PRINCIPAL’S PIECE
25 SEPTEMBER 2013
Dear Parents and Caregivers
I would like to thank all the students, staff and members of the community who supported our College “Big Chair Fair”.
There is a long list of people who donated items for the fair which is listed later in this newsletter. Every business I
approached was willing to support the College, unfortunately I did not make contact with every business in Methven and
that is the only reason other businesses are not listed. It is looking like we will have raised approximately $10,000 from the
fair and considering the weather on the day and the business of this time of year; this is a very good amount. I was very
impressed with the variety of stalls that the form classes set up as well as the house competition which was organised by
the New Zealand Young Farmers. I feel the two aims of the fair were met; one of raising money for new hall seating and
two of having an event which both exhibited and developed our community spirit.
This is the last week of the term. This term has had its usual successes, areas of improvement and the unusual. These were mostly
weather related; a warmer than usual winter, less sport days skiing, whole school day stuck on the mountain and the worst north west
winds since 1975. With all the different things happening there is still an expectation that
the students will continue their learning and do the best they can. What is pleasing is that
for many that is exactly what they do.
Ekea ka tiritiri o te moana…
This striving for excellence has been shown in the large number of students who have
Ascend to the heights of your
reached representative level in many sports, those who competed in the junior and
aspirations.
senior speech awards, those who competed in the Aoraki Mathematics competitions and
those who achieved Opuke and Academic Awards at assembly last Monday. To obtain
these awards students need to put in their own nomination form listing their
achievements. In the Academic Awards eight students were awarded Level 1
certificates, fourteen awarded Level 2 certificates and two students awarded Level 3
certificates. An important part of this process is for the students to make their own application. If you think your child has reached the
standards required encourage them to apply.
I wish all students, staff and parents a restful break. Seniors will need to put some time into their studies for external examinations next
term. As usual I have asked the students to be helpful at home and “pay their break forward.” Thank you again for the support you give to
your children.
John Schreurs
Principal
UPCOMING EVENTS
Year 13 PE Camp
Year 12 Seminar
Year 7 Safe Kids
Last Day of Term 3
Office & Uniform Shop Open 9.00am – 3.00pm
First Day of Term 4
UCE Thai Student Exchange
Big Buddies Farewell
Last Day of Timetabled Classes for Year 11-13
25 – 27 September
26 September
26 September
27 September
3 & 10 October
14 October
9 - 27 October
25 October
6 November
2014 STUDENT LEADERS
Student leaders for 2014 will be elected in the following weeks – outlined below is the timeline. All information and nomination and
applications forms will be available for students at the Year 12 Seminar to be held on Thursday, 26th September.
Thursday 26th September - Mr Schreurs speaks to students at Year 12 seminar 2.00pm
Friday 27th September - Self-nomination forms due at school office 3.30pm
Tuesday 15th October - Nominees speak to assembly, voting staff and students, staff surveyed for information on student nominees
Friday 18th October - Interview short list confirmed; student notified at second lunch
Tuesday 22nd October - Interviews
Tuesday 29th October - Head, Deputy and Prefects announced at Assembly
Tuesday 29th October - House Captain/Deputy Nominations due at school office 3.30pm
Thursday 31st October - House Meetings – voting
Monday 4th November - House Captains announced at Assembly
SUMMER UNIFORM
A reminder that Term 4 means summer uniform! Our Uniform Shop is open on Thursdays at second lunch and after school.
Girls Summer
(Worn in Terms 1 & 4)
Boys Summer
(Worn in Terms 1 & 4)
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Regulation skirt to be worn just above the knee.
Short sleeved blouse with MHC logo. Able to be worn out over skirt.
Jersey – regulation black with red/white trim and/or vest - regulation black with
red/white trim.
White or black ankle socks.
Shoes – black leather t-bar, lace up.
Cap (plain black or white only) – or school cap. Not worn inside. (Optional item).
Regulation black shorts.
Short sleeved shirt with MHC logo. Able to be worn out over shorts.
Jersey – regulation black with red/white trim and/or vest - regulation black with
red/white trim.
