Untitled - Bream Bay College

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TABLE OF cOnTEnTs
4 sTAFF 11 sEniOr 16 inTEr-
principAL prizEgiving hOusE
BOT cOmps
20 yrs 7/8 24 yrs 9/10 26 yrs 11/12
A Big ThAnKyOu TO miKE sWOrDs
FOr his FAnTAsTic
phOTOs in This mAgAzinE
28 yr 13 32 sEniOr 34 cuLTurAL
cAmps shOWs
42 schOOL 46 sAmOA 48 suBJEcTs
BALL
68 spOrT 88 WhAnAu
sTAFF
BOARD OF TRUSTEES: cunninghAm John, BA, GDipArts, DipTchg - HOD
English
mcQuEEn Jane - chairperson, hEiWAri Derek - vice
chairperson, gOrDOn selina, JAcOBsOn heather, cOOpEr gwyneth, BSc, DipEdStud, DipTchg - HOD
miLLEr Jimmy, sWOrDs mike, rAmAri pirihi, Science
WHAANGA Rea, MACGREGOR Fiona - Staff Trustee,
FOsTEr victoria, BTchg - HOD Yr 7&8
MARRINER Tayla /CRAWLEY Scott - Student Trustee,
WEBB Beverley - secretary hArringTOn Daniel, BEd, DipTchg - HOD Physical Ed
hEnArE Betty, BA, DipTchg - HOD Maori
SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM:
LOgAn Allan, TTC - HOD Mathematics
PRINCIPAL
ryLAnD stevie, Dip Txt Fab, DipTchg - HOD
BucKLAnD Wayne, JP, BSc, PGDipSM, DipTchg
Technology
PRINCIPALS PA & OFFICE MANAGER scOTT Tracey, BA, DipTchg - HOD Art
WEBB Beverley
WAErEA rose, BA (History), TTC - HOD Social Sciences
DEPUTY PRINCIPALS
DALgLEish Alison, MEd (Hons), PGDipSM, DipTchg TEACHING STAFF:
HAYWARD Sandra, TTC, PGDipEdLM BAKEr Tony, BRS, Dip Tchg - Geography
BAyEr mark, MA(Hons), Dip Tchg BAirD samantha, MSc, GDipEd - Chemistry
nAThAn rose, DipTchg, GDipEd BAYER Lynda, B Hort, DipTchg - Horticulture
E PRINCIPAL BrOWn Katherine, BA, Dip Tchg - English
ALEXAnDEr-BEnnETT, carolyn, DipTchg, TTC,
BucKLAnD Beverley, BSc, DipTchg - Mathematics
DipICTED
COLL Huia, BSc, DipTchg - Science
DEANS:
D’ATh gina, B.Ed - Gateway
BucKLE Ella, BEd - Yr 7&8
FAYNE Lucy, BSc (Hons), PGCE - Science, Biology, NZQA
ByrnE sara, BA(Hons), PGCE - Technology
hOWArD Emma, BEd - Yr 7&8
BrADshAW, sherilyn, BAEd - English
LEE Gordon, TTC - Music
SHELFORD Junie, DipTchg - Year 1/8 Bilingual
mAynE Jo, BEd(Hons) - Dance, Physical Education
mAcgrEgOr Fiona, BTchLn, PGDipEdLM - Yr 7&8, SCT
HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS:
mccuLLy Kathleen, B Maori Dev, DipTchg - Yr 7&8
BrOWn scott, BMA(Music), DipTchg - HOD Music
miLTOn vivienne, BSc, GradDipTchg, DipHerbMed (Hons)
cuLLEn phil, MBA, BBMgt, Dig Tchg, SAFin, MNZIM
- Science
- Acting HOD Social Studies
4 pOWELL Franceine, BCApSc, DipTchg - Snr Food
Technology, Hospitality Jr Art
REYNOLDS Susan, BEd(Tchg), MCouns - Guidance
Counsellor, Careers Advisor
scOBiE-JEnnings Emma, MEd Tchg - GATE
sim peter, MComp Hons, BSc, DipTchg - Digital
Technologies SIMS Sue, Th, DipPharm,
CertSci(math), DipTchg - Mathematics
sTEmmET Brigitte, BSc, BEd, DipTchg - Mathematics

ThOrnhiLL Jennie, BPhEd (Hons) DipTchg - Physical
Education, Dance
WiLLiAms Karen, NZCD (Archit), DipTchg - Design &
Visual (Graphics) Jr Food Tech
SUPPORT STAFF:
BEcKhAm Liane - Cleaner
BURROWS Lindsey - Librarian
BEEsTOn Liz - Teacher Aide
cArrAn megan - Sports Co-ordinator
hiTA harriet - Cleaner
HITA Tauwira - Teacher Aide
huTchinsOn Liz - Cleaner
LEA megan - Administration
mcFADDEn vern - Cleaner
mODrich hannah - Teacher Aide
murrAy Deborah - Teacher Aide
nichOLAs vicki - Teacher Aide
pOTTOn Dink - Teacher Aide
sAnDFOrD Katrina - Finance Manager
sprAgg matthew - Caretaker
vALLi phillipa - Cafe Assistant
WOODs Annmarie - Finance Officer (now departed)
WOrThingTOn Travis - Administration
yOung Donna - Cafe Manager 5
toward Deep Learning under the lead of internationally
acclaimed education change expert Michael Fullan.
