Vision

St Mark's Church school is a vibrant, dynamic and joyous community

of learners where students and teachers work as parmers to achieve

what is needed for their life-long learning journey.

We have:

an excellent and inspirational foundational education

engaged and inspiring teachers

challenged and safe students

an environment in which the Christian faith is nurtured

an active parmership between school and parish

buildings that reflect and support the dynamism of the school

Values

Inclusiveness

Tolerance and Caring

Children come first

Success and Excellence

Mission Statement

Within a caring Christian environment we provide our smdents with

the foundations for success in an inter-connected world.

Welcome

This magazine is a celebration of the successes oCthe SI Mark's Chu rch School family in 2010. In this record we continue to celebrate OUT academic and sporting achievements and we show how we make ou r mark each day. We hope that you enjoy thi s record 0( 2010 at SI Mark's Church School and that it will continue to bring back wonderful

memories. both now and in the yeOlTS to come.

Erin Harvison and Rochelle Thorn. Ed itorial Teilm

Blick Row: Kim Millar-Hughes, Cushla Fitzsimmons, Angela Francis, Cameron Burns, Ron 51.1,h, Erica Harvison, Rachael Pottinger

Thi r d Row: Vickl·Marie Buchanan, Christine Kuper, Ang Pawley, Jacinta Z099. Paul Sparks, Annie Snedden, Marie Ward, Emma Milne,

Rebecca Buchanan

Second Row: Sarah Canning. HeatherTaylor, Rochelle Thorn, Tracy Nel, Kathleen McDougall, Lauren Stafford, Barbara Batchelor, Angelee Deardorff, ShaHnl Agarwal

Front Row: Karyn Sheehan, Allan Griffin, Angie Andreas, Linda Dunne, Tony Ba tchelor(Principal), Corinne Roling, Mark Potter, Lynda Moore, Nicky Katsanos, Michelle Sargentina

Ab sent: Kelvin Maxwell, Glenda Ryman, Cindy Horsfall, Zoe Roles, Sonia Hayes, Cathy Underhill, Di Giurioli, David McCaffrey

Contacts School Office: Phone: 3B5-9489

Fax: 385-1528

Bursar: Phone: 3B4-2398

Address: 13 Dufferin Sueet, Mt Victoria

PO Box 7445, Wellington

Email: admin@s\·marks.schooLnz

Web: www.st· marks.school.nz

1 ST MARK'S YEARBOOK 1010

The Den

For uniform and stationery requirements phone

385·9019 or email uniform@st·marks.school.nz

Den Hours: B:003m- 9:30am on Mon and FrL

2.00- 3.1Spm on Wednesday

Appointments requ ired for full uniform

fil·outs and delivery of second·hand Items.

Regular uniform items (size known) may be

ordered over the phone fOf your child to

collect, with invoice, at the School office.

Please leave a telephone mess.age.

SMART

Afler School Care and Homework

Programme. Phone 384-1753

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Board

Keith Newell, Chairman

Fraser Buchanan

Paulei" Cooper

Ailsa Cornell

Rev Michael Holland

Velna McConehie

Angela Sellwood

R09l:'r Wigglesworth

Senior Management

Nlr Tony Batchelor, Principal Blch Lmg, Adv Oip T. nc. RT

Mrs Corinne Roling, Deputy Principal

B.Ed (Hans), NPQH, RT

Mrs Angela Andreas

Dean of lower School ~ MEd. BA. RT

Mr Mark. Potter

Dean of Middle ScOOoI - SA (Honsl. RT

Miss linda Dunne Dean of Uppel School - BA. PG OipTchg, RT

Mrs Cathy Underhill

Dean of Senior School - BTchLn, HOipTchg. RT

Prima ry School Staff

Mrs Sonia Bernard (Tl + 2)

Teacher - 8A (Hans), Tch9 ( er! (USA), RT

Miss Louise Boon (Tl + 2)

Teacher - SA, PGCE, RT

Mr Cameron Hums

Teacher - BEd. OipTchg. RT

Miss Angelee Oeardorf

Teacher - SSC, RT

Miss (ushla Fitzsimmons

Teacher - SA. PG Dip T(hg, PRT

Ms Emily Griffiths (ll)

Teacher - BA. PG Dip Tchg. RT

Mrs Erica Harvison (T2. J +4) Teacher - SA{Hons). PGCE. RT

Mr Kelvin Maxwell Teacher - BEd. DipTchg. RT

Ms Emma Milne Teacher - SCom. BA. GradDipTchg, RT

Mrs Andrea Pawley Teacher - BEd. DipTchg. RT

Mrs Annie Snedden Teacher - LLB. PGDipTchg. RT

Mrs Heather Taylor

Teacher - SA QTS (Hons), PGC. RT

Ms Rochelle Thorn Teacher - SA. GradDipTchg. RT

Mrs Jacinta Zogg (TJ + 4)

Teacher - BA Psyc. DipTchg, DipTESL, RT

Mrs Rachael Pottinger (TJ + 4)

Teacher - BEd, OipTchg, RT

Early Childhood Staff

Ms Lynda Moore Dean of Early Learning - BEd, DipTchg ECE. RT

Mrs Sharlin1 Agarwal Teacher - B Tchg. PRT

Ms Rebecca Buchanan Teacher - BEd. OIpTchg ECE. RT

Miss Sonia Butler (ll+ 2)

Teacher - BEd. Dip, Tchg (ECE). RT

Miss Fran Carter (T1 + 2)

Teaching Assistant - Nat Cen ECE

Mrs Dot Chan (ll + 2)

Teacher - B,Tchg & Lng, Adv & Higher Dip Tchg, Dip ECE (equiv), Cerl ECE Tchg

Mrs Sonia Hayes Teacher - BA, DipTchg, RT

Miss Cindy HorsfaU Teacher - BEd ECE, RT

Mr David McCaffrey (TJ+4)

Teacher Assistant - MSJ. SA. RT

Mrs Zoe Roles Teacher - MA. BEd, Dip ECE, RT

Miss Lauren Stafford (Tl + 4)

Teacher

Subject Staff

Mrs Barbara Batchelor Religious Education - BTehln, RT

Ms Vicki-Marie Buchanan Performing Ar ts - MA(Dist), FTCL SPELD. RT,

Mrs Angela Francis Visual Arts - DipTchg, RT

Miss Kathleen McDougall Spanish - BA. DipTchg. BFA, RT

Mrs Kim Millar-Hughes Teaching Assistan!

MsTracy Nel Information Cemre - MA{Dis!). OipTchg(Se<),BRemEd. RT

Mrs Glenda Ryman Music - SA, DipTchg, RT

Mr Stephen Brown (ll + 2)

Physical EducatiOn & Sport - SA(Hons). PGDE. RT

Mr Paul Sparks (Tl + 4)

Physical EducatiOn & Sport - B.Ed, RT

Mrs Marie Ward Reading Suppon - DipTchg. RT

Mrs Judy Whiteside ESOL - DipTchg, DipTESL. RT

Administrative Staff

Mrs Di Glurioli Reception

Mr Allan Griffin T Manager - DipBC

Rev Michael Holland Vicar - BA. OipEd. Dip Tchg, RT

Ms Nicky Katsanos Business Manager - BCA. Cert MS. CA

Mrs Christine Kuper Accounts Clerk

Mrs Michelle Sargentina Student Manager

Mrs Karyn Sheehan Executive Assistant

Mr Ron Such Building Supervisor

Mrs Margot Wilson Archivist - OipTchg

ST MARK'S YEARBOOK 2010 3

The best of beginnings

for a lifetime of learning

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Contents

6 The School Roll

8 Chai rman's Report

10 Principal's Report

12 2010 in the Chapel

13 Leavers' Dinner Speeches

16 Prizegiving

18 Snapshots of 201 0

DEPARTMENTS

29 Information Centre

30 Staff Commings and Goings

32 Sport and Physical Education

35 Parents' Association

SMILE 201 0

36 Music

37 Archives

38 Drama

40 ESOL

Spanish

41 Primary Years Programme

Early Childhood

42 kt

43 RE

CLASSES

44 Toddlers

45 Preschool

46 Foundation

48 lAD/lEH

50 2AA12CF

52 3MP/3RP

54 4HT/4KM

56 5AS/SCB

58 6JZ/6LD

60 7AP17EM

62 SCU /8RI

TEAM PHOTOGRAPHS

64 Official school team

photographs from Early

Childhood through to Year 9

72 End ofYear Events

Editori~l Team:

Ms Rochelle Thorn

Mrs Erica Harvison

Design:

Hyve Design

The help of 111 sufT

members in t he

production of t his

molgazine is grNtly

"pprecio\led.

SI Mark 's Church School

PO Box 74-45

13 Durrerin Street.

Mount Victoria.

Wellington.

NEW ZEALAND

www.st-marks.school.nl

admin@St-marks.school.nz

Telephone +64 4 385 9489

Fax +64 4 385 1528

ST MARK'S YEARBOOK2010 S

School Roll

ADAMS. Geo,ge BOOKER, Aaron

ADAMS, Oleta SOOTH. N1chotas

AGUIRRE. Molses BOSTRQVAS. Jordan

AITKEN, Iris BOULIERIS, Alexis

ALI·SAKOUFAKIS, Sophia BOULIERIS, Lucas

AMES. Gracie BOULIERIS. Olivia

AMES,Oscar BRADLEY, Adam

AMES. Samuel BRADWELL. Jonty

ANDERSON, George BRENNAN, Ella

ANDERSON, Isaac BRODIE, Thomas

ANDERSON. Tara BRUNEl, Eva

ANOREAS, AmeliI' 8RUNEL,Mtlly

ANGElL. Eva BUCHANAN, La(hlan

ANGELL. logan BUll. CrisUnn

ANTON, Alessandro BUll, Valentina

ANTON. Chiara CALAVRIAS. Zacharias

ANUP. Adarsh CAMBERIS. Apostoli

ARMSTRONG. Tenneswe CANDADAI, Amruth

AUSTING, Caleb CANLAS. Matthew

BAHIRAlHAN. K;shore CARNEGIE, Padraig

BAHIRATHAN. Shruthi CARR. Jack

BAIRD. Jonathan CARSON-KING. Atakura

BAIRD, Nikolai CARSON-KING. Awatea

BAKER. Jaiden CHANTARAJORN, Phuriehakant

BANN. Elinor CHEERAlA. Rohan

BANN. Henri CHHUN. Demeeka

BARBAlIC, Giselle CHIN, Mitchell

BARRETT. Jack CHONG. Dylan

BAZETT. Thea CHOUHAN. Arnav

BENTLEY, Matilda CHOUHAN, Krish

BERNARD. Rebekah CHOW. Derek

BERNARD. Terrence CHOW. Kylie

BEVAN. Gareth CHRISTENHUSZ. Amber

BEVAN. J"mine CHRI5TENHUSZ, Yasmin

BHAGWANDAS, Mehul CHU.Angela

BICKERS, Nathaniel CHUA, Justin

BINGLE. Dominic CHUNG, Marlon

BIRCHLER. Gabriel CLARK, Cameron

BLACKMORE. Joshua CLOWES. Rebe(ca

6 ST MARk'S YEARBOOk 2010

CONRADIE, Michael

COOKE,lsabelia

CORDALlS, EliI'

COROAlIS, Tass

cax, Benjamin

(RAUSAZ, Holly

CRAUSAl. Lucy

CUNNINGHAM, Zoe

QAHYA, Nishi

DANAM,lsaac

DAVIDSON, Connor

DAVIS. Mama

DE GREGORIO, Sophie

DEMPSEY. Jowphine

DEMPSEY, Peter

DESAI,Dev

DIAS. Emma

DOHERTY. James

DOHERTY, Nicole

DOHERTY, Sun

DOMBROSKI, Freeman

DORTON BRAND. Daniel

DRYDEN. Jac~

ECONOMOU.luca

EDWARDS. Flora

EFTIMOV. Dylan

EFTIMOV.lsabelia

ElLIS, liam

ELLIS, Madeline

ENGLISH. Morgan

ENSOR. Nkholils

ESTRADA-GARCIA. Jose

EVANS, Isabella

FAM,Lei~nl

FAM. Yiannis

FERGUSON. Harpe'

FERGUSON. Lome

FIELD. Joseph

FllO. River

FISTER. Ryan

FLAWS, Kaspar

FlORENTINE. Edward

FLORENTINE. Harriwn

FRASER·CARTER, Cameron

FRASER·CUNNINGHAM, Andrew

fREEMAN, Tiaki

FREYNHAGEN. Hanna!>

FRIZZEll, Jaclc

GAlLANO-GRIFFIN, Lily

GEORGE. Amelia

GEORGE. Zoe

GOH.Qi)'Un

GORDON. Olivia

GRAHAM. Benjamin

GRAY. Phoebe

GREEN, Caitlyn

GREEN. freya

GRIGG. Ellie

GUARINA, Elijah

HAHLADAKIS. Antony

HALIKIAS. Alexandros

HALIKIAS. Lukas

HALIKIAS. Sebastian

HARGREAVES. Arabella

HARRIS, Mia

HARRIS, Olivia

HAYES. Eva

HAYMAN. Amelia

HENNEKENS. Emma

HENRY. Reuben

HillS. Joshua

HOLDSWORTH. Zack

HOLLOWAY. John

HORROCKS, Michael

HORROCKS. Paul

HOUTAS. Pollyanna

HOWARD. Joseph

HUGHES. Emily

Answering Spanish questions; Joshua Nightingale, Hlsha Oahya, Willi"" Plreira, Priya Patel, EVI O'Connor and Ni~hol ... Yeo .

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HUGHES. Thomas MC(ONCHIE, Ang ... ~ PETROVICH, Bethany STORY, Vienna

HUGHSON, Grace MCCONCHIE, Con nO, PILCHER, James TAl. Jonathan

ISlETA DAVIDSON, Charlone MCCURLEY. Dante PILCHER. Sebastian TANG, Andrew

ISAACS, Bruno MCDOUGALL, Jakob POLLOCK, Craig TAYLOR, Archie

JAVAPAOMAN, Malathl MCGRATH, Aishanl PONT, Simeo TAYLOR, Ella

JEEVARAJ, Nathanael MCGRATH, Sa,iya PONT,Solal TAYLOR, Mackenzie

JEFFRIES, Carl MCKEICH, Freya POPHAM, J<'Xeph TAYLOR, Timothy

JIANG. Heng-Yi McNAB, Helen POneR. Reuben TEH. Jessica

JIANG, Kaia MILLS, Samuel POVEY, Alexander TODD. Luis

JOE, Cory MISTRY, Pranay POVEY, Paris TOlve, Max

JOE, ethan MISTRY, Shreya PUCHER. Alb ion Too,Jonathan

JOE, Joshua MOMCILOVIC, Malina QUINN, Alexander TOUUS, Georgio

JOJI, Shashwath MOMCILOVIC, Nikola QUIRK,8rooke TOUUS,lakov()!;

JOY,Alexey MOORE, Saskia RAJIV KUMAR, Vikram TROTTER, Abigail

JOYCE,Aleunder MORGAN, Emily RAYMOND, Nevissa TROTTER, Benjamin

JOYCE,Uam MOYES,lennox RAYMOND, Sierra TROTTER. Joshua

KAITHAYIL.I~aac MUOLLO, Antonio REECE, Joshua TUCKERMAN, Cameron

KAITHAYIL, Jacob MURAKWANI, Natalie RICHARDS, Cameron TUPAEA-TUGAGA, Sebaan

KAPAOIA, Hailey MURPHY, Keith RICHARDS, Eli TWEEDIE,Ale><ilnder

KEENE, Jordan MURPHY, Tane RICHARDS, Esther TWEEDIE,lsobel

KfLLY,Jedd MUSil., Sofia RICKARD, Jack VAE'AU, Halla

KELLY, Max NAIR,Ayash R081NSON, Oscar VAE'AU, Leilani

KHUSHAL, Carissa NEWELL, }ordyn ROCHE, Madison VAE'AU, Pulelata

KI8AR, Erin NEWTON, Zach ROLING, Eva VALLA8H, Praneel

KIDD, Robert NGAIA,Aria ROLlNG,Lily VELLEMAN, Thomas

KINAJIL-MORAN,8rooke NICHOLLS, Ethan ROY-GAPPER, Gilbert VIEYRA, Mauhew

KINAJIL-MORAN. Logan NICHOLSON, Samuel RUSSELL, Nicholas VON MUENCHHAUSEN, Selinda

KINAJIL-MORAN. Tara NIGHTINGALE, Joshua RUSSELL, Thomas WANG, Annabella

KIRK, iris NOANOA, Wanaka SAINI, Alex WANG,Isaac

KIRK, Stanley O'CONNOR. Evie SAINI, Saf", WEAR, Charlotte

KIVI , Danny OS80RNE, Callum SAMMONS-GRAY, Kaleb WESTERHUIS, Isabella

KIVI, Neakiry PAClA, Reece SAMMONS-GRAY, Kelsie WESTERHUIS, William

KONG, Clemen! PACIA, Regan SAMMONS-GRAY, Lu'" WICKREMESEKERA.Aushadha

KOTSAPAS, Mario PAMA. Shaan SANOHU, Hannah WICKREMESEKERA. Louis

LABUSCHAGNE. KiMah PAMA. Sheaynee SARGUNAM, Isaac WIGGLESWORTH, Mark

LAKSHMAN, Siddhant PANCHAL, Mill SARGUNAM. Nathan WILES, Olivia

LALLY, Natalya PARBHU, Jayan SCHAEFERS, Quincy WILKINSON. Charlone

LAYNE, Marco PARKER, Archie SCOTT, Mikhail WILKINSON, Nicholas

LAYNE, Mitchel PARKER, Edward SEAWRIGHT. Zoe WONG, Christopher

LOUBSER, Stuart PARKER, Imogen SEMllOTA. Wade WONG,Jaden

MAGAN,Darshan PARKER, Kat ~ SEREPISOS, Zachary WU,Waliace

MAGAN,Jen PATEL. Anjeli SHARMA. Akhilesh XIRAFAKIS, Diamando

MAGAN, Yeshan PATEL,hha SIATIRAS, Evangelos XIRAFAKIS, Artamis

MAHESH. Neesha PAUL, Nikhel SIATIRAS, Stefanos XIRAFAKIS, Nickolas

MAJIC, Douglas PATEL. Priya SILADI. Brendan XIRAFAKIS, Pantelis

MAJIC, Nickolas PATEL, Reeya SILADI.Jenna YEAP, Emily

MALlNG, Tobias PATEL, Shreeya SILVEY-MCCAW, Oscar YEAP, Hayden

MANDER, Lucas PATEL, Vira"j SINGH,Deep YEO,Adam

MANDER, Thomas PEAKE, Joshua SMITH, Ajay YEO, Nicholas

MANNING. Caitlin PEAKE, Oliver SOULlS, Dionysios YIAPPOS. Ana~tasios

MANOWN.Jam~~ PENNO,Levl SPAZIANI. Daniel YIAPPOS, Angelica

MARTIN,8ella PEREII'IA, William STENT. Logen YOUNG, Isaac

MARTIN, Bianca PETAGNA, Alessandro STEPHENS, Felix YOUNG. Trent

MASO£. Phoenix PETAGNA, Francesco STEPHENS,Ouincey ZAICEK, Tayla

MAVJI, Jeeten PETAGNA,luc;a STILLE, Bruno ZHANG, Ja.mine

MC8ETH, Matthew PETAGNA, Michele STILLE, Gabriela ZHANG. Leon

MCCAW, Emma

ST MARK'S VEARBOOK 2010 7

Chairman's Report

Bishop Thomas Brown. Mrs Brown. Rev

Mtch~el Holland. Princi~J Tony Batchelor

and Mrs Batchelor, fellow Board members.

pupils, parents and staff of 51 Mark's

Church School.

M,lrgaret Thatcher once said Ihis­

"What is success! [ think it is a mixture

ofha\'ing a flair for the thing that you

are doing and a commiuncm 10 hard

work and a certain sense of purpose". She

could "cry well have been ulking about

51 Mark's Church School be<ause what is

our molto - Nulb Dies Sine Linea, No

Day Without Purpose. and ii's that sense

of purpose supported by hard work that

breeds success. And what successes h.a"c been

achieved Ihis yea r. Not only educational

and sporting successes (and success

is not always aooUl winning) bUllhe

entrepreneurial successes of activities such

as the Year 5 Market Day. I'm !Old that the

innovation and variety of the things on sale

was am~zing.

In terms of scholastic achievement. our

pupils consistently score oI.bove average

on the nationwide PAT and continue to

improve their skills levels every year - a

reneclion of the ou!5tanding teaching and

!cuning that occur in ou r school. The

success of the fair organised by the Parents·

ASSOCiation with the resulting contribution

towards IT equipment for the school. was

e,·ident in the faces of all who took ~r!.

And on the cuhural front we continue to

e:tce) with the performers in this )'ur"s

production of The Tempest receiving a

rating of d istinction from the inte rnational

adjudicator.

The speda! character of St Mark's

was e"ident in the com~ssion shown in

collecting mone), for St Michae)·s School

In Christchurch after the eiITthquake and

for the prayerful support shown to the 5t

Michae]"s community and more recently to

the West COilSt communit), afler the Pike

Rh'cr mining disaster.

Two other successes for the school

as a whole Ihis year were of course the

hest ever ERO repon and the awarding of

8 ST MARK·S YEARBOOK 2010

In ternational 8;!.calaureate World School The Board. under my chairmanship.

Stalus to St Mark·s Church School. both did nOi get it righl in communicating to

of which reneCled Ihe hard work of Mr you the parents. the reasons for [he large

R;tlchelor and his team of highly successful fee increase for 2011. This was not through

teaching and managemem staff. lack of enthusiasm or determination for

This place is a trlbll1e to you all . Tony. the success of this school on Ihe J»rI of the

you provide the leadership that inspi res Board. otherWise why would we be doing

the work of the entire staff and! walll to whal we do. However. we have indicated.

acknowledge the confiden~e the Board through my em~ilto yOlllast Monday, that

has in yOIl as our Principal. You have been we have acknowledged that fa ilure and are

ably assisted over the last couple of yea rs looking for a path forward. Our plan was

by Corinne Roling as your Deputy and lB to improve what was on offer at St Mark·s

co-coordinator. Corinne we will miss you in o rde r to give your children the very best

bUI we·re gl~d [hat your work here has education. We thought that would attract

provided you with a springbOilrd 10 again more pupils- and it has. JUSt not enough.

be in charge of a school. So we have relied on raiSing an overdr~ft

There have been so many more until such lime as the twO sides of the

successes contributing 10 the vibrant life of ledger gOt h~ck in sync. In lOll the school

this school we all lo\"e. They are too many needs [0 operale in a more businesslike

to mention individually but )·ou will each manner but at the same time recognis ing

know the thrill and satisfaction YOIl felt its special character and care for itS most

being part of each and eveq · one of those precious resources - ils pupi ls, parents and

successes in 2010. teachers - the people ofSt Mark's.

Now here's another quote. this time It's nOl goi ng to happen overnight but

from Winston Churchill - ·'Success consists we believe there is truth in the saying

of going from failure to failure wilhout loss '·e,·e ry journey begins with one step·'.

of enthusiasm·', May I for a few moments tell you some

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key things which, while not peculiar to

this school may help YOll to underst,lnd

some of the exterior innuences which have

brought us to this point.

During the term of the pre\'ious

governmem from 1999-2008 the capped

funding policy for independent schools

saw a 42% real decrease in funding levels

and education inOation during some of

those yens was Ihree limes Ihe Consumer

Price Index.

Delivering on an election promise the

incoming Niuion.il led government lifted

the capped funding in Z009 and gave

the private school sector an additional

S35mi1lion dollars. Sounds a 10\ of money

bUI Qver .. U equates 10 about $300 per yen

per student. 25% oflhal 535 million was

allocated 10 Aspire Scholarships for low

income families 10 h,lve the opportunity

10 educate their chltdrt'n.u independent

schools but only at Sl'{:ondary schools.

The remainder of that funding has done

linle to relieve the burden on parellls at

independent schools of paying for the COStS

of operating institut ions proViding high

slandards of education.

