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PrincipalWelcome to the first edition of our redesigned Bayleaf. We hope you enjoy reading about Bayfield High School, some of our fantastic students and the many opportunities offered and available to them.

My dream for Bayfield is that it provides excellence in teach-ing, a broad range of subject choices, genuinely caring pastoral support, and lots of opportunities and encourage-ment for every young person to explore and enjoy a variety of extra-curricular interests. After all, our whole purpose is to help every one of our students to develop into the finest young adult they can be, with the skills, knowledge, quali-fications and attitudes they need to really thrive, not merely survive, in the complex world beyond school.

We recently conducted a Parent Satisfaction Survey to see how well we are doing. A few quotes from the responses in this really say it all:

“From the minute I first walked into Bayfield High School I felt welcomed and this has never changed. There is a lovely atmosphere in the school.”

“You cannot go wrong if you choose Bayfield. Teachers’ sup-port is great, values are excellent. Help is available. The only thing students need to do is put in consistent effort /initiative and approach the teachers if they need help.”

“Great school spirit. Uniform looks great! Strong leadership, good teachers, great communication.”

“Caring staff, inclusive, students encouraged and supported to do their best, successes celebrated, welcoming atmo-sphere, just a good feel about the place!”

….. and so much more. We are thrilled to know that the vast majority of our families are so happy with the learning environ-ment we are providing for their sons and daughters. It is an amazing privilege to lead such a dedicated team of teachers and a joy to work with such great students.

In the centre spread of this Bayleaf, you can read about the academic successes of our 2013 Years 11 to 13 students. Our pass rates keep climbing, with our endorsement rates and UE pass rates well above those of our neighbouring schools. This is a school where “just good enough” isn’t cele-brated. I have read through the academic goals of dozens of our senior students. They are aiming high. They know that to get selected for the tertiary course of their choice or the job opportunity they are longing for, mediocre school results are not going to put them ahead of the competition. The more they experience success, the more they want! Whether it is on the volleyball court, in the School Show, or in academic learning, Bayfield students give their best and encourage each other to aim high.

If you are considering high schools for your son or daughter, take the time to talk to some of our parents and students to find out what they believe makes Bayfield High School a great school.

Mrs Judith Forbes Principal

Cover Photo: AJ Hope, one of our top Basketball players. He and Emily Rades have been recently selected to play for Otago U17 teams.

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

Phone: 03 455 0113

Email: [email protected]

Web: www.bayfield-high.school.nz

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Coming Up14 to 17 May School Show, Mayfair Theatre - see story on p.5

27 May Co-Ed Sports Tournament

3 June Parent Interviews, all students. Bookings online

6 June Mountainview Sports Exchange

9 June Academic Red Lists emailed - Senior Students

4 July Senior NCEA Summary Reports Junior Full Reports

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House afternoon was held on the 14th of February this year. For Herron House it was a great afternoon. We started out with playing games to get everyone into the house spirit. The game that stood out the most was definitely the four-way tug of war. With two tutor groups versing each other at a time, and then a finale of all four tutor groups against each other, everyone really enjoyed themselves. We also had games of Minefield and blindfolded three-legged races where people had to work to-gether to win.

After the games we began to work on our house chant for the chant com-petition. Getting everyone to be brave enough to sing loudly was a bit of a challenge for the senior leaders, but eventually we got some pretty good noise going - so good, in fact, that we came second in the competition. We also won first place for our mascot, with our lion, the king of the forest, who rep-resents the courage and determination of our house founder and first principal, Jack Herron. All in all, the house after-noon was a great time for students in all year levels to learn about their house, get to know everyone in it and to get into the house spirit.

Sophie Adams

House DayHerron House Report

Year 12 BiologyThe Brighton Field Trip

On Wednesday, the 5th of March, 58 Year 12 Biology students headed out to the rocky shore at Brighton Beach to carry out field work for the Achievement Standard 91158. We were looking for a pattern in the ecosystem and study-ing Zonation by gathering data from different species which live on the shore from the high tide to the low tide point.