Our first change was to swap to using the NPDL
international learning competencies referred to as
principALs the 6c’s. These are citizenship, character, creativity,
Communication, Collaboration, and Critical Thinking
rEpOrT
and Problem Solving in place of the New Zealand
Curriculum Key Competencies. Year 7 and 8 have
adjusted to the much more rigorous assessment of the
6Cs and improved overall but year 9 and 10 students
have struggled with the increased expectations. The
end result of the focus on the 6Cs will be students who
are more self-directed in their learning and students
who are more employable.
College Roll The college roll on the 1st of
March was 454. The roll for 2017 is expected to Alongside this we have continued our neuroscience
be in excess of 470 students. Our guaranteed journey with whole staff professional development on
minimum roll from the Ministry of Education for how the teenage brain works and a matching community
2017 is 445. We changed the enrolment process evening. The work with Feuerstein methods continues
for year 7 students from visits to local primary but it is hard to draw concrete conclusions as when
school to inviting parents and students into the students start to feel more focused and in control of
college to enrol. This was well received and we their learning they want to move back to their classes.
will continue to do this from now on.
Leveraging digital is an integral part of NPDL and we
are pleased with the transitions made this year towards
using digital devices to enhance learning. The areas
Academic
where we consider ourselves to be starting to make
y11 y12 y13 uE progress are around presenting learning and learning
partners.
2015 BBc 81.4% 78.6% 64.0% 52%
Lastly we are looking to improve our already impressive
2015 national 74.4% 76.4% 6 2 . 7 %
academic tracking to include specific tracking of the
48.6%
learning competencies and further analysis of existing
2015 Difference +7.0 +2.2 +1.3 +3.4 results in terms of gains and drops that are automatically
graded into categories such as neutral, down, concern,
2014 Difference +6 +10.8 +2.3 +6.4
major concern, critical concern and up, pleasing
2013 Difference +5.1 +2.4 -3.5 +7.8 increase, major increase, amazing increase. This will
2012 Difference +5.7 +3.7 -4.8 +6.4 ensure that progress up and down is responded to in
the appropriate way.
The College was happy with its NCEA results for
2015 with all averages being better than national Co-curricular The college year continues to be
averages. There were 17 Senior 100+ Club packed with co-curricular activities and our students
members and 46 Junior 100+ Club members in continue to excel at the highest levels. The Inter-house
2015. We are on track for 28 Senior 100+ Club competition has been strongly contested again this
members and 43 Junior 100+ Club members year. Congratulations to Inverness for taking out the
for 2016. Our year 13 students continue to be competition for the third year in a row. We continue the
successful with Scholarship applications which move towards more student voice in what is happening
this year include an Otago University Scholarship and greater levels of organisation and control by the
worth up to $45,000, Keystone Scholarship students. Our Te Tuinga Concert with a drama thread
$20,000, Auckland University Scholarship weaving it all together was a tremendous success.