Mosl Independenl Schools spend

between 70-85% of their income on

human resourct's. AI 5t Mark's the cost of

salaries alone accounts for approximately

75% of Iht' incomt' rt'ceived. After Ihe

pupils of the school good teachers are ou r

next most precIous resource bUt the high

standard of educuion given u 51 Mark 's

comes al high cost.

As many of you know Iht' school does

nOI own the bnd and buildings from

which it operates. They art' leased from

the P~rish Propt'rty Trust. Next week we

will be talking to the PPT to S<!e if they

c~n assist us to soften the effect of the fee

increase.

These ,md OIher factors hne weighed

heavil)' on the governance of the school.

For se"eral years successive Boards have

Iried. as prudently as poSSible, to cushion

Ihe effecls on parents of decreasing

fund ing, higher costs and recessionary

trends. We can no longer susrain this

and wllh school fees as our only source

of regular income the recent aClion

was necessary 10 enable 51 Mark's 10

successfully cominue 10 provide the

eXpt'cted standard of education for your

children.

So another quote comes 10 mind

-'"The ladder of success Is beSI climbed by

stepping on Ihe rungs of opportunity".

The Board had scheduled for 20] I

several changes to the governance of the

school and now we have addt'd other

changes signalled by you the parents.

This is not an easy time for the school

but the Board has I~ken your expressions

of concern, and also of support. as an

opportunily 10 engage more with you in

planning out the future of the school. BUI

one thing is for sure. The present financial

Si tuation cannot continut'.

Early in Term 1 of 201 ] we will

facilitate focus groups of parellls and

other stakeholders in order to enhance

understanding of the pressures facing the

school and to formul.ate a five year plan for

the school. I have been heulened in recem

days by the offe rs from parelllS who are

wUling to give their time and expert ise in

many fields in order to assis t our beloved

school to face the challenges of the fUlure.

I encourage you 10 take put in one of these

groups and to register your Interest with

the school office.

We also want to improve our links wilh

the Alumni. those past pupils who may

wish to acknowledge the paTllhat 5t Mark's

has playt'd in their successful careers

by perhaps pro\'idlng another source of

income for Ihe school.

The Parish of 51 Mark's is next year

looking to rewrite the School ConStilulion

which will contribute towards changes in

the w~y the school is governed.

As I said earlier these changes will nOt

happt'n overnight but with your continued

support they will h~ppen and St Mark's

Church School will carryon its prond

hiSlory.

But for now lets concentrate on and

celebrate the 2010 successes of yOIl Ihe

pupils ofsi Mark's Church School.

For those of you returning to the

school in 2011, Mr Balchelor will still be

the Principal. most of the teachers YOIl

have come to know and love will still

be teaching here and there will be some

new ones for you to get to know but the

high standard of education Ihat you have

received so far will continue. May you

en joy the remaining time that you have

at 51 Mark's and lllay whal you learn here

be Ihe first step on your ladder of success.

For you who are going to other schools

nex t year I hope you will take with you the

values you have gained and the experiences

you have had at 5t Mark's and use them as

stepping stones in your life journey.

And for our year 8 leavers, next year

will be your first time at s&ondary school.

I was privileged to allend the Leaven'

Dinner on Monday nighl and I was tru ly

impressed with Ihe nlibre of those who

spoke and the behaviour of all the pupils

who illended, Guest speaker, Jack Yan,

spoke with fondness of his time at St

Mark's and of the effect his education here

had on his highly successful career. One

thing he said which I have found to be

true is '"Choose whal you love to do, as a

career'" the rest is easy.

You are 011 Ihe brink of a new

adventure, You go with our DeSI wishes

for your future. Remember 5t Mark's

fondly, do us and yourselves proud in your

new schools. Be confident and live lift' to

the full.

Finally, on behalf of tht' Board, I wish

everyone here pupils, parents, staff and

guesls, a joyous Christmas and a happy and

prospt'rous New Year.

Thank you

Mr Keith Newe.1I

5T MARK'S YEARBOOK2010 9

Principal 's Report

Prize Giving, December 09, 2010

Haere Mai, Kalespera, Bienbenido,

Baruch ha·ba, Huan ying, Wilkommen!

Bienvenuel

II gives me great pleasure to welcome

you to our 2010 Prizegivlng.

Bishop Tom ind Mrs 8rown, Reverend

Hollind. Mr Newell ind Mrs Newell.

Members of the ~rd, Colh:.agues, P;ucms.

Friends of the School ind most Impom.mly

students.

Recently, I ~.ad wilh g~u interest of i

snulliown ofh,i1i,1n migr.l."LS in America

who b.Jfficd doctors with inci'Miblr low

'.tIes of dlseuc ind memal he,ilth problems

iCross the populillon. By the time mcdi~1

~.uchers h~ climin.ucd diel, exw:::ise.

genetics or mcdiGlllion u the CiUse of

their rem,lrhble good hc.hh, it bec.lmc

evident th,it the m.aglc,tl ingredient W,l.S,l

strong sen'le of community. These were

people who look the lime en:ry d.y to

ronverse whh uch other fi~-IO-racc, who

cncouriged the reid)' mi"ing of generations

around the dinner ubiI' every evening and

who treasured the ),oung and the elderly

espedilly. Theirs W,IS a village in which

Christian values, Civic pride, and i belief

In personal responsibllit)' held sway. Every

per$(lII in the town miUered and was made

to feel It. When things were tough for one.

they all shouldered a Imll' of the ~d.

I would hke to take a mOllllnt to

reflea OIl our village, our community, the

comlllunity ofSt Mark 's. I hope th,lI you

know )·ou ire polrt of a community. nOi JUSt

a school.. Ours is a special platt. one which

supporu and ~Iebrates ever)' person u an

Indlvldud. lives daily the Chri.'ltian values.

and even In tough limes. espedally in tough

times we all shoulder the load.

St Mark's is a place where children frolll

all around the world learn together. are

prepared for the challenges we face in our

world, where success la)'5lhe foundations

for lifelong learning. The international

recognhiOIl we received ;U i school thi.'l

10 ST MARK'S YEARBOOK 2010

),ear as an IS World Schoollu.s to be a high

point of the )'Car - i journey the school

community has been on over the last

Ihree )·ears. Our report highlighted our

best pract ice in education, our excellence

in teaching and learning. our quality

teaching staff and their gUiding of students

to build underslandings and promote

responsiblllt)' fo r their OWI1 learlling.

Ours is a commitment 10 crealivi!), and

inquiry-hiSl'd learning which miy challenge

some traditional leaching models, but Ihe

proof of its suceess Is overwhelming. [n a

),ear when so much of Ihe education news

has been around National Standards our

result.s, speak for themsch'n - with the

introduction of in a.sscssment COOTdina tor

this year we have aceuntl' dau. telling us

Ihat on a"erage all year groups are achieving

aJxr,'e Na[ionil reference groups and Ihis

increases.1S students progres:o; through the

school where 66% of our Year 8 students are

achieving in Ihe higher Nnds In numeriC)'

compared to 23% nationally. As a nalional

norm in Reading only 23 % of children in

NZ achieve a stanine 7,8.or 9 where 50%

of our Yei! 8 students ~chicve this ind In

reading \"Ocabular), 60%. [n ~peiling 75%

of our Yei( 8 students willle~"e ~I or above

their chrOllologlcal age. over 70% of our

year scven and sixes. and o,'er 80% of our

Year 55.

We ue constolntly looking to ichieve

excellence in meeting the needs of.ill our

studentS with our more focused apprOlch 10

differemia[e prognmmes. Our young people

are confident achievers: we hid sirong

representat ion ~I the regional spelling bee,

we had our belt I'\'er suCttSS ~t the NIWA

Science FoIir, t~ internationally recognised

drallla programme with our I'JIcellent resullJi

in lhe trin ilY gUildhall euminations with

o ... er 85% of our slUdellls from our 5 yeu

olds 10 our 13 yCilr olds giining di~tinclion.

i nd our Yeu 7 and Yeu 8 production of

Shakespeare's The Tempt'S1 gaining 92%. our

choirs have represented Ihe schoolicross

Ihe city, we have had students performing

if] NZ Oper.·s prodUCtion ofMaclJelh and

our students represent the youth of NZ 01.[

Na[ional Celebrations. Our innovation in

Ihe usc of digiUltechnoiogies is respected

and it Is through the generous help of our

pirelllll thai we have been able [0 venture

into new technologies making their way

into our classrooms. We pioneered both

a language and culturallrial with Chorim

School in Seongnam, Soulh Kore.i - Ihe first

Irial of th is sort In a NZ primary school - so

successful has this been Ihil in 2011 we will

Introduce the cultur.1 cxchange n i club

and look forward to hOSl ing [8 Modems

from Chorim School it St Mark 's. Our gioNI

outlook also sees us forging links with

.i French iiChooi in Arras, i SiSler City of

Wcliington.

As. Iruc inncr city school we ha"c to usc

our cily as our playground. We ire hugely

~"antaged in our ~nlralloo.tion not only

for our ac~emic inquiries but also for our

sporling activities. Families who come to

our school know Ih"l we are a school wilh

limited grounds. Despite this we field turns

in ]5 sporting codes in both inter school

.nd regional compelitions. w ith a number of

slUdents going on 10 represem WCliington in

their code. Over the year our Year 6 Netball

tealll won thei r grade and the 'defense

cup'. our Year 7 leam was placed third, and

during the week Ihe wilerpolo learn won

thei r grade and were unbeaten in doing

so. We were placed .second in [he Year 6

~dmimon Competilion. and won the Year

7 and Year 8 first division [itle. Two or our

minihilltl'ams won their respective A grade

compelit lons. We were well represented at

Cellini and inter Zone competitions with

outstanding results nOied and 3 or our

stodellls weill on 10 repnsem the school in

Athletics at Wellington regional ie'·el. Our

studems hal'e allended COKhing clinics;1\

the school run by pla)'ers from Wellington

Tennis, NZ SoflNI!, a world ch.impion jump

rope .imNssador. Ihe Wellinglon f'ttoeni".

and Ihe All SliCks.

Our slaffls our gre;lIest .lSSet and our

point o f d ifference. They ha"e a combined

e"perience and passion for education many

PrinCipiis would envy. They encounge ind

fosler creilivity In every classroom frolll pre-

------------j. ~

school to the Senior SchooL They leach our

studems that it is important to be inquisitive.

They encourage academic risk·\akers and

creative endea\'our. they gUide theiT stlldems

and celebrate loudest when children question

well. So esteemed are our starr Ihal Mrs

Heather Taylor \ViIS selected 10 present al

the recent IB Conference in Auckland on

Assessmem and Evaluation and this morning

we have heard that Ms Vicki-Marie Buchanan

hu been selected to present on Drama at the

2011 IB oonreren~ in Melbourne. 51 Mark's

is making its mark in the IB World.

Tonight we say goodbye to Cindy and

Shalini from our Early Learning Centre

as they head to roles out of teaching for "­

bit, Cushb. Fitzimmons who returns home

10 Christchurch to lake up a position at

51 Mark's O~wa. Sarah Donon whose

contract with us comes [0 an end, and

my Deputy Corinne Roling who leA\'es us

after 3 yurs to take up a role as Campus

Dire<:tor at Westmount Schoo1. All staff

who pass through our school leave a little of

themsekes behind, they leave thei r mark, In

particular [ want to acknowledge the support

of Corinne as Deputy Principal.

I ha,'e valued Corinne's enthusiasm, the

wealth of experience she brought to this

role. her friendship and her ability to take on

the many, often thankless tasks that the role

of a Deputy Principal is_ Corinne you will

be mIssed by us all, you will be missed by

me. and I know I speak on behalf of us all in

wishing you every best wish as you take on

your new challenge.

I would like to pay a special mention to

the Board, Reverend HoHand, the Parish

ofSt Mark, the wider Anglican Di~se,

my management team for their leadership

of their teams and to my administration

staff, for their invaluable support. To Karyn

Sheehan my wonderful personal assistant a

specialthanlts. Can I say also, a special

thank you to the Husbands, Wives, Partners

and families of our staff. To work at St Mark's

is a way oftife, a VOCatioll . and Ihis cannot

be accomplished without your support­

thank you.

I ha\'e always believed that you can

accomplish much when you walk in the

company of those who believe in you -and I

would like to thank the ParentS Association,

The SMILE team and our room parent body

along with the many helpers for your help

and support of us throughout the yeu.

I stand before you proud to be your

Principal..

A passionate ad,'ocate for:

independem schooling, global education,

christian teaching and values.

Proud to be leading your school. a

school with:

• an outstanding national recognition

through our latest education review

report and an international recognitIon

for excellence In teaching and learning

through our world school status

• understanding of the sense of community

-that bond which brings us together

as a family and of the challenges our

community is facing. Times are lough in

this financial climate I know, I look to

your continued support of me, and our

school - we are a great school!

Those of you, students and families,

who leave St Mark's this year remember that

we are your family, those who ha"e gone

before and those yet to come, and that you

are always a member of the community of

St Mark's.

I would like 10 thank Barbara for her

unwavering beliefin me, for her wisdom.

for her listening ear, for her steadfastness,

to Josh and Laura for the ir support of me

o,'er this rear - and with the.m I wish you

e\'ery blessing over th is very special lime

of the year, a safe holiday and ~ prosperous

New Year.

h is my pleasure 10 ask Mrs Underhill

to read the Prizegiving list and ask Mrs

Nightingale, to present the class prizes.

ST MARK'S YEARBOOK 2010 11

School Chapel Services

School Chapel Services are an occasion

when starr and students come together to

celebrate our common life together as it

church school. and 10 express ourselves in

worship.

As Vicar, [enjoy the opportunity School

Chapel Services give me 10 explore the

Christian faith with the students. and 10 be

able to bave dialogue with Ihe slUdents on

issues of faith.

I enjoy working with the members of

the School Chapel Team. the crucifer who

carries the Cross in procession. Ibe acolytes

who urry the candles. the Ihurifer and

'boat boy', and the servers who asSist me at

the altar during Eucharists.

Often I am asked about the use of

incense - iI's rather like spraying the

hOllse with air freshener when visitors

are expected - a necessary action in the

Temple in Jerusalem where animals were

slaughtered and burned as sacrifices to

God, and also in crowded churches and

cathedrals before the invention or body

deodorants! The tlmrifer is the person

who swings the thurihle, dispersing the

smell ofincense, while the 'bo:at boy' (or

girl!) carries the boat-shaped container

which holds the grains of incense. The

'servers' set up the altar for the Eucharistic

meal. pouring the wine and putting the

wafers on the altar - the)' also do the

'ablutions' (washing up) aCter the meal.

12 ST MARK'S YEARBOOK 2010

In School Chapel Services we also have

readers who read the lessons to us from

the Bible, and intercessors who lead us in

the pra),ers - often wriHen by the students

themselves. Sometimes. instead of reading

from the Bible. the gospel reading is

presented as a drama.

Music is also an imponaJll part of our

Chapel Services, led by the Chapel Choirs

who spend a lot of time practising, so Ihal

Ihe), can give us a slrong lead in singing

hymns. and also anthems which the chair

sing on their own. Usually. the hymns and

anthems are chosen 10 match the Bible

readings, and to reinforce the message or

thcme of the Chapel Service.

Also, a recent innovation in our School

Chapel Services is the Chapel Rock Band,

which give other sludents the opportunity

to cont ribute to lelding the worship by

singing, playing the guitar. keyboard and

drum set.

All in all, there are a lot of people

involved in our School Chapel Services,

including those who occupy the pews. but

who are active participants in the worship!

Parents are always welcome to come

to our School Chapel Services to enjoy the

music, listen to the students reading the

lessons or leading the prayers, and to join

in quiet reflet:tion on some of the deeper

aspects of lire.

Rev'd M.ichael Holland

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Leavers' Dinner Speeches

Principa l - Tony Batchelor

Year 8 Students of 2010, Rev Holland,

Chairman of the BO<lfd, our guest and old

boy Mr Jack Van, Members of the Board,

Parent s, Friends of the School, Staff, It

gives me g reat pleasure 10 welcome

you to this Year 8leavers' Dinner - th is

evening of Year 8 celebration.

'Nben I came to SI Mark's you were in

Year 4. AI my fi rst assembly [ read 10 you

my favourite book. The National Rank

recently released an advertisement which

is set to the words or lhis. the last book

written by Dr Scuss. It is an inspiratiOnal

look at the potential everyone has. {O fulfil

their ambitions. whatever Ihey may be. I

feel slightly cheated having identified Ihis

book several years ago as my inspiration

for working with children and yes, young

aduhs like yourselves, I have however

decided to continue with the theme that

identifies the essence orlife, the Ups and

Downs of Life - the life beyond St Mark's.

Let me take a moment to caplUte the

essence of the book - what better place to

summarise this bUI wilh the ad"ert isement

itself.

Now I know students watch enough TV

or so! am told! So why am I putting a TV

advertisement in front of you this evening.

I believe St Mark's has the redpe to help

you to go places.

I look at our leavers of2010 and

consider firstly what you, the youth of the

second decade of the 21st Century have

- many of the staff over recent weeks have

told me you a re an exceptional group of

students not just academically but as 'all

rounders' a quality we strive for here at St

Mark·s. I want to congratulate you on being

a great group of students. [n the future

when I think of th is class of2010 the

pictures etched in my mind will be those

of you worlling ha rd at our school fair. the

creations you came to school in on mnfti

days. being the first students graduating

from St Mark's as an IB World School,

your many academic successes and your

sporting prowess. the mighty ukes. the

chapel rock band. your EOTC week and the

sailing on that windy day of the yeat' The

amazing race. your skills and abilities at the

Athletics Day. Josh and Grace representing

the youth of NZ at the armistice service.

your amazing celebration of learning

do. There will be choices you need to make

- as Dr Seuss says we have to cboose wbich

road to go down - thin k carefully, choose

wisely and fall back on the Christian values

we have instilled in you.

Today is your day. You·re off to Great

Places! You're off and away! I am proud to

be your Principal and 1 hope that you will

always think of 5t Mark·s as your home and

you will be welcome back any time.

breakfast. and of course the disco-I am Head Girl - Grace Hughson sure that what happens at the disco stays at

the disco - but ! am still traumatised by the Reverend Dr Brown. Reverend Holland.

vision of those lads danCing. Chai rman and Members of the Board,

[ know you will face challenges and Mr Sachelor. staff. students. family and

eXCiting experiences as you leave St Mark's. friends. We are here ton ight at the Upper

I don·t take lightly the sacrifices your Primary Prize-giving to acknowledge Ihe

parentS have made to support you thus far aC.ldemic achievementS of our classmates,

and I do know 5t Mark's has given each of children and friends. as well as to pass on

you the opportunity to: student leadership to the Year 8 classes

• Experience a quality educalion of 2011. For my fellow Ycar 8 students

• Develop a strong Christian background this ceremony marks not JUSt the end of

• Create life-long friendships the academic year but the opening of a

' Craft skills that will suppOrt you in the

'places you choose to go'

new page in the book that is OUt life, and

even though we may not be prepared to

acknowledge it just yet. we a re all ready to

Like those young men and young women move all. up and away_

who have gone before you .. . you tOO will This time of rear is an emotional time

move mountains and there will be up times as it is full of congratulatiOns. good lucks

,!.lid down times but! know that you are and good byes. We're growing up and

well prepared for new challenges, you have moving on. For the Year 8·s. next year it"s

the skills 10 succeed in what you choose to college and NCEA and for most it will then

S1 MARK·S YEARBOOK 2010 13

be University, for all a career and maybe weekly church services. The fact tha t we

even overseas travel. are a church school also makes us unique.

But right now we are still righ t here so This is because as well as teaChing us about

let's take Ihis moment to look wck, before religion it lin ks us to the community.

we look forward. Like me, many of yo II One thing that the community

here have been here at St Mark '5 Church understands about is differences; we

Scbool since preschool. In fact some of my all have our own preferences, likes

memories even predate preschool because and dislikes that we will car ry with us

of my IWO older brOlhers. throughOut the rest of our lives. We are all

AmongSlthese memories are different, jusllike our e;t;periences here at

achievements, cballenges, redoes and St Mark's and ! think Ihat it is important we

reruns. My first major achievemem that I cOlI\inue 10 look back at how far we have

can remember was wben I was in Year I come, while slilllooking forward to all of

and I had done some "amazing" writing: the opportunities ahead of us.

so amazing that I was sent to the Principal's [ would like to take this chance to say

omce to receive a Principal's awud, (all a big thank you, on behalf of everyone

preuy scu y really!) Since then Ihere have here, to the school managemelll, Parents

been many achievements, some great, and ASSOCiation, Smile Team and all of the

some small, some in groups and some siafflhat have helped us throughout our

individual but all achie\-ements none education even though they are not all here

the less_ tonight, I would also like to thank all of the

Over our time at SI Mark's there have students for sticking together th roughout

been many highlights. but for me the best our education years and for respecting each

of times have been the advell\u rous school other.

camps, in which smoke alarms get set In conclusion I wish you all, both staff

off and light bulbs gel broken as well as and students, well for the future.

life lessons learnt: the challenging school

productions with amazing costumes and

lots oflines \0 learn and the relaXing mufti

days in which personalities are expressed

and fashion tastes are developed. However,

[ am sure that for others of you it has

been the competitive ath letics days and

victoriOUS sportS fixtu res (as well as the

nOI SO!) and of conrse the always riveting

math classes.

Being such a tight knit school

community. we know all about

relationships and how importall\ the)' are.

This is why I am sure that many of us will

slay friends long after we lea"e St Mark's.

It is also one of dIe many \'iIlues Ihat have

been taught to us throughout our education

and part of whal makes our school so

special. Another reason why we are so

special is the nnmerons opportunities that

are available \0 us such as movie making

and theatre sportS as well as participating

in sports teams and si nging in the Schola

Cantorum and Can Brio choirs in our

14 ST MARK'S YEARBOOK 2010

Head Boy - Joshua Nightingale

Reverend Holland, Chairman of the

board and board melnbers. Mr Batchelor,

Members ofstaf( Pupils Friends and family

ofSt Mark·s.

It seems like yesterday when I was

walking up the driveway, beginning my SI

Mark '5 Church school learning experience.

l"m sure most of you that have come

part way through your school years

will agree with me when I say thai the

in terview wilh Mr Batchelor and/or Mrs

leech was otle of the most nerve racking

things ),ou have ever done, silling in the

comfy sofa being asked questions and then

getting a tour around a place that was soon

to become our second home.

like me, you all prowbly thoughtlhat

when you came lOSt Mark's, wearing a

uniform was going to be a little bit ofa

hassle, but like me I soon realised that il

was something Ihat connei:ts us to our

school, something which gives us a sense

of pride, responsibility and leadership that

will prove a valuable aspect for us in our

college years to come and further on as we

progress Ihrough Hfe.

The numerous qualities thai St Mark's

have given us are very valuable. When !

th ink about SI Mark's, I think aboul my

very flrSI day. I was welcomed by Ihe

amazing students of who are now known

to me as my Year 8 classmates. They made

me feel right at home and made it easy

to fit into a situation that can be very

difficult. It is ha rd when someone joins

a new school pan way through a year,

especially when they don't know anyone,

! think it 's great how we embrace new

people at St Mark's.

It is amazing how my year group has

matured, the leadership qualities we now

have. St Mark's is a school where everybody

in Year 8 is able to ha"e leadership roles,

whether it's being a year 8 leader or head

of department or even being a head prefect:

ever)'lhing mailers These opportunities

enable us to grow and be ready for life

outside ofSt Mark's. Examples of these are

the road pat rol. having a buddy class and

looking after the younger children. l ast but

not least is how the students of 5t Mark's

represent the school th rough many ways

such as sporting and cultnral exchanges.

singing in church, or even performing in

the NZ Opera of "Macbeth" and going on

EOTC

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SI Mark 's has taught me and many

others important "alues in life. The one

that stands oul to me is how we accept .lnd

embrace other cultures. because no maIler

whal Ihe diffe rences.ue in appeuance

we all need friendship and a sense of

belonging.

