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In The Way of

Mary

St Bernard’s CollegeTE KURA TUARUA Ō HATO PERENARA2013 Yearbook

We would like to express our

thanks to the many people who

have assisted in the production

of the 2013 St Bernard’s College Yearbook.

There was simply too much for one person

to do alone, so this project required support

from freelance designers Pip Mitchell and

Grace Samuel, crowd-sourcing student and

staff support, especially in photography and

picture editing. A special mention of thanks

to Miss Maria Fouhy for organising the Y13

leavers’ profiles, Mrs Elsabie Prasad for

student contributions and proof readers Mr

Christopher Hart, Ms Rachel Carian and Mrs

Jean Howell for their eagle eyed checking.

Some of my Year 13 Computing students

contributed excellent ideas in their desktop

published work, using Adobe InDesign and

Photoshop. Thank you Richard Awatere,

Thomas Benseman, Bayley Bouzaid and Matt

Clark. An extra thank you to Callum Bryan,

Jacob Hawkins, Arama Pou and Terence Jiang

for their photography and patient picture

editing.

We are also grateful to all of the

photographers who have contributed images:

Ms Christina Calcinai, Mr Christopher Hart,

Mr Brenton Higson, Mr Perry Nicol, Mr David

Sefton, Mr Nick Wilson and all the others

who contributed pictures; Mrs Suzanne

McGuinness for the Water Polo photos and to

InPhotography for the class, co-curricular and

staff photographs.

Mr Panapa Lafoa’i for facilitating the use of

his students’ artwork with their permission.

The Marist Brothers for permission to use and

adapt their logo.

Mrs Catherine Brennan and Jannene

Tomlinson (Sports Co-ordinators) and Mrs

Kay Hudson (Admin) and the submitters

of articles, materials and photos - staff,

students, coaches, managers, BOT, PFS,

parents and friends.

Thanks to Mr Graeme Thompson and the

designers of Baseline Group for their advice

on 3D inks printing and finishing options for

the cover.

Thank you to our sponsors and advertisers who

have supported this yearbook: ASB Queensgate

p69, Baseline Digital p72, Gault Mitchell Law

p12, The Lighthouse Cinema Petone p41,

Trevor Mallard MP p66 and Victoria University of

Wellington p41.

Lastly, an enormous “Thank You Kindly!” to Kris

(my wife) and the kids for their patience with the

seemingly endless magazine tasks that deprived

them of dad throughout the “holidays”.

Thank you to you all. Weaving together the

threads of contributions and feedback from so

many people adds to the energy, variety and

interest to the magazine. Without your work this

would not have been possible.

Mr Matt Harrison

TiC Digital Technologies / Computing

Magazine Manager

2013 Acknowledgements

Jacob EganJacob Egan Allister Tran

Leadership: Year in Review 2 Principal’s Report 3 Board of Trustees’ Report 5 Head Boy’s Valedictory 7 Staff & Board of Trustees List & Photos 8 Staff Welcome / Staff Farewell 10 PFS Report (Parents, Friends & Supporters) 12

Special Character & Celebrations of Success: O’Shea Shield 13 RE Report & Social Justice Group 14 Retreats 16 Special Character & Chaplaincy Reports 18 Academic Awards 20 Sportsman of the Year & Special Awards for Excellence in Sport 24 Sports Awards 27 Alumni Graduates of Victoria University 31 St Bernard’s Day 32 Student Voice: Senior Leavers’ Ball 34 Year13Profiles 38 StudentContent-Poems/Reflections 42 PE Trip & Bio Trip 48 Faculty: Gateway 50 Japanese Trip 51 Languages Dept: Japanese / French / Samoan 53 Learning Support 54 Library News 55 Māori-Korero 56Performing Arts: Drama Production “The Battalion” 58 Music 60 Science: Science Year in Review 62 Science Fair Results 65Social Science: Accounting / Parliament Trip 66 Economics 67 History 68 Social Studies 69Technology: Construction, Digital Technology / Computing 70 Sports & Cultural: Cultural Co-Curricular Photos 73 Sports Co-Curricular Photos 80Sports Reports: Athletics 91 Cricket 92 Cross Country 93 Golf / Football 94 Mountain Biking 98 Rugby League 99 Rugby Union 100 Swimming Sports 103 Sports Outside of School / Triathlon / Volleyball 104 Water Polo 105 Student Record: School Roll 107 Form Class Photos 110 Autographs 118

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Marist Pillar: In the Way of Mary Staff Powhiri at Koranui Marae,

Y7-9 & 13 Start

Junior Badge Ceremony, Lip Synch, Easter Liturgy, End of Terms,

Anzac Day, Drama Production, Hato Paora Exchange, Chanel Feast

Kapa Haka Nationals, Ikubunkan Exchange, ICAS English,

St Ignatius Day,

SBC Cross Country, ICAS Computing, Francis Douglas Exchange,

O’Shea Shield, Pompalier Feast Day Samoan Independence Day

Table Tennis Champs, Y9 Dance, Noho Marae, Big Sing Trip, St Bernard’s Day Feast, Y9 Parliament, BBall Finals,

Rugby / Football Finals,

Queen’s Birthday, Economics Trips, ICAS Science, Marcellin Feast, Barber-

shop Regionals, Y11 Retreat, Y7-8 Hockey Tour, Y7-8 Dance, Matariki

U15 Rugby Tournament, Y9 Art Trip, Senior Leavers’ Ball, Y13 PE Camp,

Y10 Retreat, Y12 PE Tramp, Junior Badge Ceremony, Tu Tangata Pasifica

Academic Award Ceremony, Days Bay Picnic, End of Year Mass

All Saints Day, Volleyball Finals, PFS Garage Sale, NCEA Exams,

Y9 Retreat, Y10 Amazing Journey, Y7-8 EOTC, Y9-10 Japanese Trip,

Y7-8 Touch, Junior Waterpolo

Hutt Valley Y7-8 Tennis, Labour Day, Gateway Lunch,

Rugby Sevens, SBC Sports Awards

School Powhiri, Waitangi Day, Inaugural Mass Ss Peter and Paul,

Y13 Retreat, Y13 Biology Trip, Athletics Sports Day, Ash Wednesday

Y7-8 Day’s Bay Picnic, Shibuia Exchg Y7-8 Interschool Athletics

SBC Swimming Sports, Y9 Marae Trip, Y12 Retreat, Marist Quadrangle

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Distinguished guests, trustees, students, staff, parents and friends – greetings

and welcome to you all. Tena koe Jim Moriarty. Afio mai, Malo e lava mai, Ulu tonu mai, Ni sa bula vinaka, Kia orana, Kumusta, Namaste, Bien venu, Dobro dosli, Tena koutou katoa.

I am thrilled to be here to celebrate the success of those students who are receiving awards this evening. They have demonstrated the very best at-titudes in achievement. Let them be a light to the rest of the students, let them be your motivation in the belief that next year your names will be called out and honoured. You can do this with the right attitude.

At the start of the year I challenged you all to dream big, to think bigger. I pushed you to go for merit when you knew that an achieved grade would not be that hard, and the same for excel-lence grades. Never settle for silver, when you can go for gold. Many of you have taken up the wero, have run the full distance and completed the race and we congratulate you for your success.

You have also followed Mary’s way. Your academic success

required openness to listen, attentiveness, acceptance, strength, perseverance, patience, and a belief in prayer. You had to learn to forgive yourself when you made a mistake and to pick your-self up to give it another go. You had to learn to be compassionate and understanding when your classmates did not get it. And, like Mary, in humility, you would have offered a helping hand.

The attitude one brings to study is more important than the knowledge that has to be learnt, analysed and memorised. The right attitude is more important

than what you have learnt in class; than your money or family circumstances, than failures, than success, than what other people think or say or do. Attitude is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break you. The remarkable thing is we have a choice, every day, regarding which attitude we embrace. We cannot change our past. We cannot change the fact

that other people will act in a certain way. The only thing we can do is change ourselves and that involves our attitude. When eve-ryone in class, at school, at home starts believing that everything is possible, then we (teachers, students and parents) can get the results that we all want. The question is not can we achieve, but HOW are we going to achieve. Our sports heroes have long visualised improving their form, achieving the goal and winning the medal, long before they have actioned it. Imagine for a minute Valerie Adams, Olympic gold medallist and world champion.

She is totally focused; she is well prepared mentally, physically and technically well before she steps onto the pad. This is what at-titude is all about. BELIEF in ourselves is where we start. SUCCESS is where we finish.

There are a few steps that can change words into fact. We have well scripted plans and we are good at putting them into action. We have made some radi-

cal curriculum delivery changes, and we have to back our instincts and be confident that they are going to give the boys better results. We know where we are going; we are very specific with what has to happen to continue

to lift performance. We have to be consistent, upskill ourselves where necessary, be focused and stay the distance. Every little thing helps, one step at a time. We can all be winners, inspiring everyone around us. Do not tell me “I cannot do it”, but work out “how to do it!”

Every successful person LOVES what they do. My passion is to see every boy doing his very best. I expect everyone to commit to this, no “ifs or buts”, no excep-tions, because it is the dedication and the passion for wanting to be the best that gets us far. We may not be successful with everyone or everything; we will take this into our stride and reflect on how we can improve things next time. Graham Stoop, the ex-CEO of ERO commented: “You don’t have to be bad to get better!” We must keep that very much in mind. We are better. And we will continue to be better still. Importantly, we must embrace our successes openly as the indicators of what we are doing well. I am amazed that we still do not have an Hon-ours Board that acknowledges the successes of our Old Boys. There are so many of them, extraordi-

Kite ingoa o te Matua, o te Tamaiti, o te Wairua Tapu. Amene.

Nau mai, haere mai, mihi mai. O te whanau o te kura tuarua

ō Hato Perenara, tena koutou.

“Every successful person LOVES what

they do. My passion is to see every boy doing

his very best. ”

T h i n kBIGGER


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nary achievers – in professions, in service to others – a testament of what can be achieved with the right attitude. They should be a constant reminder that we do so well at St Bernard’s College.

Coming back to this year, there were many successes starting with the increase in roll to 617, about 50 more students on the previous year. This also came with the best NCEA results ever, marked by improvements with merit and excellence endorsed certificates. On this occasion, the Minister of Education compli-mented and congratulated our teachers, support staff, akonga, their families and whanau for the significant improvement in achievement for our priority Māori and Pasifika learners.

Other successes include: students gaining many distinc-tions and high distinctions

in the Australasian Science, Maths, English and Computing competitions. We had the drama production “The Battalion” that everyone still raves about. In sports, we had teams making the finals, and this year we are the regional champions for 1st XI football and Senior Waterpolo, with this team ending 7th in NZ secondary schools. We have individual students who have been selected at the national level, while others have received honours in Judo and Taekwondo, and many more.

There are two matters I wish to dwell on briefly as both witness the success of this College. Firstly, the External Review of the Special Character and Develop-

ment. The report re-affirms that “we are a strong school that loyally follows the Catholic tradi-tion in the Marist charism … We are an excellent school meeting the needs of the young men… We have always consistently focused on our Catholic character… There has been new impetus and enthusiasm to retreats and social justice… Catholic character events and activities … are alive and well in the College. We have a proactive and energetic approach to pastoral care … to manage the ‘’restless’’ behaviour of young men. Students believe the school is just and responsive to their needs. The students are open, friendly and relaxed in their rela-tionships. They feel confident with staff … They believe the College is a safe place and know that staff will respond to their concerns.” I could not have written it bet-ter myself! It is something to celebrate about. Great stuff!

Secondly, we had the Education Review Office here not so long ago. While the ERO report is still to be formally published, it will be a testimony to St Bernard’s and its community. These are some of the comments: “Students who are at risk of underachieving are quickly identified and trends and patterns are well monitored on a regular basis. Students with additional learning needs … are well catered for … Departments identify target students and de-velop and implement strategies to address specific learning needs. NCEA results show students have made steady improvement over the past few years … A broad cur-riculum … provides a wide range of options and opportunities for

students in academic, sporting, cultural and leadership endeav-ours. A well-planned careers programme supports students in making subject choices and deciding on learning pathways. Managers focus on the ongoing improvement of outcomes for students. Highly effective pastoral networks support student well-being. Relationships among staff and students are positive and affirming.” Again, students, staff, parents and Board should be proud of what we have achieved. I am very privileged to be sur-rounded by so many willing and able people who do their very best to give our boys so much and that this is publicly recognised. Kia kaha.

2013 was such a successful year. Thank you to the parents for your continued trust in us to provide your sons with the best education opportunities possible. To the Marist Development Community Trust and the Parents, Friends and Supporters my gratitude as without your donations, many things could not happen. Similarly for the huge commitment of the Māori Whanau, the Pasifika Parents Group and other ethnic groups – my admiration. The availability of the local priests made the sacramental life and the liturgical celebrations possible. The trustees keep us on the straight and narrow through their governance and guidance. I am indebted to the Board for the care of staff and students, and especially for the time they gave me to get well.

My absence due to my illness put tremendous pressure on the Senior Leadership Team. They worked well, affirming each other’s strengths and managing the school. This gave me peace of mind, knowing the boys will always be the heart of the matter, at the heart of what is crucially important. They are ably supported by the teaching and non-teaching staff who work so hard.

To those who are leaving. Ms Fouhy, Ms Too, Mr Wilson, Ms Mansell and Br Tim, we let you go with heavy hearts and recognition for all you did for our tamariki. May the spirit of Marcel-lin Champagnat shine upon you in your future endeavours.

In summary, let us appreciate the successes from the past year with a clear vision for 2014. The Marist theme for next year is PRESENCE – it will be the year that we will take stock, live in the here and now, be present and open to each other, and build on our strong foundations. The Special Character review and ERO have told us we are doing an excellent job. Opportunities are beckoning. With the help of God, we are masters of our own destiny and we can shape it. BELIEVE. In St Paul’s words we can then truly say: “I have run the full distance and I have kept the faith.”

Finally, I want to thank the community and my wife for their incredible support of me during the time I was away. You cannot imagine how truly restorative your prayers and your thoughts have been. Thank you.

E nga mana, e nga reo, e nga iwi.

Kia noho te Ariki kia koutou

Hato Perenara, kia kotahi matou.

St Marcellin Champagnat, pray for us.

Mary, Star of the Sea, pray for us.

A blessed Christmas and prosperous New Year to all.

Mr Peter Fava Principal

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Board of Trustees’ Report

Nau mai Haere mai, Nga mihi ki a koutou katoa

Good evening - and welcome. On behalf of the St Bernard’s College Board of Trustees, I present the report for 2013.

Special CharacterSt Bernard’s being a Catholic school with a Marist Brothers’ tradition, our Special Character is of paramount importance.

It incorporates the ideals and practices of both the Catholic Church and the Marist Brothers. The Religious Education Department has been led by an inspired team of Maria Fouhy and Nick Wilson, dedicated teachers, and the Chaplain, Anna-Marie Dickinson. We have also welcomed Fr Elmer from Wainuiomata Parish with his regular visits.

Class Masses, full College Masses and Services, Retreats, Social Justice initiatives and the delivery of class lessons. These, plus the Christian and Marist spirit so evident in the College, leaves us in no doubt that our Special Catholic Character is alive and well. St Bernard’s had two external reviews this year, both of which are carried out every three years. Firstly, the Special Character Review. The Review Committee applauded Maria Fouhy and Nick Wilson for their leadership. Unfortunately, we farewell both Maria and Nick, as they move on to other callings. God bless you both and thank you for your mighty contributionsto our College’s Special Character.

Education Review OfficeOur second review was the Education Review Office, who visited the college early in term 4, and initial comments have been very positive. The Education Review Office Report is still in the draft stage and should be on the St Bernard’s College website early next year.

FinanceThe school finances are in a sound position. This year we have been working to a balanced budget, although we have had to draw on our reserves. Part of the reason for this has been the overpayments, and underpayments associated with the Novopay debacle. Also added to this is the underpayment by Ministry of our increased roll which has not been fully backdated. We are still in discussions with Ministry about this payment. However, at this stage, we are expecting to come in on budget

We must acknowledge the hardworking and dedicated Parents and Friends of the School (PFS), and the Marist Community Development Trust (MCDT), who have funded projects and initiatives within the school, some of which were

• The Junior Computer Suite

• Upgrading the canteen floor

• Assisting with Science Fair Awards

• Upgrade of Carpet in the Marcellin Corridors

• Supporting families facing hardship

• Supporting the Chaplain’s salary

• Subsidising Catholic Character Activities

• Assisting with airfares for Young Christian Leaders course.

These projects and initiatives are due to you, and the contribution you make to these two important groups. Thank you to everyone who has managed to pay their fees and donations. It is very difficult financially for everyone, but it is imperative, that any fees are paid as soon as possible at the beginning of the year and dona-tions are made. This means that the school is

well resourced and can continue to provide an excellent education that Government funding just does not provide for. We must also thank our Business Manager, Dominic Outtrim for his hard work and the great contribution he has made in maintaining our finances.

Curriculum, Policy & PlanningHaving completed the first round of our Cur-riculum and Policy Three Year Review Cycle, we have now started back at the beginning again. This Review Cycle ensures we are regularly re-viewing, updating and conversing on all policies, and the delivery of the curriculum. We thank David Sefton and Peter Fava for their part in updating and preparing the documentation to ensure everything is relevant to our school both currently and preparing for the future.

PropertyThe handling of all matters concerned with the physical plant of St Bernard’s is in the capable hands of an active Board of Trustees Property Committee, which works very closely with the Business Manager, Dominic Outtrim, and the Caretaker, the man who does so much around the property, Terry Davis. We owe them a huge

Success due to Your EffortsBy Mrs Stephanie Baucke, BoT Chairperson


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debt of gratitude. The main item to report on here is the proposed demolition and rebuild-ing of a large section of the main College block. We are most grateful to the Catholic Schools Board who, as the executive hand of the Archbishop, have made the necessary ar-rangements to have this carried out. A project committee is already in place and the hope is that demolition will commence towards the end of next year.

Student ActivitiesIf I named every activity undertaken by the stu-dents at the college during the year, we would be here all night congratulating them. There have been some outstanding achievements by teams, groups and individual students, in the academic, cultural and sporting arenas. I don’t want to offend anyone by mentioning some groups and not others, so please accept our congratulations to you all and how proud the community is of your achievements. As with every year, these activities would not have been possible if it were not for the care, support and time given by many volunteers within our community.

Board MembersAt the beginning of the year, we welcomed to the Board of Trustees, a new Proprietor’s Representative with the appointment of Kate Dominikovich. Then, a few months later, with the tri-ennial elections,we farewelled Aneel Anthony, Kevin Brennan, Paul Saggers and Brian Slade. We thank them for the great contribution they have made. We then also welcomed our new trustees, who bravely put their names forward for election,Tapu Alaifatu, Natasha Gilmour, Kath McGuinness and Jim Nicolle. We also welcomed back Sandra Niko and Mary Mar-garet Schuck, who were re-elected as parent trustees. And, of course, our faithful long serv-ing staff representative Brenten Higson was elected unopposed for another three years. Then, a few months later we farewelled our

Student Representative Shavin Senanayake at the Annual Student Trustee Elections, and then welcomed our new Student Representa-tive Daniel Raju. Every year we are pleasantly surprised with the calibre of students who put their names forward and represent their fellow students as a member on the Board of Trustees. So, quite a lot of changes this year. Thank you to all my fellow trustees for giving of your time, talents, expertise and life skills which brings a great mix and fresh ideas to the discussion table.

I must especially thank Br Doug Dawick, our Deputy Chair who is so supportive and acknowledge what an asset and privilege it is to have him, a Marist Brother, with such great knowledge, on our Board.

I must also especially thank our Board Sec-retary, Patricia Pynenburg for her wonderful organisation skills and attention to detail. Our Board would not be able to run as efficiently as it does, without Patricia’s expertise.

Staff We must acknowledge and thank every member of staff. Truly, it seems that every year has its challenges, but the community that is St Bernard’s College automatically, naturally, instinctively steps up. The way that you all work, is such a great promotion and advertisement for the college.

FarewellsWe welcomed new staff to the college this year, and hope you have enjoyed, and continue to enjoy life, at St Bernard’s College. Unfortunately we have to farewell some staff who are leaving, and again, at the risk of omit-ting any names, the Board wishes to extend our thanks and best wishes to you all, in what will hopefully be an exciting new chapter for you.

Senior Leadership TeamWith Peter Fava on sick leave for a few months this year, special thanks and acknowledgment must be given to the Senior Management Team, with David Sefton as Acting Principal, and David Housden and Liz Thomson supporting and taking on additional roles to cover the management of the college. It is reassuring, not only for the Board members, but for the community as well, that we have such experienced staff who can step up and continue the smooth running of the school.

PrincipalWe welcomed back Peter Fava at the begin-ning of term 4. It is great to have you back Peter and we do hope you are pacing yourself. We can still see though, that your drive to always be improving and creating opportuni-ties for the students, has not waned.

To everyone here, I hope you are able to rejoice and enjoy the company of friends and family over the Christmas and New Year Season. Relish these moments and make it a Holy occasion and a time filled with Joy, and we hope that you will be refreshed and invigorated for 2014 !!

On behalf of the Board of Trustees, to everyone in our community, present or not present, our guest speaker, and our special guests here tonight,

Tena koutou

Tena koutou

Tena koutou katoa

Good Evening and Thank You

Mrs Stephanie BauckeBoT Chairperson

Board of Trustees’ Report

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Br Doug Dawick,

Mrs Sandra Niko,

Mrs Kath McGuinness,

Mrs Stephanie Baucke,

Front row L-R: Mrs Patricia Pynenburg,

Mrs Natasha Gilmour,

Daniel Raju, Mr Peter Fava,

Mr Stephen Hewson,

Mr Jim Nicolle,

Inset: Mr Brenten Higson

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Head Boy’s Valedictory

I’m standing here before you on what is a big, vacant stage. Underneath the fresh coat of vanish it holds all the old dirt, holes, scratches, marks, gestures

and breaths from people past. History. I read once that no history of anything will ever contain more than it leaves out. I suppose this stage, as it is now, will be History soon enough. And my words and the space that I take up, will be gone too.

And now I’ve got less than ten minutes all to myself on this stage, which is hardly enough time to explain. But time’s like that. You breathe in and you live and you love and you fight and fight hard to live and love as much as you can in the time you’ve got—then you breathe out. So we all stand up here and fight to make a scratch or a mark deep enough that it can’t be ignored in the hope that someday someone will see it and say, “Man, I’m glad he came along.”

It is all I can do not to laugh when I think of how much and how little time I have, how I’ll probably have just as much as Da Vinci or Picasso, and how I’ll never feel as though I’ve done enough, fought hard enough, dug deep enough for History to remember all the time I spent here at St Bernard’s College.

I guess what I’m trying to say is…

Make the most of the time you have here at SBC. I challenge you all to step up, make your mark, your scratch or your hole and fill it up, so that you can be proud to know that you have done something worthwhile. In saying this, I want you also to be proud of what you have and what you are given at St Bernard’s, for no one, no other student outside of this college gets to experience the brother-hood, the love, the family spirit, the wonderful, the annoying and the proud unforgettable moments that you get to experience here in your 5 or 7 years at St Bernard’s college.

Although I feel like I never made the most of my time here, didn’t feel as though I worked hard enough, fought hard enough, dug deep enough, and as a Head Boy, I never felt as though I’d done enough, I have realised that this was because time held me back. But time always runs out. I have realised, writing this valedictory, that this is actually a good feeling. Because, I now know that although learning is a lifelong journey, so is self-fulfilment.

Potential, sacrifice, hard-work, success, were the four main focuses of our leader led assemblies this year. I realised that every single person in this room has the potential to become or do great. He must make sacrifices in order to be able to put in the hard-work which will lead him to success. Realise that this is a journey. But realise that it takes time and I encourage you all, even if it’s the only thing

you remember me say, every single man who attends St Bernard’s college, has the potential to be great. Therefore I have helped you with your first part of your journey. I quote: “The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channelled toward some great good.” Give it time, sail that ocean, and explore that new continent for when you feel success, be proud.

To Mr Fava, I would just like to say on behalf of the boys, how amazing it is to have you back. After what has been a tough few years for both you and your family, our prayers have been answered. When you came back I saw a huge change at the school. Having you and your inspiring presence with us, is humbling and to see how much respect you are given by the boys is phenomenal and I hope you realise that we appreciate the love you have for the College. Personally, I would like to thank you for giving me the opportunity to lead the school I love so much, it has been a privilege and an honour, an experience I will never forget.

To Mr Sefton as Acting Principal, Mr Housdon, Mrs Thompson, Mr Outtrim, Terry and the office staff, I want to commend you on all the hard work you have done this year to keep the school up and running. Without you all, St Bernard’s would not be what it is today.

To the every single staff member at St Bernard’s College. Wow. You are all more than just teachers, you are advisers, parents and very special friends on whom can always be counted. Sometimes we

boys do not realise how much time and effort you all put into making us the best

versions of ourselves we can possibly become. Your tireless work ethics, your enthusiasm not only in class but also during school events just shows how amazing you all are and we are so very thankful.

To my wonderful family. I am the luckiest child in the world to know that you have always, and always will be there for me by my side. Whenever times get tough I know that you will always be there to guide me through. Mum, Dad, you are the best parents a child could ever wish for and thank you so much for all your support in helping me get through this year and through my seven years at St Bernard’s. The best thing you have ever done for me is send me to this college so I am so grateful for this. Nonna, thank you so much for picking me up from school and buying me ice creams after and granny thank you for all your help, for sewing my school pants whenever they ripped. You are the best grandmothers ever. My only wish is that my two grandfathers were here with me now but I know they will be watching over me with pride. To my lil’ brother Nathan. Although you annoy me constantly every day, I do love you and I am so proud of you. You’re the best brother ever!

To the leadership team of 2013. You lead your school with the utmost pride and I commend you all on everything you have done to help me. Thank you for putting up with me all though we know at times I can be very “Botz”. I would also like to congratulate the new Head Students for 2014. We have set a path but now it has come to the end of our journey. But for you, it is only the beginning. I challenge you to be better than us, outdo us and make a statement because I believe that in order for this college to become greater, we need to start from the top. I have faith in you.

To my Year 13 brothers. We fought the good fight, we kept our faith. Our time is up though you have all served your college with pride and humility. It only seems like yesterday that we as boys walked into this place, strangers to each other and strangers to ourselves. Today we leave as men, brothers and as friends. You can leave with your heads held high in knowing that we were part of something far greater than ourselves. Thank you all so much for your support and the grief you have given me though I could not have wished to grow up with a group of young men as amazing as you guys and I am so proud in what you have all become. Once a Bernard’s Man Always a Bernard’s Man.

And finally to the students of the St Bernard’s Brotherhood. It has been truly the greatest honour to have served you. I hope I have done enough in serving you to the best of my ability. Time is irreplaceable, but the memories and friendships you will gain in your time at SBC are enough to keep the spirit of St Bernard’s from growing cold. Treasure every moment you spend here as though it’s your last because time flies and it will all be over before you know it. You are the future of this college so live the promise, grasp the future and show the Pride of Bernard’s Men.

I have more than enjoyed every single moment that I have spent inside the grounds of 183 Waterloo Road. Seven years later, I have been formed, moulded, shaped, and made into the man you see before you. Look at me. For I am a product of St Bernard’s College. And I am proud to call myself a Bernard’s Man.

No reira tena koutou, tena koutou, tena tatou katoa

Matthew John Dicken Head Boy 2013

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Teaching Staff: Principal - Mr Peter Fava MA, MEd (Hons), BA (Hons), Dip Couns, Dip TchgDir. Curriculum - Mr David Sefton BSc, Dip Tchg, Actg HOD ArtsDir. Pastoral Care - Mrs Elizabeth Thomson Dip TchgDir. Studies - Mr David Housden BSc(Hons), DipTchg, FNZIP, F Inst P, Director Dir. Religious Studies - Ms Maria Fouhy MRE, BA, BTheol, Dip TchgMr Luka Andic - BSc, BTchg Dean Y10Miss Christina Calcinai - BSc, BTchgMr Patrick Cassidy - Dip Tchg, HoD TechnologyMrs Jessica Christian - BSc, Dip TchgMrs Manuhiri Corcoran - BA, DipTchg, COP, Dean Year 9, HoD LanguagesMr Paul Cutler - BA, Dip Guidance & Counselling, Dip Tchg, Guidance CounsellorMr William Daveis - BA, Dip TchgMr Michael Fowler - MPhil, BA (Hons), Dip Tchg, Dip Soc Sci. Miss Kavita Gounder - BSc, BA, Dip TchgMr Christopher Hart - BA, Dip Tchg Dean Y12Mr Matt Harrison - BA (Hons), PGCE (ICT), MOSMr Brenten Higson - BSc, Dip Tchg, HoD ScienceMr Christopher Hosnell - BCA, BA, Dip Tchg, HoD MathematicsMrs Petra Jaeger-Letts - BA (Hons), Dip TchgMrs Sue Johnson - MA, BA, Higher Dip Tchg, Cert Catechetical Studies, HoD Learning SupportMrs Ripudaman Kanwal - BHSc (Food & Nutrition), BEdMrs Karen Kehela - BSc (Hons), Dip Tchg

Mr Panapa Lafoa’i - BFA, Dip TchgMrs Anna Langford - Bsc (Hons), PGCE, On LeaveMs Jeanne Lomax - BA, DipTchg. HoD CareersMrs Natalya Mansell - BA, Dip Broadcasting & Journalism, Dip TchgMrs Annabelle McIntyre - BMus, Dip TchgMr Gordon McGavin - Dip TchgMr Gerard McKay - BA (Hons), Dip Tchg, HoD Social SciencesMs Sue McNab - BA, DipTchg, Specialist Classroom TeacherMr David Mc Vay - B Eng, Dip TchgMr Hayden Mourits - BSBLS, BTchgMr Perry Nicol - BEdMr Te Wai Piripi - Dip PE (Otago), DipTchg. HoD Physical Education, Head of SportMrs Elsabie Prasad - BA, Grad Cert Ed, T/T FijiMr Rakesh Sejwal - BSc, BEd, MA (Hist), LLB, DISMMr Hamish Sutherland - BEd, Catechetical Diploma QTS (UK)Mrs Clare Shill - BA (Hons), Dip Tchg, Dean Y11Ms Kathy Taylor - DipTchg, Dean Y7/8Miss Lyn Too - BSc, Dip TchgMrs Nila Uili - BEd Tchg, HOD Junior StudiesMr Tupu Williams - MBS Hons, Dip Bilingual Ed, Dip Bus Adm, Adv Dip Tchg, Dip PE. Dir of Maori Achievement HOD Maori. Mr Neville Watson - BA, Dip Tchg, HoD EnglishMr Nick Wilson - BEd (Tchg) Cert Cat Stud, Cert Duty of Care (ACU), Dean Y9Ms Grace Zhang - BCA, PG DipEd, Dip Tchg

Board of Trustees (elected 2013)Parent Trustees:Mrs Tapu Alaifatu (Finance)Mr Jim Nicolle (Finance & Personnel) Mrs Mary Margaret Schuck (Curriculum/Policy/Strategic Planning, Personnel, Finance)Mrs Natasha Gilmour (Property & Student Activities)Mrs Kath McGuinness(Curriculum/Policy/Strategic Planning, Student Activities)Mrs Sandra Niko (Curriculum/Policy/Strategic Planning,& Student Activities)

Proprietor’s Trustees:Mrs Stephanie Baucke (Chairperson)Br Doug Dawick (Deputy Chairperson, Property and Special Character)Mr Stephen Hewson (Property & Personnel)Mrs Kate Dominikovich (Special Character/Property) Staff Trustee Mr Brenten Higson (Curriculum/Policy/ Strategic Planning,& Student Activities)Student Trustee Daniel Raju (Student Activities)BOT Secretary Mrs Patricia Pynenburg

Learning Support:

Mrs Anna-Marie Dickinson Chaplain Teacher AideMrs Glenys Shkopiak Teacher Aide, Teacher Aide Cert (Massey)Mrs Jill Tuau Teacher AideMrs Jennifer Cousine Teacher AideSr Ruth Coleman Teacher AideBr Tim Leen Teacher Aide

Support Staff:Mr Dominic Outtrim BCA Business Manager Mrs Catherine Brennan Sports Co-ordinator (Left during the year)

Mr Terry Davis MaintenanceOfficer

Mrs Margaret Gardiner School Secretary

Mrs Nicola Grant Careers Assistant, Photocopying, Uniform Shop Ms Nicola Graham BA. Finance and Administration Assistant

Mrs Kay Hudson Auxiliary Teacher Assistant

Mrs Lynley Pawson BSc, Science Technician

Mrs Kerry Rubick RLIANZA, Dip Info & Lib St L5 & L6, Cert Lit & Lib Svces Children & Young People, Librarian Miss Jacki Sheehan Library Assistant Mr Shaka Sola Cert Landscape & Design, Gateway Broker Mrs Jannene Tomlinson Dip Sports Studies, Sports Co-ordinator Mrs Michele Volk BBS.AccountsOfficeAssistant (Left during the year)

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Sue JohnsonMrs Sue Johnson has been appointed Head of Learning Support. She comes from St Peter’s College in Palmerston North and will also be teaching Religious Education.

