Social Science
Accounting
Y
ear 12 and Year 13 Accounting Trip to Pak N Save,
Lower Hutt. Students met the manager and learned
how Pak N Sav’s inventory and cost system work. It
was a practical learning outside of the classroom
where students can apply concepts to the real business.
Ms Grace Zhang
Amazing Journey
Walking the Walk and Talking the Talk
W
ellington put on amazing weather for this
years journey. The
heat shimmered off
the harbour as students made
their way round the course. Alex
Burton of the New Zealand Film
Archive designed an introductory
programme which covered all the
topics covered at year 10 this year,
with an emphasis on human rights
in New Zealand.
Faculty
A new destination was added this year,
as the formerly National Bank Museum
was closed as a result of the earthquake.
Te Aro Pa, at the bottom of Taranaki
Street, gave students an idea of the
impact of immigration and earthquakes
on the local iwi. The Bolton Street cemetery also showed that even the captains
of industry were not immune from the
forces of nature. Students were surprised
to learn of the economic history right
on their doorstep. The Reserve Bank
Museum always holds particular intereSt
Money talks and suddenly the students
are speechless. Again another successful
trip enjoyed by all involved.
I would like to thank the staff, parents
and students for their support, enthusiasm and commitment this year and
to bear with us as we make further
adjustments to the Faculty programmes
in 2014.
Boys buzz in the Beehive
Sightseeing the Past & Present Politics on the Parliament Trip
A
s we begin our long bus
journey to Wellington, with
everyone discussing the
latest gossip, I can't help but
wonder, what will our trip contain,
will it be a good trip, and what will
parliament be like. When got to our
destination, the Wellington City and
Sea Museum, we met up with our
lovely tour guides, Rachel and Ken,
who spent the next hour telling us
about Māori myths and legends, the
early settlers of New Zealand, and
what Wellington was like 100-150
years ago.
Then we made the eleven minute walk to
McDonalds where everyone had a lovely
lunch break while looking forward to the
afternoon’s main event. Then we came to
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final destination, The Beehive. Very soon
after we met with our very own Trevor
Mallard and asked him questions such
as, “What car do you drive?”, “Are you
planning on running for Prime Minister?”
and “If Labour are elected into power, will
the GST rate go back down to 12.5%?”
(The answer was no, unfortunately).
Afterwards we watched 10 minutes of a
Government debate (which involved questions, arguments, and David Clark yelling
out “Where are the jobs?”) we went back
to St Bernard's. It was a wonderful trip
and as one of the parent helpers put it,
“There are better arguments in a kiddy
sandpit then there were in the debating
chamber”
Jackson Locke
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St Bernard’s College 2013