Another value that has been strongly

enfon:ed nO! only in Year 8, bUllhroughoul

the school is thaI of being responsible. We

have had the opportun ities 10 learn this ill

many w,Iys in OUT lime here. The Yeu"

Overnight sl<ty .11 the Zoo, Year 5 and 6-EI

Rilncho 2 Night Camp, Year 7-WOPC 3

Night Camp. or Year 8 EOTC Week. For

EOTC week espedally, we all had to be

extremely responsible as we were taking

pan in activities in Ihe hear! orlhe city,

during busy times of Ihe weekdays. We

bad \0 cross many roads and constanlly be

.tware of what was going on OIround us,

We were challenged mentally because

we had to believe, w e were: challenged

physically because we had to walk at least

30 km in one week, Not to memion the

clullenges of sai ling in the harbour, scuba

diving in Freyberg pool, or trying out a

new sport . When we did EOTC we had to

use a 101 of the values I have talked about

that St Moark's has gh'en us, especlally

shown in our behaviour, as we all had to

be courteous and respectful to the others

around us and we had to use the correct

"footpath etiquette," Mrs Underhill will fm you in!

As we all reflec t on 2010, we think

about the highs and lows of the year. I

have put together what I think are SOllie

highlights of the year, ..

The Father's day breakfast put together

by the parents association; Sl Michael's

Church School afrer the earthquake when

Mrs Batchelor presented a combined

cheque for S1758,70, the money raised

from the school 'hat day' and the puish

contribution from the Founders Day

service; when Prime minister John Key

came in and visited our school: the Senior

School production: the School Fair­

especially when all the Year 8's ganged up

on Mrs Pawley at the 'soak a teacher! ', she

gOt soaked through, it was hila riOUS!!!

As we turn the page and end this

Chapte r, we start a new one, We all hope

that it will be just as adventurous and

exciting as the last one,

Nulla Dies Sine Linea, Make your mark

ever y day,

Merci, Gracias, Arigato, Thank You ,

Final Assembly Speech -Kishore Baharaithan and

Wanaka Noanoa

Nu llo Dies Si ne Linea

~Make your muk every dOly~

The Final virtue for 2010 is 'Make yOUT

mark', not only a virtue, but our school

motto.

As the year comes to an end, as Year 8

students, we are now very much reflecting

upon our time here at St Mark's Church

School and the contribut ions we personally,

have made to the wider school community,

academically, culturally, SOCially and in

sport , In effect, how ha"e we 'made our

muk'?

The year began with the naming of the

school leaders, As school leaders we have

been asked to be role models for you, the

younger sllldents of the school, knowing

that the behaviour that we demonstrate to

you all is behaviour that you in turn will

also adopt, We like to think that we have

led from the front with the exemplary

behaviour thai St Mark 's sludents are known

for. We have developed extensive leadership

skills, through our roles as leaders of the

School Houses, and the Leadership Teams of

Sport, Visull Arts, Performing Arts, Chapel,

ICT, R~d Patrol and Student Services, One

day these leadership roles will be yours,

and the younger students of the school will

look to you, to lead the WiY, and for you to

make )'our mark on Ihese roles in a posili\'e

manner,

The rea r bas brougbt man)' sporling

successes, with many students making their

mark at the Centra l and Interzone sports for

Athletics, Swimming and Cross Country;

with further successes at OUT inter-school

competit ions, In sport, St Mark 's Church

School is a school to be reckoned with ­

we have made our mark!

As Senior Students, we recognise the

importance. of a rounded education and

encourage )'01,1 all to involve yourselfin

the many cultural opportunities on offer

here at 51 Mark's, and you too may find

yourself singing with the New Zealand

Opera, or creating murals adorning

community bUildings, or performing

Shakespearean plays.

St Mark's students are known for

achieving high academic standards, and th is

year we ha"e been challenged to achieve

the highest academic standards that we are

capable or. This is a challenge we have faced

wilh determination and enthusiasm for

anything less than our best is unacceptable.

We want and hope to be remembered for

academic diligence and excellence, as e"ery

student in this school should aspire towards,

Some of you may be silting there

thinking, well, I'm not really a sports

person, or I can't sing and I'm really not

very good al Maths .... however, here at St

Mark's, all siudents are able 10 make thei r

mark through our weekly vi rtues and the

Jeuner profile auributes. uch one of us

can be caring, or honest, principled, or

open-minded and 10yaLit is th rough the

application of these vi rtues that you can

truly, make your mark,

The 2010 academic year is coming to

an end. and we know that the current Year

7 students will be looking ahead to 201 I,

when il will be their turn to reall)' make

their muk as student leaders, We wish them

all the best, but also encourage every student

in this room to str ive to make their mark,

everyday, here at St Muk's Church School.

STMARK'5 YEAR800K 20 10 15

Prizegiving 2010

Senior School AppHcation and Diligence SMCS Cup for most SMCS Cup for outstanding RELIGIOUS EDUCATION EtiaTaylor improved instrumentalist, Contribution tovisual illt Prize for excellenc:e. Year 5 Mosllmproved Year 7/8 Year 5-8

ViraJ Patel SCHOLARSHIPS 2011 Joshua Peake Mark Wigglesworth Grace Hughson

Principals Scholarship lili i,ln Cumming Cup for Prize for excellence, Yeil! 6 Zoe Harvey-Whi le 7EM ovmanding comribmicn MATHEMATICS Neakiry Kivi

Cultural Scholarship ls\ln Class 10 school music, Year 5-8 5MCSCup for outstanding Plize for 1"X(l"lience, Year 7 Hunter Stent Neesha Mahesh Nickolas Ma]ic achievement in Malalhl Jayapadman

2nd in (I,m mathematiCs, Year 5/6 Prize for excellence, Yeill 8

Cultural Scholarship DRAMA Yiannis Fam Aaron Booker Brooke Kinajil-Moran Mark Wigglesworth

SMCS Drama Cup for Lang Cup for excellence In Maudley Memorial Boo~ for Academic Scholarship Application and Diligence exce llence in class mathematics, Year 7/8 oumanding contribution AndrewTang Craig Pollock based drama-Middle Kishore Bilhirathan to church and school,

Most Improved Department, Year 5 Year S/6 CLASS PRIZES Paul Horrocks Amber Christenhusz ENGLISH Thomas Velleman

SMCS Cup for consistent SMCS Cup for outstanding Bishop's Medal for serviCes 5CS 8(U and outstanding achievement in english,

1st in Class 1St In Class contribution to drama, Year 5/6 in maintaining the special

Adash Anup Wanaka Noanoa Yeal6 Brooke Kinajil·Moran AngliCan ethosofthe .school, Year 718

2nd in Class 2nd in Class Matilda Bentley Leicester Cup for excellence Tom Russell

QlyunGoh Prlya Patel Clfft Cup for excellence in in english, Year 718

class drama, Year 7 Aaron Booker Applicatk)n and Diligence Application and Di ligence Eva Roling

SPORTS AWARDS Sophie de GregoriO Kishore Bahirathan Travers Cup for excellence

McGaughran Cup for in creative writing, Year 7/8 ATHLETICS Most Improved Most Improvedll eltCelience In class drama, Grace Hughson Ron SUCh Cup, Year 718 girl Clement Kong Tim Taylor

YearB Old Pupils Rose Bowl for Wanaka Noanoa

SA5 SRT Joshua Nightingale excellence in arts and Ron Such Cup, Yea, 7/8 boy 1st in Class 1st in Class SMCS Cup for con~stent language, Year 718 Joshua Peake Vlraaj Patel Aaron Booker and outstanding dramatic Priya Patel

2nd In Class performance, Year 7/8 CRiCKET

2nd in Class Josh Trotter SCIENCE Amber Christenhus~ Ayash Nair Upton Trophy for

SMCS Cup for con!>istent Stringer Cup for excellence outstanding Application and Diligence Application and Diligence and outstanding stagecraft in science, Year 7/8 achievement, Year 5/6 Sierra Raymond Jayan Parbhu Year 718 Ayash Nair Quincey Stephens Most Improved Most Improved Nicholas Yeo TJ Rowe Cup for Jasmine Bevan Rohan Cheeroda HUMANITIES

oumanding SPEECH SMCS Trophyfor achievement Year 718 'J' Chapman Speech Cup- oumanding achievement Aaron Booker SUBJECT PRIZES 151 In Class Winner of Middle School in humanitieslPVP, Year 5/6 Yiannis fam MUSIC Speech Competition, Milly Brunei CROSS COUNTRY 2nd in Class SMCSCup for consistent Year 516

Heisie Bowl-Humanities for Winner, Year 7 boy AndrewTang and OUl5!anding Michael Horrocks

excellence in Humanitiesl Bruno lsaacs

Applica tion and Diligence contribution to music, Mnson Challenge PVP.Year 7/8 YearS Cup-Excellence in Speech! Jayan Parbhu Winner, Year 7 girl

Belinda Von Munchausen Amber Christenhuu Winner of Senior Speech Brooke Quirke

Most Improved Chapman Cup for Comp, Year 7/8 TECHNOLOGY Stephanie Wilson Cup Annabella Wang excel lence in class based Ayash Nair SMCS Technology Cup for Year 7/8 boy

music, Year 6 Richard Mnson Tray- excellence in technology, Shaan Pama 'LD Belinda von Munchausen Highest individual mark in Year 7/8 Wellington Harriers Cup, 1st in Class Trinity S+D exams Wanaka Noanoa Year 7/8 girl 8rooke Kinajil-Moran Clarkson Music Cup for

excellence in class music. John Holloway ICT Joseph's Challenge Cup Wanaka Noanoa

2nd In Class Year 7 WellingtOn Savage Club for excellence, Year 7/8 leon Zang Josephine Dempsey Cup-High achievement in Dylan Chong HOCKEY

Application and Diligence Jaimon Cup for excellence Performing Arts, Year 7/8 Year 718 Shruthl Bahlrathan In class music, Year B Craig Pollock CHESS Jayan Parbhu

Most Improved Tim Taylor VlSUAlART Most improved, Year 718 NETBAll Michael Horrocks SMCS Cup for consistenl SMCS Cup fot excel lence in

Dylan Chong

and outstanding choral SMCS Trophy, Year 7/8 7AP visual art. Year SI6 LIBRARY Ella Taylor singing Belinda von Munchausen

Roberts Gray Cup for most ht In Class Year71B librarian's Award Book for Artamis Xirafakis William Pereira Buckthought Cup for contribution and help in improved player over their

2nd in Class excellence in art, Year 718 the school library, Year 7/8 years at 5MCS, Year 718

Jalden Baker Nikolas Majic Malathi Jayapadman Mtamis Xirafakis

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SOCCER Clive Gabby Ibbolsen IEH "M Year llR

F,mant F(lmi\y Cup for MerTlOf~1 Cup AciKIemic Achievement Academic Achievement Alexl Halikias

Qumanding achievement, for thoughtfulness and Liam Joy(:e Leilani Film Year 7/8 helpfuln~s. Year 718 boy SPECIAL AWARDS Zachary Serepisos Joshua Nightingale Academic Achievement Academic Achievement

Antony Hahladakis Elinor Bann CROSS COUNTRY Vilfldenberg Cup for Partridge Cup for outstanding achievement, thoughtfulness and Application and Diligence Application and Diligence Bevan Award for Cross

Year 5/6 helpfulness, Year 718 girl Tara Klnajil-Mofan Hannah Sandhu Country, Year 3 boy

Connor Me Conchie Priya Patel MOSllmproved MOSllmproved Paris Povey

$MCS Trophy for ilbility/ Kirby Memorial Cup-All Matthew McBeth Jedd Kelly Bevan Award for Cross example, Year 718 educillkm at St M,nk 's and lCF Country, Year 3 girl Aaron Booker gained the most, SUBJECT PRIZES Aishani McGrath

Pre School-Year 8 Academic Achievement

WATER SPORTSISWIMMING Cameron Richards James Pilcher EXCELLENCE IN RE SMCS Trophy for Cross COUntry, Year 4 boy

Michael Sorenwn Cup, Smile Prla' for diligence, Academic Achievement Year 4 Praneel Vallabh Year 7/8 Year 5 Yasmin Christenhusz ElinorSann Eve o 'Connor Mitchel layne ApplicatiOn and Diligence

SMCS Trophy for Cross Year 3 Country, Year 4 girl

Ogilvie-Lee Cup for Parems Associat ion Award Kelsle Sammons-Gray Nathanael Jeeveraj Elinor Bann outstanding achievement for constant endeavour, Most Improved Year 2 in flippa ball. Year S/6 Year 6 Natalya Lally Zach NeWlon SWIMMING Matilda Bemley Sarlya McGrath Bevan Award for

G~n Moyle Trophy-water 2M Year 11ll Swimming, Year 3 boy Claire Egarr Cup for service Holly CrauSal

polo, Year 7/8 to St Mark's family-church! Academic Achievemem Caleb Austing

Tom Russell school Emily Hughes EXCELLENCE IN MUSIC Bevan Award for Tim Taylor Academic Achievement Year 4 Swimming, Year 3 girl

TENNIS Huffam Cup for all round Feli~ Stephens Isaac Young Valentina Sull

SMCS Trophy, Year 518 e~cellence (consistent Application and Diligence Year 3 SMCS Trophy for Nicholas Wilkinson endeavour), Year 7 Cory Joe Iris Aitken Swimming, Year4 boy

Neesha Mahesh Nicholas Sooth BADMINTON Most Improved Year 2

SMCS Trophy, Year 71B Principal's Cup for Bianca Martin Olivia Gordon SMCS Trophy for consistent endeavour, Swimming, Year 4 girl

William Pereira Year 8 3MP Ye(lr 11ll lily Galland-Griffin Logen Stent Academic Achievement

Nikola Momcilovic SPORTSMANSHIP AND Kate Parker

SPORTSMANSHIP ACHIEVEMENT EXCELLENCE IN DRAMA

Sportsmanship Cup, PRINCIPAL'S AWARDS AcademiC Achievement Year 4 Hope Cup for team spirit! Year 4 boy spommanshlp, Year 7/8 Maddely memorial Prla' Alex Quinn Padralg Carnegie Praneel Vallabh Aaron Booker Third In Year 8 Application and Diligence Year 3 Wanaka Noanoa Sportsmanship Cup FriendsTrophy for all Mili Panchal Tayla Zaicek Year 4 girl sporting areas, Year 5/6glrl Jane Gillies Memorial Pria' Most Improved Year 2 lily Gatland-Griffin

Second in Year 8 Belinda von Munchausen Ayash Nair

Aishani McGrath Emily Hughes Cooper Cup for Judith Bydder Cup for

,,", lRP Year 1/R Fellowship-student sportsmanship and Nikola Momcilovic who has consistently example to others, Year First in Year 8 Academic Achievement demonstrated all round 51600, Aaron Booker Amelie Andreas EXCELLENCE IN PE good conduct and QulnceySlephens Academic Achievement Year 4 helpfulness towards

A J Grey Cup for Heng-Yi Jiang Praneel Vallabh olher5, Year 4-6 Hannah Sandhu

outstanding achievement Junior School Application and Oiligence Year 3 in sport, boy Georgio Toulis PariS Povey Sureen Naglnbhai Patel Aaron Booker Memori(ll Trophy for

CLASS PRIZES Most Improved Year 2 good conduct

A J Grey Cup for Reeya Patel Feli~ Stephens Year O-Year 4 outstanding achievement lAD Year 1/R Keith Murphy in sport, girl 4HT Wanaka Noanoa Academic Achievement Cristiaan Bull Smile Cup For Diligence

Gilbert Roy-Gapper Academic Achievement Thomas Mander EXCELLENCE IN SPANISH

to the student who h<ts

BADGES Academic Achievement consistently tried their

Isaac Kaithayil Academic Achievement Year 4 beSt and made an effort School Supplies House Nick Russell Leilani Fam all year, Year 4 Sports Shield Application and Oiligence

Application and Diligence Yeal3 Alex Joyce Owen House Hayden Yeap

Jenna Siladi Mili Panchal Principal's Award for all JOO<lthan Soulis Memorial Most Improved

Most Improved Year 2 round contribution to Prize for consistent Jordan Keene

Isaac Danam Sebaan Tupaea-Tugaga SMCS, Year O-Year 4 endeavour in Year 7 Leilani Fam Nathaniel Bickers

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Snapshots of 201 0

TERM 1

W~Jking around the school this term you

would have come across:

• Year 5 students whh some budding

teachers and parents on sewing m~chines

sewing stuffed lays

• Year I exploring Sensory Discovery after

their visH 10 Te Papa. Year I have also

been exploring 'Why it is hard to be.s'

which makes very emertaining reading

• Year J lurning aboul1he Food Pyramid

and healthy ealing

• Year 4 unpacking how the rights and

responsibilities of children vary from

cuhure 10 cuhure on retu rn from their

vish 10 Parliament

• Year 6 putting imo practice whal1hey

have learned abOU11he features ofa

non-chronological report

• Yen 7 and Year 8 classes, chess.

swimming. ripp.t rugby, a\lending an

urI)' evening performance of 'Suna' and

PAT's have made up their week.

Mr Batchelor meets with the newly

appointed 2010 prefects.

18 ST MARK'S YEARBOOK 2010

SI Mark's Church S<:hool singing at the Mahler

Concen. Spot the children in red!

After many months of reheuS<!.ls, 8 of our students who

are pan of Ihe Children's Chorus (Kanbenchor), will join

the O rpheus Choir of Wellington, The Christchurch Ci ty

Choir, the New Zealand Youth Choir, Voices New Zealand. 8

National and International soloists, plus the 124 st rong New

Zealand Symphony Orchestra to perform at the Gala Opening

tonight of the International New Zealand Arts Festiva l. The

world-renowned conduclOr Vladimir Ashkenazy conducts this

performance of Gusta,· Mahlrr's Symphony No.8. The pe.rfornu.nce

of Mahlrr', Symphony No.8 during Festival 2010 marks the 100th

anniversary of its first performance in Munich.

YeaT I uip to Te Papa.

The Teachers al work at a PYP Course,

Yeilr S maki ng Pav1ovas_

Wonderful An Work.

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M~t lime in Yeilr 1.

lEHand lAD had

experiences Ihis week when

thinking about how people

who are blind do things.

Ch~sClub.

Wheelic' Dily in

Foundation.

Congratulanons \0 (from left

to righ t) Rohiln, Chris, lubelb.

and Williarn from SI Mol r!:'s.

who P<issed Iheir g radings IaSI

weekend. Jaiden also passed

bUI is no! in Ihe piCture.

1st Xl ready \0 play SeolS!

't , t .', Derek l4.ndy, the Author,

came 10 visit.

The PrinCipal gets dunked

a{ Ihe Family Fun Fiir.

ST MARK'SYEARBOOK 2010 19

TERM2

On Monday we werc thrilled to welcome

10 our school Mrs Katherine Dienes.

Katherine is an 'old girl' nfSt Mark's and

bSI yeu wu appointed as Organist and

Master of the ChoriSters al Guildford

Cathedr.a l (ollowing six yeus as Director

of Music at the Collegi~le Church of St.

Mary. Warwick. She was the first-ever

female member to be ell't: led 10 the

Cathedral OrganiStS' Association, and on

her appointment 10 Guildford, became lhe

first c,'cr woman 10 hold such a post in the

Church of England.

Katherine was Organ Scholar al Wellington

Clthcdral from 198810 1991 when she

was appointed Assistant O rganist there.

She is aclivc as a composer, and one of

her compositions was performed in the

presence of the Queen in Auckland. New

Zealand in 1990. The Sl:hool thoroughly

enjored her recital and her rememberings

of what school was like when she WiS a

girl at St Mark's. Before joining the Starr

for morning tea, Katherine held a choral

masterclass with our Schola Cantorum .

20 ST MARK'S YEARBOOK 2010

A huge THANK YOU must go to the SMILE Team Who donated 5400 for

plants and !lark for Our gardens oInd

also S2000 for sofas and furniture for the information Ce , n reo

Ou r new laptops.

1 received a letter from the

Pre-school class during the week

and to<by visited them to tryout

their new couch.

I enjoyed a visit during the week from Mrs

Haryison's class who had written a book about

robots. They sha red with me their stories and

showed me the robots they had made.

Year 5 kapa haka wilh Matt

Ammunson-Fyall.

Yeir S have been looking at

landscape composition in their

aTl classes with Mrs Francis. This

installation represents the city of

Wellington.

Preschool to Year 4 had the privilege

of meeting Author. Diana Neild, and

illu$t ralor, Philip Webb of Piggily­

Wiggily jiggi\y lig.

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Pre-school vIsited the

bike shop.

Grandparents Day.

The Prime Minister visits SI M~rk·s.

ST MARK'S YEARBOOK 2010 21

TERM 2

ERO Repor l

It is with 1 great sense of pride that the

Board O(SI Mark's Church School can

report 10 you on the results of the recem

Eduulion Review Office (ERO) Tepon on

our school.

As Chairman orlhe Soard [ know, as

you do, that we hl\'1: ~ magnlflcent school.

a u.lemed Sl lfT and wonderful pupils. It is.

however, .I.1ways nice when somebody else,

who un make comparisons wilh olher

schools. confi rms our view. That is wbat

the ERO reviewers have done; .tnd il was

also whal the Prime Min ister conflrmed

during his recent ,'is1I to the school.

The ERO Team commented on Ihe

'warm. welcoming and inclusive Jurning

ellvironmem' and thal a 'strong Christian

perspective is app.irem in the relationships

between management. teachers and

students:

The report confirmed thaI 'the Board

has (.tken considerable review of its

operations and established iI clur dir.,;tion

fo r the next fh'e years' and considered that

'management and staff are hardworking

and commilled to thc overall direction of

the schooL'

The report is ful some in its support for

the quality of teachi ng, the curr iculum

and standard of tuition at our school, The

following extracts illustrate the tenor of the

ERO report:

• "students continue to enjoy a wide

range of academic, cu ltural and sport ing

opportuni tieS"

• "dilsse~ are focused learning

environmcnts in which students enjoy

their work"

• "students receive a good quality

educ,ulon with examples of high quality

teaching pracnce"

• "student leadership is suitably fostered."

In such reports it is not commonplilce to

comment on students. However. on this

visit the ERO Team were so impressed thilL

22 ST MARK'S YEARBOOK 2010

they commented: 'students are con fid ent ,

competent learners who are encouraged

to explore i1nd extend their learntng i1nd

they demonstrate pride in the school. show

respect and respond positivel)' to the high

expectations se t for them:

The report concluded: 'Students at 5t

M;uk's Church School continue to receive

a wide unge of educational opportunities

within i1n inclusive learning environment.

The I>wrd has ensured sui table provision of

curriculum i1nd tUition, staffing. premises

,llId equipment. The curriculum is designed

10 promote academic i1chievement, student

inquiry and Christian values. together

with patriotism aJld loyalty. The school

ably meets requirements 10 be 'efficient' as

defined by s.,;tion 35A of the Education Act

1989.' The full repon COlli be read it

www.ero.go .. t.nl

All of the people associated with Ihe

school are responsible for making il an

excellent community. However we have

achieved Ihis positioJl of excellence

in large part because of dte st rong

leadership of our Principal, Tony

Biltchelor. OJl behalf of the Soard ~ nd

parents I Win! to congratulate Tony

(and his able deputy, Corinne Roling)

for delivering this result for us.

Above alii w~nt to thank you,

our parents, for your comillniJlg

confideJlce in the school ~nd for the

very positive way you speak aboul YOUt

experiences, and th.ll of your children. ilt SI

Muk's. The Principal tells me thaI m05t of

the prospective new parents who collie for

a visit or interview have come bec~use they

have heud the good things rou have SOlid

about our great school - please keep up the

good work.

Warmest regirds to you all.

Keith Newell

Cllllirmoll of the SI Murk"s Chut(h

School Boord

We have a wi Jlner ...

COJlgrillulations from Mr Biltchelor 10 Carl who

~ame No.1 in New Zealillld on Thursday i1nd No.6

m the World for Mathletics. Well done Carl!

Our Year 1 classes

entered a competition

10 win a trip to

the Zoo aud were

delighted to hal'e WOIl.

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TERM 3

Ben Cox experiences ~ing 'Mr

Such for a Day',

Ella Taylor enjoyed being 'Princip:ll

for a day".

