PUKEKOHE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE
PUKEKOHE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL PHOTO MAGAZINE - ESTABLISHED 2014 - ISSUE 2 - ISSN 2382 - 090X
‘IN GOD WE TRUST’
BALL 2014
BASKETBALL
FOOTBALL
NETBALL
VISIT TO THE AUCKLAND ZOO
editorial
PCS BALL 2014
by Saskia Kuik
Saskia Kuik
Magazine Editor
On the 10th of May, we had our annual school ball.
Organised by prefects Phoebe Hill and Philip Voschezang with the help and guidance of Mrs van der
Merwe, it was a successful and fun night for all.
The ball was held at Castaways, a restaurant in Waiuku with a beautiful view over Karioitahi
beach. Students were seated at five tables decorated
right down to the finishing touch by Pheobe and
Philip, where they enjoyed a delicious three course
meal. Almost immediately after, it was time to try
out some new moves on the dance floor. During the
night the King and Queen, Prince and Princess were
announced. Students were given a slip on which
they had to write who they thought deserved to be
awarded one of the four categories. The votes were
counted, concluding that the King and Queen of the
PCS Ball 2014 were Luke Feldman and Phoebe Hill,
and the Prince and Princess were Joshua Shackleton and Synthea Camacho. A big thank you to our
photographers Inge van der Merwe and Makayla
Walters who captured all the memories of our ball
throughout the night; and to Clint van Eyssen who
was our talented DJ for the night. Also many thanks
and praise to the head girl and boy Phoebe and Phil
for organising such an amazing and fun night for us
all to enjoy.
INTERVIEW WITH PHILIP VOSCHEZANG, HEAD BOY PCS
by Himesh Ranchod
What responsibilities do you have as Head Boy at
Pukekohe Christian School?
Firstly, I have to set an example for the
younger students and I also have to represent Pukekohe Christian School when we meet other schools. I
also order chocolates, and I help with organising the
ball. I also help fundraise (such as sausage sizzles, baking stalls) and help the teachers look after little kids.
What are your favourite activities?
I like to play soccer, I love motorcross, I play
tennis and I also like to read the Bible, in which my
favourite chapter is Matthew.
What are your achievements?
I won Under 18 National Championship in
Motorcross, and also The Player of the Year in Tennis.
Philip
Voschezang
Do you have any plans for the future?
We are planning some fundraisers to raise
money for the school.
I want to do the same, I want to do anything I can to
make this school the best.
Why do you want to be the head boy?
I want to be head boy to represent our school
and lead the students, and also to set an example for What are you planning to do after leaving school?
After leaving school I plan to study Business
youngs ones.
at Auckland University.
Who inspires you?
This might sound silly but Optimus Prime Do you have any advice for future Head leaders?
Yes, be confident with yourself and when
from The Transformers movie. I like his way of lead- ing and how he will do anything to protect the Earth. you lead, lead with pride.
Magazine Editor
SASKIA KUIK
Deputy Editors
KAYLEIGH FAIRBURN
PHILIP PAUL
Editors
HIMESH RANCHOD
AMRIT KAUR
CATHERINE HORE
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Friends forever
PUKEKOHE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL BALL 2014
Castaways, an amazing venue
Memories for a lifetime
Philip Paul and the boys
Having fun together
Great ball dresses
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sports
A SUCCESSFUL SOCCER CHRISTIAN TOURNAMENT FOR PCS TEAMS
A message from our principal, Mrs. Clare Humber, regarding our
teams performances at the Soccer and Netball Christian Tournament, organised very well by ELIM Christian College:
“I wanted to say how proud I am of our students and
their performance at the Auckland Christian Schools Netball and
Soccer Tournament held in term 2. Our Strivers Netball team came
second in their grade, and for soccer, PCS Force (Y11-13) placed
first, PCS United (Y7-8) placed second, PCS Strikers (Y9-10) placed
third and PCS Thunder (Y5-6) placed fourth. A very big Thank You
to all our wonderful parents who gave up their time to come and
help with transport on the day”. Overall, it was an amazing day for
students, parents and teachers involved!
A beautiful day for football!
A moment of relaxation, together with the
parents ant the coach. We lost one game,
drew another one and won four!
