Maths Winners
Hillcrests teams (Year 9 and Year 11) won
their sections of the Waimaths Competition
and the Year 10 team came fourth.
The annual event, organised by the Waikato
Mathematics Association, was held on
August 14 and was open to teams of three
representing Year 9-11 from all regional
secondary schools.
The teams are given 20 questions to answer
within a 45 minute timeframe.
Hillcrest’s Year 11 team gained 56 points
from a possible 60. The Year 9 tgeam caused
their tutor, Mrs Goundar, a little stress
by falling behind but coming through in a
last minute burst to answer 49 questions
correctly.
The students have now been provided with
questions to complete which will be sent
Year 9 team: Gabriel Pan, Brodie Maxwell and John Voss.
to the organisers of the New Zealand team
Year 11 team: Eleazar Coronado, Ella George and Daniel Yeong
for the 2015 International Mathematical
Olympiad. From this 24 students will be selected to go into training camp in January from which six will be selected to compete
in Thailand in July 2015.
Theatresports - Waikato Champions
Science Fair
Congratulations to all the students who
participated in the Science Fair this year.
2014 participants – Sukriti Sharma,
Jenny Kweon, Cynthia Li, Antonia Chen,
Meleena Redcliffe, Aimee Su, Benjamin
Flynn, Kasper Jones and Jerry Li
Students who have been awarded with
prizes in the Regional Science Fair are
as follows:
Meleena Redcliffe – 1st prize for
production of a video on the theme –
The Effects of Human on Waikato River.
(Open Category)
Sukriti Sharma and Jenny Kweon –
McGowan Special Judges Award. (Senior
Sciences)
Mrs Thakur, Science Fair Co-ordinator
Back:
Calum Hughes, Te Waiarangi Ratana, Tycho Smith and Joseph Simblett
Middle: Michael Hockey and Richard Hart
Front: Georgia Strang and Zara Olifent
Hillcrest’s top two theatresports teams competed in the regional final of the
Waikato Secondary School Competition.
Our first team won the competition. Well done to ‘Keeping up with the Hillcrestians’
for winning this title and also to ‘King of the Hill…crest’ for securing fourth place.
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Showing off their prizes are from
L-R Sukriti Sharma, Jenny Kweon and
Meleena Redcliffe
Principal Points
Dear Parents and Caregivers
•
Hamilton appeals because it
is small in population and is
safe, but we do compete with
Auckland as a large vibrant
city. Unfortunately little is
known of Hamilton and the
Waikato compared to other
centres in New Zealand.
•
Parents send their children
overseas
to
get
good
qualifications
(either
at
school or University or both)
and to learn English. At the
end of their schooling students either go to a New Zealand
University or they return home to attend University.
University graduates are highly sought after in the
workforce.
•
As a result of the trip we will be looking at our marketing
strategies which could include more promotion and
information through our website and overseas media
networks, future overseas trips including International
Education Fairs and visiting countries on a more regular
basis in conjunction with other schools in our region.
•
The possibilities of short term stays for overseas students
is becoming increasingly popular, while the quality of
homestay families and the communication between home
and school and parents is very important.
The focus for the Board of Trustees throughout this term has
been consultation with the school and community over our
strategic plan. To date consultation and feedback has included
a number of stakeholder meetings with the following groups:
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Parent Group
Parents, staff and community involved in our extensive
extra-curricular programme
Maori parents and whanau
Pasifika parents
School staff
Senior leadership Team
Specific questionnaires have been designed and distributed to
school staff, students and parents.
Board Chairperson, Mrs Bernadette Simblett would like to
thank all those involved in the consultation process for their
valuable feedback.
It is hoped that the feedback received from this process will
assist in designing a strategic plan that will pave the way for
the future direction and vision for Hillcrest High School for
the next five years. We anticipate the draft will be ready for
consultation in term 4.
During the second week of the last term holidays and the first
week of term 3, Mrs Selby, Director of Internatinal Students,
Mrs Whiting and I travelled to Asia on an international student
marketing trip. This was the first overseas marketing trip that
had been undertaken by the school and it presented a good
opportunity to meet with agents, prospective parents and
students, and also meet with the parents of some of our current
students. The trip would also be a good opportunity to see
the type of environment and lifestyle that some of our current
international students come from. Our international and ESOL
students are an important aspect of our school and contribute
to the rich multicultural nature of our school community.
Our first destination was Shanghai in China. Shanghai has a
population of 23 million people, is very busy and becoming
increasingly westernised. Huge buildings tower into the sky,
with many of the population living in massive apartment blocks.
Next we visited Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), formerly known as
Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City has a population of 10 million and like
Shanghai is very busy and crowded. We visited during the rainy
season so daily downpours were common with very high humid
temperatures in the early 30’s.
Bangkok (Thailand) was our final destination, again a large city
of 6 million people and very busy and humid. We were lucky to
have Ray Subhabhundu who is the mother of Phum Siritip (last
year’s Hillcrest High School Cultural Captain) and Palm Siritip
(2010 HHS Cultural Captain) help us out and show us the sights
of Bangkok. She also joined us when we visited the agents.
At Hillcrest we currently have approximately 40 International
Foreign Fee Paying Students and we would like to increase
this to 45 to 50. However in doing so we need to ensure we
preserve the personalised care and attention we provide for
our IS and constantly be mindful of our overall school roll and
the pressure this places on our resources.
When students return after the holidays it will only be a
short amount of time before the seniors leave on November
4th for their NCEA examinations. All Year 11 to 13 students
should be firmly focussed on finishing their year successfully
and productively – completing internal assessments and
reassessments and preparing for their NCEA external
examinations. Staff are providing numerous opportunities for
extra revision and tutorials outside normal classroom time and
in the coming holiday break. We encourage students to make
the very most of these opportunities.
Term 4 is very short, but a busy term. Particularly for our
seniors. All important dates and upcoming events are listed
in this newsletter. I urge parents and caregivers to support
our students, your sons and daughters, in celebrating their
achievements and success at Hillcrest High School.
Kelvin S Whiting
Principal
The trip was highly successful with some significant information
learnt
• New Zealand is a favoured destination for International
Students (IS) because it is viewed as clean and green, has a
very good education system and students can learn English,
study and gain a school and University qualification
•
The IS market is very competitive, both within New Zealand
and competing with other countries such as Australia, USA,
Canada and the UK.
Addressing a group of prospective parents at our hotel in Bangkok
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National Spanish Speech Competition
Addressing the theme of “Recycle, Reuse and Reduce”, Richard Hart competed
in the National Spanish Speech Competition for Year 13 students run annually
be the Spanish Teachers Association of New Zealand.
Richard took third
place scoring 96 out of 100 possible points. Only two points separated the
top 3 winners.
The judge was extremely impressed with the high calibre of presenters at this
level and stated:
It was a pleasure to hear the high quality of most of the speeches made,
to see how well the students have prepared … including the selection of
appropriate vocabulary and good grammar knowledge to express their ideas
with conviction and precision.
While (this year’s theme) is a hot topic now and generally the community is
informed about it, the ability to express their views in Spanish was something
worthwhile.
If this is a reflection of the work of teachers in the classroom and over the
last 3 or more years of study, I believe that they also deserve an award.
No doubt the teaching and learning of language mature year after year. Not
only the scores for these three winners demonstrated that point which is
consolidated by the fact that this year the challenge and difficulty increased.
