Lynfield College Yearbook

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Digital
Technologies

This year has been particularly Patrick Dowling from Techtorium which YEAR 9 ROBOTICS
is a training institute specialising in IT
successful for the Year 9-11 students skills; and Chris Mayhew from Manukau Year 9 Robotics again ran four classes
Tech who showed the students that no throughout the year. Students covered
who sat the ICAS Digital Technologies matter what level of qualifications they cyber safety, spread sheets, computational
might have there is an IT job available for thinking, simple algorithms and the basics
assessment. Raymond Feng gained a them. Of course he added that the higher of programming. Using Lego NXT robots
the qualification the higher the pay rate. students completed a series of tasks. A set
High Distinction Award as well as a It seems that an IT data analyst is the challenge followed the tasks which tested
highest paid IT professional in the students learning. The challenges
Principal’s Award and Michael Howell New Zealand. continued to engage students, many of
whom were quite intently determined to
and Matthew Tribble both gained In August a group of twelve Robotics complete every challenge to the highest
students and two of our teachers, Mr of standards.
Distinction Awards. Yearbury and Mr Hook travelled to
Three Year 10 students gained Distinc- Waitangi to meet an advanced Artificially
tion awards also – Iris Huang, Callum Intelligent humanoid robot called Sophia.
Clow and Puja Laxman. Saifullah Imram This was an unique experience for all
from Year 9 also gained Distinction. The those involved and they were told that
number of Merit and Credit awards was improved Sophias could be a common
also significantly increased this year. sight in our homes within the next five
years!
The ICDL (international Computer
Driver’s Licence) was offered to students Staff in the Digital Technologies
in Year 10 and there was a 100% success Faculty are working extremely hard to
rate for this qualification. ensure that their students are provided
with the best opportunities to learn and
This year we had three speakers succeed in their courses.
come to talk to our students about their
chosen careers and the pathways they
took to achieve their positions. They had
plenty of advice to pass on to our job
seekers especially those wanting to go
into the IT industry. They were Shailan
Patel who worked in sales at MYOB;

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Design and Visual
Communication

After 12 years teaching DVC at Architectural and spatial design
remains the main focus in Year 12 and
Lynfield College, Mr Tan has left us Year 13 DVC classes. The Year 12 projects
included a visitor centre, a promotional
to take up a new position at Western billboard and a multi-functional furniture
unit that responded to the needs of
Springs College. We wish him all certain societal groups in Auckland.
Year 13 students produced a single
the best in his new endeavours. large project of their choosing. Projects
include cafes, outdoor classrooms and
We welcome Miss Stewart into the public footbridges.

Faculty as the new DVC teacher. She The Technology Showcase Evening
exhibits student work and provides
brings expertise in presentation and an audience for students to plan and
present their designs to gain the related
creativity in the classroom. achievement standards. This real world
This year the Year 9 and 10 DVC event galvanised many students into
producing high quality work and mimics
classes have focused on a broad what would happen at university and
spectrum of visual communication and in an industry setting, preparing our
design skills. We have continued the use students to go further with Technology.
of Computer Aided Design as well as
focusing on freehand sketching skills.
Model-making plays a big part in industry
and in design courses at university, and
as such we have incorporated more
model-making into our units of work at
all levels. This has seen students thrive in
the making phase of the design process.

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Hard Materials

The building boom and the lack of success from the classroom and develops vehicle scene in the years to come. This
a good work ethic for student future year we have worked more with electric
skilled tradespeople in NewZealand pathways. circuits and electronic control than in
the past. We realise teaching the basic
has had an impact on student career Again several students are leaving to principles of automotive electronics and
take up apprenticeships while others will mechatronics will set our students up
options. I have never seen so many undertake training at the various trade well for the future. Unitec (our provid-
academies. er) continues to support the school and
students wanting to enter into trade provide a pathway into tertiary study.
Our junior classes are popular Students are taking this option more
type careers. The ability to earn with students; having large numbers and gaining in-depth knowledge of the
in classrooms with machinery has industry practice.
a higher than average wage has proved challenging at times! The need
to demonstrate practical activities and THE FINAL WORD
definitely attracted students to our provide one on one instruction has had
Mr Lee stretched. Machining always This year has been one of the
courses. intrigues students; watching metal and best in terms of students gaining
The Year 11, 12 and 13 Materials wood disappear on lathes and milling apprenticeships. Students entering
machines introduces students to control into construction and fabrication have
and Electronic programme has been and tolerances. Again these are the benefited from a vibrant and financially
developed in recent times to better foundation skills that put students in strong industry. While other schools are
reflect trends around mechatronics good stead for the future. closing down their material programmes
and smart concepts. In doing so we feel due to a lack of trained teachers, our
students will gain a good base knowledge Automotive and motor vehicles are workshops and classrooms still remain
of ideas and be able to take this forward currently going through a quiet revolu- as busy as ever.
into either university or industry. tion. Electric and hybrid vehicles are now
becoming popular and will dominate the
As in previous years Carpentry at
Lynfield continues to be strong. We
have built our studios for a client and
students have been working to meet their
specifications. I have been impressed
with students working in their own time
on projects this year. This builds on

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Early Childhood Education

Early Childhood Education in Years
12 and 13 focuses on the well-being
and development of young children.
The programme runs in partnership
with M.I.T and students finish with
a Certificate in Early Childhood
Education. The courses aim to provide
students with a career pathway into
becoming an ECE teacher, nanny, au
pair or primary school teacher.

Students love embracing their inner
child when they develop play resources
and take them to the centres to interact
with the children. Fond memories of play
dough, dress-ups, and playing families
are a highlight.

We are very lucky to have the
on-going support of the Lynfield
College Community Childcare Centre.
They provide our students with work
experience and support when completing
their assessments and placements.

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Textiles Technology –
Fashion & Design

Textiles surround us on a daily basis

and play an important role in our lives

whether it is clothing, shelter, car

interiors, boat sail and artificial turf

to name a few.
At Lynfield, we aim to provide

students with contexts that they can
identify with and yet still be challenged
to think and expand their current
understanding.

Textiles Technology and Fashion and
Design enables our students to develop
their communication, research and
modelling skills in order to design unique
products to meet their own briefs, and
the needs of their stakeholders.

Authentic learning plays an important
part in our programmes and this has
included tertiary visits, industry
speakers and real opportunities
to develop educational toys for
the school’s crèche and quilts for
children in foster care.

The techniques learnt in
our courses include machining,
garment construction, hand and
machine embroidery, pattern-
making, product design, felting,
dying, screen-printing, and
fashion illustration.

Fashion and Design at
Year 13 provides opportunity
for scholarship and is a
university approved subject.
Kayla McGregor and Priyanka
Rana expressed how the skills
learnt in Year 13 Fashion
and Design at Lynfield
really prepared them
for their Fashion and
Design course at
AUT.

We are so proud
of our students and
the products and
fashion garments
created this year.

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Personal &
Community
Care

2017 brought new beginnings for students designing 4 Makeup and hair students to learn about the technology
designs for the Lynfield College School process, and to develop and trial their
Personal & Community Care. We have Ball. This was a highlight for students as own aromatherapy products. 2017
they spent weeks creating dress, hair and proved to be very successful for this unit
developed a course which provides makeup mood boards before deciding on with many students gaining Excellence
the four looks they would be assessed on. grades.
a subject avenue for students who Students spent several lessons refining
their makeup application and hair-up In Term 3 and 4 our focus was
are interested in a career in nursing, skills before being assessed on their Makeup. Students began Term 3 learning
looks. I was blown away with the quality about the fundamentals of makeup;
occupational therapy, aged care, etc. of work the girls produced. makeup products, application tools and
2017 was our first year of having a techniques. We had the pleasure of award
Our Level 2 programme kicked off winning Yolanda Bartram from Body
Level 3 PCC programme. 14 students the year with students learning about FX coming into school to do a one-day
eagerly took this new and exciting class. Care Provision in our community which workshop on advanced makeup applica-
included learning about the Role of a tion techniques with a focus on Body/
Term 1 was spent learning about Support Worker in a Health setting, Face Art and Special Effects makeup.
Human Anatomy and Physiology. rights of health patients and industry
Students learnt about different human Health & Safety. The students thoroughly enjoyed
body systems such as the Cardiovascular this workshop and all left with severed
System, the organs involved and their Term 2 involved the students learning fingers and colourful faces. This
role in the body. about homemade beauty products. The workshop helped inspire and prepare
students made numerous products in the students for their Level 2 Makeup
Term 2 was spent learning about class such as candles, lip balms, bath assessment which was completing two
the Communication Process Theory. bombs, soaps, shampoos, hydrating models for the Lynfield College Fashion
Students learnt about different types face mists etc. This was a great learning show which was 80’s themed. The
of communication, factors that affect experience for the students to research students’ models looked stunning
communication, listening skills and body natural ingredients and it allowed the on stage.
language. This unit has proven to be very
useful for many of our students who now
have part time jobs. The remainder of
the year was spent working on a Level
3, six credit Makeup unit. This involved

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Hospitality

NZCHEFS NATIONAL
HOSPITALITY

Championships were held at the
Auckland ASB Showgrounds on
28th July in conjunction with the
Auckland Food show. These students
were competing against students
from throughout the country and
demonstrated a high level of skill to
even enter the competition.

We are very pleased with the results
and proud of the level of expertise and
skill shown by our group of hospitality
students. These competitions enable
them to work at an industry level and
show off their skills to others.

