2024 Year 13 Awards
Congratulations to all of our Awardees. 👏👏👏
Our top awardees:
Beatrice Proverbs – 2024 DUX Arts/Humanities
Samuel Kleymann – 2024 DUX Science/Technology
Dani Brewerton – Proximate Accessit to DUX Arts/Humanities
Rebecca Parkes – Proximate Accessit to DUX Science/Technology
Lucy Couston – 3rd Aggregate in Year 13 – Arts/Humanities
Caitlin Wain – 3rd Aggregate in Year 13 – Science/Technology
We have celebrated many student achievements over the last couple of weeks at our Creative Arts Awards, Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa Awards, Sports Awards and Year 12 & Year 13 Awards Ceremonies.
You can enjoy more photos here.
We will be posting results of all our awards booklets online next week so watch this space!
Te Muka Miro Series (Part 2) – Wellbeing at Ōtūmoetai College
Here at Ōtūmoetai College we have our own model of well being which promotes holistic hauora. Te Muka Miro – our wellbeing model – is represented through the harakeke. Over the next few weeks we will be doing a hauora series that explains and illustrates Te Muka Miro here at Otumoetai. Our hope is that at your leisure you can engage with whatever part of the model you choose, or each part at different times.
This week we will be talking about the ‘fruit/seeds’ part of the harakeke which is ‘Value’.
Aroha whakatō, aroha puta mai – When we plant aroha, aroha is produced.
Acknowledging not only our own value but the value of others contributes to well-being by fostering authenticity, providing a sense of purpose, promoting emotional well-being, enhancing resilience, and supporting healthy whanaungatanga. Living in alignment with one’s values enables individuals to lead meaningful, fulfilling lives that are consistent with their deeply held beliefs and principles.
Your values are your beliefs that define what is important to you. They guide each of your choices in life. For example someone who values family might try spend extra time at home, while someone who values success might do the opposite. Understanding your values will help you regognise areas that need more attention.
Try this quick activity at home to help you establish your own values:
Understanding your Values – Activity
Pathways to Progress Event
An opportunity was presented to the 2024 Instep Young Leaders cohort, to present at Tonkin & Taylors event – Pathways to Progress: exploring climate futures for our region, on Tuesday 29th October.
It was a fun and informal gathering to explore how we can collectively help shape a more prosperous and secure future for our community. People from the business and community sectors attended and we were given various scenarios to dive into the implications of different climate futures.
The brief: Someone who can reflect on the challenges climate change presents from their perspective. Whether this is from a planetary point of view, or from a community or personal point of view. You may choose to set a challenge for business and community leaders who will be there – given that no one is moving fast enough, and this is one of the most critical issues facing society…
Kaena John (year 12 student) took up this challenge and presented so well to some of our region’s sustainable champions. Great work Kaena!
Information & photos supplied by Priority One / Instep ~ thank you.
National Spelling Bee – Live link for Saturday 2 November 12pm
Below is the link for National Spelling Bee at 12pm tomorrow – this will be held in Wellington. Representing us and all of the central North island is our Year 10 student Toby Stephen.
Go Toby!
The Bee will ‘bee’ televised on Freeview and web streamed.
The live webcast is on Vimeo here.
Freeview Channel (CH 200) @ Saturday 12:00pm sharp!