Richard Hart
“Felicitaciones” to Richard for his consistent hard work and dedication over
the several years to mastering the Spanish language!
MUNA - Model United Nations Assembly
A group of 12 students participated in the Waikato Model
United Nations assembly representing 3 different countries
– Pakistan (Ryan Bones, Sneha Chatterjee, Akanksha MunshiKurian, Ryan Nadakkavukaran, and Minzhe Zhang), Italy (Ben
Hansen, Mitchell Klein, Nathan McLeay, Jonah Franke-Bowell),
and Ethiopia (Olivia Maxwell, Leina Tucker-Masters, and Emily
Scrimgeour).
The teams were asked to come dressed in the ‘traditional’
clothes of their chosen country, and to debate their country’s
stand on the issue of the global population reaching 10 billion
people by 2050.
A number of schools from across Hamilton participated in the
event. Hillcrest High School has an excellent reputation at
this event, having taken out many of the awards in the past.
This year each group presented their arguments with pride
and confidence, and this resulted in Ethiopia taking out the
top prize for “Best Team”. Their debating and communication
skills were so impressive that they were even invited to
participate in the Free FM show “Cosmopolitan News and
Views” the following day.
Mitchell Klein, Jonah Franke-Bowell, Ben Hansen and Nathan
McLeay
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Leina Tucker-Masters, Emily Scrimgeour and Olivia Maxswell
Akanksha Munshi-Kurian, Sneha Chatterjee,
Ryan Nadakkavukaran, Ryan Bones and Minshe Zhang
Health Clinic
The health clinic has two school nurses who job share; they
are here to see the students who are sick or injured at school.
Students can be seen at interval and lunch and during class
time if urgent, all students are expected to see their class
teacher for pass to come to the clinic if it’s necessary during
class time.
The clinic has a Doctor who comes in on a Thursday morning
from 9-12 to also see students who are unable to access a
doctor outside of school hours.
The clinic also has a physiotherapist who runs two clinics a
week on Tuesday and Thursday from 1-3pm.
Our school policy is to advise parents/ care givers of any major
illness or injury that has happened at school, a head injury is
considered serious and in this case the nurse will phone the
Parent / care giver. We will not bother you for something we
consider to be minor; however we expect that your child would
advise you if they have been to see the school nurse. When
students are unwell and need to go home the nurse will always
contact a parent /caregiver to get permission for your child to
go home.
We want to provide a good service here at the health clinic, so
if your child develops any medical conditions that we should
be aware off, can you please let us know so we can keep the
records up to date. If there are changes in contact details can
the school please be updated as we often have incorrect phone
numbers, making it extremely difficult to contact parents/
care givers.
If you have a child who has been vomiting within 24 hours
of school or is generally unwell, please keep them home as
these bugs travel quickly. If students have on going medical
conditions or who are sick for long periods of time we would
expect that they are seen outside of school by the family GP.
Head lice – please check children’s hair regularly and treat if
these are present as they do spread quickly.
VISION TESTING for YEAR 10’s – year 10’s will have their vision
tested in term 4.
It you eat well, (plenty of fruit and vegetable) drink water and
get plenty of sleep your bodies will love you for it.
Thanks
Megan King - Registered Nurse
Marion Horton – Registered nurse
Angela Fairweather - Doctor
Paul Head – Physiotherapist
IMPORTANT DATES & UPCOMING EVENTS
Student Portal
TERM FOUR
Parents and caregivers can access the student portal
using their child’s ID number and their own password.
Please phone or email the office (notify@hillcrest-high.
school.nz) if you do not have your password.
October
13
Term commences
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ILC Concert
The portal is accessed from the very top menu of the
school’s website.
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Arts Awards Supper
What you can see on the portal:
Labour Day
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28
Group and Team Photos
30 Sports Awards Dinner
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•
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•
•
November
3
5
Senior Prizegiving
Year 13 Dinner
7
NCEA Exams commence
17-21
Junior Exams
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Year 8 Orientation Day
December
2
NCEA Exams finish
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Junior Prizegiving
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•
•
Details - check your personal details and use the
Change Details function to email us with updates
Timetable – your child’s current timetable
Attendance – up to date attendance data
NCEA Summary – a comprehensive NCEA summary for
senior students
Groups – any groups your child belongs to
Reports – a copy of all your child’s reports (since
2009)
Awards – previous year’s awards
Fees – shows current fees owing and the facility to
pay online (including NCEA fees)
Careers – any careers information (if applicable)
E-mail address:
Please ensure we have your correct email
address. We have been, and will be, emailing
account invoices and some school reports.
End of Term
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Digital Technologies
NZ Programming Competition
This year we entered five teams in the national Programming
Competition held at Waikato University on August 9th. The
year 13 team of George Huang, Chris Wang and Daniel Schipper
came fourth in New Zealand in the secondary schools category
of the competition. The year 11 team comprising Richard
Melchert, Daniel Jeong and Luke Schwarz came fifth.
ICPC South Pacific
Programming Contest
After having competed in the NZ programming competition
in early August, we were invited to join University Students
to battle it out (coding-wise) at the South Pacific regional in
Auckland. As the same team of 3, we were confident to do
reasonably well--but this was a completely different league.
At first we felt a bit apprehensive but we settled in well,
even meeting past Hillcrest High students there. During the
competition we commonly took breaks to refuel our brains.
We would congregate around the snack area talking about
how close we are to solving the impossible problems. It was a
difficult 5 hours, but we managed to solve 2 of the problems,
only 1 less than the university students, whose average number
solved was 3.
Chris Wang, Year 13
ICAS Computing Competition
George Huiang, Daniel Schipper and Chris Wang
Jackson Blewden and Gabriel Pan in year 9 were awarded High
Distinction certificates in the ICAS Computing competition this
year. They were in the top 1 % in NZ.
Rex Pan achieved the top score in Year 10 for NZ & the Pacific in
the ICAS Computing competition and will receive a University
of New South Wales medal.
Robocop Competition
For the first time Hillcrest High entered teams in the RoboCup Regional Competition. Twelve year 10 students travelled to Tauranga
on Friday 15th August. It was only a small competition, compared to other regions, but a fantastic opportunity for our students to
mix with like-minded young people. Our teams were entered in either the Theatre or Rescue Category.
In the Theatre category, teams program their robots to move in time to a soundtrack for up to 2 minutes. Nikita Chand, Michelle
Hommel and Sophie Zheng did a great job and gained extra points for dancing alongside their robots and having matching outfits.
They came a close second.
We had 3 teams enter the Rescue category, where the students had to build and program their robots to follow a lane and negotiate
their way to a chemical spill (the green area), and push a coke can out of the area. Logan Cook, Victor Peresson and Frederick Au
won this category by getting the most points. They have now qualified to go to the National competition in Dunedin in September.
Logan about to start his team’s robot for the rescue
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Sophie and Nikita dancing alongside their robot
NZSO - National Youth Orchestra members
Violinists Linbei Ke and Emily Kim succeeded in auditions for the orchestra’s
development arm this year and last year. The Year 10 students are now the
two youngest members of the NZSO’s National Youth Orchestra (NYO).
An NYO audition involved recording required pieces and sending the recordings
to the orchestra’s Wellington assessors to judge.
All NYO members attend an eight-hour-a-day, four week training programme
in Wellington in July including two concerts. The orchestra is also to perform
in Wellington and Christchurch next year.
