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TERM 1 WEEK 5 26 February 2020
FROM THE PRINCIPAL
Monday's assembly was a very special one as the Avondale College prefects were introduced to the student body, and the Head Prefects announced. Congratulations to all who have been selected for this significant leadership role, and in particular our Head Prefects for 2020: Head Boy: Dylan Chand Head Girl: Olivia Mallon Deputies: TJ Maunga, Tristan Mona, Christian Tivoli, Sophie Francis, Emily O'Callaghan and Fiona Wang.
75TH JUBILEE [8-10 May 2020] We're excited to announce that bookings for our 75th Jubilee are now open! The reunion weekend is packed with events for former students, staff, board members, and also our wider community! Please share the news with anyone you know will be interested! Book here:
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR PREFECTS The role of prefect at our school is very significant. We are a large, busy, diverse school, with wide-reaching learning programmes, co-curricular activities and different events happening every day. To identify a team of 60 prefects who are able to offer leadership across all of those areas is quite a challenge. A prefect at Avondale College cannot just be a leader of their friend group or their sports team. A prefect at Avondale College cannot just be a leader of a single cultural group or regard leadership as something that they do between 8.55am and 3.15pm. A prefect at Avondale College has to have the ability to lead across all year levels of students, and must also have the capability to relate well to the teachers and other adults who are part of our school community. A prefect at Avondale College must be able to relate to students from the full range of cultural diversity and ethnic backgrounds, in a way that is inclusive, non-judgemental and respectful. Prefects at Avondale College embrace our HEART values, and exemplify them by their actions. That includes in the classroom, on the stage, on the sports field and out in our community. Their leadership is built on being responsible, hardworking and well-rounded members of our community, who honour our HEART values in the broadest sense of their meaning. Many congratulations to all of the prefects who have been awarded their badges this week, and particularly to the eight Senior Prefects who, I am confident, will have the support of our wider College community over the year ahead. Mrs L Watkinson Principal
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UPCOMING EVENTS Week 5 Term 1 2020
Thursday 27 February Darren Pereira: Year 11 Study Skills for Success (Part 1) in the PAC (Periods 4 & 5) Avcol Athletic Champs at Mt Smart Stadium Friday 28 February Year 11 YELLIS testing
Week 6 Term 1 2020
SPORTS DRAW WEDNESDAY 26 FEBRUARY CRICKET 1st XI Girls
vs Northcote
ATHLETICS Avondale College Competitive Athletics VOLLEYBALL
Week 7 Term 1 2020
Premier Boys Premier Boys
Week 8 Term 1 2020
Monday 16 March Year 9 Polyfest Assemblies pds 4-5 in PAC Tuesday 17 March Year 9 Polyfest Assemblies pds 4-5 in PAC Wednesday 18 March ASB Polyfest 2020 (18-21 March) Thursday 19 March Careers trip to Corban Estate Film Industry (JHJ) Saturday 21 March International Bay of Islands trip (21-22 Mar)
@ Mt Smart Stadium ALL DAY
Premier Boys
vs Waitakere
@ Kelston Boys 3
4:45pm
Premier Boys
vs Mt Albert
@ Kelston Boys 3
5:30pm
Senior Girls
vs Mt Albert
@ Avondale 2
4:00pm
vs Westlake Boys
@ Manurewa High
5:00pm
vs Manurewa
@ Manurewa High
6:00pm
vs Marist
@ Avondale 1-3
3:30pm
FRIDAY 28 FEBRUARY VOLLEYBALL
TENNIS Senior Girls
SATURDAY 29 FEBRUARY CRICKET 1st XI Boys
vs Macleans
@ Avondale G1
10:30am
Junior A Boys
vs Kingsway/Mahu @ Avondale 1a
12:30pm
Junior B Boys
vs Mt Albert
@ Mt Albert 1a
9:00am
vs Rutherford
@ Avondale 1-3
8:15am
vs Kristin
@ AUT Millennium
3:40pm
TENNIS Senior Girls SUNDAY 1 MARCH WATER POLO Senior Mixed
WEDNESDAY 4 MARCH CRICKET 1st XI Girls
vs BYE
Week 9 Term 1 2020
Monday 23 March Central Western Zone Swim Champs Tuesday 24 March Talent Quest heats at lunchtime in PAC 12OED Paddle Boarding pds 4-5 (GDT) AKSS C/NW Zone Girls Tag Tournament Wednesday 25 March Talent Quest heats at lunchtime in PAC Thursday 26 March Talent Quest heats at lunchtime in PAC Learning Support trip to Auckland Zoo (NSI) Friday 27 March Blood Day Saturday 28 March International Day Trip to Hobbiton (TBC) Sunday 29 March International Coromandel trip
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4:15pm
THURSDAY 27 FEBRUARY
Monday 2 March PSSP hui at Huia. Dep 3pm today until 6 Mar (TAI) Wednesday 4 March BOT Meeting 6-9.30pm 11OED Paddle Boarding pds 4-5 (PLN) (TBC) Thursday 5 March Avcol Swimming Sports at West Wave 8.30 - 2.30pm
Monday 9 March 11OED Paddle Boarding pds 4-5 (PLN) (TBC) Tuesday 10 March Catch up ID photos 9am - 11am in PAC foyer Senior Drama trip to Whoa Studios Pds 2-4 (NTE) Wednesday 11 March 12OED Paddle Boarding pds 4-5 (GDT) Thursday 12 March 13OED trip to Waipu Caves (GDT) (TBC)
@ Avondale 1a
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WHĀNAU BBQ Students, staff, friends and families enjoyed chatting in the sunshine at yesterday's Whānau BBQ. This was a great opportunity to spend time together in an informal setting and to meet many of our staff and Board of Trustees members over some great food. "It was a great pleasure to welcome students and their families to our Whānau BBQ," said Principal Mrs Watkinson. "I look forward to meeting and speaking with more parents and caregivers at events, practices and fixtures over the coming months.”