Nicola GrahamNicola is joining SBC’s expertteamofofficeninjas. As she has replaced Michelle her officialtitleisFinancial and Administration As-sistant. However, this does not do justice to her role as spinner of multitudinous plates, collector of cash and cruncher of numbers.

David McVay David has replaced Mrs Anna Langford who is on maternity leave. He says, “I have come from Melbourne. Ihaveenjoyedmyfirstyear at St Bernard’s College; it has been an interesting one! I am looking forward to meeting my students again in the New Year.”

Natalya MansellHere for a year: Mrs Natalya Mansell brings her experience from Samuel Marsden, St Catherine’s and Tawa Colleges and is teaching English and Religious Education.

Staff Welcome

NEW STAFF Chris HosnellI have come from St Oran’s College – 5 years with girls. It has been a great year at SBC. Really cool to return to my old stomping ground and give back to the school that gave me so much. It has being challenging step-ping up to the HOD role. Next year will be just as challenging. I look forward to hitting the ground running, now that I have a year’s experience being HOD I feel I am in a good position to make some positive changes.

Hayden MouritsMr Hayden Mourits taught last year at St John’s College in Hamilton and this year joins us to teach Physical Education. He has already made a great impression.

Grace ZhangMs Grace Zhang brings overseas experience to our Mathematics Department and specialises in Accounting.

Greetings...Tēnākoutou Jannene TomlinsonJannene came to SBC part way through the year to replace Catherine Brennan as Sports Co-ordinator. Her positive attitude and ready smile helped her to hit the ground running.

Shaka SolaShaka’s sporting successes include representing Samoa in shot put and discus. He now throws himself into ‘Sola Power Throwing Academy’. He brings his previous experience of business to organising the Gateway placements (replacing Mrs Lax, who retired due to illness). Shaka’s favourite motto is “Success comes in ‘Cans’, not in can’ts”.

NEW ADDITIONS TO THE FAMILY

Clare and Jason Shill welcomed a little girl, Cerys.Hamish and Dee Sutherland welcomed a little boy, Charlie James.

Anna and Ben Langford welcomed a little boy, George

Sione (pictured above).

Manu and Aaron Corcoran welcomed a little boy, Taran (who can be spotted in his little blue gum boots during Yugioh club)

We also wish Jessica and Matt Christian all the best with their little girl and look forward to Mrs Christian joining us again in 2015.

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Staff Farewell

Catherine BrennanCatherine has had a long association with SBC, both as a mother and a Sports Co-ordinator. An avid athlete and successful sports-woman in her own right, Catherine was indispensible in her role as “herder of cats” and organiser”.

Michelle VolkMichelle Volk worked at St Ber-nard’s for nearly 10 years starting as a receptionist and then becom-ing the Financial assistant. She had an accounting degree BBS from Massey University which she was able to put to practical use in the Finance area. In her spare time she liked to create unique gift cards. Her ambi-tion was to take up a full time role as an accountant and she is pursuing this goal in between juggling her family commitments and especially managing her household while her husband spends long periods overseas with his work.

Nick Wilson What have you enjoyed about your time at St Bernard’s College? I have enjoyed taking boys out on EOTC for retreats and O’Shea Shield etc! Good times!

What will you miss? My classroom! Man it looks good!

Where are you going to be for 2014? I am going to be working for the Catholic EducationOfficeinPalmerstonNorthworking with Teachers College students who want to be RE teachers, writing programmes for young people who don’t have the luxury of attending a Catholic school and lecturing for TCI.

Natalya MansellWhat have you enjoyed about your time at St Bernard’s College? The camaraderie of the staff and the hidden secret of the Marcellin staffroom!

What will you miss? Working as part of the RE and English team and I will miss the boys.

Where are you going to be for 2014? Working on a new initiative in Christian education and setting up a new school in Wellington.

Maria FouhyWhat have you enjoyed about your time at St Bernard’s College? I have enjoyed working with the staff and students of SBC, particularly the Special Character boys and my favourite form class.

What will you miss? I’ll miss the boys, Team RE, the Marist brothers and the happy time that I have had at St Bernard’s for the last three years.

Where are you going to be for 2014? I will be at Sancta Maria College as Head of Department, Religious Education.

Lyn TooWhat have you enjoyed about your time at St Bernard’s Col-lege? Getting to know students as juniors and watch-ing them develop and mature into confidentyoungmen. Getting to know some families well, having taught several sons over the years. Learning more about different cultures, particularly Maori, PasificaandAfricancultureswhichIhadlittle prior knowledge of.

What will you miss? The colleagues who I have worked closely with and formed friendships with over the last ten years. The vibrantmulticulturalflavourofSBC.

Where are you going to be for 2014? Teaching science, chemistry and Christian Living in Rangiora, Canterbury.

Gordon McGavinMr McGavin, formerly an engineer at Rolls Royce, came to St Bernard’s from Tawa College. He was here for a shorttime,tofillin for Mr Sefton’s Technology classes, whilst Mr Sefton covered Mr Fava’s medical absence. Gordon had a canny Scot’s humour and regailed junior tech classes with tips and tricks. Always happy to help, he even proved “you can teach an old dog new tricks” as he learnt about the ins-and-outs of ipod apps and in turn mentored Mr Harrison with a Wing Chun woodwork project.

Br Tim LeenWhat have you enjoyed about your time at St Bernard’s College? The determination of the boys I work with. What will you miss? I’m going to miss the Marist Spirit within the boys.Where are you going to be for 2014? Republic of Kiribati and then Asia

William DaveisWilliam will be sorely missed by staff and students alikeastheflexibleand friendly part-timer. Changes to timetabling meant he left to seek full time work. He was always collegial and social. William could be relied upon to go to the ends of the earth for SBC - well... both Japan and New Caledonia. : )

We’llmeetagain...kakiteanō!

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The 2013 PFS committee is an enthusiastic group who enjoy organising activities to raise funds to be able to provide for those “extras” around the

school. Once again we ran dances for the years 7/8, 9 & 10. These are always well supported by the boys. Many thanks to Karen McAuliffe for providing disco lights and our regular DJ, Fraser McMillan, who kept things rocking along.

Tania Dennis runs the well-stocked 2nd hand uniform shop and this year we contributed $1,000 towards new books and magazines for the library.

Diane Start managed the Entertainment Book sales and we had many repeat sales, managing to make a profit of $1,500.

Deborah Wright and Felicity Hislop took up the challenge to resurrect the annual SBC Quiz night. With the help of Alan Smith & Jo Walker they secured a long list of sponsored and spot prizes. We sold over 20 tables and it was an enthusiastic and competitive evening. Thanks to Cycle Science for donating a mountain bike which we raffled helping us raise a total of $3,000 on the night.

The annual Garage Sale in November was well supported by parents and students- everyone having a good clean out during the previous holidays. The day dawned fine (which is always a relief) and with plenty of sales banter from the committee and helpers we sold lots of toys, books and clothes. The sausage sizzle was ably run by Graeme Josephson & Jeanette Quill-Wilcock. Virginia Dicken and Sharon Craig did a sterling job selling plants, sweets and tickets to our annual Christmas raffle. Thanks to Patricia Pynenburg for donating a beautifully iced Christmas Cake as the main prize in the raffle.

I would like to thank the committee as well as Brenten Higson(staff rep on the PFS) for the time and effort they give to PFS activities and meetings. Special thanks also to Michael Start for being the official photographer at PFS events and lending an extra hand whenever needed. Thanks also to head boy, Matthew Dicken, who was an avid promoter of the PFS to students. Finally, many thanks to the parents and caregivers of the boys from St Bernard’s College – your support is what makes it all worthwhile.

Elizabeth Josephson.

PFS Report

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Special Character - O’Shea Shield Awards

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St Bernard’s College staff put in a lot of time and effort during the initial preparation and in the intense two week lead up

to the event and this was appreciated. Students were released from classes in the two weeks prior to the competi-tion to attend practices and perform to other groups and this required a lot of effort on their behalf and their teach-ers which paid off in their fine perfor-mance at St. Patrick’s College.

The TeamThe team atmosphere was always one of inclusiveness – no stars & no one left out, the communication between each other was supportive and always encouraging to enable everyone to give their best performance. The participants were present for each other’s events and were a closely knit group.

Our ‘blooding’ contingent who accompanied the team (as supporters and future team members) haveseenfirst-handwhatO’SheaShieldisallabout and the high standard of preparation that is required to perform well. This, it is hoped, will stand our team in good stead for the future.

Staff who were there for the full event, including the overnights were Nick Wilson and Maria Fouhy. Peter Fava, Michael Fowler, Petra Jaeger and Jean Howell came in over the course of the weekend. David Sefton was planning to come, butwasstruckdownbythefluandwasunableto attend, but tendered his apologies.

SummaryThe group of younger boys have the potential to go a long way in future competitions. This year, we have staggered our team in terms of year group representation, so that we don’t leave a gapthatneedstobefilledifallourteamwasYear 13, which represents just over 1/3 of our team this year. In order to gain award recogni-tion (cups or the Shield), we have needed a culture shift within the College to excite more

boys about the possibilities of O’Shea and where that might take them. The plan is happening and we are starting to see the results of this undertaking.

The participants have grown tremendously in motivation to do well, knowing what the standard of O’Shea Shield is. The two teachers, while tired, had a great time working col-legially and pitching in to help the boys do their best. The administrative work and logistical planning of getting the team to SPC and back was executed by Nick Wilson. The coaches have to be com-mended for their commitment to prepare the boys. We were also aware that we have had a young team and we hoped that the target of achieving in the top 6 this year and we did that. Next year we hope to improve again.

An achievement ethos - that of gaining recogni-tion at O’Shea - has been instilled in the boys. Much work has and continues to be done with identifying and grooming candidates as early as entry into Term 1, Year 9. Given the high academic standard that we are attracting into Year 9, these boys need to be given an early opportunity to excel. The Religious Education Department and the English Department have a huge integrated role to play so that teachers from both departments commit themselves to set up these opportunities.

Finally to all those who supported the team in any way, this support is much appreciated – teachers, coach’s parents and caregivers, and Trustees. A special thanks to our parents who did home baking for the boy’s morning teas and suppers. (Patricia Pynenburg, Kathryn van Woerkem and Kate Dominikovich)

Thank you & God bless you all

Nick Wilson Assistant DRS/TiC O’Shea

Shield AgentsAn outstanding competition and the boys did their very best to

compete against bigger schools that have a strong and successful O’Shea Shield tradition. We were competitive in all events except

Junior Prepared and Oratory where we gained Merit.

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Religious Education Report

The past three years have seen significant changes in the Religious Education Curriculum. We have now fully introduced

Achievement Standards and they are implemented in all NCEA Levels. The boys have embraced them in the Curriculum to them and are succeeding well academically which is a measure of their positive approach to their RE studies, the hard work of their RE teachers and the appreciated support from parents and caregivers.

Religious Education encompasses; Curriculum, Catholic Character, Retreats and Chaplaincy and we are lucky at St Bernard’s to have such a dedicated, gifted and hard-working team of people committed to the College and our students. Mr Nick Wilson has taken the lead on retreats, Young Catholic Leader and O’Shea Shield at SBC and we have all witnessed significant growth and development in these areas over the past two years. Mrs Anna-Marie Dickinson is our College chaplain and she is responsible for the class masses, the preparation of our Eucharistic Ministers and the running of our sacramental programme (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults). This year we have had two fantastic Special Character leaders, Jonathan McMillan and Joshua Dominikovich, who have led the school social justice programme, masses and liturgies with enthusiasm, inclusivity and creativity. I am grateful to the two of them for their strong role-modelling of their faith, their positive leadership and demonstration of their Marist values and their commitment to St Bernard’s College. My thanks also to Mr Michael Fowler, Mr Hamish Sutherland, Ms Kathy Taylor, Mrs Sue Johnson and Mrs Natalya Mansell for their support of

Religious Education and SBC Catholic Character, their positive relationships with their students and parents and their knowledge and expertise of Religious Education taught in the classroom.

We will be saying farewell to Mr Nick Wilson and Mrs Natalya Mansell at the end of the year and I wish the two of them all the very best of luck in their new endeavours. Nick particularly has been an awesome asset in the Religious Education team. He is deeply committed to his faith, genuine and confident in his relationships with others, passionate about all things Catholic and an inspirational teacher. He will be sadly missed by the entire St Bernard’s Community. Natalya leaves us after a year and during this time she has proven herself to be a team player,

an enthusiastic teacher and a person willing to always get involved.

Finally I wish to thank the St Bernard’s College community for their ready acceptance of me and the changes made in both the RE Curriculum and in the

structure and presentation of Catholic College at the College. It is indeed a wonderful place to work when you know you have the support of staff, students and parents who are genuinely willing to try new ideas, to reach new expectations and to dare to be different, all the while keeping our eyes, hearts and minds on our common purpose – our St Bernard’s boys. I leave with a heart full of love and a deep pride in the students that we seek always to serve. It has been a privilege working with such dedicated, amazing staff and I will treasure the memories and relationships made here. God Bless,

Ms Maria Fouhy.

Young Vinnies

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Social Justice Group

This has been the St Bernard’s Catholic Character theme for 2013. We have chosen to role model this theme and proudly

share our faith through the activities we have undertaken in our school social justice group, ‘Sharing Champagnat’s Vision.’ In addition to this theme, as always we promote our Marist values and this year we have focussed on the pillar, ‘In the Way of Mary.’ Our goal was to be men of action, proud of our Catholic faith and strong role- models of social justice to our school community. This year we have undertaken the following activities:

We spent a weekend at the Magnificat Community in Featherston living out the Catholic social justice principles in a practical way where we could be of service to others.

Every Thursday the Year 13s have gone to Sacred Heart primary school where they spend lunchtime with the children, helping nurture a big brother relationship and encourage a stronger connection with our local Catholic primary schools.

We have continued to support a Marist School in Suva, Fiji providing them with learning resources.

Our school Mass band has continued to engage the College community in Masses and liturgies with their contemporary interpretations of the mass parts, including playing for the Wellington World Youth Day experience.

We have supported CARITAS and St Vinnies

with mufti days and can drives to raise money for the good work they continue to do.

SBC organised the first ‘Faith and Chips’ for the Wellington Archdiocese and both masses, involving students from St Catherine’s, Sacred Heart, St Patrick’s Silverstream, St Mary’s and Chanel College, were a successful opportunity in bringing together our Catholic youth.

SBC boys have worked at St Peter and Pauls Primary School helping out with their Kapa Haka group.

As a Year 13 group, we have worked together to create a school prayer to gift to the College.

We would like to thank St Bernard’s for giving us the opportunity to be the College Special Character Captains for 2013. We want to acknowledge the contribution of the Deputy Special Character Captains, Nathan Russell and Jacob Netzler. As school leaders we know how important it is to have mentors that we respect and look up too, both of us would like to particularly acknowledge the assistance, support and mentoring given by Ms Fouhy, Mr Wilson and Mr Sutherland. We have thoroughly enjoyed the challenges of 2013 and feel confident that we have had a positive impact on our school community, on our social justice group and on the way that Special Character is viewed at St Bernard’s. We wish next year’s leaders the very best success and finish in the words of St Paul, “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” (2 Tim 4:7).

Jonathan McMillan & Joshua Dominikovich.

“By my works I will show you my faith” (James 2: 18)

School Prayer Dedicated by Year 13, 2013

Lord we dedicate ourselves to you,

Guided by the example of Saint Bernard,

May our faith be shown through our works,

May our convictions keep us true,

May we always be willing to show mercy to others.

May we continue to grow as a Marist family,

Through the example of Mary,

Being men of courage and service,

Living a family spirit, promoting the love of work,

Being present to one another and

Doing everything in a spirit of simplicity.

We ask all of this in Your name.

Amen.

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Mountain climbing, mountaineering or the practice of ascending

to new elevated points or peaks is not for the faint hearted and is at times challenging. Mountain climbing is for the most part a group activity that requires a lot of team work, skill and certain qualities such as perseverance, resilience, reliance and courage. The concept of climbing a mountain is parallel to our life journey in order for us to become the best version of ourselves that God has created us to be.

It is for this reason that the St Bernard’s Retreat programme has been based on the idea of climbing a mountain. The programme is outlined from Year 9 – 13 as follows:

At each stage students are called to reflect on their journey so far. They look at the different challenges they have overcome, the skills that they have learnt

along the way and most impor-tantly they learn what it means to be a Bernard’s man.

The retreat experience is unique to the Catholic education and one we hold as vital to the holistic education we offer at St Bernard’s. It is a day set aside for personal growth, to develop our relationship with God, with each other and with ourselves. Our hope is that the retreat experience is one that enables our young men to be confident explorers; people who are able to work successfully as a team and be leaders who are strong of heart and strong in faith.

It has been my pleasure to de-velop such a successful retreat programme at St Bernard’s College and I am confident that it will continue to grow and strengthen. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time here at St Bernard’s and know first-hand the pride of being a Bernard’s man. I wish the students, the staff and the parents of our community all the very best over the coming years.

“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” (Phil 4:13)

Mr Nick Wilson (Assistant DRS, Year 10 Dean)

Special Character Retreats

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Special Character Retreats

The Year 12 Retreat was held at Kaitoke Country Gardens on Friday 8 March. We had our theme on Targeting and Resilience, which is the Ascent Stage of our Retreat Programme.

The boys had the opportunity to be in ses-sion and reflect on their own resilience and think on the things they wanted to target this year. They all had a practical oppor-tunities of focus with skeet, archery and focusing exercises with Rock and Water with Master Rob (right).

A new element this year was to use ipods to make movies about living our 2013 Pillar – ‘In the

Way of Mary’. A massive thanks to all the Year 12 Pastoral Staff and the DRS and Chaplain for making this a great day out!

Year 7/8 retreat was held at the Silverstream Retreat Centre. Our focus was on the brotherhood —Tuakana Teina. It was a great day where we spent time working on what the brotherhood is, the importance of it and how we understand the concept of Tuakana Teina. We spent some time reflecting on who are tuakana to us and on how we wanted to be as we emerge as young teina in our school.

A huge thanks to our senior students who were tuakana on the day and to the amazing Marcellin staff.

Year 10 retreat was held at Camp Wellesley in the Akatarawa Valley. The theme of this retreat was Moral Compass and work-ing out what is the right direction in our lives. The activities of orienteering and obstacle course reinforced the themes of team work and finding our way, with the reflection tie looking at our life journey so far and how to orientate ourselves to the values we find in the Gospels.

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Special Character Reports

Y13’s PeakThe Y13 Retreat was held at the Silverstream Retreat Centre on 7/8 February. The Retreat was themed ‘The Summit’, which is the where the boys are at in their school careers at St Bernard’s.

After several years at school, starting the journey at the basecamp, the Year 13 students are at the end of the climb. It is time to summit the mountain that they have been climbing in their secondary education; time to come out on top.

The theme was

based around student leadership, but also focused upon the concept of ‘Bernard’s Men’. In other words what does it mean to be a Bernard’s Man as a leader in year 13? The retreat was based upon building confidence and self-esteem, teamwork and bonding, Choices and focus for the coming year, leader-ship within our

school community and

developing personal spirituality and our relationship with God.

We looked at win/win nego-tiating, wrote a letter to the Archbishop about being young Catholics today,

did a

session on Social justice, brotherhood and looking at the values these men want to promote this year in the school which will be the hallmarks of their legacy. A big thanks to all the staff who were involved: PF, SE, SU, WL, DC, FO, PI, MF, HI, HT, Callum Dickinson and Br Tim!

Back in March the Year 12 boys were asked to attend the Commonwealth

Ceremony in Wellington. We were asked to provide two students to be flag bearers. We couldn’t find just two so I sent the best that stepped forward. I went on materity leave and left them In the capable hands of Mrs Jaeger.

Due to their prompt arrival and outstanding grooming they made such an impression that they all got jobs flag bearing and some other schools that turned up late missed out completely. The boys said it was an amazing experience and the drinks and nibbles at government house later were nice and fancy but not filling, hence the waterfront trip to eat more food before heading home. The organisers said they loved the boys and invited them in advance for next year.

Mrs Clare Shill Y12 Dean

Flying the Flag Making Uniformly Excellent ImpressionsFaith & Chips

We had the Inaugural Faith and Chips session on 12 April which involved about 40 senior students (Year 12 and Year 13) from SPC Stream, St

Mary’s, St Catherine’s, Sacred Heart and host college, St Bernard’s College. We celebrated mass together with Father John Greally and then the students gathered together to meet each other and discuss what happened in their various schools with the school social justice programmes while sharing hot chips. It ran from 4 – 6.30pm and was a successful start to the Faith and Chips series! We will be aiming to do another session next term and look forward to having our students together to celebrate our common faith and discussing ways we can impact our world as young Gospel people!

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Chaplaincy Report

2013 marks the 50th anniversary of the Vatican II Council which was a vital step in bringing the Church into the 21st century. An

important outcome of this was that the normative entry into the Church would again be through the RCIA Programme. This year we welcomed six of our stu-dents into the Catholic Church; Aaron and Ben Marshall, Cameron Palmer-

McGruen, Liam Jones, Orban Waitaki-Messenger and Raymond Bewley.

Their journey began with their baptism in Term 4 of 2012 and we were honoured to have celebrated their Confirmation and first Holy Communion as a school community as part of our Assumption Mass. We extend our congratulations to these six young men and their families.

RCIA offers a supported introduction and supportive environment to students inter-ested in developing their faith in the Catholic Church. Any students/families wishing to know more detail about the programme are most welcome to contact our school chaplain, on the following email: [email protected].

Mrs Anna Marie Dickinson

SBC boys embrace the Spirit of Adventure

RCIA Programme(Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults)

Many thanks to Mr Wilson for co-ordi-nating a group of Y10 boys who were

given the opportunity to sail a pirate ship on the high seas (well, Wellington harbour). On Friday 23 August, whilst the rest of the staff were hard at work on the MoE teacher only day, Mrs Pawson and Mr Harrison took the Y10 crew on a one-day sail with Spirit of Adventure NZ.

It was a great chance for the boys to get a taste of life on-board a square-rigged vessel. This once-in-a-lifetime experience gave the boys a hands-on appreciation of the effort and team-work required to haul ropes and raise the sails. They got stuck in and could see for themselves what they could look forward to if they signed up for the longer 10 day trip that develops skills of

communication, self-reliance, self-discipline, self-esteem, resilence, confidence and leadership. The public sailing helped to fundraise for Trust’s mission of youth character development aboard the topsail schooner Spirit of Adventure.

Feedback from the boys: Regan: “it was an exciting experience that I enjoyed so much. The highlight for me was seeing how the ship worked and it was fun helping out tugging ropes. I would have liked to have had the chance to climb the rigging, but we didn’t have time for that. Would I go for the 10 day trip? Oh yeah – that’d be cool. I’d like my friends to come too.”

If you are interested you should speak to Mr Sejwal who will co-ordinate next year when Mr Wilson has moved on. For more information check out: www.spiritofadventure.org.nz “

Ship Shape Students

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Academic Awards

YEAR 7MERIT across the CurriculumVincent AlvarezHenry BennettPaolo CastroRalph ConsignadoLiam EagleRoyce FitzgeraldEthan FosterDaniel HendersonLucky HeveCaleb PahiDaniel SearleJacob SmithCameron TustinAlexander WalkerMichael WoollettRory Woollett

GENERAL EXCELLENCE across the CurriculumDevery FosterWilliam JohnsonNicholas LindstromPatrick ShanahanJacob SharkeySiose TeuilaJet Zawada

TROPHIES & AGGREGATESSBC Trophy for Bible Reading Denzel Parker

Form 1 & 2 Music TrophyJeslan Rosario

Moohan Cup for SpeechJamie Locke-Weir

Joint Winners General Excellence across the Curriculum The Nithen Best & SBC Old Boy’s Jubilee Trophy for Commitment to Study Martin Orevillo

AGGREGATESGeneral Excellence across the Curriculum SBC Old Boy’s Jubilee Trophy for Generosity & Service Third Aggregate at Year 7 in 2013 Oliver Burton

General Excellence across the Curriculum Second Aggregate at Year 7 2013 Joseph Devine

General Excellence across the Curriculum First Aggregate at Year 7 2013 Georgeson Mackenzie

YEAR 8MERIT across the CurriculumNethanel BuotQuinn LambournSamuel MurfittWilliam SiemonekDylan Smith-SchererCampbell SmithIequarne Te Wiki-MuChristopher-Dean Wanikau

GENERAL EXCELLENCE across the CurriculumTony HarveyThomas MinginsJack O’BrienJordan Wainui-Teepa

TROPHIES & SPECIAL AWARDSMerit across the Curriculum Kiyana Tauaneai

Lesley Duncan Prize for Improved English by a Maori speaker or speaker of another language SBC Old Boy’s Jubilee Trophy for Generosity & Service Braden Longstaff

General Excellence across the Curriculum Gianpaolo Cigaral

AGGREGATESGeneral Excellence across the Curriculum David Peters Memorial Cup for Speech Third Aggregate at Year 8 2013 Griffin Almand

General Excellence across the Curriculum Second Aggregate at Year 8 2013 Daniel Goldsworthy

General Excellence across the Curriculum SBC Old Boy’s Jubilee Trophy for Commitment to Study First Aggregate at Year 8 2013 Caleb Carrasco

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Academic Awards

YEAR 9MERIT across the CurriculumCallum ArnotCallum BryanKenji De LeonTyler JohnsJackson LockeMax LoveranesJack MarraPelikani PeauaKieran PheganDavid TavitaTupoki Wairau-HunterTe Aorere Wanoa

GENERAL EXCELLENCE across the CurriculumCameron GrantJacob HawkinsJuan LopezBrandon Mamea-CrawfordJordan MohOrban Waitaiki-MessengerJake Ward

TROPHIESMerit across the Curriculum SBC College Music Trophy for Year 9 Music Isaac Shaw

General Excellence across the Curriculum Anthony Heffernan Memorial Trophy for Commitment to Study John Phillips

General Excellence across the Curriculum George Flett Memorial Trophy for Generosity & Service Samuel Taylor

AGGREGATESGeneral Excellence across the Curriculum Third Aggregate at Year 9 2013 George Barr-Brown & Jonathan Nield

General Excellence across the Curriculum Second Aggregate at Year 9 2013 Matthew Mann

General Excellence across the CurriculumYear 9 Aggregate Trophy for First Aggregate at Year 9 2013 Chenchen Huang

YEAR 10MERIT across the Curriculum Vineel ChandraBrodie HenareConnor MillarDavid NanaiBenjamin Scully

GENERAL EXCELLENCE across the CurriculumEhnel BugasRegan GilmourGuy HoganJoseph HongScott Travis

TROPHIESKo te “E tipu, e rea” for Junior Maori Haomi Paranihi-Nuku

Merit across the Curriculum Japanese Cup for Junior Japanese Luke Pynenburg

Music Cup for Year 10 Music Daniel Satur

General Excellence across the CurriculumJunior Art Cup for Junior Art Thomas Smith

General Excellence across the Curriculum Michael Sherry Memorial Trophy for Generosity & Service Ramon Tala

General Excellence across the Curriculum

McGuinness Family Cup for Commitment to Study Matthew Rothwell

AGGREGATESGeneral Excellence across the Curriculum Third Aggregate at Year 10 2013 Seth Trocio

General Excellence across the Curriculum Second Aggregate at Year 10 2013 Nicholas Ibrahim

General Excellence across the Curriculum Year 10 Aggregate Trophy for First Aggregate at Year 10 2013 Jack Baucke

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YEAR 11MERIT across the CurriculumLianne Arbie HongTerence JiangJoshua MontagueAlexander NelsonSamuelu VaofusiCameron WalkerEdward WilcockDavid Woodman-Smith

GENERAL EXCELLENCE across the CurriculumHamish ClausenDaniel Nield

FIRST IN SUBJECTSFirst in Geography Harvey Dawaton

First in Music Connor Bliss

First in Physical Education Poata-Ezra Tuisamoa

First Equal in Samoan Benjamin Meafou Talaosaga Tanu

First in Technology Cookery Sean Marshall

First in Te Reo Māori Chade Perez

General Excellence across the Curriculum Salvador Jr

First in Accounting Lacsamana

Merit across the Curriculum First in Japanese, First Equal in Science Aaron Marshall

TROPHIESMerit across the Curriculum Most Improved in Science for Year 11 Science Jamie Curtis

SBC Performing Arts Cup for services to Sound & Lighting Bailey Willis

General Excellence across the Curriculum First in Design & Visual Communication Commander Fairfax Cup for First in Religious Studies Jordan Taylor

First in Drama Brown Family Cup for Generosity & Service John Ulu

General Excellence across the Curriculum Nicky McCleery

First in Mathematics Crook Family Cup for Commitment to Study

AGGREGATESGeneral Excellence across the Curriculum First in English First Equal in Science Third Aggregate at Year 11 2013 Christopher Cunningham

General Excellence across the Curriculum First in Economics First in History Second Aggregate at Year 11 2013 Kyle Lamond

General Excellence across the Curriculum First in Visual Art Br Arnold Cup for First Aggregate at Year 11 2013 Jacob Egan

YEAR 12MERIT across the CurriculumNathan DickenBrendon Morgan ReddyBlake OwersTama Te KawaBenjamin Van Ooyen

GENERAL EXCELLENCE across the Curriculum Stephen ClarkBenjamin Duthie-JungJayden Grant

FIRST IN SUBJECTSFirst in Biology Tama Te Kawa

First in Drama Jacob Netzler

First in Samoan Liam McGill

First in Visual Art Allister Tran

First in Computer Studies First in Technology Cooking & Hospitality Bayley Bouzaid

Merit across the Curriculum First Equal in Mathematics Liam McAuliffe

Merit across the Curriculum First in Physical Education Michael Brennan

TROPHIESLees Landscaping Cup for First in Science Lanuto’o Pili

Merit across the Curriculum Luke Vallance

Senior Japanese Cup for Senior Japanese St Bernard’s Cup for Generosity & Service Nathan Lindstrom

General Excellence across the Curriculum First in Design & Visual Communication First equal in Mathematics Br Ambrose Trophy for Commitment to Study Gabriel Balauag

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Academic Awards

AGGREGATESGeneral Excellence across the Curriculum First in Music Krohn Memorial Trophy for Second Equal Aggregate at Year 12 2013 Benjamin Van Woerkom

General Excellence across the Curriculum First in History Br Ralph Kane Memorial Trophy for First Equal in English Krohn Memorial Trophy for Second Equal Aggregate at Year 12 2013

General Excellence across the Curriculum First in Accounting, First in Chemistry, First in Physics Mr & Mrs Bingley Cup for First in Mathematics with Calculus in Year 13 Br Ralph Kane Memorial Trophy for first equal in English Director of Religious Studies Cup for first in Religious Studies T J McCosker Cup for First Aggregate at Year 12 2013 Andy Su

YEAR 13Merit across the CurriculumJack ImrayThomas MairJesse NarvasaMiguel OrevilloKevin Satur

FIRST IN SUBJECTSGateway Trophy for Top Gateway Student Liam Gorham

Gateway Trophy for Best Attitude to Gateway Venilaite Fine

Senior Art Cup for First Equal in Visual Art Zane Baker

Technology Cup for First in Technology Construction Sam Ward

Senior Art Cup for First Equal in Visual Art Philip Prendergast Cup for Senior Computing Cameron Piper

Merit across the Curriculum Murray Robinson Cup for First in History Joshua Logan

General Excellence across the Curriculum 1980 Class Cup for First in Geography Benjamin Wallis

Redwood Prichard Cup for Senior Music Peterson Cup for Music Performance Tom Mahoney Cup for Senior Instrumental Music in Yr 12/13 First in Music Ashleigh Sales

Merit across the Curriculum Br Bernard Cup for First in Biology Technology Valley Award for Excellence in Scientific Endeavour Kirill Woodhouse

Merit across the Curriculum First in Te Reo Maori First in Drama Ko te “Whakatipuranga o tea o” for Senior Maori Thomas Dewar Sziranyi Letts Cup for Excellence in Senior Drama University of Otago Maori & Pacific Island Entrance Scholarship Hosea Tapuai

General Excellence across the Curriculum Br Cyprian Cup for First in Mathematics with Statistics St Bernard’s Cup for First in Chemistry David Anthony Smith

Merit across the Curriculum Physical Education Cup for First in Physical Education 1972 Prefects Cup for Generosity & Service Matthew Dicken

SCHOLARSHIPSHutt Mana Charitable Trust 2014 Energy Secondary Scholarship Matthew Dicken

The Tu Tangata Poly Club Leadership Award Jacob Katoa

Catholic Foundation Jonathan McMillan & Kham Za Heh

PRINCIPAL AWARDSBarbara Mullin Cup for Leadership Matthew Dicken

Geoffrey Collin Memorial Cup for Achievement & All Round Qualities Trey Ryder

General Excellence across the Curriculum NZ Institute of Physics Prize for Experimental Physics Shivinandan Cup for Industry in Mathematics St Bernard’s College Cup for Proxime Accessit to DUX Antonio Puka

General Excellence across the Curriculum St Bernard’s Cup for First in Physics David Beckett

Memorial Cup for Commitment to Study St Bernard’s College Cup for Proxime Accessit to DUX Christopher Sims

General Excellence across the Curriculum Accounting Cup For First in Accounting Margaret Hindmarsh Cup for First in Economics Mr & Mrs Mullen Cup for First in English Fr Daly Memorial Cup for First in Religious Studies Old Boys’ Association Cup for DUX Ethan McAuliffe

Hugh Graham Memorial Trophy for Contribution to Special Character Jonthan McMillan

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Special Awards for Excellence in Sport

Football: Member of the St Bernard’s College 1st XI Football Team

Swimming: St Bernard’s College Senior Swimming Champion

Water Polo: Member of the St Bernard’s College Senior Water Polo Team

NZ U17 Water Polo Representative

Sportsman of the Year 2013

Jack Ross

Nathan Dicken

Athletics Wellington Representative Team

to North Island Sec Schools 1st in Intermediate Triple Jump

Brandon Lynch


to North Island Sec Schools

“ I want to test my maximum and see how

much I can do! ”

Michael Phelps

Ramon Tala


to North Island Sec Schools

Wei-Ming Lim

Badminton Wellington North U17 & U19

Representative Team NZ Central Region Representative

to Australasian Champs

Mr Brenton HigsonMr Craig McGuinessAt the College Sport Wellington Awards the New Zealand Secondary Schools Sports Council presented Brenten Higson and Craig McGuinness with Service to School Sport Awards.