HOD of Music, Mr Ellery said Emily and Linbei demonstrated the strength of
the school’s string orchestra and their inclusion in the NYO will provide a great
opportunity to gain entry to leading academies and tutors if they chose to
continue in music at performance level.
Three former Hillcrest students, now studying at tertiary level, have also
been selected to perform with the NYO this year. They are Yotam Levy (cello),
Alexander Arai-Swale (double bass) and Ephraim Wilson (organ).
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT
HOMESTAY ACCOMMODATION REQUIRED
We need patient, friendly and caring families
who live in the Hillcrest area
to host International Students
attending Hillcrest High School
Family must be fluent English speakers.
Board paid weekly
For an application pack please contact:
Rae Selby
rselby@hillcrest-high.school.nz
857 0297 ext 839
Language Perfect
World Championships
Emily Kim and Linbei Ke
Interschool Debating Final
The Hillcrest High School senior debating team of
Emily Scrimgeour, Calum Hughes and Olivia Maxwell
reached the finals of the Waikato Interschool Debating
Competition, held at HBHS Pavilion on 28 August.
They debated against Waikato Diocesan affirming
the moot that voting in national and local elections
should be compulsory. They debated passionately and
eloquently but lost by one mark in a split decision.
They are to be congratulated for the consistently high
standard of their debating and the contribution they
have made to Hillcrest.
Junior Extension and
Enrichment Programme
Congratulations to Amy Harrison
(Year 12) who was presented
with her Bronze Medal, and an
iTunes Voucher, for her third
place in Spanish in the Language
Perfect World Championships.
The year 10 JEEP group outside the Britomart train Station on
their way to visit the 2014 World Press Association photos.
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School Ball
The 2014 ball was an amazing night. The theme ‘Utopia - the Forgotten Empire’ was reflected in the decorations with
students entering through an ivy walkway to be confronted by Greek slaves handing out voting forms. Everywhere you
looked there was ivy. Ivy growing over the statues, the walls, the fountains and the floor.
The ball committee and various staff members worked hard so that everyone was able to have a fantastic night in a
relaxed atmosphere.
Ball King was Neil Rudman, Ball Queen was Leilani Baker. Year 12 Beau was Michael Hockey, Year 12 Belle Sophia Newton,
Best dressed male Alexander Nebesky and Taylor Lyons.
Thank you to everyone who helped organise the ball and for the mad clean up at the end. Thank you to everyone that
came and made the evening so memorable.
Senior Council
This year, Senior Council has been made up of a fantastic
group of 34 students who have given up their Friday
lunchtimes every week to discuss how best we can
improve school life for our student body.
Highlights this year included the awesome ‘Black Out
Dance Party’ organised by the year 11 representatives –
a great evening filled with music, glow-sticks and fun –
and the much anticipated Cabaret. This year’s Cabaret,
organised by the year 12 representatives, was a fantastic
event, and saw many fascinating interpretations on the
theme ‘Turn Back Time’.
Senior Council has also sought to start several new
projects this year, including the first ‘Expo Day’ – an
event which took place in term one to showcase all the
various clubs and extracurricular activities on offer for
the year – and the introduction of weekly peer tutoring
and study sessions to help students prepare for exams.
Everyone in Senior Council this year has put in a huge
amount of time, effort and creativity this year to make
all these things happen – and we look forward to seeing
this continue next year!
Olivia Maxwell, Year 13
Chairperson of Senior Council
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Cabaret - Turn Back Time
Departments
Art News
Art Matters is a fun place to be. I personally, find it a great
place to work on interesting art projects without the stress
of deadlines that come with class work. It’s great working
with other people from school who love art and having that
opportunity to discuss various art related matters is terrific.”
- Amina Drury, Year 11
Year 10
As part of the curriculum students are required to study an
artist model. This year we were focusing on Frida Kahlo and
her story of survival. These three girls got that interested in
her story that they decided to play a role of dressing up like
her while they did their presentation. It was a great success
and they had all their audience deeply interested.
Pah Homestead Art Trip
August 20th saw thirty Art and Art History students travel north
to the TSB Wallace Arts Cente located in the Pah Homestead
in Auckland. Built in 1879, the somewhat quaint Homestead’s
elaborate ceiling roses, parquet floors and marble fireplaces
contrast starkly to the edge of such contemporary works.
Inspiring thought, laughter and a bit of confusion, students
were encouraged to analyse, question and debate the various
meanings and merits of the contemporary pieces that they
encountered, some embraced and needless to say some
refused the often polarising world of contemporary Art. A big
thank you to our guide at the Homestead, Zoe, and the Art
Department for making this trip happen!
Year 13
In the art room a beautiful creature has
been created by Sarah Willis. She is
called Eve and will be fired. However
currently the artist, Sarah, is just
making the final changes.
The clay is white stoneware so
when she comes out of the kiln
will be lovely. Well done Sarah it
amazing.
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Once again, Hillcrest’s annual Arts Week was a great success.
The festival was jam packed with events every single day.
The week began on Sunday 24th with the Music Department
Concert, featuring the school Orchestra, Jazz Band and many
other solo and group performances. All throughout the week
during lunchtimes there were classical cello, brass and woodwind
concerts held in the library and rock concerts at the music quad.
There were many art exhibitions including the beautiful ‘walking
figures’ that were displayed through the corridors as well as
the ‘camouflage’ photography competition entries. There were
pottery workshops and photography, painting and print folios
displayed in the art rooms.
On the Thursday evening our debating team competed in the
regional finals, only losing by a few points in a very close debate.
Well done to the team for making it this far!
The much anticipated Students vs Teachers Theatresports game
was a thoroughly entertaining and hilarious event, with the
Students winning the game by just one point!
The famous, Alexander Nebesky was storytelling in the courtyard
and Buskers Festival at Friday lunchtime had some wonderful
musicians performing, as well as poetry writing, portrait drawing
and juggling workshops.
The comedic Yr12 production of ‘From Morning to Midnight’
ran its season from Tuesday to Friday and was sold out every
single night! Thanks to Ms Cash for directing such a thoroughly
entertaining performance.
On Sunday the 31st, Scat performed their annual ‘Sing’ concert
which was themed ‘Sinatra and the 70s’. It was a great event
with hilarious subtitles to everyone’s favourite disco songs and
followed by a delicious Korean meal in the staffroom.
Finally, to complete the extended Arts Week, we had our top two
theatresports teams compete in the regional final on the Monday
evening, with our first team coming out on top. Well done to
‘Keeping up with the Hillcrestians’ for winning this title and also
to ‘King of the Hill…crest’ for securing fourth place.
Arts Festival was a lot of fun for all, boosted school spirit and the
love of the arts overall.
Miriam May, Year 13
Arts Captain
Year 13
Earlier this term, the Year 13 Drama class
brought a stunningly spooky interpretation
of Euripides’ ‘Medea’ to Te Kore Theatre.
The play was set in a modern-day New York
style and full of haunting blood and gore
that left the audience speechless. The
use of projections and lighting created an
undeniable tension that kept the audience
continually captured by the action. By final
night the shows had sold out and it has
been said to be one of the best shows that
Hillcrest has ever done. Well done to the
talented director, Mrs Binks and the rest of
the cast for putting on such a professional
performance. There are more photos on
the ‘Hillcrest High School Arts’ page on
Facebook.
Miriam May, Year 13
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Drama News
Annual SCAT Sing Concert
The final concert of Arts Week was the every popular Sing
Concert. This year the theme for the concert was Sinatra and
the Seventies and the programme included everything from
“Come Fly with Me’ to ‘Knock Three Times’. The Jazz Band
also performed ‘When You Wish Upon a Star” with Sarah Lewis
as a soloist.
Other soloists included Alex Nebesky and Caleb Hapuku singing
Fleetwood Mack, Leina Tucker Masters and Olivia Maxwell
singing’ Leaving on a Jet Plane ‘with Leina on ukulele Miriam
May sing “all the Way’ and Amelia singing “Lullaby of Birdland.
It was fantastic to see so many new faces amongst our parents
but very sad to think this was the last concert for the wonderful
Year 13 group.
Many thanks also to Jae Yu Lee and his parents Don –Suk Son
and Min-Hyoung Lee who catered a wonderful Korean meal for
families afterwards.
Annual Music Department Concert
Thank you
On August 24 the Music Department held their annual concert.
This year’s concert was one of our shorter in length but greater
in variety. I must say there is still a problem with filling the
auditorium and this is particularly sad as the quality of the
performances was so high.
Lunchtime Concerts in the Library
We began with an unaccompanied version of “Seven Bridges
Road” decided to use The Eagles video when they performed
the song on their “Live” album and it worked perfectly. The
three girls: Sophie Willis, Sarah Endres and Eva Bonning sang of
moss on the bridge and there it was on screen for all to see!!
A big thank you to Linda Maxwell, Tracey Hockey and Nona Morris
for all the time they put into organising the drama costume
room in Term 2. Their help has been greatly appreciated by the
drama teachers and students!
There were two or three items that were a new genre for us.
In a previous year we performed two movements from John
McLaughlin’s “Apocalypse” album fusing classical and jazz. This
year Nicola Paul sang the solo to “Be My Baby” the Phil Spector
classic, and Shania MacMillan Tawny Vooght and Emme Smith
sang the backing harmony. Our own Mr Shin did a perfect job
of putting Jack Nietzche’s string arrangement on paper for the
strings. This song also featured our special Year 9 rock group.
I would like to mention two more items. One or two years ago
I e-mailed Whirimako Black and asked if we could sing “Love
is here to stay” in her Maori translation. She graciously agreed
and Kaleb Hapuku duly sang the last song the two Gershwin
brothers wrote. The accompaniment we used was a string
arrangement written by Hollywood arranger Russ Garcia for
saxophonist Johnny Hodges.
We played two of Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons”. The depth our
string players can be heard when four different soloists played
a movement each from the concertos- the students being Emily
Kim, Linbei Ke, Celia Griffiths and Lisa Zhang.
If you would like to watch the concert go to http://youtu.
be/-0KljkSzgYo
My thanks go to Ms Corilin Steel for her work with the vocalists,
Mr Isaac Crandell-Tanner for preparing and conducting the jazz
band Mr Daniel Shin for his arranging and conducting and Mr
Mervyn Cook and son Logan for the sound.
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International Department
Visit to China, Vietnam and Thailand
During the Term Two holidays the Principal Mr Whiting, Mrs
Whiting and the International Director Raelyne Selby visited
Shanghai, China, Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam and Bangkok,
Thailand.
We were very fortunate to meet up with the parents of some
of our students and very appreciative of their kindness and
hospitality.It
was
also very pleasing
to meet alumni
from the University
of Waikato such as
Felix Fang, shown
with Pei Jin. Pei’s
daughter Kelley is
currently in Year 11.
We also visted a UNESCO
World Heritage Garden in
Suzhou with Wei Wang. Wei’s
son Owen is in Year 9.
This was our first major visit to
China, Vietnam and Thailand
and was an opportunity to
become more familiar with
the wonderful culture and
the different environment of
many of our students. It was
also a great opportunity to
meet with family and friends
of students.
We
also
enjoyed
the
opportunity
of
meeting
Education Recruitment Agents
in each city and hope to make
contact with more Agents in the future. We met students
intending to enrol at Hillcrest High School next year, and their
families, and look forward to their arrival in Hamilton.
We appreciated the assistance given to us by Ray Subhabhundu
in organizing the guests and the venue for the presentation.
We were very fortunate to have the assistance of past
Hillcrest
High
School
pupils Mae Teosakul and
Phum Siritip (pictured)
along with Min Teosakul.
All three students are
attending University in
Bangkok although Mae is
currently studying in the
Netherlands for three
months.
We also met up with Palm
Siritip, a past Cultural
Captain at Hillcrest High
School. Palm is currently
studying for three months
in Norway.
This term Hillcrest High School Students have been involved in
local community activities.
Kelley Jin and Teresa
Dong
recently
represented
the
school at a meeting
of the Hamilton
Branch of the NZ
Chinese Friendship
Society.
Lucy
Choi
recently
won
the
national
Secondary
school
essay
competition,
organised by the
New
Zealand
Republic
of
Korea Friendship
Society.
With the start of Term Three we welcomed new students from
China, Germany, Thailand and Chile. We hope they will enjoy
their experiences in New Zealand and have a rewarding and
successful time at Hillcrest High School.
2015
Applications are now being accepted for 2015 International
Student enrolments.
The first day for Year 9, 10 and all new students is Monday
2nd February 2015.
Year 9 and 10 students attend 3rd February 2015.
Year 11, 12 and 13 start 4th February 2015
In Ho Chi Minh City we met Tony Martin, the New Zealand Trade
Commissioner and Consul General.
In Bangkok we gave a presentation to parents interested in
sending their sons or daughters to Hamilton in the future.
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If you have any questions please contact:
Raelyne Selby
International Director
rselby@hillcrest-high.school.nz
Language Department
International Languages Week
Week 5 was International Languages Week – a chance
to celebrate the diversity of languages spoken at
Hillcrest High School. Activities included: tongue twister
competitions, interactive quizzes, chalk writing, crêpe
making, piñatas, kimono trials, origami and Languages
101, where students became the teachers and shared
their knowledge. Japanese students also went to Berkley
Normal Middle School to help with calligraphy and origami
at their Japanese day.
The week was a great success, and we would like to say
a big thank you, merci, gracias and arigatou to all those
involved, especially our involved, especially our Cultural
Captains, Leina and Mote.
Spanish Immersion Weekend
At the end of June 35 Hillcrest High’s Spanish Students, together
with two teachers, travelled to Rotorua to participate in the
NZALT Immersion Camp. Over 160 students and 30 teachers
from fourteen schools attended the weekend, which was
designed to speak Spanish and learn more about the Hispanic
culture and history.
Upon arrival at Tui Ridge, the students were expected to only
speak in Spanish from sunrise to sunset (with only one hour of
amnesty provided). Professors from the University of Auckland
and Massey University, teachers from NZ schools and language
assistants from Spain presented workshops, film sessions, and
dance instruction for the students throughout the weekend,
based on the year level of each group and the theme selected.
All instruction was designed to be interactive.
Year 13 students addressed topics of the role of the state
in people’s lives; Year 12 students looked at the themes of
poverty and stereotypes; and Year 11 students considered the
roles of family and friends in their daily lives.
The Big Fiesta Saturday evening with students dressing up in
Hispanic cultural attire and dancing for two hours to Latino
music was a big hit for all the students. Hillcrest came in
second in the school category for cultural dress and a young
man dressed as “Sr. Taco” won the “unique” category (he was
literally dressed as a taco). Other highlights for the students
included learning how to Salsa dance, cooking Spanish tortillas
and churros, the Cluedo challenge and the film studies.