Kate in action
Karanveer and Lachlan
Benjamin Simmonds
our great goalkeeper
Zell runing towards
the opponents
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Poppy and Elliott,
our main
attacking players
photo competition
Liam Jacobs / April
Sara Faleatua / March
The PCS competition started on the first day of March
and it will end on 31 October. All entries are posted
in Mr. Dumitrache’s account on National Geographic
website, according with the monthly theme. Each student has the right to entry one photo per month. The
photos should be 100% original and under no circumstances copied from some other sources or collected
from the Internet. The purpose of the entire competition is to enhance your photographic vision and your
passion for this activity. The jury will be formed from
a panel of professional photographers and teachers
from New Zealand and Pukekohe Christian School.
They will decide the winners, with the help of people
from all over the world (each photo will collect likes
from the National Geographic website: http://yourshot.
nationalgeographic.com. The photo community on
the National Geographic website consists in: 363.650
members from 196 countries, with more than 2.2 million photos online. Please note that this is a safe and
strictly controlled web-environment, so there is not a
place for having fun at other people’s expense, bullying or placing offensive photos or texts. Every entry is
strictly controlled by the teacher in charge, Mr. D. The
students have no access to this account, only to vote
once. The contestants will receive likes and comments
from all over the world. We encourage your parents/
friends/relatives/colleagues to vote for your work on-
Ben Round / May
PCS PHOTO COMPETITION ON NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC WEBSITE
AN AMAZING JOURNEY FOR STUDENTS INTERESTED IN PHOTOGRAPHY
Lily Wilcox / May
THE BIG PRIZE
A brand new photo camera
SECOND AND THIRD PRIZE
Movie vouchers
Monique Kuik / April
Michelle Philips / May
Matthias Skelton / May
line. The photos are sent in a digital format (jpeg) to
Mr. D’s email address: [email protected] or
given on a USB flash drive, in room 10. If a contestant
is not posting a photo for the monthly assignment he/
she could still participate in the competition. In theory, you could win this competition with a single photo,
but following all the assignment themes will increase
your chances dramatically. The final round will be in
November and the winners will be announced at the
end of the year ceremony. The New Zealand Jury will
be formed from the following: Mr. Ian Baker – professional photographer and film director (1 vote); Mrs.
Clare Humber – principal PCS (1 vote); Mr. D – teacher
PCS (1 vote) and one student from the Student Council (1 vote). Each member of the jury will receive the
photos of the month without knowing the name of the
photographer and they will note the photo in a range
from 1 to 5, with 5 being the best. Each photo will
have a certain amount of points from the jury panel
and from the Internet. The monthly assignments are
March - Landscape; April - Easter/Christianity; May
- Sports; June - Nature; July - Animals; August City; September - Abstract; October - Food. Choose
carefully the photo you decide to enter in the competition each month. Good luck!
Elise Martin / June
Poppy Fulton / June
Bethany Cossey / June
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primary
PRIMARY SCHOOL PROJECTS FROM OUR JUNIORS
I am special. I am Special, God made me.
My eyes are black, my hair is black
I am good in handball, I like fruit, I like apples.
Mrs Humber, God made her, she teaches big kids.
Her hair is golden and short.
By CHARNJEET SINGH, Year 1
I’ve done five!
Oma Voschezang. Hermien Voschezang was
born during World War two and she was born in
Holland she had three brothers and one sister.
Hermien Voschezang was born in 1943. She worked
as an account assistant. She married Huns
Voschezang in 1965.
By OLIVIA KUIK, Year 4
Bob Bickerton. Today Mr Bob came to our school.
He was from Ireland but he lives in New Zealand.
He played music for us, it was fun I liked it. My favourite instrument was the Harp and the Fiddle,
but I liked all of them too; this is why I liked them. I
liked the harp because it looked like a heart; I liked
the fiddle because I used to play it. And he told us a
funny story about a Leprechaun.
By JIYA JATAN, Year 2
A day at the beach. “I agree it is just so sparkly”.
“This sand is Owwwwwch HOT!” The girls laughed.
“Let’s go build a sand castle“. “I will go get the buckets from mum” Lene exclaimed. “I guess I will go
get the shells” Hannah suggested. The girls walked
along the beach. They admired the sand and the
little waves. They went to walk in the water, it sparkled here and there. They thought it was magnificent, Then Hannah saw something out of the corner
Mr. Bickerton. This afternoon Mr Bob Bickerton of her eye...
came to teach music to us. He taught scottish music By EMILY SIMMONDS, Year 5
and Irish music, and we had a fun time with him.
My favourite instrument was the Guitar. While he
The land of Dondale. There once was a girl called
was playing the Instruments we got to clap and
Roshana, who had long curly, chocolate brown
Mr Bickerton went coo-coo-coo-coo!
hair, and olive- tanned skin, with lovely hazel eyes.