These awards are presented to people who, as volunteers, have made contri-butions to secondary school sport that are deemed to be exceptional.

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Jack Imray

Football Team Wellington Youth

Representative

Taban Makoii


Representative

Cherbel Khouchaba


Representative

Riley King

Golf Wellington U19 Development Team

Wellington U19 Representative Team

Daniel Nield

Gymnastics Ranked 7th NZ in level 7

Tyler Johns

Gymnastics Ranked 7th NZ in level 6

Luke Pynenburg

Judo Winner North Island and South Island

Championships +55kg Ranked number 1 in NZ 55+kg and open senior

boys grades

Jesse Cseh

Mountain Biking Wellington Secondary Schools U15

Champion Cyclist

“Run at the spaces, not at the faces

”

Trei Mu

Rugby League Wellington Orcas U17s Representative Team

Noaese Foaitua

Rugby League Wellington Orcas U15’s Representative Team

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Special Awards for Excellence in Sport

“ Some people think football is a matter of

Life and Death, I can assure you it’s

much more important than that!

”Bill Shankly, OBE

Paasi Fine

Rugby League Wellington Orcas U17s Representative Team

Bradley McEwan

Rugby League Wellington Orca’s U14’s

Representative Team

Jason Montin

Rugby Wellington U18 Representative Team

Mataio Pou

Water Polo NZ U17 Representative Team

Michael Schutz-Tala

Swimming NZ Age Group Champs

13 Year Old Boys 2nd 100m Breaststroke 13 Year Old Boys 3rd 50m Breaststroke

Te Aorere Wanoa

Touch NZ U15 Representative Team

Jerome McGuinness

Water Polo NZ Secondary Schools Representative

Squad. NZ U20 Squad Member. College Sport Wellington finalist

Jacob Netzler

Taekwando NZ U17 Representative Team

Salemona Mafile’o-Tuala

Volleyball NZ U17 Trialist

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Sports Awards

AWARD Trophy/Medal 2013 RECIPIENT

ATHLETICSSBC Trophy Year 7 Champion Trophy Cameron TUSTINSBC Trophy Year 8 Champion Trophy Jordan WAINUI-TEEPAMarist Old Boys Cup Junior Champion Trophy Logan HOARE, Samuela TATAFUJ.S. Fulton Cup Youth Champion Trophy Brandyn WILSONColtman Cup Intermediate Athletic Champion Trophy Nathan DICKEN

Casey Cup Senior Athletic Champion Trophy Brandon LYNCH

BADMINTON (Junior)Fair Play Award Medal Jordan MOHMost Improved Medal Benjamin SCULLYSBC Doubles Championship Medals X 2 Jordan MOH/Benjamin SCULLYSBC Singles Championship Medal Lok Yew MOKPlayer of the Year Trophy Lok Yew MOKBADMINTON (Senior)Fair Play Award Medal Joshua GOMEZMost Improved Player Medal Thomas JOSEPHSONSBC Doubles Championship _ No awardSBC Singles Championship Medal Joshua LIMWatson Family Cup Player of the Year Trophy Joshua LIMBASKETBALL (Year 7) Fair Play Award Medal Henry BENNETTMost Improved Player Medal Alex WALKERPlayer of the Year Medal Royce FITZGERALDBASKETBALL (Year 8)Fair Play Award Medal Thomas KINGMost Improved Player Medal Planchie AWATEREPlayer of the Year Medal Ethan BUOTBASKETBALL (Junior 2)Fair Play Award Medal Matthew MANNMost Improved Player Medal Benjamin ERNSTMost Valuable Player Medal Robin WALKERBASKETBALL (Junior 1)Fair Play Award Medal Joshua PECKSTONMost Improved Player Medal Harrison CROSBIEMost Valuable Player Medal Noah LINDSTROMBASKETBALL (Senior )Fair Play Award Medal Gabriel BALAUAGSBC Cup Most Promising Player Trophy Brendon MORGAN-REDDYSBC Basketball Cup Services to Basketball Trophy Michael BRENNANMaidstone Engravers Trophy Most Valuable Player Trophy Junior LAUOFO, Michael BRENNANBryan Kora Trophy Outstanding Player Trophy Mark CAPINPINBOWLSFair Play Award Medal Matthew CLARKMost Improved Player Medal Bradley SEARLEMost Valuable Player Medal Liam JONES

CRICKET (Junior)Fair Play Award Medal Joseph HANSONMost Improved Player Medal Benjamin ERNSTPlayer of the Year Medal Joshua PECKSTONCRICKET (Intermediate)Fair Play Award Medal Jesse REID-ROWLEYMost Improved Player Medal Brian HOGG

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Sports Awards

Player of the Year Medal Benjamin BROOKINGCRICKET (1st XI)Fair Play Award Medal No awardMost Improved Player Medal No awardOutstanding Bowler of the Season Trophy No awardHansen Trophy Outstanding Fielding for Season Trophy No awardBernard Cup Cricketer of the Year Trophy No awardCROSS COUNTRYYear 7 Champion Trophy Oliver BURTONYear 8 Champion Trophy Daniel GOLDSWORTHYJunior Champion Trophy Manyumow ACHOLYouth Champion Trophy Scott TRAVISIntermediate Champion Trophy Kelly HIGGINSPeters Cup Senior Champion Trophy Taban MAKOIIFOOTBALL (13TH Grade)Fair Play Award Medal Caleb VALLANCEMost Improved Player Medal Jonathan NIELDPlayer of the Year Medal Yannis NORRISFOOTBALL (Junior 2)Fair Play Award Medal Samual TANEMost Improved Medal Hayden FLOODPlayer of the Year Medal Ethan SMITHFOOTBALL (Junior 1)Fair Play Award Medal Joseph Mamea-HindMost Improved Player Medal Ethan CLEMENTSPlayer of the Year Medal Brayan YEPES-OSORIOFOOTBALL (4th XI)Fair Play Award Medal Kyle LAMONDMost Improved Player Medal Jordan TAYLORPlayer of the Year Medal Thomas JOSEPHSONFOOTBALL (3rd XI)Fair Play Award Medal Harrison ROYLEMost Improved Player Medal David SMITHPlayer of the Year Medal Joshua GOMEZFOOTBALL (2nd XI)Fair Play Award Medal Anthony PARSHOTMost Improved Player Medal Keegan MOLENAAR Player of the Year Medal Kelly HIGGINSFOOTBALL (1ST XI)Fair Play Award Medal Matthew DICKENMost Improved Player Medal Shaun de ROOB.C.I. Cup Most Valuable Trophy Tyler SAGGERSGOLFFair Play Award Medal Joshua FURJES-CRAWSHAWMost Improved Player Medal Bradley SEARLEKyle Family Trophy Most Valuable Player Trophy Riley KING

HOCKEY (1ST XI)Fair play Award Medal Connor van der RAAIJ1st XI Hockey Cup Most Improved Trophy Callum ARNOTMcIntyre Family Hockey Trophy Player of the Year Trophy Maxim HEY

RUGBY LEAGUE (Junior)Fair play Award Medal Isaac TUULIMAMost Improved Medal Campbell BISHOP


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Player of the Year Medal Afiafi FINAU

RUGBY LEAGUE (1st XIII)Fair Play Award Medal Inia WRIGHTMost Improved Player Medal David SIABike Biz TrophyMost Dedicated Player

Trophy Friedrich KEIL

Randwick Rugby League Club Kingfisher Trophy Most Valuable Player

Trophy Niko PATELESIO

RUGBY (Under 55kg)Fair Play Award Medal Max SIEMONEKMost Improved Player Medal Logan HOAREHOBM Rugby Club Most Meritorious Player Trophy Lahalo LUKARUGBY (Under 14)Fair Play Award Medal Elijah AFOAMost Improved Player Medal Tupoki WAIRAU-HUNTERHOBM Rugby Club Most Meritorious Player Trophy Iosefo AVAURUGBY (Under 15)Fair Play Award Medal Connor MILLARMost Improved Player Medal Jesse REID-ROWLEYHOBM Rugby Club Most Meritorious Player Trophy Noaese FOAITUARUGBY 2ND XVVan Musscher Cup most dedicated player Fair Play Award

Trophy Codie MEEHAN

Senior Shield for Most Outstanding Player Trophy Niko PATELESIOHOBM Rugby Club Most Meritorious (praiseworthy) Player Trophy Benjamin van OOYENRUGBY (1ST XV)Fair Play Award Medal Benjamin BROOKINGJonathan Collins Memorial Cup Greatest Contribution to Team

Trophy Talosaga TANU

The Riordan Cup Most Promising Player Trophy David LEFAOSEUHOBM Rugby Club Most Meritorious Player Trophy Friedrich KEILStemp Family Cup For Most Outstanding Player Overall Trophy Jason MONTINSWIMMINGSBC Trophy Year 7 Champion Trophy Rory WOOLLETTSBC Trophy Year 8 Champion Trophy Caelum TAINUIThe Barry, Craig & Mark McGuiness. CupJunior Swimming Champion

Trophy Michael SCHUTZ-TALA

McGuiness Cup Youth Swimming Champion Trophy Zachary AHEARNJohn Manning CupIntermediate Swimming Champion

Trophy Mataio POU

Bernard Tanner Memorial CupSenior Swimming Champion

Trophy Jack ROSS

TENNIS (JUNIOR)Player of the Year Trophy Bernard DEVINETENNIS (SENIOR)Player of the Year Trophy Thomas JOSEPHSONTOUCH (Year 7/8)Player of the Year Medal Jakib TAINUITOUCH (Junior)Player of the Year Medal Te Aorere WANOATOUCH RUGBY (Senior)Player of the Year Medal No award


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Sports Awards

VOLLEYBALL (Junior)Fair Play Award Medal Thomas SMITHMost Improved Player Medal Benjamin ERNSTPlayer of the Year Medal Cherish SAMUELUVOLLEYBALL (Senior)Fair Play Award Medal Salemona MAFILE’O-TUALAMost Improved Medal Shalom SCRIMSHAWPlayer of the Year Medal Brettelemani MANAIAWATERPOLO (Y7 & 8)Fair Play Award Medal Braden LONGSTAFFMost Improved Player Medal Daewon WILLIAMSWater polo Cup Most Promising Player in Y7&8 Trophy Caelum TAINUIWATERPOLO (Junior)Fair Play Award Medal Matthew QUINMost Improved Player Medal Ethan MOOREPara Trophy Most Promising Player Y9&10 Trophy Logan HOAREWATER POLO (Senior)Fair Play Award Medal Tyler SAGGERSMost Improved Player Medal Mataio POUMaidstone Engravers Shield Most Valuable Player Trophy Jerome McGUINNESS


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It is with pleasure that I enclose the list of your former pupils who have graduated from Victoria University between June 2012 and May 2013. We join with you in acknowledging and celebrating the students’ wonderful success.

NAME Term Completed DegreeBarneveld, Tobias P. 201201 BSC - Bachelor of Science

Butcher, Aaron D. 201201 BCA - Bachelor of Commerce and Administration

Castro, Primo T. 201201 BCA - Bachelor of Commerce and Administration

Cox, Christopher R. 201101 BMUSIC - Bachelor of Music

Daisley, Simon F. 201101 GDMHS - Graduate Diploma in Museum and Heritage Studies

Davies, Richard P. 201001 BIT - Bachelor of Information TechnologyFerrari, David J. 201201 BAS - Bachelor of Architectural StudiesHeeley, Martin E. 201201 MSC - Master of ScienceKim, Timothy C. 201201 BSC - Bachelor of ScienceLeen, Timothy J. 201201 MA - Master of ArtsMcCartan, Liam E. 201201 BA - Bachelor of ArtsO'Leary, Shannon P. 201101 BSC - Bachelor of ScienceTaito-Taaalii Matamua, Lionel A. 201201 BDI - Bachelor of Design InnovationUre, Eljay A. 201101 BDI - Bachelor of Design Innovation

Victoria University is very proud of what these students have achieved and I am sure that you and your school community are also very proud of their achievement. We look forward to welcoming a new group of your students to Victoria in 2014, and look forward to being of service to you in the future.

Warm regards

Susan Harper Associate Director, Student Recruitment, Admission and Orientation

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Y13 Profiles

Hamish a) Hitler b) There c) Does anyone have a double cheeseburger?

Jordan G a) Dolan b) Here c) My Earlobes are burning!

Raymond a) Husderson b) About to have kids c) Germanium, Thulium, Oxygen, Neon, Yttrium.

Brandon a) Downy b) Collecting the cash money c) Who’s shouting lunch today?

Pat a) Duffiee b) In the UFC c) The thug life chose me.

Brett a) Boss b) At home living the life c) Wuia shoosh your mouth.

Tom M a) Weatbix b) Still in Cadets c) David, we going to Jack’s for free period?

Jesse a) Jnav b) tycoon extraordinaire c) no, no pepsi!

Kirill a) K-rah b) The Great Barrier Reef c) I’m the man.

Jack R a) Sack b) Amsterdam with my bro Matt c) Go to class man!

Shavin a) Shavin Bin Laden b) Being held up at customs c) Have we got our results back yet?

Moroati a) Moro b) Area Manager at Countdown c) Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called “The Present”.

Matt L a) Naked mole rat, Trolley Boy , P. boisei b) Head Trolley Boy at Countdown Wainui, Still doing Level 2 Maths c) ....no miss , I’m Matt ....Shut up corke-a-moley ....Free period???

Trey a) Trey Trei Tray Tre b) At the beach.. Or if not hopefully somewhere! c) go hard or go home sweet as - cuzzie - bro - PUKANA! Bleh” :P

Ethan a) Fairyboy b) Coaching the 3rd XI c) Don’t judge a book by it’s cover.

Josh a) Taumatawhakatangihan gakoauauotamateapokai- whenuakitanatahu b) On the cover of Rolling Stone c) Oi bro! I’ve got 400 hits on YouTube.

Jacob a) ZYZZ b) The GC c) Oi Squirrel.

Jonathan a) Hone b) Still in Famous c) Brothers? Spell it.

Liam G a) numbnuts b) Still trying to claim insurance from Matt c) I’ll wreck ya!

a) Nickname b) Where will you will be in 10 years time? c) Your Saying

Kevin a) Kev b) Guantanomo Bay Prisoner c) Physics is the only real science.

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Tom M a) Weatbix b) Still in Cadets c) David, we going to Jack’s for free period?

Antonio a) Black b) Still shorter than Danielle c) I’m still growing!

David S a) Jewbacca b) Owning noodle canteen c) Herro.

Cam W a) Bruce Wayne b) Still not going to eco c) S**t the bed mate.

Matthew G a) Guppy b) Still living dowstairs c) That’s a yarn.

Jason a) Ho Hona b) Still hitting town c) Nah mate.

Christopher a) Squid b) Still richer than you c) Are you going to work this period?

Matthew T a) Tim Tam b) Amsterdam c) Tommy you wagging?”

Aidan a) Spoon b) Starting my own business c) Hi Downey.

Shalom a) Lomskies b) Rugby superstar c) Nicky is Barry okay after Kevin knocked him out?

Bernie a) Biggie Bee!!! b) Plumber c) You’re a racist.

Jordan C a) Farmajoe b) Still chasing Celeste c) Eathan.

Miguel a) Miggy b) NBA (Benchwarmer or waterboy) c) No,Noo.

Jordan R a) Jordzz b) Hard in Wellywood!! c) You waggin guys?

Pau a) Podolski b) Playing football for Arsenal c) Sub! anyone?

Jack I a) Jacko b) Captian #9 at NUFC c) Howay the lads.

Paasi a) Matu Taumalolo b) Playing league for Tonga! c) Do you know matu??

Liam F a) The fog b) London c) Yes I do work at EB games.

Ben a) Benny boy b) Still working at Caltex Stokes Valley c) Goat to hell.


Anthony a) Ant one b) Working in the WWE c) Hell no only real science.

Jerome a) The Beast b) Yo mamas house c) It wasTommy! St

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Jermaine a) BFN b) NRL superstar Captain for Kiwis in the next world cup! c) Got 2 bucks for bus fare?

Michael a) Barry b) Owner operator of Naenae New World c) Tom I will seriously stab you!!

Tom F a) D***head Tom. b) Gay Marrage with Gomez with a baby named Julio. c) Would I lie to you? ;)

Josh G a) Gonads b) Gay Marrage with Tommy with a baby named Julio. c) It’s not that big.

Tyler a) BOLO.Jr b) Still trying to be as big as BOLO Snr c) Oi bro.

Ash a) Stain b) Playing c) Ah she’ll be right.

Iago a) New Guy b) Brazil c) What are you saying ?

Jacob K a) Jake - Kope b) NRL Superstar c) Too Lazy.

David L a) Midnight b) Still wagging school c) You suck.

Taban a) Ballotelli b) Playing for Manchester City Football Club c) Honestly man.

Jahn a) Jahnny b) Living with Popo c) Doooooooooh.

Zane a) Baker b) I would have achieved my goals. Kia kaha, Kia nana. c) I’m a buildups.

Cameron a) The quiet one b) Weta Design c) Yeah, I know.

Patrick L a) Pat b) NSA Hackerstar c) Schemes off da man.

Nicholas a) Nikora b) New World Naenae c) Flip, what a rude dude!

Julien a) Juju b) Military c) Chur bolo.

Joshua L a) Pork chop b) Still working at Macca’s c) Kiiiiiiiirrrrrrillllll.

David Popo a) Popo b) NZ Boxing Champion c) Derrrrrrrrrkay.

Reuben a) Pomare b) Jail c) Wake up Popo, let’s go to school!


Chadley a) Chadders b) Playing for the Lions c) Shud up.

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Iago a) New Guy b) Brazil c) What are you saying ?

Geoffrey a) G-Dub b) Soldier c) I got boxing training today.

Toby a) Toe bee b) Playing playstation. c) Ok

Hosea a) Horsey b) Still at home c) Eat the frog.

Matthew J a) Perry b) Keeper in Premier league c) Ahhh.

Robert a) Roberdoz b) Police Officer c) Gym tomorrow.


Sam a) Raanga b) Mechanic c) Shut up Aidian.

Matthew D a) Sookie b) Still bailing the boys out! c) Doooooiiiiittttzzzzz!!

Trei a) Trei-wai Piri-mu b) Gizzy cuz c) Ah.....rubbish.

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TO GET ALONG.TO FORGE A PATH.

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SchoolChris Wanikau

Sports are cooler than nothing at all

Activities are so much fun in the sun

Ideas for creative thoughts

Now is the time to learn advanced stuff

Teachers advise us how to learn

Books assist us to find new things

Exercise is such good fitness

Reading to learn and for entertainment

New people we meet and learn to greet

Art gives us pictures in our minds

Rules are the tools of the school

Drama helps some of us be calmer

Science with chemicals to use and enjoy.

TheAV TEAMCallum Bryan

Cruising on the Pacific Dawn ship

Really is a good holiday trip

Under some bridges that were quite low

Into Airlie Beach, Cairns and Port Douglas we go

Some on a crocodile cruise, others to the Barrier Reef

Everyone had a good time, even though it was brief

CruiseHarry Robinson

BirdsJosh SalesBlue birds I’ve got the blues for birds I sit on the ground wishing they would come downThey fly so high Man!!!! I wish I could touch the sky.

Owl, Owl, OwlI Howl, Howl, Howl As I hear you hoot all night longOh I wish you were gone.

Robin’ Robin’ Robin’I see you bobbin, bobbin, bobbin,I always see you on the window sill I think I’ll call youBill or Jill.

Helping the AV team at school is a

great learning experience.

Everyone in the team helps each other

and is always straight onto the problems. Heaps of people

think that it is a nerdy thing to do but even people with no experience at

all, could learn a thing or two about lights and mics. Cool if you want to make films.

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T h e G r e a T e s c a p eAll of a sudden, we all heard gunshots fire from behind us. We all fell to the ground and covered our heads. But in a matter of seconds, we had already lost three men. The escape plane was only a few hundred metres away but the enemy was closing in on us. So in a time of desperate measure, the remaining four of us made a dash for the plane, which had by now started

its engine and was slowly moving away. We were sprinting for our lives. I was terrified

as I saw my friends dropping to the ground beside me. My heart was beating loudly. It was the only

thing that I could hear. I caught up to the plane but we were running out of runway. The plane’s wheels were now airborne and I was soon not going to be able to grab the wheels of the plane. I looked across

from me and there he was, smiling at me. James and I were the last ones left. He then nodded at me. We

both jumped for the wheels of the escape plane, while a bullet pierced the fuel tank. James and I both had a good grip on the plane. We knew we had made it out of that mess, but we weren’t going far.

Twenty-two hours earlier…

It’s the middle of the night and we are all freezing cold. The light white snow fell softly onto the trees above us. All seven of us took camp in the sheltered area we were in. I found a comfortable spot away from everyone else and had a smoke. The gestapo had been after us for days now and the stress was getting to us. Every time I could hear rustling in the bush I would get startled and be very careful.

Nicholas Marra 8KT Excerpt from a story.

The SanctuaryIt really was the definition of a Monday room. The darkened curtain half covered the open window casting a protective shadow over the lumpy mass of the bed. The red top blanket was pulled tight over in an unsuccessful attempt to hide the unmade turmoil beneath. The icy wind crawled in, ruffling the curtain as it passed. The shadow skittered across the mattered carpet. Over at the wooden desk, papers fluttered gracefully in the light breeze. Revision notes from past lessons were strategically strewn over the worn surface. Clothes were left piled on the floor ready for the following day. Wardrobe drawers and closet doors stood ajar, letting their contents free into the world like incompetent jailers. The room embodied chaos, but the chaos was organised. Everything lay in its proper place, all filed in invisible folders or packaged in invisible boxes. I understood it and it understood me. It was a sanctuary.

Only a day later and the sanctuary lay in ruin. It had been raided, vandalised by a bandit. The contrast was sharp and painful. Evening light invaded the room through all windows. The pristine and neat bed hunched uncomfortably in the corner, its imaginary arms were crossed in indignation as if doubting that this new formal appearance was really necessary. The desk showed a side of itself I had never seen before, namely the top. The precious revision notes hastily stuffed into the drawers were creased, ripped and shuffled out of order. The “careless” clothing piles had been forced, against their will, into the wardrobe. The room had not been cleaned, it had been purged. The neat insanity that had replaced my place of safety was uncomfortable and foreign. I saw a shred of

hope, a single tuft of paper sticking out of the drawers, a sign that someday this civilization might rebuild.

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Sister to the Poor Mother Theresa September of 1946 came, And Mother Teresa was growing in fame, On this day in September she boarded her train, Her thoughts were on the needy as she listened to rain.

Moti Jheel was outside, but it seemed far away, She heard a call from God on the train, so she started to pray. God told her to help in Moti Jheel, For there was hungry to feed and sick to heal

There are many diseases that caused things to fail, As Mother Theresa struggled to prevail. They did not have the luxuries such as milk, Or treated water, clean meat or silk.

By James, Elisha and Marcus

An Average DayNelson Mandela Waking up all alone, The colours of life are in monotone. Water from waste coming out grey, This is just another average day. Slaving away for hours long, Without aid from a hopeful song. All time for work, no time for play, This is just an average day. In our cell locked up tight, No noise, light or movement for the night. For years this has been the way, This is just another average day.

By Marcus Manning

First on the Moon Neil Armstrong Up, up, way up high, Higher than the mountains, higher than the sky, Apollo 11 was travelling through space, The United States were winning the moon race. Two young astronauts, named Buzz and Neil, With no ice cream or lollies, or McDonalds for a meal. A vast, endless vacuum was all that was seen, No flowers of yellow, nor grasses of green.

They travelled for four days, then arrived on the moon, History was to be made very, very soon. Neil took the first step, while Buzz recorded, And as it was taken, the whole world applauded.

By James Missen

Test Flight Drama Charles Lindbergh

I sat in the air feeling as light as a bird,

I felt the wind as the engine whirred. Two or three thousand feet up the world looked like a toy

As the boy in me came out I felt a sense of joy.

I did a large bank and then I tried a spin, I lost all control and I felt fear win.

The buck and plunge of the plance went on, With the aerodynamics all gone.

I flew out of the cockpit, and a tug on my body came, As the parachute released and I drifted to the plains.

I woke up on a potato patch, And my pain began to catch.

By Elisha Day

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The Pied Piper “Come in!” - the Mayor cried, looking bigger:

And in did come the strangest figure! His queer long coat from heel to head

Was half of yellow and half of red; And he himself was tall and thin.

With sharp blue eyes, each like a pin, And light loose hair, yet swarthy skin, No tuft on cheek, nor beard on chin,

But lips where smiles went out and in - There was no guessing of his kith and kin!

And nobody could enough admire The tall man and his quaint attire: Quoth one: “It’s as my grand-sire,

Starting up at the Trump of Doom’s tone, Had walked this way from his painted tomb-stone!”

Acceptance & ToleranceBy Allister Tran (Y12 - EP)

Acceptance and Tolerance. To you they might be the same thing. To you they might be two attributes that convey the

same actions but they are actually quite different. What is acceptance? What is tolerance? What is the difference between the two?

In our daily lives these two things happen all the time and are always mistaken for each other. What do you think acceptance or toler-ance is? Tolerance is the willingness to tolerate something or someone; meaning that we are able to have a fair objective attitude towards something that we do not particularlybelieve in or agree with. Acceptance is the act of asserting of belief, meaning that we are able to approve of something with no judgement.

In the novel “To Kill a Mocking Bird” by Harper Lee we see examples of acceptance and tolerance; especially in the characters, Atticus Finch and Tom Robinson. They show acceptance, even in their difficult situations.

Atticus, a respected lawyer in the small county, is a critical character that conveyed not only tolerance but the upmost acceptance towards the people of the town. When Atticus decided to represent Tom Robinson this made the intolerant people of the county very angry, but why? Every man has the right to defend and to be defended for himself. Yet during this time in America, the Deep South - racism and intolerance were very common and went hand in hand.

Atticus Finch has a genuine interest in upholding justice. Even though he loses the case and Tom Robinson is found guilty, he is

still given given an intense moment of respect for his fight for justice, tolerance and accept-ance. Harper Lee shows this through the part where the courtroom gives Atticus a standing ovation - this shows the moment of tolerance and acceptance.

Tom Robinson shows not only tolerance but acceptance as well. His situation is the most difficult and challenging out of all of the charac-ters of the novel. He is a black man in the Deep South. I’m sure you can list all of the generic problems. Yet with all of the odds against him, he is still respectful towards others - whether tolerant or accepting his attitudes are postive and pure.

In the court case, the attorney, Mr Gilmer, al-ways refers to Tom as “boy”. On the other hand, Tom Robinson always addressed everyone with

such respect by addressing them with “Sir” or “Ma’am”. Even to Mayella, he always calls her “Miss” even

during the court case. This shows his acceptance towards Mayella and all the

people he comes in contact with; he felt sorry for Mayella and tried to help her.

If he was tolerant, he would not have helped Mayella to the full extent that he

did. He would still have helped her, because that is in his nature. Instead of helping her

on a daily basis, he would have just left food on the front yard of her home or just left some money on the doorstep.

Tolerance - when I first read the novel I thought tolerance was the same as acceptance, yet there was a very fine line between the two. Scout is a prime example of a tolerant character. Not once in the text does she refer to black people as “niggers” or any other derogatory term. However, she does not accept everyone. She does tolerate people, the blacks for example. She does not hate them nor

accept them. Therefore she is tolerant of them. Her fascination with Boo Radley shows that Scout does not accept him but tolerates him with her curiosity.

The town’s people would have been tolerant of each other, whites vs blacks. Some people would have tolerated the black people, some had this hatred for him. This is the same for what the blacks thought of the whites.

Now in our society, this generation, this century, this class even - do you think we are accepting of each other? To me, the school is accepting of each others’ race. Yet we are tolerant of cerain people, certain personali-ties that might clash with our own. Unlike the characters in the novel, we are all accepting of each others ethnicities and race. There is no prejudice against other races.

In our society, we have evolved from judgement of race to judgement of personality. Although there are still people who are not accepting certain races, people from older generations, different backgrounds, people who were taught by their parents about certain morals and thinking even though it may not be just. We, as the new generation, have this tolerance towards people we may or may not like.

