We started this year, excited and nervous with our oversize uniforms and shiny black shoes. If you were anything like me, you probably remember,getting lost and turning up late to class, trying to memorize your timetable to avoid writing it on your hand, and the constant battle of finding your friends at lunchtime.
Term one, we dove right into our fundamental highlight of the year - Peer Support Camp. Personally, I found Peer Support Camp an awesome way to make new friends. Most of you may know that I wasn’t from Newlands Intermediate, but through the Peer Support experience I had been given many opportunities to relate to more people. I am also sure that all of you enjoyed this experience that the school has set up for us.
As well as creating unforgettable memories, peer support camp helped us make the transition into college life a lot smoother. We would like to thank all the Year 13 Peer Supporters for the amazing experience.
We also had tabloids at the start of the year. Tabloids was a great experience to integrate ourselves into the school. It also had the school spirit of supporting our form classes and houses. I am sure that you all enjoyed it a lot.
Newlands College has a fantastic co-curricular programme of sport, performing arts and other activities. With so many options, there was something for everyone. Some of us represented our school at different inter school competitions, like the Mathswell, the Triangular, the Chess Tournament and many others.
These were great opportunities to pursue our interests and showcase our talents. Congratulations to all of you for putting yourself out there and representing the school.
We would also like to acknowledge all the teachers, especially the ones we had at the start of the year and the form teachers, for making us feel comfortable in this new environment. So we would like to thank all of the teachers for their work in making this school experience the best it could be.
Thank you Mr Jones for being our principal and the confidence you have in us. We appreciate your willingness to try new initiatives, like school-wide BYOD and active learning. (Ray gives flowers)
Ms King has also played a big role as the year 9 deputy principal. We really appreciate your efforts and dedication you have given to us. (Alani gives flowers)
We would also like to thank Ms Mills for her efforts. She organised our wonderful peer support camp and has run an incredible school student leadership group.
We would like to thank Mr Broadbent. He has helped us all settle into the school. Mr Broadbent has also set us up with our years theme of sport and he has created a great competition between all the form classes, which had shown great levels of enthusiasm and participation. On behalf of year 9 we would like to thank you for your efforts in being our dean. (Alani gets flowers)
Finally, we would like to thank YOU, the year nines. It is your effort and participation that has created such a memorable year. We’ve grown a little more into our uniforms, our shoes are worn and scuffed and we’re well on our way to becoming creative, connected and confident learners.
We’d like to wish everyone a safe and happy holiday and we look forward to seeing you next year.
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