It was a cold day, but much better than the weather on the previous day, when it had been wet with gale force winds. Students sampled the ecosystem using transect lines, recording the organisms present using a quadrat. The students worked efficiently to complete their biological research and staff were im-pressed by how thorough and accurate the students were.

Anton Dunford reports on the trip: “We started up at the high tide mark and worked our way down to the low tide point by the big rocks covered in bull kelp. As the day progressed it got hotter and hotter, something no one was complaining about. By the time we reached the bull kelp it was about 12 o’clock. Low tide was supposed to be at 12:44, but it looked as if the tide was coming in quite quickly so we had to work fast. It was a really great field trip and we enjoyed the day working out-side. Our teachers helped us identify the species that we were unsure of, like the camouflage crab which we found.”

A big thank you to Mrs Hepburn-Doole, Ms Hamilton, Mrs Gale and Miss Com-mins who joined us on our field trip.

This year on the 14th of February, Begg House students slapped on their face paint, pulled on their red tops and invit-ed Cupid to join them for an afternoon of team building, games and fun. Once again House Day was upon us.

This year the year 13s led the house in a game of Octopus before splitting up into tutor groups to complete a rotational series of events which were Egg and Spoon Race, 3-Legged Race, Human Pyramid and How Many People can you fit onto a Trampoline.

Begg House then moved into the hall to practise its Brilliant Begg House chant, where the house joined together for a full chant practice full of pride, rhythm and dance moves.

We then moved into the new gym to present our epic new chant to Mrs Forbes, Mr Earl and Kieran Duncan as well as the whole school. This was accompanied by a speech which introduced Cupid and our House Bear named Benji Romeo Ily Suave Elijah. This year’s chant was by far the most energetic we have ever performed.

This year the goal for Begg is to come first as we came so close last year being second equal with Ross behind Anderson. With the motivation from last year’s results and the energy we saw from House Day, all the year 13 Begg House Leaders believe this can be done easily. - Sean Ibbotson

Begg House Report

Morgan Arnold with a refractometer


Music at BayfieldArtist Profile

William Brundell is a talented year 10 boy, excelling in his music. William is this year studying year 11 Music from year 10, as well as being involved in Chamber Music and as a lead violinist in the Show Band. He has been playing the violin for 9 years. He is also a part of the Dunedin Youth Orchestra, our local orchestra which requires members to audition for its limited number of spaces each year.

Last year William was placed first in the Dunedin Performing Arts Society Under 16 String Solo. We look forward to see-ing and hearing his achievements this year.

The Jazz Band

The Bayfield High School Jazz Band has already been busy this year with performances all over town. They started their year in February, playing at the Thieves Alley Market Day and at the Lions’ Lark in the Park over their first weekend back after only one week at school. Keep an eye out for them later in the year, at local school fairs and at other community events. The Elite Jazz Band is also available to perform at events and for special occasions.

School Show - Beauty and the Beast

Bayfield High School’s talented students are well into rehearsals for this year’s school show, Beauty and the Beast. This show tells the story of a young prince, who becomes transformed into a hideous beast as punishment for his cruel and selfish ways, and an intelligent girl named Belle, whom he imprisons in his castle. In order to break the curse, the prince must learn to love another and earn her love in return before the rose's petals have fallen off. If not, he will remain a beast permanently. Will he earn Belle’s love before it is too late?

The classic Disney story is written by Linda Woolverton, also of The Lion King fame, with music by Alan Menken (The Little Mermaid, Aladdin) and lyrics by Howard Ashman (Little Shop of Horrors) and Tim Rice (Jesus Christ Superstar, The Lion King).

Full of enchanted furniture, remark-able dancing and a tale as old as time, Beauty and the Beast is bound to be a smash hit, suitable for the entire family.

With a cast of 60 onstage, 20 back-stage and a band of 15, Bayfield High

School will be performing in the May-fair for four evening shows only, from Tuesday 14 May until Saturday 17 May. Students are also taking on many of the roles backstage, including hair and make-up, lighting, sound, set, props and painting.