Is there something wrong with this? I certainly do not think so, it’s in our human nature to have distastes and clashes. It’s how we act and react to these distastes and clashes which matters, tolerance is certainly preferable to nastiness or negative judement.

There is a great contrast between the novel and us as modern youths: we can see beyond the exterior and i.e. judge based on actions and personality, unlike the characters of the novel, they judge based on rumour, race and artificial exterior views. The difference between acceptance and tolerance is that acceptance has a positve connotation and tolerance has a negative one. The difference between the society of Maycomb and Lower Hutt is that we are able to accept each other, whatever race and ethnicity we may be.

So just look around, do you tolerate the people around you or do you accept them?

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In the Name of JusticeBy Michael Brennan (Y12 - EP)

You’re a black man, you are stand-ing in court, awaiting the jury’s verdict. All of the evidence is in your favour: GUILTY!

You’re a white man, you are standing in court, awaiting the jury’s verdict. All the evidence is in your favour: Innocent...

Is this justice? Is this the way we want crime to be handled in our country? How could people be so caught up with racial differ-ences that they fail to see the truth that is staring them right in the face.

Throughout the course of history, there has been a vast difference in the way that Europeans (or people with pale skin) have been treated by the justice system. The novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”, written by Harper Lee addressed the issue of injus-tice towards African Americans through the way Tom Robinson is found guilty, even though all of the evi-dence was in Tom’s favour. However, there are always two sides to every story and

I will be looking at the white people’s view of the justice system of the time (early 19th Century) compared to the African Americans’ perspective of the system.

For African Americans, the justice system was anything but just. They could go into court totally innocent with all of the evidence in their favour and end up with a life sentence in jail, or even a death sentence, as was the case with Tom Robinson. For an African American, going to court could be a death sentence in itself.

African Americans were treated as inferior beings to white men and as horrible as this sounds, it was the cruel reality of the 19th Century. The main reason for this inferior treatment was because the Africans were shipped out from Africa and sold as slaves in America. They worked on plantations, farming and cotton picking. Some worked as house servants. The conditions these slaves undured were unthinkable. They were stacked so tightly in ships that they were un-able to move for weeks on end on their way to America. They were whipped and beaten at the hands of their unreasonable owners and were fed so little that many starved to death.

The Americans had no respect for the Afri-cans. They were merely viewed as a means to make money. This is one of the reasons why they were treated so badly.

Tom Robinson worked as a cotton picker and he was viewed as a

lesser being in the Maycomb white community, even though he was a

very nice man. He never had a bad word to say about anyone and his manners were impeccable. Scout even said, “in their own way, Tom Robinson’s manners were as good as Atticus’,” which is very high praise. The only reason for the injustice was his skin colour. He wasn’t a drunkard like Bob Ewell and he behaved much more civilly than Bob, but his skin colour put him below Bob in society.

From the white man’s perspective, the justice system presented no trouble. They could be assured that they were proven innocent if they were up against an African American, no matter what the case or what they had done. Even for a man like Bob Ewell, who is as horrible aas a person could be and is clearly guilty of perjury. However, he can get off the hook because of his skin colour.

A main reason that Europeans felt that they were better than the Africans was because many Europeans were educated and most Africans were not. Many Africans could neither read nor write so they were viewed as inferior. They were made to work for the educated Europeans who had money and land. This is one of the main reasons why Africans were treated so poorly by the justice system. Also educated Europeans considered themselves to be more credible and trustworthy and therefore more likely to be innocent.

An event from Harper Lee’s “To Kill a

Mockingbird” illustrates this point nicely. Mr Gilmore, a lawyer in the Tom Robinson trial, is enraged when Tom says he felt sorry for Mayella Ewell. This shows how the white people felt they were more important than the Africans and for an African to feel sorry for them was considered an insult.

Also, since many Europeans were educated, they were more likely to be selected on a jury. In many cases, trials between a white man and an African were decided by an all-white jury, which heavily favoured the white man.

There have been several severe examples of this extreme prejudice towards African Americans. For example, Jena High School located in a small town in Jena, Louisiana (a state infmaous for racism) experienced some of this injustice first hand.

A group of African American boys at the high school asked a teacher if they could sit under a tree at lunch time with the other white boys. The teacher told them they could sit wherever they wanted to. Next morning, three nooses hung from the branches. The students who hung the nooses received a brief suspension from the school, but no further consequences arose from the incident. Or so they thought.

This incident was only one of many and the racial tension between the whites and the blacks was beginning to boil over. Many fights started to break out between the two races with the Africans constantly receiving harsher sentences.

All of these little confrontations added to the tensions between the opposing races, finally resulting in an incident referred to as, “The Jena Six”. In December 2006, six African American youths, all from Jena High

School, attacked a white school mate Justin Barker. The punishment? Felony charges of attempted murder, up to @90,000 worth of fines and potentially 20 year jail sentences.

The severity of these charges provoked widespread controversy as people started to realise how poorly the African Americans were being treated. If it had been six white boys beating up an African boy, would these charges have been the same? Would charges even have been laid? This is just another example of how unfair the justice system is to African Americans.

As you can see from the evidence above, over the years, the justice system has favoured the white people and that needs to change. However, it is not about reversing the system so white people are discriminiated against. It is about creating a society where all people are considered equal despite their race or culture. If we can treat everyone as an equal, injustice can be stopped.

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My recollection of The 2013 Rotary Science and Technology forum

is that it was two fast weeks of fun, learning and a great experience of my life.

The forum started with me not knowing anyone, at a new place and it was very hot. After playing and watching a few games of pool I met new people and found out that some schools in Auckland had up to 3,000 students which was very surprising.

Another event on the first day was group meetings and finding who I was grouped with for the next 2 weeks.

The next day photos were taken and the directors address which covered who he was and some basic rules. Later that day we had a chance to explore Auckland for a few hours.

On the first Monday the opening of the forum occurred, so with the forum opened the first event was the keynote lecture which was done by Professor Donna Rose Addis and we learned about parts of the brain, memories and imagination which was an interesting lecture and I still remember it because as it turns out memories influence our imagination.

The afternoon was on ethics and science and was interesting to learn about as well. The rest of the week saw various academic modules on various fields of science.

What also occurred was the first tech option visit which was the hyperbaric chamber which was very interesting to learn its applications and medicine, a recreating activity and the start of the volley ball tournament.

The weekend saw us explore Auckland and my group went to the zoo. The disco was also on and was fun. The beach day which could have been better if the sun was out but we made the most of it.

The second week saw more of the same but with a slot of free time, two more tech options and Thursday saw the final of the volleyball tournament of which we finished 4th out of 6 teams. The 1st tech option was at the police station and involved finger printing. The 2nd option was at Wellington Drive which was an engineering company that made motors for fridges and gave a view of careers with engineering.

Friday was a long day as it involved putting everything away, the closing ceremony and the formal science dinner which was very nice. Then that was it and we went back to O’Rorke hall and one last meeting. We got our bags and waited around until we had to leave. We got no sleep and it was sad to say goodbye as we had been together for two weeks.

Now as I look back and type this

up I realise how awesome it was and how great it is to not get up at 6am each day to do early morning activities. So I have typed out the major outcomes of the forum.

Forum outcomes:

• Learned about life at uni.

• Learned about the possible careers in science and technology.

• Learned more about how science and technology impact on ourn everyday lives.

• Made many friends and had a lot of fun and a it was a great experience.

My current career option is that I am considering joining the Navy as a warfare officer. Now I am considering doing a degree majoring in economics and maths. But the forum has opened my eyes to campus life so I am unsure as to which

University I will attend.

I would like to really thank Rotary International for organising this wonderful event. Their organisation and expertise was brilliant.

To finish I would like to quote Walt Disney.

“When you’re curious, you find lots of interesting things to do”

Chris Sims

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The Boys that went: Jacob Lillyston, Jason Montin, Matthew Dicken, Iago Lopes, Jack Imray, Michael Alofi, Trei Mu, Tommy Fitzsimmons, Jack Ross, Jerome McGuiness, Mr Te Wai Piripi and Mr David Sefton.

Mt Ruapehu Y13 PE TRIP

On Saturday 21st September, ten Year 13 PE boys, along with Mr Sefton and Mr Piripi went to Turangi for five days to take part in a variety of

activities. When we arrived in Turangi the weather was a bit average so we stayed indoors and got a feel for the place where we were staying which was the Extreme Backpackers Turangi. After claiming bunks and plugs we had a meeting about our behaviour and we sorted out the duty. The teachers then prepared dinner.

The following morning the weather was dreadful and the plan was to do a four hour walk. After reaching the Lower Tama Lakes for lunch (two hours of walking completed) the heavens opened up and the rain came down while we were having our lunches This hurried us up as we finished our lunches to get back on road back to civilisation. Once arriving back at the backpackers I think it was safe to say that all of us, including the teachers, were relieved. On the second

day the scheduled plan of snowboarding/skiing was cancelled due to poor weather so instead we found more walking tracks which will be used for future reference if a day on the mountain is cancelled again.

Day three looked prosperous as the moun-tain was open and the sun was out. We all woke up with a great anticipation of a great day of snowboarding. With our snowboarding lesson at 11 we were looking forward to it.

We had lunch at 12 in the warmth of the café we then decided to get back out there

and make the most of the rest of the day. Unfortunately that came shortly after lunch when the weather came (again) and the Mountain was forced to be closed. Although the mountain was short lived, we all had a great day. Our final journey on this trip was to the Rangatira Golf Club on the way home to play nine holes as part of an assessment. This was the best day of the five which we were away. The sun was out and it was about 17 degrees. The boys enjoyed the scenery which this amazing course provided and the cool drink which was had at the end.

The Year 13PED class would like to thank Mr Piripi and Mr Sefton for making this trip pos-sible and for organising all the car washes and parents’ meeting. Also we would like to thank the parents for the home cooking which was provided for us to enjoy on the evenings while we played cards with German Tourists.

Jack Imray

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Gateway

This year the Gateway program and Career’s department lost a very dedicated and committed woman who served the boys and

the school well. She will be missed and we want to acknowledge May Lax for the work she has done for the school and the Gateway program and wish her all the best.

I came into the job with very big shoes to fill. I have had an amazing time this year with the role as Gateway Broker. I have managed to slot into the Gateway and Careers team well and have implemented some of my own ideas and utilised my skills that I brought to the program. I have found the boys welcoming and they have been great to work with this year.

There were 35 boys to be placed with an employer and we managed to do that with ease, despite the late start that I had this year. I am very fortunate to have some existing and new contacts with some of the

local businesses who have supported the boys in their placements.

Some of the boys found it difficult and realised that some jobs are not what they expected and they made a few changes. We also had boys who really stepped up and made something of themselves by working hard and gaining part time jobs from those placements.

Paasi Fine was offered a job from Placemakers and so was Terry Watkins.Jordan Garrow also got a part time job from Espresso Café.We had boys doing many different jobs and careers pathways. This year we had 14 boys from the construction class and they were placed with builders and joiners. We also had motor mechanics and some doing I.T. technician type work. Some of the boys did youth work, sport coaching or outdoor activities.

This year The Warehouse set up a program called the ‘Red Shirt Program’, which offered 27 Level 2 credits. We had eight boys who

did retail and really made the most of this opportunity.

They all finished it and passed the written book work that was required of them.

I really have made a good bond with the boys and have had the opportunity to work closely with them to make decisions for their career or pathway to their future. Boys like Johnny Vaelei and David Manase who found it difficult to find their place in the school, as well as the program, were able to achieve and make a plan for what they will do when leaving St Bernard’s College.

To sum up the year I would say it’s been a very colourful, challenging and exciting one and I’m hoping to see more of that next year

Mr Shaka Sola Gateway Broker

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Japan Trip

This year’s trip to Japan was an AMAZING experience - really fun, a lot of laughs and at the same time a very educational experi-

ence. Our use of Japanese and our social skills improved hugely over the course of the trip. There are so many events and experiences that can be talked about, but if I named and described each one, this would be too long of a read, so I’ll keep it short and tell you all about each location and the main things that we did there.

The group consisted of Year 12’s Richard Awa-tere, Luke Vallance and Jordan Hall, Year 11’s Alex Nelson, William Matheson, Aaron Marshall and Year 10 Regan Gilmour. The trip was lead by the Japanese teacher Manu Corcoran, and was assisted by the French teacher William Daveis and Anna-Marie Dickinson the school Chaplain.

Getting ThereNot such an interesting part of the trip, I know, but, our tired eyes made it to the meeting at school at 4.30am. We left for Wellington Airport, where we loaded up on coffee to keep us going for a little bit. From there we flew to Christchurch, and then to Kansai Airport (in Osaka) via Singapore. The flights were long and hard, but they were full of expectant conversation of what was to come in Japan, some movie watching, and naturally, a whole lot of sleep.

HiroshimaWe arrived here after landing in Osaka and taking the train. Hiroshima is quite a big city, separated by the six channels of the Oota River. Our first day in Japan we visited the Hiroshima Memorial Peace Park, which is an absolutely beautiful and solemn place. Many memorials have been put up and there is even a ‘Peace Bell’ which anyone can ring. It can be heard throughout the whole park. After looking around the park we visited the Memorial Peace Museum, which is in the Peace Park. It contains various artefacts salvaged from the wreckage that the atomic bomb caused, along with various pictures, letters and notes drawn and written by survivors. It was both an educational and a humbling experience for all of us.

Our accommodation, a traditional Japanese Inn, was definitely an entirely new thing to all of us.

We slept on futons, which are thin mattress-like beds that are laid out on the floor, despite their looks, they are oh so comfortable. But the only way of washing yourself, was to go into a bath that is public to all occupants of the hotel, and meant to allow up to four people to wash at once. So, the boys and I, determined to have privacy, tried to time our bath turns so that we could all wash alone, we succeeded, much to our relief.

Just a boat trip away from Hiroshima was a small island called Miyajima where a beautiful, old shrine is still very much alive and running. It made for some beautiful photos and some of us bought good luck charms especially for exams which were just around the corner. The beautiful buildings are home to monks, and the island is teeming with deer, big insects and boasts a huge marketplace

KyotoWe only had two days in Kyoto, but both were packed full of sightseeing and a lot of fun. We checked in at another Japanese Inn - this one is run by Buddhist monks from the nearby temple. We went to visit the Nishi Honganji temple, which was absolutely beautiful, both the architecture and the scenery. Going to temples like this calmed us down, and made us feel at peace. That night, much to our excitement, we were off to ‘Sweets of Ninja’, a ninja-themed, buffet style restaurant. The food was amazing, with a mix of Japanese and Western foods that had you strug-gling to choose what to eat. The staff were, of course, dressed accordingly to the ninja theme, which we all found entertaining. After dinner we all went running around in the dark chasing clues in a Ninja maze. A fun night out.

The next day we were off to an amazing theme-park, Eiga-mura which is also a film set for jidaigeki films featuring Samurai. There were a tonne of shops, food stalls, and awesome activities. It was great; all the boys were busy buying souvenirs, food, and frequently getting scared in the ‘secret door maze’. It was great fun for everyone. Next was Kinkakuji, the Golden Pa-vilion. The building itself is absolutely stunning, literally plated with gold, with the golden statue of a legendary bird Ho-Oh perched at the top, we all stood in marvel of it and took a ridiculous amount of photos. But the building itself isn’t the only attraction; the forests around it and the pond surrounding it were also something

to marvel at. Next we visited Nijo Castle, a huge complex, complete with a moat - another amazing feat of architecture. The complex is just absolutely huge, on a scale that I can’t describe; it took us so long to reach from one side of the property to the other. Our last stop of the day was the Kyoto Tower and a visit to the massive Kyoto Station and department store.

Joetsu - Home Stay and School VisitsThis was going to be an experience for all of us, staying with a new family, and in most cases, speaking only Japanese for a week. Everyone seemed nervous on the way to meet our host families. But, in saying that, all our homestays went perfectly, with no troubles at all. From this experience we all have great stories to share and our use of the language improved vastly. But most importantly of all we formed new relation-ships with great people, and for that we have the

Mizuno, Katou, Uchida, Ishiguro, Sakaguchi, Sesimo, Murakoshi and Mikami families, and the Joetsu chapter of AFS, to thank.

The school visits were awesome; all the boys hit instant popularity which we thought was great. We participated in a variety of classes, getting to do Calligraphy, Cooking, English, Maths, Chemistry and PE (to name a few) with nothing but our Japanese and common sense to rely on. It was difficult but when we started to catch on to what was happening, it went absolutely amaz-ingly. All the Principals, students and teachers from Arai Senior High School (Mrs Corcoran’s alma mater), Naoetsu Junior and Senior High School, Sekine Academy and II Elementary School were so friendly, welcoming and accept-ing, including us in as much of the goings-on as possible. Because of this we all had great fun, so a big thanks to the students and staff of those schools! We also visited the beautiful Takada Catholic Church and learned about its history and the history of the Catholic Church in Japan. We also had the chance to learn about the local

“ Going to beautiful temples calmed us down and made us feel at peace ”

On our journey to Japan we experienced everything from pop-culture Pokemon to sightseeing shrines, samurai & sushi

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For the first time, I was in the privileged position of being invited on SBC’s 2013 trip to Japan. Although there were

so many amazing experiences I wish I could share, time (and space on these pages) don’t allow for it. But what will stay with me forever is the culture and the people of this spec-tacular country.

As a trained French teacher who has lived and worked in France, Japan had never been on my radar given my background. Yet, being Kiwi-born with Māori and Pacifica heritage, Japan’s culture definitely resonated strongly with me. The locals wave goodbye to you until they see you no more. Workers cleaning the trains will stand on platforms and wave goodbye to you as your train departs. They will bow in almost any situation; whether it’s the train guards before checking tickets, the till worker at McDonalds, in shops, in their cars to other drivers, and even on the phone to each other!

In Japan everything has its place. People queue nicely. Trains are serenely quiet even when packed. The streets are clean. This respect and structure also permeates Japanese classrooms, where I found students to be so quiet that most lessons reminded me more of university lecture theatres than secondary school class-rooms! At the end of their day, Japanese students even clean their own schools, by sweeping classroom floors and emptying bins, such a foreign concept to any Kiwi school kid!

In short, I ended my trip in the firm belief that every Westerner should visit Japan at least once. In my case, I hope I can visit there again one day. Before leaving New Zealand, I thought Japan was outside my comfort zone. In terms of the language, it definitely was. But in every other aspect, it was simply a country to be savoured. My gratitude goes to every single student who supported me in various ways during the trip. Thanks also to all of the parents for your hard work preparing these boys from behind the scenes, and finally to Manu and Anna-Marie – without your support I would have simply been stumped. Peace be with all of you.

Mr William Daveis

Cable TV station and looked around the internal workings of a Japanese TV station. Later in our visit some of the boys even got filmed by JCV to star on a segment about our visit to Joetsu.

During the days when we weren’t visiting schools, we got to spend some great time with our host families, so when the time came to say goodbye, it was a difficult farewell for all of us. We all miss our host families, we had great fun. Thank you all so very much for your awesome hospitality. Also a big thanks to Mrs Mikami and the organizers of the AFS welcome party, that was a great chance to talk with our host families, the other host families, and for Alex, all of the High School girls.

Finally we have to extend yet another big thank you to Mikami-san who organised kimono for us to try on, we had a great time trying them on and doing the tea ceremony and we all have some great photos. All of these things (and so much more) made our Joetsu stay an amazing experience.

TokyoOff to Tokyo! The big city and capital of Japan. Tall buildings rise above you on all sides, no matter where you go. In saying that, the amount of shops and restaurants is so huge that you don’t really need to go far to find what you’re looking for. So all the boys had a great time exploring and shopping in our free time. First up was Sunshine City and inside that was the Anime Theme park that we were all looking forward to going to, they had a whole load of merchandise, souvenirs and wonderful foods to buy.

The next day was another full day of sightseeing, this time to Asakusa Shrine, the Pokemon Centre and Tokyo Tower. The shrine was at the end of a street that’s about 300m long, packed the whole way, on both sides, with little stores containing everything from ice-cream to t-shirts. It took us absolutely forever to reach the shrine, mostly because of the sheer amount of people there, and the infinite amount of distractions that the shops provided. We were all given the mission to try a weird flavour of ice-cream, so we all chose differ-ent flavours, from grape, to purple potato. All the flavours were great, in their own unique way. The shrine itself was also absolutely amazing, with the artwork of a dragon painted into the ceiling. Every shrine and temple we visited has been amazing. Yet another great experience. We weren’t able to go right to the top of Tokyo Tower, but we still

got about two-thirds the way to the top, the sheer height of where that was, only two-thirds up, made you wonder how it looks from the top, it made me feel a little queasy just thinking about it.

In Tokyo we also visited Shibuya which has the busiest intersection in the world, the Imperial Palace where we wandered the gardens and the newly refurbished Tokyo Station near a beautiful fountain park where we all wanted to swim because it was so hot while we were in Japan. We also checked out Ueno Park and the National Museum of Tokyo and lots of the area around out hotel.

We were luckily enough to be joined during out stay in Tokyo by Minobu-sensei and Yasuyo-sen-sei (previous Japanese assistant teachers at SBC) and by Hideki (an International student at SBC in 2012). We all had the chance to be the tour guide with help from Mrs Corcoran and became confident about getting around this huge city.

On our last day, we visited Meiji Shrine, where a wedding was going on! Before we left the shrine, Minobu and Yasuyo wrote us a note to go on the wall outside the shrine, along with the tens of thousands of others before it, they wished a good future for Saint Bernard’s and its students. After this we headed to Harajuku for lunch. Harajuku is a hub for young people in Tokyo and it was packed as it usually is on a Sunday when young people come out to hang out with their friends and participate in CosPlay.

Then it was back to the hotel to pack and have a good sleep before our long journey home. The next morning we performed the school haka in front of the hotel to farewell and thank Minobu-sensei and Yasuyo-sensei for helping us out.

ThanksWe have many people to thank. Firstly our parents for all the time and effort and support they gave us to be able to have this amazing trip. The assist-ing teachers and friends who joined us during the trip. We really need to thank the community and the Hutt Minoh Friendship House Trust for their generous grant. Our host families and schools were brilliant and we were blessed to have been welcomed so warmly by them all. Finally, this trip has been a great experience for us all, so a big thanks to Mrs Corcoran for that! Luke Vallance

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International Languages Department

The Languages Department once again consisted of the following staff William Daveis (French) and Manuhiri Corcoran

(Japanese) and Nila Uili (Samoan). We are fortunate to have these great teachers working in the department and supporting the students.

Japanese It has been another full year in the Japanese section of the Languages department.

In term one as well as having Himori-sensei with us we were very lucky to have a number of visiting Japanese students visiting with us from Shibuya Makuhari High School. Our students have been very fortunate to have had the chance to communicate with native Japanese speakers and share the language and culture of New Zealand.

This year we continued fundraising for the Japan Trip which took place in October 2013. Fundraising for this trip is hard work but the trip was extremely rewarding for all participants. Check out the article and photos of the trip.

On the 28th November, the Year 9 & 10 students went on their EOTC field trip to have lunch at Ichiban Teppanyaki on High St, where we had a mouth watering teppanyaki meal (see above left). I was impressed that all the students tried the different foods and played games like catching raw eggs and fried rice in bowls! It was particularly amusing when some boys dropped egg or rice on themselves. Many thanks to the parents who accompanied us - without parent support we could not take these types of trips out.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank our parents, students and community for their support and assistance in the various activities undertaken by the Japanese section this year. Your help is very much appreciated.

FrenchThe highlight of 2013 for the Year 9 class was the chance to taste escargots, much to the disappointment of the Year 10, who missed out! I must point out that these escargots were pan fried in garlic, butter, shallots and seasoning, some would say

to ‘mask’ the real taste. Students also had the option of a baguette to go with it! Reviews were mixed, not helped by the fact that their own teacher is not a fan. Many boys opted out completely or tried one, while others were brave enough to go in for seconds. All in all, a lot of fun! Thank you to my fellow departmental colleagues, Manu and Nila, for your moral support and guidance this year and best wishes to all languages students in 2013.

Samoan One of our students in Year 9, Bruce Tuuga, worked hard and won the Samoan Language Speech competition which was held in Lower Hutt. Congratulations and we look forward to what our students can do in the future. Also this year the Samoan students once again travelled to support the Independence for Samoa Day and represented our school with pride.

International Languages Week This year we celebrated ILW from Sunday 18 to Saturday 24 August 2013. We utilised the daily notices to introduce greetings and phrases from the target language of the day.

Monday Bonjour! French

Tuesday Talofa lava Samoan

Wednesday Guten Tag! German

Thursday Konnichiwa Japanese

Friday Buenos Dias! Spanish

The Year 10, 11 and 12 Japanese, French and Samoan students took the opportunity to organise mini lessons and taught them to the Year 7&8 students (see above right). They covered teaching the basics of communicating in these target languages, including greetings, numbers and colours. It is pleasing to see that a number of our students arrive at St Bernard’s with very good second (and sometimes more) language skills. It was a series of interactive lessons which were enjoyed by the teachers and students alike.

There were Japanese, French and Samoan themed activities held during lunch hours and the languages teachers shared aspects of culture and language during staff reflections in the morning. It was exciting to see the high level of involvement at all levels.

Mrs Manuhiri Corcoran HOD Languages

World Class Interactive International Lessons

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Learning Support

Beginning a new job at any school always involves a steep learning curve

and this year has been no exception. I have relied on the good will, institutional knowledge and expertise of experienced teacher aides. These outstanding people have managed to make my transition as easy as possible.

The learning support centre at St Bernard’s is a full on environment where we accept student differences, encourage and support students to achieve at and beyond what they believe they are capable of achieving. We work with students with a wide range of learning needs;

from specific areas of course work, to mentoring and also with students who have disabilities.

We have a highly skilled team of teacher aides, who work tirelessly to assist students to reach their potential. Brother Tim’s patience and skill, particularly with senior students, in English and mentoring, has been a huge positive. He has made a real difference for these young men. His commitment and extra support have been outstanding. Sister Ruth brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to her role working with Year 7 and 8 students with Literacy difficulties. Jill Tuau has continued to support and guide ESOL students. Jill’s talents go beyond an extensive

knowledge of second language learning, to sewing, organising social club events and she is our most experienced exam reader writer. Glenys Shkopiak is an excellent administrator. Glenys has not only managed correspondence, but also assisted with the use of assessment tools as well as teacher aiding. Jennifer Cousine has worked extensively with our ORRS students as well as other students who find learning difficult. Jennifer’s patience and professionalism are really appreciated by the team.

The learning support centre has begun to develop links with parents and families. We have supported staff to adapt programmes to meet the wide range of students they work with everyday. We look forward to continuing to build on the work we have done in 2013.

Mrs Sue Johnson

Terrific Teamwork

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Library

Wow the start of the year went with a hiss and a roar. Miss Jacki Sheehan spent all of term 1 processing

departmental text books in record numbers. The library’s timetable was booked nearly every period throughout the day and week. The biggest users in the library this year were the English Department, Y7’s and 8’s classes, and the Social Studies Department. Lunch times in the library also proved to be as popular as always. Students were playing the card game Yogioh, doing homework, or reading. On wet days the Internet TV entertained extra students watching People are Awesome and Top Gear on YouTube.

Since Harry Potter arrived many books are now in series. I try my best to keep up with book series and many I have obtained through pre-ordering. For the series that I know that have proved popular a second copy has been purchased. The latest is the House of Hades, book 4 in the series Heroes of Olympus by Rick Riordan. This year there has been many students reserving books.

Accelerated Reader Advantage (AR) Programme All the Accelerated Reader fiction books have all been colour coded for different reading levels and I have just started the tedious job on the non-fiction collection. Hopefully the backlog will be completed by the end 2014. This process is on-going as Accelerated Reader adds hundreds of titles each month.

The AR Advantage Programme compulsory for the Y7’s and Y8’s has been amazing this year. Many students have gone up in their levels. The class tests results are exceptional. In 2013, 8UI has been the only class to pass the most tests every single term this year. Well done, that is awesome. In term 3 8SU were the only class to pass the same amount of tests sat – excellent. Here are the results…

Class Tests Passed For 2013

8UI 880

8CL 581

8SU 479

8KT 457

8NI 348

Library Statistics for 2013Most popular item : The Recruit by Robert Muchamore

Most popular author : Robert Muchamore

Most popular item to date : The Bad Beginning by Lemoney Snicket

Most active borrower : Mitchell Bishop

Most active class : 8UI

AcknowledgementsThe library seems to get busier and busier each year. I am lucky to have a volun-teer – Jacki Sheehan who does all the processing of the new books and does the shelving, without Jacki my workload would be nearly doubled.

A big thank you to the Library Desk As-sistants who helped out on the issuing desk and for those who also shelve books. Ben Wallis leaves us at the end of the year, the last of my original library team. Ben has been a desk assistant since Y7 and I have seen Ben grow into a polite young man. I would like to take this opportunity to wish him well in him future endeavours.

A big thank you to the PFS for the money that they gave the library through the sale of the secondhand uniforms to buy books that would not normally be purchased.

Thanks to the BOT’s and staff & students who supported the library throughout the year.

Mrs Kerry Rubick Library Manager

Awesome People From Bad Beginnings to Happy Endings

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Māori - Kōrero

Whānau Support Hui Slightly over 100 parents and the families of our Māori students met outside the school canteen for a BBQ appetiser in preparation for the school’s first Whānau Support hui for the year. on Wednes-day 6th March Although the meeting focused on the impressive results achieved by many of our senior Māori students through 2012 – none more so than the 90% pass rate at NCEA Level 1. The term two meeting focused on what parents wanted for their sons at St Bernard’s College.

Y7/8’s “Ki-O-Rahi” DaysThe Y7/8’s day long Ki-O-Rahi tournaments were a resounding success. The boys ran themselves silly the whole day and laughed and competed themselves to a standstill. After a sedate start to the day, learning the whakapapa and rules of the game in Miss Uili’s room, it was all on. The first two games before interval were lengthened so boys could learn the game while they played. Each of the five Y7/8 classes was divided into two even teams, to make a 10 team round robin tourna-ment. Two points were awarded for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss. 45 games were played throughout the day. After points were tallied at the end of last game, teams C (16 points) and G (12 points) fought out a very close final with team C eventually winning to the joy and adulation of Miss Taylor (team C represented the first thirteen student’s in her class). The second tournament was a great end of year spectacular.

Ngā Manu kōreroTwo of our young men participated in “Ngā Manu Kōrero” Speech contest at Heretaunga College on Friday 17 May 2013. Rewi Ross-Hōtene compet-ing in the Junior English section placed 5th while Brodie Henare, competing in the Junior Māori section, gained a very creditable 2nd placing. Congratulations to both boys’ for their hard work and diligence in preparing for this demanding event.

Matariki During Matariki, we celebrate our unique place in the world. We give respect to the whenua on which we live, and admiration to our mother earth, Papatūānuku. Throughout Matariki, we learn about those who came before us – our history, our family, and our bones. Matariki signals growth. It's a time of change. It's a time to prepare, and a time of action. During Matariki, we acknowledge what we have and what we have to give. Matariki celebrates the diversity of life. It's a celebration of culture, language, spirit, and people.

Māori Language Week Māori Language Week was celebrated from Mon-day 1 July – Sunday 7 July (second to last week of Term 2). The theme of the week is “Ngā Ingoa Māori” or “Māori names”. The “ingoa” theme asks communities to consider important matters such as correct pronunciation, understanding the meaning of place-names, and using Māori names more often.

During Māori Language Week, all Y7/8 classes and Māori Language classes travelled to City Gallery Wellington to view Shane Cotton’s exhibi-tion and participate in art workshops. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the experience and had a good time doing it.

Shane Cotton ExhibitionDuring Māori Language Week all Y 7/8’s and Māori language classes were bussed into Wellington to attend an art exhibition of Shane Cotton’s work at City Gallery, Wellington. Shane Cotton is a major New Zealand painter. He was born in Lower Hutt, with Ngāpuhi affiliations and has exhibited at many leading galleries in Australia and New Zealand, as well as in Spain and Prague. Students really enjoyed the opportunity of viewing his work as well as taking part in practical workshops. The workshops and visits, in general, provided lots of opportunities for written/project work back at school, particularly for Y7/8’s.

