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The Principal's Report<br />
• Our U85kg League team<br />
who won the Auckland<br />
Championship for the third<br />
year in a row.<br />
So the school is in a very strong<br />
position to move forward in<br />
the next few years and we are<br />
looking to continually improve<br />
what we do for all our students<br />
and ensure that all students have<br />
the opportunity to achieve. We<br />
have been through three years<br />
of significant improvements in<br />
NCEA results and the existing<br />
staff together with new teachers<br />
coming in are well placed to<br />
take advantage of the new<br />
opportunities that are available.<br />
As I come to the end of<br />
my first year at Mangere<br />
College I would like to<br />
make some reflections on<br />
the year and what I have<br />
seen around the school.<br />
I am constantly amazed by the<br />
strong inclusive environment<br />
that exists in the school. This<br />
is a school where students are<br />
comfortable in themselves and<br />
their culture, a school with a<br />
strong sense of community and<br />
where respectful relationships<br />
are the norm. These things are<br />
clear to see each day at Mangere<br />
College and are what make it such<br />
a privilege to teach here. Last<br />
year the Education Review Office<br />
commented on this inclusive<br />
environment when they said:<br />
'Students have a sense of identity<br />
and belonging in this school.” and<br />
“Mangere College students are<br />
proud of their language, culture<br />
and identity.'<br />
The school’s academic success has<br />
also been recognised this year in a<br />
letter from the Honourable Hekia<br />
4 Mangere College - 2016<br />
Parata, Minister of Education,<br />
congratulating us on our<br />
improvements in NCEA results. In<br />
this letter she says:<br />
'The results being achieved by<br />
Mangere College clearly show the<br />
positive impact that great teachers<br />
and great schools can have on the<br />
achievement of their students.'<br />
Academic achievement is the most<br />
important thing in a school but it<br />
is not the only thing and Mangere<br />
College wouldn’t be the school<br />
it is without our co-curricular<br />
programme. There have been<br />
many other highlights this year<br />
including:<br />
• Our unprecedented success<br />
at Polyfest including our<br />
Samoan Group winning the<br />
co-ed competition, our Tongan<br />
Group winning their two<br />
performances and the Cook<br />
Islands Group coming third on<br />
their stage.<br />
• Our Premier Girls' Volleyball<br />
team winning the Auckland<br />
Championship and coming<br />
third at the National<br />
Championships.<br />
I take immense pride in coming<br />
to work and being associated<br />
with Mangere College. Whenever<br />
I speak to principal colleagues or<br />
others in the teaching profession<br />
they are not surprised to hear<br />
how much I enjoy my work as the<br />
school has a very good reputation<br />
in the education community.<br />
We can all be very proud of this<br />
school and the success we have<br />
had in the past. There is a lot of<br />
work still to be done to ensure<br />
that we are doing the best for all<br />
our students but we are focussed<br />
on this work and there is a clear<br />
direction forward.<br />
'The results<br />
being achieved<br />
by Mangere<br />
College clearly<br />
show the positive<br />
impact that great<br />
teachers and<br />
great schools<br />
can have on the<br />
achievement of<br />
their students.'
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