HOSPITALITY

In hospitality through the year we
have catered for many events which
has enabled students to gain credits
towards their NCEA certificates.
We once again catered for the Aged
Concern Morning Tea, Mr Bovaird’s
leaving lunch. Oxfam fundraiser for
Parent Teacher Conferences and
students. Technology Showcase Event,
Mentorship Breakfast, Support staff
Day Morning Tea and Prospective
Year 9 Evening. These events have
kept us busy and students have gained
valuable experience and confidence.

D’café is run by students throughout
the year offering a variety of beverages
to students and staff. Frappes are
available in Term 1 and in Term 2 and
3 we offer a variety of coffees and hot
chocolates. They are always popular
and create a buzz around D block. The
café provides experience for the Barista
students and the opportunity to hone
their skills.

During Technology Faculty Careers
week, we had a variety of speakers
from industry come in and talk to the
Hospitality Students about possible
career choices and study options. This
ensures they understand the breadth
of the industry and the exciting career
opportunities open to them once they
leave school.

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Food and Nutrition

It has been another productive and hygiene and safety, cultural food, nutri- opportunity. During our Technology
tion and food. For the final assessment, Careers Week, the editor of the Healthy
busy year in Food and Nutrition. they work individually or in pairs to plan, Food Guide magazine, Jennifer DeMon-
prepare and present their own version of talls addressed our senior Food and
All our courses are focused on the a healthy burger meal. At the end of the Nutrition students. She spoke about the
year, students complete a cross-curricu- background of the magazine and the
health and well-being of everyone. lar unit of work relating to the nutrients many different food-related careers that
Practical lessons are enjoyed by all and hydration required of a physically were represented there, such as food
active person. photographer and recipe development
our students and we aim to improve their manager. She also talked about the
practical skills and expose them to a wide Senior students are exposed to some different academic, attitudinal and skill-
range of techniques and different foods. challenging issues relating to food, that based requirements to succeed in each
Making healthy food that is attractive to provide for a great deal of discussion and job and what sort of tertiary learning was
look at and delicious to eat is a constant no easy answers. The standards at Level 1 appropriate.
and exciting challenge for staff and are focused on the teenager and include
students, and we rely on informed and food safety, cultural food practices,
detailed feedback from the students as to individual nutritional needs and the
the success of our choices. influence of packaging information on
food choices and well-being.
In the Year 9 programme, there is a
focus on awareness and understanding At Level 2 we look at the needs of
of nutrition issues as well as looking at someone who is vegan and a child
the well-being of an individual teenager. who is overweight. In addition, we
Students complete an Introductory investigate the sustainability of our food
unit then go on to ‘What’s Really In Our supply and issues related to making our
Food?’, a unit taught concurrently with society healthier. The Level 3 standards
the Health and Science Faculties and cover a food-related ethical dilemma,
finally ‘Spotlight on Healthy Eating’, the influence of multinational food
focusing on sugar, fat, salt and fibre in companies and advertising on our food
food and in the body. choices and the analysis of conflicting
nutritional information and issues.
The aim of the Year 10 programme is
to develop students’ basic knowledge, Year 13 Food and Nutrition students
that will give them a foundation for were also able to do Scholarship and
senior courses in Hospitality or Food and several took advantage of this exciting
Nutrition and also to develop students’
practical skills. Again students complete
an Introductory unit then they work on

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Year 9 Technology

Technology is linked to almost their well-being. This programme equips visual communication is an important
students with the skills to analyse, assess component of the materials technology
every aspect of our daily lives and and make informed decisions around programme that provides skills around
food-related issues. Students cook once how to clearly communicate their ideas
specialised technological knowledge a week when they develop valuable visually. The materials classes are divided
life skills in personal hygiene and food into hard (metal, wood) and soft (textiles/
and skills are vital to the current and preparation. fashion and design) Skills taught are
material manipulation, construction,
future well-being of New Zealand. In materials technology, students printing, laser cutting, screen-printing,
are challenged to develop and extend tie dying to name a few.
There will be many jobs in the future their ideas and explore creative
solutions to practical problems within
for our students that have not yet a variety of contexts. Design and

been created. Technology education

challenges students in a way no other

subject does.
Technology at Year 9 is a diverse

program to expose students to the many
learning opportunities that become more
specialised at senior levels. Students
spend two terms completing a cross-
curricular focus on food and nutrition
and current health issues related to

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Technology
Learning
Support

This year the learning support
students have experimented with
lots of mechanisms, using Lego
to see how they work and making
models that use them.

Later in the year we used some
Brain Box electronics kits to explore
the basics of circuits including lights,
fans and sound effects.

This has been a popular program
for everyone involved and we have all
learned a lot this year.

LIBRARY REPORT

Reading for pleasure is alive and well Mrs Bennett has continued to do a LIBRARY STAFF
wonderful job keeping the front page
at Lynfield College, so much so that of our online catalogue stuffed full of LIBRARY MANAGER
new books and news. The provision of Zona Whyte, BA(LIS), Cert.NZLA
we have had to move our books around devices for temporary loan to students LIBRARY ASSISTANTS
and in class sets is still a huge focus Vicki Bennett, NZBI Cert.Banking
to make more room for the fiction for Library staff. This service helps to Linda Cutforth, Cert.Library Services
facilitate uninterrupted teaching and
collection! learning. Our environment received
The top ten most popular fiction a welcome boost with the installation
of a new boiler just in time to provide
authors in 2017 are Robert Muchamore, heating for the cold winter mornings. It
Rick Riordan, J.K. Rowling, John Green, is always a pleasure to work in our large
John Marsden, Malorie Blackman, and well-stocked library.
Stephenie Meyer, Michael Grant, George
R.R. Martin and Cassandra Clare. The We look forward to the challenges
most popular non-fiction books all 2018 will bring.
feature notable people such as women’s
rights activist Malala Yousafzai, cricketer
Kane Williamson, boxer Mark Hunt and
just about any NZ sports person!

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SeSrvitcuedsent FACULTY:STUDENTSERVICES
Student Services staff at Lynfield
students who were sick to go home intermediate school to the college
College try their best to support safely. community. Student Services trained
Peer Support Leaders to help new Year
students in all their efforts to be Safe School Committee Leaders met 9 students feel welcome and become
regularly in Student Services to find ways familiar with the college.
successful at school. Services offered to promote emotional safety at Lynfield
College. They worked hard to spread the Year 12 and 13 students attended
to students include career counselling; anti-bullying message through Pink Shirt Peer Support Leadership training during
Day, assembly presentations and other their summer holiday break before
counselling; learning support; health activities during the year. school started, in preparation for the
Orientation Programme for Year 9
services; the library; the Gateway PEER SUPPORT students. The activities were designed
to familiarise the new students with the
Experience and the International The Peer Support Programme is College and also build friendships among
highly valued for its contribution their new class members.
Student Centre. towards facilitating the transition from

THE STUDENT FACULTY: STUDENT SERVICES
SERVICES CENTRE
FACULTY LEADER/GUIDANCE DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL
In 2017, Mrs Karen Hughes, managed our COUNSELLOR EDUCATION
busy Student Services Centre reception.
She is always quick to welcome everyone Deborah Kevany, MEd (Counselling),BA DipTchg Gill Austin, BSocSci, DipTchg, Dip TESSOL
to Student Services and knows when a
student is upset. She will often find a GUIDANCE COUNSELLOR ACADEMIC ADVISER (INTERNAT.)
safe, quiet space for them to sit down
and collect themselves, sometimes with Brian Tonks, BA, Dip Guid. Counselling, Barbara Henricksen, MA (Hons), BTchLn, Dip TESSOL
the help of a friend. Every day a different Dip Tchg, MNZAC
Y10 “runner” delivers piles of messages to GATEWAY COORDINATOR
students in all sorts of weather. CAREERS ADVISER
Esther Harvey, Dip Career Guidance
Our counsellors, Mrs Deborah Kevany, Wendy Keir, Dip HSc, DipTchg, Grad. Cert.Career Dev.
Mr Brian Tonks and Mrs Betty Lin met NURSE
with many students for counselling in LEARNING SUPPORT HOD
2017. They also arranged mediations to Lee Hieatt, RN
resolve conflicts and referred students to Karen Mitchell, TTC, DipTchg
appropriate agencies for specialist help. ADMINISTRATION
SENCO
The counsellors ran the Travellers Karen Hughes
­Programme for Y9 students in Term 2, Liz Holbrook, BEd, PGradDip. Spec. Tchr Lng & Behaviour
and were involved with the Y10 Boys’ TEACHING STAFF
Mentoring Initiative and a special
­induction programme for Glenavon Shamila Singh, BEd, DipEd, TTC
s­ tudents intending to enrol next year.

Mrs Wendy Keir helped many
students from all levels with career
development, course selection and their
transition to tertiary study. She arranged
different educational career events and
experiences for students to attend in
order to introduce them to different
vocational pathways.

Mrs Harvey arranged for students to
go on work placement and gain credits
through the Gateway Experience.

Our new nurse, Mrs Hieatt, took
care of health needs and arranged for

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Gateway

Students have gained many skills We have had a keen group of students Patel_ Yash @ ANZ Bank
this year who have proven to be hard- Najm_ Noor @ Marshall Laing Primary
being on the Gateway Programme, working and committed.

including how to write a CV, how to Some of the Vocational Pathways
our students have been exploring
answer job interview questions and are: Construction, Hospitality, Early
Childhood Education, Banking, Computer
how to work in a real World of Work Engineering, Retail, Engineering, Tourism
and many others.
environment displaying the very
We are very grateful to the wonderful
important Employability Skills. employers who have chosen to be part
Gaining work experience and studying of our College community by hosting our
Gateway students.
industry-related standards is a valuable
way of helping students make those
important career decisions towards
future tertiary study, apprenticeships
and/or work.