Kapa haka Regionals Success Te Huatai Katorika (the name of our combined St Bernard’s College-Sacred Heart College kapa haka) has won its way through to next year’s Na-tional Kapa haka finals in Gisborne with a second placing at the Regional Finals on Friday 5 July in the Horticulture Hall, Lower Hutt. Congratulations to the following boys’ for being a part of the group: Eli Afoa, 9MN; Te Kura Hauwaho, 9KE; Brandon Mamea-Crawford, 9ZH; Ihaka Morehu, 9ZH; Anthony Rongokea-Simpson, 9MN: Orban Waitaki-Messenger, 9KE; Brodie Henare, 10HO; Campbell Bishop, 11NW; Josiah Martin, 11TO; Dakota Nuku, 13PI; Trey Ryder, 13HI; and Dakota Nuku 13. This will be the group’s second consecu-tive time at the Nationals having just represented the region last year in Whāngārei. Like most other groups in the competition, Te Huatai Katorika invested countless hours perfecting its bracket. Naenae College were placed a deserved first, with a combined Te Ara Whanua-Taita College-Hutt High School combination coming third; Wainuio-mata High School, fourth; Heretaunga College, fifth; and Upper Hutt College, sixth. Special thanks to Verenoa Hetet for the use of two korowai for the performance on the day and making the pake and tatua at such short notice. Thank you also to Mrs Frost of Sacred Heart College and our amazing tutors.

Trip to Kāpiti IslandIt’s Saturday 21 Sept and I’ve just spent the last one and a half days on Kāpiti Island with four other adults and 24 students from St Bernard’s College. After leaving school at 8.30 am, by bus, we arrived at Paraparaumu beach and Yacht Club less than an hour later ready to start the big adventure. Janine, our guide, then gave us a 15-20 minute introductory talk on the Māori/natural/colonial/political history of the island before we left on a launch that took everyone to Rangatira, a place half way down the island, and the starting point of the track to the 521 m summit called Tuteremoana. Just prior to her talk Janine instigated a back check for rodents – the

Kia Kaha - another great year!

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pupils facial expressions during this exercise was priceless as they looked in their bags with fear expecting something to LEAP out at them. More importantly this reinforced for us the reason why the island is predator free.

One weka immediately set the scene for its spe-cies the minute we arrived on the Island. Every time we’d stop on the track either ascending or descending the mountain, or just sitting or stand-ing or lounging around anytime or anywhere there’d always be at least one weka mooching around somewhere too looking for scraps of food or just being it’s inquisitive natural self. The view from the trig station at the highest point on the island was stunning. The western side of the island was sheer cliffs down to the water far below. The eastern side, and view looking back to Paraparaumu beach, looked a very long way off, when compared to the opposite view standing on the beach at Paraparaumu looking back to Kāpiti Island.

After descending from Tuteremoana, we were picked up by launch on the beach at 2.30 pm and ferried to the top, northern end of the island where we stayed the night in cabins. After a warm whakatau or welcome from locals, we reciprocated with whaikōrero, haka and waiata from Brodie Hēnare (a Church member from Wainuiomata), Josiah Martin, and Orban Waitaki-Messenger. All three boys were part of this year’s kapa haka group that qualified for next year’s Kapa haka National Secondary School finals in Gisborne. Even before the whakatau had finished, the second most noticed bird on the island was signalling its intentions to the group. The infamous kākā was everywhere too. Niko Lerm (Caleb’s cousin) was photographed with

one bird on each of his shoulders and one on his head. He literally took turns, bite for bite, with a kākā, as they demolished a banana together. What a sight.

Lindsay, the international chef and whakatau specialist, promised us that if we got some paua for him, he would cook it for us for dinner that evening. That was the quickest I’d seen a lot of those boys move, ever, plus they only had to be asked once. Janine, our guide, Moana Hibbert and Tupoki Wairau-Hunter were the paua collect-ing machines. The nineteen paua collected were turned into an absolutely lovely dish – even those that didn’t particularly liked paua loved how Lindsay had prepared it that evening. Lindsay spoilt us every meal he cooked – not only with quantity but quality even more so.

Much to the disappointment of most, the evening was wet after a warm though overcast day. This meant the likelihood of us spotting the spotted kiwi was slim. As we walked through the wet undergrowth, kiwi, like humans, didn’t relish the idea of being out on such a night despite hearing the occasional call of the kiwi higher up the bush line. None of the four groups achieved the goal of sighting a kiwi during the evening so I’ve been wondering if, in fact, like the Loch Ness Monster in the Scottish Highlands, they do exist. This is why I’m looking to take a similar sized group of boys’ back next year. A visit to Kāpiti Island wouldn’t be a visit to Kāpiti Island without spotting a spotted kiwi; it’s as simple as that. All would agree, the Kāpiti Island trip was an un-forgettable experience and something everyone should have on their Aotearoa/New Zealand/St Bernard’s College bucket list of things to do.

The trip could not have been the success that it was without impressive input from teachers like Paulina Watson and Perry Nicol; and parent-helpers, Alan Marshall and Dave Plumb.

Trip down the Whanganui RiverPlanning is currently underway for two trips down the Whanganui River for next year. Both trips will be for those students learning te reo Māori dur-ing the year. Each trip will take in the history, the marae, the tikanga, the kōrero along the River.

Mr Tupu Williams HoD of Māori

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Performing Arts

I am always surprised by my students in Drama (in a good way, of course!)

There are all my trusty old drama students who have taken the subject from day one of its introduction. They continually amaze me with

their can-do attitude, determination and hard work. They take on new roles and are not afraid to push themselves into uncharted territory, including the world of “Commedia dell’Arte” with its crazy characters, intense physicality, masks and improvisational slapstick comedy. It isn’t easy, but the students this year took on the challenge with

sometimes hysterically funny results.

And then there are the students who are new to drama. They sometimes aren’t sure what they have gotten themselves into, but they soon realise that the best way to get into Drama is much like getting into a cold swimming pool…hold your breath, jump right in, and scream if you must. Some of these new students have truly amazed me by leaping in headfirst! Out of the blue, with no prior experience, these students quietly turned up and bravely worked alongside some of our senior actors and wowed everyone in the room. I was especially proud of those who went so far as to audition for our big production this year—what courage you all have!

We started the year with a roar at the O’Shea Competition with SBC placing third equal with Sacred Heart College in

the Drama section of the competition. Well done, Jacob, Stephen, Andy, Hosea, Brandon and Tim!

We followed that with a brilliant production of “The Battalion” with veteran actor Jim Moriarty and Sacred Heart College. It was an outstanding success and everyone who participated was a part of something very special. Students had an acting apprenticeship with Jim. They worked very hard and produced a show which was as good as any professional show we have seen in the Hutt in a long time.

Next year, while some of our stars are moving on to new challenges in the big wide world, there is plenty in store for those wonderful SBC Drama students, old and new, including another opportunity to work with Jim and the crew at Te Rakau. I can’t wait to get started!

Mrs Jaeger-Letts

”“The best way to get into Drama is much like getting into a cold swimming pool… hold your breath, jump right in, and scream if you must!

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Drama Production “The Battalion”

F rom Midway through Term 1 of 2013, the advertisement to join the production “The Battalion” was in the Daily Notices. It was kind of a last minute decision for me to go to the meeting that had been in the notices for weeks, where we would hear about the show, the dates and what’s expected of us throughout The Battalion. We learnt the story and history behind The 28th Maori Battalion, and it all sounded too exciting not to be

recreated, with the help of veteran and globally acclaimed director, Jim Moriarty.

Moriarty and partner “Battalion” playwright, Helen Pearse-Otene , have been in the Maori Theatre business for decades and had a very clear image of what the show was to be like. So from then on came the rehearsals, starting on a Wednesday and Thursday after school and Sunday mornings. They later extended to Tuesday and Saturdays,

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Performing Arts

Music is not just a subject. Students and parents should realise the huge number of skills and disciplines used within the subject. Music should not be dismissed because “I’m not going to do it as

a career”. Music is not job training, music trains the person. A musical performance by an individual is the product of fo-cused discipline and practice, presentation skills, confidence and self belief. A music performance by a group requires all of the previous skills as well as a developed sense of working together as a group to achieve the same goal.

Why write off these qualities? Don’t all individuals need these skills in order to be successful?

These next few pages celebrate the qualities mentioned above and all of the students on these pages must be congratulated for their hard work.

Mass BandThis year the Mass Band involved a key group of senior students.

Josh Dominikovich - Guitar/vocals

Tama Te Kawa – Bass guitar

Ben Van Woerkom - Piano

Avito Alefosio - Drums

Logan Ngatuere-Ongley – Back-up vocals

Unfortunately Josh will be leaving us at the end of 2013 so there will be an opportunity for all our budding musicians and singers to step up and contribute to our masses and liturgies.

I want to say a huge thank you to these boys. Thank you for giving up your time to play for these events. Thank you for your reliability, com-mitment and hard work throughout the year. I could not have done it without you. – Mrs McIntyre

Performing Miracles

a very busy 5-day week for all

involved, on top of school and

other extracurricular activities.

The Term 2 holidays saw intense 8 or 9 hour rehearsals

on 10 out of the 14 days of the holidays, as show week was to be the first week back

of Term 3. And there it came,

Monday 1pm and a packed show of students from schools

all around the Hutt Valley. The show was a success, and

preceded by a 7pm show every

night until a 1pm show on Saturday. After 9 shows we

were tired but sad the 50 strong cast/crew/production team were going to separate ways for the first time in 4 and a half months.

The Battalion had been a great

success, a show full of action,

memories and history. A very

special thank you to MRS PETRA JAEGAR for putting

so much time and funding into making the production a

fantastic success!

Bailey Bouzaid, 12JA

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Celebration of MusicThis year we showcased the Celebration of Music back in the Little Theatre with complex music setup and lighting. Thanks to all the performers on the night; your standard of performance was high and you did yourselves proud. All your hard work paid off and it was a very enjoyable evening.

The absolute stars of the night were behind the scenes –Michael Start, Luke Pynenburg, Jacob Hawkins, Reece McGuinness, Jackson Locke, Callum Bryan, Ben van Woerkom, Ash Sales, Josh Dominikovich and Matthew Gup-well- you were fabulous! These guys worked throughout the day and night to get things ready.

Shaka Sola was our MC for the first time and did an amazing job. Thanks Shaka.

Finally a huge thank you to the Itinerant Music Teachers; Clyde Clemmet, Cath Haley, Paul Mouncey, Frankie Curac and Reece McNaugh-ten for teaching these boys and helping them to develop their skills.

Barbershop This year our barbershop quartet involved a mix of both junior and senior boys. These boys have serious talent and sound amazing together. These boys competed in the Wel-lington Young Singers in Harmony competi-tion and although they were not placed, they sang brilliantly. Thanks boys for turning up to practices weekly – I hope you continue this in 2014.

Mona Mafile’o-Tuala – Tenor

David Nanai – Lead

Ramon Tala – Baritone

Samuelu Vaofusi - Bass

Café Music NightThis was the third ever Café music night at St Bernard’s College.

As always, our acts were fantastic and really show everyone just how talented our boys are.

This evening took place in the staffroom, with a maximum of 45 tickets. It was an evening for family and friends to come along and see how talented their kids are, while enjoying a few glasses of wine and divine tasting nibbles.

It turned out this show was a hit again, so it will be continuing again in 2014.

A big thank you goes out to all the performers – you were brilliant.

Thanks to our MC’s Matthew Dicken and Michael Alofi, and Ben van Woerkom our stagehand. A very special thanks goes to Jessica Christian and Kate Dominikovich who were in the kitchen cleaning like little slaves and Wholly Bagels for the delicious food. Again, I could not have done this without your help – thank you so much!!

Gospel ChoirThis year the Gospel Choir was student lead and performed at several events including Vic-toria University and school masses/liturgies. Although this was a little unorganised, I hope the boys will step up next year and commit to practices.

Smokefree RockquestJosh Dominikovich

People may not realise that Josh is a talented singer and song-writer. He competed in the Wellington regional Rockquest competition earlier this year and came second in the solo/duo section at the Wellington regional finals. Josh also won the APRA/AMCOS lyric writers award and featured on the breakfast show in promotion of Rockquest in New Zealand. Keep an eye out for Josh as he will go really far!

Jazz BandThis was our first year running the Jazz band with a key group of junior students. A big thanks to Frankie Curac for tutoring the boys every Wednesday lunchtime and getting the boys enthused about Jazz music! I hope to see you all continue this project in 2014.

Nathan Chan – Saxophone

Tupoki Wairau-Hunter – Saxophone

Chenchen Huang – Saxophone

Kozmo Zawada – Bass guitar

David Tavita – Guitar

Jack Marra – Guitar

Kieran Phegan – Guitar

Daniel Satur – Drums

Callum Asher – Drums

Elisha Alastair-Day - Piano

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Number One U n d e r t h e S t a r o f M a r y

In the centuries that have past since St Marcellin Champagnat first set up the Marist Order, so as to give an excellent education to all students,

science has progressed a great deal. We have gone from dreaming about landing on the moon to actually arriving there. From Leonardo de Vinci’s first drawing of a helicopter, to our present day machines, and from many diseases being lethal to the development of vac-cines. All advances in science come from people dreaming about a better world, which is what we endeavour to achieve with our students.

The science curriculum has continued to evolve with this year being the roll out of the level 3 NCEA curriculum. Today’s student has a much better understanding of the world around them but as a whole they do not see themselves as being an integral part of its continued existence. We have come to a stage in our development where we see the earth as being part of our world rather than we being part of the earth’s ecosystems. It will be imperative that our current generation of young people become aware of how fragile our existence on this very unique planet has become. Our burning of fossil fuels; the poorly conceived methods of hydro-carbon extraction; pollution of the hydrosphere, atmosphere and biosphere; exploitation of dwin-dling fish supplies; monoculture (growing one crop over very large areas); drought; misuse of our limited water supplies and much more have led the earth to a point where we need to accept responsibility and allow all future generations to see the blue sky, to smell the sweet scent of beautiful flowers, to taste the meat of naturally caught fish, to hear the dawn chorus of our native birds and to touch the slimy skin of a frog. There is a very poignant saying from the American Indians which states: “It is not till the last tree has been felled, or till the last river has been poisoned, or the last has fish being eaten, that will we realise WE CANNOT EAT MONEY”

The staff and students can justifiably be ex-tremely proud of their achievements in 2013. Nothing is achieved without hard work, dedica-

tion, determination and a desire to achieve to the best of one’s ability. The staff and students have continually strived to live up to this year’s Marist pillar which is ”In the way of Mary”. Mary has continued to look down on our depart-ment and allow us to produce quality science education for our quality students.

Farewells. We sadly said farewell to Lyn Too after 10 years of excellent service to our students, both inside and outside the classroom. In that time Lyn has been the mainstay of the chemistry department, developing resources for the ever changing curricula, attending numerous profes-sional development days to ensure that her stu-dents were always given the correct information, helping with numerous tutorials outside college time, developing department wide programmes and taking a managerial position in many of our football teams. We wish Lyn all the very best for her new teaching position at “Rangiora New Life School”

Leave positions. In August Anna Langford (chemistry) took maternity leave and in October gave birth to a beautiful baby boy. Our congratulations and very best wishes go out to Anna, Ben and baby George Sione. Anna is set to return in October 2014. At the end of the year Jessica Christian (science/mathematics) left us on maternity leave and her baby is due in April. We wish Jess and Matt all the very best for this great day.

ArrivalsWe warmly welcome David McVay who arrived

in August in a long tern relieving position in chemistry. David brings a wealth of experience from the aeronautic and engineering fields.

2012 NCEA resultsWe would like to congratulate all successful students on achieving their NCEA certificates. Special congratulations go to: Scholarship: Yuxuan Zhou (Science/physics), Level 3: Yuxuan Zhou (two excellences and one merit in chemistry L3) and two excellences and two merits in biology L3). Level 2: Chris Sims (two excellences in physics). Level 1: Andy Su and Ben Van Woerkom both of whom gained three excellences and Steve Clark who gained two excellences and one merit.

Extra-curricular programmesOver the Christmas break (2012) Chris Sims and David Smith both attended national science courses. Chris Sims went to Auck-land and attended the Science and Technology forum hosted by Auckland University. It was organised by Rotary International who managed to get 100+ students in Auckland for the 10 day course. (see Chris’s write up). David attended a Canterbury University course limited to 15 stu-dents nationwide. His course had emphasis on robotics, nanotechnology and engineering. Both students gained valuable information regarding university courses and life on campus.

ICAS assessmentsThis international competition has hundreds of thousands of entries and this year we had our share of successful students. The department would like to thank all the 121 students who were courageous enough to enter. Special con-gratulations go to: Distinction (top 10% of NZ) (6) Yr9; Chenchen Huang, Juan Paolo Lopez, Matthew Mann, Year 10; Rewiti Ross-Hotene, Nathaniel Russell, Aidan Watson. Credit (top 25% NZ) (32): Year 7: Oliver Burton, William Johnson. Year 8: Caleb Carrasco, Gianpaolo Cigaral, Thomas Mingins, Scott Rozenburg, Year 9: Finn Anderson, Elisha Day, Ben Ernst, Sam Kong, Marcus Manning, Michael McLean, James Missen, Josh Peckston, Elliott Thorn, Conrad Weatherall, Declan Wilcock. Year 10: Aidan Almand, Jack Baucke, Nathan Chan, Bernard Devine, Adam Hebbend, Guy Hogan,

“It is not till the last tree has been felled, or till the last river has been poi-soned, or the last has fish being eaten, that will we realise WE CANNOT EAT MONEY” American Indian Proverb

All scientific advances come from people dreaming of a better world or to push the boundaries of discovery and exploration.

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Bradley Searle, Ethan Smith, Danny Ward. Year 11: Jacob Egan, Aaron Marshall, David Wood-man-Smith. Year 12: Andy Su, Ben Duthie Jung. Year 13: David Smith

Otago University quizWe continued our involvement this year with 27 students attempting the competition. We were not successful in gaining any prizes but it gave the students an opportunity to test their scientif-ic and computer technology knowledge against the examiner. Well done guys.

Brain Bee CompetitionThis year we had 11 year 11 students partic-ipate in this competition which is run through Auckland University under the auspices of the NZ neurological society. It involved the students answering 30 multi-choice questions on the functioning of the human brain. It is an excellent competition to enter for any student with this type of career in mind. We had no students being invited to Auckland this year to take part in the final. Next year will be different!!

Trips outside the classroom This year the year 8 group were very fortunate to have had a full day trip to visit four areas involved with recycling within the Hutt Valley. The students visited the Silverstream landfill, then to Geocycle, then to transpacific recycling and then to Macaulay metals. This was an excellent opportunity for the students to see how their recycled wastes are being turned into new objects. It was suggested that the students could use recycling as a means of getting some pocket money!

GNS visitSix year 12 science students had the opportunity to visit this governmental research centre and experience what today’s scientists are researching in both theoretical and practical projects. The boys spent time in a freezer which is as cold as Antarctica, had dry ice flow down their hand and saw how ice samples are used to show past climates.

Field trips These important learning experiences allow the theory to be put into a context. Year 13 bio went to Paraparaumu Beach for a lupin investiga-tion. 12Bio went to Battle Hill in Pauatahanui to research a stream environment, 12Sci to Carter Observatory to get information on planetary for-mation, and Titahi Bay to look at specific geo-logical features. 10AN went to Harcourt Park to commence their investigation on the influence of the Wellington Fault on geological features. Special thanks to Mr Julian Thompson, the ed-ucation officer at GNS who provided the expert descriptions of the geological features.

Cosmodome visitAs part of their astronomical studies the Year 7/8 students were able to look at the night sky in the comfort of the library. This was an excellent opportunity for the students to see the arrangements of the constellations in the sky and what the earth would look like from the moon. The programme also took the students through a wild ride through the earth.

Primary School Visits We are extremely fortunate to be able to take science ideas down to Ss Peter and Paul’s school and Sacred Heart primary school. It is great to see the awe and excitement in the eyes of these students. Science is still a magical occurrence. At Sacred Heart we look at natural processes involved with earthquakes. At Ss Peter’s and Paul’s we looked at temperature with the years 1 and 2 groups. We were also very fortunate to take three lessons with their science club. Special thanks to Devon Breedon, Riley King, Bradley Searle and Josh Hewson for being expert demonstrators on these trips! They explained the most difficult concepts into a language that the young students could understand. These young scientists are a credit to their family and to the college.

Science demonstrators It is great to have students who are so enthu-siastic about science that they give up their Saturday to explain science demonstrations to parents of children of prospective students on open day.

Science fairDesigning and carrying out investigations is the “bread and butter” for any scientist and to see our junior students complete their investigations is exciting and rewarding. This year we had 252 exhibits covering all conceivable investigations. A very special thanks to the parents who had to endure the smells, the burns and the mess that such activities entail. Our judge, Mr Paul King, was very pleased with the standard of the investigations and said that the students were now writing up their investigations in a true sci-entific style. A full list of class, form and overall winners are on the results table.

Wellington Regional fairThis year 20 exhibitors were courageous enough to have their exhibits judged by special-ist in a variety of fields. Congratulations to Juan Paolo Lopez who achieved 2nd place in year 9 and a special prize from the Wellington Medi-cal Research Foundation. Juan’s investigation was titled “Isolation of bacteria on phones”. Mackenzie Georgeson gained a special prize from the NZ Baking industry research trust

The Vantage Consulting Group awarded a $250 scholarship to Kirill Woodhouse for his work on propagating marine corals. Kirill’s idea is to grow new corals from a single source rather than having to harvest new corals continuously from their natural marine habitat. Kirill is currently doing this in his home sea water aquarium.

The Technology Valley Working Group and in collaboration with the Hutt Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Hutt City Council is focusing on building the Hutt Valley’s reputation as a place

where businesses leverage locally derived science and technology as an important source of competitiveness. Kirill’s investigation will not only benefit the marine environment but it could easily become a major business venture.

“Technology Valley” Awards

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with his investigation titled “Effect of white bread or grain bread on blood glucose levels”

Horticultural clubA small group of students (pictured above)were entrusted with looking after the horticul-tural beds. It is great to have students who are knowledgeable and caring of their environment.

Astronomy ClubThey meet once a month to look at the night sky and see the planets in our solar system as well as the myriad of stars that make up our Milky Way galaxy. When the weather is inclement they look at current astronomical events on web sites such as NASA. The club is run by Mr Anthony Gomez, a local astronomer whose knowledge and enthusiasm is second to none. Occasionally, visiting students from other schools have shown to us the value of having such a club.

Environmentalist ClubA small group of students meet to decide on activities that students at the college could be involved in. Two competitions were run in relation to “Sea Week”. Results were as follows: Poem: 1st Joshua Dominikovich with “Endless deep”. 2nd Thomas Mingins with “The ocean”, 3rd Matt Tamarua with “The sea”. The second competition was “Earth Day” where we tried to improve the awareness of our students to the plight of our earth. Poem winners were: 1st Jack O’Brien with “Earth Day”, 2nd Callum O’Brien with “Earth day 2103” and 3rd Cameron Tustin with “Save the earth”. In the poster section: 1st Gio Cigaral with “Climate change”, 2nd Ben Kong with “Earth” and 3rd Nicholas Lindstrom with “Care for the environment”

The club also arranged for the college to turn off as many unnecessary lights as possible. This was part of the “World earth day” where one aspect is energy conservation.

Study Skills day Thanks to Mrs Lomax, three classes were able to get the opportunity to gain the skills on how to study effectively from an internationally rec-ognised presenter. If the students implement the suggestions that they were given their chances of success would improve dramatically. His sug-gestions are to study for 35 minutes and have a 10 minute break, then repeat these two steps in sets of three (studying a different subject in each 35 min slot) before taking a longer break. The second suggestion is the 10:1:1:1 method.

Study a topic and revise it 10 minutes later. Re-view this material 1 day later, then 1 week later and then 1 month later. At this point the material should go into your long term memory.

Year 10 NCEA classLast year’s class did very well in their three NCEA standards. The two internals were passed by most of the students, but the most encouraging aspect was the 93% pass rate in the external physics standard titled “Magnetism and electricity”.

Old boy visitsIt was great to have Jordan Saggers majoring in Marine and ecological biology at Victoria Uni-versity and Marcus Bentley who is in his sec-ond year of medicine. Both men gave the Year 13 biology class an insight to life at university and what is required to be successful. It is great to have old boys visiting the school and being willing to have discussion with current students.

Paper recyclingEach week paper and cardboard is collected and we recycle it. This year we received 10 trees for our efforts and they are planted around the college. This project is part of a nationwide endeavour called Paper for trees. Nationally in 2011, 7,850 tonnes were recycled, giving New Zealand 62,000 cubic meters of saved landfall space. 31,400 trees were planted and the amount of carbon that did not get emitted from landfills was 19,782 tonnes. Since the projects conception in 2001, 100,000 trees have been planted.

The science staffWe are certainly very fortunate to have such a dedicated staff that enjoy teaching and believe strongly in the value of science in the everyday lives of their students. As teachers we have the responsibility of informing students of how science impacts on their everyday lives, on how they must respect the environment and how we must always leave the earth in a better state than we found it. We must always demonstrate that the understanding of science concepts is not hard and that all of life’s experiences are science related.

Ms Lyn Too. Lyn has been our chemistry teacher for 10 years and has been committed to giving the best possible science and chemistry learning as possible. Lyn believes in the value of practical work as the means of getting a better understanding of concepts.

Mrs Anna Langford. Anna is a chemist and a year 11 dean. Anna has the teaching and administrative skills to ensure that every student is given the best possible opportunity to achieve their goals and aspirations. Anna has contrib-uted to making chemistry a more relevant and useable subject.

Mrs Jessica Christian. Jessica has taught science and mathematics. Jessica has always encouraged her students to work independently which is an invaluable skill when the students get through to the senior science subjects.

Mr Luka Andic. Luka is a senior biology teacher and year 11 dean. Luka has contributed greatly to the development of literacy resources for all levels. Luka sees the real value of field trips as a means of giving students real contexts within which to tie their content knowledge. Luka’s enthusiasm for biology and science is infectious.

Mr David Housden. David is our eminent physicist whose success rate in the examina-tions is always in excess of 90%. David has the “X” factor that makes great teachers exception-al educators. David brings physics alive and makes it relevant.

Mr David McVay. David has been with us for two terms and brings with him a deep un-derstanding of aeronautics and engineering concepts. David is with us as Mrs Langford’s replacement.

Mrs Lynley Pawson. Every student enjoys practical work but they are blissfully unaware of the work that goes on behind the scenes to ensure that all apparatus and chemicals are present. The person who makes the teachers “look good” is Lynley. As lab technician Lynley ensures that we have all the resources available to do as many entertaining and beneficial investigations as possible. It is Lynley that staff go to for advice on practicals and laboratory organisation.

Mr Brenten Higson. Brenten is the HOD and teacher of biology.

The science staff wish all leavers the very best and pray that their goals and aspirations are achieved.

Luka Andic, Jessica Christian, Brenten Hig-son, David Housden, Anna Langford, David McVay, Lynley Pawson, Lyn Too

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Student Form Award TitleJacob Borich (pictured right) 10MO 1st Overall, 1st Y10, 1st 10MO Power to weight ratio

Lachlan Gillespie (bottom right) 9SJ 2nd overall, 1st Y9, 1st 9SJ The little bang theory

Thomas Mingins (middle right) 7/8CL 3rd Overall, 1st Y7/8,1st 7/8CL How texting affects reaction time

Thomas King 7/8SU 2nd Y7/8, 1st 7/8SU Is the quality of homework affected by when I do it?

Joshua Bedonia 7/8SU 3rd Y7/8, 2nd 7/8SU How ethylene gas affects ripening.

George Barr-Brown 9EP 2nd Y9, 1st EP Expensive lighting

Declan Wilcock 9EP 3rd Y9, 2nd 9EP Do video games affect behaviour?

Regan Gilmour 10FO 2nd Y10, 1st 10 FO Wind or water?

Regie Clavano Abadies, TJ Fagaiava-Vaelei and Venasio Tuifao

10MO 3rd Y10, 2nd 10MO Basketball shoe madness

Mackenzie Georgeson 7/8CL 2nd 7/8 CL The effect of blood glucose between white bread or grain bread

Joshua Sales 7/8CL 3rd 7/8CL Milk. Not as we know it.

Samuel Haley 7/8CL Highly commended

Henry Bennett, Quinn Lamborne 7/8KT 1st 7/8KT The magnetic linear accelerator- Guass rifle

Caleb Carrasco, Leon Youkhana 7/8KT 2nd 7/8KT How much pressure can egg shells withstand?

Jaime Lopez 7/8KT 3rd 7/8KT Does classical music increase spacial intelligence?

Baxter King, Caleb Samuel 7/8KT Highly commended Building balloon hovercraft.

Jamie Locke-Weir 7/8NI 1st 7/8NI Which food grows mould faster.- processed or natural?

Joshua Froggatt 7/8NI 2nd 7/8NI Can background music affect concentration?

Abram Goh 7/8NI 3rd 7/8NI Will spicy/peppery food warm or cool you?

Isaac Baron 7/8SU 3rd 7/8SU Are boys more distractable than girls?

Brendan English 7/8SU Highly commended How temperature affects magnets.

Brandon Fuchs 7/8SU Highly Commended Which seed grows the fastest with different liquids?

Tony Harvey 7/8SU Highly commended The perfect bubble size.

Lewis Murray 7/8SU Highly Commended Should helmets be law for scooters?

Jeslan Rosairo 7/8SU Highly commended How does hot water affect weather?

Patrick Shanahan 7/8UI 1st 7/8UI Go Kart.

Cameron Tustin 7/8UI 2nd 7/8UI Does exercise improve our memory?

Gianpaolo Cigaral 7/8UI 3rd 7/8UI Insulation experiment.

Nethanel Bout 7/8UI Highly commended Does music affect the way people do chores?

William Johnson 7/8UI Highly commended When can you taste sugar?

Ben Kong 7/8UI Highly commended Robotic hand experiment.

Matthew Mann 9EP 3rd 9EP Burning Calories.

Chenchen Huang 9EP Highly commended

Juan Paolo Lopez 9EP Highly commended Isolation of bacteria on phones.

Marcus Manning 9EP Highly commended The breaking point.

Jack Marra 9EP Highly commended Busting bus bodies.

Samuel Taylor 9EP Highly commended

Angus Slade 9KE 1st 9KE Budget v Branded

Dario Dellabarca 9KE 2nd 9KE Compression

Noah Lindstrom 9KE 3rd 9KE Wonderful wind power

Jared Andrews, Terry Brosnahan 9MN 1st 9MN Dog v Human

Ryan Humphreys 9MN 2nd 9MN Freezing cordial ice blocks

Cameron Grant, Lennon Mok 9MN 3rd 9MN What type of vinegar causes overflow spillage?

Tyler Johns 9SJ 2nd 9SJ Does temperature affect magnetism?

Michael Schutz-Tala 9SJ 3rd 9SJ Swimming goggles.

Brendan Highnam-Sofeni 9ZH 1st 9ZH Does the new triple layer milk container actually work?

Jayden Plumb, Paul Alfonso 9ZH 2nd 9ZH Do video games affect your eyesight

Jake Epplett 9ZH 3rd 9ZH My Iphone projector.

Samuel Tane, Adam Armstrong 10FO 2nd 10FO Milk bottles.

Scott Travis 10FO 3rd 10FO PSI in a football

Caleb Dominikovich, Zech Julius-Donnelly. 10HO 1st 10HO Rainbow plants

David Garlick, Paul Owaci 10HO 2nd 10HO Musical plants

Liam Win 10HO 3rd 10HO Where is the best place for bacterial?