Year 12 student Anton Dunford is playing the role of Lefou, sidekick to the show’s main antagonist, Gaston. He enjoys being a part of the school show as he finds it is an opportunity to mix with new students from across the whole school. “You meet new people and are able to develop lots of new friendships.”

The production also provides an op-portunity for students to improve their skills on and off stage. “You take part in lots of new experiences, and learn lots of different skills. It is great being able to bounce off other characters and figure things out for ourselves, while we interact with them onstage and get a sense of where we fit into the produc-tion,’’ comments Anton.

Tickets are available from Bayfield High School’s front office (03) 455 0113:

- $20.00 - Adult

- $15.00 - Child (High School Students and younger)

- $15.00 - Senior Citizen

- $65.00 - Family Pass


Robotics“It’s just the best thing!”

Robotics Club meets every Tuesday after school in B13. There is a dedi-cated group of students who meet with Ms McCormack, our Computer Science teacher. The group really appeals to those who enjoy building Lego and pro-gramming. The challenges, the thinking and the problem solving enhance the experience for our students.

Mitchell enjoys robotics “because it helps me with code, but mostly be-cause it’s fun.”

Tom likes robotics “because I can build things and use computer programs and problem solve.”

Braden is one of our very high achievers in this area. He won first prize last year in the Premier Search and Rescue divi-sion, the highest category available at the National competition in August. This involved having to build a robot to the required specifications of the category. The completed robots then completed a course: following a line, encountering and overcoming obstacles.

“I really like robotics because there is often a real challenge. It is not easy, but lots of people do get involved,” says Braden.

Special OlympicsAthletics Blue Ribbon DayFive Olympians represented Bayfield in the February Athletics Day, and were highly successful. The day turned out warm and sunny for Aidan Jamieson, Gian McClutchie Clark, Taoka Potiki, Bradley Caffell and Gabriel Freeman, who arrived back with a clutch of place-getting ribbons.

Congratulations to Aidan, first in the softball throw and third in the 200 metre run; Gian, first in shotput, 100 and 200 metre runs and fifth in the long-jump; Taoka, second in the long-jump and softball throw; Bradley, second in shot-put, third in the 100 and fifth in the 200 metre run; and finally Gabriel who was placed third in softball and fifth in the long–jump. Bayfield gained fourth place in the relay event.

Aidan loved the “sunny day and partici-pating in all the events”, and Gian par-ticularly enjoyed “winning lots of times”. Everyone had a great day.

Ms McCormack, Jerry, Braden and Tom

Aiden, Taoka, Gian, Bradley and Gabriel


Technology Design CampThe Inside Story

The focus of the inaugural design camp was “Using Nature to Inform Design Ideas”. Students were prepared for the trip in class with lessons in bio-mimicry, products that use natural shapes in their design.

The first stop on the trip was at Moeraki Boulders to walk the beach, looking at natural shapes in sea weed, rock formations, shells, sand patterns and landscape. We were blessed with a beautiful day. Students recorded the natural forms using digital photography, sketches and observation, and were encouraged to use all their senses to enable them to be very more aware of the natural forms around them.

The team arrived at camp for a deli-cious barbeque lunch cooked by the students. After lunch, for the first les-son, students were sent out to collect rubbings of textures and then to convert these collections to clothing. The results were exciting with many differ-ent interpretations. After a short break, there was a trip to the river for the col-lection of physical objects and common plants, seeds, leaves and bark to use in sketching exercises.

Dinner time was eagerly anticipated after all the hard work and a smorgas-bord of food varieties to fill burritos was very popular with an ample supply of apple crumble and custard to finish. The group resembled beached whales lying around outside the food hall on the grass, holding swollen tummies.

The evening work activity was to use

the day’s learning to design, develop and produce headwear. This activity was to develop skill in group work and organisation. The student work was called to a halt at 10pm. The assigned groups then presented their headgear to the whole assembly. Clean-up, bed and lights out at midnight brought a very busy day to an end.

