Tauranga Boys’ College
Newsletter
Friday 15 August 2014
Dear Parents, Caregivers !
& Friends of the College!
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ERO Review:
This week we have hosted
officers from the Education
Review Office, undertaking
their regular review of the
College. Initial feedback from
the team has been very
positive and I look forward to
sharing aspects of the report
and a link to the full report on
the ERO website with you in
due course.!
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Thank you to parents and
whanau who have contributed
to the information gathered by
ERO at their meetings.!
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University Papers
Congratulations to the following
boys who achieved University
Statistics through Auckland
University:!
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Minchang Kim A+!
Cory Lipinski C+!
Samuel Morgan A-!
Reece Ratcliffe B!
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a n d t o J a m i e Ta y l o r A +
University Calculus through
Auckland University.
See
photo page 3!
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University Otago Jnr Maths
Competition:
Congratulations to the following
Year 9 and Year 11 boys who
achieved great results in the
University of Otago Junior
Maths Competition:!
Matthew Brittain (Top 30)Y9!
Matthew Manners (Top 30)Y9!
Euan McNaught (Top 200)Y9!
Mitchell White (Top 100)Y9!
Nathaniel Adams (Top 100)Y11!
Matthew Ashton (Top 200)Y11!
Jonathan Dallas (Top 100)Y11!
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New Zealand Secondary
Schools Squash Championships,
Nelson 8/9th August
This tournament dates back to
1985. Teams compete for the
Ross Norman Trophy. !
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Congratulations to the Tauranga Boys’
College Team (coached by Messrs
Galvan and Watson) -!
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Josh Oakley!
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Alex Revington!
3!
Jamie Oakley!
4!
Tyler Ranger!
5!
Jared Taylor!
6!
Jacob Brown!
who won, to make it 3 years in a row for
the College!!
Results:!
Round 1!!
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Beat Nelson College 5-0!
Quarterfinal!
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Beat Napier Boys High 5-0!
Semifinal!
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Beat Palmerston North Boys' 5-0!
Final ! !
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Beat Christchurch Boys' High 4-1!
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Josh Oakley, Jamie Oakley and Alex
Revington made the NZSS Senior
Squash Team to compete next week in
Brisbane against Queensland and
NSW in the Trans-Tasman Series.!
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From Left: Jamie Oakley, Jared Taylor, Josh Oakley, Tyler Ranger, Alex Revington, Jacob Brown
TBC
TAURANGABOYSCOLLEGE
664 Cameron Road, Tauranga 3112 New Zealand: [64] (07) 578 4029: Principal R W Mangan: www.tbc.school.nz
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International Assembly
We celebrated an International Students Assembly recently and speeches were presented by two of our International Students
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New Zealand, or what he is interested
in. Who knows what interesting things
you can learn from him? !
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You could make a friend for the rest of
your life, and have the opportunity to
travel to his country one day, who
knows? So why not speak to that new
student in your class today? Make a
new friend. Invite him along to where
you usually have lunch, or to the field
for a game of touch. Why not?!
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“I’m sure all of you have noticed the
difference in assembly today, a lot of
interesting faces, and accents sitting
up the front. Today, as Mr Mangan
mentioned, is international assembly.!
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Just last week, the start of this term,
some of you might have seen new
students in your classes, and some
might have even been assigned a
buddy, to take around the school. You
might have noticed some of these new
students have different uniforms, some
of them are from countries you have
never heard of before and some of
them don’t speak English that well. !
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While I’m sure most of the students
sitting here in assembly today have
seen these new students, how many of
you have actually approached one of
them and spoken to them? Asked them
what they think of New Zealand, what
they’re interested in or even what their
name is?!
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We international students are here for
the same thing, to experience New
Zealand. To see breathtaking scenery,
e a t fi s h a n d c h i p s a n d m o s t
importantly, make great kiwi friends.
But for most internationals, English is a
barrier. It limits the full extent of what
we want to say sometimes simply
because we don’t know HOW to say it.
