J O Mathewson, Principal

Term 2 Issue 5 3 June 2016

Tuesday 7June is Day 3

There was very strong interest in the

Deputy Principal position, which was

recently advertised by the Board of

Trustees.

Congratulations to Mrs Plummer who

won the job! She has been our Assistant

Principal since 2003, and is involved in

significant leadership roles in the school

including staffing, NZQA, curriculum,

and in 2015 & 2016 she has spent time as

Acting Deputy Principal, and knows and

understands the demands of the job.

Her previous school was Baradene College where she had a number of leadership roles, including Director of

Curriculum, Assessment & Learning, Co-ordinator of the Arts Curriculum, and the Principal’s Nominee for NZQA.

During this time she was the Chief Examiner for NZEST Practical Art in New Zealand. She has also taught at

Northcote College, where she was a senior Dean and marked NZQA Bursary Art History.

Mrs Plummer is a passionate educator, and revels in the growth and potential of every young person that comes through

our gates. She is deeply committed to this school and we look forward to working with her in this new role.

Hands Up Scholarships

Congratulations to three of our talented students who have been awarded Hands Up Scholarships this week. They are

outstanding sports people.

Rashaan Smith (Year 10) plays for 2 school basketball teams, and has been selected for the NZ U16 team to play

Australia. Her goal is to ultimately win a basketball scholarship to a USA university.

Isileli Kioa (Year 12) is a key player in our

1stXV and is a North Harbour U16 Rugby Rep

and has trialled for the Blues U18 team. His goal

this year is to make the North Harbour U18 team.

Oban Hawkins (Year 11) plays for our 1stXI

football team and also for Birkenhead Premier

Reserves. He has been selected for the NZ U17

football squad and his goal is to make the U17

World Cup football team.

We are so grateful to Mr Ford and ex students Ms

Turner & Mr Turner who fund this

scholarship. They are such generous people who

want to make a difference in young people’s lives.

Their help will pay for sports gear, entry fees,

travel to tournaments and other expenses

throughout the year.

Birkenhead College 1st XV vs Whangarei

High School 1st XV on SKY TV

On Saturday June 11th the 1st XV will be playing

Whangarei High School 1st XV HERE at Birkenhead

College at 12pm. The game will be live on the Rugby

channel and replayed throughout the

week on Sky Sports channels.

Come down and support the team and

school. Food including bacon and egg

rolls and sausages will be available.

School Ball Model United Nations Assembly

Dylan Murray, Conor Macpherson and Lucas

Clark took par t in this

year’s Model United

Nations Assembly,

representing the United

Arab Emirates. Our

team won the award for

the best lobbying team.

Well done boys.

What a Success!

What a successful school production. Well done to Ms

Eichstaedt and her very talented team of helpers who

created such magic!

Thank you so much.

Careers Corner

Important dates for your diary for Term 2:

All careers talks are in T4 at lunchtime. Try to get there for

a prompt start, bring your lunch with you.

9 June University applications C6

16 June University applications C6

Top Teams

Basketball Rugby

U17A Girls beat Westlake 50-20 2ndXV beat Mahurangi 5-0

5th Grade beat Hobsonville 34-20

Football

2nd XI boys beat Northcote 1-0 Badminton

BC1 beat BC3 8-0

Netball Sen Girls beat Carmel 8-0

Yr 9 Team 2 beat Mahurangi 9-5

Hockey

1st XI Boys beat Long Bay 8-1

Check out our official Facebook page at

https://www.facebook.com/birkenheadcollege/

First XI Girls’ Football

The First XI Girls have had a busy week with two games.

On Monday we played Northcote for the Wysoczanski

Cup. It was a tough game with the teams

evenly matched. Two goals from

Madison Miller for us and two goals

for Northcote resulted in a two all draw,

much to the frustration of coach, Mr

Rotheray. As cur rent holders of the

cup we retain it until our next contest.

With several of the experienced players

out due to injury it was a slightly

different line up for the game against

Carmel College on Wednesday. The team as a whole

stepped up to the challenge and

although we finished with a narrow 1-0

loss there are many players who gave of

their best. George Sumeo Shaw took

charge of the back line and set the

standard for the defenders. Lisa

Weskamp worked tirelessly in the

midfield and Georgia Kearns Docker

also had a good game. All players put in

an excellent effort and despite the loss

Mr Rotheray and Ms Purdie were

very proud of their performance.

Madison Miller

Georgia

Kearns Docker

SCHOOL CALENDAR 2016

TERM 2

Week 6 Mon 6 June Holiday—Queen’s birthday

Tue 7 June 12 Geo Trip

Week 7 Sat 18 June School Ball

Week 10 Fri 8 July Reports Home - Last day of Term 2

TERM 3

Week 1 25 July School starts

Week 2 Thur 4 Aug Report Evening

Free Workshop details

Topic: Film-Making and Sustainability

Date: Friday 17 June 2016

Time: 9am – 4.30pm

Venue: Glenfield War Memorial Hall

Who: Students Years 7-13 and their

parents/caregivers/teachers/youth workers

BC Sports Fixtures Day Fixtures

FRIDAY June 3

Basketball Open Mens vs WBHS A 8:30 NSEC2

U19 Boys vs Rangitoto Red 6:15 AUT 2

U17A Boys vs Orewa 6:00 NSEC 2

Open Women vs Rangitoto Blue 8:30 AUT 1

U17A Girls vs Long Bay 5:00 NSEC 3

U17B Girls vs Hato Petera 4:45 AUT 1

Table tennis All teams 5-7pm NHTTA

Squash Senior Boys vs Bye

Water Polo BC vs Rangi Boys B 7:00 Millennium

Rugby 1st XV vs Rosmini 2:30 BC1

Saturday June 4

2nd XV vs No game

5th Grade vs No game

6th Grade vs No game

Football 1st XI Boys vs No game

2nd XI Boys vs No game

Junior Boys vs No game

Netball Team 1 vs No game

Team 2 vs No game

Team 3 vs No game

Team 4 vs No game

Team 5 vs No game

Monday June6

Squash Girls vs No game

Badminton BC 1 vs No game

BC 2 vs No game

Tuesday June 7

Netball Year 9 Team 1 vs Northcote Col 9/1 4:45 15

Year 9 Team 2 vs Rangitoto Col 9/8 5:35 20

Wednes-day June

8

Badminton Sen Girls C vs Glenfield C1 4:00 Forrest Hill

Basketball U15A Boys vs WBHS Green 5:30 NSEC 2

U15B Boys vs Pinehurst A 5:30 Massey Albany Ct2

Badminton Sen Girls B vs Westlake Girls B3 4:00 Forrest Hill

Football 1st XI Girls vs Orewa White 4:00 Orewa 1

2nd XI Girls vs Takapuna 4:00 BC 1

THURS-DAY June

9

Hockey 1st XI Boys vs Rangitoto 4.00 Harbour 2

Basketball U17 Yr 10 vs WBHG H 9:15 NSEC 3

U17 Yr 11 vs Glenfield 8:30 NSEC 3

U17 Academy vs Rangitoto Orange 8:15 NSEC 2

Hockey 1st XI Girls vs 4:00 Miller 3

Curling bc girls vs

Epsom Girls Curl Jam

7:00 AVDC ice rink D

BC Boys vs BC Mixed 7:00 AVDC ice rink D