Nelson College Newsletter

Term 1 2019

Term 2 Calendar of Events

29 April - Start of term 2

6 May - PTA meeting in the staff room, 7.00 pm, all welcome

10 May - Showquest Performances at Trafalgar Centre, 7pm

11 May - Boarding Open Day, 10am - 2.30pm

14 May - Nelson College Cross Country

14 May - Careers Roadshow in Hall, 9am - 11.30am

15 May - Junior Homeroom Cup, Period 5 in Hall

17 May - Pink Shirt Mufti Day

28 May - NCG Production

30 May - Marlborough Boys College Winter Exchange

31 May - TEACHER ONLY DAY

3 June - QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY

6 June - Senior Reports issued

11 June - Year 9 Respect 360 in Hall (9HN, 9GD, 9AN, 9BF)

12 June - Attitude Presentation in Hall

14 June - Year 9 Respect 360 in Hall (9CU, 9NN, 9PK, 9ZN)

24-25 June - Shirley Boys High School Exchange

25 June - Senior Drama Production at Theatre Royal

27 June - Mufti Day

4 July - Junior Reports issued

5 July - Last day of Term 2

Click to view full calendar on the Nelson College website

Academic Colours

The award of academic colours is our most prestigious recognition of academic excellence for NCEA and

is awarded to current Year 12 and Year 13 students.

Congratulations to the following students who gained this award for their 2018 NCEA results.

Level 1 Colours – NCEA Level 1 with Excellence: Jamie Aran, Johan Banks, Liam Brennan, Maxwell

Busby, Josh Chan, Billy Check, Zach Cornelisen, Victor de Maupeou, Euan Fenwick, Jamie Foster, Ben

Grenfell, Finnian Hall, Mika Hervel, Ewan Hey, Sam Innes-Walker, Brett Kerr-Laurie, J-L Louverdis, Brock

Matthews, Pete Middleton, An Nguyen, George North, Jake Patel, Liam Philp, Leo Secker, Jordan Stirling-

Rowling, Ronan Thompson, Patrick Wilson, Haruka Yamamoto.

Level 1 Colours – NCEA Level 2 with Merit: Damian Aitken, Jackson Babe, Callum Campbell, Max Choma,

Nicholas Choy, Frazer Cowan, Charlie Danson, Ethan De La Mare, Emile Dyson, Daniel E Silva, Harry

Fleming, Sam Foster, Harry Gardner, Fife Gebbie, Josh Greer, Fergus Hall, Finn Heale, James Hopgood,

Keegan Hornblow, Fergus Hughes, Liam Humphries, Kouki Irwin, Samuel Jones, Chakkrit Klahan, Gyung

Koo, Mason Lund, Liam Minhinnick, Ram Peng, Liam Pengelly, Finlay Pinkerton, William Poulter, Hamish

Praat, Reuben Prestidge, Sam Preston, Joshua Prospero, Finn Restieaux, Louis Rowe, Daigo Sakazume,

Yoochan Shin, Dyson Smith, Hamish Smith, Tom Thornalley, Aiden Timoney, Ben Walker, Punpun

Wassanawatheekij, Connor Wilkins, Jamie Wilson.

Level 2 Colours – NCEA Level 2 with Excellence: Ben Baker, Todd Ballance, Sidney Barron, Max Cattell,

James Clifford, Philippe de Maupeou, Luke Garside, Joshua Hurst, Zach Langbridge, Jackson Loftus, Louis

Macalister, Matthew Mayer, Jack McDonald-Hill, Joshua Mead, Luke Meehan, Burty Meffan, Akash Pai,

Nicholas Paulin, Tarn Richards, Logan Schokking, Logan Smith, Luc Wiegand, Luke Wilkes.

College News

Stanley Page-Bates, Matthew Mayer, Vernon Eades-King, Reuben, and Tipene Gunn-Bold making the delivery.

Fundraising for Pigeon Valley Fire

In February, after the Wakefield Fires, Reuben Prestidge rallied the student body to organise a food

collection for the Red Cross Food Collection centre. It was a great success, with two van loads of

foodstuffs and supplies being delivered to the Emergency Collection Centre. Reuben also organised a

student Mufti day, with $1500 going to the Mayoral Relief Fund.