Work Preparation - Fist Aid Puka Tauia @ Astley Construction
Chantelle D’Souza @ Western Veterinary Services Clayton Chalmers @ Jay Bee Auto Electrical

Melody Wong @ Life Pharmacy Anthony Jones-Lewis @ Air NZ

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Careers Centre

“Koi a kāhore nei I rapu, tē kitea.” “He • InZone Interactive Careers Coach
who does not seek will not find.” • Got a Trade? Got it Made! Automotive
Careers Tour
Students with the support of their • Kei a Tatou te Ihi (KATTI)
whanau used the Careers Centre • Whakapiki Ake Medical and Health
services across the year. Senior Science careers programme
students have explored and chosen • Pacific Island Leaders of Tomorrow
to transition on to a diverse range of (PILOT)
vocational pathways. • Student Experience Days through
­Tertiary providers
All eight New Zealand universities, Our services assist students to be better
the two local Institutes of Technology, prepared for the modern working world,
plus a wide variety of private providers as switching jobs, companies and even
visited Lynfield College to assist whole industries will be common for our
with tertiary course planning. Many students graduating today. School leavers
students took advantage of career are encouraged to embrace the idea that
events taking place across Auckland it’s not always a specific qualification
throughout the year, assisting them that leads to opportunities, but the
to gain better understanding of life employability skills developed through
beyond school. study, combined with other experiences,
that makes the difference. Wishing all
WE THANK THE ORGANISERS FOR school leavers well, as you transition on
THESE EVENTS: with your career journey.
• WorkChoice Earn & Learn
• Auckland Careers Expo

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Learning Support

Every year sees changes in Learning as a family is enduring. With those Andrew Huang, competed in their first
sentiments in mind, it was with great ever dance competition. They came back
Support, but this year we have really pleasure that we attended the 21st party with a gold medal.
for one of our current students.
outdone ourselves. Thanks to leaky All these things were achieved while a
There were more festivities in July full class programme of science, art, food
buildings, our much talked about shift at the School Ball and the boys from technology, SPEC, maths, travel training,
Learning Support looked very handsome topic studies and for the first time Te Ao
has happened. in their suits. Maori was delivered.
We are now located (temporarily) in
Sport has been a big part of Learning Mainstream SPEC classes under
three portable classrooms between L Support and tournament days for Mrs Singh’s exacting eye, continued to
and H block and are known as M block. Special Olympics are always fiercely have Lynfield recognised as a School of
Students and staff have adjusted well competitive. We had two teams in soccer Excellence for the fifth year.
to the move and visitors are always and basketball, one coached in PE time
welcome. by Mr Clarkson and the other coached at LEARNING SUPPORT STAFF
lunchtimes by Year 13 students Caidyn
Learning Support is still providing Kita and Nathan Chester. Trampoline Karen Mitchell, HOD
not only a safe haven for students with Dylan Schmidt and swimming at the Liz Holbrook, SENCO
but also a launching pad for life after Jellicoe Pools were also part of our sports Shamila Singh, SPEC Teacher
the classroom. We have had students programme.
involved in many activities to help them TEACHER AIDES – FULL-TIME
with their career path. Whether it was Dance was introduced this year Toni Thompson, Jen Schmidt,
sailing a waka, merchandising, lawn and after many months of lessons Scott Taylor Francis Cheung, Vini Laga’aia
mowing or volunteering at a retirement five students, Priyanka Anand, Sophia
home the students excelled themselves May, Xyniel Po Nepia, Kyle Zhuguo and TEACHER AIDES – PART TIME
Sarah Dunne
As students stay within the Toofan Rahim
department longer than in mainstream Reta Ward
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International Students

I made many friends and everybody INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENT
remembered my name. Ayaka, Year 10 –
Japan. DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL
EDUCATION
I had a wonderful homestay. All the Gill Austin, BSocSci, DipTchg, DipTESSOL
members of the family were always INTERNATIONAL RECEPTION
friendly, helpful and encouraging and Sophie Davis
they made me feel a real member of the HOMESTAY CO-ORDINATOR
family. Giacomo, Year 13 – Italy Sandra Foley, DipEd.ECE

I came to Lynfield because I liked the HOMESTAY ASSISTANTS
uniform. Maths was fun and I understood Elke Key and Grace Chew
it much better than in Germany.
Charlotte, Year 10 – Germany.

I wanted to improve my English and
discover another culture. Yes, I think
I did. Everyone was kind to me and
there was no stress. I especially liked
hospitality barista. Charles Year 13 –
France

The environment is clean and the air is
fresh. There is less pressure to study
but my English is improving all the time.
Jessica, Year 11 – China.

My classmates are nice. They are
interested in other cultures and when
I first arrived they enthusiastically
introduced themselves. They are really
helpful especially when I am confused.
Evy, Year 12 – Hong Kong.

64 Five teams competed in NZSS
Tournament Week. Taking part in these
Sport tournaments, where only the top teams
What a year of grit and determination from each school are eligible to enter, is
an excellent opportunity to raise the level
as our teams used bats, bows, paddles, of our performances and have loads of
fun as a team.
balls, stones, racquets, compasses and
Most successful this year were
ropes to try to out-play and out-wit Premier Netball (2nd in B Grade at Upper
North Island Netball and promoted to A
the opposition with our skills, fair play grade for 2018) and 1st XI Girls Football
(4th in Kathy Seaward tournament).
and sheer sense of fun! The 1st XI Boys Hockey, Senior Boys
Whole school sporting events Badminton and 1st XI Boys Football
teams also competed very well in their
continue to be as popular as ever. tournaments.
Athletics Sports had to be postponed due
to some ugly weather but fortunately the Sports captains brought their own
alternative day was perfect ­weather for a brand of enthusiasm to the organisation
great festive event. of the House competitions at lunchtimes.
Touch, volleyball and netball were, as
Seniors led the way with their always, keenly contested.
imaginative use of colour to really build
house unity, while the juniors were set Winners varied enormously which
on showing their rivals how strong/fast/ created a super interesting, close
tough they really are! The Road Race saw competition. The House quiz wrapped
all Y9 and Y10 students run a 3km course up this hard fought competition.
while the competitive seniors attacked a Congratulations - Fatialofa’s consistency
5km run all within set time frames. throughout the entire year paid off and
they won the overall trophy, closely
Students are constantly up for followed by Lewis.
new challenges and really enjoyed
the different dimensions such a wide All this sport needs many coaches,
variety sports offer. Rock climbing was managers, umpires and an eagle eyed
introduced this year. It was instigated by administration team to make sure teams
Emma Bradley (Y13) who was the officially are entered into the right competitions
qualified instructor for a dedicated group at the right time, players make it to their
of more than 20 students. games on time and enjoy learning and
perfecting lots of new skills.
Team numbers just keep growing and
in 2017 we had 29 summer and 62 winter Huge thanks to the team of 135
teams in weekly competitions, 10% more volunteers who willingly give up their
than last year and 25% up on 3 years ago! time to make it possible for so many
students to learn and grow from
For the first time, our 1st XI Boys taking part in sport - we truly couldn’t
Hockey team played in the “A Reserve” survive without them. Their input and
grade and finished 15th in Greater commitment allow our students to have
Auckland – a fantastic result. Boys so many sporting opportunities!
football, tennis, curling and table tennis
gained more teams. In three years the TEAM GOLD TO:
number of teams competing in weekly
interschool competitions has increased SPORT ..............................................TEAM ..................................... GRADE
by 25% to just over 90 meaning that
about half our students now play at least Badminton (Term 2 & 3) ............Girls Thursday ................... C grade
one sport for our school. On top of this,
many others represent us as individuals Curling ............................................Gold ........................................ Mixed
in zone and regional events or in sports
that have no weekly competitions. Football ............................................2nd XI Girls ......................... Waitakere A3

SPORTS DEPARTMENT Hockey .............................................1st XI Girls ........................... C Grade Central West

DIRECTOR OF SPORT Netball .............................................Senior Grey ......................... WASSC Senior G
Felicity Walbran, BSc, DipTchg
10 White ..........................................WASSC Y10............................ D grade
SPORTS COORDINATOR
Joanne Smith Tennis ..............................................Junior Boys .......................... B grade

SPORTS FACILITIES SUPPORT Senior Boys .......................... B Yellow
David Otter
Table Tennis ..................................Boys 2 ..................................... B1 grade

Boys 6 ..................................... C1 grade

Tennis ..............................................Junior Boys A ...................... A3 grade

Junior Girls B ...................... B grade







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Mt Maunganui Exchange

This year it was our turn to RESULTS

leave school at 6am to travel and Basketball (girls)...............Loss
Basketball (boys)..............Loss
compete in the annual Lynfield/ Golf......................................Win
Water polo.........................Loss
Mt Maunganui sports exchange on Netball (Prem 1)................Loss
Netball (Prem 2)...............Win
Wednesday 16 August. Football (boys)..................Win
This exchange has been a highlight Football (girls)...................Loss
Rugby..................................Win
on the sporting calendars of both Debating............................Win
schools for 58 years and players were
looking forward to it all year. The top
teams in 8 codes competed for the
overall trophy based on the number of
games won and lost. Playing conditions
were perfect for both spectators
and players at Mt Maunganui. The
competition was intense and finally
Mt Maunganui won the overall
trophy 7-6, BUT we did bring
home the rugby trophy and
the debating cup! All students
played hard and fair and had a
great day!!

