The year that was 2021
Solway College
PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Janine Tupaea Solway College is Wairarapa’s only school offering a true Year 7 to 13 ‘all girls’ experience, delivering a seamless curriculum covering both the intermediate and high school years by specialist teachers at all year levels. The all-girl advantage enables girls the absolute freedom to be who they are without hesitation. Our young girls benefit from interacting alongside inspirational senior students each day, learning at an early age to be aspirational; anything is possible for them. Our Special Character sits at the heart of our school. Our Christian, family atmosphere and very small class sizes ensure that every girl not only succeeds but thrives. By knowing each one of our girls individually, we effectively target their learning and build each girl’s inner confidence. At Solway College, every student counts.
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Celebrating the triumphs & experiences of education in Wairarapa
Throughout 2021, Solway College students have continued to pursue their gifts and talents and excelled in all areas of our special character and holistic education. Academic results were 100% at NCEA Level 1 and Level 2 and 92% at Level 3, with many students achieving with Excellence endorsements and a range of university scholarships. Sheryl Chand qualified at the Wellington regional Race Unity Speech competition for the national competition in Auckland. She then progressed through the national semi-final to be one of six students from across Aotearoa to compete in the prestigious grand final event - doing exceptionally well to take out the Hedi Moani Memorial Award for Advocacy. Sheryl went on to organise and host a Wellington regional race unity hui at Solway College. Our students excelled at the Wairarapa Primary and Intercollegiate speech competitions, with Grace Wingate finishing third in Year 8, Morgan Dudley first in Year 9, Esther Leinfellner third in Year 10, and
Two new boarding dormitories were opened to accommodate the school reaching its maximum roll.
The new boarding dormitories add an additional 30 spacious and modern, individual bedrooms for our senior students.
Sheryl Chand first in the Seniors. At the Intercollegiate Shakespeare event, Sheryl Chand won the Direct Entry to the National Secondary School Production and Sasha Watson achieved the ‘Delivery of Text’ Award. Eilish Skeet finished second in New Zealand Korean Language awards, Nicola Salmond was one of six New Zealand finalists in the Weta Workshop and Massey University Rising Stars Design competition and Violet Fisher finished seventh in New Zealand at the National Cross-Country champs. Students and staff once again swiftly and effectively transitioned back into learning from home, online full-school zoom assemblies, and several house and sports time challenges during the 2021 covid 19 lockdown.
The Equestrian Academy has had another great year with both individual and team achievements.
The onsite Solway College hostel bubble made up of international students, staff and other students who were unable to safely make it home, made the national news for their assembly Flash Mob performance, covid-19 Hostel Jump Jam challenge and other fun activities they engaged in within their special bubble. The school continued to pursue its focus on sustainability practices, with 100kW of solar panels being installed this year, making Solway College one of the largest school solar network systems in New Zealand.
At Solway College, every student and every staff member is an integral part of the whānau atmosphere.
This, along with the extension of the native bush area and their Katiaki Bush restoration group, resulted in Solway College being named one of three finalists in the New Zealand sustainable schools awards. At Solway College, every student and every staff member is an integral part of the whānau atmosphere that contributes to making Solway College or ‘Te Kareti o Manaia’ a special home away from home for the students. Principal Janine Tupaea expressed that “the school feels very blessed to have been able to extend our boarding facilities by opening two brand new, modern and spacious boarding dormitories this year”.
Solway College was named one of three finalists in the New Zealand Sustainable Schools Awards.
Sheryl Chand was the National Race Unity Hui Winner of the prestigious Hedi Moani Memorial Award for Advocacy.
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