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Encourage & Expect
Excellence
January 2018 Page 2
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
From the Principal 3-4 Science 11-13
Congratulations 5-6 Sports 14-16
From the School Office 7 PSA Quiz Night 17
International Service 2020 8 Old Boys 18-19
Careers 9-10
KEY DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Wednesday 26 June—Sports Coaches and Saturday 10 August—PSA Quiz Night
Managers Evening at Hutt Rec 6.30pm-9.00pm Saturday 17 August—HIBS Senior Ball at Te
Friday 28 June—Interhouse Singing Papa
Wednesday 3 July—Mufti Day for Foodbank
(payment with a can)
Friday 5 July—End of Term 2
Monday 22 July—Start of Term 3
DAILY TIMES FOR MONDAY, PRINCIPALS ASSEMBLIES HELD
WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY AND EACH TUESDAY. NOTE PERIOD
FRIDAY TIMES BELOW
Period Time Period Time
1 8.40-9.30 1 8.40-9.25
2 9.35-10.25 2 9.25-10.10
Tutor/House 10.25-10.45 Interval 10.10-10.30
Meetings
3 10.30-11.15
Interval 10.45-11.05
4 11.15-12.00
3 11.05-11.55
Break 12.00-12.10
4 11.55-12.45
Assembly 12.10-12.55
Lunch 12.45-1.35
Lunch 12.55-1.45
5 1.35-2.25
5 1.45- 2.30
6 2.25-3.15
6 2.30-3.15
Earlier this Term, I attended the Secondary Principals’ Association (SPANZ) conference in Wellington. There were several excellent speakers covering a wide range of topics. Two of the speakers; Finnish educator, author and scholar, Pasi Sahlberg, and neuroscience educator and child development expert, Nathan Wallis, left me wondering about our priorities for young people (including government spending) and the importance of play. Nathan Wallis has spoken to HIBS parents and staff in the past and many of you will have heard him speak. He makes a compelling case for the importance of the first 1000 days of a person’s existence. Research shows that having a parent stay at home in the first 1000 days of a child’s life has the greatest influence on them earning most and being least likely to have been in prison by the time they are 32. The important thing is face to face attention and words spoken to them as a baby. Some of you might remember the controversy surrounding Celia Lashlie in 2001. She was a transition manager for the Nelson Specialist Education Service (SES), but was controversially removed from that position following a speech in which she spoke about a hypothetical five-year-old boy who was "blonde, with the most angelic face you can imagine and he is coming to prison ... and he is probably going to kill someone on his way." Essentially, she was talking about the importance of the early years in a child’s development, in such a way that might make people sit up and listen. In New Zealand, most government spending on education is aimed at students when they leave school and go to university. Scandinavian countries have different priorities. In Sweden, parents are entitled to 16 months parental leave, the first year paid at 80% of their salary; in Norway, parental leave is paid at full pay for the first 44 weeks or at 80% if parents opt to take 54 weeks (fathers must take at least six weeks of these). In all Scandinavian countries, childcare is heavily subsidised by the government and is either extremely cheap or free. Nearly all children attend childcare from the age of 18 months to the start of formal education at age six. There is also the issue of what is most important for children to do or learn. In New Zealand, parents often set a priority of trying to teach their four year-old the alphabet, how to count etc. Some child- care centres have also been guilty of trying to be like mini primary schools in the way they structure their programmes. Ideally, early childcare centres should have a primary carer who does most things with the child. Nathan Wallis spoke about the high value of free play for children between the ages of three and seven years. How free play is important in the emotional development of a child and in building resilience. Free play incorporates failure as a natural component.
Parsi Sahlberg and his family are currently living in Australia. He compared the typical school day for
his Year 1 son in Australia with his school day in Finland:
20 mins LUNCH
20 mins
Extra Curricular
English Math Science PE History IT Activities
8.30 11.00 13.20 ~15.00
30-60 mins
LUNCH
15 mins
15 mins
Mother Music Math English Play
tongue
9.00 11.00 13.00
The Australian model that he gave does seem more rigorous than what we might expect in a New
Zealand school. However, it still makes for an interesting comparison. He also felt that the most
stressful part of the day for his wife was when she was making her son’s school lunch. In Finland, the
lunches are supplied.
