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RGT Guitar Exam Results 2009

Congratulations to the following students who have successfully completed the London College of Music Guitar Exams under the guidance of guitar teacher, Mr Shade Smith.

Grade 8:   Matt Innes
Grade 7:   Thomas Walter (Merit), Wyatt Chambers
Grade 6:   Thomas McMillan
Grade 5:   Isaac McFarlane (Distinction), Aram Vaksyan (Distinction),
                  Daniel Woodbury (Merit), Ian Munro
Grade 3:   Liam Faulkner (Merit), Nick Ansley (Merit), Adam Blake, Kyle Shields

Ski Team Competition Success
At the recent North Island Secondary Schools Ski Competition Northcote College Team 1 placed 6th overall with Team 2 coming in 47th. With 106 teams competing this was a fantastic result. Congratulations to Claire Beuvink, Charles Cheesman, Harry Cheesman, Ben Corlett, Nick De Wit, Ryan Meijering, Casey Pilkington, Audrey Waite, Billy White and Ben Wrightson for their team effort.

Latest Updates

Congratulations to:

Andrew Harrison has been selected as one of only 24 students from across NZ who will travel to the Globe Theatre, London in 2010.

Ruby Porter and Birgitta Swanberg have both been selected as finalists in the Sunday Star Times short story competition.

Ivor Popovich, Sharon Ryan, Harmen Donker and Justin Wong received high distinction in the NZ Economics competition held recently.  Excellent results were achieved by all 12 entrants from Northcote College.

The Northcote College Rugby League team finished second in the North Shore Competition. Morgan Timoti-Cook, Gus Mani, Levi Norton, Inigo Kwan-Parsons and Jack Fowler were picked for the North Shore Merit Squad.

The Northcote College Girls Basketball team finished 8th in NZ at the national tournament played in Palmerston North recently.

Arnau Faras-Knowles has been selected to represent NZ in the Royal NZ Yacht Squadron team at the Musto International Youth Match Racing Regatta in Sydney in November.

Spanish Language Winners

Students at Northcote College have placed 1st in the world in Spanish in a new on-line language competition called Vocab Olympics. Northcote College was the only North Shore school to win a language outright. Full results are available on http://www.vocabolympics.com/site/index.html

▪ Spanish for all schools in the world: 1st place
▪ Combined languages for all schools in the world: 19th place

Outstanding individual Spanish performances were achieved from:
   Josie Keys (Year 10) 12th place
   Michael Dacanay (Year 12) 25th place
   Tasman Bartlett-Masina (Year 12) 26th place
   Bonnie Pyper (Year 12) 27th place
   Valeska Munoz (Year 10) 48th place
   Danielle Townsend (Year 9) 50th place

In addition four Northcote College Spanish students have won places in the NZ Spanish speech competition. This is the first time Northcote College has entered this competition. To see the results table view http://web.me.com/stanza 

Year 11:  Holly Gillard 4th in NZ
Year 12:  Jonathan Scott 1st in NZ
                 Michael Dacanay 2nd in NZ
                 Bonnie Pyper 4th in NZ

Art Award
Roshni Bhana is the recipient of a prestigious Pat Hanly Student Membership Award at the Auckland Art Gallery. This is an annual award for Year 13 students who show outstanding commitment and passion for the visual arts, and community awareness.

Australian Maths Competition

Recently Northcote College students participated in the Australian Mathematics Competition. The following students gained Distinction awards:

Year 9:
Chris Chang - 97th percentile
Matt Bailey - 93rd percentile
Katherine Robbins - 92nd percentile
Sophea Ing - 90th percentile
Year 10:
Sid Dymond - 91st percentile
Cameron Mew - 88th percentile
Kevin Orense - 87th percentile
Thomas Carter - 87th percentile
Georgie Tong - 85th percentile
Year 11:
Jamie Peterson - 95th percentile
Timothy Emerson - 92nd percentile
Hannah Coombridge - 90th percentile
Caspar Moxham - 87th percentile
Year 12:
Sima Nedeljkov - 91st percentile
Tegan Bartlett - 89th percentile
Joel Brown - 79th percentile

National Excellence in Teaching
Northcote College teachers Rob Gratton (Chemistry), Paul Beachman (Classical Studies), Susan Henshall (Spanish) and Kevin Lydiard (PE and Horticulture) have been nominated for New Zealand Excellence in Teaching Awards.

This Week:
 
Tue 17:
12.45pm Students Dissmised
Staff Union Meeting
Thu 19 - Tue 31 Nov:
Junior Girls Volleyball at Tournament
 
Coming Up:
 
23 - 26 Nov::
LSC Camp
23 - 27 Nov:
Junior Exams
 

Rugby Fundraiser
 
Team-Up: Helping our kids learn.
Be Wise. Revise.
 
Northcote Swim Club