$10,000 and an AUT McDonalds Te Tai Tokerau The Music night showed off our quality performers.
Scholarship $12,500. We had two students dance at the Military Tattoo in
Wellington and the new music sensation the Panimals
Bream Bay College officially joined the NPDL
is growing in status and skill level. The Samoa trip ran
(New Pedagogies for Deep Learning) Global
successfully with 17 students gaining memories that
group which is a global alliance of schools working
will last a lifetime. higashi senior high school sent 14
students and two teachers to visit our school and we
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will return to Osaka Japan to visit in 2017.
The change to the bell times to allow for a longer
Whanau time in the afternoon, 30 minutes, and one less
class change in the morning has been updated to two
5 minute session in the mornings and three 25 minute
sessions in the afternoons. This is still in discussion for
2017 but student surveys now show better interactions
between seniors and juniors.
We have had a major focus this year on respectful
language. The first step was to sort out what was
respectful language and this proved a little more difficult
than expected. Having got a common understanding
we are now moving towards eliminating language that
is not respectful from the College. This will continue in
2017.
will last a lifetime. higashi senior high school Staffing 2016 has been a relatively stable year for
sent 14 students and two teachers to visit our staffing. We have appointed a new HoD Maori - Milton
school and we will return to Osaka Japan to visit Ross and a new Science teacher - Megan Stalmann
in 2017. for 2017 and we are in the process of appointing a
new HoD English and a new HoD Social Sciences. We
Looking to the future the year 13 Leadership
have had a recent change in year 7 and 8 and will also
Camp for 2017 will move closer to home and we
appoint a new year 7/8 teacher.
will have our year 9 and 10 students go out for
a day each to work with our seniors. The year 9 As a Principal I can tell you that we have outstanding
and 10 programme will now include a camp and teaching staff, support staff, middle managers and
movies night every second year in line with the senior managers who are both supportive and focused
year 7 and 8 programme. And we will continue to on improving the College. I thank them all for their hard
increase student voice and organisational roles. work.
In 2017 we will host the 41st Tai Tokerau Festival. Buildings 2016 has been a relatively quiet year on
Organisation for this is well under way. the building front. We have refurbished the swimming
pool seating, removed some gardens and reshaped
Special congratulations: To Alien Weaponry
some centre of the school areas, made adjustments
our thrash metal band made up of two of our
to the mezzanine area in the gym and installed half
students and one student from another school.
of our outdoor exercise equipment. The balance of
They are the first band to win the Rockquest
the equipment will be installed around the fields over
National & Pacifica Beats Awards in the same
Christmas when they are dryer and the concrete trucks
year and the youngest band to win either award.
will not make a mess. importing this gear from china
The 2016 stage challenge performance won the
has meant that the College has been able to totally fund
local competition with awards for choreography,
it from applications to trusts. We have now started on
drama, set design & function, environmental or
the process of updating our 10 year plan and producing
social awareness, school initiative, stage crew,
a new 5 year plan that will allow us to start on new
stage use, performance skill and concept. The
building projects mid 2017.
performance also won the National Award for
Drama. The new OSH laws came into effect this year and there
have been considerable changes to the way we operate.
Pastoral systems The DPs, Deans and Whanau
These are mostly changes that should have been in
teachers have been stepping up the work done
place previously but for various reasons have not. The
with students who are identified as at risk.
new law does not alter what good practice looks like but
Attendance to all classes will be a focus area for
has altered how lack of good practice is dealt with.
2017. This will be backed with a change in our
systems that will prevent a student gaining credits
at both Junior Diploma level and NCEA level if
The new Whare is getting closer. One school house has
they have not attended more than 80% of the
been sold and another one is in negotiations between
periods. We expect the individual analysis of the
government departments on the price. Our Architects
6Cs to give our pastoral team better insights into
are working on the drawings so the project can be
what to do to assist students at risk and improve
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their learning competencies.
The new Whare is getting closer. One school house Financial The Board agreed to a budget with a cash
has been sold and another one is in negotiations surplus of $85,000 this year. We are on track to achieve
between government departments on the price. this.
Our Architects are working on the drawings so
We have maintained 2 Japanese students from Jin-ai
the project can be consented and then it is just a
Girls High School in Japan for 2016 and will have 1 in
case of managing the project in a timely fashion.