Socks - Black with red/white trim.
Shoes – black leather lace up.
Cap (plain black or white only) – or school cap. Not worn inside. (Optional item).
Pricing of Uniform
Girls Summer
Skirt
Overblouse
Blazer
$110.00
$59.90
$250.00
Boys Summer
Shorts
Short Sleeve Shirt
Socks (2 pk)
Blazer
$69.90
$39.90
$27.90
$250.00
General
Jersey – Prices range from
Vest
PE Top
$85.00 - $110.00
$85.00
$61.00
Prices include GST and are subject
to change.
PRICES OF JERSEYS
Size
76
81
86
92
97
102
107
112
117
Price
$85.00
$89.00
$92.90
$95.00
$99.00
$105.00
$105.00
$110.00
$110.00
SCHOOL ACCOUNTS
Student accounts will be sent out this week.
ABSENTEES
Please remember to phone the student absentee line if your child is sick/absent. The number is 3028437 ext 1. We need your
child’s name and the REASON for being absent. If we do not hear from you, your child will be marked as truant.
CANCELATION LINE
Our cancelation line is updated whenever we have to postpone or cancel an event. Please check!
Phone 302 8904.
2013 SCHOOL MAGAZINE - $12 each
Orders need to be in to the school office by Friday, 25 October (end of the second week back at school next term). Get your order
in early (end of the first week back) to go in the draw for a free magazine!
Name: ________________________________________
Form Class: ____________________________________
Number of Copies: _______________________________
Amount: _______________________________________
If you are a Year 13 student, please enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope.
SOCIAL STUDIES EXTRA! QUIZ 2013 - YEAR 7/8
We have recently held our annual Social Studies Extra! Quiz at MHC. This competition culminates a year’s worth of learning from
our monthly Extra! current events newspapers by every Year 7 and 8 student. Competition day is full on and very busy with students
working in teams of three on the ten rounds of questions covering topics such as flags, NZ current events, Who am I? and What am
I?, and cartoon interpretation. Everybody has had a blast this year with one Year 8 team really standing out achieving a score of
74/100. They were Kaleb Small, Will Smith and Richard Turpie who will be representing our school two years in a row! The top Year
7 team were Harry Lemon, Ben Innes and Elliot Wareing. Unfortunately their score wasn’t enough to topple the Year 8’s!
The following teams will represent our school at the Aoraki Current Events Quiz held in Timaru on Wednesday 25th September:
 Jackson Allred, Vicki Pluck, Emma Warmerdam
 Tom Bell, Lachie Mee, Travis Howden
 Leah Berquist, Alisa Ikenaga, Edmund Fordyce
 Richard Turpie, Will Smith, Kaleb Small
 Kate Braidwood, Becky Schmack, Ashley Esler
 Chris Spittal, Tobi Dalglish, Harry Hood
We would like to especially thank the students from the two Year 10 classes that did all the marking. Well done to everybody!
HUTT FEST 2013
Yes, it’s back by popular demand Hutt Fest will be back again this year, come and see Mt Hutt Colleges talented
teenage bands and singers, featuring:
 New Religion
 Undecided
 Unnecessary
 Full House
and more ….
Saturday 19th October 12.30 – on the College front field. Admission is $2.00 per person, $5 per family. There will be a
sausage sizzle and drinks. If the weather is bad the event will be cancelled. For further information ring Wayne Pannett
302 9935 or 027 813 8016.
MOUNT HUTT COLLEGE TERM 3 2013 – AWARDS ASSEMBLY
The following students received Academic Certificates (Bronze requires 25 merit/excellence credits in internal
assessments and/or practice external assessments; Silver requires 40 merit/excellence credits and Gold 55
merit/excellence credits; with Excellence means at least 25 (Bronze), 40 (Sliver) and 55 (Gold) of the credits are at
excellence level). Students record their results, have them signed off by their teachers and then submit their application
in the week before the assembly – showing good organisation skills as well as academic success.