Sahlberg also emphasised the importance of play. He commented (from a ‘Centre on Media and Child
Health’ study) that fewer parents are playing outdoors with their children, parenting paradigms are
shifting to overprotecting children from risk-taking, and that parents believe that their children will
benefit more from structured activities (like organised sports) as opposed to unstructured free play.
The importance of play is covered in his book ‘Let the Children Play; How more play will save our
schools and help children thrive’.
In line with our recent schooltv.me release, Sahlberg also commented on concerns regarding screen
time, emotional and social challenges as well as mood and behaviour disorders, as they are increasingly
affecting young people.
Interestingly (from ‘Common Sense Media’), it seems that teenagers in lower income families average
over eight hours of screen time each day, while higher income teens average less than sixx hours.
This led to Nellie Bowles (NYT) commenting “It may be that the kids of poorer parents will be raised by
digital screens, while the children of elite will be returning back to wooden toys and the luxury of
human interaction.”
While the audience at the conference was made up of secondary principals, we had plenty of food for
thought about the development of our young charges.
Mike Hutchins
Principal
Joshua Donohue was awarded the Upper Hutt City Council Young Achievers Sports Award for his motorsport achievements. Joseph Penno was awarded the Upper Hutt Carter Birmingham Rhys Evans was Young Achievement Award under the Resilience was selected for the selected for the Category (celebrating an inspiring person who Western Bays Under Western Bays Under has overcome personal challenges). 12 Rugby Team. 12 Rugby Team.
Lorenzo Caratori Jack Beare was Joey Treacy was George White was Tontini was selected selected for the Hutt selected for the Hutt selected in the for the Hutt Valley Valley Under 12 Valley Under 12 Wellington City Under Under 12 Rugby Rugby Team. Rugby Team. 13 Rugby Team . Team. Harrison Press Alexander Joyce was Leyton Tapa was Thomas Sexton was made the Hurricanes selected for the Under selected for the Under selected for the Under Under 18 wider 16 Rugby Williment 16 Rugby Williment 16 Rugby Williment squad. Week. Week. Week. Thomas Brock was Luke Champion was Benjamin Press was selected for the Under selected for the Under selected for the Under 16 Rugby Williment 16 Rugby Williment 16 Rugby Williment Week. Week. Week.
EXCELLENT EFFORT AWARDS Awards for Excellent Effort in subjects are awarded by teachers every three weeks during the school year. A student may gain an Excellent Effort Certificate in a subject because they have shown continued outstanding effort in class or have achieved or performed a one-off task which demonstrates the outstanding effort they have made. Teachers can only give three Excellent Effort Awards each time these awards are given. As most of our teachers teach approximately 100 students, this means that only the top 3% of students are being awarded for their effort each time. JUNIOR REPORTS Students in Year 7, 8 and 9 will be able to access their Mid-Year written report on the Portal on the evening of 5 July. You can access the descriptors for the Motivation Grade criteria for all subjects by visiting our HIBS website, clicking on Curriculum, then Motivation Grades and opening the tab View Motivation Grades. Discussing the Motivation Grades and their descriptors with your son can help clarify his next steps and help him set goals and actions to work on in the next half year. It is also good to be able to discuss and celebrate your son's strengths with him and those areas which he has developed further since his last report. 2020 CURRICULUM HANDBOOKS In Term 3, Week 2 parents of boys in Year 9, 10, 11 and 12 will be sent by mail either the Junior Curriculum Handbook (current Year 9 students) or the Senior Curriculum Handbook (current Year 10, 11 and 12 students). These documents outline the processes for NCEA and course information to assist decisions about subject selection for 2020. NCEA AND SUBJECT INFORMATION EVENING Parents of current Year 10, 11 and 12 students Please keep the evening of Monday19 August free so that you can attend our NCEA Information and Subject Selection Evening with your son(s). The evening will start for current Year 11 and 12 boys and their parents at 6.30pm in the auditorium. Gollowing this, Heads of Department and staff will be available in the Library to discuss queries or questions you have about senior subjects for 2020. For current Year 10 boys and their parents, this session will start at 7pm in the auditorium with an introduction to NCEA. Following this, you will make your way to the Library to discuss subject choices for 2020 with the Heads of Department and staff in attendance. Subject selections for 2020 can be made on the Portal following this evening up until Monday 26 August.
