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Glendowie College 2019



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Administration ADMINISTRATION
Curriculum
Students
Co-curricular
Sports
Awards
Classes

Glendowie College 2019

02 Principal’s Report

ADMINISTRATION Nau mai, haere mai ki Te Kura Tuarua o Taurere / Glendowie.
Through 2019 Glendowie has shone as one of the top schools in Tamaki
Makaurau and Aotearoa, serving its students and community, and
continuing to evolve for future growth and improvement.

Change has been a constant this year – both externally were MYP in 2019, and all year 10 units will be MYP in
and internally. 2020. It’s exciting to see the work going into the MYP
implementation, as we see more inquiry learning and
Inside the college, the most obvious face of change has other benefits from the programme such as greater global
been the many capital works programmes completed and awareness and service learning through the community
initiated this year. At the start of the year, we installed a projects.
new artificial turf behind the Moore Gym, and new tennis
and netball courts. In September we began construction Our two other annual goals in 2019 were student
of a new weights room attached to the north wall of the wellbeing and lifting the number of students gaining a
Moore Gym, new garages and storage behind the old New Zealand Scholarship and NCEA endorsed with merit
gym, and the new Science Block. It’s wonderful to see or excellence. We have brought in a number of initiatives
these projects being realised. to raise awareness of positive mental health among
students and staff, which have already had a positive
This physical development mirrors the ongoing roll impact on our school.
growth at Glendowie College. This year our roll hit 1,250
pupils and is expected to rise further over the years We also made the decision this year to go cellphone-
ahead. Glendowie College has gone from a small to big free and to drop Level 1 NCEA. The former decision
school (“big small … small big”). reflects growing concerns about the negative impacts of
near constant use of phones on adolescents alongside
Our new student houses have gone well again in their their benefits. Given the ubiquity of cellphone use
second year, and we will put further resources into those among adolescents today, this policy may be difficult to
in 2020. We’ve had a focus on student wellbeing and implement; but I believe it is important for our students’
how we proactively teach positive mental health amongst wellbeing and development.
our rangatahi. Next year we will go one step further after
learning that we are part of the new Learning Support The decision to drop Level 1 NCEA recognises the
programme, and will employ three Learning Support changes to our student body over the year. Well over 90%
Coordinators from next year. of our students remain at school for five years through to
year 13, and the majority of those achieve Level 3 NCEA.
In the classroom staff have continued to implement the NCEA comes with a high cost in terms of compliance
Middle Years Programme (MYP). All year 9 units of work workload which distracts our teachers from the more
important work of planning lessons and interacting with
students, and it results in students losing 6-8 weeks of
learning time. I believe this decision will improve school
for staff and students, and better prepare them for the
more important Level 2 and 3 NCEA qualifications.

Beyond Glendowie College, the education sector has
been awash with reviews and changes. NCEA, junior
curriculum, school donations, Tomorrow’s Schools,
quality teacher supply crisis, learning support, and more.
At one stage this year, there were over 30 reviews in
process, and I fear this volume has mitigated against the
voice of education professionals being effectively heard.
That is a shame. This year I had the privilege to travel to
Canada, USA and the UK on a Woolf Fisher Fellowship.
This allowed me to visit a number of schools, talk with
colleagues and attend a leadership course at Harvard
University, and my main observation would be that
education in New Zealand urgently needs more trust.
I’ve included my report below rather than repeat it here.

Through all this change or talk of change, our students
have continued to excel with the support of staff and
students. Students’ academic results in the 2018 NCEA

Glendowie College 2019

exams were again superb across all three year levels, and Exhibition and Showcase, and the many other events such 03
well above the national average. In Level 1, just over two as dance evenings, drama performances and student-
thirds of all students gained NCEA achieved with merit or produced movie evenings. ADMINISTRATION
excellence – our best result at this level ever.
It is a privilege and pleasure to lead and work at such a
In the sports, our students again excelled. The dynamic and collaborative school.
college continues to have one of the highest sports
participation rates in Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland, and I thank the staff and Board for their energy and
the performance of our top teams continues to rise. Our commitment to our students. Thanks to them, our
rowers won gold at the MAADI Cup regatta, our Girls’ students enjoy a fantastic breadth of opportunities and
1st XI football came first at their winter tournament, our success. I also thank our students and their whānau, who
Underwater Hockey teams were the top school at the are an amazing community to work with.
NZ national tournament, our Girl’s Premier Netball
placed in the top half of ‘B’ grade at UNISS, and our Boys’ kia hiranga … give it heaps
1st XI Hockey team placed third at their winter tournament.
I believe sports is in a healthy and growing space at kia kaha … keep moving
the college, and I look forward to growing this further in
2020. kia harikoa … stay positive

The arts are equally alive. With six new staff, the Arts kia whānau … stay connected
team enjoyed a wide range of success including two
silver medals at the KBB Music Festival, the Whakaatu Toi MR RICHARD DYKES
PRINCIPAL

Senior Leadership Team

Back: Mr Praveen Chand, Mr Richard Dykes, Mr Gordon Robertson
Front: Mrs Sharon Hewetson, Mrs Lisa Davis-Miller, Ms Trudy Gibb

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04 Board of Trustees

ADMINISTRATION Tēnā koutou katoa.
Nau mai, haere mai, ki tenei hui, i tēnei pō.
Nō reira, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā tātou katoa.

On behalf of the Board of Trustees for Next some thanks;
2019 At Glendowie College we are fortunate to
have a school community that is invested
I have three messages for you: in helping our school and students to
we are aspirational; succeed. Our thanks to the many people
we have a commitment to each other; who volunteer their time – the Parents
and there are people who deserve our Association for raising money for a variety of
thanks. projects and providing social occasions for
parents; the parent coaches and managers
Glendowie College is an aspirational of many of our sports teams; and all those
place. We all have high expectations who assist in making our arts and cultural co-
and we see continual improvements curricular activities happen. All these people
throughout the school. We see them do what they do because they want to do it
in the Middle Years program for our Y9 for our students. On behalf of the Board of
& 10 students; in our excellent NCEA Trustees, thanks to you all.
and scholarship results; in our sporting participation and
achievements; and in our increasing involvement and Thanks also to the Board of Trustees. Moana Oh, Matt
success in a wide range of arts and cultural activities. Veal, Richard Dykes, Bridget Rothbart, Laura Oh, Warwick
Beadle and Campbell Gough. You have all been a pleasure
We also have an exciting vision for our campus. The new to work with. And special thanks to former trustees Steve
science block is aspirational – yes, it has taken a frustratingly Collier, our previous chair, Ann Van der Straaten, Cherise
long time, but we refused to settle for a cheap box like the Stone and Fletcher Milne-Urlich. Your families should be
Ministry told us we would get, so we have had to fight. But very proud of the contribution you have made.
things are finally moving, and the result, along with all the
associated and downstream projects, will be worth the wait. I want to especially acknowledge our staff because
excellent learning only comes from having excellent
Glendowie College is unashamedly aspirational. teachers and support staff. They are why Glendowie
College is performing so well academically, and it is
I want to talk about commitment. The role of the Board through their vision, their leadership, their expertise,
of Trustees is one of governance and there’s a wide range their efforts and their energy that we will continue to see
of things we are responsible for. The board makes a success and improvements. Our sincere thanks to you all
commitment to the school community. That commitment is for your dedication to your profession, to your specialist
to do our very best to ensure Glendowie College provides subjects, and to the students of Glendowie College. We
our students with consistently high opportunities to learn, are grateful that you choose our school to be your school.
to achieve and to experience. But, that commitment
costs money, and generally it’s not money provided by the I would suggest to our students that while you are here
Ministry. They fund the basics, but the board must pay at Glendowie College, there are more people teaching
for the additional people and activities that add to the you, supporting you, coaching you, advocating for you,
richness of opportunity here at our school. We get these caring for you, worrying about you, encouraging you, and
funds mostly from the parents who choose to pay the probably getting frustrated with you, than there will be at
annual school donation, and from activity fees. any other time in your life.

The government is about to announce major changes to On behalf of the Board of Trustees, we wish our senior
the education system. Some of the changes will be great, students the very best; we farewell our year 13 students
but some will impact our ability to ask parents for payments. but at the same time we welcome you back as Glendowie
The government is pursuing the ideal of free education, College’s alumni; to our staff and to the school community
which is a wonderful idea, but at Glendowie College we thank you for your support of Glendowie College.
are a long way past free, because we are aspirational, and
there is a cost to being aspirational. I would suggest that Hurihia tō aroaro ki te rā, tukuna tō ātārangi kia taka ki muri
the money our parents pay through donations and activity i a koe
fees is overall excellent value for money. The board will “Turn your face toward the sun and the shadows fall
only be able to continue with our commitment in the future behind you.”
if more parents show us their commitment by paying the
donation and activity fees. Nobody wants us to lower our I wish you all a fun and relaxing summer holiday.
aspirations for Glendowie College. It wouldn’t reflect our
school community, and it would be a disservice to our GARRY IVILL
young people. CHAIRPERSON BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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With a relatively new Chairperson at the helm, the brand and provided for our annual Teacher Dinner, our way of ADMINISTRATION
new PA Year 9 parents bought a burst of additional new showing our appreciation to the amazing staff. WIth
blood and enthusiasm into our already energised PA plenty of choice for all tastes and requirements, and even
team. Together we had a fantastic year of supporting lunch the next day with the leftovers, the teachers were
our community and fundraising in an effortless approach impressed.
through teamwork sharing the responsibilities. Movie
night started the year early, and always a laugh, especially The Annual Fun Run was on hiatus this year, in order to
the movie itself “Swimming with men” about a group of move it to its new Summer date and will be held on Sunday
bored middle-aged Englishman who form a synchronised 22 March 2020. This event is always looked forward to by
swimming team that went to the World Champs in Milan. our fitness and family community, local schools and running
The crowd of mostly women, laughed out loud at the clubs. We provide a PA cafe with loads of food on sale for
men’s antics. after the run. Get involved and book your spot today.

Our guest speaker, Nigel Latta, entertained us with stories Tickets and volunteers to all events are organised via
from his own experiences, from raising his own teenagers trybooking.co.nz, an online ticketing system, which has
to a lifetime of sharing parenting from others, and gave streamlined this process and made it easy to book and
us some things to contemplate about our own parenting communicate information for events.
styles. A large crowd of over 400 parents from the wider
community filled the hall and listen intently, laughed and Thanks to the Management and SUpport staff who make
nodded in agreement to familiar stories. our role easy, with the endless questions, and need for
building access and printing.
The Big Wine Out, the PAs first wine tasting and quiz event
supported by local businesses including Good George and We raised $16,000 this year through our events, a great
Kohimarama Liquorland and MC’d by ex staffer Cherise community achievement. Thanks to the many people who
Stone, was a success with many tasting new beers, and a gave money, attended events, and volunteered as helpers
range of NZ and International wines. The decorations were - without you all we would not have had such a successful
classy, the crowd of 200 was loud and having fun and the year of support and fundraising.
event ran smoothly.
Good luck to the leaving students. Til next year.
A range of delicious and healthy foods were baked and
cooked by our parent’s community (approx. 50 parents) SARA HADDON
PA CHAIRPERSON

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06 Head Prefects

ADMINISTRATION Everyone says to be shortlisted for the head prefect role
is an honour in itself, but no matter how much you try to
convince yourself that everything will be the same after prefects. Throughout the year we were both lucky enough
you walk into that room, you can’t shake the nerves. As we to go away on PE camps, summer and winter tournament
took a seat, a piece of paper was handed to us inside an weeks and without the amazing commitment and efforts
envelope, and from there we started our amazing journey of Will and Eilish the year would definitely not run as
as head prefects. Initially the news was overwhelming but smoothly. Also thank you to all the 2019 prefects you have
the long summer break gave us time to think about our made this year enjoyable and you have been amazing to
final year of Glendowie College as head prefects, but as work with.
we anticipated over that break for what 2019 had in store
for us, nothing turned out the way we had expected. With the few weeks we have left, we are going to make the
most of it and look back on all the great times we have been
During the beginning of the year we started out with a fair lucky enough to have had as head prefects. We know that
amount of stress, walking into school with no idea what we the school is in safe hands next year as we move on to our
had to expect for the year. Our first task was year 9 camp, next stages in life when we are off studying at University,
and thankfully being around a bunch of year 9’s for a few working or traveling. We can’t thank the teachers, parents
nights wasn’t the end of the world, until they need to go and students enough for the support they have given us
to bed. We felt confident leaving the camps thinking that if this year. We will be forever grateful for the experience of
we can control a year 9 on a sugar high from the lollies he head prefects.
snuck in, how hard can this position really be.
EDWARD BLAIR AND JESSICA NIELSEN
In true Glendowie fashion we dove straight into the deep
end, getting the majority of the school events done;
Swimming Sports, Athletics Day, and The Ball. We had our
part in everything that was going on in the school, from Will
and Miss Rothbart making sure the food was up to their
standards for the ball, and Eilish making sure we choose
the BEST design for the leavers jumpers, however although
this took up MANY (emphasis on many) lunch times and
morning teas, it meant we could see everything the school
offered and get to know everyone. Being able to have a
conversation with the year 9s as you walk through the quad
is very rewarding, and see them have the confidence to
lead the Waita or lead chants during Swimming Sports,
leaves us proud and humbled knowing that they’ll be in
charge of the school when their time comes.

As we get closer to the end of the year, we keep looking
back at the advice Jamie and Tyler gave us. They told us
how they wish they had lived more in the moment, and not
always think about what’s next. This advice really helped us
throughout the year, taking a step back and being grateful
for everything we have been lucky to be a part of during
our year as head prefects.