AVONDALE COLLEGE
SWIMMING GALA Thursday 5 March Students can register in the Sports Department for the Avondale College Swimming Gala to be held at the West Wave Aquatic Centre. Registrations are due by Friday 28 February. We will be holding competitive and noncompetitive races as well as our annual home room relays. Students who meet set standards for the competitive races will qualify to compete in the Central Western Zone Competition held on Monday 23 March.
DEPUTY PRINCIPALS' AND DEANS' CONTACT DETAILS YEAR 9 Dean
Mrs Joy Yallop ylp@avcol.school.nz
820 1710
Associate Dean
Ms Guinevere Alai ala@avcol.school.nz
ext 540
Deputy Principal
Dr Terry Brown bwn@avcol.school.nz
820 1728
Dean
Mr Nick Smit smi@avcol.school.nz
820 1710
Associate Dean
Ms Sasha Rudland rls@avcol.school.nz
ext 542
Deputy Principal
Ms Sarah Drew drw@avcol.school.nz
820 1700
Dean
Mrs Grace Williams wmg@avcol.school.nz
820 1708
Associate Dean
Mr Tom Bishop bsp@avcol.school.nz
ext 534
Deputy Principal
Mr Matt Bennett bnn@avcol.school.nz
820 1702
Dean
Mr David Dewsnap dsp@avcol.school.nz
820 1738
Associate Dean
Dr Kirsty Pinder pdr@avcol.school.nz
ext 539
Deputy Principal
Mrs Lynne van Etten vtn@avcol.school.nz
820 1720
Dean
Ms Rhonda Donaldson dsn@avcol.school.nz
820 1706
Associate Dean
Miss Hannah Stewart srt@avcol.school.nz
ext 560
Deputy Principal
Mr Phil Hill hil@avcol.school.nz
820 1701
YEAR 10
13SCI MĀORI BAY / MURIWAI GEOLOGY TRIP On Tuesday 18 February, two 13SCI classes went on a trip to Māori Bay at Muriwai to become geologists. Because rocks can't talk, geologists have to search for clues hidden within them to solve very complicated puzzles. The puzzle that students had to solve is how the formation of the Muriwai area was formed over the last 20 million years. Students identified pillow lavas in the cliff face, used geological principles and interpreted the fossils found. Now back in the classroom, the research continues as they try and put the pieces of the puzzle together.