This w~k I have been fa$C inaled [0 re ... d

from our ol«:hive5. the first of Ihree

journals dClailing the travels of the Holm's

Sisters. These founders of OUT school

were, for their time. the epitome orlB

I.euners; truly living the o1uributt:$ of the

Lurner Profile. In thl:' jourflills they wrile

of Iheir travels 10 Europe. In the onc I

<1m rC;lding at presem tbey recou[J( tht-iT

travels around Britain. They lell how on

Much 17. 1955 ..... train lef[ for London.

Capl Burgess and Mr Cyril Burdekin mel

us al Waterloo. Then Cyril took us onto

the flat at 24 Lichfleld Raid Kew Gardens

(Slalion.) Connie made Ita for us. We

liked it all immensely. On the 18th and

19th Mu, we shopped and seltled in ,11

We welcomed Brazilian mid fielders Diego

Walsh and DanielUns Corles rrom lhe

Wellington Phoenix Fool!»11 Club.

Swimming

Sports.

Annie. Eva

and Breu

Holm laken in

LichfieJd Slreel

on lhel r w~y to

Kew GHdens,

lhe week

after ~rriving

in london.

(24.3.1955)

lhe nat. On Sunday 191h March. (our

firsl Sunday In Engl~nd), we allended lhe.

Service al Weslminsler Abbey. We wem. by

underground, rrom Kew GHdens' Sl.llion

to Sl JiIllU:S' Slalion. We were given ~ hymn

by a new rriend, arler lhe Service:' [ look

rorward 10 reading lhe Olher journals in

lhe coming weeks.

WOW! Congululalions [0 All:';)(

Tweedie in 7AP who has been

successrul in his audilion [0

be ~n ac[or/ model ror [he children's section or [he Weuable Arts

Show in Wellington lhis Seplember.

Sl Michael's Exchange

We welcomed our Debating

Adjudicator Ms Honor Unharn.

De!»ling (won by S[ Mark's)

Chess (won by Sl Michael's)

Ne[!»11 (won by Sl Michael's)

Hockey (won by Sl Mark 's)

Touch Rugby (won by S[ Michael's)

CongntuJat ions!

Three or our senior choristers­

Willlam. Mark and Craig were given

roles in the New Zealand Op!'ra's

production - Macbeth. This is an

outstanding achievement In every

sense and brings great honour to the

school.

ST MARK'S YlEARBOOK 2010 23

The NIWA Science .. nd Technology F~ir

was held .. t Victoria University. 13 5t

Mark's students represented the School

wi th their science fair exhibits. Vikram

and jeeten won .. pri ze fo r their project

on keeping food fresh. The boys received

S IZO front the Al,lsu .. 1asi .. n Corrosion

Association.

Final Dress rehearsal for Ihe Year 7

and 8 produClion of The Tempest.

Mrs Angela Francis. our Visu~1 Art teacher,

was appTO<lched to see if we would be

interesled in painting a oo..rd or IWO 10 be

parI of a mura l surrounding Ihe building site

where the new Indoor Sports Centre is being

built on Ihe wa)· 10 Ihe Airport.

24 S1 MARK·S YEAR.8ooK 2010

d SMART nOlice boards to displ~y /IIIr Batchelor commandeering Ihe SportS an .' . sele<:ted art works from Ihe re<:enl Artspl~sh ExhlblllO

n.

Preparing the outside garden so

we can plint our seedlings that

are cmrenlly gro ...... ing in our

greenhouse.

The first ,·ideo conferencing lessons wilh

The Chorim School in Seongn~m . Korel .

In these pholOS Mark and Eva are playing

a qui;: game wilh sludenls in a Korean

English-language c1~ss wilh our Korea

project TulOr.

Mrs Barbara & tchelor will hand

deliver the cud. cheques and the prayers wrillen by Ihe children. to the

Principal of SI Michael's Church School.

Mrs Batchelor will present a combined

cheque for S I7S8.70.lhe money raised

from the school ·hal day' and the

parish comribution from the Founders

Day collection.

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Trinity Guildhall Orama Group results - September 2010

Young Performers: The Dinosaurs (1EH) Bronze Award TheMoas (lAD) Bron~e AW(lrd The Sunshine.s OM) Silver Award The Moonshadows (2M) Silver Award Tuis (2CF) Silver Award Chihuahua's (2CF) Silver Award

Group Devised Drama The Missionaries ORp) (82%) MellI The (ompassionlsts (3M?) (S7%} Distinction

Group Musical Theatre

GRADE 1

The Bears (Y4) (899(,)

Pied Piper Dancers (Y5) (92'11o)

GRADE 2

The 6100d Buddies (Y6) (93%)

Play in Production

GRADE l

Distinction Distinction

Distinction

The (allbans fa & 8) (95%) Distinction

Seven limes world jump rope

champion Peler Nestler visited

SI Mark's Church School.

lMP devised a drama about the Ufe

of Suzanne Auben. the founder of the

Sisters of Compassion. It was a pleasure

10 welcome the Nuns from the Home

of Comp.assion al Island Say to OUf

chapel service to see the drama. A fun Science Day,

The St Mark's Interceptors

won their grade (6C) and, in

addition, won che Defenders

Cup, which is awarded to

the team (across .all grades

and all years 6 to 8) that

conceded the fewesl goals.

Only 19 goals were scored

against them in the whole

competi tion.

The P,1rents' ASSOCiation

held their very first 'Fathers'

Day Breakfast' - iI sit down

g.lstronomic feast for Over 150 of

the school community,

Allhe Exodus Gym, which was across

Ihe road from Ihe Compassion Centre

on Tory Street, we look a lour of their

faci lily and learnt .about all of the

diffe rent services Ihey provide,

Fire fighters c.mc to our school 10 tell us

aboullheir role in the community,

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TERM4

Last night Barbara and I .lllended

NZ Opera's season of Macbeth. This

was made all the morc spedal by Ihe

outstanding performances from our

three boys: Craig. William and Muk .

A group ofstafhnd interested senior

pupils auended the dress rehearsal at

the end orlh~ holidays.

We wish the SI Mark's Church

Mother's Union well for tbeir

Centenary Celebrations. The Schob

Camorum choir are leading the singing

al the Mother's Union Sen'ice at the

Wellington Cathedral orsl Paul on

Saturday morning. The Worldwide

Presidem of the Mot hers' Union.

RosemMy Kempsell, will be preaching_

1 look forward to seeing you at the

Parents' Association Evening on Sunday

at the Penthouse Theatre in Brooklyn.

The film 'Made in Dagenham' has

received very positi"e reviews o,'e rseas,

26 ST MARK'S YEARBOOK 2010

During the holiday bre.tk we

announced our successful

authorisation as an Internalional

Baccalaureate World School. We

a.re thrilled 10 be recogniSed

internationally for our excellence

in lcaching and learning.

Andrew Chin emerlained us with

lots of hand clapping, foot stomping

Ch ristian music.

Preschool on a trip to

Olari-Wihon's Bush.

The Royal New Zealand Ballet

working with our students.

The gelato went down well allhe Year 5 and 6

Market Day! JUSt ask Mrs Underhill, Ms Thorn

and Mrs Pawley!

Year 5 in Easlrbourne making geb.to.

Grace Hughson and Joshua Nightingale.

accompanied by Ms Thorn, represented the

children of NZ and laid a Ooral tribute at

the 92nd Anniversary of the End of World

War One (Signing orthe Armistice) at the

War MemoriaL

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Everyone: com~lc:d

brill iantly on

Athletics Day.

congralUl.ll iOnS

on making it such

a spc:dal day.

Congratulations

abo to all our

competitors and

Owen House

for winning the

competition!

Year 8 EOTC Week.

The: Lower North Island Regional Spelling

See Final was held al Wellington College on

Monday. Eight Yen 8 students qualified fOT

Ihis and Misha Scot! was placed 61h oven-II!

Heaps of fUll .11 the Y ColT 7 and 8 D" lseo.

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Year 7 Camp"

28 ST MARK"S nARBOOK 2010

Rev. Des Britten received gif~s at the

Gift Giving Service.

YNr 8"s Cdcbration of !.earning breakfast.

Unveilin r go the their Celebration oft . Ht work at the Yea ,

earning Breakfast r

Our SoftbaHers. led by the ever impressh·e Wanaka.

had Iiule trouble and won ,heir 'na~ch convincingly

against Hadlow.

Santa Hrivl's!

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Information Centre

At 51 Mark's Church School, the Information Centre is a busy place. Every student from

pre-school to Year 8 visi ts the Information Centre each week at least once with their

class and some visit every day! We are very lucky to have a large and well stocked Information Centre that supports the inquiry learni ng in class and encourages a love of

reading and independent learning for its own sake.

Inquiry Learning A Gift From SMILE Events in the Information Centre

Inquiry learning is supported by a lnge We are very grateful to SMILE for providing Book Week was great fUll and a time 10

collection of non-ficlion, sophisticated us with new sofas and big, pink beanbags. dress up 1S our favourite book characters.

picture booh and theme-based rlction These are seldom empty and there is no We enjo)'ed a viSit from Clifford the Big

books that deepen students' understanding. bener place to relax with a good book than Red Dog to welcome in the Book Fair and

In 2010, this collection has been on a beanbag, How many Year 8 boys C,1n this week of browsing ,1nd ruding reeemly

extensively weeded and is cOllliuuously Ot on,1 be,mbag at ouce? Well, we don't published books W,1S enjoyed by e\'eryone,

added to with new public,1!ions to ensure have,1 derlnitive answer as the number At times the Information Centre was full

that our students are well-equipped u keeps expanding, to bursting wilh Grandparents' DaY,1nd

researcher.;,

How m.n)'gr.ndparenlS Ind spec III friend. can fit In Book Week we all dfused up IS OUr into the Information Centre for morning tn? favou rite book cha'leters.

The prima mlni,te., John Kay, chltted to foundation Ibout boob. Centre I. Ilso a performlnce spIce.

The Yel' lire budding rese.rchers, A v;.lt from the lut"or b.ougl'lt to life t"e picture book, Pigglt)' Wigglt)' Jigget)' Jig .

the in,1ugunl Yeu 8 Celebruion Bre,1.Hast;

at other limes it wu a place: of focused

illention on books, poetS ,md iuthors with

visits by Api ran,1 Taylor, Fin Colston, Julie

Smart, Dian,1 Neild and Derek Uindy,

Clifford the Dog made. special.ppnnnce during Book Week.

Staff comings and goings

We sa id fa rewell to:

Loruine Cooper

beculi.'c Assist(ln!

Lorr.linc left SI Mark"s in March 10 join

Ihe New Zeab.nd Police following 3 years

u an Executive Assistam 10 bolh the JnSI

Principal Mrs Tina leach and the curren!

Principal Mr Tony Batchelor.

Sonia Butler

Teacher - Toddler

We said farewell to Sonia from the EHly

leHnLng Centre ~t the end or Term 1

following ow. years teaChing in the Toddler

Cenlre.

Emily Hill

Teacher IEH

AI the end of11'rlll I we said farewell 10

Mrs Emily Hill who, after 21t. reus leaching

in the Lower Primary, left us to travel

o"crseu With her husband.

Mrs 0 01 Ch;lII and Miss Fun Cuter

Teacher - Toddlers Teaching A55ISI(lnt

001 who had been relieving in the Toddler

class for the lasl 4 weelts of Term 2 and

Miss Fran Caner who had been our

Teaching Assistant both lefl al the end of

Term 2. We thank them both for their

COlllribution to our Centre.

Je m ima Pope

Tcgchcr

Jemima, after much thought. decided nOl

10 return to leaching at 5t Mark·s Church

School al the completion of her maternity

leavc.

Stephen Brown

PE and Sporl

Stephen resigned from his position as Head

of PE and Sport;l.l Ihe end of Term 2 and he

and his flance headed home to Scotland.

Sonia Bernard

Class Teacher

Sonia Bernard left at the end of Term 2.

)0 ST MARK'S YEARBOOK 2010

Cindy Horsfall

Teacher - PreSchool

Cindy left althe end of 2010

Shallni Agarwal

Teachn - Toddler

Shalini left at the end of20]0 w become a

fulltimc MUIll to her wee daugilier.

Mrs l ouise

,~" Yror 6 Class

Teacher and

Science Teacher

Louise (from

Nottingham.

UK) who had

only ioined the

SI Mark·s team

,lI the heginning of the year, unfortunately

returned to the UK at the end of Term 2.

with her husband.

Corinne Roling

At the end o f

Term 4 we

congratulated

Mrs Corinne

Roling on her

appoinl!nent

as Campus

Director at

WestmouO\

School here in

WellingtOn. Over the three years Corinne

has been at St Mark·s she has made a

significam COlllribution \0 our school in

her vnying roles: as classroom Icacher. OUT

PYP Coordillator and as DepUlY Principal.

We will be "cry sorry to say goodbye to he r

at the e nd of this academic year. but we do

w ish her welt in her new

le<1dership role.

Cushla Fituimmons

Cushla hcaded back down

to Christchurch to take up a

position at SI Mark's School

in Opawa at the end ofdl!:

2010 academIc year. Cushla

had been working with

our Year 2 children and

wu vcry much part of

our School family.

We welcomed:

Ms Emma Milne

Year 7 Class Ttachtr

Emm~ beg~n as a Year

7 classroom teacher at

the start of20]0.

Ms Rebecca

Buchanan

Foundation Class

Ttoche.

Rebeccaioined us

ha,·jng had 12 }·ears of

working with children

In different Early

Childhood scttings.

Rebecca is both Early

Childhood and Primary

trained.

Erica HHvison

Ttacher

Erica Harvison

(from london,

UK) replaced Emily

Hill for the start

ofTeTll1 2. Erica

wu no SlTanger to

St Mark·s having

previously worked

here in 2006.

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Piri mi

McDoug~ 1l

Moore

h!tnded Hours

Programme

Pirimi is a

student at

Victoria

University.

currently

studying

2nd Year Law and joined 51 Mark's as

an assistalll in Ihe Extended Hours

Programme.

Ms NiCk)' Kalsanos

Business Manogtr

Nicky is a

Chanered

Accountan\ who

callle 10 S, Mark's

in Term 2. from

the OMV Group

where she has

been Financial

Manager. Nicky

brought with her both financial skills and

an asSOCiation with our school, through

her family. encompassing fou r generations

since 1940!

Paul Sparks

PE ond SpiJrI

Paul look up Ihe position of

PE and Spon

Teacher from

the beginning of

Term 3. Paul was

a Nelsonian who

had been leaching

al Harrow

International School in Don Mllang.

Bangkok, Thailand before return ing home

to New Zealand. Prior to this he had been

a Preparatory School Teacher, had taught in

London and In Spain. Paul brings with him

a wife and twO wee boys.

Barbara Batchelor

Religious Education

I\.arbara was

appoimed to

the position

ofReligiou5

Educat ion teacher

at the start of the

year. I\.arbara

came to us with

a number of years of teaching R.E.

in Anglican Schools and has had inpm into

the development of the R.E. curriculum for

the Anglican Schools. Pr ior to coming to

us she has facilitated a nationwide Health

Comract in schools for the Ministry of

Education, sits on a number of working

p'H!ies in Wellington for health agencies,

and is presently Chair of the New Zealand

Health Educat ion Association.

Jacinta Zogg

Class Teacher (6JZ)

Jacima joined

us at the

start of Term

3. She grew

up in Nelson

but has spent

most of her

life living and

teaching in the

Wellington

area.

David McCaffr1!y

Trocher - Foundation

David joined us

in Term 3 as the

Teaching Assistant

in the Early

Learning Centres.

David came to

llS from Ottawa.

OntariO in Canada.

Lauren Stafford

Teacher - Toddler ClnlR

Lauren was the

new teacher

in the Toddler

Centre al the

sIan of Term

3. She was first

captured by

early childhood

education in

2006 when she

volunteered at a Nursery in England and It

has been her passion ever since. Originally

from Hawkes Bay, Lauren had been in

WellinglOn for three and a half years u she

moved here 10 sludy at Victoria UniverSity.

She and her fiance met

here in Wellington.

Rachael Pot tinger

Class Teacher

Rachel returned to St

Mark's in Term 3 as

a Year 3 class room

teacher.

Diane Giurioli

RtXtplionist

Di returned 10 St

Mark's in March as

the Receptionist.

Oi was St Mark's

En rolment Officer

for several years and

will be well known

10 many St Mark's

parents.

Jul iette Manning

Teacher Assistant

julielte joined the

SI Mark's family in

August as a Teacher

Assistam.

ST MARK'S YEARBOOK 2010 ]1

Sports and Physical Education

This )'CU uw the dcp.uturc or Mr. Stephen Bro ..... n ~nd my u rivil ~llhc beginning of

Term 3. H~ving 5penl the PUI 6 reus luching ~1 OJ l.uge Intern,uiani! School in ~ngkok.

Th. lIilnd, il ceru.inly h.as been. chilnge for me in;r \'ery dirferent environment. Que of

the flrsl1hings IIIOli~d Wilt the cmbusilSm thu our students bring 10 PE lessons ilnd

spans fixtures. Rcgudless ohgc or Olbllity. we have i student populOltion ttmlovcs the

competi tion ind fun IhOlI comes with pilrlicipaling in sports ilod gOlmes. It Is iI credlllO

our students - llI;tny of whom h.we coupled tbeir enthusiasm wilh hard work ethics ilnd

commitment .Il1d hilve gone on 10 ilchieve higher honours through Centr.al ilnd )nlenolll'

competi tions, ill well il l th rough dubs and other organ isat ions.

It hiS .I lso beell nOl,cuble th~ t when St Mark's plays against other schools, our studcllIS

arc mindful of f~ir play ~nd sportsnllnship, I h~ve been Impressed with the gener~1

beh~viour of students when representing the school. and their respect for the opposition.

Th~nks must go to our dedicated stdTfor c~ching and training our tUrns. as well

some of our committed IN.rents, with whom many or our sporting teams rely on. [n

fUrtiCubr, Mr. ~nd Mrs. Pubhu have put in a generous ~mount of \LIl1e ~nd TC$OUTCC:'ii

In \0 our Hockey prog r~m. along with our Olher Hockey IN.rcntS who h~\'e coir pooled

throughoUl the yeu. Also. Mrs. Won has been tireless in her organisollion of the basketball

teams. wllh Ihe help of Mr. joe and some other dedic~led fUrems. Ms, ChriSlenhust,

Ms. Duncan and Ms. Davis ha,'e ill coached our nelbail leams Ihroughout the year with

succus. Our Woller polo and RipfUba1l1e,lnlS have been coached and supported by Mrs.

DoTton and M s. Harding. wilh learns IT<lvelling 10 the Regional Aquatic Centre every

week. Mrs. Dorton has also done a fantastiC job as PE and Spons administrator and has

been Invalu~ble to Ihe department. To every olher parent who I bol\'en't mentioned who

hu ~tso helped throughout the year with teams and fixtures. thank you, your efforts are

much appreciated.

P~u l Sparks

Head of PhysicoJ Edocolion ond Sport

Amb • • Chrln."huu .1Ih •• chool swimmin, sporU,

12 ST MARK'S YEARBOOK 2010

C .. lebAustlng with. firS! plllc.ln Ih, Iwlmmlng I portl.

The following is a brief summary of major

fixtures and events that I have been

involved with since joining Sl Mark's.

Hadlow Exchanges

On Thursday. the 29th of july, our 1st 11

Hockey, lSI II Soccer and Year 6 and 7

Netball teams travelled to Masterlon for a

much anticipalt..-d sporting exchange whh

Hadlow School . Our Hockey team showed

re~lpromise, with standout performances by

Shaan P.ma. Jay~n Parbhu and logen Slent.

but evenlu~lly lost 4-1. Our fOOlballe.rs h~d

~lIOthe.r lough IlIoltch. ~nd ~fter the. scores

were. locked ~t 2-2 at halftime. ran ~w~y

with ~ thoroughly deserved viclory by 5

~ls to 2. A.non Booke.r scored 2 ~Is and

z."ch Screpisos the other 3. Our nelballen

came ~way with ~ win .ind i loss. The 'feu 7

team pl~yed .In older .ind more. experienced

side. ~nd 10st 6-21. whilst our 'fear 6 girls

enjoyed i 10- 3 '·ictory.

In Term 'I. we oIgain trowelled 10 Hidlow

with Cricket. Softball and Tennis te~ms. Our

Tennis .ind Cricket teams both competed

well but lost thei r respective matches, whilst

the Softballers had a resounding win. Stand

out performers on the day were josh Peake:.

Simco Pom, Trent Young and Wanaka

NOOInOOI .

St Mark's Sw imming Sports

In week 'I orTe.rm 3. Ihe 20 10 51: Mark's

Swlmnung Sports was held .It tbe Wellmgton

Regional Aquatic Centre.. Ii)' the end of the

competition. only 16 points scp.irated the

lop 2 houses. West. Wuson wu crowned the

2010 du.mpion, closely followed by Owen.

julius was third and Averill fourth. despite:

the impressi"e results of Joshua joe:. There

we.re a number of stolndout pe.rformen,

mcludmg joshua joe:, Ad.i.m Bradley. john

HoI low~y, Emm~ McC.iw, lsabell.i Cooke,

Nicholas Booth, Tarol Anderson and lily

G~tland·Grlmn . The star of the show,

however, wu undoubted I)' Eve O'Connor

who set i new school TL'Cord or 17. 19s in the

25m backstroke event. a re<:ord which had

stood for 5 rears.

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Central Zone Swimming Sports Inter Zone Swimming Champs School Athletics

32 of ou r students travelled hack to the 19 oCour best swimmers participated In the final Term, our annu.ll school

Athletics oompetition was held .11

Newtown Park. On a beaUlifu\ day, in

absolutely perfect co nditions, our entire

school participated in a very memorable

competition that saw Owen House run out

eventual winners. Var ious Track and Field

Aquatic Centre \0 represent SI Mark's in in [he annual Inter Zone Swimming

the Central Zone comJrelition. OUt learn championships al the Wellington Regional

did superbly well and [hose who placed Aquatic Cent re. Kilhirnie. ll is a great

first or second qualified for [he Interzone achievement 10 qualify for the [mer Zones

competition. and our swimmers did very well in the

pool with everyone having a gre~[ day. Non Championship results:

50 Freestyle: Tara Anderson 3rd Matilda Bentley 2nd: Tom Russ.ell 1st WilHam Periera 2nd

25m Backstroke: lilyGat land-Griffin 2nd Tara Anderson lSI Oliver Peake 3rd Quin<:ey Stephens 2nd Bruno Isaacs 2nd Joshua Nightingale 1St

25m Freestyle: Tara Anderson 3rd Matilda 8entrey 3rd Bruno Isaacs lSI

Championship results:

SOm Freestyle: Emma McCaw 151 Adam Bradley 2nd Eve O'Connor 2nd JmhwJoe 1st

25m Backstroke: Isabella Cooke 1st emma McCaw 3rd Joshua Joe 1st Eve O'Connor hI

25m Breastslroke: John Holloway 3rd Isabella Cooke 2nd Adam Bradley 2nd EveO'(onnor lSI

2Sm Freestyle: John Holloway 3rd emma McCaw 2nd

2Sm Sulterfly: emma McCaw 2nd Adam Bradley lsI Joshua Joe 1st

Relay: First place results for the Year 5 boys,

Year 6gi rl s and Vear 8 boys.

Everyone swam with pride and distinction evenls preceded the 4 :0:: 100m House Relay.

and all of our students made it in 10 at least which also included a staff learn.

one £"ina!. SOJlle stando ul performances Everyone competed brilliantly on Ihe

included Eve O 'Connor (2nd Breaststroke. d.ay, and Ihere were also many stand-out

3rd Backstroke), /oshu.a Joe (3rd Backstroke, performers including Praneel Vallabh.

3rd Buul'.rfly), Wil liam Periera (3rd Sam M ama Davis. Bethany Petrovich. Wanaka

Freestyle) . Joshua Nighlingale .and Tara Noo.noa. Joshua Peake and Bruno Isaacs 10

Anderson (3rd Bad::slroke) . Bruno Isaacs and name jusl a few. These students . along with

Aaron Boc.ker (3rd 25m Freestyle) . a number of o lhers. qu.alifled fo r the Central

Zone Athletics competition which was held

Cross Country

Our school cross country was ver y

successfu l. wi!h many of our sludents going

on to do very well in the inter school events.