THANK YOU
The HIBS International Service team for 2020 would like to thank the following generous supporters
of their Naming Rights donation raffle which was drawn recently.
The winning ticket was purchased by Karl Campbell from Dragon Foods.
195 House of Travel Lower Hutt Pete’s Lawnmowing
2E Design Hutt City Auto Services Peryer Construction
360 Logistics Ideal Homes/Stratton Harris Professionals Lower Hutt
Advance Electrical Inform Physio Progressive Engineering
AK Contractors Ltd Innovative Packaging PRS Ltd
All Auto Electrical Instyle Mobile Hairdressing Railway Metro New World
Apex Print JWT Construction Ray White Hutt City
Armstrong Motor Group Kahui Legal Red Wolf High Level Security
Arnott’s KAM Transport Roof Wellington
Automatic Transmission Repairs Kerin Herlihy Safeway Self Storage Ltd
Bella Vita Hair Salon Keys Construction Scania
Bernie’s Design King Toyota Serenity Lawns Ltd
BNZ KP Marine Smart Accounting Solutions
Branding Solutions Lab Pro SPRC
Bulk Water Transport Lighthouse Cinema Stonecold Distributors
Cable Price Lower Hutt Chiropractic Clinic SW16 Management Ltd
Cavanagh & Associates M&M Plumbing T and R Interiors
Central Group Maidstone Sports Power Take Me Back
Chill Refrigeration Marcus Tapa Team Ledger/Bayleys
Clark & Co Maymorn Joinery Te Rangi Ltd
Cool Runners/Anchor Measure It / Spray Techniques The Exercise Studio
Wellington Medent The Terrace Travel Ltd
Coq Au Vin Metal Morphic Tiling Trade Services
Creamy Ltd Mico Plumbing Tommy’s Lower Hutt
Creative Curtains Mike Baker Motors Tommy’s Wgtn City
Design Electronics Mint Trentham Mini Mart
Door City Wellington Ltd Moana NZ TRPL
Double Winkel Real Estate Motomart Tuohy Homes
Dowse Drive Food Market Naik Distributors/Tip Top Wgtn Van Schaik Health & Safety
Dragon Foods Ltd Narayan Spices Solutions
Gahan Energy New World Lower Hutt Versatile Wellington
Gaskin Building New World Silverstream Villa Property Management
Gee & Hickton NME Wedgelock
Gillespie Young Watson NZ Uniforms Wellington Dentures
Gillies Group OCS Wellington Granite
Global Travel Network Office Max Westpac
Green Gables Motel Paino & Robinson Whakatiki Engineering
Greenwood Roche Pak n Save Upper Hutt Yates Freight
Harcourts Paremata PB Tech Zip Hutt Valley
UPCOMING DATES 22 June - Careers Expo at the TSB Arena, Queens Wharf. 10am - 3pm 11 July - Canterbury University Open Day 31 July - Canterbury University Engineering school information evening, 6pm, Wharewaka, includes new Bachelor of Product Design. Register for the event here: http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/events/ tours-and-events/info-evenings/ 1 August - Halls of Residence applications open (Year 13 students have already been emailed regarding the process) 1 August - Auckland University Engineering Futures evening, 6-8pm, Royal Society of NZ, Thorndon. Places limited so you must register. Further information at https://nvite.com/ universityofauckland/e45e5 7 August - Massey Manawatu Open Day 7 August -Auckland University information evening, Porirua, 7pm, Te Rauparaha Arena, registration and information go to: https://www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/university-of-auckland-porirua- future-student-evening-tickets-63036813807 8 August - Auckland University information evening, Wellington, 7pm Firth Hall, Wellington College, registration and information https://www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/university-of-auckland-wellington- future-student-evening-tickets-63036872984 23 August - Wellington Tertiary open day - Massey University, Victoria University (Note: a lot of other Central Wellington tertiary providers also have the same open day such as Wellington School of Hospitality but these have yet to be confirmed). 24 August - Massey Auckland Open Day 31 August - Auckland University and AUT open day 31 August - any CCRF (Common Confidential Reference Forms) for Halls of Residence should be given to a staff member by this date. It is recommend that students complete their online Halls of Residence applications by 15 September. 29 September - Halls of Residence applications close
