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TERM 1 WEEK 6 7 March 2018
PERCY MAKA BREAKS 36 YEAR INTERNATIONAL RECORD An international age grade record that has stood since 1982 was broken by Year 9 discus thrower Percy Maka in his Grade 12 Boys competition at the Auckland Athletics Senior Meet held on Saturday 3 March. Competing for his Papakura club, Percy threw an outstanding 48.73m at the event, winning not only the competition but also breaking the Auckland record he had previously set, as well as the international record set in June 1982 of 48.65m. This is the second time Percy has smashed an international age grade record in discus; he also set one as an 11 year old. Percy’s latest international record will be announced through official channels when the paperwork has been finalised in upcoming weeks. We look forward to seeing more of this rising star at athletics events throughout the year!
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DEPUTY PRINCIPALS' AND DEANS' CONTACT DETAILS 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
Avondale College's Environmental Council has joined forces with Paper4trees's waste minimising and tree planting programme to work towards diverting the amount of paper waste currently ending up in landfill. One hundred and sixty black eco-bins were distributed throughout the College last week, to be used just for paper and cardboard recycling. Donated by Fonterra, the bins are made from recycled light-proof milk bottles. The idea of the partnership with Paper4trees came from Dylan Chan, one of this year's Environmental Council's student leaders, after the students discovered that the large cardboard classroom bins used throughout the College needed to be replaced. For each two cubic metres of paper and cardboard recycled by Avondale College, Paper4trees will donate one native tree or plant. It's a great idea, says Environmental Council TIC, Mr Shawn Cooper. "It's really fantastic to see student initiative driving the Environmental Council. The idea for our recycling efforts to feed into a tree planting programme is brilliant".
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
820 1706 ext 560 820 1707
YEAR 12 Dean
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
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
820 1071
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UPCOMING EVENTS Week 6 Term 1 2018 Thursday 8 March Volleyball Senior Championships (8 – 10 Mar) (TBC) Sunday 11 March Ultimate Frisbee Auckland Summer Tournament (Ultimate Championships) at Pulman Park
SPORTS DRAW WEDNESDAY 7 MARCH ARCHERY Avondale Archery vs King’s B 1st XI Girls
vs Waiuku
THURSDAY 8 MARCH
Monday 12 March Year 9 Polyfest Assemblies pds 4-5 in PAC Student group from Kogakkan High School, Japan at Avondale College (12 - 19 Mar) Tuesday 13 March Year 9 Polyfest Assemblies pds 4-5 in PAC CW Zone Swimming meet at Westwave Wednesday 14 March Polyfest 2018 (14-17 Mar) Year 9 - 11 Samoan Speech Competition Thursday 15 March Senior Samoan Speech Competition
VOLLEYBALL
Monday 19 March Taurewa Trip 4 (Year 13s) Tuesday 20 March 12BIO to Arataki (4 classes) (RNY) Wednesday 21 March Maori Tertiary Careers Evening in Whare 12GEC trip to Karamatura (HNA) IGCSE English trip to Pop Up Globe, 10.15am - 3.15pm (CPS) Thursday 22 March 12GEO &12GEC Karamatura Stream Trip (STH) Friday 23 March 13GEC Muriwai Beach Trip (STH) 12HTT trip to International Travel College (LIS) Jazz Combos to Titirangi Festival 4-6pm (RBN)
4:10pm
@ Waiuku 1a
4:15pm
CRICKET
Week 7 Term 1 2018
Week 8 Term 1 2018
@ Auckland Archery
AUCKLAND SECONDARY SCHOOLS VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
@ Pulman Park Arena, Takanini
ALL DAY
Senior Boys
vs Rangitoto
@ Court 3
12:00pm
Senior Boys
vs Takapuna High
@ Court 3
3:00pm
Senior Girls
vs Rosehill College
@ Court 2
5:00pm
Senior Girls
vs Albany High
@ Court 2
7:00pm
FRIDAY 9 MARCH VOLLEYBALL AUCKLAND SECONDARY SCHOOLS VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
@ Pulman Park Arena, Takanini
ALL DAY
Senior Boys
vs Otahuhu College
@ Court 3
08:30am
Senior Girls
vs Howick College
@ Court 3
10:30am
@ Pulman Park Arena, Takanini
ALL DAY
@ Avondale G1
10:30am
SATURDAY 10 MARCH VOLLEYBALL AUCKLAND SECONDARY SCHOOLS VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS CRICKET 1st XI Boys
vs Sacred Heart 1st XI
Year 10 Boys
vs Western Springs Gold @ Western Springs 1a 08:30am
Year 9 Boys
vs St Kentigern White
@ St Kentigern 2a
08:30am
Senior Girls
vs Marist
@ Avondale 1-3
08:15am
Week 9 Term 1 2018
Senior Boys
vs Auckland Grammar 3 @ Avondale 4-6
08:15am
Tuesday 27 March 11SCC trip (1) to Karamatura & Shadbolt Park (2 classes/4 staff) Pacific Tertiary Careers Evening in PAC Wednesday 28 March Athletics Championship at Mt Smart Stadium Year 13 PILOT Careers trip to AIS Thursday 29 March Tauranga Jazz Festival (29 - 30 Mar) NZ Blood donations in the PAC Friday 30 March Good Friday - School Closed
SUNDAY 11 MARCH
TENNIS