Year 11
Dakota Johansen – Silver
Ella Ahearn - Bronze, Silver
Phillippa Fleming – Silver
Danelle Ingham - Bronze with Excellence,
Silver
Hermina Joubert – Silver
Hazlitt Everest – Gold
Charlie Jackson - Bronze, Silver, Gold
Mikaeli Lalor - Bronze with Excellence,
Silver, Gold
Year 12
Jacob Jenkins - Bronze
Nicole Purdom - Bronze
Jamie Rooney - Bronze
Cory Blackburn - Bronze, Silver
Joshua Marr - Bronze, Silver
Ashleigh Pannett - Bronze, Silver
Courtney Wylie - Silver
Sukey Allen - Bronze with Excellence,
Silver
Ella McKendry - Bronze with Excellence,
Silver
Annah Casey Solly - Bronze, Silver, Gold
Elizabeth Waddell - Bronze with Excellence, Silver, Gold
Abbey Wright - Silver with Excellence, Gold
Irene Anderson - Silver with Excellence, Gold with Excellence
Ryan Guy Cornelius - Bronze with Excellence, Silver with Excellence, Gold with Excellence
Phoebe Fordyce - Bronze with Excellence, Silver with Excellence, Gold with Excellence
Year 13
Chanaide Fulton - Gold with Excellence
Mikayla Lewis - Bronze with Excellence, Silver with Excellence, Gold with
Excellence
Opuke Awards
Hermina Joubert - Drama – performance, technical/backstage
Gateway Achievements
Year 11
Pearly Aburquez – Food Safety & Barista
Level 2
Hermina Joubert – Customer Service & Early
Childhood Level 1 & 2
Lucy Schikker – Early Childhood Level 1 & 2
Year 12
Ryan D Cornelius – Carpentry Level 3 & First
Aid
Cameron Brown - Carpentry Level 3 & First Aid
Nicole Cavill – Advanced Customer Service, Food Safety Level 2, Hospitality, First Aid
Brooke Rayner – Customer Service, Hospitality, Early Childhood & First Aid
Year 13
Jordan Huggins – Carpentry Level 3 & First Aid
Jade Ingham – Advanced Customer Service, Early Childhood, Hospitality & First Aid
Julia Henderson – Advanced Customer Service, Hospitality, Early Childhood & First Aid
Freya Livesey – Animal Care & First Aid
Olivia Molloy – Customer Service, Beauty Skills Level 2
YEAR 7/8 NEWS
Congratulations to Edmund Fordyce who placed 3rd in the recent
Ashburton Plains Rotary Speech competition. Edmund won the
school Year 7/8 speech competition earlier in the term and competed
with eight other students from around Mid-Canterbury. He spoke
about "Why I'm not looking forward to growing old."
Congratulations also to Victoria Pluck who was presented with an
Ashburton Plains Rotary Honour Roll award. She was nominated by
her fellow Year 7/8 students. This award is about citizenship and
community service and is aimed towards those students who are
often the unsung heroes.
SENIOR SPEECH COMPETITION RESULTS
On Thursday evening, 19 September, four promising senior students shored up their courage to present their speeches in the
library to a small but engaged audience. All spoke with passion and integrity, entertaining us with their thoughtfulness, research
and challenging conclusions. All gained Excellence for their NCEA oral presentation achievement standard. The results were:
1st Phoebe Fordyce 12RA
2nd Rhys Fitzgerald 11JO
3rd = Dakota Johansen and Danelle Ingham 11KE
Thanks to Ms Jeffrey-Jones and Mrs McDowell-Holmes for judging the event.
Gateway News for 2014
Some exciting career pathways are opening up for Gateway students in 2014. Consultation with Air New Zealand
recruitment staff at C.P.I.T. update day means we have current information about their industry training for flight,
engineering, service, ground operations and business leadership. The information shows how students can pathway
into the courses by achieving units for study and experience in the field with local employers. In 2013 I have had a
number of students wanting to do Flight Service Training. On advice from Air New Zealand they did a comprehensive
study and work experience in Hospitality, Customer Service and early childhood units. Some of the students then chose
to return to school for Year 13 and U.E. qualification; some are going to Early Childhood College; one student is applying
to Air New Zealand for their training course in Auckland and another returning to school with a view to training with QRC
college in Queenstown in Hospitality Management.
