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PrincipalAs I write this column, hundreds of families around Dunedin are considering which secondary school to choose for their son or daughter in 2014. Every Dunedin school offers a sound second-ary education but Bayfield has some special advantages.

Firstly, we are coeducational. This means that we focus on each student’s individual needs rather than specifically on gender – boys’ schools may aim to develop each of their students into a particular stereotype of what they believe a “good man” is, girls’ schools may encourage their students to fit their ideal of what a “good woman” is, whereas at Bayfield we seek to help all young people to be the very best version of themselves, regardless of their gender. It’s about celebrating all students’ successes, help-ing them work through their difficulties, motivating them to get the most out of the opportunities offered to them and preparing them for the real world – a world where men and women work alongside one another with mutual respect and understanding. You can’t learn that if you are separated from the other gender through these all-important teenage years.

Secondly, we achieve excellent academic results. This isn’t just about the “brainiest” kids doing well, although our NCEA results confirm that we do that very successfully. It’s also about helping the middle of the road kids to stretch themselves and helping them learn the skills that maximise their learning. It’s also about highly skilled teachers getting alongside those who find school-work really challenging and giving them a real “hand up”, so that they get the most out of their school years and can move into the workforce or tertiary courses, confident and well equipped. It’s about making school engaging and motivating so that every student finds it interesting and wants to do well. It’s about small class sizes, so each student gets plenty of attention and assistance.

We have a values structure that strongly supports what most families really want for their young people. Our school “RISE” values - Respect, Integrity, Service and Excellence - are not just values we are hoping that Bayfield students will learn to live by. They are the values which we aim to exemplify in everything that we do as a school. My goal is that every aspect of our school life, from the way Bayfield students perform on the sports field, the greeting parents receive when they contact the school office, to the way all members of our school community interact with one another, will be underpinned by these values. Part of this involves how we keep parents informed about their teenager’s

progress at school – in the junior school we send out fortnightly email reports so you know if your son or daughter is doing his/her best before it becomes a big issue.

We provide a vast range of extracurricular activities – sports, mu-sic, drama, debating – pretty much whatever your young person wants to get involved in. These opportunities not only develop worthwhile skills like teamwork and time-management; they also help students build lifelong friendships and wonderful memories that will last well beyond their school years.

And finally, we are excited about our new $1.3 million develop-ment projects. We are about to start building an extension onto our beautiful new gymnasium to provide more storage for sports equipment and a welcoming foyer area. This summer holiday we will be rebuilding the front entrance of the school and creating a state-of-the-art Student Services Centre, to benefit every stu-dent in the school. We believe these major building projects will enable us to offer even more to all Bayfield students.

These are five really good reasons to choose Bayfield. Have a good look through this Bayleaf to see some of what we’ve been doing this term, and come to our Open Night on July 23rd to find out more about why Bayfield is the best choice for your son or daughter.

Cover Photo: Katy and Brennan study titration in Year 13 Chemistry

Address: 2 Shore Street, Dunedin, New Zealand, 9013

Phone: 03 455 0113

Email: [email protected]

Web: www.bayfield-high.school.nz

Facebook: /bayfield.high.school

Coming Up23 July Open Night - Herron Hall

26 July Ski Trip

30 July Waimate Sports Exchange

7 August Parent Interviews, all students. Bookings online

11 - 15 August Peninsula Schools Art Exhibition - Herron Hall

21 August Senior Exams

12 September Senior Reports Posted

Mrs Judith Forbes Principal


Mitchell Fulton, Mike Beagley, Judith Forbes and David Bridgman

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Have you spotted it yet?

Manu KoreroSuccess for Bayfield High School at Ngā Manu Kōrero Speech Competition

Mitchell Fulton, a Digital Media student focusing on print media and design, has been largely responsible for the sign writing on our new van.

He made several attempts at different versions of the design, taking each to his teacher, Mr Wood, and to our Principal, Mrs Forbes. Their feedback and his subsequent improve-ments led to the final product.

