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 6 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 7 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. 8 ARTWORK - KATIE WORTHINGTON Y12 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 9 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 10