The weekend was a huge success and students made great
advancements with their Spanish speaking and pronunciation.
The weekend was organised by Sra Danzeisen (HHS) and
Sra. Robertson (Waikato Dio) on behalf of the New Zealand
Association of Language Teachers –Waikato and supported by
the Spanish Teachers Association of New Zealand.
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YOU’RE STARS IN OUR EYES!
Well done to our girls’ Danisha Fourie & Savanna Gonsalves who
completed their Red Shirts customer services award through
the Warehouse. The feedback received by all involved about
Danisha & Savanna has made us proud! You are dedicated hard
working young ladies and will go far in life with your amazing
attitudes! Janice Clough, Red Shirts Schools Co-ordinator said
that it was great getting to know you and that you bought a
tear to her eye with your speech on the last day.
This programme is available next year and a great way to
achieve your Customer Services award worth 27 credits which
can be used towards the National Certificate in Retail (Level
2). If this interests you and you’d like to sign up for next year
please call into the Career Centre (T2) and see Tracy Palmer.
LEARNING TO FLY
Hillcrest High School student Sasha-Lee Smit, with teacher
Jamahl Khan. In the background, Waikato Aero Club chief
executive Richard Small with students Mitchell McCabe-Shaw
and Luc Wesson.
Going to school usually means solving a string of maths problems,
succeeding at spelling tests and practising the periodic table.
But not for six Hillcrest High School students who are learning
to fly.
Social science teacher Jamahl Khan started the school’s flying
club earlier this year, giving students keen on an aviation career
experience in the field.
‘’Flying’s been a passion of mine since I was young,’’ said Khan,
who trained as a pilot in the air force. ‘’It’s really great to be
able to share my passion with the kids.’’
The group, comprising year nine to year 13 students, meet weekly for theory sessions, flight simulation nights and flying experience
at the Waikato Aero Club.
‘’They get to gain experience controlling the aircraft, which is quite a buzz for them,’’ he said.
Four of the members are participating as part of the school’s Gateway programme, an initiative to give students industry experience
while receiving NCEA credits. Mr Khan said many of the students were interested in careers with the air force, with some in the
Waikato Air Training Corps.
Waikato Aero Club chief executive Richard Small said the group were a bunch of ‘’really keen kids’’.
He said the group learn about aircraft maintenance operations, airport security and baggage handling, as well as getting behind
the wheel of the plane with a qualified instructor.
‘’It can be really expensive to get into aviation as a commercial environment,’’ he said.
‘’This opportunity gives them a taste of flying - a chance to give it a try without spending a whole lot of money.’’
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ESOL Department
Junior Shared Lunch
The shared lunch this year was the best Shared Lunch I have
ever had. It was on the 21st of August.
Before the Shared Lunch come, we had many work to do! First,
we had to decide the teacher we were going to invite to the
Shared Lunch so I invited Miss Bailey – my science teacher to
company with me for lunchtime. Then, we made an invitation
card to send to the teacher.
This year, I brought Vietnamese spring rolls to the Shared
Lunch. Normally, we just make spring rolls for special occasions
like New Year or birthday because it’s very hard to make and it
takes a lot of time. The Shared Lunch is a special occasions for
me so I made spring rolls. The day before the Shared Lunch was
Wednesday and it was P day so I could go home early to prepare
the spring rolls. I made the flower from carrot to decorate the
spring rolls. Me and my mom were so tired when we finish
making the spring rolls. It took us whole afternoon to make it
but I was still happy to make spring rolls because everybody
would try my country food, the taste of Vietnamese food.
In the morning, on the day of the Shared Lunch, I brought my
food to the International Centre so the teacher would heat it
up before lunchtime. I was so excited, I just kept wishing the
time going fast so I could have the Shared Lunch. After period
four, I ran as fast as I can to the International Centre. All the
year 9 and 10 ESOL students waited outside the Centre until
the teacher they had invited arrived. The students greeted
them and lead the way to the table which was full of food from
different countries. It was like a buffet restaurant! We ate the
food and chat with our teachers.
The food tasted so nice, from main till’ dessert, everything
was perfect. Some food was spicy, some others was sweet and
savory. It was wonderful. I enjoyed it very much. I wish that we
would have Shared Lunch every week.
Linh Phung, Year 10
House Relay
The annual House Relay was held on a course around the
school grounds on Friday, 1 August.
Following the House Relay the house results are as follows:
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
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Economics Department
On September 12 at lunchtime we enjoyed a successful Market
Day arranged by the Year 10 Enterprise Studies classes.
The
school
community
was
given a chance
to buy a range of
products. This was
able to happen
after several weeks
of learning how to
set up a business,
run it, produce
a
product
and
successfully market
it.
There
were
approximately
15 stalls selling
products including;
cupcakes, crepes,
samosas, milk shakes, sherbet, corn fritters, sushi, drinks
fudge and chocolate.
Beautiful Lengths
On Tuesday 9 September, 48 Hillcrest High students participated
in the first ever Pantene Beautiful Lengths event at school.
This involved cutting 20cm off their ponytails to be donated
to the charity Look Good, Feel Better, who, with the help of
Pantene, processes the hair into real-hair wigs. These wigs
are distributed throughout New Zealand to be given to women
going through cancer treatment.
This was a huge deal for many of the donors and took a lot of
courage. The atmosphere on the day was amazing and a huge
crowd gathered to see the ponytails being cut.
We had 11 hairdressers from various salons around Hamilton
arrive to help us with styling afterwards. Their support was
amazing and they were all so pleased to see the students get
behind a fantastic cause.
We would like to thank Mr Johl, the Service Captains and the
Service Council for helping the event run smoothly.
Caitlin Weren (Year 11) and Emma Wardle (Year 12)
Service Council
Though there was a hint of rain lots of customers braved the
crowds to add to an electric and exciting atmosphere. Much to
their delight many businesses made profits.
A mention has to be made about the popularity of fresh
popcorn, samosas, henna and the professionalism of the
delicious cupcakes.
History Department
On Sunday 14 September, five Year 13 History Students
(Alexander Nebesky, Nathan McLeay, Jack Mahonney-Marsh,
Nik Harpur and Mitchell Klien) participated in the Auckland
Regional Competition of the New Zealand Division of the
International History Bee and Bowl. This is an international
History quiz competition that had it’s first run in New Zealand
this year.
Going in as outsiders, the team used their wealth of general
knowledge to compete against some of Auckland’s top
schools including St Peters, Auckland Grammar and Auckland
International College. All five participated in the individual Bee
competition, with 3 placing in the top 10. Alexander Nebesky
made it into the final of this section and finished in 5th place.
The Bowl Competition is the team event made up of 4 rounds
of random history questions. After the round-robin event,
Hillcrest was placed in 4th and had to compete against Auckland
Grammar in the semi-finals to make it into the finals. Victory
saw the team go up against Auckland International College.
It was a tense final with the lead switching between the two
teams on multiple occasions. However, the final round saw
Hillcrest take a commanding lead with several correct answers
in a short space of time to come out as champions. Great work
guys!
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History students hard at work.
BEFORE
AFTER
Sport
Archery
Cycling
Michelle Hommel (Year 10) competed in the Archery New Zealand
National Indoor Championships held in Palmerston North.
After two days of tough competition Michelle came through
the Matchplay to win Bronze in her category. (Intermediate
Women’s Recurve). This was a great achievement as it was
her first major competition. Michelle was calm and composed
under pressure and shot really well. We look forward to seeing
some more great results from her in the future.