We would like to say a huge thank you Will and Eilish for
the amazing work they have put in this year as deputy head

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Student Leaders

Glendowie College 2019 Back Row: Michaela Ivanier, Lydia Edgeworth, Nathan Philipiah, Arbel Tenembaum, Jessica McIntosh
4th Row: Thomas Hayward, Matthew Calvert, Cole Davis, Olivia Hay, Francesca Treuren, Jodie Dickins, Liam Wilson
3rd Row: Samuel Calvert, Louis Carrier, Henry Harford, Julian Santing, Michael Hope, Liam Ng, Anthony White, Oliver White, Cole Bullot
2nd Row: Bridget Barter, Sascha Moltschaniwskyj, Brianna Green, Tayla Clark, Niamh Montgomery, Nikita Horselenberg, Christina Murrell, Julia Tan
Front Row: Alison Winstanley, Eilish Wood, Ms Bridget Rothbart (Deputy Principal), Edward Blair (Head Boy), Mr Richard Dykes (Principal), Jessica Nielsen (Head Girl), Mrs Sharon Hewetson (Deputy Principal), William

Evans, Mayna Tse

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Staff 2019

Back Row: Elizabeth Wells, Nathalie Murray, Sarah Bassin, Norman Hawcroft, Andrea Curtis, Thais Nafissi, Debbie Lawn, Philippa Jones, Sandra Micallef, Fiona Smith
6th Row: Vicki Mercer, Andrew West, Sandi Dennison, Angie Winnington-Sharp, Clare Thomson, Tara King, Melissa McKay, Joanne Fraser, Nan Barton, Ginny Thomas, Ruth Richardson, Aileen Jan, Faizal Khan, Terry McBride
5th Row: Celia Finn, Bridget Rothbart, Jas Kaur, Jessica Pittwood, Asetoaua Asimotu, Sarah Conran, Kylie Jorgensen, Linda Tomlinson, Jeelie Christopher, Robin Harding, Julie Barrack, Jody Gayton, Eliza Wong, Terry Kim
4th Row: Adele Whittaker, Bernadette Hyde, Richard Thompson, Ben Lewis, Hayden So, Stephen Walker, Henry Liu, Kate Webster, Willa Henvest, Joseph Hurndell, Jackie Shi, Michelle Simpson, Amy Thomas, Dennis Reilly
3rd Row: Julia Cornthwaite, Mihai Ifrim, Stephen Galt, Oliver Humphries, Jonathan Spence, Mike Pavarno, Trevor Comber, Andrew Lile, Patrick Carrigan, Dave Storrie, Logan Reynolds, Jonny Barton, Simon Naisbitt, Aidan Wallace,

Jeremy Adams
2nd Row: Noeline Doherty, Fiona Cook, Pritika Harduar, Melisa Chase, Ena So, Kulbir Kaur, Sarrah Shapley, Jennifer Champness, Teri Shin, JP Keshav, Angela Gray, Giordana Santosuosso, Debbie Chapman, Vivienne Tubbs, Melissa

Sirimanne, Sharyn Gee
Front Row: Glenda Neilson, David James, Adrienne King, Anna Vincent, Monique Carrigan, Lisa Davis-Miller, Gordon Robertson, Richard Dykes, Sharon Hewetson, Praveen Chand, Trudy Gibb, Jonathan Eley, Lesley Walker, Robyn

Lewis, Clare Jennings
Absent: Stephanie Bretherton, Charles Champness, Margie Cooper, Jan Davison, Sheridan Hancock, Carrie Hodson, Ligi Huka, Olga Marchuk, Nicole Parish, Dananka Peiris, Tere Raveora, Wayne Ruffles, Melanie van Ansem

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SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM Mr R Thompson, BA (Hons), PGCE, PG Ed Careers and Ms N Barton
Admin Development
Principal Ms K Webster, BSR, GradDipT Administrator ADMINISTRATION

Mr R Dykes, MEd Admin (Hons), BA (Hons) Languages Curriculum Support Ms O Marchuk
Food Technology
Deputy Principals Ms A Vincent, BA (HOD Languages) and Library Assistant
Ms M Chase, BEd - Primary Teaching
Mr P Chand, BSC, GCE, Dip SM Ms G Santosuosso, MA (Hons), GradDipT Gateway Co- Mrs A Lonergan,
Ms T Gibb, BA, PG DipSM Mr J Shi, BA, PGDip, MA (Hons), GradDipT, ordinator and BA(Psyc), MSocSc
Mrs S Hewetson B.Ed CELTA, TESOL Careers Advisor (Hons) Orgn. Psyc.
Mr G Robertson, MA Hons, Dip SM Ms V Tubbs, BA Mr S Davidson, BSc,
GradDipT
Counsellors Mathematics
Groundsman Mr T Raveora
Ms G Neilson, MEd Hons, BA Mr J Eley, MEd (Faculty Leader)
Mrs A Curtis, BA (psych and engl), Hons Mr J Batchelar, BE International Mrs J Cornthwaite,
(psych), MA (psych) Miss F Cook BSc, BCom Students DipPE, GradDipT
Ms N Doherty BEd, CTD, ATCL Administrator
Developmental Programmes Mrs J Fraser, BSc (Tane Mahuta Dean)
Ms J Kaur, BSc, BEd,PG Dip International Student Mrs S Caiger, BSW,
Mr D James, BEc (Syd), Dip Ed, PG Dip SM Mr JP Keshav, Dip Ed (Ruaumoko Dean) Administration GradCertCareerDev
(Careers / Transition Coordinator, Director of Mr H Liu, BE and Pastoral Care
Sport, Development Programmes Manager) Mr T McBride, Dip PE Assistant
Mr M Schollum, BE
Director of International Ms M Sirimanne, BSc Library Manager Ms J Gayton, MLIS
Students Mr N Visagie, HDE, ACE
Mr A West, BSc Pastoral Care Mrs D Peiris, BAcc
Mrs L Walker, BA, CELTA Interviewer
International
TEACHING STAFF Students

Arts Science Principal’s Personal Ms E Wong
Assistant
Ms C Jennings, MEd, PGDipEd, BDan (Faculty Mrs A King, BSc, PGDip DigLearning Teaching
Leader; HOD Drama and Dance) (Faculty Leader) Receptionist Mrs T King, BBS
Ms A Whittaker, BVA, GradDipT, PG Applied Ms J Barrack, BHort Sci (Hons) PG Dip Bus
Practice (HOD Art) Admin (Tawhirimatea Dean) School Nurse Ms J Davison, NZRN
Mr A Lile, BMus, BA(Mus) (HOD Music) Mr T Comber, BSc
Mr P Carrigan, H.Dip Art Ed, BA Art & Design Mrs J Grant, BScEd, MProfStuds (Education) Science Laboratory Mr D Reilly
Mr O Humphries, BPA(Musical Theatre), Grad Mr N Hawcroft, MA, DPhil, MBA Technicians Mr J Geelan
Dip T Ms A Jan, BSc
Mrs S Shapley, B Art Th, Grad Dip. Ed Ms K Kaur, MSc, PGDEd, PGCer in Applied Science Laboratory Ms S Hogan
Miss T Shin, BFA, Grad Dip T Practice Assistance
Miss C Thomson, BA Hons Mr F Khan, BEd, PGDEd Technician

Design and Technology Mr S Naisbitt, MEng, PhD Secretary to Senior Ms D Lawn
Dr T Nafissi, PhD, MSc, BS Leadership Team
Ms R Lewis, BA (Hons), PGCE (Faculty Leader) Miss J Pittwood, BSc (Tawhirimatea Assistant
Ms J Christopher, M Computer Applications, Dean) Sports Co-ordinators Mr J Adams
Grad Dip T Mr A Wallace BE, GradDipEd Ms K Jorgensen,
Mrs S Gee, MEd BBus, PGDip Sport

Mrs W Henvest, BA, BSc Social Sciences Staffroom Supervisor Ms M Cooper
Ms V Mercer, BSc, Educ, (ICT Manager)
Mr M Pavarno, Grad Dip, Engineering Ms P Jones, BA, PGDipEd (Faculty Leader) Student Services Mrs I Huka
Mr H So, BCom, BBIM Ms J Champness, BA Administrator
Ms E So, BA Culinary arts Mrs C Finn, BA/BMus (Special Educational
Mr T Kim, BA Design Needs Coordinator) Teacher Aides Mrs S R Bretherton
Mr S Galt, BA, GDTSE Mrs S Dennison,
BA(Hons),
English Ms A Gray, BA, GradDipT, Dip Film & TV GradDipTchg
Ms P Harduar, BCom (Ruamoko Assistant Dean) (Primary)
Mrs M van Ansem, BA, MProfStuds (Education) Mrs M McKay, BSocSc Mrs C Hodson, BEM
(Faculty Leader) Mrs B Rothbart, B Soc Sc (Year 13 Coordinator) Mrs J Konza, BSR
Mrs M Carrigan, BA, Grad Dip Arts (Assistant Ms M Simpson, BA Ms E Wells
Head of Faculty) Ms L Tomlinson, MSc (Hons) (Specialist
Mr J Barton, BA, MTchgLn Classroom Teacher) Technology Mr P Lyon, NZCE
Ms S Bassin, BA (Tangaroa Assistant Dean) Mr R van Aswegen, BCom (Acc.), BA Hons Technician (Prod), CIE Tech Eng,
Ms S Conran (Geo.), PGCE (Interm. & Snr.) Uniform Shop AMI Prod Eng.
Ms A Gray, BA, GradDipT, Dip Film & TV Manager Ms S Micallef, Dip
PhA
Mrs S Hancock, BBus, Grad Dip Arts SUPPORT STAFF
Ms R Harding, MA

Mr M Ifrim, Int Bac Modern Lang, dBA Accounts and Payroll Ms N Murray, GEA,
Mr L Reynolds, BA Administrator GAPMO (France)

Mrs R Richardson, BA Accounts Receivable Mrs B Hyde, BEd Itinerant Music Teachers
Ms A Thomas Administrator
Mr S Walker, MA (Hons), M.Inst.M Mr Verrill
Mrs Brockelbank
Health and Physical Education Alumni Ms N Parish, BA, Mr Nicholls
Advancement Postgraduate Ms Winter
Mr D Storrie, TTC, B Ed, PG Dip ELM (Faculty Coordinator Diploma - Mr Gittins
Leader) Journalism Mr Tan
Mr B Lewis, BPE Arts Administrator Ms D Chapman Mr Howell
Mr A Salmon, BSR, Grad dip ed Business Manager Ms L Davis-Miller, Mr Lin
Ms F Smith, BSc (Hons), PGDE, PG Ed BMS (Hons), CA Mr Ofamooni
Leadership, ATQ (Tangaroa House Dean) Caretaker Mr A Asimotu Mr Passells
Mrs G Thomas, BEd, TTC, Cert Ed UK Mrs Johnston

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Open day 1 Wellbeing Workshop 1
Open day 2 Wellbeing Workshop 2

Open day 3

Mr Galt welcomed baby Mrs van Ansem’s new baby Zoe Wellbeing Workshop 2
Annabel Poppy Bowers-
Galt early this year

Staff Photobooth

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12 Woolf Fisher

ADMINISTRATION Fellowship profession. For these and other reasons, I believe New
Zealand should follow Canada’s example and drop NCEA
Report or at most retain a reduced Level 3 qualification.

Excellence is only that if it is Well-being
excellence for all. Worsening adolescent social and emotional well-being
has become a worldwide epidemic over the last few years,
New Zealand has a great education system but, in the with schools and whole systems struggling to support
words of a former All Blacks captain, we have a ‘game of young people. I saw many schools doing great things to
two halves’. Based on my visits to systems in Canada and support with poor social and emotional well-being, but no
London, I believe that the structure of education in New examples of schools or systems able to define what social
Zealand can and should change to achieve excellence for and emotional ‘healthy’ is and how to teach it. NZ must
all. work ‘up-stream’ of the illness, define what social and
emotional ‘healthy’ is, and develop a curriculum framework
Many New Zealand students achieve as well or better to teach this to our
than those of other countries. Our teachers, leaders and young people.
researchers are respected and sought after globally. Our
curriculum, pedagogy, leadership and physical resources What Next?
are world-class. Yet, we are divided between the outcomes The fellowship was a
of our best and weakest students, and between schools valuable opportunity
and the Ministry of Education. Based on my visits to to step back from the
Canada, USA and the UK, and what I saw in schools and routine of running my
school districts, I believe that it’s time to rewire our system. school and reflect on
Key to this is building trust and seeking excellence for all. what, how and why
we do what we do. It
Governance has changed my beliefs about how our overall education
Thirty years ago ‘Tomorrow’s Schools’ was introduced system is structured and how we should adapt it similar
in New Zealand with the promise of better educational to those in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario which
outcomes for students and their families. Having visited are more cohesive and generate better outcomes for all
schools through Canada and London, I believe Tomorrow’s students.
Schools is flawed. It is a low trust system that is inequitable
and over regulated in its design and implementation. What transpires with regard to governance in New
I believe that we must rewire it to better tap into our Zealand will be determined at a political level. However,
teachers’ and school leaders’ ability and experience, and my beliefs also impact my work at Glendowie College.
improve outcomes for all students. Our system needs more trust and this can start at school
level. Based on my school visits and attendance at the
As part of this, we must re-engineer the Ministry of Harvard leadership programme, I intend to further build a
Education which lacks the sector’s trust and confidence, culture and design systems that trusts teachers, and gives
and over the last 30 years has failed to lead the system them space to deliver high quality outcomes for all our
and achieve equitable outcomes for all students. We can young people. Examples of this include reviewing Level 1
build trust across our system by modelling our system NCEA and systems such as teacher appraisal and teacher
on those in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario. This recruitment, developing more targeted support for Māori
includes making the central administration reflect the and Pasifika students, and further developing the college’s
profession, modifying principals’ remuneration and tenure, student wellbeing framework.
improving teachers’ professional autonomy, moderating
school choice, and making the ministry closer and more It is an exciting time to work and lead in education. The
responsive to schools and their communities. Woolf Fisher fellowship has inspired and energised me in
my leadership of Glendowie College and as president of
Assessment the Auckland Secondary Schools Principals Association.
High school assessment in the British Columbia, Alberta New Zealand has the fundamentals of a world-class
and Ontario is almost entirely school based and highly education system, and I look forward to the opportunity to
effective. In contrast, NCEA dominates NZ education with enhance these for all students at Glendowie College and
no clear evidence that, as a system-wide intervention, it across New Zealand.
improves students’ learning. What is supposed to be a
flexible, personalised framework to identify individual RICHARD DYKES
students’ unique abilities and knowledge, has become JULY 2019
a complicated and competitive maze for students and
teachers to navigate. Like its counterparts in the UK
and USA, NCEA narrows curriculum and pedagogy, and
unnecessarily burdens teachers, driving them from the