“We decided from the beginning that we didn't want to put photos of students on the van as we want it to be current and not have photos of students who were no longer at the school. The main problem was finding a look with the new branding to suit the van and the school. One of the main problems I encountered was that the van was two toned, cream and grey. Many possible designs didn't work well be-cause of the dominant grey at the bottom. The solution was to use the yellow strip all the way around the van, as it covers the grey.”

“I think it looks cool! There is definitely a bit more yellow than

I had originally intended, but it does really stand out. The design incorporates the school’s new branding. The van well serves its purpose of transport, but it is also a great advertise-ment for the school!”

Mitchell has had some mixed feedback from students and teachers, but the majority of people like the look. Some think it too bold, too bright. Most like the way Bayfield is making a statement with this new purchase.

Our designer has enjoyed the opportunity to work with stake-holders and come up with the right look. He has realised how important it is to work within particular parameters to ensure a product that meets the demands, requirements and taste of his clients.

“It’s not just a case of designing it how I want it to look. This experience has given me more confidence in my design skills. It is awesome to have my finished design printed all over our new van.”

Our New Van

Ngā Manu Kōrero was established in 1965, to encourage and promote the eloquent use of the English language by Māori secondary school students. Since then, the contest has evolved over the years to include Māori language sections for all ethnicities. We were very proud this year, not only to have students speaking in Māori for the first time, but to have our students placed for these sections.

Lydia Anderson was placed third in the Pei te Hurinui Jones - Senior Māori sec-tion, with her topic of Kei a wai te mana whakahaere o te tikanga? (Who has the right to change culture?) She spoke with confidence, poise and eloquence about looking after and embracing Māori culture in an everyday sense, rather than pushing for change.

Koreana Wesley-Evans was placed sec-ond in the Rāwhiti Ihaka – Junior Māori section, on Tū kotahi Tātou, wehe ka ngaro. (United we stand, divided we fall) She talked about her own experience of learning te reo Māori, speaking of our responsibility to work together. Hers was a quietly confident, well presented speech.

Mia Kuru entered the Sir Turi Carroll – Junior English section, on “The beauty of our culture is expressed though the arts …”. She presented a compelling speech, talking of the importance of stories and waiata in our everyday lives and the need to experience these arts through the heart as well as in an intellectual sense.

These three speakers were supported by the Kapa Haka group with waiata, beau-

tifully sung and performed. The Māori language classes also formed part of the attending group, so that students were able to support their classmates and be immersed in the language for the day. The Civic Theatre in Invercargill was a fit-ting, formal setting for the event. While it was a long day, it was also an inspiring and uplifting celebration for students, teachers and whanau.

Mrs Adams-Clarke, Koreana, Mia and Lydia


The Milk CupBrennan Carne to play in Northern Ireland

Brennan Carne is about to fulfil one of his long held ambitions – to play football in an interna-tional competition. He is very excited to have been chosen and invited to play with the Foot-ball Otago Youth Development Academy squad in the U17 Dale Farm Milk Cup competition in Coleraine, Northern Ireland in July and August this year. This is the only New Zealand based team to compete in this top class youth tournament, at-tracting teams from all over the world.

Brennan’s coaches saw his early potential when he began playing football for his Grants Braes Club at the age of 5. He is a dedicated player who practises on a daily basis, with practices four times a week and at least one game. He plays as defence, at either centre back or left back. He is particularly looking forward to this experi-ence “to finally play teams of an international calibre, to see how we compare. I hope it will be a wake-up call to challenge us to continue to compete at this advanced level”. He has been busy fundraising for this event, which costs in excess of $7,000.

This is not Brennan’s first trip overseas. In 2013 he was part of the Bayfield High School trip to China, playing the drums for the school’s Jazz Band.

Brennan is grateful for the opportunities that have been of-fered to him. In Year 9 he joined the First Eleven team, playing mostly with Year 13 players. He acknowledges the support he has had from the side-line and the encouragement from teach-ers and classmates to extend himself in his chosen sport and academically. He endorses be-ing in a co-educational environ-ment, where he can build up natural friendships. He enjoys the camaraderie of school trips especially, where all teams sup-port the others.

Next year, Brennan hopes to attend Otago University to study Health Sciences. At the mo-ment, he favours Physiotherapy. Perhaps it is partly because of the helpful experiences he has already had in these profes-sional hands!

We wish Brennan well for his trip and look forward to hearing about it on his return.

Smallbore Rifle Club

Bayfield students have this year be-come involved in Smallbore Rifle shooting, coached by members of the Home Services Rifle Club. There is an inter-school competition planned for later in the year.

Brock Anderson is an enthusiastic participant. “Smallbore attracted me, because I really wanted to try a new sport. It sounded fun and I could see there would be new challenges for me. It is really fun so far. The people are caring and prepared to help. The sport helps you concentrate, helps your hand-eye co-ordination and teaches you how to safely use a weapon. Chal-lenges include having to hold still as well as trying to beat your friends.”

The group, organised by Mr Wood, meets on Thursday nights from 7.30 and costs $8.50. Brock thinks that it is definitely worth a shot!Will, Ella and Tom at the range


Enviro Group NewsOur sustainable future

School Development ProjectsLooking forward to the next 50 years

Since the start of Term 2 the En-vironmental Committee has had a busy time organising all the new and significant changes we have planned for next term, with a focus on increas-ing the sustainability of the school. We have plans to introduce plastics’ recy-cling and to expand our current food scraps composting with the addition of a second Hungry Bin (worm farm) thanks to funding we gained from the Dunedin City Council. Our primary goal next term is to get the student body involved with the systems that we have set up, including feeding the worms and recycling. Our hope is that by getting students involved, the systems will be better recognised and their profile raised within the school.

Also this term Shanna Verhoef, one of our Environmental Prefects, reported back to us from the Sir Peter Blake Youth Enviroleaders Forum (YELF) held in Wellington. During the week-long forum, Shanna mixed with like-minded

senior students from around the coun-try as they learned about ocean health and sustainability through lectures, NIWA visits, presenting in parliament and seeing the work of the Ministry of Environment first hand. Her leader-ship has inspired us in our continued focus for encouraging sustainability at Bayfield.

Another focus of our group is to increase junior involvement, as cur-rently the group is comprised of senior students. To encourage and maintain junior involvement we are introducing a Wednesday lunchtime meeting, with snacks provided, focused on develop-ing projects that juniors are passionate about. The hope is that this will make the group more accessible to the entire school and increase participa-tion in our committee. Look out for us next term as we work towards making Bayfield a more sustainable place on the peninsula.

Bayfield High School is always looking to the future. Its prominent frontage is about to undergo a significant change which will ensure a modern and welcoming space for visitors, and a state-of-the-art Student Services Centre.

This $1.3 million development, funded by the Ministry of Education, will upgrade these high-use parts of the school. The Student Services Centre will incorporate a more modern and more user-friendly student office, new recovery areas for students who are unwell and counselling service rooms. The improved areas will be easily accessed by parents and visitors to the school.

Obviously this will need to be undertaken in stages so that the school can continue to operate reasonably normally. The

first first stage will begin at the end of 2014 with the demolition of the existing entrance and proceed to the building in early 2015.

It is expected that the work will be completed by mid 2015.

The co-educational school was built in 1961 on a prominent site in the community. Alterations were made in the early 1990s, when the present hall foyer and student common room/function room were added, making the two gables at the entrance to the school. The new area will be a single storey, housing the new areas and enlarged student com-mon room space.

Shanna speaking in the Debating Chamber at Parliament


Mr Cumming, Dean of Ross House

Gleaming Jazz Band success

Good mates - Kynie and Renee

Matariki fare

Red Puppy Appeal

Cross over in the relay

Fair Trade awarenessLevi - conceptual design

Zac - future engineer

School Life

Elliot and Trent


Mr Cumming, Dean of Ross House

Year 10 on the Sunshine Run

Heads down at work

Finger Licking Good

Magic in ScienceAthletics Day fun

Mystery guest at the Athletics

Zac - future engineer

Mathematics Mastery

Lumière and Cogsworth - Oliver and Elliot


Deputy Head Students 2014Abram Hunter, Sarah Hepburn

I’m very proud to be working with an amazing group of people, prefects, head students and staff, and I’m looking forward to working with them to make the year 13s’ final year of High School memorable and the remainder of the student body excited about the school year. With such a diverse range of peo-ple and ideas, it is easy to be confident that together we will be able to keep up with all the demands of this job.

Over my years at Bayfield I have been involved in the Junior and Senior Coun-cils, as a Class Captain for two years, on the Health Committee and with sports such as basketball, volleyball and softball. Two highlights have been being chosen to represent the school at Outward Bound in 2013 and represent-ing the school, along with three other students, on the environmental sustain-ability trip of Water Wise. Both these excursions helped me with self-man-agement, team building and leadership skill building. Next year, I am planning to go into the Navy and hopefully take on some tertiary courses at the same time. Sarah

Year 9 Scholarship WinnersRuth Bridgman is one of our Academic Scholarship recipi-ents. She loves the opportunities available to her in Year 9. She plays the clarinet in the Orchestra, the clarinet and bass clarinet in the Show Band, the alto saxophone in the Jazz Band, netball and volleyball. While she has family at Bayfield, the Open Night and Open Day confirmed for her that Bayfield was going to be the right school for her. She has met new people, made new friends of people she didn’t know well, and seen future opportunities. She finds her teachers helpful and encouraging and enjoys her classes.

Sam Day won a Sports Scholarship and English Academic Scholarship this year. He plays volley-ball, ice hockey and is starting to learn the piano. He particularly enjoys his English classes and is a buddy author: creative writing, stories, a novel. His preferred genre is fantasy and he is a fan of Tolkien, George RR Martin and Markus Heitz. Sam chose to go to a co-ed school and, as for Ruth, the Open Day confirmed his choice. “Bayfield is definitely a good

school. It is friendly and open, not too crowded.” Like Ruth, he has made new friends with people he knew, but not well, until this year.

Why did I apply for a position as a head student? Honestly, I wouldn’t have without being nominated, because it is my strong belief that head students and anyone in an elected position of authority, should not be in such a posi-tion to satisfy their own ambitions. They should be there because their fellows wished them to be there. That person should be willing to serve on behalf of those who supported them. If I could use my leadership skills in service of the students who wished me to hold a leadership position, who was I to deny students a representative of their choice? I think it is important that stu-dents have a voice at Bayfield, because our school is a place to learn to grow.

This year, one of my goals is to pro-mote the Art Department with the New

Masters’ Art Group. We are working on plans for the Matariki celebration. I’m also on the formal committee and a buddy reader. I aim to achieve this year with Excellence and perhaps achieve Scholarship. Another of my goals this year for my personal development is to become better at public speaking. I’m not quite sure what I want to do next year, but have been looking at both Uni-versity and Polytech. If I go to university I will study towards a Bachelor of Arts with a focus of working in conservation and sustainability. If I went to Polytech I would go to Art School or Design School. Aside from study, I want to travel around the world and continue to surf. At the moment I’m enjoying my time at school and aim to make the most of this year.


Community ConnectionThe Anderson’s Bay Gifted and Talented Group - Bridget McDowell

Our weekly trip to Bayfield High School is the highlight of the week for the Gifted and Talented Education group at Anderson’s Bay School. The children are given the op-portunity to explore Science in an educational, stimulating and exciting environment with Mrs Hepburn-Doole.

The children have been exploring chemical change and learning about liquids, solids and gases. They have worked with a fascinating substance called oobleck, made rice crackles with melting marshmallows and worked with the Bunsen burners, making discover-ies about what happens when liquids are heated and cooled. The sessions always leave the students wonder-ing and excited to learn more.

Dunedin Youth Orchestra Tune in to our musicians

Several of Bayfield High School students have been selected for the Dunedin Youth Orchestra after auditions with the conductor. They practise every Friday evening for 2-3 hours and play in two concerts during the year.

Emma Bridgman sees this opportunity as an extension from the school orchestra and a chance to see what being a professional musician would entail. “It is an extra chal-lenge and gives a realistic view of the com-mitment and dedication required. I love the variety of the classical music we play. Next concert we will get to play Sam van Betuw’s prize-winning composition, which I’m looking forward to.”

Sam, a former Bayfield High School student, won the Audrey Reid Composition Prize.

Our latest news is Elliot Tay’s success with his Chamber Music ensemble, Zero to Hero. His group won the Dunedin district section of the NZ Community Trust Chamber Music Contest, with Elliot playing the clarinet in works by Aram Khachaturian.

Back - Elliot, Lydia, Emma, Leon. Front - William, Sophelia, Britta, Wallace.

Clockwise: Lewis Garden and Lachlan Allibone

Holly Hayday-Smith

Mrs Hepburn-Doole explainscondensation


On Your BikeKatie Schofield – our former student, still a star

When Katie Schofield was Head Girl in 2002 and in her earlier years, she was known as “the runner”. At Otago University she continued to compete at a high level in her field of Athletics.

However, after a series of injuries, her strength and conditioning coach sug-gested she try track cycling, which she embarked on in 2007. By 2012, after completing University, she was com-mitted to being a full-time athlete. Being named as a 2012 Olympic Reserve and gaining a top ten placing in a World Championship have been her career highlights.

“Track cycling is extremely enjoyable and forever challenging. I am always learning and perfecting my craft in per-formance, technique, and tactics. The speeds you can achieve are addictive. There is nothing quite like the G forces you feel in the bends of the velodrome when hitting speeds of 70+ km/h.”

Katie looks back at her years at Bayfield fondly and with appreciation for all that it offered her.

“Bayfield taught me a range of skills that have helped both my academic and athletic pathways: leadership, time management, communication, team work, confidence, and independence. I found the benefits of co-education to include the development of interper-sonal skills, and the ability to express my opinions with confidence to oppo-

site-sex peers. I was able to interact intellectually and socially with a range of students which broadened my horizons and moral values.”

“When you leave school, you may know what you want to do, or you aren’t sure. Whichever, always have a back-up plan. Be open to new pathways and opportunities. Don’t be afraid to change tack if you truly believe it is right for you.”

Katie Schofield - MPhEd, BSc (Human Nutrition),

The Rail TrailYear 12 Physical Education Trip

Each year the Year 12 Physical Education class undertakes this three day mountain biking trip. The class undertook the 150km trail which fol-lows the old railway track running through the heart of Central Otago in March this year. The focus of the venture outside the classroom is on analysing risks and the management of these in the outdoors. It also allows students to engage in the environment in a safe and meaningful way. It is something the students really look forward to and they were certainly enthusiastic about it recently.

“I found the Rail Trail a fantastic experience. It also brought our class closer together as

a group,” said Tayla Garmonsway. Another student commented, “It was a great experience and chance to see some of the sights of Central Otago, while biking on gravel through places I had never been.” Caitlin admitted to being nervous as they were driving there, but “once I started biking, I couldn’t believe I was doing it. It was the hardest thing to achieve, but somehow I did it, and now I’m so glad I did.”

There was even some advice for next year’s participants: “Don’t ride in a dark tunnel with sunglasses on!”


Computer Science and Language combineEric Poulin - living his dream

Eric Poulin is a Software Engineer at Language Perfect, a company that aims to make learning a more fun and tailored experience using the Internet to empower students’ learning. His job at Language Perfect involves working on new features, ensuring the website stays online and maintaining the prod-uct. He loves his job, which is full of new and exciting challenges every day.

How did he get to be part of this amaz-ing company? It was at Bayfield High School where he gained an interest in computers, seeing their potential to reach a vast audience across the world. Eric was very fortunate that Bayfield had such an advanced computing depart-ment for its time, especially in his senior years when he studied Web Develop-ment. This advantaged him and other Bayfield students who went on to study Computer Science at University, putting them ahead of the class and enabling them to excel. Eric also studied French at school, seeing the importance of this from his French-Canadian heritage.

“Attending a co-educational school helped me to interact with people in the real world. Throughout University I was always on the lookout for work in my area, which meant talking to many lecturers and potential employers. The

lead developer of Language Perfect had previously worked at a company where I did a summer internship, and when a job came up, he thought of me. The way for employers to know or find out about you, is to get out there and find them. That’s the advice I would like

to impart to students: whatever career path you are interested in, find experts in your field and contact them. See if there are any opportunities to gain experience, and who knows, when they have a job opening, they might just think of you.”

Language Perfect SuccessesA fun and competitive way to learn

All Year 9 students and language students from Year 10 competed in the recent Language Perfect World Championships. We are pleased to announce the follow-ing successes:

Gold Certificates (over 3000 points) – Sophie Siegfried, William Brundell

Silver Certificates (over 2000 points) – Tessa Jenkins, Sarah Barber, Victoria Pryde

Bronze Certificates (over 1000 points) – Ruth Bridgman, Sophelia Hook, Brock An-derson, Hamish Phillips, Madison Kuru, Jesse Haldane

Credit Certificates (over 500 points) – Mia Kuru, Laura Goodwin, Grace Cameron-Taylor

The winner of the $50 JBHiFi card will be announced in Assembly when the certifi-cates are presented. Look out for more Education Perfect competitions later in the year. Bonne chance! Viel Glück! Kia Kaha ra! Good Luck!


Mountain BikingShannon Hope checks out the International competition

Shannon has just returned from 3 World Cup races in Europe, spending 7 weeks on the international circuit. She and her family made this venture into a family holiday, travelling around in a campervan and attending the various meets.

The purpose of competing in so many races is to gain points which are then used to seed competitors for the World Competitions. Shannon has used this experience this year to compare her performance with that of international riders. In New Zealand, there are probably only about 10 girls at Shan-non’s level and so it is not easy for her to realistically assess her level on the world stage. She aims to compete at the Worlds next year, where the build-up venues are much closer to home: Rotorua and Cairns. The World Cup venue has not yet been confirmed, but Shannon hopes to be there! It bodes well for her that she will still be able to compete as an Under 19 competitor. In the meantime, Shannon is riding 5-6 times a week, doing high performance gym work, practising her hill sprints and climbs and heading out for long rides. Signal Hill and Naseby are her favourite spots for honing her technical skills.

Her first race in Graz, Austria was muddy and wet, with the worst and toughest conditions Shannon has ridden in.

The next race was in Nové Mesto, in the Czech Republic. Shannon arrived 3 days before the race to check out the course. The technical aspects of the course called for all Shannon’s training. The terrain included rock gardens, had steep uphill sections where she had to build up heaps of speed and then really go for it, and a vertical drop of over a metre. Shannon took a couple of days to build up the confi-dence to ride down it – she had never faced such a challenge before. She was placed 42nd in that race, out of a field of over 80.

The last race was in Abstatt, in southern Germany. A highlight

of being on these three courses was Shannon’s opportunities to watch some of this élite group participate – people she has long admired and only been able to see on television.

Shannon is most grateful to her family for their support and this wonderful opportunity to attend these races, Matty Graham, her fitness coach and Scarlett Hagen, her technical coach. She is delighted to realise that Katie Schofield was a former student and Head Girl of Bayfield High School. She has benefitted from Katie’s expertise and generosity at the velodrome, where she started her track cycling last year.

Shannon also really appreciates the support she has from teachers and classmates at school. She loves her Physical Education and Outdoor Education classes and relishes the chances she has at Bayfield to pursue her dreams.

Anna GrimaldiAthlete succeds again

Anna first attended a Para-Athletics talent identification camp in Dunedin last September and has not looked back. Her first season started with the New Zealand Secondary Schools competition last year where she was awarded 4 gold medals and broke 4 NZ records. But it was her performance at the Queensland Championships this year which made her most proud as this was her first real chance to compete against a field of similar abilities. She came second overall in the long jump and jumped her personal best.

Now she is aiming to represent NZ at the Paralympic Games in 2016 in Rio de Janiero, but first will have to qualify from the World Champion-ships in Doha, Qatar. Anna hopes to inspire other disabled children to get into sport and chase their dreams. She wants to raise awareness around Paralympic sport and create equality between disabled and able-bodied people.

“My friends are amazing and treat me like everyone else. They under-stand how busy I have been and how it has been hard to fit everything in. I also owe so much to my coaches, Brent Ward and Raylene Bates. Bayfield has been an amazing school and I can’t imagine myself any-where else. Being co-ed makes it so much better. I have been ac-cepted for who I am – the main reason why I have been able to do what I have in such a short space of time. “


It’s amazing what Bear Grylls can do with a knife. He can make a canoe, a bed, a ladder and many other useful sur-vival objects. His basic manual skills have been picked up along the way from many people and he, in turn, passes these on.

The Technology classes use many basic hand skills. Students attempt to make functional furniture with just a few basic tools. Our readers may wonder why we put an emphasis on the basics, when we have such amazing and available power tools, which are reasonably cheap and efficient. Power tools now can do just about anything required.

It’s about connection: the connection you get by hand cutting a dovetail joint, hand sewing a seam or mixing and kneading food by hand is so much more tangible than by using a machine. The hands-on experience endures, whereas machine work is purely functional. The first hand-made box remains a treasured item. The first hand-crafted dress, the first meal you cook for other people form les-sons, experience and memories that last forever.

Machines can make life easier in many ways, but it’s the human connection that creates and sets the standard.

Bear Grylls would be proud.

TechnologyMaking a connection

Coaching Year 13 students working with our juniors

Coaching the junior boys’ basketball team is a great opportunity for us to further our leadership skills, communi-cation and time management. It has also been very rewarding to see the de-velopment in the players after they have taken advice and worked on their weak-nesses. We have been able to en-courage friendship in the junior school and build on the caring atmosphere we have at Bayfield. The players have really enjoyed the training, even asking for more at lunchtimes. This dedication and effort have reaped rewards, with our team winning all 5 games in the Co-ed Cup Tournament. With teacher support and real team camaraderie, we look forward to the team’s continued success.

Samantha Wilson-Cruden coaches the Junior Girls’ Basketball team with Sarah Hepburn.

“I really enjoy the coaching as the girls not only get to learn new skills and drills to guide them into developing their abilities on the court, but I begin to see how much each and everyone in the team improves. It is so rewarding as a coach to see the transformation of the

team as a whole as they bond together, ensuring all their games and trainings are successful.”

Senior coaches enjoy the trust that is built up between themselves and the junior teams. They are confident that these in-school activities and friend-ships have an impact on out-of-school relationships as well. Basketball pro-vides the common interest and talking

point, but the impact of the coach/stu-dent relationship extends way beyond that to all aspects of life. It is a relation-ship where each learns from the other and there is mutual gain.

At Bayfield we are very pleased and proud that so many senior students are involved and committed to the care and coaching of our junior sports’ teams.

Coaches James and Jay (back row) with the junior basketball team

Harry and Mr Cumming

We’re helping the next generation go even further.As part of our commitment to education, we want to make sure the next generation gets a good head start. We continue to

invest in schools throughout New Zealand, have created public-private partnerships, and established the Next Generation Leaders

Programme to identify and develop the talents of New Zealand’s youth. We’re also a principal sponsor of The Sir Peter Blake

Trust, fostering sustainability and leadership, so that we see more young Kiwis making big waves in the future.

For more information about our investment in young Kiwis phone 0800 FUJI XEROX or visit fujixerox.co.nz

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