 1500m race by an incredible margin. Lex Revell-Lewis showed great determination in his 800m run, but was just pipped at the post by an Auckland Grammar boy within the last few metres. His silver medal performance is still a fantastic result! Dhanush Chandra dominated the Senior Boys’ Triple Jump event but just missed out on that gold medal in the final jump of the competition. Maclani Michael also showed a strong performance in her Triple Jump event, placing 2nd overall and gaining another silver medal for her efforts. Deja Rees, our Senior Girl thrower, had a great day, taking home a bronze medal for her Shot Put performance. The Intermediate Girls 4x100m Relay team also came away with a bronze medal after showing speed, strength and clean batonchange technique in their race. Congratulations to all students who competed and a big thank you to all the staff and families that helped in making it such a successful event!
If you would like to join our team, have a special set of skills and a passionate interest in student success at Avondale College then please contact our Board Secretary in the first instance: Elsie Shelley zsle@avcol.school.nz The Board will co-opt the candidate who they feel best compliments the skills of the existing members.
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SPORTS REPORT CONT. BASKETBALL
On Tuesday 27 March, Avondale College’s Boys Premier Basketball played Macleans College in a match where the winner would secure a place in the Auckland Premier Basketball Division. Throughout the first two quarters Avondale and Macleans traded baskets, with the scores tied at half time; 42 all. Both teams’ supporters were in full voice, helping each side to bring out the best in their players. The scores remained this way until the last minute of the third quarter when Macleans opened up a seven-point lead. Avondale College dug deep in the final quarter with Captain Jaga Mete directing play. The entire squad put together a solid performance with the bench players showing that they are equals to the starting five. Avondale College dominated the final quarter 26-6, resulting in an 88-75 point win for the team and promotion into the Premier Division. A massive congratulations goes to the boys, their families and our coaches!
LAWN BOWLS
The Avondale College Lawn Bowls team competed in the Greater Auckland Lawn Bowls Pairs Championships on Monday 26th March at Carlton Bowling Club, Cornwall. All three teams won two of the three games, however, they needed to win all three to progress to the knock out stage. Ryan Banks and Michael Knowles won their first two games and were six-all going into the last end of their 3rd games. They were holding the win until the Kelston Boys’ skipper played his last bowl and just got closer than Avondale's closest bowl by an inch. Michael Knowles had the final bowl of the match to try and win the match, but unfortunately just missed. Despite not qualifying for the knock-out stages, the team really enjoyed themselves and are looking forward to building towards future events.
11:00, only 11 seconds behind first place. Accumulating all his races he placed 2nd overall with a score of 3950 in the Senior Boys division for the Western Zone. This qualifies him for the upcoming AKSS Sprint finals which will be held this coming weekend. We wish him all the best and look forward to his result.
ARCHERY
The Archery prize giving shoot was held on Wednesday 28 March 2018, the last shoot for the year for the College Sport Archery League 2018. Out of 101 recurve archers Avondale College had two archers place in the top 15 individual recurve competition. Nuala Edmundson placed 6th overall and was the top woman archer. Grace Minturn placed 13th overall and was the third best woman archer. Both students have performed exceptionally well this season, and we are very happy with their achievements. Congratulations to both students!
SWIMMING
Alex Dunkley took part in the New Zealand Ocean Swim Series over the weekend, The Big Tahuna, a 3km Swim which was held in Nelson. He placed 1st in the Under 14 age group (non-wet suit) with a time of 43:57 (overall placing 56 out of 390 participants). Alex also took part in the Ocean Kids 200m Swim and not only finished 1st in his age group (11-12 years), but 1st overall. His successes secured himself a spot on the Jetstar Super Swim Squad Camp which will be held from Friday 27 April – Sunday 29 April 2018. We wish him all the very best in this exciting opportunity.
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTS:
The 2018 NZ Division II Swimming Competition was held from Sunday 18 March – Wednesday 21 March in Rotorua. Avondale College was represented by swimmers Sam Charles and Jacob Laurence. Both swimmers performed exceptionally well. Jacob Laurence placed in the Top 10 for 100m Backstroke and 200m Backstroke in his division. Sam Charles received five gold medals for 200m Freestyle, 400m Freestyle, 4x100m Freestyle Relay, 4x100m Medley Relay and 4x50m Freestyle Relay. Alongside these medals he also obtained three silver medals in 50m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle and 4x50m Medley Relay.
MOUNTAIN BIKING
TRACK CYCLING
TENNIS
The Senior Girls played a catch-up game against One Tree Hill on Tuesday 27th March. The girls played well but fell short in the end, losing 6-3 on the night.
Paige Weir competed in the National School Mountain Biking Championships which were held from Monday 19 March – Wednesday 21 March in Rotorua. She performed really well considering the competitive field of racers that were in her division. Overall, she placed 5th in the U17 Girls competition; an awesome achievement!
ORIENTEERING
On Monday 26 March, Liam Stolberger competed in the final AKSS Sprint Series for the Western Zone which was held at Rutherford College. He placed 2nd in the event with a time of
The National Schools Track Championships were held over two days, Tuesday 20 March and Wednesday 21 March at the Cambridge Velodrome. Holly Bliss from Avondale Collage raced in the Under 16 individual competition against a strong field of riders from all over New Zealand. Riders’ placings in three separate races are combined to give an overall result. Holly's best finish was a second place in the fast paced Keirin event where riders are paced behind a motorbike for three laps accelerating up to 40kph before the motorbike pulls off the track, leaving the riders sprint flat out for the more laps. Holly rode strongly in the other races, attacking the specialist sprinters to finish eighth overall.
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TAUREWA CAMP 2018 Year 10, Year 12 and Year 13 students have the opportunity to go to Taurewa Camp. We encourage families to start making early regular payments towards the Taurewa Camp fee, as the camp fee must be fully paid prior to departure. Year 10 students will receive their first briefing for their camp approximately 10 weeks before departure, but students are encouraged to tell their parents early that their camps are coming up this year.
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TERM 1
TRIP
TRIP DATES
YEAR LEVEL
Week 11
5
TERM 2
TRIP
Week 1
09 – 13 Apr
Year 13
TRIP DATES
YEAR LEVEL
6
30 Apr – 04 May
Year 12
$415
Tue 27 Mar
Week 2
7
07 – 11 May
Year 12
$415
Tue 03 Apr
Week 4
8
21 – 25 May
$400
Tue 01 May
Week 5
9
28 May – 1 Jun
$400
Tue 08 May
Week 7
10
11 – 15 Jun
Year 12
$415
Tue 22 May
Week 8
11
18 - 22 Jun
Internationals
$500
Tue 29 May
Week 9
12
25 – 29 Jun
10OPA 10RWN
$400
Tue 05 Jun
TERM 3
TRIP
TRIP DATES
YEAR LEVEL
Week 4
13
13 – 17 Aug
10SRT 10PTC 10SMI
$410
Tue 24 Jul
Week 5
14
20 - 24 Aug
10NOR 10IHA 10MDC
$410
Tue 31 Jul
Week 7
15
03 – 07 Sep
Internationals
$500
Tue 14 Aug
Week 9
16
17 – 21 Sep
10WHT 10WGN
$410
Tue 28 Aug
TERM 4
TRIP
TRIP DATES
YEAR LEVEL
Week 3
17
29 Oct – 02 Nov
10CPB, 10MDN 10CTI,10AMS
10KWY 10TMC 10NHI 10HWN 10SVH
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$ DUE DATE
$425
Tue 20 Mar $ DUE DATE
$ DUE DATE
$ DUE DATE $400
Tue 25 Sep