APPLYING FOR COURSES 2020 Weltec/Whitireia - a lot of courses work on a first in, first served basis as long as you meet the minimum entry standard as there are a set number of places - enroll as early as you can from the middle of Term 3. University - Liaison officers from the Universities will be in, in Term 3 for help with course planning. The opening of online enrolment differs depending on which University it is. If it is a general entry course, most enrolments close 10 December. Some limited entry first year courses may have earlier closing dates. The following Course Planning sessions have been confirmed at HIBS so far: 8 August Otago University course planning, Library 12 August Victoria University, Period 4, Library 28 August Canterbury University course planning, Lunchtime, Venue TBC 11 September Auckland University, Lunchtime, Venue TBC SCHOLARSHIPS Each University has different closing dates for scholarship applications. If references are required from a staff member, students need to give at least a week’s notice to the staff member concerned. Students are reminded about the school subscription to the GivMe Database. Information for this has been previously emailed to all Year 13 students. STUDENT LOANS AND ALLOWANCES For information on student loans, allowances see www.Studylink.govt.nz. For Fees Free information see www.feesfree.govt.nz. Student's need a 'Real Me' log in to access applications for Loans and Allowances. YEAR 10 As part of Year 10 DVP, all the Year 10 students will be involved in some Careers Education sessions in early Term 3.
STEMM STUDENT CHALLENGE The annual Hutt Science STEMM Student Challenge recently took place at the Dowse in Lower Hutt. This is a quiz for schools to compete in their knowledge and understanding of Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths and Manufacturing. We entered two teams into each of the Intermediate (Year 7/8) and Junior Secondary (Year 9/10) Categories. The boys were so keen to demonstrate their scientific “know how” as well as having a fun time doing so. Some of the boys had taken part last year and were back for more, their enthusiasm proving infectious for the newbies. Both were well fought competitions, each member finding a particular area to excel in as he contributed his best effort for the team. Each round was met with eager anticipation, the mixture of theoretical and practical activities certainly keeping the boys on their toes. Unfortunately, the boys didn’t win a trophy this year but they are determined to bring one back to HIBS next year.
STEMM STUDENT CHALLENGE CONTINUED
Junior/Secondary Teams
“An unnamed cell”: Nhat Hung Tran, Ansh Panjabi, Callum Kennedy-Moffat and Samuel Gillingham
(third place out of 20 teams)
“Test tubes”: Oliver May, Connor Miller, Regan Wong and Cameron Bealing.
Regan, Samuel, Connor, Nhat Hung, Ansh, Callum, Cameron and Oliver looking keen.STEMM STUDENT CHALLENGE CONTINUED
Intermediate teams:
“People”: Benjamin Snelling, Alastair Bailey, William Scott and Ryan Currier
“The Astronomical Thinkers”: Finlay Hourigan, Callum Martin and Kenyan ZongCROSS COUNTRY
The Cross Country season has been in full swing over the last month; starting off with the Wellington
Cross Country Relays where each member of a six man team completes a hilly 2km lap around Karori
Park. Our Senior Boys team (Finlay Seeds, Jonah Seeds, Jonathon Sceats, Maxwell Young, William
Young and Aidan Fleming were 4th with Finlay earning the 5th fastest lap of the day in 6 minutes 21
seconds. Our Junior A team (Alexander Prichard, Jamie Read, Harrison Lamont, Blake Philip, Carter
Birmingham and Thomas Prichard) were 3rd behind Wellington College and St Pats Silverstream.