Nice work, and a big thanks to everyone who donated.

Broods Concert

We were privileged to host Broods for their concert in recognition in all the hard working people

involved in the recent Pigeon Valley bush fires. Nelson College Whanau group welcomed them when

they arrived at Nelson Airport.

https://www.facebook.com/NelsonAirportNZ/videos/2259126920997153/

Year 13 Leadership Conference and Mosque visit

In the last week of term one, some of the student leadership group travelled to Christchurch to attend

the GRIP Leadership Conference. This gave the student leaders a chance to mix and mingle, share ideas

and gain new insights into school leadership from a student point of view and was attended by other

school leaders from the Canterbury region.

While in Christchurch the group visited the El Noor Mosque on Deans Avenue to express support to the

Muslim community from Nelson College. Michael Lauer, a Year 11 student, completed a painting, which

students and staff signed with words of support. Michael hand delivered it to some of the Mosque

leaders during this visit.

The group also visited Christs College to hand over a cheque for $1000 – these funds were collected

from the last school mufti day and Christs College will use the money to help in their cause of supporting

directly some of the victims families as two of their staff were shot and wounded in the mosque.

Debating

After some highly competitive debating at the Kahurangi-Marlborough Regional Debating

Championships hosted by Nelson College for Girls, Ronan Thompson was selected for the Regional Team

- he'll be going to the New Zealand Schools' Debating Nationals later in the year. Congrats too, to our

junior team, Sam Twamley, Ben Thomas and Jay Simpson for coming in as Runners-Up in their section.

Nelson College representatives on this year's Nelson Youth Council are Ollie Ransom, Hamish Smith, Theo Wheatley, Ryan Martyn and Nico Frizzell.

Nelson Youth Council

The Nelson Youth Council is a group of 20 people aged 14-24 who work to make the city a better place

for youth and to give young people a voice in Nelson. There are representatives from every secondary

school, as well as NMIT and the community. The group meets every month in the Council Chamber to

discuss youth issues, actions and projects.

Young Enterprise Trust

Every year Nelson College nurtures budding entrepreneurs, who are active participants in the Young

Enterprise Trust. The first session of the year had Pic Picot as a guest speaker, inspiring students with his

famed rise to success in the world of peanut butter!

Chess

Congratulations to our sterling Chess Team who beat Marlborough Boys' College, with a grand total of

51 wins and 5 draws out of 64 games. That's Bawi Tlumang, Reuben Prestidge, Ronan Thompson, An

Nguyen, Daniel Dennis, Alexandre de Maupeou d’Ableige, Sam White and Freddy Griffith. Grandmasters

in the making.

Year 11 Geography Abel Tasman National Park research

field trip

On Thursday 28 March the Year 11 Geography class

embarked on a field trip to the Abel Tasman National

Park. We spent the day in the park with the main purpose

to conduct counts of native bird species on both Adele

Island and Appletree Bay on the mainland coastal track. We

used the services of Abel Tasman Eco Tours to provide

water transfers to and from the mainland, as well as a

guided interpretive tour around Adele Island and Astrolabe

Roadstead and Split Apple Rock (Kaiteriteri).

The class was investigating the differences in the number

and range of birds between each study location. We were

interested in whether there would be more birds on Adele

Island, which has been recently publicised as being

‘predator free’, compared with Appletree Bay. This would

help the class assess the effectiveness of the management

of pests such as rats, stoats and possums in the national

park.

The day was a great success, with settled weather and good

preparation by the students contributing to this. The

students thoroughly enjoyed being out of the classroom,

learning about the protection of native birds in a practical

and relevant way. The primary data collected during the

field trip will be used by the students to write an internal

assessment in the form of a research report.

My thanks to Graeme Peake for accompanying one of the

two groups on the day, as well as driving one of the vans. He

also deserves credit for the excellent photos enclosed with

his article!

Mr David Purdie

Teacher in Charge of Geography

NC GYMBUDDY

On Sunday 24th of March a dedicated year 12 business group set up a community gym stall for Race

Unity Day at Victory square. The goal was to create a fun community gym for anyone to come in and try

their service and pump some iron.

The stall was a success with over 100 people getting involved lifting weights with another 50 people

showing membership interest for our open access Community Gym and friendly Personal Training

service.

The boys are trying to make a community gym and offer training for the local Victory Nelson community

so if you have a free space please contact ben.stewart@nc.school.nz

Also, if you have any gym gear or a venue available for them to use please contact the school.

Pictured below are Ben Stewart, Madhan Pradhan, Kap Cin Lian Tang, Cung Bawi Hlichal, Sang Hlichal

with their teacher Mr S Bathan.

Sport

Daniel Rogers - 2019 Marjoribanks Shield winner Josh Sheridan - Senior Athletics Champion & TSS Triathlon

Nelson College Athletic Championships

There were two stand-outs in college athletics this years. Daniel Rogers won the Marjoribanks Shield -

awarded to the winner of both the 80m and 100m. The Shield was first awarded in 1898 for what was

then the 100 yard dash. And Josh Sheridan won the Barron Cup for 400m, Duncan Cup for

800m and Talbot Cup for 1500m, making him the 2019 Senior Champion in Athletics, as well as winning

the Tasman Secondary Schools Triathlon.

Volleyball

It has been a hectic season for our Senior A team.

They performed well in the local NVA league on

Thursday nights. In the first qualifying round for

Nationals they lost to Waimea College in the final.

They then headed off to Christchurch for the

Mainland Competition where they placed 3rd. In

the final round of Tasman Secondary Schools

Championships the team had a great tournament

winning this one and going to Nationals as the

first seed from Tasman. At Nationals the boys

played well and beat some top North Island

schools. After a couple of tough losses in the

crossovers they ended in 11th place.

Our Senior B team had a great season, placing 3rd

in both Tasman qualifiers, beating Nayland A and

Marlborough Boys College A along the way.

Nationals was tough and they competed well

against other schools A teams. After a couple of

narrow losses they ended 12th in Div 3. These

boys were lucky to have the experience of Mr Neil

Anderson as their coach for Nationals.

A massive thanks to Dylan Wells for running this

programme. Thanks to the team managers, stand

in coaches, parents and supporters for another

good season.

Cycling

There have been some huge achievements in cycling, with Kaio Lart setting a new national record of

11.060sec in Cycling New Zealand’s U17 200m time trial, as well as Gold in individual sprint and the

500m Time Trial. Ari Scott and Keegan Hornblow rode in the Oceania Champs and Keegan has been

selected in the NZ JR Men’s World Cup team.

Nelson College Mountain Bikers

Mountain Biking

It was an incredible result from the South Island MTB Championships in Mount Hutt Bike Park, with

Nelson College triumphing as winning School. Congratulations to all 26 boys in the team.

Rowing

It's the end of a great season for Nelson College, one of the most successful for the school in over four

years. A notable highlight was finishing in 9th place at the national championships, the Aon Maadi Cup

Regatta.

Of course this would not have been possible without the amazing support and guidance from the

coaches of Nelson Rowing Club: Kaye Surgenor, who is unfortunately leaving full time coaching; Joe

Benin, our assistant coach who will take her place; and the two Nelson college Old Boys (from 2018)

Henry William and Joseph Young.

Special thanks also to the parents, parent helpers, and regatta managers, Sheryl Wilson and Rebecca

Inwood.

But ultimately it was down to the perseverance and commitment of every rower who gave it their all

and came away with fantastic results.

MAADI CUP - 25-31 March

Maadi is one of the largest high school events, with 120 schools and over 2,000 competitors, watched by

10,000 live spectators as well as coverage on Sky Sports.

A tight squad of 12 boys from Nelson College travelled to Lake Karapiro to take place in 8 events. There

were 27 races in all conditions - rain, wind and sun - over the 6 days. Heats, repechages, quarter finals,

semi finals, C Finals, A Finals, lots of exciting rowing. Lots of amazing results including two national titles,

two gold medals, one silver, one bronze and a cup.

Sam Lenton (stroke), Oliver Ransom, Matthew Baker, Tom Murray + Flynn Hennessy (cox) dominated

the heats and went on to win gold medals and the Boys U16 Coxed Quad title for 2019, also receiving

the Wellington College 150th cup. Sam Lenton and Oliver Ransom went on to win further gold in a

closely fought race for the Boys U16 Double title.

The novices who started rowing competitively this season were not to be outdone. Rico Fraser and

Matthew Baker had a good solid run to win a bronze medal in the Boys U18 Novice Double. Matt had

just rowed the quad to a gold, jumped straight into a boat to compete in this double.

The next day Matt and Rico joined Flynn Mercer, Bryce Stace + Flynn Hennessy (cox) to storm the last

250m and grab the Boys U18 Novice Quad silver medal from a strong field.

Sam Lenton has also been selected to trial for the South Island team in Twizel this weekend.

GOLD MEDALS

• U164X+ Sam Lenton, Ollie Ransom, Matt Baker, Tom Murray + Flynn Hennessy

• 162X Sam Lenton, Ollie Ransom

SILVER MEDAL

• N184X+ Rico Fraser, Matt Baker, Flynn Mercer, Bryce Stace, + Flynn Hennessy

BRONZE MEDAL

• N182X Rico Fraser, Matt Baker

A FINALS

• U152X Bryce Stace, Flynn Mercer = 7th

• U174X+ Ollie Ransom, Will Samson, Tom Murray, Oscar Flyod + Adam Garside =8th

C FINALS

• U162X Rico Fraser, Finn Reynolds = 6th

QUARTER FINALS

• U172X Oscar Floyd, Will Samson

REPERCHARGES

• U161X Finn Reynolds

SOUTH ISLAND SECONDARY SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS 8-10 Mar

18 boys went to Lake Ruataniwha in Twizel to compete against 53 schools in the 3-day weekend for the

opportunity to row at Maadi cup.

GOLD MEDALS

• U162X Sam, Ollie

• U164X+ Sam, Ollie, Matt, Tom + Flynn H

BRONZE MEDALS

• N184X+ Rico, Matt, Flynn, Bryce + Flynn H

A FINALS

• NU182X Rico, Flynn = 4th

• NU182X Toby Middleton, Buster Jennings = 8th

• U152X Bryce, Flynn = 7th

• U154X+ Bryce, Toby, Buster, Ricky Meffan + Flynn H U162X Rico, Matt = 6th

• U162X Rico, Matt = 6th

• U174X+ Ollie, Oscar, Will, Tom + Adam = 4th

• U182- Connor Johnston, Chad Ricketts = 6th

• U182X- Connor, Chad = 4th

• U184X+ Connor, Chad, Luc Weigand, Finn Reynolds + Adam = 6th

NZ NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 22 Feb

The NZ National Championships are a club event that two current Nelson Boys competed in, winning the

NZ Mens Quad.

Connor Johnston, Chad Ricketts, Dylan Crick (Nelson Old Boy 2108) and Will Johnston (Marlborough)

I think Tom Murray has best summed up what rowing is in part of his Club Captain's Speech

“If you know any rowers, you're bound to know that we love to continuously complain about waking up

at 4.30 in the morning and slugging our way down to the Rowing club in the cold and dark, to row out on

the harbour. For 7 months the rowers had to keep up this routine of up to 12 x 2-hour trainings a week

in order to be in a contending position for medals come Maadi time. For some of us, this is the last year

of rowing under the schools' name, and for others it's their first taste of the addiction.”

Cricket

The Cricket season has now finished with the willow and leather put away for another season.

Congratulations to all our Nelson College Cricket teams and players for their season. There were some

outstanding performances for the season, far too many to name them all. I would like to thank all of

those who put in the time and effort to coach, manage and volunteer their time to assist with making

cricket at Nelson College exist.

The 1st XI had a positive season overall given the overhaul in players. They came 2nd at Quad and beat

Christchurch Boys High 2nd XI which is the first time a Nelson College Cricket team has beaten a CBHS

team. They beat Marlborough Boys College in the annual fixture by 10 wickets and almost 200 runs, but

lost to them in the D’Arcy Cup.

Without naming all the outstanding performances, for the 1st XI Jarrod McKay took 7/10 v Wakatu and

6/35 v WTTU, Kaleb McKay took 5/8 v MBC and Ronan Restieaux took 5/37 v CBHS.

The 2nd XI had the services of Garry MacDonald as coach this year who saw this team grow into some

excellent young cricketers. Again despite the overhaul in players with many from previous years teams

stepping up to the 1st XI. The new breed came in and acquitted themselves well and were close to

playing in the semi-finals, and may have done so had it not have been for the weather intervening.

The 3rd XI made the 3rd grade semi-finals but unfortunately were beaten by the Garin 1st XI.

We had three teams in 2019 play in the College Grade with some close finishes and good cricket played

by all.

In 2018 the Year 9 A side made it to the semi-finals of the Junior Secondary School Cup competition and

in 2019 the Junior A side played and beat St Bede’s in that semi-final. They then went on to play

Christchurch Boys High School in the final and again unfortunately came up short. But some great

performances by Luke Kilworth making 80 runs in the final.

The overall theme of the season seems to be so close, with the question of “What if?” ringing around

the heads of many in the Nelson College Cricket set up.

I would like to congratulate Finn Restieaux and Finn Raxworthy for making their debuts for the Nelson

Griffins, the Senior Men Rep side. They both performed well in their debuts with Raxworthy figures

being 0/28 off 8 and Restieaux making a second highest score of the team with 28.

Finn Restieaux was also selected in the Central Districts U17 team that came second at the U17 National

Tournament in Lincoln in January. The skills set he displayed at this tournament highlighted a bright

future in the game. Further to this Finn was also selected in a Willows XI (which is sort of a South Island

Secondary Schools team) to tour Malaysia and Sri Lanka. He leaves on April 11th and for around 2 weeks

will play some cricket that will be a massive challenge. Not only the level of competition will be high

playing local representative sides, but also the extreme heat and the pitch conditions. All in all a big

challenge and one I know Finn is up for. On behalf of everyone involved in the 1st XI and Nelson College

Cricket we wish Finn all the best.

Luke Toynbee

Finn Restieaux

Swimming Champs medal winners Nic Hall & Oxford Bayley, along with their fellow team member Rebecca Loach & coach Glen Findlay.

Swimming

This was the Swim NZ Division 2 Championships held in Dunedin in March. Connor Eden, Oxford Bayley

& Nic Hall from Nelson College qualified and attended this meet, competing against more than 650

swimmers from around NZ. We had some fantastic results from the Nelson region including the

following from the NC boys:

Nic Hall – 3 x Gold medals in the 15YO boys 400m, 800m & 1500m freestyle races

Oxford Bayley – 1 x Silver in the 15YO boys 1500m & 1 x bronze in the 15YO boys 400m freestyle races.

Nelson College Swimming Championships results

Junior 1st Michael Jones 2nd Adam Barton 3rd Callum Robertson 4th Caleb Minson

Intermediate 1st Josh Amyes 2nd Reuben Lile 3rd Oxford Bayley 4th Nic Hall

Senior 1st Josh Sheridan 2nd Aidan Patchett 3rd = Harrison Semelbauer & Nicholas Paulin

Other sporting achievements

• Our Futsal Teams took out both the Tasman Secondary School Senior and Junior Competition, as

well as placing second and third in the Senior comp.

• Massive congratulations to Blake Upton for his win at the South Island Boxing Championships,

taking the title for U81kg (special mention to Victory Boxing).

• Congratulations to all those NC students named in the Under 15 Regional Basketball Team: Nick

Davidson, Charlie Keen, Taylor Matthews and Tahana Little.

• Matthew Christian was awarded Tasman Volleyball's ‘Official of the Year’ for his commitment

and standard of officiating (refereeing).

• Henri Hufflett is currently in Japan for Spring camp ski training

Rugby 1st XV Fixture List

UC Championship:

Saturday 4 May St. Andrews College Christchurch

Saturday 11 May Roncalli Combined Timaru

Saturday 18 May St Bedes Nelson College

Saturday 25 May Rangiora HS Nelson College

Thursday 30 May Marlborough BC Nelson College

Saturday 8 June Waimea Combined Waimea

Saturday 15 June Christchurch BHS Christchurch

Saturday 22 June Timaru BHS Timaru

Tuesday 25 June Shirley BHS Christchurch QUAD:

Monday 1 July Christs College (also UC fixture) Wellington

Wednesday 3 July Quad Final Wellington UC Championship:

Saturday 27 July St Thomas Christchurch

Saturday 3 August Lincoln Combined Christchurch

Saturday 10 August Mid Canterbury Combined Nelson College

Saturday 17 August Semi Final TBC

Saturday 24 August Final TBC

Saturday 31 August SI Final Dunedin/Invercargill

5 – 8 September Top Four Palmerston North

Library News

Ebook Promotion: During the last four weeks of this term we have been promoting our eBook/Audio

book collection. Nelson College belongs to an eBook consortium. This gives us access to well over 2,000

eBooks/audio Books (and growing all the time). After downloading the app (called ePlatform by

Wheelers), students use their school email and password to log in and then download their book. Great

when they are travelling or need a book and the libraries are closed.

Author visit: In the last week of the term, we have been lucky to have had author/adventurer, Jon

Tucker, come and talk to two Prep classes and one year nine group. Jon, and his wife Barbara, have

spent most of their adult lives at sea, raising five boys in the process. Drawing on these experiences, Jon

has written five fiction books for 9–90 year olds set around the shores of New Zealand and Australia

(including the Marlborough Sounds). As well as weaving adventure and mystery into his plots, his

characters take on an eco-warrior role. Jon shared anecdotes from his travels as well as some writing

techniques with the students.

Chris Wensley

Librarian

Guidance Counselling

Luke Walton, Simon Field, Heledd Restall

Nelson College has a strong commitment to the well-being of all our students. We have qualified

Counsellors onsite who are available to give support and guidance where needed. Your son can make

contact at any time during the school year:

• Contact can be made to a Guidance Counsellor via email

• Completing a self-referral form found outside the offices (under the main stairs)

• Through the front office

• Through their Dean

As parents, if you have information that you think it would be helpful for us to know to support your

son, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Simon Field fd@nelsoncollege.school.nz

Heeled Restall rl@nelsoncollege.school.nz

Luke Walton (Counsellor in training) lw@nelsoncollege.school.nz

Feedback to parents is given only with consent from the student.

Old Boys

Nelson College Scriptorium Open Days.

As part of the Nelson Heritage Month celebrations Nelson College opened up our Scriptorium Museum

to the public to come along and see a slice of the College’s history, with lots of photographs and

artefacts on display.

Keep an eye on the Old Boys Facebook page for when the Script is open to the public.

https://www.facebook.com/nelsoncollegeoldboys/

Old Boy Obituary

Scientist and delegate of the European Space Agency Harry Atkinson (Old Boy 1942-47) passed away at

the end of 2018. At Nelson College Harry was encouraged into science by Thomas Hill Easterfield

(foundation professor of chemistry and physics at Victoria University of Wellington, and initial director

of the Cawthron Institute). Throughout Harry's career he was based in the UK and held several notable

positions, including UK delegate of the European Space Agency, and in 2006 had an asteroid named

after him - Harryatkinson 5972 is a rocky body about 10 kilometres across, which orbits between Mars

and Jupiter. Read his obituary here: https://www.pressreader.com/…/the-

…/20190205/282132112684880

Lucy Jackson Nelson College Old Boys’ Assn Tel: +64 3 548 3099 Ext 825 My work hours are 9.30am to 2.30pm Tuesday-Thursday (term-time only) lj@nelsoncollege.school.nz www.nelsoncollege.school.nz

We are very proud of our Old Boys playing in the Canterbury Crusaders Super Rugby Team. In this

photo there is Andrew Goodman (Assistant Coach), Quinten Strange, Ethan Blackadder, Leicester

Faingaanuku, Mitchell Hunt, Mitchell Drummond and David Havili. This photo was taken a couple of

weeks ago in the changing rooms following the debut of 19 year old Leicester.

Hireage / Accommodation

Accommodation for large groups

Fell House is available all year round. If you are planning a reunion, convention or sports tournament

we have the room for you! Please email or call Sharon for more details.

Email: sd@nelsoncollege.school.nz

Ph: (03) 5483099 Ext 890

Cell: 0274 769088

Student Office

NCEA Information 2019

Senior students have been issued with the NZQA information booklet, statement of NCEA entries and

fees information and Financial Assistance Forms to bring home.

The Parent Portal will also provide information on:

NCEA entries

NZQA fees - these will show on your Nelson College invoice and are due by Friday 23 August.