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CHEN SCHOLARSHIP 2019 I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Chen ADMINISTRATION
Pritika Harduar family for providing the scholarship and the senior
management team of GDC for believing in me and
I feel privileged to have providing me with this amazing opportunity. A very special
thank you to Ms Jeelie Christopher for connecting me with
been awarded the Chen the professionals in Malaysia who made my visits not only
possible but also a pleasant and effective one.
Scholarship for 2019. This
A big thank you to the following professionals for either
allowed me to explore assisting me with the visits or allowing me to observe their
practice:
teaching and learning in
- Ms. Mellissa Tawin: Deputy Director of Teaching and
Singapore and Malaysia and Learning Strategies at Nanyang University of Technology,
Singapore
to bring back some exciting
- Mr. Young Jin-Yuan: Assistant Director of Teaching and
educational considerations Learning Strategies at Nanyang University of Technology,
Singapore
such as Flipped classroom,
- Dr. Ho Shn Yong: Associate Dean (Academic), College of
Maker Space and Science at Nanyang University of Technology

Interdisciplinary learning to - Ms. Kannaki S. Narayasany: Head of Teaching and
Learning at INTI International College Subang.
name a few. I visited the
- Dr. Jane Lim See Yin: Chief Executive of INTI International
Nanyang University of Technology in Singapore and was College Subang

overwhelmed with the size of the campus, the quality of - Assoc. Prof. Dr Angela Lee Siew Hoong: Information
Systems (Business Analytics) Programme Leader at Sunway
resources and level of infrastructure that cater for students University

learning and well-being. It indeed was inspiring meeting - Professor Glenda Crosling from Sunway University

and observing lecturers such as Dr. Ho, who was a recipient - Ms. Soon Pei Shan: Lecturer at Sunway College

of the University Gold Award and was designated the NTU - Mr. Mark Milberg: IBDP Coordinator at Sunway
International School
Educator of the Year 2018.
- Mr. Darryl Harding: MYP Coordinator at IGB International
The institutes I visited in Malaysia included the Sunway School
Education Group, INTI International College of Subang
and IGB International School. All of these institutes have
given me insight and inspiration to continue exploring
flipped classroom as an effective form of blended learning
as well as to explore opportunities for our students to
become globally connected. It is reassuring to know that
we are offering quality education at Glendowie College
and I am excited about the possibility of having global
collaboration opportunities with some of the institutes I
have visited so we can expose our students to the global
learning environment.

IB Conference Individuals & societies - Our People projects have strengthened
the connections between the College and the community.
Philippa Jones (Faculty Leader of Social Sciences) and
Monique Carrigan (Assistant Faculty Leader of English) were Monique and Phillipa also attended a wide range of excellent
selected by the International Baccalaureate Organisation to professional learning seminars and visited both the Chinese
present at the IB Global Conference in Hong Kong, March International School and DIscovery College. This experience
2019. Over 1800 people attended this prestigious event. has been invaluable in building a deeper understanding
of the IB programme as well as fostering relationships with
Philippa is the MYP (Middle Years Programme) leader for internationally renowned schools delivering the MYP. Their
Individuals and Societies while Monique is the leader of learning will be shared with the school and fellow MYP
MYP Language and Literature. Together they presented: Leadership team members across term four.
Developing International Mindedness within a New Zealand
context.

Their presentation showcased the value of developing
international mindedness in an increasingly multicultural
society. They shared our experience as the first public high
school in New Zealand to offer the MYP within an existing
national curriculum and diverse ethnic and cultural context.
This included examples of how Glendowie College students
have actively engaged with local people and utilised their
community as a learning resource and an audience. This was an
amazing opportunity to show the ways in which our Language
& Literature - Turangawaewae - the place where we stand and

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14 English

CURRICULUM In English, students learn how people use language to
communicate. You learn how to make sense of what you
read, hear and view. You learn to consider the tone, analyse Up Globe’s production of ‘Twelfth Night’ (Year 9) the Ugly
the techniques, and think critically about the creator’s Shakespeare’s adaptation of ‘The Taming of the Shrew’.
purpose. You learn to recognise when the creator of a text Our Year 12 students began the year with a study of war
manipulates your emotions, persuades you to their cause, poetry. This was enhanced by Poetry in Action’s ‘Words
or challenges your beliefs. These skills are essential to of War’ - a fast-paced, dramatic exploration of Wilfred
decoding the world around you. Owens’ poetry and life. Along with co-curricular groups,
such as creative writing, debating and slam poetry, and
In addition, they empower you to communicate your events, such as each year level’s annual Speech Cup, the
knowledge, ideas and stories. When you write, speak life of an English student at Glendowie College is full and
or present, you become the text creator who wields the exciting.
power of language purposefully in ways that have an
impact on your audience. The teaching staff experienced some changes this year.
A big thank you is due to Monique Carrigan (Acting
Language, in all its forms and complexity, is everywhere HOF) and Ruth Richardson (Acting AHOF), who led
around us. Part of Glendowie College’s mission is to the English Faculty in Terms 1 and 2 while Melanie van
“develop and grow young men and women who are… Ansem (HOF) was on maternity leave, and to Jonathan
ready to lead and serve in a dynamic and changing world.” Spence who covered her classes. We also welcomed
The ability to understand and use language enables you to Jonny Barton, Amy Thomas, Sarah Conran and Angela
be an active citizen in society. Gray to Glendowie College. We are sad to be fare welling
Stephen Walker and Sarah Conran at the end of the year
With this in mind, this year the English Faculty fully but looking forward to Sheridan Hancock’s return from
implemented the Language and Literature Middle maternity leave in 2020.
Years Programme in Year 9 and 10. Many of the learning
experiences that we designed for junior students focused
on how language is used to communicate identity and
perspectives, both in literature and in students’ own
writing. Teachers and students enjoyed the authentic
learning and connections to our world that the Language
and Literature MYP offers.

English students across the school had the opportunity to
attend performances of studied texts, including the Pop-

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Farewell to Stephen Walker 15

We have had the privilege and joy having Stephen Walker as part of our faculty for two years. CURRICULUM
He is truly a scholar and a gentleman. There are few books in this world that he has not read,
and his hospitality is warm and welcoming. The students who have been lucky enough to be in
his class, particularly his scholarship class, all admire his wit and wisdom. Their excellent results
attest to his skill as a teacher. As Robert Burns, Mr. Walker’s countryman, said, “Shew’d him the
gentleman and scholar: / But though he was o’ high degree, / The fient a pride, nae pride had
he/ At kirk or market, mill or smiddie,/… Nae tawted tyke, tho’ e’er sae duddie,/ But he wad
stan’t, as glad to him, / An’ stroann’t on stanes an’ hillocks wi’ him.” Stephen Walker, you will
be missed.

ESOL Here in New Zealand, I feel like I really fit in with this big
family. I appreciate all the teachers and my friends. I’ve
My name is Diandian Zhang and I arrived in New Zealand been at Glendowie College for three years. These years
in 2016. My first language is Chinese. At first I felt bored have been the best years of my life.
and lonely, but then I got used to this environment and the Thank you to everyone who made this experience so
way of life here in Auckland. meaningful for me.
I have made some new friends and have seen so many
new places. My favourite new foods are Hawaiian pizza, -DIANDIAN ZHANG
chocolate muffins and fish and chips.
Speech Cup Results
All the teachers have been patient and kind. They helped
me a lot. The school day here is very different from the YEAR 13 YEAR 12
school day in China. We only have two terms in China, and 1st - Alison Winstanley 1st Dash Hunter
we have a lot of homework to do every day. We get up 2nd - Thomas Heyward 2nd Laura Oh
around 6:20 am and the first period is at 7:20 am, it is our 3rd - Toby Osbourne 3rd Andrea Eng
study period. The teacher will come to our classroom to do
some tests. We have 8 periods per day. Different grades
finish at different times and we can’t select our subjects, we
don’t have a choice. We must take Chinese, maths, English
and we start taking physics, chemistry and science when
we are in year 8. Although it’s very exhausting to study in
China, I still enjoyed my time.

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16 Media Studies

CURRICULUM Media Studies encompasses politics, religion, culture, essays and months of filming is because of the support and
history, the odd inside joke, and of course, many films. In feedback we get from others.
what other class would one be allowed
to spend lessons on end watching films, There are several assignments we
and then dedicate several hours to have completed over the years in
talking about it? While Media Studies media: creating our own comic
is the only class in which we have ever strips and newspapers, organising,
been consistently set an essay per day, it scripting and filming three short films
is also one of the few classes that is worth following different criteria, and more
the effort. Whether it be reading out our analytical essays than we can count.
essays in class or watching our films on Everyone enjoyed media so much
the big screen during Media night, we that several the Year 13s are going
always have the chance to compare and on to study the subject at university.
appreciate each other’s work. This may Media Studies will continue to be the
sound discouraging for the shy and diffident, but in Media highlight of many students’ schooling careers.
Studies it has only improved our work and motivation.
One of the reasons Media Studies is worth the 2000-word -ZOE NEVILLE-WHITE

Film Festival and Awards Night

Spread across four nights, the Glendowie College Film students to be recognised outside of traditional NCEA
Festival is an opportunity to showcase the varying degrees requirements. Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor,
of filmmaking talent that exist within the senior Media and the highly coveted Best Film are among those
Studies cohort. The 2019 festival saw some 70 student- presented. They provide the opportunity for students who
made films played on the big screen to an ever-changing succeeded in elements of their film, but perhaps missed
audience. Whether a single film was grounded in the the mark on others to be acknowledged for their success.
genre of horror, comedy, psychological thriller, film noir, or The films and the students that stood out have their
a combination, the reception of the films was still positive, moment in the spotlight.
and it was a good chance for the directors to gauge the
extent to which their dedication paid off. In typical Media Studies fashion, several ‘special’
awards relive the funny and embarrassing moments that
The Film Festival culminated in the Glendowie College occurred throughout the year. These take the form of
version of the Academy Awards. With a mandatory formal Best Bromance, General Confusion (often nicknamed the
dress code, it was no surprise that the mundane school Blonde Award), the ACC award for the chronically injured
hall became filled with smartly dressed students and a faint and more. Overall it was an excellent celebration of all the
aroma of peach-scented perfume. hard work media students put into this year.

The unique nature of our awards allows for several -CAMERON MCGEORGE

Glendowie College 2019

Accounting 17

This year the Year 11 students have trialled the NZX virtual Winners were: CURRICULUM
trading site as part of an internal on investment. There was
initial consternation at losing value in a chosen stock but Year 13:
other companies that were selected by students did well. “Joes Group” Luke Tyro, Yannik Boehm, Benjamin
Contrasts were made to investing in a term deposit at two France, Sam Lind
different trading banks and another option of either bonds,
currencies (Japanese Yen before the Rugby World Cup) or Year 12
Kiwi-Saver. Although the time trial, was short considerable Option 2 “Dream Team” William Macdonald, Hayden
gain was made by some investments. Crocker, Robbie Ivill, Max Wilson, Sean Gibbs

Year 12 made a magnificent effort in learning the Xero Option 6 “The Current Assets” Jordy Herbert, Ryan
Accounting software program for a four-credit internal. McKay, Robbie Ivill
Special thanks to Liam Bartlett for his work on creating a
“Yeet Sheet” which described in logical and step by step Year 11
detail how to enter the transactions on this program. “Current Liabilities” Calvin White, Ben Taylor, Blake
Povey, Anthony Pomee, Joao Tompson da Silva Konno
Year 13 spent time at Tip Top going on a factory tour as
part of their job costing internal. This gives real world Two speakers Robbie Nathan and Rebecca Clark came
experience in hearing about the direct materials that go from the Deloitte Accounting firm to talk to us about
into the ice-cream and watching those involved in direct/ career pathways in Accounting and to describe their day to
indirect labour and in envisaging the overheads of this day work. They were reassuring about the continued need
factory. for Accountants.

Congratulations to Hollie Thomlinson – a Year 13 New Furniture has arrived and been incorporated into S7
Accounting student who was awarded the Peter to facilitate Accounting discussions. Discussion continues
MacKenzie scholarship. This is a scholarship from St Johns about their placement in the room.
Rotary and Deloitte Accounting firm to the value of $2,000
for a student going on to study and major in Accounting Account-X (a prestigious event started at Glendowie
at University. It was awarded at a St John’s Rotary breakfast College) was again participated in with enthusiasm and a
after the 2019 Senior Prizegiving. highly competitive spirit. It is always started with our unique
hand signal. One student was so keen he participated
Seven Accounting students were chauffeured down to twice! Year 13 Accounting students were able judges –
Waikato University in Hamilton to attend a day seminar for unbiased and fair and they motivated their teams to keep
Scholarship Accounting on Friday 23rd August. trying their hardest.

Glendowie College 2019

18 Mathematics and Statistics

CURRICULUM “The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help
but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvellous structure of reality. It is
enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day”

Albert Einstein

Mathematics teachers know the importance of asking good teacher who had successfully led the department for a time
questions and feeding curiosity. The implementation of the had decided he needed a change. We were all sad to say
MYP (Middle Years Programme) in the junior school has seen goodbye but fortunately he has stayed in touch and even
us developing units, some still in progress, that engage and attended department socials.
motivate students to enjoy learning Mathematics. To prepare
students for an unpredictable future with jobs that are yet to We also said goodbye to Jono Batchelar who joined Saint
be imagined we shift to focussing on approaches to learning. Kentigern College after teaching at GDC for 3 years. He was
an enthusiastic, extremely competent young teacher whose
The tasks completed as part of the MYP both individually presence in the classroom meant that Glendowie students
and collaboratively, are more investigative and inquiry based weren’t just learning Mathematics but more importantly they
as we inspire ‘awe’ as students contemplate the ‘mysteries’ were enjoying learning it.
of Mathematics. We continue to incorporate a more global
perspective to explore and use patterns and relationships We have been fortunate to welcome Ms Kaur from the
in quantities, space, and time to uncover ‘the marvellous UK and Mr Visagie from South Africa to the Mathematics
structure of reality’. department this year and they have settled in nicely working
hard to adjust to the different curriculum and both achieving
For senior students sitting NCEA, uncovering ‘a little of this excellent results with their classes. Mr Khan from the Science
mystery each day’ has prepared them well and Glendowie department has also taken some Mathematics classes this
students, in collaboration with their enthusiastic and year, having taught Physics we appreciate his experience in
knowledgeable teachers, once again achieved consistently being able to give examples of how Mathematics can be
high NCEA Level 1, 2 and 3 results in 2018. applied to other subjects.

