Our Term 3 School Value is Aumangea – Resilience
Oh the places you’ll go,
today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting
So get on your way!
--- Dr Seuss
Being resilient does not mean that children won’t experience difficulty or distress. Being resilient allows you to overcome your mountains.
Let’s Celebrate our students
Today is your day Khorys Tahuri!
She receives the July Aumangea award for walking away from peer pressure and being resilient.
Our Term 2 Cross Curricular - Where to for us? Ki hea rā matou?
To celebrate the end of our Term 2 Cross Curricular - Where to for us? Ki hea rā matou? We celebrated this by holding a Mini Olympics held at WCC. This was a nice way to end the term by having our students involved with Swimming, Volleyball and Basketball. Thank you to all our outstanding leaders who helped make this day successful
Kotahitanga - “We are all in this together”
The Mini Olympic winners
Gold – N5
Silver – N4
Bronze – N3
Ngā mihi nui
Year 7 & 8 Department
Achieving Excellence in NCEA - Congratulations!
Level 3 - English 3.4 - Produce a selection of fluent and coherent writing which develops, sustains, and structures ideas -
Hirini Mcllroy & Riley Stanaway
Level 3 - Mathematics and Statistics 3.9 - Investigate bivariate measurement data -
Patricia Davis & June Doyle
Level 2 - Mathematics and Statistics 2.2 - Apply graphical methods in solving problems -
Mahinarangi Hume
Level 2.5 - Physics - Demonstrate understanding of atomic and nuclear physics -
Grace Whaanga & Kefir Kirwan
Level 1 - Chemistry 1.1 - Carry out a practical chemistry investigation, with direction
Riku Gordon, Kefir Kirwan, Nikau Pitman, Eden Scotson & Grace Whaanga
Level 1 - Mathematics & Statistics 1.11 - Investigate bivariate numerical data using the statistical enquiry cycle - Ashley Atkinson, Tom Kerley, Kefir Kirwan, Nikau Pitman, Eden Scotson & Grace Whaanga
Level 1 - Mathematics & Statistics 1.4 - Apply linear algebra in solving problems
Grace Whaanga, Owen Verner, Eden Scotson, Nikau Pitman, Aimee MacDonald, Kefir Kirwan & Ashley Atkinson
Level 1 - Home Economics 1.4 - Demonstrate knowledge of practices and strategies to address food handling issues - Eden Scotson
CORE VALUES
The following students were awarded this week for displaying one of our core values of:
Caring for each student (Manaakitanga),
Working together (Kotahitanga),
Respect (Whakamana),
and Resilience (Aumangea).
Aimee MacDonald - Personal excellence
Maria Waiwai-Tipuna - Personal excellence
Tipu Tipuna - Personal excellence
Chanelle Brown - Respect
Anahera Olsen - Respect
Sonny-Rose Robinson - Manaakitanga, Personal excellence & Respect
Louise Gray-Thompson - Respect
Riley Kendall - Respect
Eden Scotson - Personal excellence
Nikau Pitman - Personal excellence
Pickleball
On Monday 9R went to the Wairoa Community Centre for Physical Education to learn the game Pickleball. This game is similar to padder tennis where a plastic ball is hit with a bat over a meter high net. The students enjoyed learning a new net game. Net sports is the focus for Year 9 PE this term which includes badminton, volleyball and tennis. Our thanks to Esta Wainohu who is the facilitator at the Wairoa Community Centre and is coaching our students in a variety of net sports.
Biomedical Science of Otago University Visit
WAIROA COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES' BY-ELECTION
Wairoa College BOT By-Election
Nominations closed on Friday the 30th of July for the current BOT By-Election.
Four valid nominations were received for the three vacant positions, an election will be held.
On behalf of the students of Wairoa College a big thank you to the following candidates for putting
yourself forward for election:
- Jeanne Clayton-Greene
- Louise Greaves
- Luana Mitchell
- Rob Unwin
Voting papers will be posted out this week. Please return your voting paper in the envelope
provided by Wednesday the 1st of September.
Bernadine Hamlin
Returning Officer
CACTUS 29 - Term 3
Combined Adolescent Challenge Training Unit & Support.
CACTUS includes early morning one hour physical training sessions three times a week based on training developed for armed forces personnel. This is followed by hot showers, a healthy breakfast, coaching and goal-setting activities that finish in time for students to start school for the day.
The longest day will be on Saturday 25th the September.  |  |  |
Breaking Down the Barriers
What do Pablo Picasso, Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci and Richard Branson have in
common?
We know that they have all contributed amazing insight and knowledge, creative gifts,
innovation and entrepreneurship. They were, in fact, influencers before the term influencer
became a thing! What is less well known about them is that they all have dyslexia.
Dyslexic individuals tend to think in pictures rather than words; receiving and retrieving
information in a different part of the brain to neurotypical, word-based thinkers. This means
that reading and writing is more effortful and therefore slower. It is inherited so often runs in
families and can affect 10-20% of the population to a greater or lesser extent.
Dyslexia is not a problem of intelligence, laziness, vision, or reading and writing letters
backwards. Most students with dyslexia tendencies learn how to adapt and interact with text
successfully in the classroom, especially with early recognition and effective literacy
intervention at primary school. However, some students have persistent challenges when
interacting with text at high school. Understanding the difficulties students with dyslexia face
and how to tap into their strengths to overcome them has been a focus at Wairoa College
this year.
Dyslexia’s greatest difficulty is self-esteem – it only becomes a difficulty if not appropriately
addressed. Successfully addressing dyslexia is based on recognition, understanding and
action. Using technology and providing additional time to read and write, levels the playing
field. Helping students understand how their brain works best and teaching them strategies
when reading and writing empowers them to achieve their personal excellence and ensures
that dyslexia is not a barrier to success in life.
All students with dyslexia experience some difficulty with words but not all students
experiencing difficulty with words are dyslexic. Dyslexia is characterised by an unexpected
difficulty with fluent reading and spelling in comparison with academic performance in all
other areas. By comparison, a student with global developmental delays would experience
difficulties across all or most areas of the New Zealand Curriculum.
For more information about dyslexia and how you can support a child with dyslexia
tendencies at home check out:
Dyslexia Foundation of New Zealand
Provides a voice for, and services to, New Zealanders with dyslexia as well as to
those supporting them www.dyslexiafoundation.org.nz
SPELD
Provides information to whānau and individuals with dyslexia and other specific
learning difficulties. www.speld.org.nz
Schools do not need a formal diagnosis of dyslexia for your child to access the support that
they need. If you have a concern that your child may have dyslexia tendencies or have any
concern about your child’s learning and would like to contact me, you can:
Leave a message with our front office staff in person or by phone (06) 838 8303
Email me direct on djb@wairoacollege.school.nz
I welcome the opportunity to meet, collaborate and work with whānau and caregivers.
Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini
My strength is not that of a single warrior but that of many.
Ngā mihi
Diane Broomfield
SPORTS RESULTS
NETBALL
Netball Junior A's v Taikura Juniors 42 - 29 Win
BASKETBALL
Basketball Junior Boys v NBHS 41 - 36 Win
Basketball Junior Girls v Hukarere 31 -29 Win
Senior Boys v Taradale Senior B 60 - 26 Win
Senior Girls v Iona 84 - 14 Win
RUGBY
Rugby Colts v HBHS 5 - 48 Loss
Rugby First XV v NBHS 22 - 19 Win
BADMINTON
Wairoa College Girls v Woodford Black 4 - 2 Win