Payable at the Nelson College Finance Office or by Internet banking:

Nelson College bank account: 03 0703 0365073 03

Use your son’s full name and “NZQA” as a reference

Please note the fees for scholarship are an additional $30 per paper.

Financial assistance is available if your main source of income is a Work and Income or Studylink Benefit,

your joint family income qualifies for a Community Service card, or there are multiple candidates in one

family with fees totalling more than $200. Complete the blue Financial Assistance form and return to the

Finance Office with $20 fee per student or $30 for a family.

NZQA also provides a number of pages and explanatory videos on their website that you may also find

helpful. Follow this link to the NZQA website: Understanding NCEA

REPORTS

Senior Mid-Year reports – Thursday 6 June

Junior Mid-Year reports - Thursday 4 July

Senior credit summary – Friday 5 July

Any queries please contact the Student Office 03)5483099 ext 833 or email ks@nelsoncollege.school.nz

School Canteen

School canteen menu

Open morning interval and lunch

• 11.00am to 11.25am

• 1.25pm to 2.15pm

Dining room lunch meals available for day students, each school day for $7

• Hot item of the day, pasta dish, salads, cold meat platters, fruit

• Meal tickets must be purchased from the finance office prior to lunch

PTA Uniform Shop & Committee news

PTA Uniform Shop

The Uniform Shop was opened in 1998 by the PTA to fulfil three major objectives:

• To assist in standardising the uniform

• To provide good quality new and second-hand uniforms at a reasonable price

• To provide an on-going fundraiser for the college. (All profits go directly back to the college)

The Uniform Shop is the sole supplier of the college uniform.

New Hours of Uniform Shop

• Tuesday and Thursday 1.30-4.30pm.

The Uniform shop is no longer accepting second hand Argyle or Sports Direct PE shirts or Shorts

Sock colour is now blue, although grey is still acceptable.

Check out our new Online Shop https://shop.nelsoncollege.school.nz/

PTA AGM

The PTA AGM in March was a fantastic evening and they would like to welcome some news and

returning members to the committee.

2019 PTA Committee now comprises:

• Chairperson: Janine Pomeroy

• Secretary: Jemima Busch

• Treasurer: Claire Hughes

• BOT rep: Deleece Plumpton

• Staff rep: Di Garside

• Old Boys Rep: Paul Sturrock

• Leadership Team reps: Brian Hore and Ron Kelly

• Trust Foundation PTA appointees: Claire Hughes and Janine Pomeroy

• General Committee Members: Steve Kelso, Di Lowe & Euan McInstosh

Next PTA meeting is on Monday 6th May at 7 pm in the Staffroom and all parents are welcome to

attend.

Ph 03 546 3265 | Email pta@nelsoncollege.school.nz

General School Information

Finance Payments by Internet Bank account details for your payment are: Bank Westpac Branch Nelson Bank Account Name Nelson College Bank Account Number 03 0703 0365073 03 Please ensure that the student’s name is in the Reference field along with what you are paying for eg

sports trip.

Student Achievement

The College aims to acknowledge all outstanding student achievement. Please contact the Headmaster,

Mr Gary O’Shea by email on oe@nelsoncollege.school.nz with any information on your son's successes.

Leave for Non-School Related Activities

Request for leave that is non-school related, during the school year, must be addressed to the

Headmaster, Mr Gary O’Shea either by email oe@nelsoncollege.school.nz or in writing at least two

weeks prior to the start of leave.

Lost Property

• Please ensure your son’s property is named, so that found items can be returned promptly. • For enquiries about Lost Property please contact the College Office on telephone 03 5483099

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An effective way to keep up to date with what's going on at the college.

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OFFICE HOURS

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Email: excellence@nelsoncollege.school.nz

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Management Team Email Contacts

Headmaster Gary O’Shea oe@nelsoncollege.school.nz

Deputy Headmaster Tim Tucker tk@nelsoncollege.school.nz

Deputy Principal (Pastoral) Ron Kelly kl@nelsoncollege.school.nz

Deputy Principal (Academics) Brian Hore he@nelsoncollege.school.nz

Assistant Principal Jarrod Aberhart ja@nelsoncollege.school.nz