Students gaining Scholarship in Statistics in 2018 were Bea In an unpredictable future Alvin Toffler claims that the
Smit, Deanna Louis, Alvaro Nola Dodd and Tarun Muralidhar “illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot
while Willem Scott, Yujia Chen and Anthony White gained read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and
Scholarship in Calculus. In 2019 we have over 25 students relearn.” The goal for the Mathematics department is to
sitting scholarship examinations, the increased numbers continue to modify and evolve our units and delivery so that
as a result of specialized scholarship classes trialled in we prepare our cohorts to tackle the challenges the future
both Statistics and Calculus. We have continued to run a holds.
Year 12 Scholarship Class to get students prepared to take
scholarship examinations in 2020. “In such a world, the last thing a teacher needs to give her
pupils is more information. ... Instead, people need the ability
Competition Mathematics was once again very popular to make sense of information, to tell the difference between
with over 145 year 9, 10 and 11 students taking part in the what is important and what is unimportant, and above all to
Otago Mathematics Competition and 185 students taking combine many bits of information into a broad picture of the
part in the Australian Mathematics Competition. All Year 9 world.” Yuval Noah Harari
and 10 students participated in the Glendowie Junior Mathex
competition where 4 victorious teams were then selected to Glendowie has a passionate group of Mathematics teachers
represent the school and tackle ‘20 questions’ at the Auckland who strive to improve teaching and learning and build on our
inter school competition. already excellent progress to ensure that students achieve
success.
Unfortunately, we had to farewell two teachers at the end
of 2018. Mr Schollum who moved to Sancta Maria after 2019 has been another brilliant year for the Mathematics and
teaching at GDC for 11 years. He was an extremely popular Statistics department and we wish all of you a great summer
break and look forward to catching up with you in 2020!

Junior Otago Mathematics Competition 2019 Results

The Junior Otago Maths Competition is a problem YEAR 10
solving competition for students in Yr 9 to Year 11, run In the Top 100 in New Zealand:
by the department of Mathematics and Statistics at the Lewis Azzopardi, Mia Horridge,
University of Otago. 145 Glendowie College students Brandon Yiu
took part in the 2019 competition. Merit Awards (in the top 10%): Albert Edmondson,
Annabel Hankin, Kieran Joe, Maya McEwan
YEAR 9
In the Top 200 in New Zealand: Zoe Paterson YEAR 11
Merit Awards (in the top 10%): Aidan Beauchamp, Max In the Top 30 in New Zealand: Evan French
Bros, Ryan Cleland, Henry Gibson, Luke Gordon, Sofia In the Top 200 in New Zealand: Emma Crossan, Holly
Roberts, Anthony Shen Harding, Joshua Lay, Ethan Tizzard

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Maths Week Congratulations to the following form classes that came 19
out on top of the form class competition:
In term 3, the academic
prefects put on the Year 9 9GLT CURRICULUM
highlight of the year: Year 10 10DHY
Maths week. During Year 11 11LWS and 11JON
this week a variety of Year 12 12KAU
activities were put on for both students and teachers to Year 13 13WHI (Overall school wide winners
try and work their heads around some maths problems. after tie-breaker question!) and 13LIU
These activities included an exciting Kahoot in the library,
a competitive maths scavenger hunt, maths puzzles in Results of the House competition
the quad, ‘Guess the number of jelly beans in the Jar’
competition all topped off by a hyped house Mathex at 1st Place Ruaumoko
the end of the week. A Desmos drawing competition was
also held, where students could show off their graphing 2nd Place Tane Mahuta
knowledge to recreate the Glendowie College logo,
using the graphing software Desmos. Yujia Chen won this 3rd Place Tawhirimatea
competition with this amazing entry using 175 different
equations! 4th Place Tangaroa

Australian Mathematics MATHEX
Competition 2019 results
Every year, Glendowie College students grab their calcu-
The Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC) lators and pencils for the Mathex competition, where two
is a problem solving teams of four are chosen from each class to participate in
competition where the school Mathex. After a series of intense mini Mathex
students attempt to practice competitions in class, these teams were chosen to
solve 30 problems in compete in the Glendowie College Mathex.
75 minutes. The AMC
Our teams put their brains to the test with new and inter-
allows students to attempt the same task on the esting questions, mind-boggling puzzles and lots of find-
same day in over 30 countries around the globe. 185 ing ‘x’. The atmosphere in the room was so hugely pres-
students from Glendowie College took part in 2019. surized that many competitors felt the weight of it resting
upon their shoulders. Hands scrawled unrecognisable
Best in School Award winner: Joshua Lay (Year 11) font, trying to sort answers, people cried out as they found
a solution and runners sprinted like mad to their markers.
YEAR 9 But eventually, after a final countdown, the winners were
DISTINCTION: Ruohan Wang, Sofia Roberts, crowned.
Sam Somerville
Well done to the best Year 9 runners Akasha Schoff and
YEAR 10 Hamish Cruikshank and the best Year 10 runners Eugenie
HIGH DISTINCTION: Mia Horriddge, Sean Sun May and Josh Calvert, for putting in the extra effort to en-
sure their teams received the highest points possible and
DISTINCTION: Bar Avni, Lewis Azzopardi, Erica moved ever closer to the finish line.
Butcher, Serge Carroll, Albert Edmonson, Sophie
Glasgow-Palmer, Annabel Hankin, Kieran Joe, Alex Congratulations to the Year 9 teams that included Emma
Roberts, Molly Spratling, David Yuan Bass, Grace Lynch, Jorja Kane, and Xixi Gates from 9Green
for winning the Year 9 competition, and Zoe Patterson,
YEAR 11 Elah Aguirre Escobar, Samantha Bing and Jack Trotter
HIGH DISTINCTION: Evan French from 9Yellow for also making it through to the Auckland
wide Mathex competition. And congratulations also to the
DISTINCTION: Ryan Gin, Holly Harding Year 10 teams that included Lewis Azzopardi, Annabelle
Hankin, Sean Sun and David Yuan in first place followed by
YEAR 12 Albert Edmondson, Jenna McLaren, Molly Spratling and
HIGH DISTINCTION: William Beauchamp, Matthew Brandon Yiu as well.
Bilby, Ethan Qi, Irene Xue
On Friday the 16th of August, these four teams repre-
DISTINCTION:Sage Carruthers, Daniel Clark, May sented the school at the Barfoot and Thompson stadi-
Gan, Nina Harding, Avinaash Krishnan, Hamish Miller, um in Kohimarama. The evening started with the Year 9s.
Emily Zou Around one hundred students flooded onto the floor from
the stands and took their places in front of the named ta-
YEAR 13 bles. Everyone admired the special Mathex pens while the
DISTINCTION: Yujia Chen, Niamh Montgomery runners stood up to see where they had to go and walked
up to the markers to retrieve their first question. And then
it was on!

BY: EMMA BASS, JORJA KANE, GRACE LYNCH, AND
XIXI GATES (THE GDC YEAR 9 MATHEX WINNERS)

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20 Science

CURRICULUM Year 13 Biology Auckland Zoo trip

There is no better place in Auckland for Biology Homo neanderthalensis. This workshop was beneficial
students than the zoo! as it helped engage visual, audio and kinetic learners.
This trip was effective (and rather necessary) revision,
On this trip, we were able to observe animal responses as we reaffirmed our knowledge on the different traits
that we had learned about earlier in the year, in real of hominin skulls and how they relate to the different
life. This trip has helped broaden our understanding stages of evolution.
of the external biology topics such as seeing the
monogamous relationship of the Gibbons and the Overall this trip was really fun because we were able to
adaptive advantage of tails of the spider monkeys. explore and interact with different parts of the biology
externals on our own. Having the freedom to explore
With a workshop run by one of the staff, we engaged the zoo by ourselves or in groups let us visually interact
with more aspects of human evolution, another with, and greatly helped the biology understanding of
external topic we have. The new lecture halls were epic our topics and well as spark interest in them.
and well equipped. We got to interact with their to-
scale, full-sized skeleton replicas of an ape, H. sapiens ARBEL TENEMBAUM
as well as skulls and tools of early hominins such as

Rotary National Science and Technology Forum

In January this year I attended the Rotary National Science it has been one of the
and Technology forum. I was one of the 168 students from most life changing ex-
all over New Zealand who were selected to go on this periences. I would also
amazing experience. like to thank Rotary St
Johns who sponsored
Attending the forum involved two weeks of science mod- me to go to the forum
ules, activites, bus karaoke and a whole lot of amazing and everyone else who
people. We attended a wide range of modules and lec- encouraged me to ap-
tures that gave us insight into what a tertiary degree in that ply. The forum was an
discipline would be like. We got to dissect a sheep’s heart, amazing experience
hold a human brain and build mini robots. All the lecturers that was well organised
were willing to provide us with as much information as we and the advisors were
wanted. incredible, always keeping us hype even during 6:00 am
wake ups. There is nowhere I would have rather spent 2
Before we arrived most of us didn’t know anyone. How- weeks of my summer and I would encourage future stu-
ever, being surrounded by like minded people, within dents to apply for this incredible program.
two weeks we had all become lifelong friends. Everyone I
have talked to since the forum has agreed that attending JODIE DICKENS

Glendowie College 2019

Year 9 Stardome Observatory rest of the universe. Then it was some active learning; a 21
quiz in groups that involved teamwork - a skill essential
“I think we are at the dawn of a new era in commercial for getting us to Mars and beyond. Our wonderful, CURRICULUM
space exploration”, said Elon Musk. After visiting the educational learning experience ended with a short
Stardome in Auckland, the Year Nines of Glendowie animation film that tugged at many curious minds as
College are ready to front the big question: how do we watched the future of “Mars exploration” appear
we reach Mars? Our session at Stardome started with a before our very eyes. The film sparked many imaginative
bang - a very impressive and enlightening presentation solutions and questions to take away with us. Let’s just
on the Solar System that we live in and how it has been say, Year Nine is the new dawn of Space Exploration.
explored. This prompted many interesting and some
unanswerable questions about how we can explore the BY JORJA KANE

Tahuna Torea Trip Year 12 Biology

On the 13th of March the year 12 students went on able to collect some data for their upcoming internal.
a trip to Tahuna Torea to study the reserves plant Sports shoes worn and tables drawn the students
environment. For many students the local nature park walked down to the park to spend half a day in small
had fond memories of playing sports on the grass and of groups collecting data on multiple different plants,
feeding the ducks, however the year 12 biologist’s were whilst taking notes on how the plants sustain themselves
taken to the park for a much more scientific reason. Our and the ecosystem surrounding them. Overall the trip
focus for the trip was less on the recreational aspect of was successful and the year 12 students were able to
the reserve and more so on its environmental features, walk away with lots of data as well as gaining a greater
specifically the trees. From the tallest emergent trees understanding and appreciation of the amazing nature
that looked as if they would go on forever to the smaller reserve just down the road.
ground layer plants it’s fair to say that all students were
SHEIDA NAMIN, 12BAR

Glendowie College 2019

22 Social Sciences

CURRICULUM The social sciences learning area is about how societies work and how people can participate
as critical, active, informed, and responsible citizens.

In her address to the United Nations earlier this year, Factory, and the Museum, and an investigation of rubbish
following the Christchurch Mosque Attacks, our Prime on three Auckland beaches.
Minister Jacinda Ardern reflected on how New Zealand has
changed as a nation, and how the world sees us has also The year has also seen a number of changes to the Social
changed. She shared how after the attacks a young boy Sciences teaching team. Ms Trudy Gibb, our long serving
at a mosque in Wellington asked her the simple question: Faculty Leader began her new role as Deputy Principal at
“Will I be safe now?” to which she answered “yes”. the college. We congratulate her and wish her all the best in
her well deserved promotion. Our Assistant Faculty Leader
New Zealand prides itself on providing a clean and green Ms Philippa Jones began her new role as Faculty Leader.
environment, and a safe and inclusive society. Both of We welcomed Mr Stephen Galt and Miss Angela Gray who
these key markers of our national identity have come have both had a very successful first year of teaching in
under attack this year. For those of us teaching in the Social History and Social Sciences. We also welcomed Mr Ruan
Sciences, the events of 2019 highlight the importance of van Aswegen part way through the year who stepped in
an education that centers around tolerance and civics and to take some junior Social Studies and Enterprise Studies
citizenship education. Local and global events make the classes.
aim of Social Studies education even more crucial and
relevant. There is no doubt that our young people are The Social Sciences team are committed, innovative,
growing up in times of change. It is our job to ensure that collaborative and most importantly put their students at
they have the knowledge and skills to critically engage the centre of everything they do. A huge thanks to them
with the events and issues happening around them. The all for the enormous amount of time and energy they
common goal through all our teaching subjects is to equip put into their students, their programmes and their own
our young people with these capabilities, and to grow in professional growth. Without their continued commitment
them the confidence to become active participants and to excellence and innovation our programmes would not
changemakers. be as relevant, engaging and dynamic.

As always our teachers and students have got outside of We wish you all a fun and relaxing summer break and look
the classroom and applied their learning in the real world. forward to seeing and working with you again in 2020.
We have had trips to China, Rotorua, the Bay of Islands,
and Tongariro and many local field trips around Auckland MS PHILIPPA JONES
including visits to the Chelsea Sugar Factory, the Tip Top FACULTY LEADER SOCIAL SCIENCES

Global Studies

2019 saw the introduction of this new course offered to our environment. They also embarked on a personal action
Year 13 students. The course has got off to a very positive to contribute towards a sustainable future, which saw
start and it is exciting that some of the students who have students do a wide range of actions including participating
taken Global Studies this year are going on to study Global in Plastic Free July, going vegan for a month, participating
Studies at University in 2020. in the local Songbird Project, and holding a school based
clothing swap.
Throughout the year students have critically engaged with
a range of sustainability and human rights issues. Students MS PHILIPPA JONES, GLOBAL STUDIES TEACHER
explored the legal status of euthanasia around the world,
and then evaluated the campaigns of social action that
have been working to influence the proposed law changes
in New Zealand. A highlight of this inquiry was a visit from
the bill’s sponsor MP David Seymour.