So some just choose not to say
anything at all. But YOU can help
change that. You can go to that new
international student in your class
today, and ask him what he thinks of
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New Zealand’s migrant population is
growing rapidly. For the year ended
June 2014 over a hundred thousand
people migrated to New Zealand, with
around sixty thousand coming from
Asia and Europe. New Zealand is
slowly becoming a global village. This
is also evident in our school, with 43
full-time and 23 short-term
international students, with students
f r o m G e r m a n y, Ta i w a n , J a p a n ,
Malaysia, China, Korea, Hong Kong,
Thailand and Spain, but we will not
achieve this without acceptance and
understanding.!
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Everyone wants to have friends,
whether you’re in class, or at lunch or
after school. Because, for those of you
who have seen the production: “It’s
sad to be all alone in the world”.!
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Thank you”!
Justin Chen!
“It has been an honour for us
international students to come up here
today and talk about our home
countries. Being an international
student can be fun but also
challenging, coming in to a country
where you know absolutely no one,
and where everyone is begging you to
drop the “F-bomb”, just so they can
laugh at your accent. But on a more
serious note, it is sometimes
challenging being an international
student. !
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Leaving your home behind to come to
a country that you have never heard of
and having to speak and learn a
language that you can’t understand is
a big step for most of the boys. But the
International Department and the
home-stays try their very best to make
us feel like its our second home. When
it comes to making friends many of the
international students managed to find
their pairs, when we go camping and
day trips as an International
Department. Now we are all good
friends and see ourselves as one big
international family. However many
seem to struggle when they are
making a kiwi friend. This is very
disappointing as one of our main
reason coming to another country is to
expand our friends globally as well as
studying. !
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So I’m going to put out a challenge for
you boys to go and start engaging the
international boys. Ask them how their
day is going, go out and play a sport
on the field - become friends with
them. Because I’m sure that the
international boys want the same.!
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Lastly, I would like to thank all the
teachers and the home-stays because
the support and the encouragement
help us achieve and overcome some
of the challenges of learning a new
language. !
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Thank you”!
Soo Chang Oh!
664 Cameron Road, Tauranga 3112 New Zealand: [64] (07) 578 4029: Principal R W Mangan: www.tbc.school.nz
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Sport - Congratulations
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Surfing: The NZ Schools’ Surfing Championships were held recently in Raglan.
Schools from around New Zealand enter teams and a school’s overall points are
determined by its top 4 finishers. Each school can enter 10 surfers into the
event. The surf was in the range of head high to triple overhead so surfers were
tested in a variety of conditions and the finals were run in very solid surf.
Congratulations to our team who were placed 3rd. Jordan Griffin 2nd in the U18
category, William Davey 5th, Ihaia Ngata and Quinn Matenga 9th equal.!
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to Tyler King, recipient of a NZ Representative Tie for representing New Zealand
in the U19 Gold Team. Tyler is pictured right.!
Jordan Griffin,
pictured left.!
Ihaia Ngata
pictured below
University Papers Results:
Statistics and Calculus
pictured back row from left: Jamie
Taylor, Samuel Morgan, Minchang Kim!
front row from left: Cory Lipinski,
Reece Ratcliffe
TBC
TAURANGABOYSCOLLEGE
664 Cameron Road, Tauranga 3112 New Zealand: [64] (07) 578 4029: Principal R W Mangan: www.tbc.school.nz
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Arts - Congratulations
Annual Sunrise Lions Debate!
11th August!
Moot: That the media has the most influence on today’s youth.!
Our team of James Thwaite, Grahame Woods and Adam Scott
(coached by Mr Gareth Cass) affirmed this, and won the debate. It was
a lively and topical debate, with teams ably counterpointing the others’
arguments. The audience was appreciative of the humour and ideas.
The debate revolved around the amount of influence that media outlets
have on youth and whether they are susceptible to this influence or
whether there are larger influences in their lives.!
Congratulations to Adam, Grahame and James - pictured right.
