At the recently held College Sport Wellington Awards evening, which celebrates and awards the top students in the Wellington region for their sporting achievements, we were delighted that Milly Mackey was announced as the top female rugby player for 2019.

At the same event we two former students Phil Burrows and Kyle Pontifex were inducted into the Hall of Fame. Both had played well over 150 games of Hockey for New Zealand.  They join former student Jodi Te Huna (Netball) who had already been inducted.

When our senior students left last week we held special assemblies for each level.  At these assemblies students were awarded certificates for personal excellence, service to the school, and the student leaders were able to present their thoughts about the year. The Year 13 assembly also included some wonderful film footage that covered the five years that they had been here and an insightful farewell speech from Mr Anquetil, their Dean.  As is now becoming a tradition, the Year 13 students received a farewell haka from the juniors.

While NCEA begins on Friday 8 November for the seniors, there is still a full programme of learning for our juniors. They will be having their examinations starting on Friday 8 November. The students' Deans and Teachers have been discussing with them what is involved and how to prepare properly for these.

A three day discovery programme, always an exciting time, will be held on 27-29 November. This is an excellent opportunity for the students to try many different activities that they might not have done before. Junior Prizegiving will be held on Wednesday 4 December at 7.00 pm with the final assembly for Year 9 and 10 on Thursday 5th December.

Nga Mihi Nui

Grant Jones