As part of their investigations into sustainable
organisations students conducted a waste audit of the
school. Rummaging through the schools rubbish revealed
that much of the rubbish the school sends to landfill could
be recycled. Students then investigated and developed
plans to make Glendowie College a more sustainable

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It has been another busy year in Classical Studies. In CURRICULUM
term one, Year 12 Classical Studies visited Auckland
War Memorial Museum as part of our inquiry into the
relationship between the classical world and other cultures.
In term two, the Year 13 Classes attended the Auckland
University Classics Schools Day, listening to informative
lectures extended their understanding of the topics
studied. A team of three Year 13 students competed at the
annual Auckland Secondary School Classics Quiz, held at
St Cuthberts. They enjoyed the experience of participating
against other schools around Auckland

Geography

Jonathon Porritt, Director of Friends of the Earth (1984-
1990), stated: “What is knowledge worth if we know nothing
about the world that sustains us, nothing about natural
processes and climate, nothing about other countries and
cultures?” Geography at Glendowie helps us to learn
more about these areas, and one of the best ways of
learning more is through our field trips. In 2019, Year 11
gained an insight into how much litter is left on Auckland
beaches by those who use them, and Year 12 experienced
the natural processes operating in the Tongariro National
Park, and analysed the patterns of pedestrians on Queen
Street. Year 13 had a day in the Piha River Drainage Basin
exploring fluvial processes and three fun-filled days in
Rotorua learning about tourism development. Thanks to
the Geography students for their awesome behaviour and
enthusiasm both on our adventures and in the classroom,
and to the teachers (Ms Gibb, Ms Jones, Mrs McKay and
Ms Tomlinson).

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24 History at Glendowie 2019

CURRICULUM History at Glendowie is on the rise. This year our for the dropping of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima
department increased to four teachers to cover the 74 years ago.
growing interest in History. We welcomed Angela Gray
and Stephen Galt to our growing Empire. Mid way History students at all levels finish the year having improved
through the year we farewelled Joe Hurndell as he took their ability to analyse sources of evidence, enhanced their
up a position at Wairarapa College. Mr Hurndell made a writing skills and hopefully acquired a ‘curiosity’ for what
valuable contribution to the History department and the has happened in the world and how this will impact on
students and staff will miss him. the future. We want our historians to develop into active,
compassionate, lifelong learners who appreciate ‘their
Our year 13 students this year experienced education own history’. In the words of Maya Angelou – “The more
outside the classroom with our trip to the birthplace of you know of your history, the more liberated you are.”
our nation – Waitangi. This is a voyage of discovery for
these history students as they apply their historical analysis MICHELLE SIMPSON
skills in the field, to present a report on our early contact TEACHER IN CHARGE OF HISTORY
history and the varying perspectives of that history. Our
recognition of ‘our history’ is now being supported by
the Government in their drive to implement the teaching
of ‘New Zealand History’ in all schools by 2022. Year 12
students continue to learn about the Vietnam War and the
impact of that war globally including on New Zealanders.
Around 3.500 New Zealanders served in Vietnam between
1963 and 1975, but for decades

after received little support or acknowledgment for their
services. This battle for recognition and compensation is
ongoing. Year 12 students then study another event of
global significance – the rise of the Nazi Party and Hitler.
Two Holocaust survivors who live in the local area – Bob
and Freda Narev shared their stories. The students were
inspired by this amazing couple who encouraged them
to stand up against bullying and hate speech, and the
importance of tolerance in the world. At year 11 students
were introduced to the aggressive actions of European
dictators in the lead up to World War Two. They then
investigated the traditional and revisionist justifications

Year 9 and Year 10 Social Studies -
Growing Global Citizens 2019

It has been another busy year for our junior social a concept-based programme that responds to the
scientists. We have continued to introduce and improve needs of our students and is relevant, engaging and
our Middle Years Programme to ensure that we have a fun! Students have undertaken a number of inquiries
teaching programme that is future focused and builds linked to concepts such as sustainability, identity, cultural
the capabilities of collaboration, communication, diversity, partnership and protest, global citizenship and
critical thinking and creativity. We continue to develop change. Global issues continue to be a major focus of
our programme.

Our Year 9 students inquired into a sustainability issue
in our local community and planned action on the
issue to work towards a more sustainable future. This
inquiry saw our students undertaking research such
as measuring water quality in local streams, exploring
pest eradication in our local parks and tracking rubbish
on our local beaches. Our Year 10 students conducted
inquiries into a global challenges linked to the
Sustainable Development Goals, and then came closer
to home investigating the issue of child poverty and
food insecurity in New Zealand. They also had a chance
to be active citizens by voting in local council elections
through the Youth Voting programme.

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Senior Economics students participated in two CURRICULUM
competitions this year namely the Reserve Bank Monetary
Challenge and the New Zealand Economics Competition Best Innovation - Lemonade Floss
run by Auckland University Business School. Members of Lila Baroumandi (CEO)
the Monetary Challenge team were Daniel Tran (CEO), Gaia Panduri (Marketing Manager)
Jodie Dickins and Fletcher Milne-Urlich They obtained a Jessica Miller (Production Manager)
Merit rating. Emma Goodall (Financial Manager)
Paris Gilbert-Staines (Administrator)
Award winners in the New Zealand Economics Competition
were High Distinction Division 2 (Year 12) – May Gan and Best Stall Design - Creamium
Cameron Todd. Distinction Division 2 – Ethan Cleland, Lisa Schubert (CEO)
Hayden Crocker, Andrea Eng and Sophie Newton. Jenna Watt-Wyness (Marketing Manager/Administrator)
Distinction Division 1 –Jodie Dickins, Ryan Kidd, Jacob Ivan Ko (Production Manager)
Wanden and Daniel Tran. Micah Fitton Higgens (Financial Manager)

The year 11’s enjoyed their trip to Tip Top as part of the Best Packaging - Fat Dumplings
producer decision making standard and visited the newly Danielle McComish (CEO)
opened Chelsea Bay Sugar Refinery as the context for their Demi Jonasson (Marketing Manager)
interdependence internal. Albert Edmonson (Production Manager)
Serge Carroll (Financial Manager)
Year 10 Enterprise students again proved to be budding
entrepreneurs and highly competitive looking for an
edge during the “Market Fridays”. Congratulations are
extended to the following winners:

Best Product - Flurro Churro
Elsie Richardson (CEO/Administrator)
Jessie Butland (Marketing Manager)
Sarah Kayes (Production Manager)
Nate Barlett (Financial Manager)

Best Production System - Spring Roll Rice Bowl
David Yuan (CEO/Production Manager)
Elle Bainbridge (Marketing Manager)
Cade McAllansmith (Financial Manager)
Brandon Yiu (Administrator)

Best Customer Service - Boba Bros
Amy Friery (CEO)
Rubi Eliahu (Marketing Manager)
Millie Holliman (Production Manager)
Luke Rous (Financial Manager)

Best Overall Business (Supreme Winners) - Lemonade
Floss
Lila Baroumandi (CEO)

Gaia Panduri (Marketing Manager)

Jessica Miller (Production Manager)

Emma Goodall (Financial Manager)

Paris Gilbert-Staines (Administrator)

Best CEO - 2019 :
Lila Baroumandi

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26 Business Studies

CURRICULUM 2019 has been an extremely successful year for the Business
Studies students. For the first time in the college’s history
we have had both national and international success with The Year 11 Business students continue to embrace the
our students and their businesses. opportunity to explore international cultures as they plan
The Year 13 Business students successfully carried out their and deliver international cuisines during the International
first online global collaboration with students at Drammen Market day. This year we enjoyed the introduction of the
International School working on potential of exporting a Brizilian and Korean Cuisines. Copacabana was the proud
Fonterra product into the Norwegian Market. In return winner of the International Market Day with the most
our students helped the Drammen International students culturally responsive stall. Congratulations to the following
to understand the culture, education and expectations of members of Copacabana:
New Zealand education system as well as how to settle in
the Kiwi lifestyle. A special thank you to May Britt Baadsto Gabriela Almeida Preuhs (CEO)
and Siri Hunstadbråten for making this collaboration
possible. We look forward to collaborating again next year. Hope Makiri-Hennings (Communications Director)

Drammen International, GDC students Vanessa Dinh (Sales and Marketing Director)

We would like to acknowledge Ms. Camille Venturina and Kishan Maisuria (Operations Director)
her team from Fonterra for the ongoing support in making
learning authentic for our students in Business Studies. Freya Jian (Financial Director)

P. HARDUAR

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‘5 Years on – Reflections’ allowing us to complete the trail and being my personal CURRICULUM
highlight from my whole high school experience.
The Year 13 Physical Education course at Glendowie
College has been a remarkable experience. This course Once we returned from this trip we began our health
highlights the journey we have all gone through together promotion project. The goal of this is to have a positive
from the past five years of Physical Education and has effect on the health and physical activity. This was the most
shaped us into more equipt and rounded people within rewarding internal as our research, planning and hardwork
society. The life skills as well as the understanding of the is actually having a positive impact and make a difference
impact of physical activity on a multitude of levels and towards members of our community.
the new opportunities and experiences makes this course
stand out from the rest. To conclude our course we were to complete an aquathon,
a 400 metre swim followed by a 5km run. This required
In the Level 3 Physical Education course we were involved us to partake in sport specific training to prepare us.
in numerous activities and challenges throughout the Completing the aquathon is definitely monumental
year. We began the year learning the technical skills and moment as it concludes five years of PE in Glendowie
strategic play of tennis. This was an interesting experience College and highlights the level of athletic ability which we
as there was a range of skill levels within our class based have achieved throughout the years.
off their previous tennis experience. It was enjoyable and
we learnt a lot leading up to the tennis tournament where Overall, the Year 13 Physical Education course has allowed
we were playing off for the male and female Year 13 PE us to grow in knowledge, skills, experience, literacy and
tennis trophy. physical ability that I would highly recommend to anyone.
This course allows you to take training, trips and helping
During this time we were planning our own class trip to others into your own hands to ultimately benefit yourself,
Otago with the goal of completing the Otago Rail Trail your peers and the community. Thank you to the PE
as a class. This was an incredible experience because not Department.
only did we get to choose what we were doing, we got
to plan everything and create our own itinerary. Before ANDREA ROSS YEAR 13PE STUDENT
we embarked on this journey we made sure we did a two
night practice tramp to Te Aroha in order to allow us to
reflect and evaluate so we could be more prepared for
the 150km Otago Rail Trail. This overall experience has
allowed us to better ourselves in a multitude of life skills
and make us more well equipped as individuals. These
skills include working together, communicating with each
other, devising risk management strategies, looking out
for each other, map reading, packing efficiently, food prep,
setting up tents, cooking, time management and more. On
the Otago Rail Trail we were faced with many challenges
from muscle aches and cramps to broken bikes to extreme
injuries. As a class we managed to tackle these challenges
and create strategies to avoid them in the future, ultimately

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28 Health & Physical Education

CURRICULUM Intelligence and skill can only function at the peak of Some highlights from each level include:
their capacity when the body is healthy and strong.
Lawn Bowls, Paddle Boarding, Surfing and Cheerleading
...John F. Kennedy (Year 11PE)

The Health and Physical Education learning area is The camp in Northland, Ripper rugby and Volleyball
about taking action to enhance well-being. Throughout (Year 11OED)
this year students at all levels have had the opportunity
to enhance their own and others’ well-being through a Mountain Biking, Badminton and the Tough Guy/Gal
wide range of learning experiences. Challenge (Year 12PE)

Junior Physical Education classes have participated Kayaking, Raft Making, Scuba diving and The Pinnacles
in units of work related to, ‘Including Others’, tramp (Year 12 Outdoor Education)
‘Understanding Game’s, ‘Social Responsibility, ‘Group
Challenges’, ‘Movement Awareness’ and ‘Aerobic The ‘Timber Trail’ ride, Teaching ABL and Aussie Rules
Challenge’ to name a few. The level of positive to year 9 (Year 13 SPL)
involvement by Year 9 and Year 10 students has been
excellent. Junior Health classes have participated Tennis, the Otago Rail Trail, Health Promotion and the
in units of work related to, ‘Hauora’, ‘Mental Health’, Aquathon Challenge (Year 13PE)
‘Relationships’ and ‘Sexuality Education’.
Once again the highlights for students have been
Our senior courses continue to develop to cater for the the very enjoyable day trips and camps at each year
changing needs of today’s students. Senior students are level. The rich learning experiences that make these
provided with the opportunity for learning experiences camps so successful are a direct result of the positive
in a diverse range of activities. attitude displayed by our students in these outdoor
environments.

On behalf of both current and past students of the
college, I would like to take this opportunity to say a very
big THANYOU to Mr Salmon who is leaving us to take
up a position at Te Puke High School. Mr Salmon has
been an integral part of the Health and PE faculty since
2011 providing rich and authentic learning experiences
to many, many students at all levels. We will miss his
gregarious nature and wish him and his family all the
very best for their new life in the Bay of Plenty.

MR DAVE STORRIE
FACULTY MANAGER HEALTH

& PHYSICAL EDUCATION

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It’s been another action packed year in the Te Reo Māori students attended a film CURRICULUM
growing Languages Department. We’ve festival and went to Rangiriri, the site of the
again had growth in both the number of decisive battle for Waikato.
students learning a language with us and
our staff. 2019 saw us welcome two new We celebrated both Te Wiki o Te Reo
teachers into the faculty, Melisa Chase Māori and International Language Week
as teacher of Te Reo Māori, and Sarrah again this year. Some of the old favourite
Shapley who taught junior German. We activities were back again for International
were also very fortunate to have Sabrina Languages Week such as the chopstick
Koenig join us as a language assistant competition and new form class challenges
once a week in German classes. which saw prizes going to the form class
who could count to ten and say ‘I love you’
Co-Curricular Opportunities in the most languages. During Te Wiki o Te
Reo Māori we had a few pronunciation sessions for staff
This year we were able to offer our language students a and the whole school was focussed on preparing for the
range of opportunities to use their language skills outside inter-house Haka competition at the end of the week.
the classroom and to broaden their cultural understanding.
Some of these activities included: The Education Perfect World Championships was a week
of furious typing and vocabulary learning. This year we
Year 10 German students attending the German Film collectively answered 240,000 questions over the week.
Festival and a trip to a local cafe to try apple strudel and Highlights include 6th place in Aotearoa/New Zealand in
practice their food ordering skills. our category, 4th for German in Aotearoa/New Zealand,
2 Emerald awards (5,000 points), 3 Gold awards (3,000
Year 12 Chinese students explored yum cha delicacies. points), 3 Silver awards (2,000 points) and 13 Bronze
awards (1,000 points). Congratulations to all those who
Spanish students practiced their language on an immersion took part.
day which included music, dancing, and of course some
delicious food.