With the opening of the new Avantidrome in Cambridge this
year track cycling has become more popular. From Term 2 we
have had training on the track which is great fun and we have
seen a number of riders now accredited to race there.
North Island Secondary Schools competition this year was on
a challenging new course out of Leamington and also included
a track carnival. After having to retire injured in the road
race Tom Medland (Year 11) recovered to come 6th in the U17
scratch race and 7th in the points race. The Wai/BOP road race
was our best result of the year with Tom finishing 2nd.
New Zealand Secondary Schools Individual Cycling Champs saw
Nicole Emslie (Year 12) join Tom to race at Mt Wellington to
race individual time trial, hill climb and points race. They both
competed well despite early morning starts, with Tom finishing
with a GC ranking of 21st and Nicole 33rd in her first road
cycling competition against some very tough competition.
Michelle Hommel
Basketball
After captaining NZ U16 in the
Oceania Champs in January, Logan
Vugler (Year 11) has been named
in a National Development squad.
From here a team will be selected to
compete in the 2015 World Cup.
Tom Medland
Logan Vugler
Bowls - Indoor
Amber McNally and Melita Bargh won the Waikato Secondary
Schools Pairs competition. Hannah White and Isobel van Staden
won the Waikato Secondary Schools Bowl final.
BMX Worlds
Taylor Smith (Year 12),
Lewis Smith (Year 11)
and Jessie Smith (Year
9) represented NZ at the
World UCI BMX Champs in
Rotterdam.
Jessie Smith was placed
2nd in the 13 years 20” and
4th in 16 years cruiser class
– amazing!
Jessie is also in our 1st
XI hockey team and was
placed 2nd in the Year 9
Nicole Emslie
Jessie Smith
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Cross Country
On 28 July the school cross country was held over the university
grounds. Resutls were as follows:
Senior Boys
1st Richard Hart
2nd Ronish Kumar
3rd Cameron McRobie
18:02
18:25
19:07
Intermediate Boys
1st EJ Bai
2nd Josh Henderson
3rd Isaac Boyce
12:11
12:21
12:27
Junior Boys
1st Crae Kinzett-Rolfe
2nd Aaron Imperial
3rd John Flood
13:07
13:36
13:42
Senior Girls
1st Shani Oed
2nd Phoebe Bardoul
3rd Claudia Hurford
13:31
13:44
13:50
Intermediate Girls
1st Jessica Phillips
2nd Rachael Aird
3rd Briar Leith
14:51
15:11
15:17
Junior Girls
1st Kendra Peart-Anderson
2nd Lily Patterson
3rd Megan Henderson
13:37
13:52
14:04
Waikato Secondary Schools competition
Our Waikato Secondary Schools Junior Girls team of Megan
Henderson (Year 9), Lily Patterson (Year 10) and Kendra PeartAnderson (Year 9) were placed 2nd.
Duathlon
This was held on 26 August. The course was shortened this year
to a 2k run/11.5k bike/2k run with over 90 students competing.
While the lead see-sawed in the Senior Boys race between
Tom Medland a nd Cameron McRobie, Phoebe Bardoul won the
Senior Girls race with ease.
Junior Boys
1st
Cameron Harcourt
41min 14sec
2nd
Hamish Keighley
42min 19sec
3rd
William Kingsbury
43min 30sec
Junior Girls
1st
Briar Leith
2nd
Ella Young
3rd
Megan Henderson
43min 51sec
44min 49sec
45min 40sec
Senior Boys
1st
Cameron McRobie
2nd
Tom Medland
3rd
Richard Hart
36min 14sec
37min 4sec
38min 9sec
Senior Girls
1st
Phoebe Bardoul
2nd
Sascha Arai-Swale
3rd
Braidy Lidington
41min 5sec
43min 49sec
44min 10sec
Nicole Emslie was placed 3rd in NZSecondary Schools U19 and
Waikato/Bay of Plenty U19 competition.
Nicole is also going to Australia to compete in the International
Triathlon Union under coach, Sam Warriner who won the ITU
World Cup series in 2008 and is a legend in the sport.
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Football Representatives
Congratulations to Kira Frank (Year 10) and Chelsi Rys (Year
9) for selection in the U14 Waikato team. Also Anina Peresson
(Year 9) for selection in the U13 Waikato team.
Kira Frank
Chelsi Rys
Anina Peresson
Golf
Emma Walton (Year 10) continues to achieve. In the St Andrews
Junior Open she won net girls.
Gym Sports
NZ Secondary Schools Trampolining
EJ Bai (Year 11)
competed against
9
athletes
in
the “Men’s Elite
Division” gaining
Bronze in his first
year in this sport.
The winner of
this competition
is
representing
NZ at the Junior
Olympics and the
second place getter competing at the “Worlds”. EJ will now
attempt to qualify for the national team.
Karate
Hockey
National Representative
The co-captain and goalie of our Girls 1st X1, Hazel Burroughs
(Year 13), has been selected in the NZ U18 training squad.
Joshua
Martinsen
(Year
9) competed in the NZS
Secondary Schools Champs and
won bronze in the U15. He also
competed in the NZ champs in the
12/13 years over 45 Kgs where he
won gold. On top of this he has
also been selected for the NZ
Karate team which is heading to
Fiji for the Oceania Champs. This
success is immense, you should be
very proud of yourself!
Joshua Martinsen
Netball
Representatives
Hazel Burroughs - Goalie
The following students have been named in Representative
teams for 2014:
Open A competed over 3 weeks in the Wintec WBOP SS Netball
Champs. For the first 2 Sundays they played 4 games which
were a real test of stamina. Over to the Mount for the 3rd day
where they scraped into the finals defeating Trident by 1 goal.
They were then defeated by nemesis, Sacred Heart, in the final
game to come R/U.
3 Girls were named in the 8 man Tournament Team:Lyanne Eukaliti (Year 10) – Defender of the Tournament
Zeana Mansell (Year 13) & Fiesola Puamau.(Year 11) – Shooter
of the Tournament
Wiakato U18 Girls – Maia Peart-Anderson (Year 12)
Acacia Kelson (Year 11)
Waikato U15A – Kendra Peart–Anderson (Year 9)
Olivia Yung (Year 10)
Waikato U15 Development – Briar Wharry (Year 10)
Thames Valley Girls’ - Tara Newman (Year 11)
Shanelle Reeve (Year 10)
The team displayed some outstanding skill and team-work.
Team Results
Final placing’s for teams this year in the Midlands Secondary
schools competition and Waikato competitions:
Girls 1st XI (Midlands Division 1) – 5th Place
Boys 1st XI (Midlands Division 2) – 8th Place
Boys 2nd XI (Waikato D Grade) – 5th Place
Girls 2nd XI (Waikato B Grade) – 9th Place
Girls 3rd XI (Waikato D Grade) – 6th Place
Thank you to all the coaches and managers who have supported
the teams this year. The Hillcrest High Hockey Club and players
really appreciate your time and effort.
Howick Exchange
The annual sports exchange with Howick College took place
on 23 July at Hillcrest. A variety of sports were played and the
following table shows the results.