Ehnen Bugas, Raphael Nicol 10MO 3rd 10MO Heart rate when playing video games

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Year 12 and Year 13 Accounting Trip to Pak N Save, Lower Hutt. Students met the manager and learned how Pak N Sav’s inventory and cost system work. It was a practical learning outside of the classroom

where students can apply concepts to the real business.

Ms Grace Zhang

Wellington put on amaz-ing weather for this years journey. The heat shimmered off

the harbour as students made their way round the course. Alex Burton of the New Zealand Film Archive designed an introductory programme which covered all the topics covered at year 10 this year, with an emphasis on human rights in New Zealand.

A new destination was added this year, as the formerly National Bank Museum was closed as a result of the earthquake. Te Aro Pa, at the bottom of Taranaki Street, gave students an idea of the

impact of immigration and earthquakes on the local iwi. The Bolton Street cem-etery also showed that even the captains of industry were not immune from the forces of nature. Students were surprised to learn of the economic history right on their doorstep. The Reserve Bank Museum always holds particular intereSt Money talks and suddenly the students are speechless. Again another successful trip enjoyed by all involved.

I would like to thank the staff, parents and students for their support, enthu-siasm and commitment this year and to bear with us as we make further adjustments to the Faculty programmes in 2014.

Accounting

Amazing Journey

Boys buzz in the BeehiveSightseeing the Past & Present Politics on the Parliament Trip

Walking the Walk and Talking the Talk

As we begin our long bus journey to Wellington, with everyone discussing the latest gossip, I can't help but

wonder, what will our trip contain, will it be a good trip, and what will parliament be like. When got to our destination, the Wellington City and Sea Museum, we met up with our lovely tour guides, Rachel and Ken, who spent the next hour telling us about Māori myths and legends, the early settlers of New Zealand, and what Wellington was like 100-150 years ago.

Then we made the eleven minute walk to McDonalds where everyone had a lovely lunch break while looking forward to the afternoon’s main event. Then we came to

final destination, The Beehive. Very soon after we met with our very own Trevor Mallard and asked him questions such as, “What car do you drive?”, “Are you planning on running for Prime Minister?” and “If Labour are elected into power, will the GST rate go back down to 12.5%?” (The answer was no, unfortunately). Afterwards we watched 10 minutes of a Government debate (which involved ques-tions, arguments, and David Clark yelling out “Where are the jobs?”) we went back to St Bernard's. It was a wonderful trip and as one of the parent helpers put it, “There are better arguments in a kiddy sandpit then there were in the debating chamber”

Jackson Locke

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MacDonald’s as opposed to, the Reserve Bank. Canterbury and Victoria Universities; these places seem worlds apart, yet

they have been key parts of the Economics programme.

Year 10 Economics studies the language of Economics. It is also a life skills future focused programme targeting essential knowledge and understanding students will need as informed consumers and businessmen. This year students studied the working of Kiwisaver and used the internet to investigate different Kiwisaver options. They also examined the different sources of income from a career perspective. Finally students embarked on a major study of how a business runs. They used their economic concepts and ideas to prepare a business plan for a product of their own creation which would have a practical use for students at St Bernard’s College. They come up with some simple and creative ideas. These included a USB unique to the College with school crest and colours, a school belt with the crest and colours, an all-inclusive stationery bag, and a school sports bag.

Year 11 base their internal assessments around their Education Outside the Classroom experience at McDonald’s in term 2. They use the trip to gain insight into the decision making process of a business. They examined its use of resources; its source of resources; and its interaction with the community. Students needed the information gathered for two of their

NCEA internals. Producers and Production, and the Circular Flow of Incomes. Local Businesses have an important role to play in the business education of students and this role will increase in 2014.

Year 12 and 13 visited Victoria University to hear an informative and humorous address by the Minister of Finance, Bill English on the 2013 Budget. They asked informed and thoughtful questions of the Minister. As extension work, two students studied a stage one paper on Micro Economics extra–murally, through Canterbury University,

It has been a busy year for students of Economics, but they have stood up well to the challenges.

Mr Gerry McKay HoD Social Studies

Economics

Business planning, flipping expectations, challenging concepts and saving Kiwis

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History Knowledge is Power

Carl von ClausewitzThe next greatest commentator. A prophet deeply misunderstood in his homeland, but not by George Kennan, the mastermind

of the underlying Western strategy in the Cold War

‘War is an act of force to compel our enemy to do our will.’

George KennanNever underestimate the ability of the Americans to craft a global strategy. A thumbnail of

Kennan’s analysis : ‘If we consistently contain any aggressive pressure from the Soviet Union – which essentially is a latter day variant of Tsarist policies – then eventually the USSR will implode through self- contradiction.’

General Kurt StudentThis man was highlighted by a pupil, and he’s probably better matched with General Freyberg than Prime Minister Peter

Fraser in the Battle for Crete topic. He perfectly exemplifies Liddell Hart’s contention that ‘battles are won or lost in the minds of the opposing commanders.’

Robert OppenheimerThe man who did the most to turn a series of equations into a working nuclear weapon eventually turned against

the whole thing, had his security clearance revoked, and became a figure of suspicion.

Some of those who feature in history at St Bernard’s. A mixed bag, but part of a common thread.

Mr Michael Fowler, TiC History

Know your enemy and know yourself”“

History at St Bernard’s has been changing over the past three years to

reflecting the intent of the New Curriculum, namely that content selection should connect with the experience of New Zealand and New Zealander’s in so far as possible. This is not difficult; given our geographical isolation and cultural diversity, almost anything does.

The main challenge for a history teacher in this new environment is to design a program over three

years that tells a coherent story. There never was such a thing under the old curriculum, but it is necessary now because the task has been formally localized.

The huge up side of this is that a history teacher now takes full responsibility for what gets taught; and to do that effectively one has to have something to teach! Cribbing from a redundant textbook no longer cuts it.

This is the reason for the selection of topics taught in history at St Bernard’s and the assessments that support them. The assumption is that this will permit an ability to ‘join the dots’ that will enable a coherent story.

So the story is now fully up in lights and it features some interesting characters. Those from last year are still there, but there have been some additions.

The historical story has to be grounded in some over-arching concepts, and here are the great theorists who shape the explanation at all three levels.

Sun TzuThe greatest of all commentators on the nature of strategy and warfare in his book “The Art of War”.

‘Know your enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster.’

‘The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.’

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The focus this year had its roots in 2012. Faculty staff met in Decem-ber to discuss the way forward for 2013. We decided that Year

9 needed a big picture. The theme was “Who do you think you are?”. To get things under way, Rachel Ingram from Wellington Museum of City and Sea was brought on board to provide the EOTC aspect of the course. The topics have taken on a Citizenship focus. The first unit asked students to inquire about their “New Zealandness”. They had to investigate their background as New Zealanders. This was a challenging yet interesting project based on the learner. Students were taught the important lev-els of questioning required to gather in-formation, then analyse this information. Students fully engaged in this task. This awakened the idea that New Zealanders come from many different backgrounds

and bring with them many different cul-tures and skills which make New Zealand the place it is today.

The next step was to understand what a True New Zealander is. Is it hero worship or is it the person who involves themself selflessly in voluntary organisations. This again aimed to challenge ideas and students investigated a non-mainstream community organisation and the people who belonged to their chosen organisation.

The Treaty of Waitangi was studied in this context. The emphasis was on the Treaty today. This looked at the role of the Waitangi Tribunal and students examined recent dispute resolutions involving the Tribunal. The final step was participation in changing New Zealand. Students examined the role of Parliament in shaping the country and the type of government in New Zealand. Our democratic system and our voting rights were discussed.

The main part of the course over, students then had the opportunity to travel into Wel-lington to visit the Museum of City and Sea where they had guided tours by Museum staff that covered all the themes they had met this year, and in the afternoon they visited Parliament and watched democracy noisily in action at “question time”.

Next year we will be reviewing the year 10 programme to continue with the theme of human rights,, teaching it through citizenship.

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Senior Computing students have had a busy 2013. The COM classes visited the “Arcade” exhibition which showcased NZ talent, on our own door step, at The Dowse. The Y13s went to Te Papa’s “HP Digital Media Careers Day” along with the “Game Masters” exhibition, which fea-tured speakers from Auckland’s Media Design School and Wellington’s sucessful mobile soft-ware company PikPok. They have learnt a range of topics, from desktop publishing and graphic

design to the ins and outs of database admin and how to code websites using HTML, CSS and JavaScript. All very technical stuff but it was made interesting and accessi-ble thanks to websites like CodeAvengers.com.

This is the last year that universities will accept generic computing for UE. So next year, students will have to tackle new Digital Technology achievement standards such as programming and computer science.

Our dedicated department has taken tonnes of PD from Yoobee to upskill and plan for the new and more testing topics. Many thanks to Google for sponsoring CS4HS (Computer Science for High Schools) to enable Professors Peter An-drea and Tim Bell from Victoria and Canterbury Univesi-ties to teach our teachers how to deliver CS and program-ming to our boys.

Forbes reports that CS and IT are vital to the world’s top ten best paid and most in demand jobs. To help the boys see the potential of Computing and to boost their future careers we were pleased to welcome speakers from industry, as part of the IITP’s ICT-Connect programme. Guests from Kiwi Bank and TVNZ talked about their own career experiences of well-paid, interesting and challenging IT work that has taken them around the globe.

We were warmly welcomed to Victoria University twice. The first time we took a bus load of Y12s to the open day. The second, a selective group attended the Wellington Engi-neering Hui which showcased freaky physics and cool robot-ics projects from Weltec and Victoria University’s CS stu-dents. We very very impressed by James McVay (son of Mr McVay) who designed and made a robotic bass guitar player. See: www.engineering.geek.nz for more info.

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Hour of CodeSt Bernard’s College provides cutting edge computing for our students. To

help Y7-10 boys become the next generation of app inventors they received an hour’s introduction to Computer Science (CS), designed to demystify “code” and show that anyone can learn the basics to be a maker / problem solving creator.

Will.i.am says, “We live in a world surrounded by technology. But only a tiny fraction of students learn how computers work, or how to create software technology. CS provides a foundation for virtually any career and all our students can benefit from learning the basics.”

SBC was the only officially registered school in NZ to join the CS Education Week’s massive campaign called the Hour of Code. In the last two weeks of

term, SBC boys were amongst the 10 million students globally who have been introduced to try one hour of simple CS.

Boys from Y7-10 have loved the variety of self-guided tutorials that anybody can do, on a browser, tablet or smartphone. They are great for anyone aged 6—106! Go to Code.org, I challenge you to try them too!

Mr Matt Harrison - TiC Computing

ICAS SuccessThis year 37 students from Years 7 to 9 participated in the 2013 Computer Skills ICAS competition. The following students produced an outstanding performance in the examination and gained a Distinction grade (after his name is his position against all other NZ candidates).

Year 9: Chenchen Huang gained the unique award of High Distinction placing him in the top 1% of all candidates. Elisha Alasdair Day (Top 9%), Matthew Mann, James Missen (Top 7%)

Year 8: Gianpaolo Cigaral (Top 3%) . Year 7: Liam Eagle (Top 2%) and Caleb Pahi (Top 4%)

It is pleasing to report that the following

students gained a Credit award (roughly placing them in the top 30% of all NZ candidates). Year 7: William Johnson, Lewis Murray, Jacob Sharkey. Year 8: Caleb Carrasco. Year 9: Callum Bryan

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DIRECT MARKETING

Creative concepts & design, artwork, printing & delivery

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SIGNAGEBuilding signsWindow signs

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SYSTEMSBanner Solutions

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Back Row: D Sefton, M Start, J Locke, L Pynenburg

Front Row: B Willis, M Robbie, C Bryan, J Andrew

Absent: D Garlick, N Russell

AV CREWBack Row: H Bennett, T Mafile’o, I Te Wiki-Mu, L Heve, N Lindstrom

Front Row: E Foster, J Sharkey, P Shanahan, D Parker, D Foster

ART SPLASH CHOIR - Year 7 & 8

R Tala, M Mafile’o-Tuala, D Nanai

Absent: S Vaofusi

BARBERSHOP QUARTETBack Row: C Millar, S Taylor, B Henderson, R Sejwal

Front Row: S Gorham, J Schuchmann, B Robinson, R Nicol, T Johns

Absent: C McLeod

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Back Row: A McIntyre, R Tala, H Tapuai, S Mafile’o-Tuala, E Ta’anoa, T Tanu

Front Row: J Devine, D Nanai, J Netzler, B Meafou, B Owers, J Sharkey, P Shanahan

Absent: R Misa, L McCarthy, T Smith, T Savaii, S Vaofusi

R Gilmour, N Chan, A Pou

Absent: C Dominikovich

DEBATING Junior PREMIERJ Logan, E McAuliffe, L McAuliffe, M Logan

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DEBATING PREMIER BJ Logan, I Mumwiro, N McCleery, F Livingston, T Lologa, E McAuliffe

DEBATING Senior CERTIFICATE

Back Row: L McAuliffe, S Pereira, D Wilcock, S Taylor, C Huang, J Schuchmann

Front Row: J Moh, J Marra, M Manning, Z Whiteside, C Weatherall

Absent: M McLean

DEBATING Junior CERTIFICATEBack Row: J Sheehan, B Wallis, M Markwitz, B Owers, J Hall, A Pou

Front Row: J Nield, B Scully, C Bryan, J Locke, B Longstaff

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Back Row: William Matheson, Mr William Daveis, Mrs Manuhiri Corcoran, Mrs Anna-Marie Dickinson, Jordan HallFront Row: Richard Awatere, Regan Gilmour, Aaron Marshall, Luke VallanceAbsent: Alex Nelson

JAPAN TRIP

Back Row: T Jiang, J Dovale, J Netzler, B Bouzaid, Third Row: S Su, J Afoa, H Clausen, H Tapuai, J Murrell, Second Row: P Jaeger-Letts, D Fa’atui, J Locke, J Ulu, B Van Woerkom, R Gilmour, Front Row: J Missen, L Heve, I Mumwiro, A Su, M Start, M Manning, E Foster

Drama Production “THE BATTALION“

Back Row: K Phegan, J Marra, E Alasdair Day, C Asher

Front Row: K Zawada, C Huang, D Satur, N Chan, D Tavita

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MASS BANDBack Row: M Brennan, J Grant, J McGuinness, C Zawada, B Devine

Front Row: J McGuinness, J Peckston, J Devine, C Grant, J Zawada

SONS OF OLD BOYS

Back row: J Gilbert, A Ualo, B Va’a, J Turara, I Tufele, R Pusa

Third Row: B Manaia, S Mafile’o-Tuala, J Moa, K Vaofusi, B Van Ooyen, S Likio, N Patelesio, J Tefoto

Second Row: P Duffy, R Walker, F Tauauve’a, M Mua’au, V Fine, J Vaelei, T Tanu, D Pereira

Front Row: J Moa, E Asovale, C Ene, B Seufale, P Fine, D Lefaoseu, F Keil, E Ta’anoa, T Ryder

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STUDENT COUNCILBack Row: N Chan, A Armstrong, S Su, J Ulu, T Fitzsimons, K Dowman, N Lindstrom

Front Row: C Vallance, C Huang, J Andrews, L Faimalie, A Pou, J Hong, J Locke-Weir

Back Row: T Paipa, A Alefosio, J Moa

Second Row: J Lomax, D Lefaoseu, J Vaelei, B Seufale

Front Row: T Ryder, I Kava, P Duffy, R Pusa, R Walker

Absent: S Likio

PACIFIC STUDIES

O’SHEA SHIELD Back Row: M Mann, T Lologa, J Schuchmann, C Cunningham, B Van Woerkom

Second Row: L. Pynenburg, M Logan, L McAuliffe, H Tapuai, E McAuliffe, C Huang

Coaches: P Jaeger-Letts, Br Kieran Fenn, J Howell, S McNab, Br Tim Leen, N Wilson

Front Row: B Duthie-Jung, J Logan, J Netzler, J McMillan, A Su, A Pou, N Dicken

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Back Row: B Mamea-Crawford, B Henare,

Middle Row: J Martin, O Waitaki-Messenger, I Morehu, T Williams

Front Row: T Ryder, T Hauwaho, E Afoa, A Rongokea-Simpson, C Bishop

WHANGAREI NATIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL KAPA HAKA TEAM

Senior STUDENT LEADERSBack Row: J Imray, B Manaia, J Lillyston, M Logan

Middle Row: S Senanayake, T Mair, Z Baker, J McMillan, S Scrimshaw

Front Row: T Ryder, T Saggers, M Dicken, T Mu, P Duffy

YOUNG CATHOLIC LEADERSBack Row: M Orevillo, M Gupwell, H Tapuai

Front Row: R Nunns, J McMillan, E McAuliffe, B Wallis

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ATHLETICS CHAMPIONST Josephson, M Orevillo, A Su, W LimBADMINTON Senior

Back Row: B Rodrigues, M Orevillo, J Lauofo, B Morgan-Reddy, A Bonita, C Brennan

Front Row: A Hong, B Duthie-Jung, M Brennan, G Balauag, J Ramirez

BASKETBALL SeniorBack Row: J Peckston, H Crosbie

Middle Row: A Peckston, R Ligeralde, K Vaofusi, N Linstrom, R Hoare

Front Row: E Wilton, M Botardo, S Trocio, L Hoare

BASKETBALL Junior 1

Back Row: O Waitaki-Messenger, J Plumb

Middle Row: D Plumb, M Mann, D Breedon, R Walker

Front Row: B Ernest, J Ramakers, J Cairns, J Furjes-Crawshaw

BASKETBALL Junior 2Back Row: N Lindstrom, A Campbell, J Wainui-Teepa, P Awatere, E Buot, B English

Front Row: J O’Brien, J Ramirez, N Lindstrom, T Wainui-Teepa, T King

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Back Row: P Marra, J Marra, J Hansen, M Mann, S Mamea-Hind, C McLeod, K Krebs, K Peckston

Front Row: M Hay, C Harrison, J Peckston, B Ernest, J Furjes-Crawshaw

CRICKET JuniorD Goldsworthy, S Travis, O Burton

CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONS

Back Row: R Walker, D SearleFront Row: C Samuel, H Bennett, K ColeyAbsent: C Pahi, D Breedon, P Matheson, J Smith, J van Duyn Scarlett, A Walker

BASKETBALL Year 7Back Row: B Brooking, S Marshall, J Reid-Rowley, J McGuinnessFront Row: L Pynenburg, B Devine, B Hogg, T Lynch, S Travis

CRICKET Intermediate

CRICKET Year 7 & 8Back Row: R Craig, R McGee, C Samuel, R McGee

Middle Row: R Woollett, J Sales, J Tainui, J Sharkey, O Burton, H Mourits

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HOCKEY 1st XIBack Row: C Arnot, C Williams, M Gupwell, J Corke, D Woodman-Smith

Front Row: L Hey, K Hofsteede, F McLean, M Dicken, T Watkins, T Norton-Brown, J Payne

Absent: O Waitaki-Messenger, B Henare, M Hey, C Van der Raaij, T Mair

Back Row: W Ebert, J Imray, J Lillyston, T Makoii

Second Row: B Ebert, N Dicken, C Williams, T Saggers, J Grant

Front Row: C Khouchaba, S de Roo, S Clark, M Dicken, D Goddard, J Ross, P Pau

Absent: B Lynch

Played 15, Won 8, Drew 2, Lost 5, placed 1st, Division 1 Champions

FOOTBALL 1st XI

HOCKEY – Year 7 & 8Back Row: J Payne, J Sharkey, T Richards, R Craig, C Carrasco

Front row: E Foster, N Marra, H Bennett, J Peard-Love, W Siemonek, D Foster

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Back Row: G McKay, B Kitt, J Taylor, T Jackson

Front Row: T Jiang, R Gonzalez, M Start, M Statham, T Josephson

Absent: K Lamond, D Manyang, T Makoii, A Nelson, L Francis

Played 12, Won 6, Drew 1, Lost 5, Goals for 42, Goals against 35, Position 4, Division 12

FOOTBALL 4th XI

FOOTBALL 2nd XIBack Row: D Higgins, T Mvere, A Parshot, T Lynch, K Higgins, K Molenaar, C Gibbons

Front Row: D Raju, C Bliss, E Ferris, BJ Gibbons, P Monteverde-Young, L Vallance, B Duthie-Jung

Absent: J Hayes

Played 12, Won 6, Drew 1, Lost 5, Goals for 50, Goals against 30, Placed 3rd, Division 5

FOOTBALL 3rd XIBack Row: T Mair, B Higson, J Garrow

Second Row: S Ward, M Logan, M Jacob, T Fitzsimons, J Gomez

Front Row: H Royle, C Sims, L Gorham, E McAuliffe, J Logan, H Campbell, D Smith

Absent: B James, A Puka

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Second Row: J Saggers, P Silcock, R Nicol, H Flood

First Row: D Ward, T Mahowa, E Smith, B Searle, J Hanson

Absent: D Lorenz, R King, S Tane, S Salter, J Nash

Played 2, Won 3, Lost 8, Placed 5th Division 6

FOOTBALL Junior 2

FOOTBALL 13th GradeBack Row: J Nield, B Fuchs, J Moh, C Vallance

Second Row: M Vallance, C Smith, I Gorrie, B Longstaff, S Murfitt, W Hadfield

Front Row: D Wilcock, Y Norris, J Marra, G Almand, N Watkins, D Cha

Absent: J Duthie-Jung

Played 15, Won 10, Drew 0, Lost 5, Goals for 50, Goals against 40, Position 2nd, 13th Grade Hutt Valley

FOOTBALL Junior 1Back Row: S Mamea, J Montague, N Ibrahim, A Almand, R Gonzalez, V Chandra

Front Row: B Yepes Osorio, E Clements, H Knowles, S Mamea-Hind, S Travis

Absent: M Achol, I Polaczuk, R Ross-Hotene, M Weldon-Smith, M Travis

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GOLFH Campbell, M Clark, M Stretch-Swan, B Searle, A Pou

LAWN BOWLS

RUGBY 1st XVBack Row: I Wright, T Tanu, E Asovale, T Mu, B Brooking, B Meafou

Third Row: N Lindstrom, J Moa, M Pou, B Van Ooyen, N Patelesio, L Faimalie, D Lefaoseu

Second Row: P Tuisamoa, A Levien, M Keating, R Shaw, C Ene, W Fine

Front Row: K Levien, I Tufele, C Briant, J Montin, F Keil, S Likio, Z Baker

Absent: J Wilson

MOUNTAIN BIKINGBack Row: T Rose, Z Ahearn, J Curtis, J Rose, Y Norris

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RUGBY 2nd XVBack Row: D Sia, C Meehan, A Lui, L Ngatuere-Ongley

Third Row: N Lindstrom B Van Ooyen, W Fine, M Rimoni, A Alefosio

Second Row: J Gibb, S Marshall, J Afoa, B Va’a, J Turara, L McGill, F McMillan, D Wright

Front Row: E Asovale, B Manaia, B Seufale, N Patelesio, P Fine, C Ene, A Ualo

Back Row: Q Daniel, M Laga, R Walker, B Highnam-Sofeni, C Leota, S Sialau

Middle Row: P Moore, R Misa, P Godfrey, I Avau, X Tuita, B Henderson, C Nicolle, A Duffy, L Hunter

Front Row: E Afoa, T Hauwaho, B O’Neil, E Moore, K Tauaneai, M Alaifatu, J McGuinness

RUGBY Under 14

RUGBY Under 15Back Row: T Fagaiava-Vaelei, J Ulu, Z Ahearn, L Finau, D Nanai

Second Row: J Millar, B McEwan, B Wilson, V Tuifao, C Rodway, P Manaia, J Reid-Rowley, W Armstrong

Front Row: S Petelo-Avau, P Samuelu, C Bishop, C Millar, I Tuulima, A Armstrong, C Walker



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Back Row: D Sia, B Va’a, T Mu, P Tuisamoa, E Asovale, T Lologa, S Alofi

Third Row: W Fine, L Faimalie, N Patelesio, S Likio, L Pili, J Moa, J Montin

Second Row: H Mourits, M Rimoni, I Wright, I Tufele, D Lefaoseu, A Ualo, B Seufale, I Costa Lopez

Front Row: C Ene, I Kava, B Manaia, C Briant, P Fine, J Turara, F Keil

Senior RUGBY LEAGUE

RUGBY Under 55kgBack Row: J Peckston, S Gorham, N Lindstrom, L Hoare, L Luka

Middle Row: S Mann, H Crosbie, Z Julius-Donnelly, B Roberts, V Tavite, C McLeod, D King, M Roberts

Front Row: T Johns, B Ernest, M Siemonek, M Mann, C Asher, B Mumford, J Furjes-Crawshaw

RUGBY Year 7 & 8 Back Row: T Piripi, J Smith, B English, K Tauaneai, P Te Mataki, C Austin, H Mourits

Middle Row: C Vallance, N Lindstrom, J Tainui, V Benton, C Tainui, E Teuila, J O’Brien

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Junior RUGBY LEAGUE Back Row: E Godinet-Tiata, R Misa, B McEwan, J Ulu, C Bishop, H Tavite

Third Row: T Wanoa, T Fagaiava-Vaelei, S Sialau, X Tuita, P Manaia

Second Row: H Mourits, C Nicolle, C Leota, V Tuifao, L Finau, M Rothwell

Front Row: B O’Neill, P Samuelu, P Godfrey, I Tuulima, B Wilson, D Nanai, M Alaifatu

RUGBY 3rd XVBack Row: S Mamea, J Montague, N Ibrahim, A Almand, R Gonzalez, V Chandra

Front Row: B Yepes Osorio, E Clements, H Knowles, S Mamea-Hind, S Travis

Absent: M Achol, I Polaczuk, R Ross-Hotene, M Weldon-Smith, M Travis

Played 13, Won 6, Drew 2, Lost 5, Goals for 60, Goals against 44, Division 2 Champions

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SHOOTINGR Woollett, Z Ahearn, M Pou, C Tainui

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M Fouhy, L Gorham, J Gomez, T Josephson, T FitzsimonsTENNIS Senior

B Scully, K Phegan, B Devine, C Huang, B EnglishTENNIS Junior A

Back Row: M Mann, R Misa, D Nanai

Second Row: C Hart, T Hauwaho, J Hawkins, M Alaifatu

Front Row: B Ernest, J Peckston, H Crosbie, E Afoa, M Hays

TOUCH Junior 1

TOUCH Year 7 & 8 Back Row: V Benton, R McGee, M Johnston, N Lindstrom, R McGee, S Murfitt

Third Row: H McMillan, T Mafile’o, M Bishop, R Bewley, C Austin, N Lindstrom, B Longstaff

Second Row: J Tainui, C Vallance, H Baennett, J Sales, J Alding, M Hardie, J Sharkey, S Hardie

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Middle Row: D Plumb, M Mann, D Breedon, R Walker

Front Row: B Ernest, J Ramakers, J Cairns, J Furjes-Crawshaw

TOUCH Junior 2 and 3Back Row: I Tufele, T Paipa, S Mafile’o-Tuala,

Middle Row: S Scrimshaw, D Lefaoseu, B Seufale, P Monteverde-Young

Front Row: W Fine, E Asovale, B Manaia, P Duffy, G Soe

VOLLEYBALL Senior

Back Row: V Tuifao, K Vaofusi, C Leota

Middle Row: P Samuela, X Tuita, S Sialau, I Tuulima

Front Row: J Peckston, G Barr-Brown, A Duffy, P Manaia, D Nanai, B Ernest, H Crosbie

VOLLEYBALL JuniorBack Row: I Tufele, T Paipa, S Mafile’o-Tuala

Middle Row: S Scrimshaw, D Lefaoseu, B Seufale, P Monteverde-Young

Front Row: W Fine, E Asovale, B Manaia, P Duffy, G Soe

WATER POLO Senior

Back Row: J McGuinness, G Barr-Brown, L Win, Z Ahearn, S Taylor, B Roberts

Front Row: J McGuinness, C Huang, L Hoare, N Russell, E Moore

Absent: C McGuinness

WATER POLO JuniorBack Row: B Longstaff, H McMillan,

Middle Row: T Saggers, J Froggart, J Sharkey, N Lindstrom, J McGuinness

Front Row: J Locke-Weir, J Sharkey, P Shanahan, J Angus, K Tainui

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Records tumbled in the Y7 200m, 400m, long jump (C Tustin), Y8 800m (D Goldsworthy), Junior 200m(B McEwen),Youth shot put (R Tala), Int 100m (P Tuisamoa), Int High Jump (N Dicken), Senior 200m, 400m (T Makoii) and Snr 1500m (B

Lynch). The Y7 “Pompallier” relay team also set a new record in the 4 x 100m. Well done to all our athletes.

A group of around 50 boys headed off to Newtown Park two days later to compete in the Hutt Valley Colleges Athletics where we finished 3rd behind HIBS and HVHS.

A team of seven boys went on to contest the Regional Championships with hopes of gaining selection to the North Island Championships that were held in April in Masterton.

2013 CHAMPIONSTuesday 28th February saw the largest ever group of Bernard’s Men running, jumping and throwing their way around the Hutt Rec in the annual SBC Athletic Championships. Along with an increase in participation we were witness to several record performances across all grades. The 2013 Champions are:

Y7 Cameron Tustin

Y8 Jordan Wainui Teepa

Junior Samuela Tatafu, Logan Hoare

Youth Brandyn Wilson

Intermediate Nathan Dicken

Senior Brandon Lynch

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House Champions

Cricket has shown a healthy resurgence in the junior grades thanks to the support of Mr Mourits. Our up and coming Y7/8 team has competed in the qualifying rounds of the NZ Cricket Cup and they have won their games convincingly.

Our Junior 1 team is competing in the Division 2 grade at the top of the table.

HOUSE CHAMPIONSHIP

1st Marcellin 441

2nd Pompallier 376

3rd Chanel 317

4th Ignatius 309A team of 20 Year 7 and 8 students competed in the Interschool Cross Country Championships held at

Trentham Memorial Park on June 4 with some outstanding results.

Daniel Goldsworthy (Y8) finished 3rd while Oliver Burton (Y7) finished 4th in

their respective events. These boys had to compete against 60 other runners from various schools around the Hutt Valley. Several of our boys finished in the top 20 so well done to all. Thanks also to the many parents who assisted with transport and cheering on the boys. Your assistance is very much appreciated.

Knock’em for six

Y7/8 Interschool Cross Country

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Cross Country

YEAR 7

1. Oliver Burton Marcellin 12 min 02 sec

2. Rory Woollett Ignatius

3. Nicholas Marra Chanel

YEAR 8

1. Daniel Goldsworthy Ignatius 11 min 04 sec (NR)

2. Thomas King Pompallier

3. Ethan Buot Pompallier

JUNIOR

1. Manyumow Achol Ignatius 10 min 33 sec

2. Ethan Clements Marcellin

3 Kieran Phegan Ignatius

YOUTH

1. Scott Travis Chanel 10 min 49 sec

2. Isaac Polachuk Pompallier

3. Adam Armstrong Chanel

INTERMEDIATE

1. Kelly Higgins Pompallier 20 min 14 sec

2. Nathan Dicken Marcellin

3. Troy McGuinness Marcellin

SENIOR

1. Taban Makoii Marcellin 17 min 36 sec (NR)

2. Brandon Lynch Marcellin

3. Buay James Ignatius

W ednesday the 15 of May 2013 was a beautiful sunny day at St Bernard’s College. The school was getting ready for the cross country. It started at 2.05 pm. I wore my P.E. gear, the students were getting ready for the race. Jacob Lillyston ran with me because Matt Dicken was away in Dunedin. Jacob is a year 13 P.Ed. student and a House Leader for Chanel. Mr Piripi organised Jacob to be my runner support person. Sister Ruth took a photo of me and Jacob before the race.

The course was 3 kilometres for the juniors and 5 kilometres for the seniors. I am in Marcellin house, and I ran the race in 27 minutes and 42 seconds. Before the cross country I was pumped, I thought I wouldn’t make it, but I did. I thought I wouldn’t beat people and come last, but I didn’t! At the end of the race my legs were so sore, I thought my legs felt like pasta and jelly – wobbly! I was so proud of myself and Jacob, he ran an awesome race too!