ULTIMATE FRISBEE TOURNAMENT
@ Pulman Park, Takanini
WATERPOLO Senior Mixed
vs Takapuna Boys
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@ AUT Millennium
5:40pm
TUESDAY 13 MARCH CENTRAL WESTERN ZONE SWIMMING MEET
@ West Wave, Henderson
ALL DAY
WEDNESDAY 14 MARCH ARCHERY Avondale Archery vs King’s C
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ALL DAY
@ Auckland Archery 4:10pm
CRICKET 1st XI Girls
vs Selwyn College
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COMMUNITY PERFORMANCES Avondale College Theatre Monday 12 March Roberta Peteru Attendance Officer
6.00pm Diversity Groups (Gold coin entry)
Parents/Caregivers must notify the College by 9.30am each day if their child is away. You can do this in several ways:
7.30pm Niuean Group (Gold coin entry) Tuesday 13 March (TBC) 7.00pm Kapa haka dress rehearsal (Gold coin entry) Wednesday 14 March 7.00pm Samoan Group (tickets available from the group) Thursday 15 March (TBC) 6.30pm Tongan Group (Gold coin entry)
POLYFEST PERFORMANCES Manukau Sports Bowl Friday 16 March 8.35am
Kapa Haka (Maori Stage)
9.00am
Cook Island (Cook Island Stage)
9.05am
Filipino (Diversity Stage)
9.40am
Chinese (Diversity Stage)
10.20am
Sri Lankan (Diversity Stage)
10.45am
Japanese (Diversity Stage)
11.40am
Indian (Diversity Stage)
12.25pm
Fijian (Diversity Stage)
12.55pm
Thai (Diversity Stage)
1.20pm
Mexican (Diversity Stage)
1.40pm
African Fusion (Diversity Stage)
5.55pm
Samoan (Samoan Stage)
a) Send a notification via Family Connection (preferred)
• Log in to Family Connection • Select ‘Available E-Forms’ (at top left) • Click on Absence Notification • Fill out the details, save and submit. You will receive a confirmatory email once the notification is approved. This replaces the need to supply an absence note to the home room teacher. b) Email the Attendance Officer: absences@avcol.school.nz. Please include your child’s full name, home room class and the reason for the absence. c) Phone the Absence Line: (09) 820 1071 Students are required to provide a written note for all absences, even after the school has been notified by phone. This note must be brought on the first day of attendance after the absence and given to the home room teacher. Parents will receive a text from the school if their child is absent from home room without explanation. Students must have a note from home if they are signing out of the College.
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Saturday 17 March 10.50am
Tongan (Tongan Stage)
2.00pm
Niuean (Niuean Stage)
3.00pm
Tongan (Tongan Stage)
HOMEWORK CENTRE In the library, every Tuesday & Thursday 3.30pm- 4.25pm
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SPORTS REPORT Monday 26th February – Sunday 4th March
ARCHERY
The Avondale Archery team came up against St Peters College in their second round of matches on Wednesday 28 February. Unfortunately, with one member down they lost to St Peters 799-652. Nuala Edmundson and Grace Minturn both had standout performances again this week as they placed in the top ten for individual points. Nuala Edmundson – 255pts Grace Minturn – 251pts Louis Duckworth – 146pts
ATHLETICS
Avondale athletes had a fantastic day at the Central West Zone meet held at Mt Smart Stadium on Monday. A full report of the day (and more photos) will be featured in next week's Heartbeat.
CRICKET
The 1st XI Boys Cricket team played Howick College on Saturday 3 March. A number of junior players were given a chance to compete in the 1st XI match. However, the boys fell short as Howick came out on top. The boys are showing great promise as the season draws to a close. The final score was 252/6 to Howick and 158/10 to Avondale College. Our Year 10 Boys Cricket team had a great game against Lynfield College on Saturday 3 March. Lynfield batted first, scoring 63 all out. We chased them down to win 65/4. The boys played really well as they draw closer to the end of the season. The Year 9 Boys Cricket team had a tough match against Mt Albert Grammar on Saturday 3 March. Mt Albert batted first and scored 151/5 after 26 overs. We put forth a good effort yet fell short, scoring only 99/6. The 1st XI Cricket girls played their first match against Northcote College at home. Northcote won the toss and chose to bat first, scoring 82/3 at the end of 20 overs, with one wicket each to Ishani Mathur and
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Diya Desai. Avondale went in to bat and reached the target score of 83 runs in the 19th over. Player of the Day was Hetanshi Chauhan, who scored 34 runs. This was a great start to the season for the 1st XI Girls Cricket team! Overall Score: Avondale 83/3, Northcote 82/3
ORIENTEERING
The Auckland Secondary Schools Sprint Series (Western Zone) was held at Kelston Boys on Tuesday 27 February. Liam Stolberger represented Avondale College in the Senior Boys event. Competing amongst 25 other representatives from different schools across Auckland, Liam placed 2nd with a time of 11:04.