Activity
Hillcrest
Howick
Win
Badminton
8
0
W
Badminton
8
0
W
Basketball Boys
79
62
W
Football Boys
0
2
Loss
L
Football Girls
6
0
W
Hockey Boys
3
1
W
Hockey Girls
15
0
W
W
Netball
73
45
Rugby
6
7
L
Touch Mixed
0
3
L
7
3
Hillcrest won the exchange by 7 games to 3, and have won the
exchange for the last 3 years.
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Road Race
These races are held annually over a circuit set around the
school neighbour. the Year 9 races were held on 27 June.
Year 11 Races held on the 22 August
Year 9 Girls
1. Kendra Peart-Anderson
17min 32sec
2. Jessie Smith
18min 33sec
3. Megan Henderson
18min 56sec
4. Jana Kivel
19min
5. Anja Kuys
19min 26sec
6. Anina Peresson
19min 47sec
7. Claudia Leitgeb
20min 41sec
8. Eilidh Huggan
21min 1sec
9. Alex Win
21min 9sec
10. Cassie Oughton
21min 10sec
Year 11 Boys - 104 runners
1st Sam Dickson
16.06
2nd Fabio Waksman
16.07
3rd Lewis Smith
16.26
4th Sasha Wallbank
16.35
5th Hanbin Jeong
16.40
6th Luke Schwarz
16.48
7th CJ Smith
16.58
8th Jordan Bird17.03
9th Joshua Murphy
17.06
10th Zed Smith
17.13
Year 9 Boys
1. Crae Kinzett-Rolfe
2. Abdul Suleiman
3. Jet Lim
4. Ben Pizzini
5. Kayel Neagle
6. Harrison MacKenzie
7. Jaxon Wright
8. Jack Phillips
9. A Brendon McCutchan
10. Matyas Volf
Year 11 Girls - 105 runners (only 88 in 2013)
1st Juliet Johnson
16.06
2nd Paige Hallam
16.07
3rd Hannah McWhannell
16.26
4th Sascha Arai-Swale
16.35
5th Rebecca Pickering
16.40
6th Acacia Kelsen
16.48
7th Madison Wright
16.58
8th Aliesha McKillop
17.03
9th Michelle Orchard
17.06
10th Tara Newman
17.13
16min
16min
16min
17min
17min
17min
17min
18min
18min
18min
24sec
49sec
51sec
14sec
15sec
52sec
59sec
2sec
6sec
53sec
Waikato Secondary School Ski and Snowboard Champs
The Waikato Secondary School Ski and Snowboard Champs were
held at Turoa recently and Hillcrest sent down one of the largest
teams with 18 competitors across the two disciplines. The weather
gods turned on a spectacular day so snow conditions were great
for both the slope style (jumps, rails etc) and the slalom (racing
through gates) events.
All of the Hillcrest competitors represented the school by giving
their best effort however two stood out from the other. In the ski
slope style Jay Orman came back to defend the title he won last
year and managed to gain a silver medal. Alistair McLeay had a
fantastic day winning silver medals in both the snowboard slope
style and slalom events. He was genuinely unlucky not to win gold
in the slalom as he recorded the fastest individual time but a slight
fall in his second run meant he dropped slightly behind the eventual
winner.
Jay Orman - right
Both the ski and snowboard teams now turn their focus to their
respective North Island competitions to be held at the same venue
in mid-September, good luck to all!
Jay Orman
Alistair McLeay - right
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Alistair McLeay
Swimming
Braidy Lidington (Year 12) has just competed at the 2014
National Spring Age Groups Champs. Braidy had two 10th
placings, a 12th and 15th place including two personal best
times. Well done Braidy.
Rugby
Rugby has once again had another successful year at Hillcrest
High School. We fielded 5 teams and for the first time in a long
time we fielded a Girls 1st XV.
Volleyball
Montana Catering Hillcrest High School 1st XV finished 3rd in
the Warren Gatland Division of the Waikato Secondary Schools
1st XV Competition. The team set some high goals for 2014 and
lost their semi-final play off in a nail biter vs Forest View 20
– 14 meaning the team missed out on the final. The boys have
put huge amounts of effort into this season and should proud
of the culture they have created and the way way they have
influenced their peers within Hillcrest High School.
Boys: Albert Chen, Dylan Gonano, Kyle Masters, Natch
Sadindum, Jacky Sek and Josh Sprosen.
Girls: Girls A - Rebecca Endres, Ciara Fee, Xanthe Garahy, Kristina Emson and Tyler Hurn
Girls B - Kacey Bennet,
Hillcrest High School 2nd XV had an up and down season. Losing
several games by just a few points meant that they missed out
on semi final spots. The team had wins of Hamilton Christian
School and Te Awamutu throughout the season. There is some
promising players coming through from this team who will push
for 1st XV spots in 2015.
Target Shooting
Kacey McCabe-Shaw (Year 11) made the North Island Junior
target shooting team and was a reserve for the ladies team
competing in Blenheim. Congratulations Kacey.
There have been trials for the Waikato U17 Volleyball team and
we have had 12 students selected from Hillcrest!
These teams will play in the Inter-Provincial Champs in Auckland
on the 6-7th of October.
It’s amazing to have 12 players from Hillcrest being selected!!!
Congratulations and good luck for the IPC competition.
Water Polo
Brogan Houghton and Holly Jonson were selected for the NZ
Youth Women’s Water Polo Team.
They travelled to Europe to represent New Zealand at a
tournament in Hungary and then on to
the World Women’s Youth Champs in Madrid (Spain)where they
played against very experienced teams.
This squad will work towards the Olympics in 2018. What a
wonderful experience!
Hillcrest High School U15 finished the season strongly and put
in a real team effort vs Hamilton Boys High School. Although
they began to hit their peak in the last few rounds they had
numerous close losses and suffered from injuries and players
withdrawing throughout the year. Credit must go to coach
Steve Harcourt and his team for their commitment throughout
a tough season.
Hillcrest High School U14’s showed a lot of promise during 2014
and the future of Hillcrest High School Rugby looks in good
hands. They finished round robin in 5th spot narrowly missing
the top 4. The team showed huge determination when missing
key players who were away on the Great Barrier Experience.
Well done to all players involved.
Rugby Representatives
The girls XV showed huge courage and determination in which
for many was their first year of rugby. Coming up against
National Champions Hamilton Girls’ High School was a highlight
for many. Coach and Black Fern Teresa Te Tamaki has indicated
her willingness to continue in 2015 and continue to build on
their experiences in 2015.
Rugby Prizegiving
Huge thanks must go to all coaches and managers for the 2014
season. Without their contribution rugby at Hillcrest High
School would not be in such a good position.
Four Hillcrest 1st XV players were selected and played for the
Hamilton U18 team this year. Congratulations to Tim Amai,
Jono Cook, Kauruki and Adam Ratcliffe.
1st XV
Player of the Year
2nd XV
Player of the Year
U15
Player of the Year
U14 Player of the Year
Girls Rugby
Player of the Year
Tim Amai
Ethan Joblin
Edward Harrison
Durrell Fatupaito
Erin Parker
Ethan Joblin & Ben Tameifuna
Team haka for Tim Amai
Thanks to the following sponsors for their
support of Rugby at Hillcrest High School
Edward Harrison &
Joe Walsh
Durrell Fatupaito &
Brian Alainu’uese
Erin Parker &
Ben Tameifuna
HILLCREST
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Tournament Week
- Monday 1 to Friday 5 September
Congratulations to Boys and Girls Hockey, Boys and Girls
Football - Girls
Football, Boys Basketball and Netball who participated in the
annual winter tournament week from 1st to 5th August. For
many of our students winter tournament week is the highlight
of their sporting experience as our students compete against
some of the top sports teams and schools from throughout
New Zealand. Thank you to staff, parents and members of the
community who coached, managed and supported our teams
during the week. During the week I visited the Girls Football,
Boys Basketball and Boys Hockey, while Mr Johl (Deputy
Principal) visited the Boys Football and Netball.
