Ngaruawahia High School Yearbooks 2010-2012 Ngaruawahia High School Yearbook 2012 | Page 3

Ngaruawahia High School Principal’s Report to
the Community
This year has provided success in many forms. It is my pleasure to share with you our success

Achievement and Success
2011 Student Academic achievements:
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NCEA Level One: The success rate for Males was 78%

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NCEA Level Two: The success rate for Females 85% and for Males 82%

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NCEA Level Three: The success rate for Females 73% and for Males 60%

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NCEA Level Two: Maori students 77%

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NCEA Level Three: Maori students 73%

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NCEA Level Two: Overall success rate of 83.3% (surpassed our schoolwide goal of 80%)

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NCEA Level Three: Overall success rate of 66.7% (surpassed our schoolwide goal of 60%)

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Literacy Reading results measured through the asTTle tool showed a marked improvement for both Year 9 and Y10 students. For Y10 it showed
the gap between our students and the national data close significantly

The school continues to offer excellent academic opportunities.

Sports Achievement
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The school increased its range of sports to include cricket and league for the junior school and went some way toward supporting the current
sports
of In-line hockey, Basketball, Netball, and Waka Ama.
Our staff and students participation in the World’s Waka Ama event in August this year was a culmination of years of hard work on the part of
Waki Simon, Rangimarie Morgan, and Jamie Lichtwark. The event held in Calgary Canada earned students from this school along w ith their
fellow competitors in other local schools the honour of Bronze, Silver and Gold Medals.
The excessive cost of the Basketball team competing in the Hamilton zone became prohibitive for our students and others schools locally so with
great foresight Waki and other Sports Co-ordinators decided to create a competition to involve those of our neighbouring schools at a much more
competitive cost to all concerned. This became a very successful event
Strong collegial relationships with staff and students of the schools around us. We participated with Te Kauwhata College, Huntly College, Te
Wharekura o Rakaumanga, Raglan Area School, Nga Taiatea Wharekura. It is these initiatives borne out of a collective and collaborative team
that make sports the great training ground for building strong character in our students.
A junior league tournament was organised at the end of Term 3 and our young men stepped up to take out the trophy for 2 nd place. A very proud
moment for them and for the school.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Ngaruawahia Panthers Club for their support in managing and coaching our g irls’ netball teams
this year. Their commitment to our school was overwhelming and very much appreciated.

I congratulate the students and staff involved in sport for their dedication and commitment to sport.

Performing Arts
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“Bring it On” dance crew stepped up once again to compete against many larger Auckland Schools. As the only school outside of Auckland in
this event it was indeed a pleasure to see our students stand up and be counted amongst the best Auckland had to offer. Although we did not
place at the regionals, each student involved put in an extraordinary amount of time, as did their tutor (Chase Nahu-Nikau) and the other lead
dancers.
Kapa Haka 2011 tour to Hawaii in December of 2011 was a real success. Creating opportunities to take expose our students to a s much as possible was the incentive behind this trip. Primarily a language and culture sharing exercise with our Hawaiian brethren our students were able to
appreciate both our similarities and our differences. Equally valuable to learn from. We were very proud of our students as they represented the
school in an honourable manner.

Well done to the students and staff of ‘Bring it On’ and Kapa Haka.