SWIMMING
Alex Dunkley competed in the recent New Zealand Junior Swimming Festival held from Friday 16 February to Sunday 18 February. He competed in one of the four National Championship venues held throughout New Zealand and came away with a gold medal in the 200m Butterfly with a time of 2:35.04. We are very proud of his efforts and look forward to seeing his progress in the upcoming Central Western Zone Swimming Meet on Tuesday 13 March.
TENNIS
Our Senior Girls Tennis team had a tough match against One Tree Hill College on Saturday 3 March. We fell short in the doubles matches which contributed to our overall loss to One Tree Hill, 3-6. We are excited to play on our home turf this coming Saturday and hope to bring home a win. The Senior Boys Tennis team were in high spirits as they competed against Waitakere College on Saturday 3 March. They came away having won all matches and ended the day 9-0. We look forward to following their progress this coming week.
WATER POLO
The Avondale College Mixed Water Polo team played in another tough game on Friday 2 March against Green Bay High School. With the addition of a few junior players we managed to score four goals, but lost in the end, 4-14. We hope more students get involved and excited about playing Water Polo.
THIS WEEK IN SPORT
Avondale College athletes are competing in one Zone and two Auckland Championship competitions this week. Sixty two students competed at the Athletics Central/West Championships on Monday 5 March, with some outstanding results. (See next week’s Heartbeat). The Senior Boys and Girls Volleyball teams are competing in their Auckland Championship tournament which will be held at Pullman Park, Papakura from Thursday 8 March to Saturday 10 March. The Ultimate Frisbee Boys and Girls teams are competing at their Auckland Championships on Sunday 11 March, also being held at Pulman Park. We wish all teams well in their campaigns as they strive for excellence to perform to their fullest potential this week.
ALUMNI FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIP TO USA FOR MOLLY
TOUCH
The Senior Mixed Touch side played against Massey High and Mangere College at Cornwall Park on Monday 26 February. Despite a strong performance by the team, they lost 7-4 to Massey and 7-3 to Mangere.
VOLLEYBALL
The Senior Girls Volleyball team played their final matches of the season on Thursday 1 March against Lynfield College and Auckland Girls Grammar School. We fought hard in our first game against Lynfield, losing the first set but coming back fighting on attack to win the second set. It was good to see rotation and attacking play coming together nicely. We took the game to a third set decider where Lynfield just shone through and outplayed our team. In the second game against AGGS, Maclani Michael and Maria Ofati really took the lead on the open side, gaining impressive points for Avondale on attack. Chelsey Whiu and Eteraina Key put up some great blocks in the middle positions and Uso Ofati and Grace Nee-Nee settled into the play maker setting positions in preparation for Auckland Champs. The team lost in straight sets but team culture was tight and all pedagogy is taking shape. The Senior Boys Volleyball team played Dilworth and Auckland Grammar on Thursday 1 March. The boys won both games in straight sets, 2-0, and are still undefeated since the first round of the season. They placed top in the competition, only losing to Kelston Boys’ Premier side. We have high expectations as they compete in the Auckland Secondary Schools Volleyball Championships to be held at Pulman Park Arena, Takanini on Thursday 8 March through to Saturday 10 March.
Congratulations to Molly Flynn who will be heading to the USA in August after winning a football and academic scholarship to study at Bethel University in Tennessee Molly played for Avondale College's 1st XI during all five of her years here, rising through the ranks as a Sports Academy footballer in Year 9 through to captaining the 1st XI in Years 12 and 13. She had dreamed about studying in the USA on a football scholarship and so sent videos of herself playing football to some coaches - and was snapped up by Bethel University. The next four years are going to be full on for Molly - she will be doing a Bachelor of Science degree and also playing football full time. "This is something which I have always dreamed of doing," she says. "I am so excited to be starting a new adventure very shortly!"
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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
COST
$ DUE DATE
Week 8
4
19 – 23 Mar
Year 13
$425
Tue 27 Feb
Week 11
5
09 – 13 Apr
Year 13
$425
Tue 20 Mar
TERM 2
TRIP
TRIP DATES
YEAR LEVEL
Week 1
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
$ DUE DATE
$ DUE DATE $400
Tue 25 Sep