Kelvin Whiting
Principal
Basketball - Boys
Zone 2 Tournament - Tauranga
Four Days of Basketball, 24 Teams all fighting for the top 6
places to qualify for Nationals.
A tournament with everything you can ask in a great Movie
coming to the fore.
Full of thrills, skills, action, comedy and an emotional roller
coaster with a thrilling close loss of 3 games out of 8 and as a
result finishing in 12th place.
Hillcrest were the talk of the tournament making a name with
one of the most outstanding displays of shooting that players,
coaches, managers, referees and spectator have ever seen.
Lotima Vaioleti, who had to step up after injuries and sickness
hit 3 of our tall players, performed outstandingly.
A thrilling display by all players and an excellent example of
those who represent Hillcrest High School with real pride.
Tal Iuli - Coach
Football - Boys
Rex Dawkins Tournament - New Plymouth
After a challenging year of transition, following the majority of
the experienced 2013 side departing Hillcrest High School, the
1st XI Football Boys managed an outstanding 13th place – one
of the best results in the last 10 years.
Led by inspirational captain, Jacob Rotton, the team showed
spirit and determination recording four wins against top
opposition. Nick Houghton played every minute at centre back
which provided a foundation for the great results.
Natch Sadindum was named team MVP by our opponents after
fantastic performances and Sasha Wallbank finished Hillcrest’s
top goal scorer with six.
The team showed great belief throughout the week, winning
afternoon matches after suffering defeats in morning
encounters. The stand-out result was the penultimate pool
play match against Rotorua Lakes when Hillcrest scored the
winning goal with two minutes remaining to win 3-2.
The performances from mostly year 11 and 12 students provide
for a bright future for the 1st XI at Hillcrest High School in
2015.
Josh Groom - Coach
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Premier National Tournament - Taupo
Our first game saw us start strongly against St Marys with a
3-0 win, followed by a nail biting 2-3 loss to last years runners
up - Rangitoto.
Having just missed out of the top 16 we fought on to gain a
respectable placing. Struck with injuries our younger players
had to step up which enabled them to gain valuable experience
at this level. Great saves were made by our goalkeeper Georgia
Williams who was named MVP of the team.
A huge thank you to coaches, Emma Baker and Dominic Smith
Hodgson, as well as manager, Cynthia Pfeffer.
For the second year running we won the Fair Play Award for the
tournament which reflects our sportsmanship.
Overall a week of ups and downs, great fun and experience for
2015.
Claudia Hurford - Captain
Hockey - Boys
Olympic Stick Tournament - Whakatane
The 1st XI’s final placing of fourth also carried the highly sought
after automatic promotion place to the Tier 3 tournament in
2015. Ably led by Estian Hattingh, the team went through pool
play unbeaten and won the quarter final on a sudden death
penalty shootout. The last two games were a bridge too far
but the team fought on admirably as injury and fatigue set in.
Lewis Smith finished as joint top scorer in the tournament with
seven goals, while Giles Lusty made some outstanding saves in
goal.
The boys have been well looked after in terms of coaching
staff this year with Ryan Brewer as head coach assisted by Ben
Coxhead during the regular season and Richard Baggs stepping
in to the lead role during tournament week. Many thanks go to
Karen Floyd for her work as Manager this season.
Hockey - Girls
Netball
After having placed 2nd at the tier 3 Chic Gilmour Tournament
in 2013, we were promoted to 15th in the draw and heading
into a very competitive week.
Open A Netball girls travelled to Henderson in Auckland
to compete in the Upper North Island Secondary Schools
Tournament.
All the Girls stepped up to the challenge with some tough
pool play, pulling 2 good wins to start the week! The highlight
for us all would have to be our 1- 0 win over Tauranga Girls
High School who had won our local Midlands Secondary School
Intercity Competition the week before. Having won our pool,
we secured our position in the top 8 and entry to the 2015
combined tier 1 tournament!
We had an awesome start to our week, being undefeated in the
first three games. However, in our cross-overs we faced Sacred
Heart and St Kentigans - two very talented teams who were
eventually placed 2nd and 3rd - and unfortunately couldn’t
conquer them despite a valiant effort.
Tier 2 Marie Fry Tournament - Whangarei
We were up against Whangarei Girls High School in the crossover,
a tough game, where we put up an admirable challenge, against
a team who would go on to win the tournament.
We finished the week in 8th position.
Special thanks must go to our Coach Matt Rees Gibbs, Assistant
Coach Kate Kernaghan and Manager Lynette Burroughs for
guiding us through another successful Season.
Best wishes to our four yr 13’s who depart this year, Hazel
Burroughs, Simone Deverson, Ashleigh Frandi and Sarah Mackie.
Thank you for your significant contributions to our Hillcrest
Girls Hockey Team.
Upper North Island Tournament - Auckland
This left us with one last chance to make our goal of coming in
the top 10. With much determination we were able to achieve
this by winning our last two games convincingly 41-19 & 43-20.
Over-all we had an amazing week only losing three games out
of 10 and coming a respectable 9th out of the 120 teams there!
We were unlucky to have missed out on top 8 and were only
three places off making nationals. This is the best Hillcrest has
done in a number of years.
All the girls played a very high level of netball especially Zeana
Mansell with her awesome deception, Fiesola Puamau our
top goal shooter, with her shooting statistics peaking at 100%
accuracy and lastly Phoebe Bardoul who played outstandingly
all week and was our player of the tournament.
UNISS this year was an awesome way for myself and the other 5
year 13’s to finish off a great netball season. So huge thanks to
our dedicated coach Mrs Priscott, our manager Dianne and Miss
Pollard for putting up with our crazy antics.
Lastly, HUGE thank you to the girls for an unforgettable season,
I am honoured to say I had the chance to captain you all and
wish you all the best for next year.
Leilani Baker – Captain and the player whose punch through
was awesome
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Trips / Camps
Mud Run Challenge
On August 15 the Year 10 and 11 Sports Development classes
ventured to Rotorua where they took on the Tough Guy/Gal
Mud Run Challenge.
The bus trip had an air of apprehension and nerves but once
the bright uniforms went on the excitement built up. The
music at the startline helped pump everyone up ready for the
challenge.
The students all had an awesome time and conquered the
challenging course. There was lots of fun and laughter and hard
work.
Special thanks to Mr Kennedy, Mr Eynon, Mr Richardson, Ms
Weiss (who competed!) and Mr T for their help in making it
happen.
Geography Trip
Geographers went to Waitomo to study Tourism Development
as pzart of their Level 3 programme.
There was a tour of the Glow-worm Cave that attracts around
half a million people
each year and a visit
to Woodlyn Park for
the Billy Black show
which is a mixture
of
education,
technology
and
comedy.
The highlight of
the trip - Black
Water
Rafting.
This combination of caving, canyoning and rafting down an
underground stream is unique to Waitomo and one of the most
enjoyable adventure activities in the country.
Billy Black Show
Making the eel
Hannah Dunn
Hillcrest High School would like to thank Fuji Xerox for
assistance with the production of this newsletter
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