Year group winners:

Yea r S: Shaan Pama (8 mlns 301 Wananka Noanoa {8 mins 55}

Year 1: Bruno Isaacs (8 mlns 34). Brooke Quirk (10 mins 01 )

Year 6: Daniel Donon Brand (6 mins 46), Sariya McGralh {1 mins 35}

Year 5: John Holloway (8 mins On, Isabella WeSlerhuls (8 mins 32)

Year 4: Pranet'l Va llabh (4 mins 45). Elinor Bann (5 mins 46)

a week later.

ST MARK'S YEARSOOK 2010 33

Inter Zone and Reg ional

Athletics

13 of our finest Athletes. rrom Ye~r 4 to 8.

lr~velled back to Newtown Park to compete

in the Imer Zone Athletics competition.

On a superb da)·. ~ll of our compemors did

extremely well and represemed the school

and the Cem ral Zone team superbly. Connor

McConchie gained fourth place in the Year 6

Quoit throw with 24.61111. Wanaka Noanoa

gained third place in tht' VOrtt';>; throw wilh

41.71m. and Misha Scott gained second place

in the Vortex throw with a massive 54.9Im.

These students then qualified to represem

Wellington in the Regional Athletics

competition. More impr~ssi,"ely. Connor

Wf: l\t on to place third in the Regionals. wi th

Misha and W~naka both flnishing second.

Star visits

Throughout the y~ar we wcrc fonunate

enough to have a number of imernationai

StUS ~ isit us and orrer coaching. These

incJudf:d Ex All Black Dave Loveridge,

PhOf:nix footballf: rs Diego Walsh and Daniel

Lins Cortes. and multiple jump Rope World

Champion Pf:tf: r Nf:stler. The students

involved,1.11 had great experiences and were

"ery excited to meet some sporting greats.

34 ST MARK'S YEARBOOK 2010

2010 Honours Badges and Bars for Sport

Honours Radges 2010

Misha Scali

Logen Stem

Paul Horrocks

Craig Pollock

joshua joe

Eve O'Connor

Emma McCaw

joshua Peake

Bruno Isaacs

William Pereira

Rohan Cheerla

Ella Taylor

Honours Rars 2010

Aaron Booker

jaY,1.n Parbhu

Shaan Pama

Priya Patd

Excellf:nce in Cricket

Excellen(t' In Hockey

Ex(ellence in Hockey

Excellen(e in Hocke)'

Excellence in Swimming

Excelleu(e in Swimming

Excellence in Swimming

Excellence in Athletics. Football ~ud Crickct

Excellence III Athletics and Football

Excellen(e in Badmlllton

Excellence in Badlllin~on

Excellence 1II Netball

Excellence in CTlcket

Excellence in Hockey

Excellence in Hockc}'

Excellence in Hacke}'

Nicholas Wilkinson Excellence in TenniS

Zach Screpisos

Tom Ru~sell

Wanaka NQ.l.uoa

Adam Bradley

Excellen(e in Football

Excellence in Waterpolo

Excellence in Softball and Athletics

Excellence in Foo~hall

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Parents' Association

OUT keen PA commiuee launched 2010

Wilh our F<lmily Fun Fair in March. This

time we had the unforgem.ble mad Tush

to see Tony in his clown costume about to

award the Dunk Mr Batchelor prize. Led

by Susan Harding. OUT Commiuee had

wonderful support from sponsors and

~renl5. and raised S .... 000 - enough for

Six lIew interactive projectors.

Term 2 s.J.W the second annual ~re01s

supper night.lI the General Practitioner.

This was again an evening of easy

conversation ilnd good food - thanks 10

organisers Keith NeWlon and Scott Moran.

The first Fa ther's my breakfast was held

eady in Term 3. and all amazing feast il

was for children <llld their dads or special

men in their lives. We now know how

well rolls of while paper and crayons serve

as tablecloths!

Term 3 also s.J.W Kuin WOII

encouraging us 10 eat up our Yumm)'

SMILE 2010

Initiatives and little Extras

The SM ILE learn met on the firsl

Wednesday of each month in Ihe hall

meeting room al 2pm.

The SMILE team organise ~nd run

all the activities for the kids during Ihe

day. Our main aim is for the children 10

have some different and fun acth'ities at

school run by parents and along Ihe way

we sometimes make a liule prollt which

goes straight back inlO the school for the

children.

LaSt )'ear we held the following:

• Ice c re~m day - thanks 10 Year 8 for nOi

having quite so many so the younger

ones didn't miss out!

• Cup Cake day - helped by allihe families

contributing cup c~kes with the leftovers

going to the cily mission

~pples - with plenty of reminders we Our Treasurer Kilrin hu not only kept our

man~ged to acquire $7S0 of sports finances ordeTLod but alw~ys gets stuck in 10

equipment for the school make ou r projects happen. Fr~ser and Roger

AI the beginning of Term 4, many have an ullen"iable job al times - Ihrough all

parents 81. friends enjoyed the Made in Ihis you eITe<:tively represent parents' views

Dagenham movie night al the Penthouse 10 the Board. Shelley is hugely busy with her

Cinema, enhanced of course hy a ... ery social own bUSiness but has always found the time

time beforehand! to contribute her e"penise to the Uniform

The lut item on our list u our final Trust. Susan, our esteemed Fai r convenor,

committee meeting of2010 was Ihe fridge Father's Day breaHastleader. fundraising

magnets with the 2011 term dates. Thanks to queen - what would we do whhom you?

Karin for leading this very handy item - ;md Ke ith. Sally. Dani and Vicky - all were "ery

good profile builder! supportive ~nd involved th roughout the

Then in November, our parent year - Ihank you.

community was tested with the Board's fee Last bUi not leil5t, our principal Tony, who

announcement , It was a "ery stressful time, attends every meeting, keeps us informed,

but through it a proces!i was established puts us straight where necessary and is always

for parents to contribute to set ting the new very frank and approachable. Thanks on

direction for the school. behalf of us all for rour support Tony.

I would like to say a heartfelt thank you

to all the Committee. Scott our Vice President Am a.nda COl:

has always been a sound source of advice. Pl"fSid(nl

• We sponsored the Push Play for the

School Fair

• Book Fair - which raised lots of mOlley

for the lib rary. A big Thank you to Vicky

Hughson for organising Ihis

• Sausage Sinle - whicb allihe children

really enjoy

• Morning Tea for Alhletics Day - for the

staff and helpers during the day

• Tea Towel fundra iser - funds for this

went to the Sports departmelll for new

Sports Strips for this rear

• School disco - which is sponsored by the

Parellls Association but run by SMILE for

),ears 0-2 and Years 5-8

• Gift Gi\'ing Morning Tea for all the

parellls from Year 0-4

• We also have a Thank the Teachers

Morning Tea. helped wilh the Open Days

for new parents and helped co,'er new

books in the library.

The money we raised last year weill

towa rds:

New IT eq uipment, new bean bags and

sofas for the IT Cemrt, PE equipment, new

cameras, the art departmelll, books for Ihe

library and plantS for the gardens. With the

jeft over money we donaled games to every

classroom for wet weather this year.

Thank. you to aU the SMll.E team and Room

Parems who help make these events possible.

Meetings have now changed to the First

Friday oflhe month al 8:30am w'lh Treena

Matlin as t he new convenor and Susan

Robinson as Secretary.

we thank Sally Wilkinson and Susan

Harding for all their hard work o,'er the paSt

few rears as Convenor and Secretary. They

in turn thank everyone for their support.

ST MARK'S YEARBOOK2010 )S

Music Rocks at St Mark's

Mahler 's 8

2010 stafled brilliamly with the SI Mirk's

Choir singing in Mahler's 8th Symphony,

at the Michael Fowler Centre in February.

with the New Zealand Symphony

Orchestra.

Opera, Singing and services

In May. Schola Camarum sang at the very

moving Organ Donor ~rvicc in Wellington

ClIhednl.

Three of our choristers. Craig Pollock,

William Pereria and Mark Wigglesworth

performed in Ihe National Opera's

production, Macbeth.

To celebrate ]00 }'urs of the Mother's

Union in New Zealand, Sehola Cantorulll

led a Choral Eucharisl. again at WellingtOn

Cathedral. There were many. compliments

about the Cine singing allhe sen' icc!

The Tempest

To round off the yeu, the Elizabethan

Band, from the Tempest. wowed many

with the excellence of their playing of

Handel's W~ter Music Suite in G major.

Gearing up for the end

of the year!

For the last two weeks of the school

year, Schola CantorunJ, Con Brio ~nd the

Chamber Choir have been polishing carols

for the Prize Givings and the elrol Service.

They sound ~muing! With a brass !rio.

this yeu, Misha ScOIl. Doug Majic and

Theo Bazell . will be pbying their trumpets

for Ihe Carol Service. with real style!

There ~re over 100 children in the th ree

school chOi rs. Thank )·ou choristers in all

three choirs for the hours ~nd hours you

devote 10 pr~ctices.

Nickolu Majic a nd Alu SaIni pt'rlorming in Ihe school productIon olThe Tempen.

36 S1 MARK·S YEARBOOK 2010

5pedal mention must be paid orWmi~m

Pereria, our Head Chorister. You have done

a fin e Joh in 2010, leading Ihe choristers.

Instrumental Music

Instrumental MUSic has taken offwilh a

wide range of instruments being taught.

Barreu Hocking (br~ss) and Brendan

O'Donnell (recorde r) are the latest

~dditions to the Music Department. Our

orchestra continues 10 grow and nourish.

5t Muk·s musicians and music staff.

I Sllute )'OU!

Glenda Ryman

Di re.::lOr (If Music

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News From the Archives

! have juS! completed anOther year of

sorting through the huge amount of

material which had accumulated in the

school archives. [\ holS been a delight to

find so many inl~reSling photographs,

newspaper cuttings, memories and olher

information which together give such

deniled informat ion about the past years

orSI Mark's Church School.

I musllhank tbe Vicar 0(51 Mark 's

Church. Ihe Revd. Michael Holland, for

his willingness to allow me access [ 0

the church archh'CS and also!O Jim and

Anne Parnell who unearthed it wealth of

information to add to both the chun:h and

the school .archh'es.

Prior 10 1985 there is not a 10\ of

uchival material hUI from 1985 onwards

we bave fairly comprehensive information

about each yeu. Se\'eral years ago. [ asked

Miss Clifl, Headmistress from 1953- 1969,

wbere all the records from ber years were

stored. She told me thaI they had been

put in the roofspace ahove tbe staffroom.

Unfortunately this was in the old school

house which was demolished when the

colTeyl Kirhy buildings were constructed

so, apart from Miss Clift's daily diary, all

of these early records were lost. If you

have any items of uniform, photographs

o r memories of these earl ie r times which

you would be prepared to donate to

the archives then please comact me on

uchh'iSt@ st-marks.schooLnzor telepbone

the school office on 04 3859489,

During the year, I have been contacted

by several people who were seeking

details or their time at tbe school or e"en

information about a parem's years of

schooling. Fort unatdy. due to the fact

that we hold the admission hooks right

back to 1917, I was able to help out, even

to the e:uent of finding some relevant

pbotographs.

Our present slUdenls are faSCinated

to see and hear whal lhe school was like.

They can see old windup gramophones.

slates and lead pencils and many other

items used in tbe past. We have an

e"cellent collection of 1930's art work

and handwriting which the children

can view. The handwriting is impressive

when one realites that ;t was done with

a pen and a nib which was dipped imo

ink. Just as children enjoy stories of when

their parents were younger. the present

generation at St Mark's relish hearing of

what used to happen in the past - school

dinners. the cane, the school queen. the

old uniforms and many amusing incidents

lold to us by alumni.

The e ra of the computer has been a

great hoon in he.lping me to re-connect

with past students and there are now over

2.500 alum ni on the database, The school's

100th birthday will be celebrated in 2017

so I hope 10 get in touch wilh n many past

pupils as I can between 2010 and Ihen.

Already some yeu groups are getting in

touch in readiness for the big celebrations.

If you are interested in rallying your year

group. please COil tact me and I will be able

to gh'e you a class list.

Margol Wilson

ArchiviSI/alumni co ardinator.

JUl. Iili

R. II, Mi<hn l Hall.nd . nd hi •• ister,

ST MARK'S YEARBOOK 2010 ]7

Drama

eO::: :::::

Vea. 4 Abi Trott e r perform ing .. 'Goldil ocks ' wilh Defe nce In ,m l$a.' Young .. nd I. aac Danam.

It is always rewarding 10 reflect upon the

year's acth'Wes in the Duma programme,

and the personal growth thaI tach of

our students have made through their

experiences.

The year began wilh sludenls

panicipating in and attending

performances from International Festival

of Ihe Arts. (Rdtr 10 Hrod of P(rforming ArtS

.cpo") ' All our slUdclIIs from Year I - 8

were capuvalcd by performances such as

'Sulr.a:, 'Dirty Beasts and Other Stories',

'The Arrival' and 'The Tragical Life of

Cheesebor' - nOllO memion six of our

students singing in Ihe Gustav M"hler's

8th Symphony of die Mahler Knabenchor.

Students from Senior Department also

participated in the workshop "Being a

Beuer Re~dern. It is a wonderful privilege

for our studenls to be given these

opportunities and conneCt their classroom

18 ST MARK'S YEARBOOK 2010

learning With professional artists.

In Term 2 students from Years 1~6

extended their dramatic skills and

explored new concepts in preparation

for the Trinit)' Guildhall examinations,

Meanwhile sllldents in the Senior

Department were learning all aspects of

stagecraft and becoming acquainted with

Shakespeare's language in preparation for

the production 'The Tempest', This hard

work culminated in the performances for

the Trinity Guildhall Drama examinations

In September Our Year I and 2 students

worked towards the Bronze and Silver

Young Performers' Certificates, performing

s<:enes based on 'Flick and the Bushfire',

'9\19 Tadpoles', 'The Waka' and '55

Feathers'. These scenes complimented the

classroom Units o{lnquiry, The Year 3

slUdents prepared a Group Devised Drama

based on the work of Mother Teresa and

Suzanne Aubert. In this light. it was very

meaningful for our studems when the

Sisters from Ihe Home of Compassion

auended a Chapel Service in which 3MP

were performing their scene, The class

then provided morning tea for the Sisters

and talked further about the life and work

ofSuunne Aubert.

Our Year 4 students enjoyed performing

Roald Dahl's version of 'Goldilocks' in

Musical Theatre, The Year 5 students

performed 'The Pied Piper of Hamelin' and

the Year 6 students 'Dracula'

Student refl ections from Year 5

included:

Our successes Wert gTl'llt leumwork because it

I lellrm It> anslt IlIlht auditnct and prajw my

"oice, In Iht beginning IH lacktd Itamwork, As

lhe w«ks pa55Cd our tNmwark impra,d 0101

ond we worked as a leom really welL

Adarsh Anup

The Year land 8 studenls enjoyed Ihe

challenge of taking responsibililY for

stagecraft elementS in their prodUCtiOn

'The Tempest'. Working in teallls of

Publicity/Front of House. Makeup and

COSlUmes, Lighting and Stage Managemem,

the sllldellls worked hard to creatively

presem this play in a contemporary selling.

Meanwhile the actors were refining their

understanding of Shakespeare's language

and the speaking of Blank Verse,

Some of the students'

reflective comments included:

This production was the first' hU"e been in

and it has made me more confident, mort of U

communicator and a risk taktr!

Jack FriueU 8RT

My personal performance was good whtn , felt

confident. el'en though' ... as a bit nen'aus.

J;>Hybody worktd "cry hord as a te~m,

Mehul Bhagwandas l AP

'think ,,'eryane in our teom 8"" e Ihe

production 101 % in what lhey WtTl' doing

from making the props to seuing up everything

bdore the production. Our memMI'S wtre rtally

crcath'e and we had rt(Illy good resources 10

work with,

Jeelen Mavji lEM

was mLud Year S da55Cs and we got on well, It We were ve ry proud of the students'

was a great opportunity and a good experience ach ievements and the high marks that they

to speuk aut loud in front of pcoplt. attained. Trinity Guildhall examiner, Mr

Sophie De Gregorio Lewis Allen was most impressed with the

standard of work, commenting frequemly

, really tnjayed doing 'The Pied Pipc:rof on Ihe confidence and skill of our students

Humtlin' becau5C not only did we learn but at in performance, This high standard was

the same time we had fun togcthtr and that's also reflected in the individual grade

what it's all about, examinations. Students from within our

Elle Cordalis school and lhe community participated

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in Ih~ through our Arter School

Spe«h III Drolmol clolSSC:S. To Ihis end we

ue most "'ppreciolli l'c of the hud work of ou r ilintunl DUnlOlICichers. Ms

Hurlene Cowin. Ms lindi Dring. Dame

Kolle H olrcOtJr!. Mrs ~ggy Lchnlinn.

Ms Moldetel ne McNolmiu, Ms Bihctle

NeWllIolll ind Ms Gemmi Shilpleskl. Sidly

we farewelled Dame Kale Hucourt from

our (filc hing IHm it Ihe end of tin! YUT. ln

thcsc cluses Dime Kolle has been ttiching

our swdems for the p;L51 fOUT yUTS. We

holl'C been privileged 10 h.lvC her .15 ~rt of

our fuehing tu m. The numerous st udents

she hu I",ughl hive benefitted greoldy from

her l'U t exper Ience ol nd Insight of thCil r1:

olnd pcrformolncc.

This year we hive cont inued OUT leicher

!raining progrollllml!' for Trinity Guildholll

Dlplamol SlUdcnts. We .u'e equollly proud of

these sHldems olnd the devdopmcm of their

tuching pr~ct ice th rough our superl'ision

.ind guid.ince.

We were delighted to see sevenl of

our students extending thei r lurnlng

fur ther by p;1r1lcip~ling In communit),

performances, Sped~l mention must

be made of AleX.inder T· .... eedle {or his

performance in the chlldren's sect ion

Vea.65tudant Aushadha Wlckr.m.sek.ra pe"orml", .. 'Oruulil',

Cali ban (KII.pa. Flaw.l.nd Conscl."c. ]Cr.I, Pollock, w.estlln, with his con5denu; T,inculol Ev. Rolin9]L' .nd C.mero" CI.rk secretly wetchin!il behind In -The T,mpe"-_

o{ 'The World o{Weu~ble Am' Awuds

.ind Cuig Pollock in his dum,uic role,

.ilong with WiIIi.im Pereiri oInd Mnk

Wigglesworth In thei r si nging roles, In

NBR Oper.i's production of'M~cbcth',

Through the year our swdcnts

h.ive been fortunate in en endi ng their

understanding and knowledge of d~nce

through the cxcellent choreography

and gUidance of Mrs San Scot! durIng

our pcrform.inces. This w~s fu rther

enh.inced by the Royd New Zul~nd

&llet's educationoll programme and the

participation of .ill our students (rom Yurs

1-8 in Ballet workshops conducted by their

st.ifT, The highligh t of this W.iS the school's

utendance at their performance of ' The

Nmcncker',

The progressive Dr.im.i programme

.it St Mark's Church School ronlinues 10

be unique. recognised for being so. both

n.ition.illy .ind imern.ilionall y, We ne

proud to continue 10 provide such high

quality and munillgfullurning for ou r

students.

Vicki -Marie Buch anan

Dirt ctor of Performing Arcs

Fe.dinand (logen Stent) lind Mlrlndll ]GrU. Hughsonl performing In - The Tempe"-_

Vu. 5 sludents performing In 'Tha Pled Piper 01 Hamelin', From left: Oliw .. Puke, Ca.1 J,ffe.les, Aleunder Povey, Amber Christenhulz, John HollowaY_I'd Eme G.I,g,

The International Festival

of Arts

Thr Feslil'Ol Mgan \lith a oong this yror. Imu

pri"il~Std ta pc'rfarm in ttlt openmg ptrformOACt;

GUfIO.' Mohln's 8') Sympllony. Induding

myse'If, memMrs of Scholo Cantorum - Williom

Perelro, jOfh Trollcr. Vikrom Roji. Kumar. E,o

Roling, Ikn Troller and Mark Wlgsles\\'Orlh

- proctlscd nery Saturdoy from Srptemtr

2009 to February of this yror. as kry singell'

of Ihe Mohler Knobmchor. Whal a fanlastlC

upcrrrnce for ",trybody IUI'ohd!! T\lenlY- lhr«

mcmbell' of I,", Scho/a Conlnrum and school

archesua allended 1M dress nhaulIIl, Mr and

Mil' B.cllchdor aUendallbc (I'tlling pc'rfl)rmaoce.

El'e rybody \\05 wo,,-nI by OIIr nngJDg and 1M

whok (I'ent! loiS of pann!5 also went 10 \llltch

Mohler 011 Ihr 'big scum' down at C,,-ir Square.

On Tu6day 9 of March. my c1assmales and I

,wlktd ta Ihe Embassy Thtatrr 10 IiSltn and

walth a cl)nfucnct ""Ih NCI\' Zroland wTllers!

pom. Glyn Maxwell and Emily Pukms, Thm

wr hud 0 quesIJon and answer sessIon and a

chanc~ to ask our 0\\ n quest,ons, Wr INrn! Ihlll

what we frod off«ls how wr ",rile. and thalia

wrile intelligenlly we nted to rrod Intelligenlly.

On Friday 12 Moreh. Yrors 7 and 8 alfrndrd Ihe

ptrfl)rmancc 'The Arm'or. Official rc,i~ws "cre

IHItslondmg. We cn,oyed Ihe uquiSlit mlll'rmcnt

and usc of props, A mrml)ry of mme would be

the amollng bird props (auochal by pales) thai

new I)H'rhead I)f thc l)"Oni_ The IDOI'e~nt ,,'as

flurn! and I'kr..-td abo'-e tbe scmc.

Sluo;knlS "ho onendtd lilt " 'ming performance

of Sulra ut"lImfilll \I'OS ·owcsomr"

In conclUSion, Ilhink thc InltrnaUonol Festll'Ol

of Arts could 1101 ho.·c gone: beltcr, El'uyonr \lho

omn!kd 0 ptrformancc \\crt prIVileged to ha'-r

hod a oncc m a IirtU~ upc'"rnu!!

C.i llum Osborne

Heod of Ptfforming Arts

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ESOL

This rUT the ESOL Depanment hn had

students from China, France, Malaysia and

South America_

Angela ellu guduilled from the ESOL

department in Term I and Jose Estrada­

Garcia rcwmed !O Venezuela in Term

2. Two new students. Simeo and Sola)

POnt .urh·cd from France and have made

good progress wilh learning English as

beginners.

Mrs Whiteside sometimes wears

InLl'rnalional dress on mufti days and has

worn her traditional dresses from Costa

Rica, India and Malaysia this rur. She says

Icaching English is very rewuding work

because the students lurn so qUickly and

are vcry gra leful when they master the

English language.

Spanish

During 2010 Spanish students from toddlers

through 10 Year 8 werc fOCUSing on

recognising pattern in language. Pre-School.

Ang~ lu Chu gradu.tes from E50L cl . ...

51meo .nd 50lal Pont In rn English.