By MATTHEW ARDLEY, Year 3 Roshana lived at a large, colourful orphanage. She
was a smart sensible girl, but considered herself
Bob Bickerton. This morning Mr Bickerton came more fun. (The orphanage was on earth). In the
to our PCS School. He had a lot of instruments to mysterious land of Dondale, there was a boy called
show us. He had Irish bag pipes and a flute, a guitar Roshack, who had short, black hair, pale pink skin
and a bodhran, a harp and a violin and a fiddle! and water blue eyes. Roshack lived in a castle that
My favourite instrument was the bagpipe. His music was as big as the biggest house you would ever see
was beautiful.
in Dondale. He was handsome and fun...
By MAX CLEVERLY, Year 3 By EMMA HALLIDAY, Year 6
‘CLEANING THE SCHOOL’ - A PRIMARY OPERATION
More, more...
On the last day of the second term the primary
school students were busy cleaning their classroom,
their desks and the entire school. Well done, you are
a very good example for all other students! Keep up
the good work!
It’s raining, why do we have
to wash these desks?
Mission accomplished
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Do we recycle this?
primary/intermediate
DIPLOMAS FROM WEARABLE ARTS FOREST COMPETITION
Johlida, Poppy, Sara and Mrs Humber
Mrs. Clare Humber is
presenting the diplomas
and the NZ$1000 cheque
to the winning team of
‘Wearable Arts Forest
Competition’ from 2014:
Johlida van Shalkwyk,
Poppy Fulton and Sara
Faleatua. The theme for
2015 Wearable Art Competition is ‘Adaptation –
the art of survival’ and, if
you want to participate it
is now time to start thinking about and planning
your future creations.
Also, very soon we will
submit our registrations
for the 2015 competition!
SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGE FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
INTERMEDIATE AND SECONDARY ART PROJECTS - YEARS 8 AND 9
Elliott Jacobs
Grace Kwon
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secondary
OUR HEART OF WORSHIP TEAM PERFORMING AT ST JOSEPH’S SCHOOL
Congratulations to our
Heart of Worship team!
They went to perform at St
Joseph’s School last term.
Well done on an excellent
performance and we are
very proud of you all! The
Heart of Worship team are:
Synthea Camacho (the team
leader), Nathan Faleatua,
Caleb Kwon, Callum Plank,
Benjamin Simmonds, Faleatua Faleatua, Logan Fulton,
Larisa Strydom, Dimana
Kolarova, Mia van Zyl, Poppy Fulton, Annaliese Fleming, Sara Faleatua and Kate
Wicks.
Gun machine
A VISIT TO THE HISTORY MUSEUM YEARS 10/11
The visit was organised by PCS’s History Department, with two teachers in charge: Mrs Cassidy for Year 10 History
class and Mr Dumitrache for Year 11 History class. The theme was ‘World War I - New Zealand perspectives and
consequences‘. After visiting the museum the students relaxed for a while in the Auckland Domain Wintergarden.
Studying the
food from
the trenches
A military plane
Andrew Feldman
in the trenches
A tin-bomb
Nikolas Sterling as a volunteer
Listening to the curator
in the War Memorial area
Bryce Collin
filling the gaps in the
‘museum homework’
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our clubs
THE LEGO CLUB MUFTI DAY
Senior Assembly
The Lego Club presentation in front of the Junior and Senior Assemblies
was a great success. Last term, we held a Lego Mufti day for our Lego club.
The purpose of this was to raise funds for more resources. The club was
delighted with the response,
they raised $190.00. Thank
you to you all! The Lego club
are working hard to build a
robot and a mission field for
the robot to work in. Then
they have to programme the
robot, using the computer
to complete set tasks on the
mission field. It is a complex,
exciting and demanding activity for all involved. Many
thanks to Mrs. Louise Marais,
the coordinator of the club!
Junior Assembly
Josh,
Barnaby
and Alex
Benjamin, Matthew, Daniel and Mrs. Marais
demonstrating how elephants grab the toys!
‘20.000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA‘ IN OUR NEW ‘JULES VERNE’ BOOK CLUB
A new club is starting in Term 3, in Room 10. It is a great pleasure to invite all the interested students to our new book club, dedicated to one of the biggest adventure writers
of world literature, Jules Verne. The first book to read will be the famous journey of Professor Arronaux and Captain Nemo, on the Nautilus submarine in “20.000 leagues under the sea“, followed by the wonderful adventure of Captain’s Grant children “In search
of the castaways“ and the extraordinary adventures on the “Mysterious island“. After
reading each book we will discuss the main characters and we’ll have different projects.
