Arts Week Soiree

Wednesday 5 and Thursday 6 July

7pm sharp

Awatapu College Auditorium

The Performing Arts Department warmly invites friends and family to attend the Arts Week Soiree. Tickets are $5 for adults and unaccompanied students, $2 for students accompanied by parents or $10 for a family (2 parents and 3 children).

Come along and support the awesome and talented Awatapu College students. You will see the Junior Idol winners, the Big House Dance Off Competition, International acts and much more.

Fulbright Distinguished Teaching Award

A fantastic evening in the Beehive as our own HOD Art / HOH Ngata, Mr Keith Dobson, received his Fulbright Distinguished Teaching Award. This award is granted to only two New Zealand teachers a year, giving them the opportunity to participate in an intensive professional development programme in the USA. 

Mr Dobson will spend four months at the University of Indiana, USA from August to December this year working collaboratively with 18 other teachers from Finland, India, Israel, Mexico, Morocco, Singapore, Taiwan and Vietnam. We wish him all the best for his trip.

Recently the Manawatu Standard interviewed Mr Dobson. Click here to read the article. (Photo credit Murray Wilson, Fairfax NZ)

Badminton Success

Congratulations to the Awatapu College Badminton teams who had great success in the Competitive Secondary School Badminton finals on Monday.

The "Smashers" won the Senior Girls Division One grade and the "Boys Two" team were runners up in the Senior Boys Division Two grade. Congratulations also to the "Senior Boys" team who came 3rd in Division One and the "Senior Girls" and "Junior Girls" teams who came 5th in Division Three and Junior Division One, respectively. 

Well done to all involved. What a great way to end the season!

From the Awatapu Library

A reminder, the Awatapu College Library is open Monday to Friday from 8.30am until 4pm - including interval and lunchtimes! Students can borrow four library items for up to three weeks at a time, and with new titles arriving throughout the year there is sure to be something for everyone. 

Our range of eBooks can be accessed here. Alternatively, students can access the school library catalogue to browse our range of hard copy books by clicking here.

Calling All High Achievers

As a College we are extremely proud of the exceptional talent our students have - sporting, academic or cultural - and we like to recognise their success during assemblies, newsletters and prizegiving ceremonies. We greatly appreciate the assistance we receive from parents / caregivers in notifying us of their child’s success outside of school. If there is an event or competition that your son or daughter has achieved highly in, then we want to know! Whether this is sporting, musical, drama, dance, academic or other - you can tell us by contacting either Mrs Bennett (356 4817 ext 8840 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or Mrs Daysh (356 4817 ext 8839 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

Puhoro Science Academy

Awatapu College is pleased to be involved in the Maori Science Academy Puhoro programme. The programme began last year and is designed to guide Maori secondary schools students through NCEA, prepare them for transfer to tertiary study and ultimately to employment in a scientific career. Since being involved in the programme, students have surpassed both the non-Maori and Maori achivement rates in core Achievement Standards in NCEA Level 1 Physics, Biology and Chemistry. Click here to read a great article about the programme.