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Bray not our strongest sport, the juniors house members and the way they
played in the finals, coming in at 2nd. represented Bray. Sophia and I enjoyed
Sea of BLUE. That’s what you imagine, Then came netball, by far the highlight being part of Bray House. We would like
of the year. Everyone who was involved to thank everyone in Bray House for
when Bray House is mentioned. With was so enthusiastic. I understand why - showing us your unique personalities,
as we saw our seniors undefeated. They athletic abilities and house spirit.
athletics postponed, our spirits rose came out on top in a close finals game
against Faumauina. Thanks also to Ruby (13MZ) and
again when the day came. Janae Van Panahon (13MN) for painting
Competition was friendly but fierce Our juniors did equally well, but just our banner and giving us a fresh new
fell short in the finals coming in at 2nd. look instead of our tired banner from
as we paired up against Reid house for House quiz was also a favourite; not the last years. We’d also like to thank Mr
the events. It was joyous to see our because of our result, but rather with McKenzie and Mrs Carswell for guiding
house in blue colours competing in all the laughter and jokes that we shared. us through being house captains.
the events, whether it was 100m sprints
or the three-legged race, even if the Overall, it has been an awesome SOPHIA CLARKE
points didn’t go our way. We anticipated year. No matter what the results were, AND LEON ZHENG
Touch was where we would make a Sophia and I are very happy with our
comeback.

As expected, we did make ground as
we saw our juniors come 1st and seniors
2nd. Next up was volleyball. Although

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HOUSE REPORTS

Fatialofa

What a year! Fatialofa fought hard this As the year went on and the points
got closer together it was truly down
year in the closest competition to date to the wire. Overall this year has been a
success with the amazing guidance from
and came within one point of first our house leaders Mrs Singh and Mrs Van
Heeswijk, and an awesome contribution
place in the overall competition. This from the house students going head first
into every competition. I know everyone
means Fatialofa has been in the top is proud to be a part of Fatialofa. GO
FATIALOFA!!
two houses overall for the last three
SAM LE MARQUAND
years. Which sparks fear into the AND SUKRIT SINGH

other houses when they see Fatialofa

roll up. Led by Sam Le Marquand

and Sukrit Singh, Fatialofa has been

excelling since day one.
As you walked into school on athletics

day all you could see was red. With
amazing costumes ranging from Elmo
to the flash. Fatialofa’s house spirit was
high and athletics day was a success
with us taking out the most important
competition of the day... Rubbish
clean up!

But this year's success was
truly a credit to our junior
students who obliterated
the competition in the
volleyball and netball,
earning us crucial points
for the competition and
setting the bar high for
the seniors to follow.

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HOUSE REPORTS

Faumuina
The beginning of the year as house Faumuina placed 6th for the house
competitions.
captains was the most competitive
Although we would have liked to have
time, starting off with athletics. The won at least one competition, for us it
was not all about winning; it was
students in Faumuina went all out and about increasing the student
participation and involvement
gave it their all in the events as well throughout the year and having
a diverse group of people in
as the way they dressed up. We won all different year levels come
together and get involved
Best Dressed! in the competitive yet fun
The support from the Faumuina house events.

shone through in the rest of the house Faumuina was a lot of
competitions. The placings were not as fun and laughs, we had
good as we would have hoped for but a lot of support from everyone
seeing the amount of involvement and in our smiling yellow house
support from those in Faumuina was and because of them we had
a feeling that winning couldn’t bring. a great year and made many
For athletics we placed 5th; in touch memories.
rugby the juniors came 6th and seniors
4th; both seniors and juniors came TONY LIU AND
4th in volleyball. Netball by far was the
competition where we had the highest SUNYANA JIT
numbers participating and in this the
juniors placed 4th and seniors 2nd.
The house quiz was a very promising
competition for us - we came 3rd! Overall

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Lewis
Lewis House has experienced yet worked hard to strategise and set up
surprise attack shots and next year we
another awesome year. Without our aim to be even better.

green Queen and King, Tanya and To top the year off was our ability
for both the junior and senior teams to
Jamie, Athletics Day wouldn’t have showcase their academic prowess in the
House Quiz. With the Seniors coming
been the fantastic experience that it first and the Juniors coming third, we
earnt first place in this competition
was. It wasn’t a big deal that we came overall. Way to go Lewis.

fourth overall. To sum up, all Lewis House students
The winning result for us was the fact have had a fantastic year. We are positive
that we can improve on coming fourth
that our new Year 9’s, our Lewis leaders overall in 2018 and we are really looking
of the future, had an amazing experience, forward to working together.
in an amazing house, with amazing
school spirit. A few comments from our TANYA AGGARWAL AND JAMIE FOWLER
new juniors, are testament to this:

“It was fun to try different activities
in sport and support Lewis by wearing
house colours.”

“I liked getting to know our class
more.”

“This was my first Athletics day at
Lynfield and I really enjoyed the games
and sports. I liked being around the
seniors.”

Another highlight in our house was
the mighty effort made by our Senior
Volleyball players who came second in
the final gripping game. Our players

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Reid tions, we sought
In simple terms, the beginning of the out to have fun
and enjoy our-
year was interesting, to say the least. selves the best we
could, which is what
The weather was unforgiving, forcing we ended up doing,
no matter the result.
us to postpone Lynfield's athletics
Many thanks to all
day to a later date. of those students who
With the uncertainty that the participated and gave their all in each
and every house competition. Their re-
weather wouldn’t give in, many doubted liability and incredible attitude left Reid
that the day would happen. However, in an awesome position which we are
by no means did this deter our House’s grateful for! However, there must be a
spirits to participate, and after the day special thanks to those students from
finally came, our House showed their 9MH, 12WL and 13HB who continued to
ecstatic attitudes and enthusiasm. At show their reliability and showed up to
the end of the day, we ended up crush- every house competition, giving it their
ing most of the events which placed us all when we needed them the most.
first equal with Zoricich. And most important of all, we would
like to appreciate Mrs Matheson and
With our strong start to the house Mrs Wells for being our staff leaders
competitions, we were looking to take for 2017.
out the competition and continue Reid’s
foregoing legacy as a strong competitor We are extremely proud of what
in the house competitions. Reid has achieved in 2017, and sincere-
ly wish the best of luck to the future
After the “armageddon” of house generations of Reid students and the
competitions, despite each of us having following House Captains to represent
a blast and putting in our all, we didn’t Reid House for 2018.
place as well as we would have liked in
house touch, falling just short to Bray THOMAS YANG AND
but still achieving second place.
VINCENT TSO
Nevertheless, we kept our heads
high and after house volleyball, our
main focus was put towards the road
race and the other competitions. We
took the road race by storm, taking out
first place. In the remaining competi-

Zoricich
Our juniors went on to exert an Mr Tan, Mr Daly and Mrs Ram for all
Beat em, bust em that's our custom amazing effort in house competition their help and moral support without
sports, scoring second place in Touch which we wouldn’t have done as well as
- Our motto for this year quickly Rugby - a fact we couldn’t be more we have.
proud of.
became our custom as Zoro gave our We are so honoured to be your house
The best thing about being Zorocich captains this year, and wish the 2018
rivals a run for their money in every house captains has been seeing the Zorocich house captains all the best!
energy and determination in the eyes of
sporting category. Zoro students - they have all put in so Zoro is back in the game and will
We ended Athletics Day triumphantly, much effort this year in order to see us ­continue to blow away the competition!
succeed.
ultimately coming out on top in a tie for AMISHA DAMANIA
first place with Reid. Our fierce team Big thank you to our house leaders, AND ARJUN BAJAJ
spirit also saw us take out the title for
best chant and mascot. The whole day
set an exciting and high-spirited tone for
the remainder of the year.

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ARTS & CULTURE

Arts and Culture
CULTURAL DAY

It’s been another great year for

cultural groups, full of diversity at

Lynfield College. The year has been

packed with events such as Polyfest,

Stand Up Stand Out and of course our

annual Cultural Festival.
The 2017 Lynfield College Cultural

Festival featured eighteen dances
full of exciting flashes of colour and
energetic rhythms. Stunning costumes
and traditional attire could be seen
throughout the festival. The pungent
aromas of ethnic spices and global dishes
could be smelt throughout and added to
the welcoming atmosphere of the day.

This event is a fantastic way to
show how proud we are of our cultural
diversity here at Lynfield College and we
are looking forward to another amazing
Festival next year!

CULTURAL GROUPS

Adult ESOL Group Kapa Haka
African Group Korean Group
Anime Group Niuean Group
Bahamian Group Polyfest Indian
Chinese Group Punjabi Group
Christian Group Samoan Group
Cook Islands Group Skittles
Feminist Group South East Asian
Fijian Group South American
Filipino Group Tongan Group
German Group UK Group
HERC Zero Waste Group
Indian Group Japanese Group

ZERO WASTE

This dedicated group of about 30

keen environmentalists have one

objective: make our Cultural Day

a Zero Waste event.
That meant that a coordinated effort

was needed from stall planning to hiring
bins and purchasing compostable goods
for serving the food on. Volunteers
manned the bin stations, ensuring that
compostable items went into the green
bins, recyclables went into the yellow
and landfill, the red.

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Polyfest - Kapa Haka

The Lynfield College Kapa Haka group
performed on stage in group two on
Friday morning (17 March). This was
their first year in this higher category.