Foundalion and Year I children listened and 5 and 6 enjoyed planning and acting in

responded 10 Spanish picture books. puppetS short dramatic aCtl>' ilieSlo learn 10 "e.!)ally

in con"ersalion, and nash cards. They describe emotions and characteristics.

were '-ery good at uking and answering They also Strengthened their knowledge of

questions and always enjoyed helping adjectives and basic sentence Structure while

their puppet friends. Oscar and Felix. to learning how to ask and respond to simple

remember how to properly say their Spanish questions in Spanish.

numbers. colours. greetings and goodbyes. Senior students in Years 7 and 8 had

Years 1 and 3 grew more familiar with sua:essfully practised using verbs and

recognising Ihe diffe rences between Spanish common phrases. They also spent time

and English leHer sounds. punctuation, and working on variet)" of Spanish inquiry

word endings. They used actions and words topics · from Paul Horrock's "Running of

to communicate understanding in response the Bulls" 10 Isabella Evans's "Andalusian

to Spanish questions. Year 1 and 3 students Horses:' The Spanish soccer team. as the

worked hard at rC1:ognising and reading OUt 1010 winner of the FlFA World Cup. was

a range offamiliar words and phrases. Plus. a huge inspiration to Bruno Isaacs. Vikram

they had fun listening 10 and singing songs Rajlv Kumar. Ben Trotter. locky Buchannan.

in Spanish! levi Penna and Alex Tweedie. Through their

Middle primary students in Years 4. presentatiOns they shared their knowledge

40 5f MARK'S YEARBOOK 2010

d J hua Joe l" thar. tter: William P. r.lr •• n o~ lUI IElioS son mangnoSI (They .r . ...

and enthusiasm for the sport and its players;

w hile traditional Spani5h food. dance and /

or fashion fi red Ihe imaginations of Mark

Wigglesworth, Gabriella Stille. Nathaniel

Bickers. Eva Roling and Josie Dempsey.

It has been an exciting and productive

rear in the Spanish department at SI. Mark's

and 1 look forward to learning and hearing

more from our estudianH!S excepcional!

Kath leen McDougall

Sponis!! Twcher

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Primary Years Programme

St Mark's Church School

The home oC curing, principled,

open- minded, balanced, knowledgeable

and reflective thinkers. communicolors,

inquirers and risk- taku s.

This has been a great year for inquiry and a

busy year for Ihe PYP Coordinator! Around

the school the work has been ama~ing

and our ERO visitors in March we~ very

Impressed with the level of engagement

in and emhusiolSm for leuning which OUT

swdents displayed. The Authorisation Team

from tbe IB visited us in August and we

were pleased and proud to announce 10

Ihe school communil)' thaI SI Mark's was

no longer an III candidate school. On 22

September 2010. our school was offiCially

informed by the Director General in

Geneva. Switzerland thai we had become

one of 3,744 IS World schools worldwide

(in 138 countries) and the ]St [S (PYP)

World School in cent ral Well ingtOn. This

ended the suspense of the whole school

community after the Authori~at ion Visit

.11 the end of August. ]t was a long. hHd

jou rney which started back in 2006.

We cominue to be so proud of our

students and sta rr. It's wonderful that

their hHd work has brought international

acclaim to our school.

Secoming an [B World school doesn't

mean we have reached the end of the

journey. but we have to keep Ihe high

standards required by the lB. and conllnue

Early Childhood Education

Our Ear[y Lurning Cemres are a hive of

activity. The children. thei r fami lies and

Ihe tuching staffbave established strong

relationships and it has been a col1ahora tive

approach to learning for all. This rear

the teams presented a series of parent

workshops on wriling. dramalic play and

the wider school community and in

particular we would like to acknowledge

the fabulous Mr Such who the children

know to cal1 0 11 for any repair.; and help

with their ell\'irOllmems, Mrs Sargintina &

Mrs Giouroli in the school office. and Tony

the courier man who spends time uch day

programme planning. The teachers saw th is talking with the children through the gate

to pre!»re our students to meet Ihe 21st

century ch;lllenges. We will have to go

through an E\·a[uation Process th ree yurs

afler the Authoriution (which will be in

20[3) and every 5 years after that.

Corin ne Roling

PYP Co-ord inalQr

incorporate tr ips to support this learning.

We appreciate the im·aluable time parent

helps tolllribute to making our trips

successful and fun.

We look forward to continuing

to provide qua lily early childhood

programmes in 20 ] I at St Mark's.

as an opportunity to share their knowledge when making deliveries and collecling mail. Lynda Moore

and expertise as uri), Childhood educator.;. The children worked well wi th the Head or Early Lt(Jrning

Our commnnlty of learners also inclndes PYP units of inquiry and we were able to

Sf MARK·S YEARBOOK 2010 41

Art

Leavers' Work

II has become a tradition ~t S\ Mark's for

our Yeu 8 Leaven; to design and produce a

g roup artwork tha[ is to be left in the school

10 mark the luving ora group of students,

1010 leavers produced a. group work

made up of individual fired clay elements,

which are threaded together to make several

lowers.

Yen7 - Brook. Qllj.ke, DancerPalnting.

Mural

During 2010 we were a.pproa.ched by the

developers of the Indoor Sports Centre

and invited \0 participate in a projecllo

provide artwork 10 surround the building

sileo We were told that Ihe theme for

the works was either the legend of the

forming of Welling Ion Harbour and/or

the activities Ihal would happen in the

completed building.

AgroupofaboullOsenlorstudcms

met and worked on this proiect for selteral

wuh. during lunch and imeryal\imes.

We all felt Ycry proud when they were

erected and they are still visible as you

drive around the round-abou t.

Flying High

During Term 4. 10 run alongside the

Sharing the Pl~net UOI. Ihe anroom ran a

recycled artwork ~ctivity_ There were more

than 80 eillries with lots of every kind of

nying thing from airplanes. jets. UFOs.

angels. darts. bats. dragons. fairies. insects.

and several different birds. It was grcat fun

~nd so exciting to open new boxes wIth

fabulous c reations inside.

The artworh had to fit inside a shoe box

and be made mostly of recycled rnaterl~ ls.

Yu. 4 - CI.~ Ch,IUma$ Trees . Y .. , S Group Wo,k - All yea, S 5tudent painted a qlinder lind we hung them 111togethe,.

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Rel igious Education

The 2010 YUT sawall students fully assisl 1he students in making meaningful

engaged in a comprehensive ReligiOUS connections between our lessons. how we

Education programme. Whilst the Anglican live OUT lives here in the $1 Mark's Church

School's curriculum gUides some of the School family and the place worship has

(outem of each year group the students in developing our spiritual wellbeing and

Ita,,!,: also t'njoyed inquiring into PYP the wellbeing of others. Ultimately we are

themes through the Religious Eduution encouraging "Students 10 star! taking action

context. Examples of themes are; What in support of their learning. This was very

does it mUll w be Anglican! ~ Our apparent after the devastating earthquakes

Special Character: Christian Festivals and in Christchurch. All students were eager

Celebrations; Jesus our friend; and World to respond in some way. The seniors

Religions · What we can learn and how can set about having a Mad Hat day raising

we strengthen our own re ligious beliers? considerable funds to send to the students

An integral part or our RE classes is to of our 'brother' school in Christchurch - St

Michael's. This allowed their students to

have a 'Fun Day' in an allempt to try and

put a smile back on the faces of so many

-0 Hats Off to St Mark's School

PHOTO: D-'VE WETHEY

bout the eiJrl.hquake in Aller hearIng II "":5 ChurCh S¢.ool Chd!o\c.hurch, Sl ,~8Id they .,.,anled \0 do In Wellington dec.; I!the children al their something \0 ~t ~Ichaers Church Sdlo~1 brother schoO\. h SO the SI Mark 50 in central ChriS,lchorc Hal Day' where they children held a f unny u byatolleclion brought donallon~,~ot=hP Founders· Day tram 1M 51 Mar b Til Batchelor ' rom SI c;e ..... ke. Mrs Bar a . tchorch 10 llrt:sen, MllrlI's came ,to Chns roceed5 _ \01a\\l09 , .... school WIth the P ~"" I 1""50 and ''''' weUaS"" v, . over S 1750 - ~s children had wntlen. The nrnyers thaI thllt r rovidll a filll!Cial .". "II be used to p dOnatIon WI hoOt • day out to r the whole fiC .

who had experienced loss.

The students enjoy participating in the

weekly Chapel Sl'.l',· ices and it is great to

have students enthusiastically participating

Junior Chapel Team - Carissa , Nichol.s .nd Joshu • •

through the readings, writing and re~ding

of prayers. singing, the contribution of

the Chapel Teams, and when appropriate.

drama, much of which is directly linked to

our R.E. classes.

One of the most satisfying (or should!

say challenging) aspects of teaChing R.E. is

the questions that students ask - espeCially

the youngest, who definitely are not

inhibited in their thinking. This year

has been no exception in the wonderrul

questions posed; "Does Sama live with

God?" Further investigation showed the

reasoning behind this Year l's thinking.

"They both do magic and [ think Harry

POller lives with them as welL"

Religious Education is an impOrtant

aspect of learning for our young tada}'

and as such is acknowledged here at St

Mark's Church School as being pivotal in

the development and wellbeing of our

students , On any day in all classrooms or

the school the children aTe encouraged

to not only grow in their understanding

of the Christian principles but more

importa ntly to live them.

Barbara Batchelor

Head of Religious Educa(ian

Exploring Into world religions - Caleb, Mili, Awatea. Joshua and Kat ...

51 MARK'S YEARBOOK 2010 43

44 CLASSES

Toddlers :

Toddle ..

Teach ", .. , Lauren Stafford. Shalinl Agarwal and lynda Moore

(Head afEarly learningl

81ck Row: A'";tv Chouhan. Edward Florentine

Slteond Row: Sa~ k ia Moorf', Amelia George, Zoe Cunningham.

Nikhel Palel, Gracio! Ame5

Front flow: Jack Rickard. Jacob Kailhayil, Jordyn Newell,

Eva Haye5, Afia Nga ia, Imoge n Parker

Absent: Luca Economou. Harper Ferguson, Adam MUSil,

Reuben Polter. Dffp Singh

We have had ~ busy year with lots of new A very strong interest for us has Ire"" friends arriving th roughout. We have worked Messy Play. The children have really

alongside the children as they discovered and enjoyed the opportunities to be c rea tive

developed their self-help skills, and skills and expressive and have responded

for social play like; tum talr.ing, negmiating, with lOIS of emhusiasm when exploring

being kind and caring 10 each mher. learning with their hands. This has also provided

to share with others is a big focus for this age opportunities to practise our social skills

group and our children have reilly come a too!

long way.

Group word·making.

Tac:lilelsensory lu.nlng Is mns)' and fun .

We like cr • • tlng end leuning In groups.

Preschool ,~,

[n Term I we focused on getting to know

each Olher. We discussed ourselves and our

fa mil ies. We celebrated our sim ilarities i nd

d ifferences.

O ur un it of inqu iry fo r terlll 2 was

"Why do we w rite? " We inquired into

Ihe ffi,llly reuons we w rite in Ollr daily

lives. We had a trip to the pet shop and

bought three !lsh that (arne to Ji ve at

the PreschooL Their names are Tommy,

Monkey and Mango_

This yeu the children have shown

a big intere$t in dramatic play and they

took responsibility for thei r learning and

helped set up the dramat ic play room. The

children chose to have a restaurant. a Stage.

a cafe , a doctor's surgery, a workshop and

a house.

A •• bell.ls .udl", . story to 010nyslos.

Pr.School

Head ofEa,ly Lurning: Lynd. Moo.e

Teache ' $< Cindy Horsf~1I .nd SOnl. Hayes

Back Row: Robe,t Kidd, Caitlin Manning. Arabella Ha.g.uvH. Lucy C,ausaz, Dionysios Soulls

Second Flow: louis Wlckremeseke'iI, Regan p.,c~. Marlon Chung. Phoebe Gr.y, CharloueWnr,Joseph Howard, Daniel Spazi.1ni

Front Row: Tennessee Armstrong. Angelica Yiappos. Vienna Story, lack Young·Holdswouh, Harrison Floren tine, Zoe ~awfI9ht, Quincy Schaefers

Absent: Dominic 8ingle. £11. Brennan, Ben Graham, Nikolai ~i rd

We have had a lot of new faces over

these twO terms and seen some of our good

friends move to foundat ion.

In term 3 we looked into "Who's who

in the school" and discussed the people

who help us at St Mark's and what their

jobs in"ol\'e.

We ha" e continued Ollr writing unit .

which proved to be very interesting \0

most of the children. We had a 101 of

storytelling using the magnetic stories and

whitebwrds,

We also had a trip 10 MitTe 10 where

we stocked up on supplies for our growing

unit which we staned at the end of term 3.

We have cont inued our dramatic u ea

ideas and this included a circus. shop. zoo

wi th cafi: , a beauty salon and an airport .

We also had a Irip [0 OtHi Wilto ns bush

as piTt of our growing seeds un il.

Tennessee .nd Louis w.ite lette".

'-~ ... ,,; -'

Emm •• nd Reg.n give. perform.nce fo. th,,;. frl"nd, .

Je05i,.ls cu.lous .bout wh.1 M. Such 's leU .. nys,

CLASSES 4S

46 CLASSES

Foundation

Foundllion Cent,e

Hnd of hrly Leil,nlng: Lynda Moor!

Tuch.: Rebeccoll Buchanan

Tnche, Aid .. , O .. vid McCaffe rey

B.ck Row: Antonio Muollo, a.uno Stille, Slefano~ 5001ls. Sebauian Pilcher. Gi~elle Ba,balie, Zoe George

Second Row: Sophia AII·Sakoufakls.luda ~etagna. Mia Harris. Oosu, Ames, lucy Criusu. Erin Kibar

Front Row: Eva Angell. OI .. la Adams. Emma Hennekens. Archie Parke', Jack Car,. Freya MeKelch. AJuis Boulier;s

Abunt: OemH'ka (hhun, Emma Dias. Soh Mus .. , Akhilesh Sharma

2010 wu a fun and exciling year for the hom!' 10 see how their family managed to a visit to a local bike repair shop. This

was a fun trip and Ihe children learned

about all the different parIS of a bi ke and a

scooter.

Foundation Cemre, We saw many friends rubbish ;md also looked at what happened

fly up to Primary school and new faces join in the centre. This inquiry had many

us when they turned four ynrs old. We possible lines of inquiry. The teachers

travelled to different parts of Wellington presented four areas to the children :

and explored many different things. recycle. reuse. repair and reduce.

For our first unit of inquiry we looked The children connected with repair.

at the relationships between ourselves

and the people around us. The children

explored how their friends would get from

here to there and what transport they used.

We new on an imaginary plane around

the world. We looked at how we connect

and keep relationships with people all over

the world.

In term twO we inquired into how we

express ourselves in our own unique ways.

we created buildings and houses Out of

boxes. and planned some productions to be

performed on a slage set up in the centre.

There were some wonderful ideas; a magic

show. flower shows. plays and music.l.ls.

Our next unit focused on organising

and goi ng on a trip. There was a lot of

information gathering, organising and

decisions to be made. The children rose to

the occilsion and really connected with this

uni t. We went on the Cable Car and to the

Botanical Gardens_ The children enjoyed

the hilarity of the parems and teachers race

in the Soundshell area.

Our last unit WiS about recycling and it

reall}' made the children think about what

people do with the ir rubbish. They went

particub,rly of bikes and cars and this led

There hu been some amazing learning

not JUSt for the children but also the

teachers and their parents.

The children worked together to make pina. Weexprused ournlwu through blkingl

Stefanos re pairing a bike. We lurned I bout bicycle repair on o ... rtrlp to Penny Farthi ng!

We ... oed recycled material to make art. The child ren of Foundation On the WheeUe Day!

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48 CLASSES

YEAR lAO/1EH

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Tara is cool

Apples are yum

Rabbits are cool

AntS don't go \0 school

Mum gives me

presents

Arch ie helps me draw

Cats are cute

King Mackenl.ie

Elephams are

endangered

Nanny lives in England

Zebras have gOt stripes

I like

Elephants

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Orange is my f.,·ourite

Samuel is my bro ther

Cannot play with Samuel

when he 's no t nice

Apples are m y favourite food

Rainy days make me happy

and sad

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Jakob likes sha rk boy

Always

Kicking

Or punching

Bad guys

Vu ,lAD

Tucher: Miss Angelee Deardorff

Back Row: Lorne Fergu~on. Jordan K"'en .. , Safi Saini

Second Row: AIe.l Haliklas. Nikola Momcilovlc. Hayden Veap, Isaac Wang. Yeshan Magan

Front Row: Nalalie M Ijr.kwani, Isaac Kai lhayil, Gilber t Roy-Gappe., Ethan NiCholls, Halia ViIe'au, Emily Morgan

Absent: Angelos Sia11'ils

YurlEH

Teuher: Mrs Erica Harvison

Tucher Aide: Mrs Julieue Manoing

Back Row: Matthew "kBelh, Uam Joyce, (.iniun Bull, An tony Hanladakis

Second Row: Alexey Joy, Holly Crau~t, Jakob McDougall, Madeline ElIls, Jel l Magan

Front Row: Samuel Nicholson, MacKentie Taylor. Kala Jiang. Tara IOnajil·Mo,an, Wallace Wu, Albion Puche •• luka Sammons·Gray

Antony likes chippies

Nutcracker was fun

TV is cool

Ovals are cool

Nuggets are fun to eal

Yummy Earth

Kaia likes playing

Ants in her pams

fee blocks are cold

Apples are red

Liam City

It is cool

Albion is cool

Mummy rocks

I

Cats are soft

Rainy days are silly

I like smelly socks

Snlkes slither

Tigers can climb trees

I like calS

Anlony is writing

At Ihe table

Not on his shoes

Alexey

Likes

Extremely fasl

roller-coasters

xxxx Everyone

Yells

Samuel is a superhero

Apples are tasty

Mum is a tidy person

Umbrellas help us not to get wet

Elephants are strong

Luka is fantastic!

Horses are fast

Oranges are sweet

Ladybirds ha,-e spots

Ladybirds like leaves

Yippity Yipp! love school

Luka likes futsal

Up goes the ball

King Luka

Apples are yummy

Mum goes to work

Alhion is cool

Tigers are stripey

Turtles are slow

Holly is cool

Eggs have shells

Walruses have big tusks

Balls are fun to play with

Running With Luka

Up goes the ball

Nice hiscuits

Octopus can't get me

Hfltll1e pretendJ 10 drive Ihe poUce carl

Watches tell the titlle

Apples are healthy

Lions are cool

Lollies are good

Apples I like

Cats are soft

Eggs are nice

Apples are nice

Lions are healthy

Bones like balls

In the morning

Oceans rumble

No logs left

Madeline is ni~

And she says please

Dogs are adorable

Eggs are yummy

Uam is Illy brother

lubelle is my sister

Nine is Liam's age

Everyone dresses

up pretty!

SANCTUARY

Safe place

Allimals

Fence

Creatures

Tuatua <He threatened

Survival

Alive

Reserve

Yes, we can help!

Tuataro are not extinct,

Natalie Murakwani

Jt is Alexi's birthday. He is

turnings;x. I like Alexi.

Gilbert Roy- Gapper

This robot helps me ski.

snowboard. ice skate and

skateboard.

Ethan Nicholls

( liked going 10 the

pool because I'm a good swimmer. I can swim

under the water without

putting my head up.

saft Saini

There were two fruits who

were friends. There was a

ooy fruit und a girl fruit.

They played l09cther.

Alexi Halikias

I wonder how the wataro

Iurvi .'cd after ro long?

Inac Kaithayil

Come 10 my shop and hO"e

an icc neam.

Isaac Wang

Theft an monsters all

around. They are friendly

and not scary.

Lome Ferguson

tAD perform 999 Tfldpoln Find I Hew Home.

I went 10 Austrolio on

holiday. J liked going on

a planc.

Hayden Yeap.

My shark swimming cap

makes me feel happy at

the pool.

Iris Kirk

Going under the water on

my tummy is tricky for me

at the pool.

Jordan Keene

I like to play Batman on

the playground. I like 10

play with my mum and

dad and brother too.

Yeshan M~gan

J like school b«ause J

learn.

Halia Vae'au

Did you know that I am

going to !rofll how to do

a flip under the water at

the pool?

Ni kola Momcilovic

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YEAR 2AA/2CF

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The Mother of Sweets

Once upon a time there was a place called

Candy Land and in the place there lived

five lollypop chi ldren and the Mothu of

Sweels. One day a huge monster came to

eat them who was really just a little gi rl

wilh a sweet loolh. The Mother ofSweels

ran 0 1,11 of lhe candy house. She stood right

in from of the little girl and shouted out ,

··Please don·t eat my children. They·1l' very

young.

Then the li ttle girl said. ··1 need

something SWeet because I have a sweet

looth."

··Well why don·! you take a chocolate from

Ihe chocolate founta in ?··

··Yes, take a chocolate!" the children

repe,lIed. So the little gi rl took a chocolate

and the chi ldren were saved !

by Bella Mart in

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Telche. : Mrs Angie Andr"as

Back Row, Cory Joe, Mkhele Pelayna, Joshua Blackmore, M~di.on Roch .... Emily Hughes

Second Row, Freya Green, Jac~ Barrett. Cameron Tuckerman, Alex Pelag"a, Fen. Stephens, Bella Man,n

Front Itow: Blanca M"rtin, logan Angell, AnastasiO'! Yiappos. A,chi .. Taylor, Zach Newlon. Marco Layne, Kiarah Labuschagne

VurlCF

Teuhe r: Misseushla Fitzsimmons

Back Row: Thomas Brodie, Franco Pelagna, Phoenix Masoe. Shrey" Mistry

Second Row: Pantelis Xlrilfakis, TIaki Freeman,

Lu,,,. Mande" James Pilche,. Henri Bann

Front Row: Nickolas Xlralakls. Samuel Ames, Yasmln Chlislenhusz. Oliviil Gordon. Natalya Lally, Kelsie Sammons-Gray

Abnnt: Seb~~n Tupaea-Tug~ga

HOI Wheels und

Once upon a lime there was a haunted

house and there were three ghosts that

lived in it. Number one ghost had tee th

Once upon a lime in Hot Wheels Land.

wben Ihe cars were as leep. Ihere was a

monster snea king around. In Hot Wheels

Land. there are beaps of cars. They bave

races and it is in the middle of the Indian

Ocean . close to Madagasc.u. Pretty cool.

huh ? And right close 10 Australia. too! The

Hot Wheels live in a caslle. Gold Crown.

the king of cu s. had a castle. There well'

rats, spiders. cats. mice. and you would

not believe ... there was a ral king with

as sharp as lightning bolts. Number two

ghost had x-ray eyes inside his skin to

scare JH'ople and make Ibem bleed . The

dad ghost had sharp leeth and could turn

into anyone he wi nted. They all went to

people·s houses to scare them. They would

scare JH'ople and the JH'0ple would never

come back eVeT. ever again ! After scuing

people Ihey all went to bed. They woke up

and got thei r secret weapons. AI 12 o'clock

there was a cow mooing. It broke the door

down . The ghosls 10sIIheir secrel weapon

and you would not believe what happened

next! The cow broke the whole bouse so

Ihe ghosls had to go live in China!

by Logan Angell

a bow and ar rows! Gold Crown and the

rat king decided to ha,·e a war on the 5,b

of November. When Ihey were ready for

the war. the rats were fast but the cars

were faster. They could rlln over the rats

jlld mice. After the c.rs des troyed their

enemies. they lived happily ever after.

by Joshua Bbckmore

DUring our first flltdtrip of tile yea. wlfound Iconic structure, • • ound Wellington so WI could I. te. compfl .e them to oth",ltl. s In the world .

• d the signs . nd •• rco \ou.e

~Iu.n· d the conductor Thl students happilw ce lebrltad tlle ir und"nflnding of le.rnlng fi nd plflylng together during ourSport 's Diy. V ... 2 stud.nu used the;. knowledg. 01

how tha wo.ld works to explore how thai r shadows changed throughout the d. W.

n",bols thl,t helpe opa .fI" the n • ln .

H,ll ioween bnd

You won't belleve what is in the middle of

the Pacillc Ocean ... It is Halloween Land

and Dracula's castle! The ghost was JUSt

floo.ting around and Dracula was siu ing

in his seal. He was bored so one night he

invited his friends for dinner. Dracula made

some food. He made hlood wine. spider

cocktails. and also roast goblin! Knock. knock. knock! The dinner was disturbed.

Dracula said. "Not Ihe \Tick·of- treate rs!"

Ghost said. "1 will open Ihe door to see the

trick-or-treaters! ..

Ghoslthen said. "A Witch. a goblin. and

a werewolf? NO candy for you. kids! H~!

Ha! Ha!"

The kids said, "What a mean ghost !"

Ghost said, "Hey, you ate all oflhe food!"

He looked on Ihe table and said "Ahh .. a

bil of goblin!"

De"i1 said, "You hav~ iI, ok!"