German Exchange maths as we do the same topics at school in New Zealand

In the summer of During the Christmas holidays our host families took
2018/19, six students us sightseeing around Germany and the surrounding
from Glendowie College, countries, the Christmas markets were a favourite of
along with other students everyone on the exchange. The markets are held all over
from New Zealand, the country and at night the trees are lit up by Christmas
travelled to North-Rhine lights, it looks like it is straight out of a fairy tale. I was also
Westphalia in Germany lucky enough to spend New Years in Bavaria where I was
to stay with host families up to my waist in snow, so naturally I went ice skating, had
for two months. This snowball fights and built my first real snowman.
opportunity gave us
the chance to use our A standard part of the exchange is the week spent in
language skills in a real life Berlin, this is where all the New Zealand students meet
setting and experience up and have the chance to explore Berlin in small groups,
the German culture. as well as being taken to some well known attractions
like the underground bunkers and the Neues Palais
We had to go to school by our own tour guide. This was a really cool cultural
with our exchange partners during the first few weeks, experience and we were told about the history in English
once we got over going to school in our summer so our brains could have a break from speaking German.
holidays it is a great learning experience and our eyes By the end of the exchange we had all made some really
were opened to how schooling differs around the world. good friends, both kiwi and German, and many of us are
I expected it to be really hard to understand but to my still in contact with our partners today.
surprise I managed to follow lessons in chemistry and

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30 Mau Rākau mau rākau was an exciting new way of learning about not
only māori culture but also the art of mau rākau”. We are
CURRICULUM This year a small group of our students were lucky enough all hoping that mau rākau will be able to continue at GDC
to be given the opportunity to learn an aspect of māori next year so that more people will discover a new and
culture, Mau Rākau. Everyone in this group has really exciting way to learn and experience the māori culture.
enjoyed being able to learn the skill in this way as it is
completely different than anything we’d ever done before. KAHU (YEAR 12)
One student involved has said “many students found that

Rangiriri The trip had taught us about the struggles Māori men
and women experienced while fighting for their own land
In 2019, Glendowie College during the year of 1863.
welcomed our new Te Reo
Māori teacher, Whaea EMILY (YEAR 12)
Melisa. Although she had
only been teaching at
Glendowie College for
a few months she had
planned a day trip to
Rangiriri for year 11, 12 and
13 Te Reo Māori students. It was a way to learn about
not only the history of Aotearoa but also ourselves. We
had the opportunity to visit the trenches where the Māori
fought but also saw the guns and bullets that were used
during the fight, this left many of us with an eerie feeling
of sadness and respect.

Spanish Immersion day and that inspired us to give it a go. Making the taco shells
was the hardest part. We used a special press to flatten
The purpose of the day was to speak in Spanish as much as the dough, and it took several attempts to achieve the
possible, which was also a challenge for the senior students! perfect shape and thickness. Fillings included fried beans,
It was a great opportunity to improve our confidence with avocado, salsa, cheese, all enveloped in a fresh warm
the language, as well as get to know students from other tortilla shell……and not long after, everyone was sitting
year levels. With the help of Mr Humphries, we started the down to enjoy a delicious lunch. Fabian Navarro, the guest
day by learning the lyrics and steps of the Spanish pop speaker from Mexico, taught us some Spanish sayings,
song ‘El Mismo Sol’. We were not the best dancers, but we which have greatly enhanced our vocabulary. We really
did our best and had a laugh! After interval, we grouped enjoyed meeting and talking to a native speaker. Overall,
into teams and completed a Spanish themed ‘Escape it was an unforgettable day of laughs and learning. We are
Room’. We were given different tasks and obstacles and very grateful to Ms Santosuosso (Señora Santo) who made
had to solve them all in Spanish. My team won! After that, the day possible.
it was time for what we had all been waiting for – Taco
making! We had watched a video earlier in the week HOLLY HARDING (11JON)
showing us how to make taco shells the traditional way,

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It has been another busy year in the Faculty of Design and Technology. Our students have continued to demonstrate CURRICULUM
creativity, ingenuity, courage and collaboration. The introduction of the MYP at year 9 means that students have used their
own inquiries to solve and address a series of design problems. Year 10 have developed a range of skills in a variety of
materials areas that will allow them to progress far within their chosen fields. Our seniors have continued to amaze us and
prove that they are the Engineers, Designers, Architects, Nutritionist, Chefs, Coders, Builders, Entrepreneurs and leaders
of their generation.

Competitions team were working towards Bronze and were awarded it at
the beginning of this year. Sean Gibbs is continuing with
BCITO Photo competition the award scheme and has spent most of 2019 working
towards Silver. Well done boys!
Building and Construction Apprenticeships’ (BCITO)
Inaugural Building, Construction, and Allied Trades Skills Design and Visual
(BCATS) Photo Competition Communications

Congratulations to the Glendowie College team of Paige “Year 12 DVC really helped me develop my design skills
Sturgess (13SOH), Tom Sullivan (13JAN) and Matthew in a way that I wouldn’t be able to in any other subject
Brewer (13JAN), who won the BCATS ‘Project in a as it isn’t about just creating something pretty. It involves
Workshop/Indoor School Environment Category’ with thinking outside the box, critically analysing and taking
their weatherboard letter boxes. Although there were other people’s opinions into consideration. Therefore,
many incredible entries which showcased New Zealand’s it helped my thinking and communication skills. Even
school talent and skill, their entry was the one that stood though it isn’t always the easiest, DVC is enjoyable and I
out to beat all the other BCITO entries in NZ. look forward to every lesson”

Well done Paige, Tom and Matthew! KELLY FERNANDES YR12 DVC

E Pro 8 Challenge 2019 “I think that DVC is a subject that really pushes you to
explore your creative side. It has helped me improve in
The EPro8 Challenge is an engineering and problem- terms of designing, exploring, and drawing. Although I
solving competition and every year over 10,000 students do find this subject challenging, it always feels incredibly
from 900 schools from throughout New Zealand take rewarding after you finish your projects.”
part in this competition. The teams compete to construct
basic electronic circuits, build large sized structures, solve TYLER CHENG YR12 DVC
practical problems, engineer using pulleys, motors, gears,
wheels and axles, invent machines that can complete Digital Technologies
simple tasks, undertake unusual and fun experiments and Computing
solve interesting problems.
In Digital Technologies Computing, we focused on a range
There were five teams from Glendowie College that of projects that gave us the opportunity to develop our
participated in the heats this year, four teams in senior website design and development skills. We learnt how to
level and one team in the junior level out of which two use planning tools such as Trello to manage our projects.
teams from the senior level are qualified for the regional This gave us a deeper understanding of the design
grand final. They are the Glendowie College 4 (Mathias process, and how important it is to use this in our projects
Svensson, Evan French, William Beauchamp and Cameron to create the best outcome possible.
Todd) and the Dropouts (Benjamin Hunt, Sujaanan
Jeyaseelan, Christopher Tims and Joshua Lay). These We started off by learning how to code basic functioning
teams will participate in the finals that is scheduled to websites using HTML and some simple CSS. This allowed
happen on the 30th April 2019. us to create our final websites which utilised both basic
and more advanced coding skills, such as JavaScript. We
Bronze CREST Award also made a digital presentation as part of our inquiry for
our final website. This gave us an idea of the knowledge
In 2018, four of our senior students; Sean Gibbs, Daniel and information that was needed to be included in our
Clark, Zachary Vowles and Jack Manning participated own websites. For example, we focused on issues such
in the CREST award scheme. The scheme encourages as the awareness of Chinese medicine and online child
Creativity in Science and Technology and is aimed at years abuse, where we had to do extensive research in order to
eleven through thirteen. Throughout the year the boys had understand our topics completely. Most of us are taking
to develop a greenhouse control system and explain their DTC again next year and we look forward to further
rationale for each decision in the development. CREST develop our design and coding skills.
offers three levels of awards, Bronze, Silver and Gold. Our

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32 Digital Technologies … sometimes if you are lucky, you get to do canapes, the
-Programming most fun internal - learning how to cater for a big crowd.
CURRICULUM
“This year in 11 Programming we have done lots of coding … see if it is a career you are interested in doing when
in class which has been enjoyable and a way to learn you leave school.
programming by actually doing it yourself rather than
reading or watching others. Programming teaches you to The best part I like about hospitality is cooking and
problem solve which is not only useful in programming but learning with my classmates and it made the whole
a useful skill in life. The program development process experience worthwhile doing at school.
taught me how to manage my time and workload when
completing a project.” TATE KING (13HOS)

KIWA BROWN, YEAR 11 PROGRAMMING Food Technology

“Taking Programming in Year 13 has helped me greatly with This year, 13 Food Technology students had to design an
my project management skills as I had to set all my own action plan to address a nutritional issue affecting young
deadlines and adjust them as my project work progressed. New Zealanders. We realised that high sugar intake was
I have learnt how to critically analyse different tools and the root cause for many of the most common preventable
resources needed for software development. This year our diseases like obesity and tooth decay. It became clear that
clients played a larger part in our development process. to help future generations live fit and healthy lives, more
The interaction between myself and the clients made my education was needed around sugar intake.
work more enjoyable.”
In groups we set out designing interactive activities to
SEBASTIAN SIMPSON, YEAR 13 PROGRAMMING teach year nines about sugar. We came up with games
such as “guess which snack has the most sugar” and “how
“In Year 13 Programming we had the opportunity to choose to make your favourite treats healthier.” On the day, the
the coding language we wanted to work with for the year. year nines rotated around our activity stations, sampling
Developing software promotes creativity, problem solving food and winning prizes, all while learning how to eat less
and time management skills. Programming is a valuable sugar. We hope our information about sugar intake will
course for students to improve these skills that will be have set the year nines up for healthy futures.
sought after by any employer, not just occupations related
to programming.” ISABELLA CLAGUE 13SOH

AVNEET SHARMA, YEAR 13 PROGRAMMING BCATS

Hospitality We have been making weatherboard letter boxes for our
Level 3 BCATS project, with limited supervision from our
Why Hospitality is cool! teacher, Mr Pavarno. A broad range of tools, equipment,
machinery and materials were used, like what would be
You can learn about the different types of food out there used on a building site.
that make food dishes what they are composed of.
All the letterboxes have building wrap to protect them
Hospitality can teach you how to cook fancy food and from moisture, and a cavity system in place. There are also
present it. rodent strips along the bottom of the framing.

It can teach you how to use food effectively. The best part about the project was that we could use
our own design, so no two boxes look alike. Some boxes
Food is the most interesting culture out there. have corners, so we had to mark out and hand cut scribers
to fit, others have soakers on the corners. We made our
GRYFFEN KING (13HOS) decisions on the design, such as the height of the shelf, the
letter slot and the roof of the letter box.
Hospitality is fantastic!
We knew exactly how much material to order as all the
It teaches you all kinds of interesting things about food boxes had the same dimensions, so this made it very cost
and cooking. One of the best subjects in the whole effective, leaving as little waste as possible.
school. You get to make the most delicious and amazing
foods. Three of us entered the BCITO photo competition as a
group. To enter, we had to include 5 photos, one of which
WILLIAM SPRATLING (13HOS) had to show us with our letter boxes together with a brief
description of what we had been doing during the year.
Notes on Hospitality: There was an opportunity for us to win 1 out of 6 Level 3
categories across the whole of New Zealand.
… I found that hospitality has taught me many skills like
how to cook steak. PAIGE STURGESS (13SOH)

… to see if you like working in a communal kitchen
environment.

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Arts Faculty CURRICULUM

2019 has brought exciting change for the Arts Faculty I trust you will enjoy browsing through the work of our
at GDC. It has been a time for us to welcome new staff, students and staff in the pages to come.
build relationships with the fantastic GDC students, and
celebrate student engagement and successes in the four MS C JENNINGS, ARTS FACULTY LEADER
learning areas. Mr Andrew Lile has joined the school as
Head of Music, and Mrs Adele Whittaker has joined the
college as Head of Art. Both departments are thriving
under their leadership. Miss Teri Shin and Miss Sarrah
Shapley joined the Art Department this year, and Mr Oliver
Humphries has joined the Dance and Drama departments.
Miss Clare Thomson, Mr Patrick Carrigan, Miss Debbie
Chapman and Mrs Celia Finn have welcomed the new
staff and have continued the traditions of the faculty
and engaged in the new initiatives of 2019. Our courses
of learning have flourished this year, with innovative and
creative work from all. Our co-curricular programmes have
moved from strength to strength, and we are excited to
have started work on our first musical production as a
faculty (Hairspray, May 2020).

Dance

This year the Dance Department has flourished. With
new programmes of learning and exciting performance
opportunities, the students and teachers have enjoyed
getting to know each other and presenting their passion
for performance to the GDC community. I would like
to thank Miss Clare Thomson and Mr Oliver Humphries
for their outstanding work with our students across both
learning areas. We are looking forward to 2020!

MS C JENNINGS, HOD DRAMA & DANCE

Dance Showcase 2019 Thanks go to Mr Humphries and Miss C Thomson for
their hard work towards/on the evening. Congratulations
On August 26 89 students took to the stage to showcase to everyone involved, and particularly our Year 12 and
their work from curricular and co-curricular dance this 13 Dance students - who performed 10 dances between
year in a new production for GDC: The Dance Showcase! them!
The students were greeted by a large and enthusiastic
audience and rose to the challenge impressively.
Performances included pieces from the YouDance
Festival and Scholarship Dance submissions, and lots of
fun works in Jazz, Contemporary, Musical Theatre, Hip-
Hop, and Samoan Sasa.

