Congratulations to the Senior Girls' Canoe Polo team who competed at the Canoe Polo Nationals held over the weekend 16-18 March. The team consisting of Ellan Babbage, Sophia Babbage, Helena McLachlan, Annelies Orme, Bianca Trewick and Molly Turnball competed in the First Division and played well against some tough competition finishing 8th overall. Congratulations girls; you represented your school admirably.
In order to ensure students have plenty of access to the art facilities, the Art Department will be open 3.15pm to 5pm on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons.
On Saturday 17 March, a team of 21 of Awatapu’s finest athletes competed at the Manawatu Inter-Secondary Schools Athletics. The team returned with three titles and 11 placings - an outstanding achievement! The following students also qualified for the North Island Inter-Secondary School Athletics: Noah Macdermid, Amelia McKay and Kyann Williams. Notable results were:
1st Places:
Amelia McKay - Junior Girls Long Jump
Kyann Williams - Junior Girls Discus
Noah Macdermid - Open Boys 3000m
2nd Places:
Kyann Williams - Junior Girls Triple Jump
Noah Macdermid - Senior Boys 1500m
3rd Places:
Amelia McKay - Junior Girls 200m
Amelia McKay - Junior Girls High Jump
Holly Mercer - Junior Girls Triple Jump
Theo Pearce - Intermediate Boys 400m
Awatapu College Relay Team - Junior Girls 4x100m
Between Wednesday 14 and Friday 16 March, a number of Year 10 and 11 Digital Technology students took part in the Bebras Computing Challenge. This competition tests computational skills through different types of fun and challenging problems. The competition is offered to 50 countries around the world and had over 450 entries from New Zealand. Two of our students performed particularly well in the national categories. These students were Winter Allerby who scored top in New Zealand in the Year 11 Age Group and Lucy Gilligan who scored top in the Castors Group. Well done to all of our students who competed in this year’s challenge.
At the Academic Badge assembly held on Friday 16 March, the school farewelled Mrs Daysh. Mrs Daysh has worked at the College for 25 years in her role as Director of Sports. Mrs Daysh also established the hugely successful Seeking Success fund and Op-Shop. On behalf of the staff and student body, we thank Mrs Daysh for her service to the College and wish her all the best for the future. During the assembly, students performed an impromptu Haka as a send off for her.
During our full school assembly on Friday 16 March, a large number of students were awarded Academic Badges in recognition of their outstanding NCEA success in 2017. Congratulations to the following students who achieved overall Merit or Excellence: