THE WAYAOREREKIA ORA, TALOFA LAVA, MALO E LELEI, FAKALOFA LAHI ATU,

KIA ORANA, ASSALAMU ALAIKUM, NAMASTE, NI HAU & GREETINGSISSUE 100 - 12 September 2019

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AORERE COLLEGE NEWSLETTER

2019 TE AHUREA TINO RANGATIRATANGAHOSTED BY AORERE COLLEGE

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGEIt is hard to believe that NCEA examinations start this Friday, i.e. 8th of November. The internal assessment week at the end of Term 3 and the mock examination week in week 1 of Term 4 have gone very well. By differentiating between these 2 core components of NCEA, I think that students have prioritized appropriately and taken both weeks very seriously.

Compared to at the same stage last year, student achievement levels are impressive. At NCEA Level 1, Year 11 students are achieving on average 6 credits higher than in any of the preceding 3 years (58.1 credits). At NCEA Level 2, students also are achieving higher than in any of the 3 preceding years (51.3 credits). NCEA Level 3 the average number of credits per student falls to (38 credits) but then equals the highest average rate over the last 4 years.

We continue to target students who have between 70 and 85% attendance and who are successful in completing

70% or more of the credits offered NCEA level, while whole school targets are a 70% pass rate at each will be year level which will be difficult.

My visit to 3 quite different secondary schools in New York in the first week of October, was very interesting and one can always learn from others when continually searching for whole school improvement strategies.

In week 2 of Term 4, the Senior school sports’ awards and the ‘Virtus awards’ ceremonies were held in the school hall. The consistent levels of achievement evident in both of these events, reinforced the values of the AO Way and reflected the college’s motto, ‘Virtus Caelum Recludit’. The Senior school ‘Prize-giving’ ceremony on November 7th will reflect the significant improvements in academic achievement that are occurring at Aorere College.

On the 19th of October, Aorere College successfully hosted the Te AhureaKapahaka festival. This involved over 15

different secondary schools and over a thousand spectators throughout the day.

The Board has decided to accept the $150 donation payment per student for the 2020 school year, which will definitely be financially beneficial for the school. Therefore you will not be required to pay a school donation in 2020.

I very much look forward to seeing you at the upcoming Senior School Prize-giving on Thursday, 7th November at 10:30am.

Nga MihiGreg PiercePrincipal

KEY DATES7 November • Senior Prize-giving at

10:30am in the hall• No school for Years 9 &

10

8 November NCEA Exams start

11 – 15 November E-asTTle testing in Years 9 & 10

18 November Junior school assessment week

20 November Finance Meeting

27 November Board of Trustees meeting at 4:30pm

29 November t- 1 December Auckland Junior Volleyball Championship

3 December NCEA exams complete

ISSUE 101 - 6 November 2019

KIA ORA, TALOFA LAVA, MALO E LELEI, FAKALOFA LAHI ATU, KIA ORANA, ASSALAMU ALAIKUM, NAMASTE, NI HAU & GREETINGS

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