Ghosl said. "Ok, devil!"

Then Ihey w~m OUI for a fly on Ihe giall!

eagl~. They wer~ going 10 haunt. When

they gOllo Wellington Ihey picked Olake

Vea r 2 students sh.red the morning wIth Ihe;. g.andparents .nd e"plored Ihe neW inta 'flctive whileburd logether.

Street. They went to Ihe house and they

slole a boy coilled Jack Dayid Barrett. They

flew back 10 the haunted mansion. Jack

was so annoying Ihal Dracula kicked him

out. J.lck was.l clever boy and he slole Ihe

gianl eagle back to Otak~ Street. Dracula

was angry benuse Jack look Ibree pieces

of gold. Afler dropping Jack off, Ihe giant

eagle flew back and jack was never stolen

again!

by Jick Barrell

Year 2 SpOTU Day

One school day 2CF and 2AA went to the

field and we had running races and played

games. One oflhem was balanCing i bean

bag and I had !O jump oyer Ihe rive r, It WiS

sunny and al Ihe end we gOI a medal. We

had to jump o"er the rope. My learn wu

Julius: there was lots of noise that day. My

favourile piT! was Ihe games.

by Henri Bann

Our Trip to Welli ngton City

In Term 2 we wenllO the Beehive. We

went to see where the Prime Minister

works. We were taking photos. The flags

were on Ihe poles.

By Nickolas Xiu (.Ikis

Noctu.Tni l Rats

AI SI Mark's one of Ihe leachers called

Mrs Andreas broughl Ihe ralS into school

in Term 3. The cage was made of metal

and Ihe rats were brown and spoued. The

brown one was good at spon bUI the olher

ral didn't like sPOT! bUlthey are still cool.

2AA look Ihe ralS to ZCF. All the children

gOl 10 see Ihe ralS. II was awesome.

By Natalya Lally

M. H Potter find Mr M Ju kson Jolned th. Yen 2 stud.nts to help them ru rn ilbout ,..octurnfll ;II ,..I",fl l, .

Signs and Symbols

On one of our school trips 2AA and 2CF

Went to Te Papi to inquire into signs and

symbols. 2AA and KF went on a bus. We

saw lOIS of korus in Ihe marae. When we

went up the slairs we saw TVs wi th people

on Ihem. When we wenl into the marae

Miss Filzsimmons gave us a scavenger

hunt. 2CF ;lind 2AA found lOIS of signs and

symbols. l learntlhat a koru means life and

Ihal a whare is a symbol for an anceSlor.

by Sebaan Tupaea-Tugagi

Zoo Fun

On Friday 2AA and KF went to Ihe Zoo

to learn aboul planls. [I was rainy so we

wore rain jadels and we went 10 The

Nest. We PUI vel jackets on and eumined

a lortoise. We fed Ihe giraffes with leaves

and! gOt to pat the hedgehog. We saw the

chimpan~ees. They made lots of monk.ey

noises. Then we saw Tahi the kiwi al Wild

Theatre. He had one leg. We gOI 10 pat the

blue tongued lizard. I saw the chimpanlee

and we went on a bus wck to school. My

fayourite a ' limal was ~n Oller.

by Franco Peunga

CLASSES 5 1

52 CLASSES

YEAR 3MP/3RP

YurlRP

Tud •• " Mrs R~ch~el Pottinger

Back Row: Ph .... khakanl (hantarajOfn, JuStin Chua, Malina Momdlovic, Georgio T oulis, Isaac Sugunam

Second Row: Mu Tolve, Kaleb Sammons-Gray. Jonathan Baird.

Amel~ Andrus, Heng·Yi Jiang. Paris ~y

front Row: R~a Patel, htla Patel, Iris Aitken, Tayl. Zakek, Olivia Bou!;",i., Stlreeya Patel,lsabt>lIa Hllmov

YearlMP

Tuchr: Mt Mark Potter

Blck Row: Alshanl MCGrilh . Awatea Ca,wn·King, Ale. Quinn, CalebAus\lng. Angela ehu, Kylle Chow

Second Row: Nathana"l.lf!evaraj. Iso be'! T_edi •• Mili Panehal, Kale Parke •• Pulei.lta Vae'au, Tobias Maling, lily Roling

Front Row: Joshua HiIls,luca Boulie,ls, Val .. ntina Bull, Jaden Wong. Eva Brunei, Mitchell Chin. Darshan Magan

Children in Year 3 have dedded to focus their contribution to the 2010 Yearbook on

the learner Profile and how they have applied it to their learning this year. The aim

of all International Baccalaureate programmes is to deyelop internationally minded

people who, recognising their common humanity and shared guardianship of the

planet, help to create a better and more peaceful world . IB learners strive to be:

Inquirers

During our inquiry unit rocusing on ·How the World Works. Yu r 3 rocused on how

weather affects the lives or humans. We ha'·t bet n developing the children's natura l

curiosity and they have aCtively enjoyed Iheir learning. We ho~ that this lo \"t

will be sustained throughout Ihei r lives.

ReflectiYe and Risk Takers

Ch ildren in Yen 3 give thought ru l consideration to their o wn lenning and experlence.

They also h~yt Ihe independence or spiril to explore new roles. id ~ as ~nd strategies.

During our · Wh~re we are in place and time· inqu iry children in Year 3 spent some

time at Capital E in the ·Kids on TV' studio making a programme about SI Muk·s Church

School paSt and present . Here is Mili Panchal's r .. coullI O rOUT vis it .

M .. showing hi ' knowledge alldenlifylng his leaf.

C.ipiuJ E- Kids on TV wriuen by Mili

Pam:h.i l

M)' dass wem to Capital E to make a TV

show. When we entered the studio we met

a man c.illed Kit who wid us our leuning

imemion and told us where ou r posi tions

were. When I gotW my position I began

to read the instruction booklet and then

familiarized myself with the script thal we

had wrillen.

After we had practiced our script

Josh and [wem to get changed imo our

costumes. [ was wearing a green tOP and

<I green dress which came wilh a green

nower. Josh and I were presenters. I was

presemer one and Josh was presemer two.

Lily and Puleiata were both reponers. Lily

imerviewed Caleb who was pretending

to be Michael Holland and Puleiata

interviewed Hannah. who was pretending

w be Miss Annie Holm. the founder of

St MHk's Church School. Their interview

was really cool because it was made to

look as though they were standing outside

St Mu\:'s School. My whole class had a

wonderful time at Capital E and we had a

lot offun!

Tobiu. Killle iII ... d Alshill ... 1 (om",u ... !cillll ... g in IlIe<o ... trol roo",.

We were neilltive in designing .. t work In the uyleof Jolin Pule.

We went to the Royal New Zealand Ballet

Company's performance of The Nutcracker

at the Opera House in Wellington. The

ballet that we saw was very di fferent from

any of the books that we had read. The

ballet was about a girl called Clara, who

was given a Nutcracker in the shape of a

soldier. as a present for Christmas. Her

brother Fritz was jealous. so he picked

it up and hit he r over the head with the

nutcracker. Clara was taken to hospital with

concussion. Crazy things happened in the

hospi tal. My favourite pHt was when three

men with broken legs were dancing while

on crutches'

"Fur" by CiIIleb AIming ,

Year 3 children inq",lrlng abo"'t the put iIIt Tlme Clnemill, I.YillIl8.y,

Child'fI"! I ... Yur 3 looking inlo being balanced by ",.king hulthy .nub during their "Who We Are" inquiry.

CLASSES 53

S4 ClASSES

YEAR 4HT/4KM

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1 tu lly enjoyed going !O Parliament

because we learnt about the different

buildings at h rliament. ! also enjoyed

going 10 the zoo sleepover and learning

about the different aninuls. Learning how

to swim bet ter was fun, because (am now

really good oil swimming.

lenna SHad i

My highlight is going 10 the zoo. We got

10 feed Ihe Gi raffe, 1 even piltted a Dingo,

went to the Central Zone Athletics; ! came

3rd in my hUls and 4th in my fin al. We

""t nt to tht Nutcracker Ballt t it was cool.

We also went 10 Te Papa: il was great that

my Dad was able 10 help.

Joshu", Reece

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T""I\I" : M. Kelvin ~~_II

hek Row: Atlku •• Carson-King. Nicholas 800t h, Benjamin COHo

Michael Conradie. Ed_td P"ker, Elijah GUIfin"

Second Row: Elinor Bann, Joshua Refl:I!'.Jonalhan Tai, Leilani Fam, Pele. OempSE'y, Jedd Kelly, Lukas Haliki'!

Front Row: Hannah Sandhu, Abigail Trotter. Danny Klvl, (alllyn Green, Alexander Joyce, Nevis~ Raymond, Logan KIM/ii-Moran

Yu.4HT

Tncher: Mrs He alherTaylo.

Back Row: Nicholas Russel!. Jordan Bosl.ovas. An}l!lI P"lel, Ca ,ls~ Khushal

Third Row: Isue Dlnam. Charlou e Wilkinson. P,aflef!IYaliabh. 5iddhant Lakshman. Jenna Sliadi

Second Row: Gareth Bevan, (~aat Young, R~e Pada, Keith Murphy, A<1gus MtConchie

Fronl Row: Padralg Carnegie, l iam ElliS, UlyGalland-Griffin, lenno~ Moyes, Helen McNab, Thomas Mander, Trent Young

My fa,'ourile th ing this )'ear was the Zoo

Sleepover. 1 goilO feed the Giraffe and pilt

a Dingo. It was so much fun . The next day

was Athletics Da y. [ came forth and wen!

into the fi nals which was J highl ight. J

10"ed the Nutcracker Ballet as well . h was

so fascinating and beautiful ! [ loved how

the bed new up when the figlll against

Fritz and the Nutcracke r began.

decimals. I especially liked 1.e.T. We used

Dance Mat typing which helped us to type

faster.

Nicholas Russell

Cai tlyn Green

My fa\'ourHe highlight for rur four is

going to Parliament. My Olher highl ights

include is tht Zoo Sleepover because I got

to have a break away from my family, The

Nutcracker Ballet at SI. James' theatre was

another highlight. I enjoyed nmhs as we

got to learn about statistics, fractions and

Obu rn tional drawing on the 'awn< of Parliament.

I enjoyed CapilalE; it was really fun

beCilUSe we made a television News

br~dCilst , We were like Ihe real news on

al night. I illso enjoyed Parliilment beouse

we gOI W go on a wur around it. We SilW

where Ministers of Parliament make new

laws. It was called the Debating Chamber.

Alexander Joyce

In year four I really enjoyed going to the

Zoo Sleepovt' r. My filvourite animal was

the Dingo; I even got to piit it. Then it was

Athletics Day. ! gOt illlo Ihe Central Zones.

[ was reilJly happy ilboul thaI. so were my

piirems, it made them proud. Another great

trip was w the NUlcracker Rallet. It was

amazing. [ loved it; il made me wonder

how they did it.

Cilrissil Khushill

I piirticularly enjoyed going to the Zoo

Sleepover. It was great ilS we slept away

from home. There were lots of cool

animals ill Ihe Zoo. I also gOt to feed a

giraffe. I also liked going to the Nutcracker

Rilllet. It was spectacular. All the characters

danced so beaUlifulty. My favorite bit was

wben Clara's hospital bed got li fted off

the ground into the ai r. I also enjoyed the

Spelling Ike because I love spelling. I was

really good at it \00,

Letlimi Film

lights Action C.m ... : C.pl t.IE onTV,

My highlight was when the Prime Minister.

John Key came and spoke to us aooUl

children rights and responsibilities. [t was

special because he's the Prime Minister and

you don't often meet him a[ your scbool. [

also enjo)'ed going for the Zoo Sleepover.

We gOt to elCperience the Zoo al night

and in the euly mOfl\ing. LilStJy I enjoyed

seeing the NUlcrilcker Ballet beouse I've

never seen one.

Thomas Milnder

My higblight of the year was the Zoo

Sleepover. [ really enjoyed going to the

Nest (The Animal Hospital). We also

fed the Giraffes, [didn't f(!¢d it with my

momh. I WilS ilfraid it was going to lick me!

! reillly en joyed going to Te Papa. I really

enjo)'ed going into the Earthquilke House

Logiln Kiniljit-Mou n

Visiting Capit.IE onTV studios - .eco.dlng sound .nd vision ,

Expressing our (h ••• cte.s on book day.

We have had lots of elCperiences this yeu.

The best and most illlercsting eJCperience of

year was the Zoo Sleepover. We illso weill

to the Parliament i1nd CapitalE. [ thought

that all of these exper iences were very

good. I have learnt a 101 oflhings from

these.

Siddhant Lakshman

Discussing au. Pa.liament Buildings with the p.ime Minister,

Explo.lng how Te Plop. is o rg.nlsed.

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8 . d , Row: Tara Anderson, Oliver Peake, Jonty Bradwell,

l\.Obelia W'merhuis

Second Row: AmberChriSlenhun. Viraaj Patei. Ellie Grigg, J.lsmine Bevan. Shashwath Jojl

front Row: Sierr, Raymond, Milthel Layne, Christophe. Wong. Solal Pom, Carl Jeff/les, Ethan Joe

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II was Sunday. a lo,'ely. relax ing day. The

kookaburra "'.IS laugh ing in the old gum

tree. Mother and r wu e goi ng for a walk.

WI' had just walked Out our old, rusty gate

when without warning Mulga Bill rushed

past us! He was heading for the bike store

that had just opened across the road. !

wondered why a farmer boy from Outback

Austra lia would m~l'd a bike when he·s got

a perfectly One hOI"5I'. They had been best

buddies for a really, re.i lly long time.

Mulga Bill had sha ri. needle li ke hai r

wh Ich he was proud to own. He had two.

very expensive dogs, a great dane and a

pinscher. His bulging eyes rested on top of

his piggy shaped naSI' . He wore a red vest.

with an orange jacke t covering it up.

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hck Row: Hailey Kapadia. John Holloway, Thomas Velleman

Second IIow: "Ieunder Povey. Emily Yeap. Sheaynee Pama, Clement Kong

~ t t Fro nt Row: Amanda Xi,afakis, Ada,sh Anup. ElII.' Co.dalis, Rebecca Clowes. Qjyun Goll. Sophie De Gregorio

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stockings all. he looks like a clown" Mum

joked. I agreed. Especially with those long.

slitllegs and great big fw. It was a hilarious Sight to see him fl)·ing

down Deadmans hill and landing in the

creek. scaring all the red hngaroos. You

should have heard the rumpus. gurgling.

splashing. a screeching cockatoo. shout ing.

screaming. and a big bongaroo!!! After that.

Mulga and his horse wen:: best mates again.

by Viuaj

Smooth. shiny kayak.

Kayak wet and orange,

Paddle black and white sparkling in the sun.

Water fretzing cold below, the

temperature.

Of the Arctic.

Going in the water. nil I'd kayak.

Parents pusb and [~m off n oating on the

water.

I am scared of fall ing in.

Imo the free l ing water.

The water is cold. murky and black.

Infested with weed and eels.

Form a line the instructor said as we

scrambled into formation.

Play it game the instructor announced.

PUll ing OUT nose at the point of the kayak.

Water glistening in the sun.

Hypnotizing you to fall in.

Didn't fa ll in,

Now stand up and do the chicken dance.

Flying fOl<es incoming. SPLASH THEM!!!!

Splash 3, 2, I here they come again splash.

Now splash party,

Paddling fas! away from the pursuers.

Trying to splash me. then

Splash! Mrs Snedden splashed me,

Target locked p;!ddling fast and,

Splash! Conner is soaked th rough.

Near the end five people fall in the water.

And the instructors coming after them.

Kayaking is te rr ific. Yeah!

by Qiyun Goh

Seuons

Autumn

The summer day is over. flowers sleep. The

Earth rests. Autumn gently places

A pillow of gentle leaves under it's head.

Then the Mother of Autumn gently says

'Goodnight:

The Ice Giant- Win!er

The ice giant appears gigantic and

gruesome. his Autumn sister gone. he

bellows a victory cry then he sees earth and

grabs it in his icy clutches.

Oceans freeu. trees dle. snow falls and

icicles spread and grow. then he throws

one last liglnning boh, Crash, Zap!

The Spring Queen

The Spring Queen is finely here she skips

through her garden. flowers dancing in

her shadow. trees growing beside her. bells

ringing birds singing and tlying then she

leaves.

The Summer King

Summer has finally come again it seems

like a life time since last time the Summer

king was here.

He looks over his dry warm kingdom.

then over the other seasons; Autumn

Winter and Spring then one by onc they all

leave for their own domain.

by Thomas Velleman

How the sea w as form ed

One sunny day the taniwha was talking to

the gods. Ruamoko. Ranginui and Tane.

"Help my people ue dying" he cr ied but he

Investigating tectoni. pl"teo. M. Joe he lping us gel re"dy for Markel Day.

Playing Ihe Rock Cycle Game. Making soft 10Ys for studenlS at Kiml Or. School .

Making gelalo with M. Joe in hstbourne.

was lying. The gods did not realize that he

was lying so they followed the taniwha. The

gods saw ~he village and saw that the people

in the village wcre all health)' and well.

The gods were very angry because they

had been tricked. Tane slammed his foot

Flying fOJ< fun.t El R.ncho.

bolt. It again smashed into ~he ground and

more water came rushing OUt of the hole.

That's how the Pacific Ocean was formed.

The ~aniwha was smashed and baltered

by the force of the water. His scales came

orr and washed away in the sea, He didn't

into the ground! Water came rushing out die but be got cursed and never gOt his

of the hole. That's how the Indian Ocean scales back. Taniwhas can now be found

was formed. living in the sea. Cold, clammy and

Ranginui threw a lightning boh at the grumpy monsters.

taniwha. The taniwha dodged the lightning by JOnty

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Back Row: Arama Davis. Milly Blunel. Emma Mc(aw.

Olivia Harris, JonMh .. n Too

Second Row: lakovos Toul,s, Andrew Tang. Belinda Von Mlinchhausen, Derek Chow, Amelia Hayman, Andrew Fraser-Cunningham

Fron! Row: Mauhew «mlas. Annabella Wang, Connor M,Conchie. Dylan Hllmov. Viann,s hm, Nathan Si.gunam. Oscar Robin,on

Abu nl: Apostoli Camberls, Isabella Cooke

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Buk Row: Qulncey Stephens, Amruth (andadal, Max Kelly, Connor Davidson. Mario Kotsapils

Third Row: Brooke Klnajil-Moran, Bethany Petrovich. Olivia Wiles. Oaniel Dorton B.and, Matilda Bemley

Second Aow: Sariya McGrath . lellan l Vae'a .... Auslladha Wick,emesekera, Nukity Kivl. P,anay Minty. Adam Yeo

Front Aow: Micllael Horrocks. Osca' Silvey-Mccaw. Ell Aichards. Tllomas H ... glles, Sh .... lhl Balliraillan. Brendan Slledi. leon Zlleng

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p~i1c('fuJ Solutions Review

[n Term (our, we learnt about conflict and

resolut ion. Our central idea WilS finding

peaceful solutions to conflict Ciln lead \0

a beneT quali ty 10 huma n life Our key

concept was reflection- how does it make

us thin k?

One orlhe things we learnt about was

the differen t types of conflicts. There a ~

three types of conflicts; person "s. person,

person \'5. environmelll and person vs.

technology. To me this means humans

always crealI': conflict, no matter what il

is about .

A way \0 understand conflict is with a

conflict escalator. h shows your feelings

and actions and how the problem gels worse or beuer. A conflict escalator can

show you bolh sides of the story. 11 can

also show you how the conflict starts and

ends. [ found Ihe conflict escalator good

lM:cause when I used it [saw both sides of

the story and it helped me a lot .

Another wiy 10 understand conniet

is with the five conniet characteristics

which are represented as animals. There

is the owl. fox . shark. turtle and the teddy

bear. The owl likes to think before he acts

to ensure nothing goes wrong, the fox is

more sly and tries nOI 10 be seen and when

you lust expect it he comes into the fight.

Othercharacteris{ics are the turtle and the

teddy bear. JU51 like its personality, the

turtle likes to take things slowly. uSt is

the teddy bear. The teddy bear tries to run

away and avoid the problem.

The central idea; finding peaceful

solutions to conniet can lead to a bellcr

quality of human life, means that if we try

to deal w ilh problems properly, countries

may become friends and there won't be as

many fights, connicts o r war. [fwe reneet

on connicts and think about what we

could have done belter, we will know what

to do nex t lime and how 10 deal whh Ihe

problem or connict.

by Bethany Pet rovich

The Creature

(personification poem for a kayak)

[I lay dead on the ground staring at me.

lt pounced ",nd swallowed me whole.

As <oon H 1 w~. in.ine. it dirh ...... n illln

Ihe wa ter.

It glided over the WOller, dodging branches

left and right.

Dodging in pairs.

It was getling tired .

[t dragged itself back to shore.

It spat me out and lay there as [ dragged it

out of the wate r.

by Eli Richards

The Sea

Tangled seaweed. danced in Ihe crystal

waleTS of the calm sea. Suddenly a bright

red crab crawled OUl onto the shiny sand

10 find some scraps of food . A small

aluminum boat nooled 10 shore as Ihe

waves pulled it back and forth, back and

forth on the c ryslal blue water. A )'oung

boy walked inlO the shallow WOller then

walked imo Ihe deeper pArt of the waler

scaring the silver fish away. The sand was

so sofl on your feet .and the water shone

like a crystal in sunlight. The seagulls

swooped up and down at the WOller trying

10 catch fish . The pebbles weTe as small

as ;tnts. They rolled with the wind Ihat

whisiled through Ihe liny holes in Ihe

brick wall that stopped the sand from

going onto the road.

by Andrew Fraser ~ nd lakovos Toulls

II .pl .... ing lime "ad by a ll at ~amp.

Why Do We Need The Economies We

Have To{by?

Different people h.ave diffe rent opinions

about the economy they want . Some

penrle W~nt 10 be ~hle 10 no «>m .. Ihin8~

and lellhe government do the rest. Some

people want the governme\ltlO comrol

everything so they don't have 10 worry

much bec.ause the government may supply

it. Some people want to be .able to do

what they wam with no help from the

government. Some people wam 10 follow

their ancestors, to be proud of their job. So

people have different opinions about Iheir

economies. We need every economy so

everyone can be happy.

by Yi;tnnis Fam

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Spu d, skill and risk l i king 'In the zone' at Cl mp.

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Back Row: Ella Taylor, Na thaniel Bickers, Jexhua Peake, Isabella EYans, Adam Bradley

Second Row: "'Iamls Xirafakis, BrookeQui.k. Mekul Bhagwand;" , Cameron Clark, Tane Murphy

Fronl Row: Lathl.," Buchanan, Dey Desai, Jack Dryden, Jaid .. .. Bak<!r, Douglas Majic, AI ... anderTwe~ie

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How Ihe World Works

My f~vorile Unil oflnquiry w~s How Ihe

World Works. In Ihe beginning I found il

h~rd 10 form some q ueSlions for Ihis 10pic

bUllhen [decided 10 ~search penguins in

Amarclica. 1 found Ihe informal ion on Ihe

differenl penguin species very inleresling. I

h~dn'l re~lised Ihallhere were 17 differenl

IYpes of penguins! They ~IJ seemed so much

alih when [ st~Tled researching bUI now

I know Ihat is nOl al all true. [never knew

Ihat penguins aC1l1~[) Y had moods. I found it

hard writing small p ieces on each pengu in

species once I had found OUI so much

information about them. [ really enjoyed

learning aboutlhese creatures. A part Ihal

WiS challenging was presenting Ihe Inquiry

with pictures on a power paint . During th is

Unit of Inquiry we also went 10 Zealandia.

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.~ bck Row: N~sha Mahesh, Levi Penno, Craig Pollock. aSebastian Halikl" .

~ Second Row : Malathi Jayapadman. Eva lIoling. TassCordall •. Isaac Anderson, Vik.am RaJiY Kumar

~ .1t I, Front Row: Paul Horrods. Mark Wi9g1 lKwon h, JPetl'n Mayjl. 5imeo Pom, Bruno ISlacs, Joseph field. Ben Tlone, - ~ Abunt: Jo'W:'phine Dfompwey. Gab,iel .. Stille

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I enjoyed looking al Ihe kaka eating its food .

wd king over Ihe wooden bridge, the view

and looking at cUle baby ducklings diving

and swimming around wilh thei r friends.