2017.
Our aim is to have it functional for the Tai Tokerau
Festival. Board Changes The Board completed the review of
the Strategic Plan in 2015 and we have been full steam
We have added some bar height tables and stools
ahead on the new plan for 2016. The triennial elections
to most rooms in the school with half of the tables
took place in May and the elected board members
having whiteboard tops. We will add more diverse
are Selina Gordon, Jimmy Miller, Derek Heiwari,
types of furniture to classrooms again at the start
Jane McQueen, Mike Swords, Fiona Macgregor and
of next year.
Tayla Marriner. Heather Jacobson joined the board
Going digital Steady progress is being made on through the selection process and Ramari Pirihi and
our digital journey. Staff are to be congratulated on Rea Whaanga have been recently co-opted as Maori
their work to date. Our digital footprint increased trustees. Welcome to Scott Crawley as Student Trustee
enough to require an upgrade from a 100mb to from October.
a 500mb fibre connection. There were some
A big thank you to outgoing board members Peter van
teething troubles with our wireless setup but these
Cingel, a previous board chair (1 term) and to Graham
have been sorted and now there are minimal
Hargreaves the previous board chair (2 terms) for their
connectivity issues.
service to the community.
The most common question from parents is still
The College thanks its board members for all of their
what ICT device to buy. Any tablet, apple or android
efforts.
4 or above, will do the job for students from year
7 to midway through year 10. Mid to late year 10 Thanks The role of a Principal is both varied and
to year 13 a laptop becomes the better option for exciting. It has been a pleasure working with staff,
students. Students are adept at using any sort students and the community to help ensure that Bream
of device and can make very worthwhile use of Bay College is a top performing school. I would like to
phones, tablets or laptops, all at the same time, wish all of our senior students good luck in their exams
by taking advantage of their individual strengths. (remember good luck is 80% prior work and 20% what
In most cases students just use whichever device happens on the day), those that are leaving exciting
is the closest. As a Principal I consistently use two and fruitful futures and thank all of our Staff and Board
laptops, a smart phone and a tablet and I would for their efforts in making the College the place it is.
not like this selection reduced in any way. We will
publish via email to parents further information on
Wayne Buckland
devices before the end of 2016. There are some
exciting changes coming with computers with principal
digital styluses that will make them a preferred
Bream Bay college
type of purchase for older students.
PTA A big thank you to the PTA and to our
Caretaker who have worked on the grounds
through working bees this year. The gardens
are looking wonderful and the tidying up of our
boundaries by the removal of noxious trees is
starting to look good also.
The PTA’s major fund raiser, the “Tides Out Fun
Run & Walk” was a tremendous success with
450 people taking part. We look forward to this
continuing to grow.
The major focus of PTA meetings is getting to
know about the College and the debates are lively.
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youngest band to win these competitions but they are
also the first to win both competitions. Congratulations
to Henry and Lewis de Jong and Alien Weaponry.
BOT
This year, outdoor exercise equipment was purchased.
Half of the equipment has been installed beside
the Horticulture / Gymnasium area. The rest will be
installed around the fields over Christmas. It has been
a significant learning curve importing the gear directly
from China but the savings to the school are huge;
$40k, and we have more equipment than we thought
we would be able to purchase.
The Board’s project to build a new whare at the front
atena koutou katoa
of the school has gained momentum. We are finally
nearing the end of the sale process for 2 of our school
houses which will net the college $400,000 to be spent
The Board provides the direction of the college on the new whare. It has been a long process but the
in collaboration with the community and the staff. Board is now hopeful that, with the school managing the
At our most recent meeting we reviewed our project to save costs, the building will be built by the end
strategic goals and confirmed that they were still of term one next year.
valid.
New Scholarship
Significant Achievements
We wish to acknowledge Helen and Bruce Matheson
The academic progress of our students is for donating $55,000 to create a new Scholarship for
paramount. The Board is pleased to be able to the college to be known as the “Harvey Abercrombie
confirm that the expected academic results for Scholarship.” A maximum of $5000 per year will be
2016 are better than our 2015 results which were awarded until the capital and interest is depleted.
all above the national averages. We receive This will be awarded to a student or students studying
updates on achievement at each Board meeting. towards qualifications related to the primary industries.
