Congratulations to Phoenix Reid who has been selected in the New Zealand Team to compete at the Artistic World Championships in France in October. Phoenix will compete in both the Dance and Figures events. Phoenix will also be competing at the Australian and New Zealand National Championships in July. We wish her all the best for her upcoming competitions.
As part of their studies, Year 12 Geography students spent three days at Tongariro earlier this term. A big thank you to the Social Science Department and staff who accompanied the trip.
Congratulations to all of our students who competed at the Manawatu Inter Secondary School Cross Country in Foxton earlier this term. Our students performed well and represented the College with pride. A special mention to Noah Macdermid who came 1st in the Senior Boys Race. This put Noah through to compete at the New Zealand Cross Country Championships in Taupo. Noah raced incredibly well, achieving 29th out of a field of over 190 boys. As well as this, he had the fastest leg in the Manawatu relay team. Well done, Noah.
Education Perfect recently hosted their annual Mathematics Competition. The competition ran for 7 days from 12-19 June with over 60,000 participants from around the world. Awatapu College had some amazing results, placing 83rd globally out of 1545 schools, and 35th place in New Zealand out of 355 schools. In our entrant category (101-250 students), Awatapu College placed 1st in New Zealand and 6th Internationally. Two of our students placed in the top 100 out of 60,000 international entrants, and five students placed in the top 1,000 out of 60,000 entrants. Outstanding results were:
Elite Awards:
Laura Ellery
Brooke Winiata
Briony Milne
Emerald Award:
Floor Schalk
Gold Awards:
William Kilty
Shannia Kaiway
Anh Nguyen
The students from our school answered a total of 67,905 mathematics questions and spent 192 hours collectively towards the competition over the seven days. Well done to everyone who participated!
Every two years, as required by legislation, the Awatapu College Board of Trustees will undertake consultation with the school community on a draft statement on the delivery of the health curriculum. This will outline how the school will implement the health education component of the Health and Physical Education curriculum. As a result of this consultation, the Board will adopt a statement on the delivery of the health curriculum.
The school will host a meeting on Thursday 5 July at 5pm in the staff room to discuss the draft policy. If you wish to attend this consultation, please email Mr Nick Reid, HOD Health and Physical Education, by phoning 356 4817 ext 8817 or emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
If you are unable to attend the meeting but would like to view the draft statement, please contact Mr Reid directly. Submissions close 5pm Monday 23 July.