OPEN EVENING
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A very successful and well attended evening was held on Tuesday 9th, with approximately 700 in attendance, which is our largest
turn out we have had over recent times. Year 8 boys and their parents and whanau were given an overview of the College before
being taken on a tour to view the many opportunities provided across a large number of curriculum areas. The highlight for many
was the opportunity to meet a number of our Year 12 leaders with many positive comments received during and following the
evening. !
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Enrolment packs have been distributed to contributing schools. If you were unable to attend the Open Evening and do not have
an enrolment pack and wish to have one, please contact the College Office on 07 578 4029. Dates for out-of-zone enrolments
are available on our website.!
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Dean Abraham!
Benjamin Allen!
Wyatt Amerson!
Bradley Armstrong!
Charlie Baldwin!
Joshua Barlow!
Matt Barnett!
Liam Bass!
Charlie Bell!
Wade Bennett!
Kane Bidois!
Rhys Bixley!
Stewart Bloor!
Zion BluegumKiriona!
James Bos!
Tyton Bowring!
Jake Brett-Kelly!
Rawiri Bunt!
Luke Buxton!
Jeremy Campi!
Hugh Canham!
Ryan Carlyle!
Justin Chen!
Denym Clarke!
Aaron Clayton!
Israel Collins!
Joshua Collins!
Daniel Cooper!
Dominic Crombie!
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Kieran Dallas!
Quinn Dawson!
Ben Donald!
Sam Dougherty!
Malik Edwards!
Daniel Elyashiv!
Jason Everard!
Blake Foote!
Corey Galbraith!
Max Gernhoeffer!
Logan Gillard!
Calum Gilmour!
Neeson Haggo!
Tim Handley!
James Hanson!
Werahiko Harawira!
Ben Harding!
Bruce Harding!
Conlon Haseley!
Sean Hastie!
Tristan Haycock!
Brad Hemingway!
Adam Herbert!
George Hewlett!
Vlad Hill!
Daniel Hintz!
Mitchell Horton!
Hamish Hahunga!
Olivah HughesLindley!
Matthew Hunter!
Daniel Jeong!
Connor Johnston!
Thomas Kawenga!
Duncan Keith!
James Koti!
Caven Lane!
Wiremu Leef!
Dylan Lees!
Seth Leetcher!
Cameron Liddell!
Harrison Little!
Jack Longley!
Hamish McCarroll!
Josh McConnell!
Sean McKenzie!
Jack Miller!
Harshil Mistry!
Te Puruhi Moana!
Jayden Moore!
Josiah Muraahi!
Matthew Newman!
Johnny O’Donnell!
James Opie!
Rafael Ortiz!
Matt Owen!
Luke Oxford!
Caleb Paterson!
Harawira Paul!
Dhruv Phadnis!
Ethan Pilgrim!
Campbell Porter!
Alex Radford!
Ben Radford!
Tyler Ranger!
Todd Reardon!
Jacob Reyland!
Jaydon Richter!
Hakopa Ririnui!
Andrew Robinson!
Luke Robinson!
Kobe Rodger!
Geoff Roodt!
Stuart Roodt!
Jake Rothwell!
Michael Saily!
Adam Scott!
Matthew Shaw!
Henry Smith!
Daniel Sorce!
Dylan Sperling!
Ben Stewart!
Finn Suntau!
Jared Taylor!
Shayden Taylor!
Logan Teao!
Reece Thompson!
James Thwaite!
Jared Tuffy!
Israel Turner!
Josiah Turner!
Jordan Urwin!
Dean Van Niekerk!
Marty Vietman!
Jonathan Vincent!
Ryan Wakefield!
Curtis Warner!
Ben Warren!
Patrick Washer!
Te Manea Wihapi!
Harrison Williams!
Mitchell Williamson!
Miro Wilshier!
Nicholas Wilson!
Mitchell Wolting!
Tim Woods!
Devon Wright!
Curtis Warner!
664 Cameron Road, Tauranga 3112 New Zealand: [64] (07) 578 4029: Principal R W Mangan: www.tbc.school.nz