A hearty breakfast of cereal, porridge and toast set everyone up for the clean-up of the camp. We waved goodbye to David and Joy, our camp hosts, before heading down to the river for a dip. There had been a lot of requests for a swim but only one hardy teacher and a couple of intrepid year 13 students braved the frigid water.

We had a short drive to Oamaru, the site of a photo assignment, to collect images of the local architecture, fash-ion, textures and local colour. The day

was soon over and the time came to head back to Dunedin.

Analysis of the trip by staff and students concluded that the trip was a great success. The camp has been booked for next year with even more exciting learning planned.

This year the Maths department has been challenging Bayfield students with Quiz of the Week. Each week students are set an exciting puzzle to complete with the chance to win a prize. Con-gratulations to the first winner of 2014, Courtney Findlater (10BCU) who is pictured receiving her certificate and chocolate calculator prize. Check the notice board outside C6 each week for a new puzzle.

Quiz of the Week: Question One

Fred thinks of a number, doubles it, adds 10, halves the result, then sub-tracts the first number he thought of. Whew!!

What is his final answer?

Readers; if you can figure this one out and email your answer to our Head of Mathematics, Mr John Delgarno, the first correct entrant will win their own chocolate calculator.

Maths NewsMaths Quiz of the Week

Courtney Findlater

Tori Clearwater

Aiden, Taoka, Gian, Bradley and Gabriel


Head Students 2014

Ellie Baxter - Head Girl

My name’s Ellie and this year I have the privilege of being Head Girl. Throughout my time at Bayfield, I’ve had the chance to participate in a lot of different things. These include slightly off-key singing in Kapa Haka, voicing my opinion in com-mittees and playing in sports teams. I like to get involved, so I’m really excited about all the opportunities that come with being Head Girl. I applied for this position because it’s the perfect way to give back to the school and make a positive difference. It’s also a really good learning opportunity, giving me the chance to improve in so many ways, especially with my organisation and public speaking!

The team of head students and pre-fects this year comprises a really great, hard working group of people and I look forward to working with them all, to make this year an awesome last year for us. My plans for this year are to get involved in as much as I can and enjoy being in Year 13, whilst studying hard and keeping on top of my school work. Next year, I plan to attend the University of Otago and study Health Sciences. This will be a lot of work, but I’m con-fident that I will be well prepared and ready to study hard.

I’m super excited about my role as Head Girl! I hope to achieve lots this year and look back on it as the best year yet.

Jay Hadfield - Head Boy

In my time at Bayfield I have learned a lot of valuable skills, educationally and in life. Teachers, sports coaches and older peers have all played an important part in shaping my future. As Head Boy, I see an opportunity to give back and to pass on what I have learned to the younger students in the school. I hope to challenge myself, and in the process of doing so, I know I will continue to grow as a person.

While at Bayfield I have participated in Basketball, Tennis, Cross Country, and Volleyball. I have achieved highly academically and have been involved in Speech, History and Science com-petitions. Also being a part of buddy reading, senior student council and academic assistants has been really enjoyable because of working closely with people, making good friendships, as well as being able to make a differ-ence in the school or even someone’s life.

My plans for this year are to become the best leader I can be, allowing me to help other students overcome ob-stacles and challenges. Our leadership team wants to encourage students to set goals and challenge them to push themselves to achieve something spe-cial. We are always more than happy to answer any questions or listen to any suggestions. We want to carry on the proud Bayfield tradition where we focus on creating a safe and caring environ-ment for everyone.

My aims for this year are to achieve NCEA Level 3 with Excellence, to continue to develop as a person, to improve my skills for my sports teams. Next year I plan to attend Otago Univer-sity, studying Accounting and Business. I also intend travelling to America and Europe.

Look out for a profile of our deputy head students, Sarah Hepburn and Abram Hunter in the next edition of the Bayleaf.

Year 13 students comment on being back in uniform this year

After years of wearing mufti in Year 13, Bayfield High School students are wearing school uniform in their final year. The transition has been relatively easy and the comments are positive. As a special treat, students can wear mufti on Wednes-days.