Matthew Henderson (10MO)

Individual Champions

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Golf / Football

Has 2013 been a successful season? This will depend on who you talk to and if they are involved in football. The

following are some of my opinions as football convenor.

I believe it has because:

We had 3 out of 6 College Sport competition teams reach their respective grade finals.

We achieved three victories in these finals.

We are champions of Youth Division 1 and 10. As well as Junior Division 2.

Our 1st XI in winning Division 1 are now one of the top 6 colleges in the Wellington, Hutt Valley, Kapiti and Otaki areas.

We had two teams finish top of their divisions after the championship rounds. They went into the finals as top qualifiers. (the 1st XI and junior 1 teams). The 3rd XI were runners up.

We again had seven football teams but this year it was 3 junior teams and 4 senior teams.

We had 105 boys or about 18% of all the boys playing football. This is very good considering they can play for clubs up to 15th grade and they still opt for clubs in the Sunday competition.

We have one player join the very small yet illustrious group of players who have put on the very symbolic blue and gold football jersey for 100 times. Congratulations to Tyler Saggers.

It was our 9th consecutive Lower North Island tour and played 6 games in three days. Winning 4 and losing 2. The touring party was primarily 2nd XI yet they lost against Wanganui HS and Saint Peter’s College.

Beating Francis Douglas College, New Plymouth 5-2 for the first time. Francis Douglas is a regular participant in the national Lotto division 1 to national tournament.

Our 13th grade took part in the inaugural triangular tournament involving Otaki and St

Peter’s colleges. (no victories unfortunately). This gave the players an insight into traveling away as a group, the passion required when participating in such fixtures and visiting other colleges.

Having 15 nationalities playing for us and bring their own brand of skills and talents to our teams

How did we achieve our success & our greatness?

Having 100 plus boys having desire to play for the wonderful blue and golds.

Having 3 parents, 1 friend of the college, 3 old boys and 2 staff members as primary coaches.

A very special thanks to Mr Wayne Ebert, coach of the 1st XI, Mr Chris Gibbons, coach of the 2nd XI, Mr Gerry Mckay, coach 4th XI, Mr Matt Weldon-Smith coach of junior 1, Mr Jordan Saggers coach junior 2 team, Mr Mark Vallance for the 13th grade team

Having parents as managers, fitness trainers and referees. Mr Derek Higgins for 2nd XI, Siu Mamea for J1, Mr Mark Travis for the J1 team, Mr Steven

The

Beautiful Game

Philips Cup Golf The Golf team finished the regular weekly competition in 1st place and as a result qualified for the Philips Cup playoff round. The team finished 2nd to Paraparaumu College by just one stableford point. This is a very young team so this result is a great achievement.

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Salter and Mr James Nash for the J 2 team.

The 4th season of the Football club committee was one that again exceeded our expectations. We wanted to have all teams with coaches, teams gaining promotion where possible, success at the end of season by winning grades and having the players enjoy their time on the football field. We had 3 teams gain promotion from the grading games, got our 7 coaches and hopefully the players enjoyed themselves. We now have a working foundation to build on for next year. We need to have new parents join because within the next couple of season parent who are coaches will be leaving as their son’s leave college. My very special thanks to the football committee for your belief in and enthusiasm for football at Saint Bernard’s. Thanks to: Mat Christian, Mark Vallance, Matt Weldon-Smith, Jordan Saggers, Gerry McKay, Chris Gibbons, Derek Higgins, Wayne Ebert, Mike Pynenburg, Brenten Higson

Having parents turn up at all hours of the day and night to encourage, support and develop a sense

of fair play in their sons and in the team generally. To have a side line full of SBC supporters shows that you care about your son.

The parental support every Saturday. This is one of the most important things that we as parent can do for our kids – smile with them, encourage them, enthuse them, rejoice with them and commiserate with them. The 13th and both 15th grade teams lead the way in this respect with great turnouts each week. Senior players are more reluctant perhaps to get parents along but all player of any age like to have support on the sidelines. Playing home matches for the first time allowed us to make a “fortress” of SBC and to make it hard for the opposition. This was achieved by the loud and encouraging support of parents.

Having coaches undergo professional development to continually upgrade their current high skill base.

By again having a team in the Capital football junior leagues. A sincere thanks must go to

Capital Football for allowing us to put a team in this competition when in reality it should not happen.

Having our own field which sees two games a weekend on it.

HAVING PARENTS WHO BELIEVE THAT St Bernard’s can give their son the footballing skills and techniques to progress further in the game if they wish. Your support of our coaches is extra-ordinary.

We are short of keepers so it is great to have players who put up their hands for this very specialised and generally thankless positions. Special thanks to Leon Youchana (13th grade), Luke Pynenburg (J2), Harrison Knowles (J1), Michael Start, (4th XI), Matt Jacobs (3rd XI ), Terry Lynch (2nd XI), Cameron Williams (1st) for their commitment. When capital football develops the goalkeeping coaching we will be able to focus directly on this very important position that is currently not adequately coached. Very

ResultsOpposition ScoreOtaki College 1st XI 3-2

Taihape Area School 1st XI 7-0Wanganui High school 0-2

Cullinane College 1st XI (Catholic college in Wanganui) 4-2

Ruapehu College 1st XI 13-1St Peter’s College (Catholic college in

Palmerston North) 0-5

Grading & Competition Rounds SummaryPlayed Won Drew Lost GF GA Championship

Placement15 8 2 5 51 34 1st *12 6 1 5 50 30 3rd

12 8 0 4 50 26 1nd *12 6 1 5 42 35 4th 13 6 2 5 60 44 1st=*12 3 1 8 28 83 5th 15 10 0 5 50 49 2/11

Award 1st XI 2nd XI 3rd XI 4th XI Junior 1 Junior 2 13th Grade

Best & fairest Tyler Saggers Daniel Raju Sam Ward Michael Start Scott Travis Ethan Smith Jack MarraMost consistent Jacob Lillyston BJGibbons -------- -------- -------- --------- --------Most improved Shaun de Roo Ben Duthie-Jung Liam Gorham Thomas Jackson Isaac Polaczuk Guy Hogan Sam Murfitt

Exciting prospect Taban makoii ------- --------- -------- --------- --------- --------

Fair Play Matt Dicken Luke vallence Joshua Gomez Mitchell Statham Brayan Yepes Joseph Hanson Jordan Mofh

Team Spirit Steve Clark ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------

Golden Boot ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Jack Marra (25 goals)

Saggers Trophy for consistency ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Danny Ward -------

James Nash Trophy“players player” ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Tino Mahowa -------

SBC Football Club Awards:Each year the Saint Bernard’s Football club have their own award ceremony, which is over and above the annual college Sports Awards. The 2013 recipients were:

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special thanks to Wayne Ebert who arranged for goalkeeping coaching by Glen Moss and Mr Patton for goalkeepers in the district and allowing Terry and Luke to attend.

The following players are leaving us and have shown brilliant loyalty and commitment.

Player Games played

Brandon Lynch 89Taban Makoii 74Cameron Williams 69David Smith 66Pau Sian Thang 63Jacob Lillyston 63Antonia Puka 63Matt Dicken 61Joshua Gomez 57Sam Ward 54Ethan McAuliffe 52Chris Sims 52Jordan Garrow 52Matt Jacobs 50Joshua Logan 49Matt Logan 44Hamish Campbell 42Harrison Royle 39David Lokecha 28Jack Ross 16Leon Youhana 15 (Yr 8)

Thanks:Pak’n’Save Petone for their brilliant and continued support of football. Their sponsorship of our prize giving is extraordinary.

St Peter’s and Paul’s school for allowing us to use their artificial grass twice a week.

TeWai Piripi (HOD sport) and Catherine Brennan (Sports co-ordinator) for their support of football by allowing us to have the resources to progress our game.

Terry Davis , our groundsman, and TeWai Piripi for the overseeing of the pitch maintenance.

To the 15 “old boys” who came back for the now

annual fixture between them and the 1st XI. This year the “old boys” had a resounding 8-2 victory. The “old boy’s speed, ball skill and accuracy were too much for the 1st XI.

Team summary:13th grade: The 17 players are to be congratulated for choosing Saint Bernard’s as their football of choice. Many of the players are playing in a grade up on their age group. Every player has shown excellent improvement and have to be congratulated for practicing so enthusiastically every Wednesday. The team was very fortunate to play a large number of their games on the artificial at Maidstone or Petone and playing on such surfaces definitely help develop their passing skills. The team had to endure playing at 6.40pm and even at 8.20pm in the rain and wind which takes a special breed of committed player to see through these games. The grade composition kept changing but in the end they came in 2nd which is a great result. The success of this team was that players kept joining it right up to mid season. It was very difficult for Mr Vallance to keep a watch on his 5/6 substitutes but every players had their fair share of game time. These players will be our 1st XI in 3 to 4 year’s time so our future is in very good hands.

Junior 2. This team deserves special recognition. Last year they were on the wrong side of many defeats and this year’s grading games proved equally challenging. The championship rounds saw a team gaining in confidence and a desire to play attacking football. Under the infectious positivity of Mr Jordan Saggers the team finished with three wins and scored more goals for than against. They were just 10 minutes and a missed penalty from beating the top team and making it into the finals. They have learnt how to play as a team, support and encourage each other and know the joy of scoring goals, defending well and ultimately winning. My very special thanks to those players who played so well this year even though they were so disappointed last season.

Junior 1. After last year’s disappointment, Mr Matthew Weldon-Smith, was determined to ensure that his chargers did not make the same mistake this year. They did not, and were worthy winners of the 2nd division. The team struggled

with injuries during the grading games but once in the championship rounds they showed the value of being fit and training with enthusiasm and self-belief. The players knew their roles and the forwards began to score goals and the defence proved to be a near impregnable barrier. These are the players who will our 1st XI in a couple of years and they definitely have the temperament, skills and techniques to emulate this years’ 1st XI. Their desire stemmed from their very good attitude to training.

4th XI. This team was made up of year 11 players who have the skills and talents to play at a much higher level in future years. The team had many close fixtures but the results did not always go their way. They always pushed the top teams with many of the results always decided by the odd goal. Mr Gerry McKay worked very hard to get the team to work as a unit but having a squad of 12 meant that illness and absences proved very costly. I hope that these players come back next season because I am positive that many of them will develop into very fine footballers.

3rd XI. This team was composed entirely of year 13 players who enjoyed each others company and they developed a very high degree of comradeship that build lasting friendships. This team had had players of extra-ordinary ability and athletism that if they had the desire could have played successfully in any of the higher teams. The team has been “mates“ for between 5 to7 years and wanted to finish their college years playing alongside their friends. The team finished second after their championship games losing both games to Wgtn High. In these fixtures there was always that feeling that they were beatable. They were beatable as seen by the powerful all round dominance of them in the finals. We deserved to be crowned champions. The team dynamics keeping drawing players into it and as a consequence they improved in their defensive abilities as well as their goal scoring abilities. They were deserved champions.

2nd XI. These players will make a very formidable 1st XI next year. They have the attributes that make a team successful. They have a real desire to play attractive attacking football. They have exciting players in the key positions on the field. They listen and learn from their very knowledgeable and progressive coach, Mr Chris Gibbons. They train in all weather and

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realise that success is 99% perspiration and 1% talent. The team did very well all season but illness and injuries at key times meant that they lost crucial games. This team deserved to be a finalist but they look on their 3rd placing as an opportunity to come back next year and take out the final. The team represented us well on tour and showed in the fixture against Wanganui HS that they are ready to take the next step and play the top college teams.

1st XI. The team has laid to rest the horrors of the past two years. This team went one further than the 2011 and 12 teams by taking out the division 1 title. The team had a very solid core from last season and with a sprinkling of talented year 11 they showed that Saint Bernard’s is becoming a footballing force and a college that

believes in attractive football. Mr Wayne Ebert has achieved what no other Saint Bernard’s coach has managed and that, is to take a team to win the prestigious division 1 title. This theoretically placed us as the 7th best team in the greater Wellington region. Their victory against Francis Douglas proved that we can develop and nurture very fine footballers. Every player in the team has the ability to play at a much higher grade and I am positive that we will hear and see a lot more of them. Wayne’s prophetic words at lasts years prize giving proved inspirational “The team and I have unfinished business, we will not repeat the mistakes of previous years”

MY GREATEST THANKS AND BEST WISHES GO TO THE YEAR 13 PLAYERS WHO HAVE FINISHED THEIR APPRENTICESHIP AT SBC. FOR SOME IT

HAS BEEN 6/7 YEARS BUT FOR MOST YOU IT HAS BEEN 5 YEARS WHERE YOU HAVE DONED THE MIGHTY BLUE AND GOLD JERSEY AND SHOWN A COMMITMENT TO YOUR TEAM MATES AND THE COLLEGE THAT HAS BEEN TRUELY INSPIRATIONAL.

It is very important that you continue your involvement in football either as a player or as a referee. Find the time and inclination to join a club. The friendships you have made through SBC football will last forever as will your friendships made when playing as an adult.

Brenten Higson Football convenor. 14th September 2013

WHAT A SEASON!! This year’s First XI football team far exceeded expectations. With big

boots to fill after such a strong season we had last year, the boys came together determined to make history, and so we did.

To start off our campaign, we were entered into the pre-season Wellington Football Tournament held by Scots College. After two days of solid football, wet weather and multiple proud wins, we came out on top of our table and further made it to the final of the tournament ready to play Wellington’s powerhouse of football, Wellington College. Although we were seen as underdogs throughout the whole game, we fought off a very proud 0-0 draw; unfortunately losing in penalties. This was to be the start of a great season. After an article in the paper of our recent triumph, we all knew that we were now seen as the team to beat. Though with multiple injuries we had a rough set of grading games, finishing in an undeserved 4th place, narrowly missing out on playing premier football. Though this only made us more and more determined to win the Division 1 title. We started off our division 1 campaign with a 4-2 win over Rongotai and a 4-0 drubbing over our pansy rivals, HIBS.

From then on in, start to finish, we lead the way. With two defeats on the trot towards the final games of the season we knew that it wasn’t over yet. With all the passion and determination we could muster, the boys came together to finish off the season with too heavy victories we could all be proud of. A 5-1 victory over Kapiti, and our last game at SBC on “Hazguard” saw a 9-2 win over Pram Col. Game

after game, we had grown both in confidence and in skill as we finished proudly at the top of the table 5 points clear of second place HIBS, as we threw together an amazing 40 goals for, and only conceding 15. Proud of what we had achieved so far, we still had the final to go against HIBS. It was our second year in the final of Division 1, though after the disappointment of losing on penalties last year, we were motivated and determined to win, and to make history.

Finals night came, and despite the chill in the air, the amount of support we had that night was astonishing! With drums banging and the songs of SBC flooding the air, the boys pulled together a very meritorious 3-2 victory to claim the “Players Trophy” for the first time in SBC history. This is by far the most notable achievement for football at SBC. We also had another dig at making history when our friends from Francis Douglas Memorial College came down halfway through the season for the annual sports exchange. After talking themselves up, we scraped together a well fought 5-2 victory. History was made again, as SBC has never beaten FDMC before in all the years we

have had this exchange. Another proud moment to say the least!

Overall, we had a tremendous season as we continuously defied the odds. As a team we grew together in true Bernard’s fashion. On behalf of the First XI players, I would like to thank our supporters, not only the hundreds who turned up to our final, but especially our friends and families who gave us lifts and turned up to show their support for us, week in, week out; we could not have done it without your support and driving abilities. A very special thanks to our coach Mr Wayne Ebert. You stuck with us through thick and thin, and if it wasn’t for your commitment, knowledge and expertise of the beautiful game, we wouldn’t have achieved greatness. To the players, I couldn’t be more proud of what we have achieved together. It was an honour to captain you this season, and an even bigger honour to have been given the opportunity to play with you all. Thank you guys for an amazing season.

Matthew John Dicken First XI Captain

XI Report

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2nd XI The 2013 college football season went really well for the team. The team had a mix of year 11 and 12’s. We put a good effort in during the grading games and ourselves in division 5. The team had some great wins and some bad loses but we all worked together and kept our heads up high. The team always stepped up to the mark even when we were short of players. It was good being part of a committed team and having committed coaches. Mr Chris Gibbons and Mr Derek Higgins always encouraged us to do our best. One of the best highlights of the season was the tour. It was awesome fun and all the guys had a great time. Even the long trips in the van were good fun and one of the best parts of the trip. We had great success both on the tour and during the season. It was unfortunate that we did not make the finals but the team still played hard and of course we enjoyed playing football which is after all what it is all about. Thank you to all the parents who encouraged us at all the games.

Bradley Gibbons. (Captian)

3rd XIThis year was a fantastic season for the 3rd XI. As a team made up of only year 13 our intention was to have a good time on a Saturday afternoon. We achieved this goal as well as finishing second in the championship round. From here we played in the final against Wel-lington High School 4 and we came away 3-1 victors. Our other achievements for the team were that the boys bonded as mates and fought hard on the pitch. The 3rd XI even had a cult following this season with a large number of spectators coming to each game. They really enjoyed the entertain-ment that the team provided by playing attractive football and scoring many really attractive goals as well as defending in style. A big thank you to our coach, Mr Higson, for all the effort he put into

reigning in the team and keeping their minds on football. A huge thank you to all the spectators who were quick the boys at all times. Our last vote of thanks goes out to our parents who supported us with their encouragement at all the games, their transportation of players and the washing of our strip.

Ethan McAuliff. (Captain)

Football

13th Grade The SBC 13th grade football team played a magnificent season in 2013. As true contenders for first in the Hutt 13th grade league. It did not look that way from the start.

With a significant proportion of the team playing their first season of the great game. We weren’t going to be competitive from the start and we weren’t with us losing 1-12 to Lower Hutt. But the team worked very hard throughout the season. As our skills and fitness improved,

thanks to the hard work of our coach, Mr Vallance and Mr Higson our skill level improved and so did our results. Our position on the table climbed quickly and we were beating teams we never thought we would do. On behalf of the SBC 13th grade team a huge thanks goes to Mr Vallance because he is the reason why we achieved so much. And who can forget the great Mr Higson who works so hard to coordinate the great game at our great school.

Jack Marra (Captain)

Junior 2The season started slowly and we were placed in division 3 for our grading games. This grade was full of junior first teams and we struggled and had 5 big losses. We were then placed in division 5 which was better for us. From the next 7 games we won 3, drew 1 and lost 3. We scored 28 goals and conceded 20. This was a great turnaround from last season where we lost every game. It was really great the way most of the team stayed together and worked very hard to make the season a success. It was really great to see that all the players worked very hard and it was the new players to the team that showed us the way. We came 5th in the division and missed out on a finals play off by 10 minutes and

a missed penalty. We were leading the top team with 10 minutes left and then we missed a penalty to which would have won us the game. I am very pleased with the way the team stayed together and tried their best. My very special thanks to our head coach Mr Jordan Saggers and the two assistant coaches Mr Stephen Salter and Mr James Nash. Without our coaches we would not have done as well as we did. Thank you also to the parents who never lost faith in us and came to every game and encouraged us. We care looking forward to thre 2014 season knowing that we can do even better.

Ethan Smith (Co-Captain) and Tino Mahowa (Co-Captain)

Captains’ Reports

Junior 1This season with the Bernard’s J1 boys has been one of my most enjoyable season ever. The season started off with a round of grading games, which after a disappointing loss to Naenae College saw the J1 team drop to division 2. We were fairly confident that we could win this division. This confidence took a hit with a 2-0 loss to Newland’s College in the first match. The rest of the season got better with a couple of big wins and no loses. A draw with Wellington College taught us not to be complacent.

J1 finished top of the table and went into the final facing Newland’s College, the only team that had managed to beat us throughout the whole season. We went into this game feeling confident. From the

kick off SBC were the strongest team and after some dubious officiating we into half time at 1-1. The second half saw us completely on top and Saint Bernard’s College won Junior division 2 championship title with a 3-1 win.

As captain I am very proud to be part of this successful J1 team.

This season was a very enjoyable season and we would not have achieved this without the team and the additional players who joined us from the J2 and 13th grade teams because of our injury worries. Special thanks to Mr Matt Weldon-Smith and Mr Siu Mamea for their passion and love of this BEAUTIFUL GAME and thanks for a great season.

Scott Travis (Captain)

4th XIThis year our 4th XI football team was put into division 12. Our team consisted of experenced and also inexperienced first time players. With the help of Mr McKay our new players quickly gained the desired basic skills and we bonded to form a team that could rival bigger, older and more experienced teams. At the beginning we were clearly the underdogs but no one expected us to score

some magnificent goals which helped us to finish a very credit-able 3rd. Our top goal scorers were: Thomas Josephson, Alex Nelson, and Bradley Kitt. A very big thank you to Mr McKay, Mr Nelson, the parents and sup-porters for helping us achieve our goal. Thank you for a great season.

Thomas Josephson (Captain)

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Mountain Biking

Throughout 2013 the Mountain Bike Club at St Bernard’s has been active and thriving. We

have continued our monthly rides and many of the boys organise rides weekly around the hills of the Hutt Valley and the greater Wellington area.

During term 1, we ran three begin-ner rides which encouraged first time mountain bikers, especially Year 7 and 8, to join in. These were based on the lower trails of the Wainuiomata Trail Park.

During term 1, Jesse Cseh (Year 11) competed in the College Sport Wellington Mountain Biking Championships. Congratulations to Jesse who finished 1st in his age group and was crowned Col-lege Sport Wellington Champion for 2013.

This year we also planned a trip to Whakarewarewa Forest Mountain Bike Park, in Rotorua. This is one of the best bike parks in Australa-sia. To get to Rotorua we needed to fundraise throughout the year. We arranged a 4 hour sponsored ride. The boys rode a lap of 3.5km which had a climb of 150 meters in each lap. They were sponsored per lap they completed in the 4 hour period. This raised over $2700. We also held a quiz night at the Shandon Golf club which raised over $1000.

We went to Rotorua on the last Thursday of term 3. There were 16 boys and 8 parents who at-tended the trip. We all stayed at an old wooden lodge, Awa Home-stead, on the outskirts of Rotorua. On the Friday we hired a shuttle at the bike park which carried us from the bottom of the park to the top. This meant that over 8 hours we were able to ride close to 30km. DOWNHILL! Some great thrills and a few spills were had. On day 2, it was a more of a cross country focus. We explored many of the trails in the park. After a whole day of going downhill, day 2 was a lot more taxing for the boys, especially for the dads. We rode many different trails in the morning and stopped for a well-deserved break in the middle of the day to watch the North Island Downhill Championships, on the National Downhill course.

This was an amazing experience for everyone to see first-hand what is possible on a mountain

bike. The boys will never forget some of the crashes they wit-nessed.

After the break we continued to explore the Whakarewarewa forest for the afternoon. A well-earned soak in Rotorua’s famous hot pools was enjoyed in the evening.

On day 3, a small group returned to the bike park for a quick couple of hours before heading back to Wellington. A massive thanks to all the parents who came on the

trip Peter Wilcock, Phill Marra, Brett Roberts, Brent Palmer, Craig Norris, Jo Roberts, Carolla Hofsteede and Chris Duthie-Jung. The trip was an amazing success and something no one on the trip will ever forget.

Our club now has a mountain bike that is available for anyone to use who does not own a bike or would like to give mountain biking a try. This is available to any student. See Mr Sutherland if you are interested. This bike was kindly donated by Kevin and Cecily Chamberlain, from the Ss Peter and Paul parish. The SBC MTB Club thanks them for their generous donation.

I look forward to another great year of mountain biking in 2014. May your tyres stay full , your brakes never fail and may mud meet you around every corner. Happy biking.

Mr Hamish Sutherland SBC MTB Club

“New guys can give MTB a tryon a new

club bike”

Downhills

Thrills&May your tyres stay full, your brakes never fail and may mud meet you around every corner

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This year I had the great honour of captaining the St Bernard’s U15 grade team. I was lucky enough to lead a great bunch of boys. At the

start of the year we didn’t have a coach or manager until Henry Fagaiava, Jim Mil-lar and Wayne Armstrong came along to offer their time for us. At the start of the season we weren’t too hot, losing heavily to St Pat’s town, but that was our first game and from there on we made sure we were match fit and ready enough. (The Hennie Muller exercises on Wednes-day really helped).

From then we played in second division and won most of our games. Some of the main games had to be when we played Wainui Col-lege four times and beat them three times! Another would be our good win against Mana College 31-17, the boys really showed Mana what we were made of during that game.

All of this set aside, the U15 Hurricanes tour-nament was what we were waiting for that season. Although we came in 12th (out of 16 teams) this tournament brought us together, not only as a team, but also as brothers. We looked after each other and always picked

each other up. We wouldn’t be able to play as well as we did without the motivation and skills taught to us by Henry and Jim. Also, a gigantic thanks to our manager Wayne, with-out him we would be lost! He did a tremen-dous job getting us to games, and sorting out all the paperwork behind the scenes. He was a great help and is a great manager to have. As to the boys, best luck for your rugby in the future. Enjoy it!

Connor Millar

U15s Captain’s Report

U55s Captain’s Report

This year St Bernard’s got an un-der 55’s rugby team together af-ter not having had one in a while. Our season started with a hiss

and a roar with wins over HIBS, Aotea and St Pats Silverstream to qualify top in our Division 1 grading pool. After losing one of our top players, Sam Gorham, with a broken hand we never quite reached the same heights in the reminder of the season finishing a very respectable four in the grade.

Our team played really well with a number of guys playing rugby for the first time this year or in positions that they had never played in before, however everyone was prepared to step up and give their best for the team. One player who had a brilliant season was our sec-ond five, Lupi Luka, who was the top try scorer (18 tries) and top point scorer (100 points).

I really enjoyed this season and was very proud to be a part of a team of young men

willing to throw everything at it. I think our best game was probably a 26 to nil loss to St Pats Silver-stream, as we were af-fected by injury quite badly and were down to sixteen men. St Pats pushed and challenged us all day but not once did anyone give up, not once did anyone drop their head in defeat and that takes courage and pride, to keep giving it your all until the final whistle.

In the season we played eleven games, win-ning six, losing 4, with one draw. We scored 281 points and conceded 208.

Thanks to all my team mates and the coach-ing staff for a great season and I hope to see all back next year where hopefully we can do even better.

Matthew Mann

Our pre-season training paid off well in our grading games. We blitzed the opposition and made it into Premier 3 - our first goal

met, what a great start!

Our forward pack proved itself strong early on, winning most of our scrums. Dominated by our front row - Benji, Bernie, Fraser, Brandon, Ata - & backed up by David, Avito, Nate, Joe, & Sean. Niko had an outstanding season at #8 - stepping up to the role of Captain when Nate was called up to play 1st XV. Despite an early pre-season injury, Logan supported us as an outstanding utility player.

With the amazing boot of Viliami we lodged point after point. Ruben and Isaac started well whilst Aaron, Jaydon, Francis, Eddie, & Chris remained solid throughout all our games. Ben & Jordan both struggled to come back from injury but managed solid performances. We had a truly reliable half back in Codie who played the most consistent rugby all season.

Injury is one word we could use to sum up this season! Several players were called up to support the 1st XV late in the season & with few players available to us we finished the season using players from the 3rd XV & U15's - namely Brett, Tee, Jordi, Liam, Jesse, Junior.

Thanks to all the parents who gave their support throughout the season - especially Jeremiah who helped with coaching & warm ups when Luka became unavailable, Shelley for the sausage sizzle, Gus & Karen with the infamous drinks trolley, and those of you who helped to transport our boys around the region. Without your support we would not have made it through this very trying 2013 season!

Coach - Jason Gibb, Assistant Coach - Luka Gibb, Manager - Deborah Wright

2nd XV RESPECT - ATTITUDE - PASSION

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Rugby Union Rugby Union

Francis Douglas Exchange

The tough challenge of competing against Francis Douglas Memorial College from New Plymouth hit us on 25/26 June. The Senior Basketball

team were beaten 61-30 against a more physical opposition however the 1st

XI Football team evened things up with a well played 5-2 win in cold and muddy conditions. The Francis Douglas 1st

XV was a level above the young SBC team winning 49-3. The exchange was a great experience for the boys and many friendships were established. Thanks to all those who welcomed billets into their homes and showed the Francis Douglas boys some SBC hospitality.

Hato Paora Exchange 22 June saw the first of this year’s traditional 1st XV Rugby exchanges. Hato Paora travelled down from Feilding for the annual match which also doubles as a “Hibernian Cup” game. St Bernard’s were the victors winning 79-3. Thanks to all the coaches, managers, volunteers who helped with the team, the Powhiri and the after-match function.

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Swimming Sports

Y7/8 INTERSCHOOL SWIMMING A small swimming team competed in the Year 7/8 Interschool Swimming Championship held at Naenae Pool on 8 April with some excellent results.

Rory Woollett - 1st Y7 100m Medley, 100m Freestyle and 50m Butterfly Caelum Tainui - 2nd Y8 100m Freestyle Cameron Tustin – 3rd Y7 50m Breaststroke Y7/8 Relay Team also finished 3rd in the Medley Relay

SWIMMING CHAMPIONS for 2013 are:Y7: Rory Woollett Y8: Caelum Tainui Junior: Michael Schutz-Tala

Youth: Zach Ahearn

Intermediate: Mataio Pou

Senior: Jack Ross

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Sports Outside School / Triathlon / Volleyball

The junior boys (Year 9 and 10) team all began playing volleyball for the first time in 2013. During term 1 we spent many training sessions learn-ing the basics of volleyball. For most of the boys being able to play the game seemed like an impossible task. To the boys credit, by the end of 2013 they were a competitive team. This team competed in the Wellington Regional Tour-nament in November of 2013. We narrowly lost our first 2

games but showed some great signs of improvements. We finished a creditable 10th place. This entire team will be juniors again in 2014. We are continuing on with our goal of attending the North Island Championships in November 2014. Look out Wellington. There may be a champion team in the making. Watch this space in 2014.

Mr Hamish Sutherland Junior Volleyball

Junior Boys’ Volleyball

Double Dragons Grab Golds

SIMPLY THE BEST!During the last week of the school holidays, Jacob Netzler (U17 NZ Rep Team) travelled up to Auckland to compete in the World Taekwondo Federation NZ Open tournament where he

won Gold in his division and also officiated at the event. Jacob also competed in the North Island Championships in New Plymouth in March and won gold in both Fighting and Poomsae (kata/form) events.

Top Triathlon TeamOn Tuesday 12 March SBC entered a team in the College Sport Wellington Triathlon Championships held at Scorching Bay. We had 2 individuals and 2 teams for the event. All boys competed well. Congratulations to the Year 7 and 8 team who won their grade (100m open water swim, 5km bike and 1.5km run). The Champion team was Josh Sales, Jared Angus and Hayden McMillan. Congratulations to these boys. Hopefully a future in triathlon.

Grappling with Judo Success Congratulations to Luke Pynen-burg who recently competed at the North Island Judo Champion-ships. Luke won the Gold Medal in both his competitions. He is now ranked no. 1 in NZ as both the North & South Island Cham-pion in both the Open and his weight grade. Luke also happily takes on adult black belts at Judo camp (far right).

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Water Polo

High Honours Congratulations to Jerome McGuinness, Jack Ross and Mataio Pou who, following from their excellent performance at the National Championships, have been selected to trial for the New Zealand Secondary Schools Water Polo Team.

The waterpolo team has had a few ups and down. With the cold weather they had colds as well as poor Johnny with

his appendicitis operation.

Their coach Joseph, who was over here from Hungary coaching the Hutt men's and under 20 NZ men's teams, drilled/trained the boys every Tuesday and Thursday mornings between 7-8 a.m. at Huia pool.

All the hard work paid off when the 2013 Senior Water Polo team won the Hutt Valley Schools competition by a stunning 10 goals to 2 over HIBS. This ended a great year for the team who also won the Wellington competition in Term 1.