We will also watch the movies and we will make contact with other Jules Verne’s fanclubs from all over the world. Teacher in charge is the vernian Mr Dumitrache.
Olivia, Charlotte, Benjamin,
Matthew and Daniel working
for the Jules Verne Club poster
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our christian beliefs
CHRISTIAN BELIEFS ABOUT JUSTICE AND PEACE
PRAYER
A Church of England
prayer on the occasion
of the centenary
of the First World War
Father of all,
remember your mercy
and look with your healing
love on all your people,
living and departed.
On this day we especially ask
that you would hold for ever
all who suffered during
the First World War
those who returned
scarred by warfare,
those who waited
anxiously at home,
and those who returned
wounded and disillusioned;
those who mourned,
and those communities
that were diminished
and suffered loss.
Remember too
those who acted
with kindly compassion,
those who bravely risked
their own lives
for their comrades,
and those who in the
aftermath of war, worked
tirelessly for a more
peaceful world.
And as you remember them,
remember us, O Lord;
grant us peace in our time
and a longing for the day
when people of every language, race, and nation
will be brought into the
unity of Christ’s kingdom.
This we ask in the name
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of the same Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.
Millions of people have kind hearts and want to help
those who are poor or in distress. But when men and
women start to follow Jesus earnestly, they discover that
deep within them their view of the world is changing.
Seeing the world through God’s eyes they recognise that
there is an urgent need to change the world so that justice is done and peace is achieved in the way that God
desires. It is central to the Christian faith that God desires a world in which justice is done. However, the past
hundred years have revealed the scale of injustice in the
world to be greater than anyone had previously imagined. Global forces that are deeply unfair determine the
destiny of the world’s poorest people and cause damage
to the planet’s environment. War and suffering follow.
Striving for justice and working for peace, particularly for the world’s poorest people, are at the heart
of what it means to be a follower of Jesus. The good news
that Jesus came to announce was that suffering and oppression could be brought to an end. Christians believe
that their faith should lead them to be the people who
help bring that about. In 1914 British Christians were
confronted with a dilemma. Many believed that a grave
injustice had been done to people who were their allies,
particularly in Belgium. Although some refused to fight
because of their beliefs, many believed that the only way
overcome this injustice and secure peace was to stop
German troops advancing through Europe by military
means. The challenge Christians face is to have a personal way of life that does not add to the world’s problems. This means adopting a simple lifestyle in which the
world’s resources are not wasted, buying goods that have
been fairly traded, and changing habits that damage the
environment.
In the richer parts of the world many of them
support and give money to organisations that are seeking
to improve the conditions of the world’s poorest people,
to end conflicts, and to preserve the planet.
The word peace is used in the Bible in a very
broad sense. It takes in the wellbeing and health of people, as well as the absence of violence. Christians pray for
the end of conflict between nations and religions. But
they are also called to promote harmony in their communities, families and anywhere that they can make a
practical difference.
Many followers of Jesus say that seeking justice and working for peace gives their lives a great sense
of fulfilment. They know that their ways are becoming
more like God’s ways. And they know that they are making the experience of being alive better for all the people
God has lovingly placed on the earth.
THE EXAMPLE OF JESUS CHRIST: CAN WAR EVER BE JUSTIFIED?
The example of Jesus is central to Christians’ attitude
to war. He was presented with an opportunity to lead
an armed uprising, but he refused. Instead he chose to
endure brutality without resisting. It was this choice,
Christians believe, that set him on a path that led to the
salvation of humankind.
However, Christians find their opposition to violence is challenged when they are confronted with evils
that are so great that the only way to bring them to a close
seems to be military intervention. This has intensified in
recent decades because of the rise of nuclear weapons
and terrorism. Over the centuries Christians have developed guidelines to help them think about whether they
might have to set aside their usual rule of non-violence.
They were first proposed in the fourth century by an African bishop called Augustine. His theory of a ‘just war’
still shapes the way Christians think about these dreadful
circumstances.