“Having uniform in Year 13 has definitely saved me hours of decision making in the morning. It is so good not having the hassle of deciding what to wear.”

“Our Year 13 uniform provides a good place for us to display our badges. Badges are the best!”

“We don’t have uniform in our country. I like the way it makes you part of a team.”

“Being in uniform in Year 13 allows me to be recognised for my achievements outside of school.”


Bayfield High School runs a “Sports Development Programme”, offering our elite sporting athletes extra training op-portunities to help them become fitter, faster and stronger, both mentally and physically, in their individual sports.

The programme consists of varied training sessions that can be used as pre-season training, or in-season training, to ensure that students are as prepared as possible for their chosen sports. It is also an opportunity to introduce new, different and exciting ways of training that differ from one’s usual sports training sessions. Our sport development students are out in the community, making the most of the many facilities we have available. The activities are varied: one week we may be running up Jacob’s Ladder, and around the hills and streets of St Clair; the next we will be at the Crossfit Dunedin gymnasium in town.

Other sessions we have run include boot camps, Bikrim Yoga, circuit training, and fitness based games that involve thinking tactically on the run, as well as improving stamina and endur-ance.

The programme covers all areas of being an elite athlete. We bring in guest speakers to help guide and mentor students, and have been fortunate to

have ex-All Black and Highlander Tamati Ellison help last year.

The course also provides students with the basics in sports strapping and injury treatment, as well as a hands-on practi-cal course in sports massage. We have dietetic students from the University of Otago about to hold seminars with our students and will conclude each term

with a healthy cooking class.

Students can enter the course by invitation, if they are in Years 9 and 10. Senior students are welcome to choose the programme as a timetabled class, with the only pre-requisite being that they play sport and have a real desire and passion to get better at it!

We are very proud of the successes of these students who achieved so well at the recent Otago Athletics Championships. Congratulations!

Theresa Lind Senior Girls Triple Jump 3rd

Senior Girls Long Jump 4th

Daniel Rogers-Bromley Under 16 Boys High Jump 1st

Rowan Lewis Under 16 Boys High Jump 3rd=

Tori Clearwater Senior Girls 100m 2nd

Senior Girls 200m 3rd

Elle Cuthbert Under 16 Girls 1500m 5th

Under 16 Girls 3000m 3rd

Aaron Anderson Senior Boys 1500m 1st

Senior Boys 3000m 1st

Julia Oskam Under 15 Girls 200m 4th

Britta Hamill Senior Girls 400m 2nd

Senior Girls 100m Hurdles 3rd

Open 300m Hurdles Girls 2nd

Tori Clearwater, Britta Hamill, Julia Oskam and Kara Helm

Senior 4x100m Relay 3rd

Otago Athletics ChampionshipsSports ‘D’The Sports Development Programme


Science

Abram Hunter, Yens van der Sanden (Geraldine High School) and Adam Callaghan (Timaru Boys’ High School) using a turbidity tube to measure water quality.

On Monday, the 17th of March, a small group of our budding scientists attended a wānanga, place of learning, at Ōtākou marae. AJ Hope, Jade Wirepa, Te Hori Wesley-Evans, Koreana Wesley-Evans, Oliver Dawson, Maya Smith and Mia Kuru stayed for two nights at the marae.

The focus for this wānanga was coastal erosion and fisheries management. Our stu-dents were given the opportunity to gain knowledge and practical scientific skills in real-life situations, working alongside scientists from the local community, University scientists, postgraduate students and kaumatua as inspirational role models.

Earlier in March, some of us Chemistry kids had the day off school to visit the University Chemistry Department. Here we were trained for the Healthy Harbour Watchers programme run by Andrew Innes. Bayfield is one of several schools involved in the programme, the intent of which is to gain knowledge and skills related to the chemical analysis of sea water and obviously to collect informa-tion on the healthiness of our harbour. This fantastic opportunity was offered to any year 13 Chemistry student and a number of us were keen to get involved.