Our systems are good enough that, as a Board,
Current issues
we can confidently comment on expected results.
We are moving closer to all students having a digital
In the past students were assessed for key
device. The Board is keen to see some definitive data
competencies. This year a change was made and
on this and to explore options, should they be needed,
students are now assessed for the 6C’s which
to make sure students are not disadvantaged. Currently
are deemed to be attributes that employers want
through our computer pods we have between 7 and 9
in their employees. The 6c’s are to be able to
terminals available in all classrooms.
communicate clearly, work collaboratively, think
critically, embrace culture, develop creativity How does one do it? We are successfully accelerating
and utilise connectivity. We always ask for the learning of students who come into our school 3 or
improvements and we look forward to seeing 4 years below their year level to a stage where they
further improved results with this change to can achieve ncEA level 2 in year 12 or the beginning
tracking the 6C’s and the ability to identify of year 13. The challenge is to accelerate them further
students’ risk levels. so that they achieve the qualification easily and have
pathways into NCEA level 3 and further education.
The college is well known for its performing arts
abilities and all students are to be congratulated
for this. This year there were two exceptional
results that I wish to draw attention to. First, our
stage challenge performance winning the local
competition and then also taking out the National
Award for Drama and second, two of our students
are in the band Alien Weaponry which won both
the Smokefree Rockquest and the Pacifica Beats ARTWORK - ISAAC HUNTER Y13
national competitions. not only are they the
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secretary Bev Webb.
The board is confident that the focus on deep I would like to thank the outgoing Board members for
learning will produce results for these students. their service to the College, to student Trustee Tayla
It is thanks to our teachers, the development Marriner; we wish her well for her future; to Peter van
of individual learning programmes and to the Cingal who served one term and was chairperson last
students themselves that this is being achieved. year and to Graham Hargreaves who served for two
terms and was chairperson for four of those years.
The College has commenced its process of working
with the Ministry of Education to create a new 10- On behalf of the Board, thank you also Principal,
year property plan and a new 5-year agreement Wayne Buckland and staff of Bream Bay College. As
which will see significant work undertaken once Board members we learn just how much you do for our
again in the College. The Board has two more students. And finally the students, farewell to all of you
school houses in the disposal process which will who are leaving, may your futures be bright and happy.
contribute an extra $800,000 to the approximately
I would like to end my report with a whakatauki that I
$900,000 being provided by the Ministry of
recently read. It sums up the Board and I think each
Education. We are hoping to get agreement to
classroom and the school as a whole. It means it takes
use the bulk of this money to remove the prefabs
all kinds of people.
in the middle of the school and build an innovative
learning block for the year 7 and 8 classes. E koekoe te tūī, e ketekete te kākā, e kūkū te kereru
The creation of halls of Fame for the college, The tui chatters, the parrot gabbles, the wood pigeon
where we recognise achievements at the highest coos.
levels, is part of our Strategic Plan but due to many
Jane McQueen.
reasons has not progressed. We look forward to
No reira, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa
the College displaying proudly the achievements
of its past pupils for all to see.
The board was pleased to see the College take
on the role of running the Tai Tokerau Festival for
2017 and we are sure that it will be remembered
as positively as our last hosted festival in 2007.
The teaching staff and community groups are well
down the track with organisation. It is hoped that
the Whare will be built in time for the festival.
Board Update
The triennial elections took place in May. Although
we have six places, only five parents were willing
to take on the responsibilities of being a Trustee,
Selena Gordon, Derek Heiwari, Jimmy Millar,
Mike Swords and myself. We then went through
the formal selection process and gained Heather
Jacobson. Fiona MacGregor was voted on as the
teacher Trustee. Since then, the annual election
of the student Trustee has taken place with Scott
Crawley being elected. At our most recent meeting
we co-opted two Māori representatives onto the
Board, Ramari Pirihi and Rea Tipene.
I would like to take this opportunity to welcome our
newest members. We are now a Board of
ARTWORK - NADIA MCDONALD Y13
12 including our Principal, Wayne Buckland and
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