Their performance was o­ utstanding
and was very well received by the crowd,
particularly the strong group of former
students and parents. The group of over
30 students have been practising since
the start of the year under the expert
guidance of their tutors, Anita Moser
and Kriss Rapana. At school they were
strongly supported by Whaea Leauga and
Whaea Maihi. Well done to all involved.
You did us proud.

Indian Group

This year the Indian Polyfest Group
was another bright success. The theme
of culture and leadership was shown
through Indian dance forms such as
Semi-classical, Garba and Bhangra, all
choreographed by Nikhita and Neha. The
group greatly enjoyed performing on the
Polyfest Diversity stage amongst other
fantastic dances. We danced again for the
vibrant Lynfield College Cultural Festival.
The group of 18 consisted of a large num-
ber of Year 9 students, nurturing their
passion for dance and encouraging them
to continue with cultural dance through-
out their remaining years at high school.

WRITTEN BY NIKHITA PRASAD

Disco
Inferno

BY MARIE DOBBIE

Lynfield College’s musical production of production with smiles on their faces.
Each one of the cast had their own
Disco Inferno surprised the masses with
favourite moment whether it was an
its catchy songs, memorable dances and emotional scene, like the one between
the characters of Jane and Jack just after
witty dialogue. It’s message of ‘don’t their breakup, or a humorous scene like
outside the movie theatre with crying
take what you have for granted’ is one girls everywhere. Songs were a favourite
for all of the cast, singers and dancers.
that shone through the entire piece. No one in the cast worked harder than on
The story followed a young man Friday night when judges were coming to
watch. We all worked as a unit and gave it
named Jack aspiring to be famous our all. Gifting the audience with the best
in London, 1976. He had his break in show we had ever performed.
the nightclub Disco Inferno, where
he worked, when he met a dazzling Of course, however, a show is never
and persuasive woman named Lady completed without an abundance of help
Marmalade who was associated with the and this year we had a plethora. Miss
devil and promised him fame and fortune Nicholson, our director, directed with
in return for his soul. Jack accepted and determination and poise giving one of
international fame followed. However, the best shows Lynfield has ever seen.
Jack slowly starts to realise that having Mrs Streat, our choreographer, make us
everything he could ever dream of at the look as though we all were professionals
expense of everyone he cared about in although at the beginning it seemed like
his life, makes life feel hollow. He loses a formidable task. Mrs Norman and Mrs
his girlfriend, friends and makes some Mittermeier, our vocal coaches, made
mistakes he could never take back. This us sound as though we were all pop
made the show full of exciting, emotional stars and made the vocals truly shine.
and dramatic moments which made it Of course for lighting and sound, we have
more enjoyable to be a part of. to mention Mr Waddington and his crew
for allowing the audience to see and hear
Being an actor in a show, especially us. Without that the show wouldn’t have
one like this, is always exciting. With been able to continue. We won’t forget
such a small cast, we all got to know our stagehands who this year had a lot of
each other really well and bonded work to do. They were our saviours and it
through the two terms we were working is these people who were truly the stars
together. Of course having such a close of the show.
cast always means that working is really
playing and the whole idea of producing Lynfield College put on another
a show together just becomes a game, successful show and hopes to do so again
resulting in some very funny rehearsals next year when it can only get better.
and performances. When not on stage Thank you to everyone who came to the
during show nights, you could find most show and enjoyed it as much as everyone
of the cast either frantic to change for involved has.
their next scene or dancing, singing or
quoting lines from the dialogue on stage.
However, none could match the fun
and amusement of centre stage. Jokes
received laugh after laugh on every night
and audience after audience left the

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ROBOTICS WORLD CHAMPS

VEX Robotics
Group

This year Lynfield College had six Closer to home Lynfield College At the end of August, several Robotics
entered two teams in the Auckland students had the opportunity to meet
teams competing in The NZ VEX Regional Kiwi Challenge Robotics Dr Ben Goertzel, the Chief AI (Artificial
competition. All team members were Intelligence) Scientist from Hanson
Robotics National Championships. Y10 students and this was their first Robotics and Sophia who is described as
experience in a formal competition. the most humanlike robot in the world.
We made the finals where we were Both teams did very well with one team We met with Dr Ben before a conference
winning one of the three divisions session and learnt quite a great deal
narrowly beaten into 2nd place. and the other team taking victory about making life like robots and Artificial
We then sent a team to compete in as the overall Grand Winners of this Intelligence. Two of our students then
competition. introduced Dr Goertzel and Sophia to the
the VEX Robotics World Competition MORGO conference at Waitangi. After
in Louisville, Kentucky, USA where During the year, Lynfield College the conference presentation, we had the
Lynfield competed against 500 other hosted the Kiwi Challenge finals opportunity to talk more with Ben and
qualifying high school teams from 34 combined with a robotics workshop and interact with Sophia.
countries. Unfortunately, we did not the fourth scrimmage of the 2017/18
make it to the finals this year. While seasons game “In the Zone.” We have also demonstrated what we
at the World Championships, as the are doing with Robotics at Lynfield Col-
Excellence winners from last year, Towards the end of term 2 a group lege and how it can be used as a teaching
our team addressed the Champions Robotics students were asked by the and learning tool, to several Intermediate
Reception. The Reception is a dinner Ministry of Education to speak at the schools in our area and at the uLearn17
held for the international VEX Event Ministerial Cross–Sector Forum on teachers’ conference during this year.
Partners and the major sponsors of the digital education. Our students spoke
World Championships, who include very well demonstrating why robotics All participating students are to be
Northrop Grumman, NASA, Google and should be included in the curriculum and congratulated for their dedication, hard
several American universities. Our team receiving a standing ovation from the work and team efforts throughout
spoke wonderfully and the response audience. the year.
was that they were tremendous. Some
team members were even offered the
opportunity to study in America.

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Lynfield College Debating 2017

Debating Teams

Another fantastic year of Lynfield firsts for Lynfield. To start, the Junior Mrs Wagner (ASD teacher award)
Debating saw our group just explode Open team, Lynfield 4, were the first and Mrs Wiggins (will take 2018 off)
in numbers. Year 9 team (Isha, Roshni, Tanvi, Vibhuti
and Aashish) to ever advance to the debater in Auckland who has achieved
Eleven teams took to the competition semi-final rounds in Lynfield’s history. this feat! We are all so proud of Karan!
in their respective grades. They were Second, the Senior Open (Marnsi,
experienced, poised and produced yet Mahima, Nicole, Shreya and Eve) beat FAREWELL
another year of unprecedented success. Kings College in the Grand Final to take
Lynfield was the only Auckland school out the title of the Senior Open for the We pay tribute to our fantastic
to have a team reach the final rounds of first time ever. And finally, the Premier Premier Advanced team: Jia Dua,
every grade in the ASD competition; a Advanced team members, Karan and Karan Kalsi and Kitty Sun, who leave
clear indication that we have become a Jia beat Dio to win the Impromptu Cup, us at the end of the year. This team
powerhouse in in Auckland debating. one of the most challenging feats of the has been the most successful debating
year! And a notable second: The Junior team Lynfield has ever produced.
JUNIOR DEBATING Premier (Raymond, Michael and Kyus) They have enjoyed unprecedented
beat Westlake Boys in the Grand final success and helped develop a culture
The five Junior Open teams were busy at Lynfield. This is the second Junior
right through the year competing Premier title in three years for Lynfield,
impressively in their grade. They but was an especially satisfying win
also kept busy participating in show because this was the same line up as the
debates and mentoring young debaters Junior Championships in 2016, where
throughout the year, with trips to the team lost to Westlake. A massive
Chaucer and Marshall Laing Primaries, one-upmanship for sure!
as well as Waikowhai and Blockhouse
Bay Intermediates. Finally, an amazing third: Karan’s
trip to Nationals where he reached the
HIGHLIGHTS Grand Final and debated at Parliament
with Auckland White. There isn’t a
Among the highlights of the year of
competitions with a few significant

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DEBATING

of excellence, paving the way for all Premier Advanced members Jia Dua, Lynfield cleans up at the Auckland
of our success! This year alone, they Karan Kalsi and Kitty Sun Schools Debating Prizegiving
came 2nd at Regionals, 3rd equal in
the Premier Advanced and won the Senior Open Champs: Marnsi, Mahima, Junior Premier Champs: Michael,
Impromptu Cup. Nicole, Shreya and Eve (not pictured) Raymond and Kyus
In 2015, they won the Junior Premier
grand final and in 2016, they were Auckland Regionals
Auckland Regional finalists and took Debating teams Members:
out the Premier Advanced title; the Karan, Kitty, Jia, Nicole,
reigning champs of Auckland. When Harry, Kyus (not pictured),
we arrived at Seasonals this year, Joshua, Raymond, Michael
every head turned and said “there’s and Sarah
Lynfield” knowing we were the teams
to beat, when barely anyone knew we
even existed just two years prior. We
will miss this exciting team!

And to Karan, who has given so
much of his time and energy over the
last three years to help make Lynfield
the top Debating school in Auckland (if
you measure by the number of awards
we cleaned up at the ASD Prizegiving):
our success will be his legacy.

Mrs Wiggins will take next year off
and we wish her all the best with her
new baby.

THANKS

To all of the teachers involved with
Debating: Mrs Wagner, Mrs Wiggins,
Ms Christie, Mrs Carswell, Ms Barker,
Ms Leaf berg and Mr Bangs.