Above: HIBS team post-race at Karori ParkCROSS COUNTRY CONTINUED
Two weeks later, the boys contested the College Sport Wellington Champs at Harcourt Park, and
Finlay Seeds had the standout performance; running a superbly tactical race to come back from 10th
place into the silver medal position, completing a hilly 6km course in a very quick 19 minutes 56
seconds. Jonah Seeds contested the lead in the Under 16 4km race, eventually finishing in the bronze
medal position in a time of 13.33. The HIBS singlets
were also prominent in the top half of the field in the
Year 9 race over a 3km course. Alexander Prichard
was 15th in 11.36, Year 8 Blake Philip was 17th, and
promising Year 7s Thomas Prichard and Carter
Birmingham were 23rd and 26th respectively. Jamie
Read finished well in 25th.
At last weekend’s New Zealand Cross Country Champs
in Timaru, Finlay Seeds finished 30th in a field of 200
runners in the Under 19 6km race, and Jonah was 13th
in the Under 16 4km race; both boys earning valuable
experience as they contest the same races in 2020.
The weekend finished for both of them on a high, as
they competed in Wellington team colours, with
Finlay’s Under 19 team winning the Senior 5 x 2km
relay ahead of 21 regional teams from around New
Zealand and similarly, Jonah’s Under 16 Wellington
team took out the Gold medal in their race, with Jonah
snatching the lead from the Waikato team on his
anchor lap.
Jonah Seeds attacks the
hill at the New Zealand
Champs
Finlay Seeds (far right at top of podium) receives his Relay Gold MedalCROSS COUNTRY CONTINUED
The Year 7 and 8 runners were in action on Tuesday at the Lower Hutt Schools Interzone Cross
Country Champs, held at Trentham Memorial Park over a challenging 3km course. In this race the
boys were aiming for the top 10 to automatically qualify for the Wellington Regional Champs on July
2. In the Year 8 race, Blake Philip dominated the field to win comfortably with Edmund Wilson in 6th
and Benny Byrne in 9th also qualifying for Regionals. Other team members came close to qualification
with Aiden Bailey in 13th, Harry Allen in 14th and Frank Lawton in 16th. Freeman Yu finished
mid-field in 36th. With a third place finish in the Year 7 race, Thomas Prichard goes through to the
Regionals, along with Carter Birmingham who finished 5th. Again, more of our boys were just
outside the top 10, with Harry Kowalczyk in 13th, Aidan Jackson in 14th, Elliot Barr in 16th and Oscar
Petro in 18th. Noah West finished in 21st, Ruben Teal in 44th and Vrajesh Patel was 44th.
Below: Year 7 team:
(back row) Elliot Barr, Vrajesh Patel, Hunter Adams,
Thomas Prichard, Ruben Teal
(front row) Oscar Petro, Carter Birmingham, Harry
Kowalczyk, Aidan Jackson, Noah West
Above: Year 8 team:
(back row) Aidan Bailey, Freeman Yu, Harry Allen, Blake
Philip
(front row) Benny Byrne, Edmund Wilson, Frank Lawton
TENPIN BOWLING
William Pettit bowled in the Hutt Valley Open Youth division, and Benjamin Pettit in the Juniors.
Benjamin was leading the Juniors (under 16 year olds) right up until the second to last frame of the
last game - and was pipped at the post.
William made his return to bowling, after three months away. He placed 5th in the Youth division
(Under 21 year olds).NATHAN NEWTON (CLASS OF 2014) Nathan Newton graduated from Victoria University of Wellington with a Bachelor of Commerce with first class Honours in Information Systems and was the recipient of both the Victoria Medal for Academic Excellence and a Victoria Business School Excellence Award in Information Systems. The Victoria Medal for Academic Excellence is awarded to a graduating student who is recognised as the top scholar in their Honours degree program and has a consistently high record of achievement over their tenure with the University. JESSE TASHKOFF (CLASS OF 2018) Jesse Tashkoff was named in the New Zealand Under 19 Cricket Team to play Australia in four one day internationals in Brisbane in the coming months. Jesse is the only player from Wellington selected and he is working towards his goal of making the Under 19 team which is going to the Under 19 Cricket World Cup in South Africa early next year.
CAMERON FERREIRA (CLASS OF 2018) Cameron Ferreira made the wider Wellington Under 19 Rugby squad. LOUIS CALVERT (CLASS OF 2018) 2018 1xt XV Rugby Captain Louie Calvert has made the Under 19 Otago Rugby squad.
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