There are also new training initiatives with A.T.T.T.O. for helicopter pilot training through Canterbury Aero Club. A few
years ago we had Andrew Muckle do this course for fixed wing flying. It is fantastic. Canterbury Aero Club is one of the
5 organisations who are recognised trainers for flight crew by Air New Zealand. The units are packaged from A.T.T.T.O.
and include history of flight, instrumentation, maintenance and calculations. It is great that this course has now included
helicopter training. During this course there is some contribution from parents and Gateway funding. Parents are also
welcome to visit the facility at Christchurch airport. During the course of the year there is also a visit to the Air New
Zealand Engineering works and fit-out facility and a talk by the Chief of Pilots, and 3 free training flights.
In 2013 we had two students do the initial Beauty Skills course of study with H.I.TO. who are the Hairdressing and
Beauty Industry Training Organisation. The course was comprehensive and involved the students doing weekly training
sessions in one of our local beauty salons and a verification by an independent assessor. They learnt about skin care,
makeup, manicures, pedicures, eyelash tinting and facials. They had sessions which included some clients who were
happy to be practised on. I have a number of students who have Gateway on their subject choice sheets and I am
holding interviews for Gateway prospective students for 2014, early in Term 4. If you make an appointment with me I will
put reminders in the notices each day with your timeslot.
SPORTS NEWS
Moto X
South Island Secondary Schools and Aorkai Secondary Schools Sports Moto X at Pleasant Point. Mount Hutt College
team (Jayden Thickett, Declan O’Neill, Callum Stocker) placed 11th out of 26 teams.
Brayden Guise
Mount Hutt College Slopestyle
The Slopestyle event was a great day and awesome to see so many students putting themselves out there in front of the
judges.
Skiers
Year 7/8 Boys
Thomas Lewthwaite - 1st, Thomas Pooley - 2nd, Liam Begg - 3rd
Year 7/8 Girls
Ellie Boekholt - 1st
Year 9/10 Boys
Michael Breading - 1st, Oliver Hastie - 2nd, Harry Fielding - 3rd
Year 9/10 Girls
Mel Puckett - 1st
Snowboarders
Year 7/8 Boys
Jack Sheridan - 1st, Ben Mackenzie - 2nd, Elliot Wareing - 3rd
Year 9/10 Boys
Bailey Kinvig - 1st, Sam Rodgers - 2nd, Caleb Burgess - 3rd
Term 4 - Wednesday Sports Period (2.05 -3.10 pm)
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Year 11-13 students are timetabled for supervised study and should report to their study room with sufficient
materials to make good use of this hour.
Years 7-10 students have selected from a range of sports options and should come prepared each week with
their PE uniform and any necessary equipment.
Cricket
On Thursday 19th our Year 7/8 Cricket team played Darfield High School
in the Semi Finals for the NZ Cricket Cup. Mt Hutt batted first with 6/119
in 20 overs. Darfield High School managed 6/121 with two balls to spare.
A narrow defeat, with the boys playing very well. From here Mount Hutt
College will play Cobham Intermediate for 3rd /4th position.
MHC JUNIOR RUNNING CLUB
STARTS : TERM 4
WHEN: 2ND LUNCH EVERY TUES 1:40 – 2PM
WHERE: YR 7 & 8 PLAYGROUND
DISTANCE: AS MANY LAPS AS YOU CAN
WEEKLY PRIZES : THE FORM WHO HAS RUN/WALK THE
MOST KLMS FOR THAT WEEK
TERM PRIZES: TO THE BOY AND GIRL WHO
INDIVIDUALLY RUN/WALK THE MOST KLMS
A BIG THANK YOU!