AUSTIN AND STEVE
THERE MUST BE A JUST CAUSE
War can only be tolerated to defend people in response
Austin, the school’s Axolotl, died last week Thursday,
to tyranny. It is forbidden to wage war in order to domiso we thought it was appropriate to write something
nate others, increase territory or gain mineral resources.
about his life at PCS. Austin lived a long and happy
The decision must be made by the highest government
life, staring at/looking at/spying on/observing many
authority. In recent decades Christians have looked to the cess,
it must
cease
hassaw
beensome
restored,
and
students
over
thewhen
years.justice
He even
students
United Nations for this.
the
level
of
violence
must
match
the
severity
of
the
evil
again as adults many years later while they were visthat
is
being
addressed.
During
the
first
centuries
of
the
iting our school. Mrs. Fourie received Austin from
RESOLVE THE CRISIS BY PEACEFUL MEANS
Christian
church,
all
followers
of
Jesus
were
absolute
friends of the school around 2003, and he lived in
Every possible means of resolving the crisis by peaceful pacifists.
significant
number
Christians
stillinhold
Room 5Auntil
the Science
lab of
was
completed
2009.to
means must have been attempted first. It must be judged those
principles,
led
notably
by
the
Society
of
Friends
He then moved with Mrs. Fourie to his new home. In
that the war will not unleash an even greater evil than (Quakers).
Jesus did
not tell his
folhis time atThey
PCS, point
Austinout
alsothat
travelled
to different
parts
the one currently being suffered. The war must be fought lowers
to
submit
pitifully
when
confronted
by
evil.
Inof New Zealand for holidays, even as far as Thames.
with specific constraints: civilians must be protected stead
he
showed
a
way
to
be
non-violent
that
was
active,
He loved eating steak, and was quick to give anyone
from attack, there must be a reasonable prospect of suc- defiant and sacrificial.
news
WE HAVE A NEW PCS FACEBOOK PAGE
PCS LIBRARY HOURS
The School Library is open to the students to get
books out during lunchtimes on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Please come along and use the
Library as much as you need. Thank you to Mrs
Cummings who has made herself available to run/
operate the Library.
Thanks to the efforts of Mrs. Louise Marais we have a PCS Facebook page. The purpose of this
page is to keep parents and students informed about events at school. On our Facebook page
you will find our newsletters (thank you Mrs. Jaqui Kuik), our students magazine and other
necessary information about Mufti Days, Sausage Sizzles, Exams, Competitions, etc. We also
have heaps of photos of trips and events at school. This page is only for staff, parents, students
and other persons directly involved with the school. Very important: we will not tolerate any
form of bullying, swearing and other behavior that is not in line with the Christian character of
PCS. Please use this page to outlift our school community by sharing something inspirational.
POWERPOINTS IN THE IT LESSONS FOR THE ANTIBULYING DAY
23 May was the Anti-Bullying Day and the students
worked hard to create suggestive powerpoints for
this campaign. It was a Mufti Day also, with the
supporters wearing pink hair ties, pink bracelet or
bangles in support of the cause.
Joshua Kumar
researching for
the Powerpoint
FRANKLIN SPEECH FINALS FRANKLIN BASKETBALL LEAGUE
Emma Halliday from
Year 6 and Dimana Kolarova from Year 7, represented our school at
the Franklin Speech Finals, held in the Franklin Baptist Church.
Congratulations girls for
getting into the finals.
The Franklin Speech
competitions are very
competitive and a very
high standard is expected. Dimana was
place 3rd in Franklin
for Years 7-8. Well done
Dimana! She will now
attend a meeting at the
Lion’s Club in Pukekohe
where she will present
her speech again, “The
Emma
Real Truth”.
Our Basketball team finished on 5th out
of 8 in the Franklin Basketball League
ACHIEVEMENTS IN OUR SCHOOL
Dimana
Congratulations to Elliott Jacobs, who has been selected for an official RHFA
international tour to Australia. He leaves on Saturday 5 July for a whole week
in Sydney. Well done Elliott, we are proud of you! Josh Shackleton has been
selected once again in the NZ National Christian Crosswhites Soccer Team going to Sydney in September to represent NZ and also Josh has been selected for
the Secondary School Counties Manukau Rep Team! Congratulations Josh! That
is an excellent achievement! Congratulations also to our two finalists whose
Bridge Building managed to withstand over 100kg of testing! Team 1 consisted
of Jack Wicks, Hamish Cossey and Caleb Rothus, Team 2 was Andrew Feldmann, Luke van Eyssen and Kieran Martin. The standard was extremely
high and we were very impressed by all the teams.
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netball
OUR NETBALL TEAMS AT THE CHRISTIAN TOURNAMENT
Fight for
the ball
Chasing an opponent
Good passing skills for our girls
Great defence
A well deserved break
Scoring points
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