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November 14 2014
Takapuna
Grammar
SchOOl NEwS
NOVEMBER 14, 2014
The graduating class of 2014 Senior Prize-giving was a wonderful celebration for more than 200 recipients of awards from Years 11 – 13. It was also a celebration of success by teachers in various categories. There are a growing number of awards for staff. The Staff Travel Award has been presented every year since 1996. This year it has gone to Mr David Stent, HOD Music, who will use the grant to travel to China to investigate aspects of music teaching there. A relatively new award is the H. C. Hulme Memorial Prize for a teacher who has contributed most significantly to the cocurricular programmes in the school. Harold Charles Hulme was an early pupil at Takapuna Grammar, who died of his wounds on
Crete in the Second World War, aged 27. Mr “TGS Football”, and the International Baccalaureate CAS co-ordinator, Mr Steve Smith has won this for 2014. Students get to vote for an outstanding teacher to assist the Board of Trustees with selecting “The Staff Award”. By the level of applause the recipient, Mr Dave Thrasher, was a very popular choice. Harcourts Cooper & Co, through Phil Clark and Peter Ayton, have added a new prize called “Service to teaching” and again the recipient, Maths teacher, Mr Paul Joseph, was a well received announcement. Highlights of the Year 13 awards were as follows:
Year 13 prize list – Academic Elena Buckley, 1st Art Photography (Photolife Award) Tamara Bullock, Excellence German Tessa Carey, 1st Dance Daekeun (Sam) Cho, 1st Mathematics with Calculus, Distinction Physics Henry Cornwell, Distinction Biology Annalise Cruickshank, Excellence Special Education Bridie Dixon, Excellence Music Theatre Harry Elworthy, Distinction Year 13 IB Science, Distinction Year 13 IB Mathematics Shaleen Farrell, 1st Classics (the C.C. Robinson Award) Kate Harris, 1st Art History (the Margaret Cullingworth Award), Distinction History Madeleine Hay, Excellence French, 1st History (the Toynbee Cup) Jake Helsby, 1st Physical Education (the Wareham Shield) Hannah Hood, Distinction Year 13 IB Spanish Ab Initio Madison Johnson, 1st Business Studies, 1st Accounting (the Margaret Cullingworth
Award), Excellence Geography Toshiki Kogiso, Distinction Chemistry, 1st Physics, Distinction Mathematics with Statistics (Short Shield) Jasmin Krishnan, 1st Health Si Jing (Joy) Lai, Excellence Year 13 IB Arts Lucy Lim, 1st Art Design (the Benefitz Award) Madeline Lloyd, Distinction Biology Lovely Maralit, Excellence Tourism James McArthur, Excellence Year 13 IB Spanish Ab Initio Liam Mullane, 1st Economics Eui Chan (Lucy) Oh, Distinction Year 13 IB Individuals and Societies, Distinction Year 13 IB Literature Samim Ozyurteri, 1st Biology, 1st Chemistry, Distinction Mathematics with Calculus Adam Purcell, Excellence Technology Furniture Making Thomasina Robinson-Chen, Distinction English, Distinction History, 1st Mathematics with Statistics
Neeve Sew Hoy, 1st Art Painting Ella Sheehy, Excellence Technology Soft Materials Young Eun (Alice) Song, Excellence Japanese David Sorrenson, Excellence Year 13 IB Individuals and Societies, Excellence Year 13 IB Mathematics, Excellence Year 13 IB Literature Brooke Stilwell, Excellence Te Reo Maori Rachel Sykes, 1st English for Literacy Max Tang, 1st Music, 1st Design Visual Communication Laurence Tews, Distinction Mathematics with Statistics Linda Vu, 1st Hospitality Samara Wash, 1st Drama Ben Wilks, Excellence Year 13 IB Science Grace Woods, 1st English (the Sam Dorrington Memorial Award) Gavin Woodward, Excellence Technology Resistant Materials (the Whitecliffe Timber Award) Maya Wyatt, 1st Media Studies
TGS staff award winners
David Stent (far left), Dave Thrasher (left), Paul Joseph (above left), Steve Smith (above right)