They followed this up with excellent performances at the recent North Island Championships and National Championships where St Bernard’s finished 5th and 7th respectively. This was the best result in recent years and our thanks goes to the coaching staff of Craig and Suzanne McGuinness and team manager Karen Saggers. Well done boys!

What a year for water polo!

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Water Polo

Pay it Forward Many thanks to Jerome McGuinness and Tyler Saggers for coaching the Intermediate Water Polo Team. In lending them their expertise they will leave a lasting legacy in the bright new faces of future water polo players.

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Surname Firstname Year FormAchol Manyumow 9 9ZHAfoa Eli 9 9MNAfoa Joseph 12 12HRAhearn Zach 10 10FOAitken Liam 7 8UIAlaifatu Mikaele 9 9KEAlasdair Day Elisha 9 9EPAlding James 7 8SUAlefosio Vito 12 12LFAlema Bob 10 10FOAlexander Ashby 12 12LFAlfonso Paul 9 9ZHAlmand Aidan 10 10ANAlmand Griffin 8 8CLAlofi Michael 13 13PIAlofi Nicholas 13 13PIAlvarez Vincent 7 8NIAnderson Finn 9 9EPAndrews Jared 9 9MNAngus Jared 8 8UIAninon Jireh 12 12HRArmstrong Adam 10 10FOArnot Callum 9 9SJAsher Callum 10 10ANAsovale Eddie 11 11CHAvau Sefo 10 10FOAwatere Planchie 8 8KTAwatere Richard 12 12HRBaker Zane 13 13PIBalauag Gabriel 12 12KABarkess Connor 12 12JABaron Isaac 8 8SUBarr-Brown George 9 9EPBaucke Jack 10 10ANBedonia Josh 7 8SUBennett Henry 7 8KTBenseman Thomas 12 12KABenton Vaughan 8 8SUBenvenuti Luca 8 8CLBest Nithen 7 8CLBewley Philip 9 9KEBewley Raymond 8 8KTBiedermann Dion 8 8KTBishop Campbell 11 11NWBishop Jack 9 9KEBishop Mitchell 7 8UIBliss Connor 11 11NWBonita Angelo 12 12JABonita Daniel 8 8UIBorich Jacob 10 10MOBotardo Migs 10 10FOBouzaid Bayley 12 12JABouzaid Riley 8 8NIBramwell Harry 12 12JABreedon Devon 10 10ANBrennan Michael 12 12LFBriant Chad 13 13HIBrooking Ben 12 12LFBrosnahan TJ 9 9MNBryan Callum 9 9SJBugas Ehnel 10 10MOBugas Ellan 7 8KTBuot Ethan 8 8UIBurton Ollie 7 8UIBush Lee 12 12LFButawski Damian 9 9KECairns Easton 9 9ZHCajis Kyle 8 8CLCampbell Austin 8 8UICampbell Hamish 13 13HICapinpin Mark 12 12KA

Carrasco Caleb 8 8KTCarroll Owen 7 8KTCashell Nathaniel 7 8NICastro Jabez 7 8NICatampongan Jovan 9 9ZHCha DongGun 7 8KTChan Nathan 10 10ANChandra Vineel 10 10ANChawech Rambang Thoun 9 9MNCigaral Gio 8 8UIClark Matthew 12 12KAClark Steve 12 12JAClausen Hamish 11 11MCClavano AbadiesRigie 10 10MOClements Ethan 10 10FOCole-Tegas Brandon 12 12KAColey Kaelin 7 8CLConsignado Ralph 7 8KTCordero JM 12 12HRCorke Jordan 13 13MFCostaLopes Iago 13 13HICraig Lincoln 10 10HOCraig Regan 7 8KTCrosbie Harrison 9 9EPCseh Jesse 11 11CHCunningham Chris 11 11NWCurtis Jamie 11 11TODalton Joseph 9 9MNDaniel Quentin 9 9MNDawaton Harvey 11 11MCDeLeon Kenji 9 9ZHdeRoo Shaun 11 11CHDellabarca Dario 9 9KEDevine Bernard 10 10ANDevine Joe 7 8NIDicken Matthew 13 13MFDicken Nathan 12 12LFDickinson Liam 12 12KADixon Thomas 8 8UIDominikovich Caleb 10 10HODominikovich Josh 13 13MFDovale Julien 13 13PIDowman Kane 8 8KTDuffy Aloysius 9 9KEDuffy Patrick 13 13PIDuthie-Jung Benjamin 12 12JADuthie-Jung Johannes 9 9ZHEagle Liam 7 8SUEagle Tyler 10 10ANEbert Bradley 11 11NWEgan Jacob 11 11TOEmsley John 12Ene Chris 12 12LFEnglish Brendan 8 8SUEpplett Jake 9 9ZHErnst Benjamin 9 9EPFa'atui Dylan 11 11MCFagaiava-Vaelei Tyrell 10 10MOFaimalie Lie 11 11CHFaimalie Livingston 12 12HRFerris Elliot 11 11MCFinau Laau 10 10HOFine Paasi 13 13PIFine Willie 11 11NWFitzgerald Royce 7 8CLFitzsimons Tom 13 13PIFlood Hayden 9 9KEFoaitua Junior 11 11NWFogarty Liam 13 13HIFoster Devery 7 8SUFoster Ethan 7 8CL

Francis Liam 12 12HRFroggatt Joshua 8 8NIFuchs Brandon 7 8SUFurjes-Crawshaw Josh 9 9EPGarlick David 10 10HOGarrow Jordan 13 13HIGeorgeson Mackenzie 7 8CLGibbons BJ 11 11MCGilbert Jesse 11 11CHGillespie Lachlan 9 9SJGilmour Regan 10 10FOGoddard Dylan 11 11NWGodfrey Patric 10 10MOGodinet-Tiata Ezekiel 9 9MNGoh Abram 8 8NIGoh Marcus 11 11TOGoldsworthy Daniel 8 8SUGomez Joshua 13 13MFGonzalez Raffy 11 11MCGorham Liam 13 13PIGorham Samuel 10 10FOGorrie Izaac 8 8UIGraham Jesse 10 10MOGrant Cameron 9 9MNGrant Jayden 12 12JAGupwell Matthew 13 13MFHadfield Johnny 8 8SUHadfield William 7 8UIHailwood -Tunbridge Kane 9 9KEHaley Sam 8 8CLHall Jordan 12 12HRHanley Asher 10 10ANHanley Caleb 8 8KTHannaford Sam 8 8NIHanson Joseph 9 9SJHardie Matthew 7 8KTHardie Sam 8 8NIHarrison Tristan 10 10FOHarvey Tony 8 8SUHauwaho Kura 9 9KEHawkins Jacob 9 9ZHHayes Jordan 12 12JAHays Mitchell 9 9SJHebbend Adam 10 10ANHeh Boi 10 10MOHeh Kham Za 12 12JAHenare Brodie 10 10HOHenderson Bree 9 9SJHenderson Daniel 7 8SUHenderson Jovi 12 12JAHenderson Matthew 10 10HOHeve Lucky 7 8CLHewson Josh 10 10ANHey Logan 9 9KEHey Maxim 12 12KAHibbert Moana 9 9SJHiggins Kelly 11 11MCHighnam -Sofeni Brendan 9 9ZHHislop Andrew 7 8NIHoare Logan 9 9KEHofsteede Karl 11 11NWHogan Guy 10 10ANHogg Brian 11 11TOHong Arbie 11 11CHHong Joseph 10 10HOHowes Cayden 10 10FOHowsan Josh 12 12HRHuang Chenchen 9 9EPHumphreys Ryan James 9 9MNIbrahim Nicholas 10 10AN


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Lui Ata 12 12KALuka Lupi 9 9SJLynch Brandon 13 13HILynch Terry 11 11NWMadhvan Zane 9 9KEMafile'o Taani 8 8UIMafile'o-Tuala Mona 11 11TOMaharaj Rishay 8 8CLMahowa Tino 9 9MNMair Tom 13 13MFMakoii Taban 13 13HIMamea-Crawford Brandon 9 9ZHMamea-Hind Sefa 9 9SJManaia Brett 13 13MFManaia Puna 9 9KEManase David 13 13PIMann Matthew 9 9EPManning Marcus 9 9EPManyang MakoiiDeng 11 11MCMarkwitz Martin 12 12KAMarra Jack 9 9EPMarra Nick 7 8KTMarshall Aaron 11 11CHMarshall Ben 10 10ANMarshall Sam 7 8NIMarshall Sean 11 11NWMartin Josiah 11 11TOMatairangi -Wade Rongomai 10 10FOMatheson Paul 7 8KTMatheson William 11 11MCMawhinney Tyler 10 10HOMaxwell Harrison 7 8CLMcAuliffe Ethan 13 13MFMcAuliffe Liam 12 12KAMcCarthy Lui 10 10HOMcCleery Nicky 11 11CHMcCloy Alex 9 9SJMcCloy Sam 7 8KTMcCool Shaquile 7 8SUMcEwan Brad 9 9MNMcFarlane Neville 11 11NWMcGee Reese 7 8UIMcGee Regan 7 8NIMcGill Liam 12 12LFMcGuinness Jakob 10 10HOMcGuinness Jerome 13 13HIMcGuinness Troy 11 11TOMcIntyre Michael 11 11CHMcLean Flynn 9 9KEMcLean Michael 9 9EPMcLeod Connor 9 9SJMcMillan Aengus 9 9EPMcMillan Fraser 12 12LFMcMillan Hayden 8 8CLMcMillan Jonathan 13 13HIMcPherson -Palmer Finn 7 8CLMeafou Benjamin 11 11CHMeehan Codie 12 12LFMerckel Luke 9 9MNMillar Connor 10 10FOMingins Thomas 8 8CLMisa Reuben 9 9ZHMissen James 9 9EPMoa Jacob 11 11NWMoa Jermaine 13 13HIMoafanua Jerome 8 8KTMoh Jordan 9 9EPMok Lennon 9 9MNMolenaar Keegan 12 12JAMolineux Jordan 11 11TO

Montague Joshua 11 11MCMonteverde -Young Pablo 12 12JAMontin Jason 13 13MFMoore Ethan 10 10MOMoore Jack 9 9SJMorehu Ihaka 9 9ZHMorgan Reddy Brendon 12 12KAMu Trei 13 13MFMua'au Moapi 11 11CHMumford Brad 9 9SJMumwiro Itai 11 11NWMurfitt Samuel 8 8SUMurray Lewis 7 8SUMurrell Jesse 12 12KAMuscara Jaden 9 9KEMvere Tatenda 11 11TONanai David 10 10MONarvasa Jesse 13 13MFNeemia Bailey 9 9SJNelson Alex 11 11MCNelson Martin 7 8SUNetzler Jacob 12 12JANgatuere -Ongley Logan 12 12JANicol Raphael 10 10MONicolle Caleb 10 10FONield Daniel 11 11CHNield Jonathan 9 9EPNorris Yannis 9 9MNNorton-Brown Taylor 11 11NWNuku Daikyn 11 11MCNuku Dakota 13 13PINuku Harley 9 9KENunns Raymond 13 13PIO'Brien Jack 8 8UIO'Neil Brooklyn 9 9ZHOrevillo Martin 7 8NIOrevillo Miguel 13 13MFO'Riley Nathan 12 12HROwaci Paul 10 10HOOwers Blake 12 12KAOwers Kieran 9 9EPPahi Caleb 7 8CLPaipa Tee 12 12LFPalmer -McGruer Cameron 9 9MNPan Anthony 10 10MOPan Lod 8 8UIParanihi-Nuku Hami 10 10HOParker Denzel 7 8UIParshot Anthony 11 11MCPatelesio Niko 12 12LFPauPauSian Thawn 13 13HIPayne Josh 7 8KTPeard-Love Jackson 8 8KTPeat Sherwin 10 10MOPeaua Pelikani 9 9MNPeckston Josh 9 9EPPereira Dalsia 10 10MOPereira DJ 12 12HRPereira Steven 9 9EPPerera Chevaan 8 8NIPerez Chayde 11 11CHPeteloAvau Sio 11 11NWPhegan Kieran 9 9KEPhillips John 9 9SJPhillips Mark 11 11TOPili Lanu 12 12LFPiper Cameron 13 13MFPlumb Jayden 9 9ZHPolaczuk Isaac 10 10HOPou Arama 12 12LF


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Smith Adam 8 8CLSmith Campbell 8 8NISmith David 13 13MFSmith Ethan 10 10ANSmith Jacob 7 8SUSmith Thomas 10 10FOSmith-Scherer Dylan 8 8SUSoane Lio 11 11MCSoe Geoffrey 13 13PISpeedy Paul 9 9MNSpooner Aidan 13 13HIStart Michael 11 11CHStatham Mitchell 11 11TOSteiner Johann 9 9MNStretch-Swan Moroati 13 13PISu Andy 12 12HRSu Sam 11 11MCTa'anoa Elia 11 11CHTaase Victor 11 11NWTafili Malyche 9 9SJTainui Caelum 8 8NITainui Jakib 8 8NITait Josh 10 10MOTala Ramon 10 10MOTalwar Harsiddha 8 8KTTamarua Jayden 9 9MNTamarua Matthew 13 13HITane Sam 10 10FOTanu Saga 11 11TOTapuai Hosea 13 13PITatafu Samuela 9 9SJTauaneai Kiyana 8 8SUTauauve'a Francis 12 12LFTavita David 9 9KETavite Adrien 12 12JATavite Hakalia 9 9ZHTaylor Jordan 11 11TOTaylor Sam 9 9EPTe Kawa Makya 9 9ZHTe Kawa Tama 12 12KATe Mataki Pono 8 8KTTeWiki-Mu Iequarne 8 8UITefoto John 12 12LFTeuila Ezra 7 8KTThorn Elliot 9 9EPTipa Henare 10 10MOTran Allister 12 12HRTravis Cameron 10 10MOTravis Scott 10 10FOTrocio Elijah 8 8SUTrocio Euan 8 8NITrocio Seth 10 10ANTuari Kade 9 9SJTufele Inoke 12 12HRTuifao Vena 10 10MOTuisamoa Poata-Ezra 11 11CHTuita Xavius 9 9ZHTurara Jaydon 11 11TOTustin Cameron 7 8UITuuga Bruce 9 9MNTuuga Epa Ronnie-Epa 7 8UITuulima Isaac 10 10HOUalo Aaron 11 11TOUini-Paulo Jordan 11 11MCUlu John 11 11NWUmaga -Kelemete Jacob 9 9EPUmaga -Kelemete Jordan 11 11NWUpton Stuart 12 12KAVaa Brandon 11 11TOVaaulu Alex 12 12HR

Vaaulu Marcus 12 12JAVaelei Johnny 13 13HIVallance Caleb 8 8SUVallance Luke 12 12KAvanderRaaij Connor 12 12HRvan Duyn -Scarlett Jason 7 8SUVanHooff Carlos 7 8NIVanOoyen Benji 12 12HRVanWoerkom Ben 12 12KAVaofusi Kitiona 9 9ZHVaofusi Samuelu 11 11MCVolk Dominic 12 12LFWainui-Teepa Jordan 8 8CLWainui-Teepa Tre 7 8SUWairau-Hunter Tupoki 9 9SJWaitaiki -Messenger Orban 9 9KEWalker Alex 7 8UIWalker Cameron 11 11CHWalker Robert 13 13PIWalker Robin 10 10ANWallis Ben 13 13PIWalters Anthony 13 13HIWanikau Chris 8 8SUWanoa TeAorere 9 9MNWard Danny 10 10ANWard Jake 9 9ZHWard Sam 13 13PIWatkins Nicholas 8 8CLWatkins Terry 12 12JAWatson Aidan 10 10ANWeatherall Conrad 9 9EPWhitaker -Barnett Sam 9 9KEWhiteside Zac 9 9EPWilcock Declan 9 9EPWilcock Edward 11 11NWWilliams Cameron 13 13MFWilliams Daewon 7 8NIWilliams Josh 12 12KAWillis Bailey 11 11TOWilmer Tyree 12 12LFWilson Brandyn 10 10FOWilson Jordan 11 11MCWilson Justin 12 12LFWilton Ethan 9 9ZHWin Liam 10 10HOWong Nicholas 11 11CHWoodhouse Kirill 13 13MFWoodman -Smith Bradley 7 8CLWoodman -Smith David 11 11TOWoollett Michael 7 8SUWoollett Rory 7 8NIWright Hayden 9 9MNWright Inia 12 12JAYbanez JR 12 12KAYepes Osorio Brayan 10 10MOZawada Jet 7 8CLZawada Kozmo 10 10HO


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8CLBack Row: Daniel Searle, Nicholas Watkins,LuckyHeve,FinnMcPherson-Palmer,KaelinColey,JoshSales

Third Row: Penaia Kupa, Hayden McMillan,RishayMaharaj,LucaBenvenuti,JordanWainui-Teepa,GriffinAlmand, Sam Haley

Second Row: ChristinaCalcinai(Teacher),ThomasMingins,KyleCajis,JacobSharkey,BradleyWoodman-Smith,ChrisRussell,Adam Smith, Jaymark Ramirez

Front Row: Harrison Maxwell, Nithen Best, Jet Zawada, Ethan Foster, Royce Fitzgerald, MackenzieGeorgeson,CalebPahi

Back Row: NathanielCashell,EuanTrocio,SamHannaford,RileyBouzaid,CampbellSmith,ChevaanPerera

Third Row: Braden Longstaff, Ishaan Sharma, Vincent Alvarez, Mason Robbie, Joshua Froggatt, Jason Rongokea-Simpson, Martin Orevillo

Second Row: PerryNicol(Teacher),DaewonWilliams,CaelumTainui,HarryRobinson, Regan McGee, Jakib Tainui, Andrew Hislop

Front Row: JabezCastro,SamMarshall,JamieLocke-Weir,RoryWoollett,JoeDevine,SamHardieCarlosVanHooff

Absent: Abram Goh

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8KTBack Row: Henry Bennett, Ezra Teuila, Harsiddha Talwar, Jerome Moafanua, CalebHanley,JacksonPeard

Third Row: Pono Te Mataki, Kane Dowman, Tom Richards, Planchie Awatere, Raymond Bewley, Leon Youkhaha, Dion Biedermann

Second Row: KathyTaylor(Teacher),CalebCarrasco,NickMarra,QuinnLambourn,Matthew Hardie, Paul Matheson, Baxter King,ReganCraig,CalebSamuel

Front Row: RalphConsignado,EllanBugas,OwenCarroll,DongGunCha,SamMcCloy,JaimeLopez,JoshPayne

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Back Row: ElijahTrocio,BrandonFuchs,Daniel Henderson, Jacob Smith, Dylan Smith-Scherer, Martin Nelson

Third Row: James Alding, Brendan English, Isaac Baron, Daniel Goldsworthy, Kiyana Tauneai,JohnnyHadfield,CalebVallance

Second Row: Hamish Sutherland (Teacher),JasonvanDuyn-Scarlett,TreWainui-Teepa,SamuelMurfitt,TonyHarvey,ChrisWanikau,ShaquileMcCool,PaulinaWatson(Teacher)

Front Row: Devery Foster, Aldre Rosario, Lewis Murray, Liam Eagle, Joshua Bedonia,MichaelWoollett,ThomasKing

Absent: Vaughan Benton

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Back Row: JamesMissen,ChenchenHuang, George Barr-Brown, Matthew Quin, Jackson Locke, Elisha Alasdair Day

Third Row: HarrisonCrosbie,ZacWhiteside,AengusMcMillan,SamTaylor,Matthew Mann, Finn Anderson

Second Row: MrsPrasad(Teacher),JackMarra, Michael McLean, Steven Pereira, Jacob Umaga-Kelemete, Elliot Thorn, Josh Peckston,DeclanWilcock

Front Row: Marcus Manning, Jonathan Nield,KieranOwers,BenjaminErnst,PaoloLopez,JordanMoh,ConradWeatherall

Absent: JoshFurjes-Crawshaw

9EP

8UIBack Row: BenKong,GioCigaral,IequarneTeWiki-Mu,AustinCampbell,Nicholas Lindstrom, Reese McGee

Third Row: TaaniMafile’o,MitchellBishop, Thomas Dixon, Scott Rozenberg, EthanBuot,WillJohnson,CameronTustin

Second Row:NilaUili(Teacher),JaydenRiddell,JaredAngus,AlexWalker,IzaacGorrie, Daniel Bonita, Ollie Burton, Ronnie-Epa Tuuga-Epa

Front Row: Liam Aitken, Denzel Parker, JackO’Brien,LodPan,PatrickShanahan,WilliamSiemonek,WilliamHadfield

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9KEBack Row: Kieran Phegan, Kura Hauwaho, Aloysius Duffy, Flynn McLean, Logan Hoare

Third Row: DavidTavita,SamWhitaker-Barnett,OrbanWaitaiki-Messenger,PunaManaia, Rafael Ligeralde, Noah Lindstrom

Second Row: KarenKehela(Teacher),Philip Bewley, Jaden Muscara, Kane Krebs, Harley Nuku, Mikaele Alaifatu, Danny Lorenz, Dario Dellabarca

Front Row: Hayden Flood, Logan Hey, Damian Butawski, Angus Slade, Kane Hailwood-Tunbridge, Jack Bishop, Zane Madhvan

Absent: Patrick Silcock

9SJBack Row: Kade Tuari, Lupi Luka, Jordan Ramakers,TupokiWairau-Hunter,BlakeRobinson

Third Row: CarlosLeota,CallumArnot,MalycheTafili,JohnPhillips,MichaelSchutz-Tala

Second Row: RakeshSejwel(Teacher),Sam Kong, Lachlan Gillespie, Joseph Hanson, Bree Henderson, Sefa Mamea-Hind, Bailey Neemia

Front Row: Jack Moore, Moana Hibbert, MitchellHays,ConnorMcLeod,BradMumford,CallumBryan

Absent: AlexMCloy

9MNBack Row: Ryan Humphreys, TJ Brosnahan, Brad McEwan, Eli Afoa, CameronGrant

Third Row: Yannis Norris, Quentin Daniel, HaydenWright,TeAorereWanoa,PaulSpeedy, Joseph Dalton

Second Row: SueMcNab(Teacher),JaredAndrews, Bruce Tuuga, Luke Merckel, Matthew Richards, Tino Mahowa, Anthony Rongokea-Simpson, Ezekiel Godinet-Tiata

Front Row: ThounChawechRambang,Lennon Mok, Isaac Shaw, Peaua Pelikani, Johann Steiner, Javaan Hansen-Skelton, Jayden Tamarua

Absent: CameronPalmer-McGruer

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Back Row: Reuben Misa, Makya Te Kawa, IhakaMorehu,BrooklynO’Neil,TuitaXavius

Third Row:GraceZhang(Teacher),JaydenPlumb, Brendan Highnam-Sofeni, Kitiona Vaofusi,EastonCairns,BrandonMamea-Crawford,ManyumowAchol

Second Row: EthanWilton,PaulAlfonso,Max Loveranes, Hakalia Tavite, Jacob Hawkins, Kiannu Kohika, TJ Savaii

Front Row: Jake Epplett, Daymond King, JovanCatampongan,NikoLerm,JakeWard,Max Siemonek, Johannes Duthie-Jung

9ZH

Back Row: MataLaga,CalebNicolle,XavierSavelio,BrandynWilson

Third Row: Patric Godfrey, Amitesh Lal, Dylan Samuel, Zach Ahearn, Regan Gilmour

Second Row: MariaFouhy(Teacher),EthanClements,SefoAvau,TristanHarrison,SamTane,ConnorMillar

Front Row: Thomas Smith, Bob Alema, ScottTravis,CaydenHowes,AdamArmstrong, Samuel Gorham, Miguel Botardo

10FO

10ANBack Row: Josh Hewson, Bradley Searle, Ethan Smith, Rewi Ross-Hotene, Nathaniel Russell, Seth Trocio, Aidan Almand

Third Row: NathanChan,AasherHanley,Bernard Devine, Guy Hogan, Tyler Eagle, Ben Marshall, Luke Pynenburg

Second Row: LukaAndic(Teacher),BenScully, Devon Breedon, Riley King, Robin Walker,NicholasIbrahim,DanielSatur,DannyWard

Front Row: AidanWatson,AdamHebbend, Alexander Ingram, Bill Roberts, JackBaucke,CallumAsher,VineelChandra

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10HOBack Row: Brodie Henare, Liam Jones, Lolesio Sialau, Isaac Polaczuk

Third Row: DavidGarlick,LiamWin,Matthew Rothwell, Laau Finau, Lui McCarthy

Second Row: ChrisHosnell(Teacher),CalebDominikovich,MatthewHenderson,Isaac Tuulima, Harrison Knowles, Zech Julius-Donnelly

Front Row: PaulOwaci,LincolnCraig,Hami Paranihi-Nuku, Joseph Hong, Tyler Mawhinney, Jakob McGuinness, Kozmo Zawada

Back Row: Michael McIntyre, Arbie Hong, NicholasWong,CameronWalker

Third Row: JessicaChristian(Teacher),Jesse Gilbert, Poata-Ezra Tuisamoa, Aaron Marshall, Troy Rose, Eddie Asovale

Second Row: BenjaminMeafou,EliaTa’anoa,MoapiMua’au,ChaydePerez,JesseCseh

Front Row: HamishRam,NickyMcCleery,WilsonLologa,MichaelStart,DanielNield, Kyle Lamond, Shaun de Roo

Absent: Jayden Ioata, Lie Faimalie, Mino Kesomi Vatikani

11CH

10 MOBack Row: Jacob Borich, Tyrell Fagaiava-Vaelei, Ramon Tala, Vena Tuifao, Peter Samuelu

Middle Row: HaydenMourits(Teacher),Dalsia Pereira, David Nanai, Ehnel Bugas, CodyRodway,JesseGraham,RaphaelNicol,RigieClavanoAbadies

Front Row: CameronTravis,HenareTipa,Brayan Yepes Osorio, Anthony Pan, Josh Tait, Ethan Moore, Sherwin Peat

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Back Row: Saga Tanu, Brandon Vaa, Jaydon Turara, Aaron Ualo, Terence Jiang

Third Row: MonaMafile’o-Tuala,JordanMolineux, Jordan Taylor, Mataio Pou, JacobEgan,JamieCurtis

Second Row: LynToo(Teacher),JordiReid-Ferris, Mark Phillips, Josiah Martin, Troy McGuinness, Brian Hogg, TJ Jackson

Front Row: BaileyWillis,MarcusGoh,Mitchell Statham, Anthony Leota, Tatenda Mvere,DavidWoodman-Smith,PhoenixSchaafhausen

11TO

11MCBack Row: RaffyGonzalez,WilliamMatheson,DavidSia,DlanFa’atui,SamSu

Third Row: Deng Manyang Makoii, Misi Rimoni, Alex Nelson, Samuelu Vaofusi, JordanUini-Paulo,HamishClausen

Second Row: GerryMcKay(Teacher),JordanWilson,HarveyDawaton,LioSoane, Elliot Ferris, Anthony Parshot

Front Row: BJ Gibbons, JR Lacsamana, Thomas Josephson, Jonathan Kung, Kelly Higgins,JoshuaMontague,DanielRaju

Absent: Daikyn Nuku

11NW Back Row: Karl Hofsteede, Sean Marshall, Victor Taase, John Ulu

Third Row: Brad Kitt, Taylor Norton-Brown, ChrisCunningham,WillieFine,JuniorFoaitua

Second Row: NevilleWatson(Teacher),TerryLynch,ConnorBliss,DylanGoddard,BradleyEbert,JacksonLeitch,We-MingLim

Front Row: Jordan Umaga-Kelemete, EdwardWilcock,JesseReidRowley,CampbellBishop,JacobMoa,SioPeteloAvau, Itai Mumwiro

Absent: Neville McFarlane, Toa Samoa

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12HRBack Row: Junior Lauofo, Nate Lindstrom, NathanO’Riley,BenjiVanOoyen,JosephAfoa, Livingston Faimalie

Middle Row: MatthewHarrison(Teacher),IsaacKava,DJPereira,ConnorvanderRaaij,AlexVaaulu,LiamFrancis,RichardAwatere

Front Row: Gian Leonor, Andy Su, AllisterTran,TofigaLualua-Aati,JosephSchuchmann,CherbelKhouchaba,JirehAninon

Absent: Inoke Tufele, Jordan Hall, Josh Howsan, Liam Kelly

Back Row: Martin Markwitz, Tama Te Kawa,BrandonCole-Tegas,BrendonMorgan Reddy

Third Row: Jesse Murrell, Thomas Benseman, Liam McAuliffe, Blake Owers, Stuart Upton

Second Row: MinooKanwal(Teacher),LuiAta,BenVanWoerkom,MaximHey,JoshWilliams,AntonioRitossa,KeeganLevien

Front Row: JRYbanez,MatthewClark,David Lanigan, Luke Vallance, Gabriel Balauag,LiamDickinson,MarkCapinpin

Absent: Michael Ramirez

12KA

12JABack Row: SteveClark,JoshSinnathambi,Sotaro Sano, Jovi Henderson, Friedrich Keil, Adrien Tavite

Middle Row:PetraJaeger-Letts(Teacher),Jayden Grant, Bayley Bouzaid, Marcus Vaaulu, Pablo Monteverde-Young, Seamus Lahood, Jacob Netzler

Front Row: Kham Za Heh, Lavou Kauone, LoganNgatuere-Ongley,ConnorBarkess,AngeloBonita,BenjaminDuthie-Jung,Keegan Molenaar

Absent:HarryBramwell,TerryWatkins,IniaWright,TobiasJulius

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Back Row: Jack Ross, Joshua Gomez, BrettManaia,CameronWilliams,MattLogan

Third Row: CameronPiper,EthanMcAuliffe,JordanCorke,MatthewGupwell, Jason Montin, Tyler Saggers

Second Row: MichaelFowler(Teacher),Antonio Puka, Matthew Jacobs, Kevin Satur, Tom Mair, Trei Mu, Harrison Royle, KirillWoodhouse

Front Row: David Smith, Matthew Dicken, JoshDominikovich,ChrisSims,ShavinSenanayake, Miguel Orevillo, Jesse Narvasa

Absent: Jacob Lillyston

13MF

12LFBack Row: TyreeWilmer,MichaelBrennan,NathanDicken,ChrisEne,JohnTefoto

Third Row: Niko Patelesio, Sioape Likio, Ashby Alexander, Lanu Pili, Vito Alefosio

Second Row: PanapaLafoai(Teacher),Ali Koro, Tim Lologa, Liam McGill, Fraser McMillan, Ben Brooking

Front Row:JustinWilson,DominicVolk,FrancisTauauve’a,JordanHayes,AramaPou,LeeBush,CodieMeehan

Absent: David Lefaoseu, Tee Paipa

13HIBack Row: Jermaine Moa, Aidan Spooner, Jerome McGuinness, Jordan Rose, Liam Fogarty, Brandon Lynch

Middle Row:BrentenHigson(Teacher),Shalom Scrimshaw, Patrick Leota, Jordan Garrow,AnthonyWalters,BernieSeufale,David Lokecha

Front Row: Patrick Lee, Trey Ryder, ChadleyBriant,HamishCampbell,TabanMakoii, Matthew Tamarua, Pau Sian Thawn Pau

Absent: Jacob Katoa, Jonathan McMillan, John Vaelei

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13PIBack Row: Josh Logan, Moroati Stretch-Swan,SamWard,BenWallis

Third Row: Patrick Duffy, Julien Dovale, Paasi Fine, Ash Sales, Jack Imray

Second Row:TeWaiPiripi(Teacher),TomFitzsimons, Hosea Tapuai, Zane Baker, Liam Gorham, Raymond Nunns

Front Row: GeoffreySoe,RobertWalker,MichaelAlofi,NicholasAlofi,BuayJames,Toby Sirattana, Reuben Pusa

Absent: David Manase, Dakota Nuku

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Back Cover Credits (clockwise): Jacob Egan, Zane Baker and Benjamin Van Ooyen

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