Kia ora koutou,

Fortunately Orewa College has fared well with no damage incurred as a result of the very poor weather in the Auckland region yesterday and this morning.

It is very pleasing to see the high level of engagement of students across all year groups in the winter sports programme, Duke of Edinburgh Programme, debating, school production 'Legally Blond' and in a number of performing arts/cultural activities.

Students engaged and involved outside of the classroom, from my experience, also tend to perform well in their academic studies.  

Currently we are collating evidence from the start of the year of our highest performing students in all areas of school life.  These students will be acknowledged at our 'Achievement Evening' on the 18th of May in the Arts and Events Centre.

I am sure that you are all aware of the ramifications that occur when social media is not used appropriately within our community.  At Orewa College, there is the requirement that appropriate use occurs at all times in social media forums as per the 'Digital Citizenship Agreement'.  Unfortunately this does not always happen as you know and currently there is an issue within a particular year group in the Middle School.  This is being responded to in a consistent manner, via our internal processes and your support regarding this is much appreciated.

We all need to work collectively as a community, day in, day out, to ensure that there is always a safe and supportive environment at Orewa College.


Ngā mihi

Greg Pierce
Principal

Orewa Community Remembers Anzac Day

Orewa Prefects represented the College at the Anzac Ceremony in Remembrance Reserve. 
A large community turnout paid their respects, aided by Maria Walker-Kinnell's bagpipe playing and the Prefects' singing of the New Zealand and Australian national Anthems.

Ngarimu Te Reo Speech Competition

Congratulations to Maria Walker-Kinnell on placing 2nd in the 2022 Ngarimu Video Competition Te Reo for Te Rau Aroha.

RYDA - Young Drivers Road Safety Education On Thursday 4th May all Year 13s will attend a Driver Safety Education course at the school.

This course has been endorsed by Waka Kotahi and by the New Zealand Police. 
RYDA have a number of resources available on their website for parents and caregivers. There is also a short video about the course available.
Please remember to complete the permission form if you have not already done so and pay the subsidised fee of $15 to accounts.  Thanks and regards, James Appleby, Year 13 Dean

Duke of Ed Tawharanui Trip

On Friday we took a group of 28 keen Duke of Ed students to Tawharanui for their first overnight  Adventurous Journey trip.
The students were awesome- they were resilient, worked well in a team, and really showed great determination on the hike and camping in the cold temperatures.
Thanks to the staff and students who came for making it such a wonderful experience!

PPTA Teacher Strike Action

Due to ongoing PPTA industrial action by secondary school teachers, year groups as detailed below will be unable to attend school on these dates:

Upcoming Events

Year 8 Camp
A parent information evening will be held tomorrow evening, Tuesday 2 May, in the Seminar Room in the School Library from 6 - 7.30pm.
Level 2 & 3 NZ Royal Ballet Trip
Dance Students from Level 2 & 3 will be attending the NZ Royal Ballet performance of Romeo and Juliet on Thursday 11 May.

Enviro-Tip Despite the shocking statistics behind fast fashion, we love how NZ’s own icebreaker clothing company have teamed up with ‘UPPAREL’ in an innovative way to reduce textile wastage. The company will collect all brands of pre-loved garments and repurpose them to prevent them from going into the landfill. Check out how they do it and where you can drop your old clothes to here.

Found - Pounamu

We normally send all unclaimed lost property to the Red Cross, however we have a few items from last year that may hold special value to our students. 
We have several pounamu and pieces of jewellery, please send your child to the main reception if you think one of these items may be theirs. 

Careers Hub

'You don't know what you don't know' is a statement that I often use when encouraging our students to do some investigation into what they might want to do when they leave school. 
Across the next 3 weeks students have the opportunity to hear from a variety of universities in school as well as attend the North Shore Schools Careers and Pathways Expo held at the 
North Harbour Stadium on Wednesday 10th & Thursday 11th May.
Hours are Wednesday 11am to 2:30pm and 4pm to 7:30pm and
Thursday 9:30am to 2:30pm and 4pm to 7:30pm.
Parents are encouraged to join their students at the expo.

On Thursday 11th May, all Auckland schools are closed for the strike - what are your student/s doing? Perhaps they could head along to North Harbour Stadium to gain ideas or firm up their thoughts around what they will do once they leave school.

Upcoming events in school
Monday 8th May - ILT - AUT & UoA universities in the OAEC
Monday 15th May - ILT - Canterbury & Otago universities in the OAEC
You will always miss 100% of the opportunities that you don't take!

Community Notice

TedX Youth Event - St Cuthberts College
We are a group of Year 13 students hosting a 2023 TedxYouth@StCuthbert'sCollege event with the theme 'Paradigm Shift'. This event will take place in our auditorium on Sunday 14th of May from 9am to 2pm.
The theme 'Paradigm Shift' explores an important change that occurs when the usual  perspective/balance is disturbed and replaced with a different perspective.
For more information and tickets please CLICK HERE.

Kia Ora Koutou, 2023’s team of academic leaders are excited and pleased to continue STUDYHUB sessions into term 2 commencing on the 2nd of May.
This initiative allows students to access a quiet place to study amongst like-minded students. Regardless of your academic abilities, our team of exceptional leaders are devoted to supporting you all and your academic endeavours!
These sessions will run from 3:20pm till 4:20pm every Tuesday in the library. Bring a friend, and some work and we’ll provide the sweets. See you all then.