YEAR 11
YEAR 12
YEAR 13
ABSENCE LINE absences@avcol.school.nz
WWW.AVCOL.SCHOOL.NZ
820 1071
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2020 PREFECTS Ed Allison Elham Baladraf Maddison Barnes Hannah Caupit Dylan Chand (Head Prefect) Simran Chandradevan Xinyu Chen Brenda Cokorudy Vishva Dave Tanishk Dhiman David Dudov Keanu Eteru Max Fagan Nathaniel Fasitaue Faith Faumui Sophie Francis (Deputy Head Prefect) Ritesh Hanmanthu Riku Hayashi Rachael Higgs-Sutherland Madison Joe Hamish Johnston
Adi Joseph Junmin Jung Soo Kim Kathryn Koerniadi Munintra Kumar Anh Le Soucheng Ly Olivia Mallon (Head Prefect) Evelyn Mar Kira Masiasomua TJ Mauga (Deputy Head Prefect) Tristan Mona (Deputy Head Prefect) Malisha Munidasa Pavitra N Khanijoe Eleana Nash Stefaan Noa Emily O'Callaghan (Deputy Head Prefect) Sunwoo Oh Kishan Patel Gwyneth Petilla Ruben Poore
Joel Ramsay Emma Richards Georgia Robinson Crystal Ruddell Sam Scott Siddharth Sheth Emily Smith Simran Tak Chelsea Talataina Christian Tivoli (Deputy Head Prefect) Jordan Tone Nihar Trivedi Heather Wallace Irene Wang Fiona Wang (Deputy Head Prefect) Hasidu Wanniarachchi Chelsey Whiu Joy Xie Angela Zhuang
BASKETBALL TRIALS FOR 2020 You must attend if you want to be considered for a team this year Tuesday 3 March (Halberg gym) Who: All U17 Boys Time: 3:30pm-5:30pm Tuesday 10 March (Halberg gym) Who: Junior Prem Boys and Girls Time: 3:30pm-5:30pm
NETBALL TRIALS FOR 2020 (You must attend if you wish to be selected for a team this year) Senior Trials: Wednesday 26 February 3:30pm-5:00pm Monday 2 March 3:30pm-5:00pm Year 10 Trials: Wednesday 4 March 3:30pm-5:00pm Friday 6 March 3:30pm-5:00pm Year 9 Trials: Tuesday 3 March 3:30pm-5:00pm Thursday 5 March 3:30pm-5:00pm (Call-back trials will be confirmed at a later date) 4
HOMESTAY FAMILIES needed Avondale College International Department is currently looking for caring new Homestay families for 2020, for short and long-term stays. If you would like to include a student in your family life, or perhaps you know of someone who would like to - a friend, relative or retired couple, the experience is enriching and rewarding for both students and homestay families.
What is the benefit of hosting a student?
What is the expectation of a homestay family?
• A chance to meet students from all over the world • A great opportunity for your children to learn a
A homestay family is expected to provide a warm, friendly, supportive environment, a clean and comfortable bedroom with bed, wardrobe (built-in or free-standing) and drawers, linen and towels, desk and lamp, heating in the room, meals and laundry.
• Share your culture while learning about your student’s culture and country • Prompt fortnightly payment of $600 ($300 per week) • Short and long term students available
We are looking for families who speak English as their first language.
We are always happy to hear from caring prospective host families, so if you would like more information please call or email today.
Amanda Brophy & Kerri Stent | International Homestay Co-ordinators zbra@avcol.school.nz or zstk@avcol.school.nz | Ph 09 820 1712
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SPORTS REPORT Monday 17th February – Sunday 23rd February
Senior A girls Volleyball team
CRICKET
The 1st XI Girls were looking to back up last week’s outstanding performance when they took on a mixed Rangitoto and Long Bay team. Bowling first, Avondale put on a great performance, bowling really well and backed up by some great fielding from the team. We held the opposition to 55/8. This was easily chased down by Avondale, reaching 56/1 in the 9th over, taking the 7 wicket win. Our 1st XI Boys took on top-of-the-table Rangitoto on a wet Saturday morning. Bowling first, we managed to hold Rangitoto to just 146 runs in their 35 overs, thanks to great bowling from Shivang Patel (3/20) and Maanav Chezzar (2/15). Unfortunately, our batsmen couldn’t keep the run rate high enough as the Duckworth Lewis system took over and handed Rangitoto a 68 run win. Junior cricket was washed out on the weekend. Our Junior B Boys managed to have a bat, with Dhruv Thrayeesh top scoring with 23, closely followed by opener Matthew Tegg with 20. Their opponents were unable to get their innings underway as the rain came down – and the match was abandoned.
SWIMMING
We had a number of Avondale College students competing at the Anthony Mosse Swimming Classic which was recently held at West Wave. Results as follows: Jacob Laurence – 50m Backstroke Gold, 100m Backstroke Silver, 200m Freestyle Bronze, 100m Freestyle Bronze, 200m Backstroke Bronze Alex Dunkley – 100m Butterfly Silver, 200m Butterfly Silver Paige Laurence – 200m Freestyle Silver Well done to all our swimmers including Ingrid Longstaff, Olivia Stairmand and Jayden Collins.
TAG FOOTBALL
Year 10 student Le’Oxeayn Maiu’u was part of the Auckland Metro women’s team who won the National Open Women’s Tag competition at Bruce Pulman Park over the weekend. Le'Oxeayn was playing as the starting winger. She has been selected to be in the NZ Women’s Team for the Trans-Tasman competition in April. Well done, Le’Oxeayn on this achievement.
VOLLEYBALL
Our Senior Girls Volleyball team continued their top form on Thursday, winning both their games to make it 4 wins from 4 games so far. In their first game, the girls took on Onehunga, winning 25-12, 25-18. The second game started with a highly competitive first set going Avondale’s way 26-24, before a 25-16 second set win to make it 2-0. The Premier Boys had a tough night on Friday, going down 3-1 to Long Bay then 3-0 to Rangitoto. The boys will be looking to bounce back this week when they take on Manurewa and Westlake Boys.