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34 Drama

MYP in we’re so proud of the growth we’ve seen in all our actors
as they stepped up to the challenge.
CURRICULUM Drama
Bringing in the Year 10 Drama: From the

Middle Years students…

Programme has Dramafest was fun to do and was an amazing experience.
Performing with your class feels like a safe place to test out
let us ask the big your skills. It’s cool to see different sides of people when
they play different characters and get to try out being
question: what’s someone else. It really tests your resilience, because we
had to learn lines and cues, stay focussed to make sure we
the point of art? didn’t let other people down, and there were a whole lot
of new surprises when you perform in front of an audience.
In Year 9 Drama, The energy that we felt on the night was exhilarating and
there was a big sense of satisfaction after seeing what
students were we’d worked towards for an entire term come alive. The
first couple of weeks of rehearsing it felt like nothing
asked to explore was coming together, but on the night it our plays were
cohesive, and we all worked together really well. Drama
how art can give is unlike any other subject because you have to work
together to achieve and you make really strong friendships
us a way of telling with people not in your normal friend group.

others who we Year 12 Drama: From the

are. After learning some drama techniques and stagecraft students…

(which looks suspiciously like playing games), students had Like usual, it felt like the play couldn’t possibly go well
but the magic of theatre made it all come together on
to write their pepeha [Māori introduction] and share stories the night. It was really great; we had a lot of fun and a
lot of nerves as well. When we overcame the nerves and
based on the places and people in it. They then created a did the performance it was a really satisfying feeling to
see all the hard work pay off. We were given a choice of
piece of drama that followed the structure of a pepeha and plays and it meant we got to agree on what style and story
we wanted to tell together. It was great to perform in a
theatricalised the stories of people in their group. It’s given different style that we’d never tried before, even though
the Shakespearean language is hard. We couldn’t have
our new Drama practitioners a wide scope for creativity done it without the amazing directing skills and guidance
if our teachers, Ms Jennings and Miss Thomson.
- from showing an ancestor sneaking into a fascist army
“I thoroughly enjoyed how our class bonded together and
camp to a fish narrating spearfishing in the Coromandel overall vibed with the overall vibe. Orange Buttons was
epic and super sick.” - Nelson McKenzie and Guy Irwin
with a spot-on David Attenborough accent. It’s been great
Year 13 Drama: From the
to see students transferring skills and knowledge from
students…
other subjects and telling their stories and values with such
Our last Drama production was the most important that
confidence. we’ve done. The Laramie Project is a documentary theatre
piece about the death of Matthew Sheppard and the
For Year 10, students have had to travel to many times and consequences for the city of Laramie where he lived.
places to examine different types of acting - the broad It was a gruelling process of fourteen weeks. It was very
caricatures of the Italian Renaissance and the truthful, demanding because it was a different kind of drama,
naturalistic acting of Konstantin Stanislavski. When a combined series of monologues and we had to play
creating their own plays, they were challenged to take a multiple characters that were all real people in Laramie
Global Context, explore what it meant and what aspects at the time who we had to portray realistically and with
they were interested in, then use that concept as the respect, but it was very rewarding to pull it off. It reminded
inspiration to prove the statement: “Art can express truths, us of the importance of looking out for one another and
push boundaries, and change the world.” It’s pushed pushing to be our best for others’ not just ourselves.
students’ work into a different realm, beyond just retelling Thanks to Miss Thomson who dragged us through it and
stories to trying to communicate a point of view about believed in us when we didn’t believe in ourselves. We’re
world issues to their audience. going to miss our Drama family.

MISS C THOMSON, TEACHER OF DRAMA

Senior Drama

The senior drama programme has continued to excite and
challenge students to learn different theatre styles and
periods of history. This year areas of study have included
Post-War American Realism, Victorian Melodrama, and
Absurdist and Epic Theatre from Europe in the wake
of WW2. And of course, the highlight of the year is our
production standards when all classes perform for a live
audience of friends, parents and community.

Dramafest

Dramafest was a massive achievement: six classes from
four year levels performing seven plays over the first three
weeks of Term Three. The festival atmosphere was stronger
than ever, and it was great to see students supporting
others and coming to their plays. If you haven’t been a part
of Dramafest it’s difficult to understand how many hours,
laughs, and tears go into bringing a show together, and

Glendowie College 2019

Music 35

The continuing development of preparing pieces beyond what is re- CURRICULUM
music performance as the founda- quired at their level. Every day of the
tion of the department has ensured school week students visit the music
success in curricular music at all lev- department for lessons, creating a
els. With Mr Andrew Lile taking over vibrant and collegial atmosphere of
the Head of Music position this year instrumental learning.
music remains an active and impor-
tant component of Glendowie Col- Composition, as a valuable means
lege’s cultural fabric. of creative musical expression, is en-
couraged at all levels. There is a clear
The International Baccalaureate progression from group composition
Middle Years Programme has been at the junior level through to individ-
embedded as a framework for Year ual compositions in senior classes.
9 throughout the school. Its empha- The MusicFirst learning platform has
sis on inquiry-based learning has enabled students to work with soft-
complemented the Musical Futures ware that best enables their compo-
practical approach to music-mak- sitional style. They can use their own
ing. All students electing the music devices or school desktop comput-
option at this level are introduced ers to access this software meaning
to music, or develop their musical composing may be done at school or
skills, through instrumental per- home. The resulting demystification
formance. This might be through of composition, and ease of hearing
performing their own compositions or learning guitar, bass the results of students’ creativity, has resulted in extreme-
guitar, drums and keyboard to perform in bands. This al- ly imaginative music being created in an ever-increasing
lows students to develop their instrumental skills as well variety of musical genres. The use of Music Technology to
as refining approaches to learning such as effective team- manipulate and create with sound is also a healthy aspect
work, evaluation of their own performances and peers’ per- of the compositional toolbox demonstrated at all levels.
formances, and using the language of music in a practical
context. The rock-focused music making in the classroom Our large co-curricular music programme includes a Choir,
has accompanied the growth of student-led co-curricular String Orchestra, Big Band, Concert Band, Wind Band,
rock bands that have begun among Year 9 students. The Rock Bands and chamber groups. They all rehearse out of
Middle Years Programme is beginning to be extended into school hours and are mentioned in more detail elsewhere
Year 10, reinforcing inquiry-based learning and enhancing in this magazine. Aside from their regular contributions to
performance-based achievement using Musical Futures college life, they represent the school in the community
learning philosophies. with performances of a very high calibre.

High quality of playing continues to be evident at all lev- I would like to thank Mrs Finn for her continued and inval-
els, with the invaluable assistance of the team of skilled uable work with her Year 9 music classes. Ms Chapman’s
itinerant tutors. This year we were pleased to welcome two experienced administrative support to our very busy music
new tutors to the team: Mr Howell (voice) and Mrs Brock- department has also been very much appreciated. Both
elbank (oboe and bassoon). Ms Winter (flute), Mr Nicholls have displayed adaptability and professionalism in their
(clarinet), Mr Passells (saxophone and Big Band), Mr Gittins work, and their collaboration has been invaluable with a
(guitar), Mr Lin (violin), Mrs Johnston (cello and String Or- new Head of Music.
chestra), Mr Verrill (trumpet and French horn), Mr Ofamoo-
ni (drums) and Mr Tan (trombone, euphonium and tuba) It is important to recognise the leadership displayed by
have continued their wonderful work. The extremely high senior students involved in music, without whose contri-
level of senior performance is evident in students regularly bution the musical culture of the college would be less
successful.

Glendowie College 2019

36 Visual Arts

CURRICULUM Glendowie Colleges’ flair and passion for the Visual Arts
was once again on show throughout this year. In term
one, we celebrated Summerfest, a week of festivities that levels, making for a wonderful atmosphere for sharing
encouraged students to create and appreciate art. This artistry and imagination. The exhibition was also judged
year, rock painting was a popular activity, as well as the by an art curator who awarded certificates to the following
mural competition which we also enjoyed last year. The students - Yuxin Xie, Yean Chit, Charlotte Lambert, Chloe
mural competition is a chance for the artistically inclined Diprose, Paun-Charn Maung, Zakk Haddon, and Zoe
within the four houses - Ruaumoko, Tane Mahuta, Tangaroa, Motshaniwskyj. However, the aim of the exhibition was
and Tawhirimatea - to showcase their skills and compete ultimately not in competition but in acknowledgement and
for house points (not to mention, bragging rights). Each pride of the school’s creativity.
mural corresponded to the myths, as well as reinforced the
ideals and values, behind each house, while still following
the designs of our Arts Leaders. This year, Tane Mahuta
won with their striking interpretation of the brief.

In June, we held the Whakaatu Toi art exhibition. Spanning As the year drew to a close, painting and photography
two days, students choose their favorite pieces of artwork seniors finally finished their folio boards to be assessed. So
that they had done and put them on display in the hall. much planning, preparing, and emotion goes into every
Family and friends were able to come by and see students’ board and the finished products are always regarded with
achievements, as well as the achievements of other year a mixture of relief and pride. Well done to every art student
this year. Having created such beautiful art is always a
rewarding experience that you will look back on fondly.
Good luck to all the future art students. We promise you
will not regret participating in such a vibrant and fulfilling
part of school life.

LAUREN CONNOLLY

Students had the opportunity to enter the Kumeu Arts
Awards this year. We had four successful entrants, Yuxin
Xie, Lauren Blakey, Zakk Haddon, and Jonathan Khoo.
The exhibition included 100 works from students across
various schools and Jonathans ‘Self-Portrait’ was awarded
a Highly Commended. Congratulations.

Glendowie College 2019

Careers 37

Careers Team 2019 an employer before and this programme provides an CURRICULUM
opportunity for them to see what working life is really like.
Dedicated to students throughout the year
Ever evolving to meet their aspirations Students have opted to pursue and explore a wide range
Vocational, academic – we cover it all of jobs this year, which has resulted in me speaking to
Empowering students with knowledge and options various local employers to (try!) and convince them to
Lighting the imaginations of those we serve give our students a chance at their workplaces. Some of
Options turn to choices the different work placements have included;
Parents are pleased
Maybe the year will end well after all • Building & construction with Faulkner Construction
Exam stress is eased with having decided
Navigating careers made possible by the …. • Kitchen and bathroom design with Placemakers Mt
Team; Mr James - Careers Manager (careers guru), Wellington
Ms Barton - Careers Administrator (extraordinaire), Mr
Davidson - Careers Advisor (no-nonsense advice) and Mrs • Forklifting and Logistics with On Demand & Go
Lonergan - Gateway Coordinator (anything’s possible) Logistics

Gateway • Sales & retail with Warehouse Stationery in Sylvia Park
and
Gateway = formal learning in the workplace
• Landscaping with Green with Envy Landscapes
I started as Gateway Coordinator at the College in
March 2019 and have had the pleasure of working with • Retail & customer service at Countdown,
24 students on the Gateway programme this year. Our Meadowbank.
funding for Gateway comes directly from the Tertiary
Education Commission (TEC) and is focussed on creating The outcomes for students have been fantastic and have
a vocational pathway for students when they are ready included gaining apprenticeships, offers of employment,
to leave school. Some students have never worked with earning around 500 credits amongst the group and best
of all, lots of increased confidence and exciting new
experiences.

Next year, we have funding for 25 students to do the
Gateway programme and I am looking forward to working
with the 2020 cohort and getting involved with their
individual career interests.

Glendowie College 2019

38 STAR (Secondary Tertiary Careers Education & Guidance

CURRICULUM Alignment Resource) Some of the highlights during the year have included;

STAR funding is given to schools by the government for • In June, we held our own Glendowie College Careers
us to provide students with relevant learning experiences Expo where we had 30+ training providers come to
aligned to vocational pathways. We have arranged the school, including private training establishments,
approximately 30 courses for mostly Yr 11 and 12 students universities and NZ Police among others.
over the year. Courses have included; cooking and food
preparation, welding, electrical, IT and travel. Students • An estimated 600+ individual career meetings over
have gone to various locations to attend these courses the year, providing students with guidance on a wide
including; MIT, Techtorium, Crown Institute of Studies range of areas including; subject selection for NCEA,
among others. University courses, career pathways, halls of residence
and employment/apprenticeship opportunities.

• We had many of the universities visit us and give
lunchtime presentations throughout the year,
enabling students to meet representatives from the
university and ask specific questions.

The Careers Team wishes all 2019 GDC school leavers
the best in their transition to further education, training,
or employment. Furthermore, congratulations to all 2019
tertiary scholarship recipients.

ALEXANDRA LONERGAN

Many of our students go on to successfully pursue this
vocation after leaving school.

Another highlight of the year has been the Blue Light
course. Blue Light is a charity which works closely with
the NZ Police to deliver a wide range of youth education
programmes. Students are selected from all over the
north island for the Blue Light camps and GDC had
6 students selected to participate in this opportunity.
During the 4 days together, participants learn skills in
leadership, teamwork, self-discipline and they gain in
confidence.

Glendowie College 2019

Cultural Prefects 39

Nikita Horselenberg, Nathan Philipiah, Tom Hayward, Another significant event we helped organise was the STUDENTS
Francesca Treuren, Tayla Clark & Henry Hartford. GDC Haka competition. Usually, every house puts into
making their haka the best, but this year was exceptional.
Kia Ora my fellow readers I’m here to talk about the Each house endeavoured to make it better than previous
significant events that we cultural prefects were a part of years. It was phenomenal to witness as Tangaroa, Tāne
this year. New Zealand is a nation of culture with a diverse Mahuta, Tāwhirimātea and Rūaumoko pushed to be the
set of people and creeds that make up this beautiful best. The hall echoed with the voices of warriors and the
country, and our school is just a smaller representation beat of our actions reverberated through the wooden
of that. Culture is everywhere in our school with students floors. In the end, it was Tane Mahuta who had their well-
showing their passions for art, literature, tradition and deserved victory.
much more. As such culture prefects do their best to
represent it. When it comes to our connection to the Being a cultural prefect is something that will stay with
Maori traditions that make up our school to festivals like us forever as we move forward in life. We’d like to thank
Diwali and Matariki. Chessie, Henry, Nikita, Tayla, Tom and everyone who helped guide us through our journey,
I have been blessed with this honour, and we certainly had especially Ms Vincent, you were terrific.
fun with the role. So, thank you Glendowie college, and we hope you have
as much fun as we did next year. Cheers
Events like culture week were huge with activities like
origami competitions where we had participants make
as many paper boxes as possible. This led to the next
competition where you had to pick as many m&ms as
possible and place them into the boxes you made using
chopsticks. In this type of game, everyone is a winner.
We had culture quizzes and showed a variety of artwork
inspired by the styles of different nations. It was wonderful.