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HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS GROUP

HERG HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL
RIGHTS GROUP

2017 has been a packed year for We had the recycling bin trial for the her. E- Activism sessions were held on
duration of Term 2 , which we learnt a lot the political instability in Bahrain and
the Human and Environmental from, and throughout the year we held Syria, and the treatment of pigs and
many tree plantings, allowing students animals generally. We raised funds for a
Rights Group. From hosting another to give something back and increase the school in Ghana and the Maui Dolphin
amount of habitat around the school campaign.
successful beach clean, to the amazing grounds. In the next few years this will
be increasing, making the school look A huge thank you to the wonderful
Pink Shirt Day event, the group has more friendly and inviting to native wild- and amazing, Ms Morrison and Mr Wad-
life, as well as people. sworth for all the hard work and time
been up to a lot this year. they gave to our group once again! We
The work and planning of previous We also had Eve Gabor attend the appreciate their diligent support.
Young Enviroleaders Forum in Auckland
years was acknowledged with the at- which was an inspiring experience for Join us in 2018 for another year filled
tainment of Green/ Gold enviro-school with fun interactive events!
status. This made 2017 the first full year
we have had to celebrate this award and
continue to make a difference in the
community and the world.

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FILM CLUB

Film Club

This year’s Film Club had some great

success with Raymond Feng, Matthew

Tribble and Joseph Hisayasu’s film

Welcome to Tomorrow which was

selected as one of only six finalists

in the Upper Secondary Section of

the Australian 1 Minute Short Film

Festival.
Raymond and Joseph also submitted

their film Wall IV to the International
Youth Silent Film Festival. This film was
a finalist in the NZ Regional Festival
held in Tauranga. Both films they wrote,
produced, shot, scored (not the silent
film) and edited completely in their own
time. Well done!

Skittles

The Skittles group has been active within the school this year, promoting
acceptance and diversity. The Lynfield College Skittles Group has continued
its great relationship with the Mount Roskill Grammar Skittles group with
regular get-togethers with games, kai and discussions.

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SCHOOL BALL

Into the
Woods

For months, Lynfield College’s Ball
Committee worked tirelessly to bring
together the much anticipated, Year 12 and
13 Ball. This magical event was themed 'Into
the Woods' and held at
the Pullman Hotel on the 21st of July.
We had a spectacular turnout and it will
be remembered by all as an unforgettable
night (especially on the dance-floor) and a
highlight of the school year.

Special thanks to Mrs Clark, without
whom this event could not have happened
and the Ball Committee: Mia, Jia, Isaac,
Maddy, Blake, Karan, Emma, Rupin and
Dylan) for making it such a special evening.

BALL WINNERS

Queen of the Ball (Year 13)
Vishaka Murthy
King of the Ball (Year 13)
Ratan Mukherjee
Belle of the Ball (Year 12)
Jazmyn Mieklejohn
Beau of the Ball (Year 12)
David Nathan-Wong
Best Dancer
Boston Samu
Cutest Couple
Priyanka Ranchhod and Jayan Morar
Best Dressed Female
Antonia Guttenbeil-Parker
Best Dressed Male
Isaac Butler
Best Dressed Teacher
Mr Smith



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FESTIVAL AWARDS

Festival Awards 2017

DUX LUDORUM DUX LUDORUM DUX ARTIUM Actors of the Year
Maddison Rupin Andrew
Wesche Kumar Isdale

Sports Captains Robotics Team

WINNING HOUSE: UNISS Netball Team
Zoricich Big Band

RUNNER-UP TEAM OF THE YEAR Year 12
Premier Advanced Debating Performer
of the Year
TEAM OF THE YEAR – Stefenie
Robotics A Team
Pickston
GROUP ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Lynfield College Big Band Sportspeople
of the Year
RUNNER-UP DUX ARTIUM
Karan Kalsi

SPORTS TEAM
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD:
Hockey 1st XI Boys &
UNISS Netball Team

RUNNER-UP DUX
LUDORUM (GIRLS):
Caidyn Kita

RUNNER-UP DUX
LUDORUM (BOYS):
Jackson Sue

OUTSTANDING SPORTING
­PERFORMANCE:
Maddison Wesche

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STEVE BOVAIRD

Steve Bovaird, Principal

In April this year Steve Bovaird wider educational community by Steve leaves Lynfield College to take
chairing the ASB Polyfest organisation up the position of Lead Advisor with
stepped down as Principal of and the Auckland Secondary Principals’ Evaluation Associates where he will be
Association. He was awarded a Woolf involved in mentoring new principals.
Lynfield College. He was appointed Fisher Scholarship in 2015 and travelled
to the United States and attended a He goes with the best wishes and
as Deputy Principal at Lynfield leadership programme at Harvard in ­gratitude of the Lynfield College
Boston. community which he served with
College in 1997, was promoted to dedication for so many years.

Associate Principal, and then to LEXIE RIDLING, ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL

Principal in 2002. Lexie Ridling left practice. Her focus has largely been
During his time at the College, Lynfield College in August on staffing matters and also on the
of this year after 17 coordination of services for students
he witnessed great changes in years, first appointed as in need. Prior to joining the Lynfield
assessment, technology, pedagogy Deputy Principal in 2000 College staff, Lexie was at Epsom Girls
related to technology, collegiality and then as Associate Grammar School, Long Bay College
with local schools and upgrades Principal 2002, and on occasion over and Taradale High School where she
to the buildings in which staff and the past 15 years, as Acting Principal. held English teaching, counselling and
students conduct the essential She has valued the multi-cultural Middle Management roles.
business of the school – teaching and nature of the community and the
learning. The recognition that the tolerance that has accompanied it. She leaves Lynfield to take up
College gained in the last four ERO The highlights for her of her time the role of Senior Education Advisor
reviews has been a highlight of his at the College include the introduc- in the MInistry of Education in
time here. tion of the New Zealand Curriculum, Auckland. We will miss Lexie’s wisdom
the refining of appraisal and teaching and compassion, and her care and
That external validation convinced as inquiry systems and the develop- concern for our students, staff and
the community of the high quality ment of high level teacher reflective community. We wish her well in her
of teaching and learning that takes next professional adventure.
place at Lynfield College

Steve has spent 20 of his 41 years
in teaching, at Lynfield College. He
previously held teaching and Middle
Management roles at Mt Roskill
Grammar School, Henderson High
School and Birkenhead College.

Steve has contributed to the

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Staff

STAFF LEAVERS Hannah Reed Cathie Black joined
started at Lynfield the staff permanently
Adam Burden College in 2009. in 1995, after several
joined the In her time here years of relieving. She
Languages she has been a has been a dedicated
Department in valuable asset teacher of ESOL and
2006, as a teacher to the Biology Year 9 English, and a
of Japanese. He Department and stalwart of Fatialofa
has been heavily Science Faculty. In addition, she has House. One highlight of Cathie’s time
involved in the enriched the experiences of Gifted at the College was her involvement in
Shinagawa exchanges and established and Talented students in her role as the design of L Block, building on her
other reciprocal exchanges with GATE Coordinator, run successful observations of innovative classrooms
Japanese schools. As well as being student Science Clubs, and enhanced overseas. The students have particular
involved with the New Zealand the well-being of staff by providing significance for Cathie, especially refugee
Association of Japanese Language weekly yoga sessions. She will be students and the experiences they bring
Teachers, Adam has been a fixture in dearly missed as she goes on to with them to their new lives in New
cricket and squash at the college. He is provide mindfulness workshops and Zealand.
leaving the college to pursue business enable streamlining strategies for the Cathie has ensured that the
interests. The Languages department corporate world, where she will once ESOL department maintained high
will miss the way he is always willing again be an asset. expectations of student achievement
to help, and his calm and steady and behaviour. She has made especially
presence. significant contributions in the form of
online learning opportunities, resources
for the teaching of reading and in many
aspects of assessment.

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Ruth Kaniuk established the Maths Clinics and full Fatialofa regalia. Ruth is a
started at Lynfield managed social girls football teams. hardworking, determined, respectful,
as a part-time She also threw herself into supporting and motivated colleague, and she will
teacher in 1995. her form class and house, donning be sorely missed.
Her leadership
skills were soon 2017 SUPPORTING STAFF
recognised and
she was appointed ADMINISTRATION ASSISTANTS
Assistant HOF and has been a valued
and productive member of the faculty BUSINESS MANAGER ADULT ESOL
since. Robert Skeen, NZIM Mgmt.Diploma Lan Tan
As well as contributing an amazing EXECUTIVE SECRETARY ESOL, SPORTS AND TECHNOLOGY
number of resources to the faculty, she Lee Bullinga Su Yim
has been involved with mathematics ACCOUNTS MANAGER STAFFROOM
teaching at a national level, being Nalini Govind Lorraine Rose
involved in the Secondary Schools ACCOUNTS OFFICER PRINT ROOM
Numeracy Project and working with Sarah Barlow Pauline Blamires
Auckland University to look at the way SENIOR MANAGERS’ PA TECHNOLOGY
Statistics should be taught in schools. Cheryl Leete Graham Dickinson
In 2013, Ruth was awarded a Royal ADMINISTRATION RECEPTION TECHNOLOGY AND HOME ECONOMICS
Society Endeavour Fellowship, which Shelley Harris Cynthia Yeo
enabled her to investigate methods DEANS’ SECRETARY SCIENCE TECHNICIANS
for teaching Probability. She has been Sharon Kohler Janeen Burnell, NZCS and Keren Brewerton
generous in sharing her knowledge DATA ENTRY, DEANS’ BILINGUAL SUPPORT
with our staff and across the wider ADMINISTRATION Farida Ahmadzai and Bushra Mahmoud
community. Helen Sharp
Ruth has always had students’ ATTENDANCE OFFICER PROPERTY
interests as a high priority. She Julie Griffin
RESOURCE CENTRE & DEANS’ John Peri – Caretaker
SUPPORT Darren Mamea – Groundskeeper
Jill Partridge Itula Michael – Ass. Groundskeeper
SCHOOL NURSE Seilose Fonokalafi – Cleaner
Lee Hieatt, RN
STATIONERY & UNIFORM
SHOP MANAGER
Jane Prescott

