Monday 25 May 2015 — Issue 14
Tena Koutou Katoa
Holly Stewart Receives Media Acclaim for her Tennis Success
We were delighted to read about Holly’s successes in last weeks College
Sports section of the New Zealand Herald under the well-deserved
banner:
Aspiring Young Tennis Player Makes her Mark.
We were also delighted that the very first sentence read:
The article documents Holly and Selwyn’s success in the 2015 Champion of Champs
competition and the fact that Holly is in the 4 person team to compete for NZ in the
World Junior Tennis Championships in the Czech Republic later this year. We are very
proud of Holly!
A Successful Scholars’ Dinner
As this photo shows, the staffroom was
resplendent on the evening of the 2015
Scholars’ Dinner. The top 30 scholars in
NCEA Level 2 who all achieved
certificates endorsed with Excellence
were invited to attend with a parent.
The evening is in part an opportunity to
honour and celebrate those students
who excel academically. It is also
designed to inform, inspire and support
them to aim to excel in the Scholarship
examinations Our speakers included
Ken Rapson, Director of the Schools’
Partnership office at the University of
Auckland,
Bahavathy Kathirgamanathan,
ex-Selwyn scholar and now in her final year at Engineering School and Dylan Van Lier, our Year 13 student
who last year sat and achieved Scholarship in three subjects.
Everyone agreed it was a successful evening and that the food was excellent! Well done to the students who
volunteered to be waitresses and earned service points towards their Selwyn Silver and to the Stage
Challenge group who raised money for their performance on June 24th by washing dishes all evening!
Selwyn College, Kohimarama Road, Kohimarama
Laura Wotton Receives Media Acclaim for her World Vision Plans
We are delighted that our Year 12 student Laura Wotton has received acclaim in
the Eastern Bays Courier for her plan to undertake a 43 kilometre walk from May
22 – 24 from Birkenhead to Whangaparaoa to raise money for World Vision. This
year World Vision focus is on raising money for children in Bangladesh.
As Laura says, "The country is facing a huge water and hunger crisis. Almost eight
million children are malnourished and one in 17 children don't make it to their fifth
birthday." Laura's goal is to raise $1000. Congratulations too to other Selwyn
students who are also involved in raising money for this cause.
Pink Shirt Day at Selwyn
Congratulations to the R Team for organising Pink Shirt Day here at Selwyn College on Friday 22 May. As the
photos show the team were very creative in their strategies to draw the attention of students to work
together to stand up to bullying.
Pink Shirt Day is an annual event held in many countries around the world. It began in Canada in 2007 when a
group of students decided to defend a kid who was bullied for wearing a pink shirt. In a show of solidarity,
many of his peers turned up to school the next day wearing pink shirts. Many of our teachers and Year 13
students wore pink shirts last Friday and all students received a marshmallow and a pink wrist band when
they signed a pledge to work to prevent and stop bullying.
Congratulations Haruka Awajiya
A huge congratulations to our talented student Haruka who has been selected to
represent NZ in the 2015 Commonwealth Karate Championships to be held in New Delhi,
India.