But the highlight of that week was the GDC cultural talent
show where we had a variety of performances (it happened
the week after because I was organising it and I got sick; but
whatever). From a mixture of Korean, Chinese and Japanese
pop along with some good old-fashioned English rock. The
amount of effort everyone put in could be seen, and it was a
spectacle to behold. The crowd cheered, the lights shined,
and every performance was fantastic.

Glendowie College 2019

40 Events Prefects

STUDENTS Brianna Green, Fynn Hickey, Cole Bullot, & Julian van der
Plank
accompanied by an elegant wooden bridge made it seem
Being events prefect at Glendowie College was an as though one was entering a tropical resort. The carefully
experience worth the while. The role has required us to selected colour scheme of white, gold, blue and green,
use our creativity, organisation and planning skills, show showed in the table arrangements and the luscious, green
our commitment and of course, enthusiasm. The four of plants surrounding the venue. It was an amazing ceremony
us across the houses worked incredibly hard to make every that all year 12’ and 13’s enjoyed dressing up for, and
event reach the standards this year. thanks to the hard work of the event’s prefects, it became
a night to remember.
The Carnival-themed year 9 and 10 social took place in
term one. This was a great opportunity, not only for the Being Events prefects of 2019 has been an amazing
fresh year 9s to mingle in a fun environment but also for the experience for every one of us, but we couldn’t have
events and year 9 prefects to work together. Our carnival achieved all the things we did without some help. I’d like
theme was brought to life with colourful decorations and to extend a huge thank you to Miss Rothbart, for helping
photo booths, thanks to the huge help from everyone us make our ideas become a reality this year.
involved. The night was wrapped up with box loads of
pizza and one of our very own students as our personal DJ BRIANNA GREEN
of the night. Thank you Julian! Overall the social was a big
hit, as everyone had a great time busting out their dances
moves and socialising all together.

The Senior Ball was another hugely successful event
that the events prefects were in charge of. After a lot of
consideration, this year we decided to create the theme,
‘Tropical Nights’. We aimed for a ball were everything
from the plants to the tablecloths were nothing short
of perfection. Overall the Fijian resort atmosphere
was achieved with our grand entry. A white marquee

Glendowie College 2019

Service Prefects 41

Arbel Tenembaum, Lydia Edgeworth, Niamh Montgomery both dedicated to spreading awareness and taking STUDENTS
& Julia Tan action in keeping our community tidy. Tangaroa hosted
Being a service prefect at Glendowie College is all about a beach clean up at Tahuna Torea Reserve with over 50
contributing our efforts to both the school and wider participants from the community. We also had someone
community. We were all largely involved in organising from Sustainable Coastlines come to speak to our school
fundraisers for each of our houses, in order to raise in assembly as well as hosting a mufti day with a silly
awareness and funds for them. accessory theme. From these events, we not only raised
awareness with the issue of plastic and littering but also
Tāne Mahuta (Arbel Tenembaum) took action and helped keep our community tidy.

This year Tāne Mahuta fundraised for St John Ambulance Tāwhirimātea (Niamh Montgomery)
New Zealand, who provide many services including
ambulance service all across NZ. Many students, including This year Tāwhirimātea stayed with our charity from
myself, are involved in the youth program meaning we had last year - the Mental Health Foundation. They are a
a lot of enthusiasm heading into term 3. With the help of charity that works towards creating a society free from
my service committee, we planned out an epic fundraiser discrimination, where all people enjoy positive mental
that included a bake sale, mufti day, selling ambulance health and wellbeing. In order to promote the values of
keyrings and a CPR competition. Not just students but also the foundation we got students from the college to write
teachers got involved, even Mr Dykes had a go! In the end, positive postcards to their friends, telling them what they
we raised nearly $2000 and taught the skill of CPR to many appreciate about each other. This was a huge success
students and teachers alike. I am very proud of the people with 750 postcards being handed out to students across
from my house who stepped up and contributed to our the school. We also created an appreciation board where
fundraiser and hope that this fundraiser helped shed more people wrote kind, anonymous notes to display for anyone
light into the need for emergency medicine in NZ. who’s having a bad day and needs a nice message. We
also ran a mufti day to raise money for the Mental Health
Tangaroa (Lydia Edgeworth) Foundation. It was really awesome to see the people in the
house who stood up to help out for this event, it definitely
wouldn’t have happened otherwise.

Ruaumoko (Julia Tan)

For our charity this year, we decided to support HeartKids
NZ, an organisation that assists children born with and
living with heart defects. We managed to raise $2700 in
total through a school-wide mufti day and our Everyday
Heroes page. Some of this money was used to buy and
cook meals for the children and families in need - in fact,
we managed to cook 170 meals for these families! In
addition, we purchased many baby rattles, toys, colouring
pencils and colouring books for the HeartKids children in
Starship hospital, which raised spirits all around! Overall,
it was a great effort from the entire house, and especially
Mrs Harduar, who was the liaison between Glendowie and
HeartKids!

Tangaroa’s house charities for 2019 were Sustainable
Coastlines and Keep New Zealand Beautiful which are

Glendowie College 2019

42 Sports Prefects

STUDENTS Liam Wilson, Jessica McIntosh, Olivia Hay, Tayla Clark &
Henry Hartford

2019 had been an awesome year in sports. We have
seen a variety of competitive and social teams take to
the pitch,field or court to represent Glendowie college.
This school offers a variety of sports with a high success
rate which is reflected in the inclusiveness, support and
variety of sports,tournaments and social sporting events
offered. Together as a group of five sports prefects we
have organised and supported many sporting events at
this school to encourage participation wherever possible.

Term one started off with a bang. We had a huge turnout sporting culture at every game to support the teams. We
at our annual swimming sports competition seeing also had our cross country race this term where we saw
Tawhirimatea take the win. We then had athletics day where the four houses go head to head for the 2019 cross county
we saw splashes of blue, red,purple and green take to the title. We saw many pupils running through mud,bush and
track and field. Whether the students were competitive over the hills to compete for the win in their age level. We
or not there was something for everyone. With a great also had many supporters around the course cheering our
day coming to an end we saw Tangora swimming for the runners on to give them that extra boost to keep going. In
finish line,Tawhirimatea striking the competition, Tane the end we saw Ruaumoko house take the win.
mahuta grew stronger, but ultimately we saw Ruaumoko
heating up and taking the win. These events were hugely Term 3 was a big term for sport. At the start we organised
successful because of the participation of every student at a junior and senior house netball competition which saw
Glendowie College. all four houses competing every lunchtime for two weeks
but in the end Tangora went away with the win in both
Term two marked the end of a successful summer sports tournaments. We then had over seven teams travel all
season and the start of the winter sports. We had a range of over the north island to take part in the winter tournament
sports competing every day of the week as well as a vibrant weeks in their respective sports. We had many great results
including the football girls first eleven coming away with a
gold medal for the first time in Glendowie College history.
We also saw the underwater hockey team place second in
their national tournament . As the year comes to an end,
we look forward to the continued success in our summer
sports in term 4.

As your sports prefects we have enjoyed being involved
in all sporting activities within the college, the great
results achieved and the growth in all the pupils whether
achieving personal bests, or participating for the first time.

TAYLA CLARK

Glendowie College 2019

Year Thirteen Prefects 43

Jodie Dickins, Cole Davis, Ollie White and Michaela thought everyone would like. While doing this we also STUDENTS
Ivanier had the job of organising the Year 13 fun day. We had to
decide activities and organise food for all the Year 13’s.
The Year 13 Prefects have been working hard this year! Our aim was to make one of our very limited days left
We had a busy start to the year working alongside the of school as memorable as possible. With events like
events prefects organising the ball. Everyone looked bouncy castles and zorb soccer we hoped that all the Year
amazing as they walked into a tropical night at Eden 13s would have an unforgettable day. While we have had
Park. We had an awesome time choosing the food, a busy year, our jobs are still not finished. We still have
decorations and music that all helped to make the ball to decide on a gift for the school from all of us in Year
a night to remember. As this was our first major event it 13. Glendowie College has done so much for us over the
taught us how much work goes on behind the scenes past 5 years that we want to thank them for all their help.
of organising events like this. It involved hours of admin While our year group has been very memorable leaving a
and hard work but was awesome to see it come together gift for the school will ensure we are never forgotten. Our
in the end and be a night that will never be forgotten. success this year is thanks to all the teachers and various
Our next major job was organising the leavers jumpers. other students and committees who helped us along the
It was a privilege to design a jumper that the year 13’s way. A special thanks to Mrs Rothbart as she helped with
will always have to remember their time at GDC. We all these events putting in her own time and effort as well
designed a few different options deciding on one we as putting up with all of us!

Glendowie College 2019

44 Library - Played poker, chess, Guess Who, Exploding Kittens,
Connect Four or a range of other games
STUDENTS If you came into the library this year, you may have…
- Helped finish a complicated jigsaw puzzle
- Had a blind date with a book
- Borrowed one book, two books or maybe fifty books
- Received Easter Eggs for borrowing books
- Asked Ms Gayton to help you with printing
- Ordered an imaginary burger for Te Wiki o Te Reo
Maori - Attended a library week event

- Helped the library team raise money to buy over 50 - Won or lost or annual Harry Potter Kahoot!
pairs of Pyjamas for Kidz First at Middlemore Hospital
- Discovered a new author
- Come to the library wearing your onesie
- Been one of the 90 students who grabbed summer
- Got excited about the new library computer system reading from the library with our personalised
#relaxandread programme
- Participated and maybe even helped your House win
the inaugural Hose Reading Competition - Used a book in your inquiry work

- Been taught something about CRAAP or note taking - Discovered a new website like DigitalNZ
or database research or APA referencing or a mixture
of all by Ms Gayton - Raced around the library creating chaos during the
Alice in Wonderland Scavenger Hunt
- Started following the library’s Instagram page @gdclib
- Annoyed or amused the librarian
- Borrowed a book from a fabulous Pride display
- And you might have done lots of other stuff too!
- Been one of the 33 teams you tried to conquer our
Escape Room

- Studies and read in the quiet reading room at break
times

Glendowie College 2019

READERS CUP 45

STUDENTS

In term 1 a group of year 9 students competed in the GDC Caption required
readers competition. From this event, a school team was
selected with five year 9 readers Meghan Cartwright, Luke The National Readers Cup was held at the start of term 4 at
Gordon, Isla Kendrick, Zoe Paterson and Aimee Thomas. Dilworth College, schools came from all over New Zealand
We went to Alfriston College to take part in the South East to compete from Whangarei, Otago, Christchurch, even
Auckland Regional Readers Cup competition. As a team the Wairarapa. Throughout term 3 and up until the day
we had to answer a series of questions on six books we had of the competition, we had been working extensively, at
read (some of them we liked, some of them we didn’t!); the lunchtimes and form to memorise the details of 6 books
tricky part of the competition is that only 4 out of 5 team (Good-Bye Stranger, A Song Only I Can Hear, The Half-Life
members could be at the table answering questions, we of Ryan Davis, The Traitor and the Thief, and The Boy at
had no idea of the order books would be quizzed in, and the Top of the Mountain). Also, being held at Dilworth (a
we only got to sub a player in after round two and four. boarding school) we were invited to join them for lunch.
However the result was a rewarding one - first place and We were treated to steaming pea and ham soup as well as
the chance to compete in the National Readers Cup. an array of vegetables, salads and dips.

After lunch we revised our notes some more, and it wasn’t
long before the competition began. The questions were
not exactly what we expected. So by the end of the first
round, we were surprised to find ourselves in 2nd place
equal. After several more rounds we’re slipped into 3rd
place, and then bounced back into 2nd, a lot of tension
and nervous glances at the opposition, the announcement
was made. Not only had we met our goal of not coming
last but we achieved second place (losing by two points to
Riccarton High School). We celebrated with hot chocolate
and cookies.

The five of us hope that the 2020 readers cup team will
enjoy the competition, the reading and of course the
food as much as we did. Special thanks to Ms Gayton for
training and supporting us.

LUKE GORDON

Glendowie College 2019

46 Peer Support

STUDENTS Earlier this year Ryan and I had the privilege of helping
to manage Peer Support. Throughout term 1 there were
approximately 80 year 12 and 13 students who committed Then, in late February, a select group of us went and joined
to helping the year 9’s fit into their new environment at the Year 9’s on their camp. After hours of activities, games
college. and fun we ran small activities and lessons so that we
could grow together more as a ‘schoolhouse’ and in our
On the first day, after the Powhiri, we ran many different form classes. It was awesome to see the year 9s becoming
activities and games such as Fruit Salad and Bang, better friends and growing in confidence over the three-
introduced students to various teachers, showed them day camp. For us as well, supporting them there was an
around what seems a very complicated school landscape, absolute blast.
as well as showing them where support can be found
for various situations that will probably occur in their Camp and Peer Support overall was a really enjoyable and
high school experience. We played way too many name fun experience to be a part of, growing our own leadership
games and started the year off right. For the first term skills and introducing the year 9’s to the Glendowie College
there were weekly sessions during extended form time, in family.
which we covered a wide range of topics such as bullying,
dealing with anxiety, peer pressure, communication and BRITNEY JAMIESON
cooperation. During each of the lessons there were fun
activities that centered around what we were trying to
teach them so that it was never a bore.

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International Programme 47

In 2019, our International Programme continued to flourish STUDENTS
with well over 100 international students enrolled at
Glendowie College. Studying in their second language
these students continue to achieve very good results, some
at the highest level. Many also participate in a range of co-
curricular activities including team sports and a variety of
music activities, including an outstanding song and dance
act during International Languages week.

Our International students come from a variety of countries
and cultures and add to the already diverse mix of students
at the college. This year we have had students from: China,
Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam,
Sri Lanka, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Peru, France,
Germany, Italy, Spain and New Caledonia.

The College is as always grateful to the local families and
homestay providers who include and take care of our
International students during their time with us.

LESLEY WALKER
DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

International Talent
Competition

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