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SCHOLARSHIP EXAM Shaquille Khan (Year 10) SENIOR OPEN TEAM
RESULTS FOR 2016 Aiken Shadbolt (Year 10) Nicole Johnson, Marnsi Sharma,
Olivia Summerhays (Year 10) Mahima Sharma, Shreya Singaraju,
31 Scholarships were awarded to 20 Celesti Tan (Year 10) Eve Gabor (Lynfield 2) – Winners of
Lynfield College students in 2016. Eight Grand Final (1st Place)
Outstanding Scholarships were awarded CREDIT
across 13 subject areas. Top achievers in JUNIOR OPEN TEAM
the Scholarship results were: Roshni Bhatti (Year 9) Roshni Bhatti, Ishaa Ramanlal, Tanvi
Nithya Narayanan – 3 Scholarships Devya Dixit (Year 9) Kher, Aashish Ramanlal, Vibhuti Patel
• Top in Economics in New Zealand Jasmine PIckston (Year 9) (Lynfield 4) – Semi-finalists (3rd equal)
• Outstanding Scholarship in Biology Isha Ramanlal (Year 9)
• Scholarship in English Ezra Satrio (Year 9) "TOP 10" SPEAKER AWARDS
• Outstanding Scholars Award Callum Clow (Year 10)
Alan Wu – 5 Scholarships Phoebe Holdsworth (Year 10) • 1st Grade Premier Advanced:
• Outstanding Scholarship in Chemistry Iris Huang (Year 10) Karan Kalsi: 5th place
• Scholarships in Physics, Statistics, Amita Joshi (Year 10)
Puja Laxman (Year 10) • 2nd Grade Premier Junior:
Biology, Calculus Winona Lee (Year 10) Kyus Rodger: 2nd place;
• Outstanding Scholars Award Emily Gossen (Year 11) Raymond Feng: 9th place
Kate Heslop – 3 Scholarships Niamh Masterson (Year 12)
• Outstanding Scholarships in Biology, Karan Kalsi (Year 13) • 4th Grade Senior Open:
Phoebe Liu (Year 13) Marnsi Sharma: 2nd place;
Classical Studies, English Kitty Yu Sun (Year 13) Nicole D’Souza: 5th place
• Outstanding Scholars Award
Deenisha Khatri – 2 Scholarships ICAS WRITING • 5th Grade Junior Open:
• Outstanding Scholarship in Accounting COMPETITION Isha Ramanlal: 5th Place;
• Scholarship in Economics Tanvi Kher: 9th Place
Three successful students DISTINCTION
were from Year 12: ASD AND NZ SCHOOLS’
Kitty Sun – 2 Scholarships Rina Zhang (YEAR 9) DEBATING SPECIAL
• Scholarships in Biology, Geography Devya Dixit (YEAR 9) TOURNAMENTS
Sarah Zhen – 2 Scholarships Isha Ramanlal (YEAR 9)
• Scholarships in Biology, Chemistry Thomas Wandstraat (YEAR 9) • ASD Impromptu Cup: Karan Kalsi,
Phoebe Holdsworth (Year 10) Jia Dua – Winners (1st Place)
Karan Kalsi Shaquille Khan (Year 10)
• Outstanding Scholarship, Geography Joseph Hisayasu (Year 11) • Best Speaker award: Karan Kalsi
Khadija Bari - Biology Jia Dua (Year 13) • NZ Schools Debating tournament
Nisarag Bhatt - Calculus
Jainey Bhikha - Chemistry CREDIT (Auckland Regionals): Karan Kalsi,
Joel Boasman - Drama Jia Dua, Kitty Sun, Harry Ashley –
Adya Choudhary - Statistics Jasmine Pickston (Year 9) Finalists (2nd place)
Natalie Jim - Classical Studies Krishi Shah (Year 9) • Highly Commended Award: Jia Dua
Renee Ju - Biology Lucia Zou (Year 9) • Regionals Selection team (Auckland
Jin Kim - Calculus Vincent Chui (Year 10) White), Karan Kalsi
Robert Mi - Earth and Space Science Iris Huang (Year 10) • Auckland Regional Development
Dillon Pentz - Media Studies Amita Joshi (Year 10) Squad: Raymond Feng, Jia Dua,
Kazuki Saegusa - Earth & Space Science Faye Hine (Year 11) Harry Ashley
Alur Saguinsin - Biology Kitty Yu Sun (Year 13)
Numa Wadhwania - Biology DEBATING NATIONALS
Sarah Zhen - Biology CO-CURRICULAR
Sarah Zhen - Chemistry • NZ Schools’ Debating – Wellington:
PUBLIC SPEAKING – Auckland White (Karan Kalsi, Lynfield)
ICAS ENGLISH AUCKLAND SCHOOLS – Grand finalist (2nd Place)
COMPETITION DEBATING COMPETITION
MUSIC
DISTINCTION PREMIER ADVANCED TEAM
Jia Dua, Karan Kalsi, Kitty Sun, Harry AUSTRALIAN
Jackie Du Pont (YEAR 13) Ashley – Semi-finalists (3rd equal) INTERNATIONAL
Jia Dua (YEAR 13) MUSIC FESTIVAL
Daniel Adams (YEAR 13) PREMIER JUNIOR TEAM
Katherine Diep (YEAR 12) Raymond Feng, Kyus Rodger, Michael • Festival Band - Gold Award
Maya Micklefield (YEAR 12) Howell (Lynfield 1) – Winners of Grand • Jazz Combo - Gold award
Joseph Hisayasu (Year 11) Final (1st Place)
Faye Hine (Year 11) NZ YOUTH JAZZ FESTIVAL
Rachel Ling (Year 11) ADVANCED OPEN TEAM
Carissa Huynh (Year 10) Nicole Johnson, Aleece Monkman, • Lynfield Jazz Combo – Winners
Kieran Murphy (Lynfield 2) – 16th equal • Andrew Isdale - Best Saxophone

Player, Most Outstanding Young
Musician

NZ SONG ARRANGING
COMPETITION

• Andrew Isdale, Jia Dua –
National Finalists

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• Irisha Inamke, Rachel Clarke - • Lynfield College Robotics Group: Tiyyagura, Benjamin Wong, Karyn
National Finalists Exclusive invitation to participate in a Zhang
live streamed “Panel Discussion” and • NZGSE Scholarship (10 weeks in
• Passion - National Finalists to demonstrate robotics at the Core Germany) Jackie de Pont (Year 12)
Education uLearn Conference.
AUCKLAND SCHOOLS JAZZ CHINESE
BAND COMPETITION LANGUAGE &
LANGUAGES 2017 New Zealand Secondary School
• Big Band - Gold Award, Winners Students Chinese Short Film Contest
• Jazz Combo - Gold Award, Finalists GERMAN National Winners:
• LC Jazz Project - Gold Award • Best Language Award: Harriet Barber,
• Language Perfect Championships: 2nd
NZ CHAMBER MUSIC for German in New Zealand (out of 187 Rachel Rao, Hannah Hubert
COMPETITION schools) • Merit Awards: Shyla Mani, Kristen

• Trio Con Fuoco - Regional Finalists • Gold Award: Faye Hine, Louis Wang, Talbot, Danielle Hewett, Raccquel
Sameera Reddy, Riya Patel, Isha Govender, Amy Johnston,Joshua Lobo,
NZ CHAMBER MUSIC Ramanlal, Hannah Purdie, Aaron Tahu Alan Chen, Jake Runting, Natasha
COMPOSITION CONTEST Matson, Bianca Tso
• Silver Award: Leander Menezes, Grace
• Stefenie Pickston - National winner Vaipa, William Maggs, Andre Fleming, LANGUAGE PERFECT
(under 4min category) Nick Kendall CHAMPIONSHIPS – CHINESE