The Ihing Ihall didn'llike was looking al a

disgusting wela sleeping. The kaka looked

beauliful flying around and gliding.

Tass Cord~lis

How We Express Ourselves

This unit of inquiry was really intereSting

because il was on music and dance. When

we do an Inqui ry we usually gel to go on a

Irip. We go 10 places like Ihe Zoo, butlhls

time it was different. We gOi a permission

slip to go to a hip-hop class. we were all

I'ery excited. Everyone said thaI Ihey could

go. This was going to be our fir.; t Irip to a

dance class (or school!

On Ihe day o rlhe Irip the whole classroom

was huning wilh queslions! "I wonder

if we wi!! learn ~ dance and if so what

dance will it be? " And "I wonder what

Ihe people that work there will be like? "

When Miss Milne came in to the room

we weTe all silent. We waited ulIlil el'ery

name on Ihe roll was n lled. h only took

about 40 seconds but it seemed like hours.

Then Miss Milne said what we needed 10

bring - just a water boltle and a jersey. We

all li ned up ,A nd started walk ing. We were all

talk ing aboul what the Hip-hop class would

be like. It was a short walk. We arrived at

Ihe Hip,hop studiO and sat down in from of

a huge mirror, The dance teacher walked in

and said what we would be dOing, We had

1\\"0 warm-ups. The fi rsl one was a g~me of

musical stames. It wasn't an ordinary game

Year 7 visit a local compaulon centre during our Inquiry on community services ,

Students from Year 7 hip hop during their lesson at the Pump Studio,

Clmp 20'0 - tlking. moment during a 4\1, hour tramp, DilCovering adapulioM Illhe Wellinglon %00.

of musical SI~tUes it was a hip-hop version,

The dance leacher would clll OUi a type of

hip-hop dance and we would ha,'e 10 do il. J

was one of Ihe last people to be out in

the game.

After we had done that exercise we

copied Ihe leacher who WIS doing a dance

at the front of the room. The point of Ihis

was to get an idea of what hip-hop is. Also

il was to warm up our bodies. On~ we had

done thai we splil up inta classes to leun a

dance. 7EM went inlO ol room Ihat had blue

walls and 7AP stayed in the room we were

in before. We danced to the song Ridin'

Solo, it was really fnn. Everyone was trying

to get to the front of the class so they would

get noticed. Once we had finished our class

we showed the othen our dance. We did a

really good job. The other class did a good

job as well.

Overall il was really fun and a greal way

oflearning. [ hope someday we gel to do Ihe

hip-hop class ~gain

Josephine Dempsey

My Flvanrite Memory From Year 7

WIS walking imo my new school. This

wasn't jusl a new school to me, it was a

new b!oginning. J walked up 10 the Held

Boy whose name [ did not know and he

imrodnced himself. Feeling excited and

nen'ous, lithe same time, ! walked up to

my new classroom. Mrs Pawley then came

up to me, told me where I would sit and

imroduced me 10 Adam who would be my

buddy far the week. I fell reIlly excited

about the yeu ahead, the friends [ would

make and the things I would do. I was

happy to be in a friendly class and not be

Ihe only new boy. That is one of the things

1 liked about St Mark's: everyone m.ade an

effort 10 include me, which made me feel

welcome.

Jack Dryden

My Folvourile Memory of This Year

w.as definiteJy our Units of Inquiry. All year

round it was very fun and informalive but

my favourite Unit of Inquiry WIS definitely

my last one. It was about chimpanzees Ind

how Ihe)' bave adapted to the environmem

10 survive in I cbanging world. When our

class presented our work to each other we

could see that we had covered a variety of

topics. [ learm so much from this Inquiry

and I hope I can build on my knowledge

~nd use it when J am in Year 8 next yeu.

AI! of Ihe class found Unit of Inquiry an

interesting subject to learn. We went on

some re~lly great trips that helped us, at the

b!oginning of each inquiry, 10 undersland

the Cemral Idea we were studying. Some

of the trips we wem on included going

to the Zoo to look at Animal Adaptations,

Zealandia to inquire illlo Interdependence

within &0 S}·stems, going to a really

awesome pump studio to do.a 'hip hop'

warkshop ~nd "isiting the Sunnne Aubert

Compassion Centre on Tory Street to find

out how this organisation helps othen in

need around Wellington.

Cameron Clolrke

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A good leader is made up of many

qualities. A good leader is pr incipled . They

are honest and act with a lot of integrity.

They always take the consequences of their

actions. and stick with thei r decisions. BUI

at the same time they are open minded .

and listen 10 everybody. They listen to

all ideas. and take what the people are

saying into perspecth'e. They communicate

thei r ideas effective ly and often combine

many ideas tOgether. They involve and

encourage many people to do iobs and so

nobody is left OUI. They act ;as a role model

10 everyone, and lots of people become

inspired by this person. A quality for a

good leader is Ihal Ihe)' challenge old ideas

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BlICk Row: Eve O'Connor, Joshua Nightingale, Ryan Fister. ~Ishore Bahhatl>an, k.as~' Flaws

5u ond Row: Joshua Joe, Nicholas Wilkinson, Flora Edwards. Tom Russell. Nicholas Yeo. Theo Bazen

Front Row' TIm Taylor, William Pereira, Josh Trotler, Wana~a Noan();l, Graef:' Hughwn, Cameron Rklla,ds, Nisha Dallya

Absent: Prlya Patel

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Back Row: Misha Scott, Logen 5tent, A<Jron Booker, MOfgan English, Callum Osborne

Second Row: Jack frizzell, lui, Todd. Jayan Pa,bll". Stuarlloubser, Rohan Clleerala

front Row: Oylan Chong. Ayalh N~ir, Wil!i~m Wel!e,huis, Ale. Saini, Shaan Pama. Nickolas Majic. Zachary Serepisos

uses thei r own initialil'e and learns form

Ihei r mistakes. They are full)' commilled

10 what they do and they do not do th ings

halflleaTledly They put all that they can

do into il . They He very reneetive and

ren ect on th ings they have done good and

bad. A leader is a very powerful person in

so111eolle '5 life and what they do can affect

everyone.

lap,1I Parbhu

Much relief when we rn ch the e nd of the Southern Wllkway.

Wbat makes a good leader

[ believe that the one good thing a leader

Cln do is accept people for who Ihey are,

what Ihey do and most of all their beliefs.

cuhure ~nd race. A leader should lead by

example and work wilh olher people 10

creale Ihe best result even if that means

working wilh somebody 1hal you usually

doo't work wilh. A leader should be honest,

responsible, open-minded but most of all

trustworthy. Also 10 be a leader you have to

make sensible choices and be encouraging

by saying stu ITlike "keep trying" or "keep

up Ihe great work", [think Ihal if a Prime

Minister. King or Queen or even a foolwll

coach did this they would be a great leader.

Alex Sain

Logen, Shun a nd Aaron practice problem lolving skill • .

Theo .nork.ling on EOTC week.

Year 8 Memor y

The besl memory Ihat ( could Ihink of was

when Mr, Batchelor presemed me wilh

my leadership badge for Head of Wesl

Watson. Not only was ( proud of myself on

achieving Ihis ambition: my parents were

proud of me. In my leadership role I have

had 10 he lp Mr. Bums with organizing

who would be running for the house in

the house relays. I have also had to start

Ihe house chant when our house wins the

house points for the week and ( have also

had to receive the house cup on behalf of

West Watson: this is an honor to do and I

like to do this as part of my responsibili ty

as Head of West Wuson. ! have enjoyed

this role at St Mark's Church School. It

has prepared me for college and to be a

responsible, cuing student.

Tim Taylor

Southe,n Walkway bike track, by Priye & Wanah,

Exp02010: Students from a<rOn the school vlsillh. V.ar 8 Invenlions Expo,

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Year 8 Memory

My best memory was when I scored the

winning goal of water polo to get us in the

final. It was in term 4, Year 8. We had JUSt

gOt ourselves into the semifinal and we

were playing the best learn. We were all

nervous about it . The game started and onr

coaches were very nervous. At half time we

were down 6-3. We had an inspirational

speech from Lauren, our coach. to gel

back into the game and win. We were all

pumped up and ready to go. At the end

of full time it was lied seven all. We were

then told that we had to do golden goal.

1 took a shot as soon as I got it . It wem in

but It didn't hit the back of the net. So it

went on shot arter shot, save after save and

finally! gOt it: we were all screaming with

joy and I was very pleased.

Tom Russell

Year 8 Memory

There are so many great memories that

( have had during my time at St. Mark's

Church School but one of my favourite

ones were Friday afternoons in year 3. I

was in Miss Pope's class and every Friday

at 2.00pm we had golden lime, which

is free lime. Me and IWO of my friends

always got OUI Ihe entire math's equipment

and bUilding blocks and we made houses

OT. as we liked to call them, palates. Our

favou rite malh's equipment was the weight

teddy bears. They were the owners of the

houses and we were always first in to get

them! I'll always miss but never forget

Ihose Friday afternoons.

Wanaka Noanoa

Fundrlising: Waneke, Josh and Cameron rai.e money for Ihe Neonala' Trust .

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Ba$kelba ll Yean 7 lit B

Coach ... : Karin Won & Graeme Joe

Back Row: Joshua Joe, Joshua Trotte •• Klstlor .. 8ahll.ttlan. Morgan English, Theo Baze!t

Front Row: Cameron Richards, Wanaka Noanoa. Tom Russt'li. Ryan Fister, Craig Pollock. Nick Yeo, William Pereira

Badminlon Junior Tu m

Coach: Mrs Erka Harvison

Front Row: Dylan Efl imov. Neaki,y Klvi,

Derek Chow. Annabella Wang

Absent: Brendan SI'adl, Andrew Fraser·Cunningham

Chapel Rock Band

Joshua Trolter, William Pereira, Ben Troner, Callum Osborne, Alex Sail'll. Tim Taylor. Rev.Michael Holland

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Reverend Michael Holland

hck Row: Ad~m Bradley, Rev.Michael Holland, Thom~s Russell

Front Row: Alex Saini, luis Todd, (ameron Richards, Zach 5erepisos

(on Brio Choir

Director of Musi(: Glenda Ryman

hck Row: Caleb Austing, Peter Dempsey, Anjeli Patel, Etijah Guarina, Ben (0'. Atakura Carson-King, Malina Momcilovic, Edward Parker, Chari one Wilkinson

fourth Row: Justin (hua, 5iddhant lakshman,lukas Halikias, Praneel Vallabh, Nicholas Booth, leilani Fam, lsaac Danam, Isaac Young, Alexander Joyce

Th ird Row: logan Kinajil-Mo'an , H~nnah Sandhu, Elinor Bann, Reece Pacia, Gareth Bevan. (aillyn Green, len no. Moyes, Phurichakant (hantarajorn, Heng·YI Jiang

Se(ond Row: Nathanael Jeevaraj, Thomas Mander, Valentina Bull, Kylle Chow, Awalea Carson·King, Paris Pavey, Max Tolve, Tayla Zaicek, lily Roling

Front Row: Esha Patel, Shreeya Palel, Eva BruneI, Padraig Carnef}ie, Mili Panchal, Iris Aitken, Jaden Wong , Trent Young, Mitchell Chin, Reeya Palel, Isabella Eftimov

Absent: Carissa Khushal

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Teacher In Charge: Cathy Underhill

Back Row: Rohan Ch~fala, Jo~hua TrOller. Morgan Engli~h. Grace Hughson, Wanaka NOlinaa

fronl Flow: Ben TrOller, Doug Maich, William Pereira, Nickolas Majie, Joseph Field. Dylan Chong

( rlckel First XI

Coach: Mr Paul Sparks

Back Row: Adam Bradley. Jaya" P"rbhu, Joshua Peake, Stuart loubser, William Westerhuis

Front Flow: William Pereira. Sebastian Haliklas. Miska Scott, Aaron Booker. Vikram Rajiv Kumar_ Paul Horroch

( ri ckel Second XI

Coach: Mt Paul Sparks

hck Row: C."ig Pollock. Luis Todd. Rohan Cheer"la, Shaan Pama

Front Row: Mark Wigglesworth, Ayasl! Nair, Joshua Nightingale. leeten Mavji, [}ey Desai

Cri cket Colts

Coach: John Holloway (Abient)

Back Row: P'anay Mistry. Oliver Peake. Qulncey Stephens, John Hanaway, Apo"oli Camberis

hont Ro w: Ad arsh Anup, Alex Pavey. Oscar Silvey·Mccaw, Connor McConchie, Aushadha Widremesekera. Nathan Sargunam

Abs<!nt: Christopher Wong. Connor o.,vidson

Schola Canlorum Choir

Ol.<!ctor of Music: Glenda Ryman

Back Row: Theo Buell, Joshua Joe, Logan Stent, Aaron Booker, FIOla Edwards, Joshua Nightingale, Callum Osborne, Josh Trotter

Fourth Row: Sethany Petrovich, Craig Pollock, Matilda Sentley. Grace Hughson, Milly Srunet Qulncey Stephens. Jayan Parbhu, Ella Taylor

Third Row: Belinda Von Miinchhausen, Mark Wigglesworth, Srooke Kinajil-Moran. Eva Roling . Nea klry KM. TIm Taylor. bck Oryden. Oerek Chow, William Pereira (Head Cho,i"er)

S~,ond Row: Viraaj Patel, Emily Yeap, Clement Kong, Paul Horrocks, Amelia Hayman, Vik,am Rajiv Kumar. Sa,iya McGrath, Ben Troller. Alex Povey. Shashwath Joji

Front Row: Qiyun Goh, Amber Ch,istenhuu, Sh,uthi Bahirathan, Rebe<ca Clowes, Christophe, Wong. Aushadha Wickremesekera. Yiannis Fam. Annabella Wang, Adarsh Anup, Ethan Joe. Sophie De Gregorio

Absent: Josephine Dempsey

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Coach ' Susan Harding

S.ck Row: Tara Anderson, Nicholas Russell, Nkhol as Booth, Jasmine Bevan

Front Row: Rebecca Clowes, £dward Parker, Ellie Grigg. Joshua Rue", Sophie Of! Gregorio

Hockey First XI

(o"h: Manoj Parbhu

Back Row: Thea Baze\(, Kisnor" Baharaitllan. Pdyal Pale l

Second Row: Jeeta" Mavji, Shun Pama, Wana~a Noanoa, Nisha Oahya

Front Row: Paul Horrocks. Alex Sa inl, Jayan Parbhu. Logen Stem, Mark Wiggleswonh, Craig Pollock

HochyColU

Back Row: Adam Yeo, Andrew Tang. Daniel Dorion 8rand. Prana), Mistry. Thomas Hughes

Front Row: Sk,ulh; Baharai!!>an, Belinda Von Munchhausen, Mlily BruneI. Brendan 5iladj, Mannew (anlas

Absent: Clemont Kong. lakovos Toulls

Miniball Chiefs

Coach: Mr Burns

Back Row: Jordan BoSlrovas, Nicholas Russell

front Row: lennox Moyes, CharlOlle Wil~;nson ,

Angus McConchie, Abigall Troner

Central Interzone Cross Country

Coach: Mr Paul Spark s {Absent)

Back Row: Jayan Parbhu, Na!tlaniel Bickers. Theo Bnell, Flora Edwards. Joshua Peake. Luis Todd, Nicholas Wilkln",n

Fourth Row: Nisha Dahya, Nishi Mahesh, Brooke Quirk. Bruno Isaa", Adam Bradley, Wanaka Noanoa, John Holloway, Shaan Pama

Third Row: Malalhi Jayapadman, Bethany Petrovich, Eva Roling, Connor Davidson, Belinda Von Munctlhausen, Daniel Dorion Brand, Sariya McGralh, Isabella Weslertluis

Second Row: Carl Jeffries, Ellie Grigg, Oscar Silvey-Mccaw, Connor McConctlie, Oscar Robinson, Annabella Wang, Alex Tweedie, Christoptler Wong, Praneel Vallabh

Front Row: Thomas Mander, Jenna Siladi, Angus McConchle. AmberChriSlenhusz, Alex Pavey, Charlotte Wilkinson, Lukas Halikias, Joshua Reece, Elinor Bann, Caillyn Green

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T.",clle.: Ms Rochelle Thom

Back Row: Aaron Booker. Logan Stent. Ayash Nai.

f,onl Row: Isabella Evans, Cameron Rkha,ds. Jayan Parbhu, Wanaka Noanoa, Callum (Xbmne

Flipplb~1I Waterproof Yean 5 " 6

Couh: Sarah Donon

Back Row: Daniel Dorlon Brand, Stephens Quincey. Oliver Peake

Front Row: Belinda Von Munchhausen, MMilda Bentley,

Olivia Wiles, Broo~e Kinaji l-Moran, Amber Christenhusz

Ab sent: Isabella Cooke

Hockey Second XI

Back Row: Nee~ah Mahesh, Flo.a EdwardS

Front flow: Joseph Field. Vik,am ~ji" Kumar.

J;)ck Dryden, Malath; Jayap"dman

Absent: Grace Hughson

librarians

Teach e r: Mrs Tracy Nel

aack Row, JO'lhua 101.', Grace Hugho;on

Front flow: Eva Roling. Nee~h Mahesh,

Malalhi Jayapadman, Nisha Dahya

Miniball Magi.

COilch , Bridget McConchie (Absent)

Buk Row: Derek Chow, AndrewTang

Fronl Row: Apostoli Camberis, lakovos Toulis, Connor McConchie, Eli Richards

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Coa ch : Mr POl rer

Back Row: Edward Parker, Nicholas Booth, Georgia Toulls

Front Row: Trent Young. Joshua Rei!ce, Logan Kinajll Moran.

Kate Parke.

Netball YU'$ 4 & S Panth , ...

Couh: Llnda Christenhusz

Back Row: Charlotte Wilkinson, Ellie Grigg.

Isabella Weste'huis. Jasmine Bevan, Elinor Bann

front Row: Sophie De GregoriO, Hannah SandhU. Jenna Siladl. Anj"l! Patel. Amber Ch,islenhuSl. lily Galland-Griffin, Amanda Xllafaltis

Netball Years 7" 8

Coach: Andrea Pawley

Back Row: Isabella Evans, Gabriella Slil le

Fron t Row: Attirna! Xilafakis, Eva Roling. Ella Taylor (C"ptain),

Brooke Qui'k. Alex TWi'edi ..

Absent: Josephine Dempsey

Road Patrol

Tucher: Mrs Rochelle Thorn

hek Row: Kishore Sahll.rhan, Thoma, Russell. Ryan FIster. Morgan English

Second Row: Jayan Parbhu. Misha s.cOU. Nicholas Wilkinson. Joshua Joe. Cameron Richard,

Front Row: Alex Saini. Shaan Pama. Joshua Trotter. William Weslerhuis. Tim Taylor.Zach Serepisos

Soccer Second XI

Back Row: Sen Trotter. Stuart loubser. Callum Osborne. Morgan English. levi Penno. Isnc Anderson

Front Row: AlexTweedie. Jaiden Saker. lachlan Buchanan. Ta" Corda lis, Tim Taylor. Dev De,ai

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Coach: Karin Won (Absen!)

Leilani Va .. 'au, O')niel Dorton Br .. nd. Olivia Wiles, Thoma. HU9hes, Adam Yeo

NeibaUVu ,6

Coachu: Jan Ouncan & Megan Davis

BlIck Row:OIivia Wiles, Milly Brunei, Emma McCaw,

Olivia Harris

Front Row: Belinda Von Miinchhau,en, Matilda Sentley, Bethany Petrovich, Sa';ya McGrath, Annabella Wang

Abu ,n!: I~bella Cooke

Prefect.

Deputy Hud Boy Kisher .. Bahi/aillan

Hnd 61.1 Grace Hughson

Principal MrTonyBatcllelo.

Head Boy Joshua Niglnlngale

Deputy Head Girt Wanaka Noanoa

So«~,.firuXI

COl(h: John Serepisos

Back Row: Nick Wilkinwn, Tom Aussell, Mistl .. Scott. Joshua Joe

Second Row: Adam Bradley, NatMniel Bickers, Luis Todd, Cameron Richard •• Will We.lerllu ;.

Front Row, Williilm Pereira. Seb Halikla~, Aaron Booker, Joshua Peake, Bruno Isaacs. Zach Sereplsos

Soccer (olu

(oach: Mr Paul Sparks

Back Row: Qulncl!y Stephens, Connor Davidson, Ollver Peake, JOnly Bradwell

Second Row: Dylan Ehlmoy, John Hollway, Amella Hayman, Connor McConchle

Front Row: Shashworlh Jojl, O.car Sllvl!y McCaw, Eli Richards. Apo'toli Camberis, Auslladha Wlckremesekera, Alex Povey

Absent: Jonw Bradwell

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Inte rzone Swimming

Coach: M. Paul Sparks

Back Row: Emma McCaw, Eve O'Conno •. Joshua Nightingale, Aaron Boo~er.logan Stem. Joshua Joe. Isabella Evans

Third Row: Wanaka Noan"", Priya Patel, Milly Brunei, Thomas Russell. Adam Bradley. Quincey Stephens, Bruno haaes, Ella Taylor,

Second Row: Tara Anderson. Joseph Field. John Holloway, William Pereira. Mati lda Bentley, Oliv"r Peake. Nicholas Russell, Connor McCollchie

Front Row: Elinor Bann, Amber Ch,iSlenhusz. Ca ,1 Jeffrie., Oscar Silvey· Mccaw. Ale. Pavey. Lily Galland·Grif fin, (ai tlyn Green, Nicholas 800th, Trent Young

To ... ,h Rugby

Tuche r in Charge: Cameron Sums

Sack Row: Joshua Reece, Angus McConchie

Front Row: logan Kinajil-Moran, Georgio Toutis, Lenno. Moyes

Wale.polo

Coachu: Rachel Duignan & Lau ren Holloway

alOck Row: Joshua Pea ke, Eve O'Conno •• Thomas Russell

Fronl Row: Willia m Pe .ei,a, Ada m Bradley, Na thaniel Bicke.s, Joshua Joe, Wanaka Noanoa, Bruno Isaacs

Yur8

Tuche rs: Mrs ( athy UnderhW & M, Rochelle Thorn

Back Row: Morgan English,logen Stent, Ho.a Edwards, Ryan Fister, Joshua Nig htingale, Aaron Booke., Kisho.e Bahirathan, Eve O'Connor

Third Row: Theo Ba~en. Joshua Joe, Misha Scan, Tom Russell, Nic k Wil kinson, Kaspar Flaws, Callum Osborne, Joshua T.one r

Second Row: Jayan Parbhu. Nicholas Yeo, Stua rt Loubse., Grace Hughson, Jac k Frizze ll, Luis Tod d, Cameron Richa.ds, Rohan Cheerala, p.iya l Palel

Front Row: Dylan Chong, Neesah Dahy .. , Ayash Nair, Shaan Pama, William Weste rhuis. Wa na ka Noanoa, TIm Taylor, Nickola, Majic. Alex Saini , lact.ary Se.epi,os

Absent: William Pereira

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Coach: M~ Rochelle Thorn

Blck Row: Cameron Richards. Callum Osborne.

Me'girl English. Josh Trotter

Second Row: Ella Taylor, Gr~te Hughson , P, iya Palel, Nishi Mahesh

Front Row: Zachary Serepisos. 8'uno I~acs, Wanaka N~n~. TIm Taylor, Jack Dryden, ~n Trotte.

Tenni . 8

Back Row: Nicholas Wilkinson, Kishor. Bahl.athan. flora Edwards, Logan Stent, Ttlomas Russell

Front flow : Nickolas Majie, Eva Roling.

Theo Ba~el1. Simeo Pont, Isaac Anderson

Touch Rugby Yur 6& 1

Tuche. in Charge: Cameron Bums

Back Row: Andrew Tang, Craig Pollock. lakaYOs Toulis

Front Row: Connof McConchie, Dylan Eftlmer,

Locky Buchnn, Alex Tweed~

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