Bay Harbour: December 14, 2016

Wednesday December 14 2016
BAY HARBOUR
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Linwood
College
Learning pathways
to the future
2017 Student Leaders (Left to right, front to back): Havana Aaifou – Board of Trustees Student Representative, Vai Mariner –
Deputy Head Girl, Sean Robertson-Wright – Deputy Head Boy, Thomas McHutchison – Head Boy, Makayla Austin – Head Girl
enrolling now for 2017
Message from the Principal
Warm greetings to
the Linwood College
community. Kia ora
koutou. Talofa lava. Kia
orana. Malo e lelei. Bula.
Fakaalofa atu. Namaste.
Kumusta.
It is with pleasure that am able to report to our
community that Linwood College has had a
most positive year.
It has been a year of significant busyness
reflecting the growth and positive nature
of the wider environment: significantly
increased academic achievement, community
consultation for our redevelopment and
whole-school rebuild, our third year of
providing education at Year 7-13, curriculum
and teaching changes for a connected and
pathwayed curriculum, digital learning
and the daily bedrock practices of positive,
learning-focused relationships. At Linwood
College the individual matters.
Education is a vast field and terms
like ‘modern’ and ‘innovative learning
Six Duke of Edinburgh Gold Awards
This year has been an extremely successful
year at Linwood College for many of senior
students who have completed their Duke
of Edinburgh Hillary Gold Award, a highly
distinguished achievement and one which
represents a culmination of many years of
effort, both physically and mentally.
Gold Awards were presented by the
Governor-General of New Zealand -
Right Honourable Dame Patsy Reddy
environments’ and ‘21st Century learning’ are
being regularly used in the media. Linwood
is clear-eyed about the forms of education
that work for our students. We are focusing
on ‘flexible learning environments’ so that
learning can be individualised and students
see pathways for themselves that engage and
inspire. It is not about ‘traditional’ or ‘modern’,
but personalisation so the systems adapt to
the learner, not the other way round.
Common sense and formal research are
united and very clear on the attitudes,
skills and knowledge that lead secondary
school students on to a successful postschool
pathway, both in tertiary study and in
employment, and it is the daily focus on these
attributes, principally through our SEaRCH
values – Service, Excellence, Respect,
Curiosity and Honesty – that is at the heart of
our school.
Nga mihi nui and best wishes for the festive
season and summer holiday.
Richard Edmundson - Principal
with Linwood College receiving more
awards in 2016 than any other high school.
Present at the ceremony, held
in October were the following
students: Fayreen and Mayreen Fualau,
Jordan Meddings, Kesaia Rabuka, Boiser
Raquel and Darney Read. Students have
expressed appreciation to Chris Allan of the
Joshua Foundation for guiding and supporting
them through the process.
2016 Supreme Awards
(Left to right)
• Sam Kerr-Quinn – 25th Anniversary
Commemorative Prize - Male student
who has made the widest and most
valuable contribution to school life
• Karen Ligsay – Proximae Accessit for
2016
• Easter Savelio – 25th Anniversary
Commemorative female student who
has made the widest and most valuable
contribution to school life
• Ruby Kerr - Dux for 2016
• Navneet Narayan – I P Anderson Award
for Leadership
Sport and Physical Activity Awards
Linwood College’s recent Sport and Physical
Activity Awards ceremony was attended
by our guest speaker Steve Gurney, who
has won the Coast to Coast race a recordbreaking
nine times.
We would like to thank the Linwood
Tristen Read –
• Senior Sportsperson of the Year
• Sportsman of the Year
(with Dave Turnbull, Linwood
College BoT Chairman)
Easter Savelio –
• Sportswoman of the Year
(with Principal, Mr Edmundson)
College community and Linwood College
Board of Trustees for their continuous
support as we continue to pursue sporting
excellence.
Top awards were presented to the following
accomplished students.
Kyle Amer –
• Junior Sportsman of the Year
(with Steve Gurney)
Best Mixed Choir at the Festival of Voices
Jennifer Merkin –
• Junior Sportswoman of the Year
Silver Award Winners: (left to right) Year 12s: Leeah Mullany, Eden Pettigrew, Tyler Austin, Thane
Sergison, Vanessa Franklin and Year 13: Tia Manawatu. Awards were presented by the Right
Honorable Mayor Lianne Dalziel and Chris Allan DoE Coordinator - Joshua Foundation.
Pasifika Programme
This was the College’s first year in this festival
which had thirty-two South Island choirs
participating. We were thrilled to receive these
Kapa Haka Competition
awards: ‘Excellence in Cultural Expression’,
‘Outstanding Duet’ as well as the overall ‘Best
Mixed Choir’ award for the festival.
This year a number of fantastic learning
support networks have been put in place
to support our Pasifika students. Activities
included performing in SPAC PAC Polyfest
in Term 1, speeches and Samoan Language
Week in Term 2, the *Power-Up and U.C
XL Pasifika programs in Term 3 and our
very own Pasifika Awards Night in Term 4.
(*Power Up – as seen in the photo above,
is an after-school homework centre at
the College also including students from
other schools).
En route to the 2016 South Island Kapa Haka
Competition held in Nelson, our College
students visited the Murchison Area School,
performing to the very appreciative audience.
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