WATER POLO
Friday night saw the first match of the season for our Senior Water Polo team. Many fresh faces took to the pool for the first time in Avondale colours. Many of the team had not played together before, and they took on Rosmini College, going down 10-5 in a match where the score line did not reflect how well we played. On Sunday, the team played again, taking on Western Springs. It was a great match for Avondale, with only 3 players not scoring goals in an 11-0 victory.
Senior A Water Polo team
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TAUREWA CAMP
taurewa@avcol.school.nz Whether rafting down a river, tramping in the Tongariro National Park or cooking a massive chocolate self-saucing pudding, Taurewa trips are an action-packed week full of highlights! Taurewa is Avondale College's very own campsite in the central North Island, where students can spend time experiencing a variety of activities and challenges in the great outdoors. Activities around camp include a low ropes course, a walk through the local stream and a burma trail. Other activities include walking the Taranaki Falls track in the Tongariro National Park and circumnavigating Lake Rotopounamu. For senior students, the overnight camp is always a highlight! Year 13 students have the opportunity to go to Taurewa in Term 1 and Year 12's in Term 2. Taurewa Camp is an optional camp offered as a co-curricular activity and has a substantial overnight component. Therefore, it is permitted under the Ministry of Education donation scheme to request a contribution from parents to assist with covering the cost of camp. Students who do not participate will continue with their usual programme of learning at school. 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 remind their parents when they know their camp is coming up!
TRIP TERM 1
TRIP DATES
3
30 Mar-3 Apr
Week 10
YEAR LEVEL 13
TRIP TERM 2 4
Week 2
TRIP DATES
5
Week 3
11-15 May
6
Week 5
25-29 May
10MKE 10EKR 10LGR 10SKN 12
7
Week 8
15-19 June
8
Week 9
22-26 June
4-8 May
TRIP TERM 3
TRIP DATES
9
Week 2
27-31 Jul
10
Week 3
3-7 Aug
11
Week 5
17-21 Aug
12
Week 6
24-28 Aug
13
Week 8
7-11 Sep
14
Week 9
14-18 Sep
TRIP TERM 4
TRIP DATES
15
Week 1
12-16 Oct
16
Week 4
17
Week 6
30
Week 7
YEAR LEVEL
COST $ DUE DATE $425 $400
Tue 7 Apr
$400
Tue 28 Apr
$415
Tue 12 May
12
$415
Tue 2 Jun
12
$415
Tue 9 Jun
YEAR LEVEL 10MLA 10WLG 10BLD 10SHI 10STH 10PAR 10YGE 10LNS 10JWA 10LNT 10EKO 10DYL 10MAY 10PTS
YEAR LEVEL
COST $ DUE DATE $410
Tue 30 Jun
$410
Tue 21 Jul
$410
Tue 4 Aug
$410
Tue 11 Aug
$410
Tue 25 Aug
$410
Tue 1 Sep
COST $ DUE DATE
10WTL 10SGD
$410
Tue 1 Sep
2-6 Nov
Internationals
$500
Tue 20 Oct
16-20 Nov
Internationals
$500
Tue 3 Nov
25-29 Nov
Staff Training
Inclusive of $50 deposit (non-refundable/ non-transferable)
Payment can be made via Internet Banking Avondale College Westpac Bank: New Lynn branch 03-0109-0291016-00 Please quote your family code, Taurewa Trip and students’ first name (example: SMITH05 Taurewa Trip 1 Sally)
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Tue 17 Mar
COST $ DUE DATE
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TAUREWA ADULT HELPERS NEEDED! We would like to draw your attention to an exciting opportunity to work with our students at our school camp, Taurewa, which is located beside the Tongariro National Park. Adult helpers are vital to the success of our Taurewa Camps, and we are currently looking for some more volunteers for upcoming trips! A reasonable level of fitness is required but no experience in the activities is necessary. Each camp is five days long and includes the following activities based around Tongariro National Park: • Year 13s: Overnight tramping, white water rafting, low ropes course and more! • Year 12s: Mountain biking, rock climbing (indoors), overnight tramping, low ropes course and more! • Year 10s: Kayaking, day tramps, hot pools, low ropes course and more! • Internationals: Overnight tramping, white water rafting, low ropes course, Mountain biking, rock climbing (indoors) and more! All trip costs are covered and adults can hire any clothing or equipment from the Taurewa Office at no cost. Adult helpers need to be over 21 years of age, and willing to complete a police check. If you (or someone you know) would be keen to be involved, or if you would like to know more, please email: taurewa@avcol.school.nz