Thank you to all of the following for their support in our “BIG CHAIR FAIR”
Agrisea
Alpine Sports
Aoraki Balloon Safaris
Aqua
Arabica
ASB Bank
Big Al's
Blue Pub
Brinkley Resort
Café 131
Casey-Solly Family
Cinema Paradiso
Cleardale Farm
D’Fault
Hammer Hardware
Holmes Family
Jude Sommerville
Last Post
Le Vita’e Bella Ltd
Lynley Photography
Methven A & P Assoc
Methven Bookshop,
Methven Pharmacy
Methven Resort
Methven Travel
Methven Trotting Club
Mountain Gym
Mt Hutt College PTA
NZ Ski Ltd
New Zealand Young Farmers
PGG Wrightsons
Philip Wareing Ltd
Primo & Secundo
Proudman Family
Ravensdown
Ray White Real Estate
Ricoh Heartland
Sebel
Shape Up
Ski Time
Suyker Family
The Professionals Real Estate
The Salon
Top Notch 4 Square
Wayne Pannett
COMMUNITY NEWS
Kidsfest@Methven 4th – 13th October. Ten days packed full of fun and entertainment for all ages. This is not
just for the kids of Methven as there are plenty of youth focused events on offer. BMX bikes n action, Bunning’s
workshop, stick games, young farmers Agri Kids competition, photography, mountain craft as well as the blue light disco
for the college students.
Follow us on facebook (kidsfestmethven) to find out more information or contact Juanita Richards on 0278574049.
Methven’s Own - BLUE LIGHT DISCO
An alcohol, drug and violence free event, run with local and Christchurch based Police.
11th OCTOBER 2013
Methven United Clubrooms
6pm – 8pm Pre-schoolers through to Year 6
8pm – 10pm Year 7 up
Food and Drinks Available
Gold Coin Entry
Contact Juanita 0278574049 for any more information
END OF YEAR FOR SENIOR STUDENTS
A full set of instructions will be issued to students – main points for parents are included here.
Final week arrangements for students in Years 11-13
Students who have completed all requirements are released for STUDY LEAVE – if students have incomplete work they may need
to attend school after Wednesday 6 November to complete this work. If students are unable to study at home study rooms are
available at school. All students are expected to be at home preparing for their external assessments during study leave.
Wednesday 6 November – this is the last day for our full 2013 timetable for senior classes and will include:
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briefing for external exams from the NZQA exam supervisor – includes issue of exam entry slip
a practice for the Senior Prize Giving ceremony.
Last full classes before exams
locker clearance and check
end of year clearance sheet to be signed
Year 11 students will finish at 3.10pm (if all procedures followed and completed) and are then on study leave.
Years 12/13 students will finish after P4 (if all procedures followed and completed) and are then on study leave.
After Wednesday 6 November an alternative programme will run for students who need to complete work and/or require extra
assistance to improve their results before 2014.
Senior Prize Giving Ceremony Thursday, 7 November - 7.30pm. Plate for supper please.
All students are expected to be present at the Senior Prize Giving. Students are to assemble on the basketball court behind the hall
by 7.10pm. All students should be dressed in correct summer uniform. All families please bring a plate for supper after the prize
giving (take to Food Technology room – D1 please).
External Examinations
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Examination Venues & Times - Candidates must report NO LATER THAN 20 MINUTES BEFORE examination is due to
start. (Supervisor – Mrs S Early). Arrival at an examination on the wrong day or time means no result! Morning
Exams arrive by 9.10am. Afternoon Exams arrive by 1.40pm.
Examination Rules: Bring to the exam only those items allowed in the instructions. Failure to obey the rules, and any
disruption caused by you could result in your banning from the examination.
Exam entry slip – students need to bring this to every exam.
Dress: School uniform to be worn for all exams.
Study Room: a study room will be available for bus students to use e.g. in the morning if they have an afternoon exam.
Please contact the school office with the dates your daughter/son will use this room.
Textbook Return – where students have retained texts and resources for use during study leave they should return these to the
school office when they come to school to sit their exam. Teachers will mark off the return of these textbooks and resources on their
recorded lists. Textbooks not returned will need to be paid for and an invoice will be issued for these.
Leavers Profiles & Leaving Certificates for those not returning next year – will be posted in December.
NB: PE tops are needed BY ALL STUDENTS for full school sports events – even if your daughter/son will not take Physical
Education as a subject next year. For uniform inquiries please contact the school office.