ROCK QUEST • Bronze Award: Isha Arora, Blake Low, GOLD AWARD
Isha Konki, Kate Steuart, Katherine • Yr 11: Faye Hine, Helen Mai, Jacinta
• Schism - Auckland Central finalists Diep, Harika Tiyyagura, Gobind Singh,
Karyn Zhang, Rosalyn Fononga, Alex Kerebs-Harris, Alan Chen, Natasha
KBB MUSIC FESTIVAL Pullen, Ben Wong, Maleta Fononga, Matson, Shyla Mani, Kristen Talbot,
Dom Povey, Zoe Demmler, Michael • Yr 12: Emma Lee, Jinny Cho, Sean Kim
• Big Band - Gold Award, Best Howell, Nadia Davis, Joanna Wu, • Yr 13: Isabel Yu, Nancy Sun
Performance of a Ballad, Best Elena Smith, Kalpana Pandaram SILVER AWARD
Performance of a Swing Chart • Yr 10: Yoon Lee, Danielle Hewett,
AUCKLAND GOETHE Racquel Govender, Juwon Cho
• Concert Band - Silver Award EXAMINATIONS • Yr 13: Penny Lin, Xinyue Zhang, Alice
• Chamber Orchestra - Commended Lee, Arche Zhu, Cassie Zhou
PRIZE WINNERS BRONZE AWARD
Award • Yr 9: Krishi Shah, Shivani Rana, Esther
• Year 13: Elaisa Glampe (1st Place) Wong, Rana Kazemi-Yazdi, Elena
KBB HONOURS BIG BAND Giacomo Agugini (2nd Place) Smith
Iain Purdie (3rd Place) • Yr 10: Miree Jung, Joel Haydon, Zoe
• Andrew Isdale - Alto Sax Demmler, Riddhi Gaundan
• Year 12: Jackie de Pont (1st Place) • Yr 11: Yufei Wang, Joshua Lobo
AUCKLAND SECONDARY Michelle Strapajevic (3rd Place) • Yr 12: Jinhao Mai, Kerwin Li, Shaoxing
SCHOOLS BIG BAND Cen, Zheng He
• Year 9: Isha Ramanlal (2nd Place) TOP GROUP ACHIEVEMENTS:
• Andrew Isdale - Alto Sax Afia Baig (3rd Place) • 1st for Chinese in New Zealand (out of
• Nathan Varney - Trumpet 171 schools)
• Elena Smith - Trombone PRIZE OF DISTINCTION
LANGUAGE & LANGUAGES -
ROBOTICS • Year 13: Gus Barrowman, Maddy JAPANESE
Freeman, Aleece Monkman
• Lynfield Robotics Team A: Runners up Language Perfect World Championships
New Zealand VEX Robotics Nationals • Year 12: Katherine Diep, Cathy Lai, 2017 - 22nd for Japanese in New Zealand
Competition, Represented New Manasi Nair (out of 185 schools)
Zealand at the World Championships in • ELITE AWARD (10,000+ points) –
Louisville, USA • Year 11: Rachel Barrowman, Kate
Steuart, Louis Wang Sam Mason
• Lynfield Robotics Teams D and E: • GOLD AWARD (3000+ points) –
Quarter finalists New Zealand VEX • Year 9: Damon Atherstone,
Robotics Nationals Competition, Emily Gossen, Xiaoqi Zhang, Celesti
Janna Blong
• Lynfield College Junior Robotics: Tan
Overall Winners Auckland Region Kiwi DIPLOMA OF EXCELLENCE • SILVER AWARD (2000+ points) –
Challenge Competition
• Year 13: Hannah Purdie Zoe Armstrong, Yoon Lee
• Lynfield College Junior Robotics: • Year 12: Joshua Boasman • BRONZE AWARD (1000+ points) –
Division winners Auckland Region Kiwi • Year 11: Kayleigh Davis, Faye Hine,
Challenge Competition Martin Zhang, Shivani Rana, Fane
Amelia Hudson, Michael Howell,
• Lynfield College Robotics Group: Dom Povey, Page Vaipa Tupou, Angela Lu, Mikayla Brewerton.
Selected to speak as the “Student • Year 9: Huzaifa Afzal, Isha Arora,
Voice” and to demonstrate robotics at Nicholas Curin, Maleta Fononga,
the Ministerial Cross-Sector Forum Ahmed Khan, Estelle Ladalla, Ari
Lazarus, Kalpana Pandaram, Riya
• Lynfield College Robotics Group: Patel, Khushi Patel, Jane Penu,
Exclusive invitation to meet Dr Ben Nawaz Saheb, Daniel Stebbing, Alex
Goertzel, Chief A.I. Scientist of Hanson Soukhaphanh, Ana Tanoi, Harika
Robotics & Sophia, currently the most
human like A.I. robot in the world.

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SCIENCE ARTS/DRAMA OTAGO UNIVERSITY JUNIOR
MATHEMATICS COMPETITION
ICAS SCIENCE - 2017 AUCKLAND SECONDARY
SCHOOLS SHOWDOWN YEAR 9
• High Distinction: Tony Feng (10YB), • Top 100: Ashley Mar
Jasmine Pickston (9WG) NOMINATIONS FOR • Top 200: Xiaojian Guo, Tanvi Kher
DISCO INFERNO • Merit: Andy Davy, You Ting Lei,
• Distinction: Year 9; Logan Davies,
Andy Davy, Guo Xiaojian, You Ting Lei, • Best Lighting Design: Neil Waddington; Hassaan Mohammed, Ezra Satrio,
Hason Lu, Hassaan Mohammad. Year Lighting Designer Krishi Shah, Sanat Singh
10; Jensen Benard, Samuel Boasman, YEAR 10
Puja Laxman, Aiken Shadbolt, Year • Best Male in a Supporting Role • Top 200: Samuel Boasman, Julia
11; Raymond Feng, Michael Howell, (Musical) Nathan Varney (Heathcliff) Gacuma, Laxman Puja, Rachel Ling
Rachael Ling. Year 13; Daniel Adams
• Best Male in a Leading Role (Musical) SENIOR MATHEMATICS
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL Harry Ashley (Duke) COMPETITION
CHEMISTRY QUIZ
• Best Female in a Supporting Role • Top 200 Awards: Daniel Adams, Kevin
Excellence 100% school percentile, (Musical) Sarah Moxham (TV Chen, Katherine Diep, Justin Gong,
99% NZ percentile: Interviewer) Xinyue Zhang
• Yr 11 Rachel Ling
High Distinction (awarded to the top • Best Performed Choreography: Lulu BUSINESS
10% in New Zealand, Distinction is Ota, Khushi Agrarawal, Xinyue Zhang,
for the next 15%): Sarah Moxham, Eloise Medina, Sophie NZCETA ACCOUNTING
• Yr 9 - Dev Dixit, Jason Lu, Varshil Stanimiroff, Mia Nicholson, Simran COMPETITION
Wadhawan, Carrie Zhang, Neha Khan,
Patel Emmie Ota, Snehal Lal, Nandeeta Lynfield College 2nd Place winners- Team
• Yr 10 - Iris Huang Prasad, Xanthe Eastabrook, Paris members: Angela Zhang, Jessica Zhang,
• Yr 11 - Raymond Feng, Emily Gossen, Phillips, Kais Azimullah, Julz Wagner, Jun Zheng, Zaynah Khan and Helen Xia.
DJ Lomu, Nathan Varney, Dallas Seu
Daniel Mar, Samuel Mason MONETARY POLICY
DISTINCTION • Best Performance by a Chorus: Jovahn CHALLENGE
• Yr 9 - Logan Davies, Hassaan Stanley, Tim Wylens, Dallas Seu, D
J Lomu, Niamh Masterson, Brooke Lynfield College Team gained Higher
Mohammad, Sanat Singh, Andy Zhang Gibbs, Trizhia Amon, Brecon Dobbie Merit- Team members: Karan Kalsi, Gus
• Yr 10 - Zoe Armstrong, Samuel Barrowman, Akash Chakraborty, Shahin
• Best Female in a Leading Role (Musical) Najak and Dylan Kay.
Boasman, Julia Gacuma, Rachel Clarke (Jane)
Vaidyalingham Keerthanraj , Shaquille UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND
Khan • Best Choreographer; Sarah Streat ECONOMICS COMPETITION
• Yr 11 - Nene Matsuki, Matthew and Team
Ouyang, Aditi Pala, Brendan Zhou Seven Distinctions- Krishen Chovhan,
• Yr 12 - Marco Chui, Katherine Diep • Best Musical: The Cast and Crew Raymond Feng, Venise Fetuani, Michael
• Yr 13 - Daniel Adams, Anglea • Best Musical Director: Celia Nicholson Howell, Karan Kalsi, Shahin Najak and
Competente Helen Xia.
AUSTRALIAN
COMPUTING & MATHEMATICS GEOGRAPHY
PROGRAMMING, COMPETITION
ICAS DIGITAL, Auckland Geography Teachers
TECHNOLOGIES HIGH DISTINCTION Association gives prizes for the top
four schools in the Year 12/13 quiz. The
HIGH DISTINCTION AWARDS • Yr 9 - Hassaan Mohammed Lynfield team of Dave Sharma, Ajesh
• Yr 10 – Julia Gacuma, Samuel Boasman Sharma, Tony Liu and Bryn Litherland
• Yr 11 - Raymond Feng came 4th.
DISTINCTION
DISTINCTION AWARDS HISTORY
• Yr 9 – Jasmine Pickston, Ashley Mar,
• Yr 11 - Matthew Tribble, Michael Andy Zhang, Xiaojian Guo, You Ting YEAR 11 AND 12 AUCKLAND
Howell Lei, Isha Ramanlal, Tavni Kher, Yana HISTORY TEACHERS
Sanvictores, Saifullah Imran ASSOCIATION HISTORY QUIZ
• Yr 10 - Iris Huang Callum Clow, Pufa
Laxman • Yr 10 – Keerthanraj Vaidyalingam, Iris • 2nd place: Nicole D’Souza, Shreya
Huang, Juaninho Penteado, Phoebe Singaraju and Jacob Barry
• Yr 9 - Saifullah Imram Holdsworth
• 3rd Place: Harry Ashley, Jack Kearns
• Yr 9 – Samuel Mason, Raymond Feng, and Shamir Sharif
Rachel Ling

• Yr 12 – Katherine Diep, Cathy Lai,
Kevin Chen, Justin Gong, Maya
Micklefield, Aaron Zhang

• Yr 13 - Angela Zhang, Phoebe Liu