Friday 13 August 2021 - Issue 23
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Tena Koutou Katoa Friday 13 August 2021 — Issue 23
Selwyn Soars ‘Around the World”
The Selwyn Theatre was booked out the day tickets went on sale as our community eagerly sought to soar
‘Around the World’ at our annual Multicultural Concert. They were not disappointed! The sell-out concert was a
stunning success with at least 15 different groups from around the world wowing us with awesome expertise
and pride! It was also lovely to see the enjoyment on their faces! Also impressive was the delicious ethnic food
on sale.
Our student Multicultural Council led by Nabeela Aye did an outstanding job getting the students motivated and
organised and they can be so proud of themselves. Also impressive was the delicious ethnic food on sale.
Special praise too to the leaders of the cultural groups shown below and a huge thank you to the photographers
Claudia Barron Chinan and Kiyara Kapilaratne.
Kapaz—Leader: Alyssa Kahi
Burmese Group—Thingyan
Chinese Group—Fan dance remix—Leader: Stephanie Zhou
Leader: Nabeela Aye
Samoan Group: Boys—Tupulaga A’ana Tulai Mai-Vaniah Toloa—Leader: Joshua Smith
Samoan Group: Girls—Tausagi Mai Manu E—Leaders: Chavoner Singh & Lenleigh Anae
Burmese Group: Bagan—Leader: Nabeela Aye Chinese Group: Remembrance—Leader: Stephanie Zhou
Latino Group: Leader—Daina Fagundez
Cook Island Group: Kua Iti Te Marama—Leaders: Faith Erick-Paleti & Pativai Taringa
Hip-hop Group—Leaders: Erin Sanda & Khin Hla
Gilas Pilipinas: Huling El Bimbo—Leaders: Isabelle Garita & Andrewz Hecita
Cook Island Group: Cook Island Drum Dance—Leaders: Faith Erick-Paleti & Pativai Taringa
K-pop Group: Remix—Leaders: Eve Naicker & Bryanna Yeo
Tongan Group: Tau’olunga (Senior Girls)
Leaders: Jennifer Tutuila & Josephine Matthews
Samoan Group: Falealili Uma - Eddie Taualapini
Leaders: Chavoner Singh & Lenleigh Anae
Tongan Group: Tau’olunga (Junior Girls) - Leaders: Jennifer Tutuila & Josephine Matthews
Picture from final curtain call
And more pictures from final curtain call
Plenty of Tough Guys and Gals at Selwyn!
Last Friday, the Health and PE Learning Area took 68 students from Level 2/3 to the 2021 Secondary Schools
Tough Guy/Gal mud run in
Helensville.
This was a further assessment
opportunity for them to gain
performance standard credits.
Selwyn was one of the toughest
schools to compete against in
Auckland with 3 finishers in the
top 12! Brock Fenwick finished
on the podium (3rd) from a field
of well over 900 runners with a
time of 31.28s with Ashton Reed
9th and Josh Sunkel 12th.
Well done to everyone!
3rd Place Winner—Brock Fenwick Our happy Head Girl—Maia Royal
A fun day for our Students
An Impressive Senior Open Speech Competition 2021
Last week some of our students were treated to a diverse range of speeches from Year 12 and 13 students in
the Senior Open Speech Competition. This is a voluntary presentation and our eight speakers gave varied
interpretations of the topics. These included the value of youth, the importance of stepping outside your
comfort zone, and the value of history as a means to move forward. Our first place winner, River Drefers,
delivered an exceptionally well crafted speech on the interpretation of courage, that included some thought
provoking and inspirational family history. Congratulations to all participants. Our overall place winners were:
1st River Drefers
2nd Mattie Nicholson
3rd Evelyn Turin
Selwyn Physics Students Enjoy the NZ Engineering Science Competition
Last weekend, sixteen senior Physics students competed against 200 teams in the NZ Engineering Science
Competition sponsored by University of Auckland. Students were presented with an open-ended question at
10am and had to submit a report of 10 pages or less by 6pm.
This year’s question was: “How many 1 in 100 year extreme weather events can NZ expect to experience over
the course of the next decade?”.
Teams are judged on how they interpret the
question, the assumptions made while answering
the question, their mathematical modeling and final
answer to the question. The results will be
announced in November.
We are pleased to have had so many keen students
engaged in this exciting competition this year - it
really demonstrates their Investment, Resourceful-
ness and Curiosity In Science!
David Miller, Duncan McDonald and Luke Cameron-Smith
Saarthak Negi, Alexander Parsons-Nield, Diwen Jiang, Gabriel Lau, Nicole Hua, Ben MacSweeney and Sam Bishop
and Ben Hill-Marks
Josh Lipchin, Ethan Pinker, Ben Chambers and
Paul Schoeman
Support Your Community!
This event will take place on Saturday 28 August between
9am – 1pm at Tahapa Reserve West and there will be a
coffee cart and food on site to keep everyone fueled.
We have over 1000 plants and shrubs to plant on the day.
Please RSVPs are appreciated either to me directly or to
Gi2t@nzta.govt.nz for catering purposes.
When: Saturday 28 August 9am – 1pm
Where: Tahapa Reserve West, Tahapa Crescent,
Meadowbank 1072
What to bring: weather protection, some sturdy covered shoes, a bottle of water and your own spade and gloves if you have
them! We will have a limited number of spare spades on site.
Please note: Event will proceed rain, hail or shine! All children must be
accompanied by a parent or supervisor.
For more information about the project, please see our website:
https://www.nzta.govt.nz/projects/glen-innes-to-tamaki-drive-shared-path/
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