After a presentation, we braved the cold and headed out to a site for testing. Observations were noted and tempera-ture, salinity, pH, and dissolved oxygen were recorded with the use of YSI multi-probe meters. The measured tempera-ture of the water was a surprise; it was definitely a lot warmer than it felt! Some of us were unlucky enough to have to sacrifice the warmth of our hands to fill sample bottles for testing as, unfortu-nately, this has to be done completely underwater.

Back at the laboratory, we were bom-barded with a whole heap of Science stuff! We became familiar with new equipment, information, skills and spec-trophotometric, titrimetric and microbio-logical techniques. With these, we were able to determine information such as the concentrations of dissolved reactive phosphorus, nitrates, chlorophyll-a, dis-solved oxygen, and counts of Entero-cocci bacteria.

Sampling and analysis of our harbour water will occur throughout the year at 9 different sites, with the Anderson’s Bay Inlet being our speciality area. We’re ex-cited about the prospect of experienc-ing our first proper Saturday morning sampling. Our fingers are crossed for decent weather and we really hope that together we will remember all the things we learned!

Jemma Fielding

Healthy Harbour Watch

Science Wānanga at Ōtākou Marae

The Wānanga: student perspectives

He pai ki ahau te haere ki tātahi ki te mātakitaki i ngā kararehe o te moana. Ko te mea tino rawe ki ahau, ko te haere mā runga pōti me te ako i te mahi whakat-ere!

(I enjoyed going down the beach on Tuesday night, recording all the sea life we saw in the sea. It was really interest-ing and an enjoyable experience. Also, going out on the boat was one of the highlights for me, learning to navigate off the maps.)

AJ Hope

He pai ki ahau te haere ki tātahi ki te kohi i ngā kararehe o te moana. He pai hoki ki ahau te mahi topetope paua.

(I enjoyed going down to Te Rauone beach and finding as many sea creatures as we could find down our 30 metre sampling line. I also enjoyed dissecting the paua and experimenting with them.)

Koreana Welsey Evans


Our Deputy Head Boy, Abram Hunter, was hand-picked from over 1500 graduates of the UWCT programmes to present at their second Alumni Dinner. Held to celebrate 12 years of sustainable work with young leaders from across New Zealand, the night honoured exceptional student and teacher leadership. The evening was a showcase of vibrant young voices who represent the future of our nation.

Abram spoke with clarity and passion, explaining the impact that attending the week long Waterwise scholarship pro-gramme had had on his outlook on sustainable water man-agement practices and on advancing his leadership skills. He also shared his heightened understanding of the interaction between the environment, the economy and communities, and how this has helped him to choose a stronger pathway towards his future.

Abram emphasised that, as a young man, it was important for him to be aware of a variety of perspectives before form-

ing his opinions about any contentious environmental issue. He believes that all young people should have the courage to make their voices heard as our future hinges on informed decision-making at all levels of legislation.

Bayfield is pleased to announce its relationship with the Un-touched World Charitable Trust Waterwise programme, with Caroline Hepburn-Doole, Assistant Principal, appointed as the programme’s Lead Teacher.

WATERWISE Programme Sponsors : Clinton Global Initiative Commitment Maker Meridian Energy Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu Canterbury Community Trust Environment Canterbury Otago University Otago Polytechnic Cockram Nissan

Enviro Group News

Untouched WorldTM Charitable Trust Champion Alumni Dinner.

Since the end of last year, Bayfield has had an increasing environmental focus with the development of an Environ-mental Committee and the appointment of 2 Environmental Prefects. As a result of this initiative, food scraps and plas-tics recycling has been introduced to the common rooms and staff room, with further action planned for later this year. This development was greatly aided by the new Hungry Bin (worm farm) which the school was fortunate enough to win through the school’s efforts in Keep New Zealand Beautiful Week, when 94kg of rubbish were removed by staff and students from the area surrounding the school.

The Hungry Bin is a system which uses worms to compost food more quickly than usual. So far, our Hungry Bin contains about 2,000 worms and soon we hope to have nearly 12,000 worms to process up to 2kg of food waste a day. The system is working so well that there are plans to expand our composting with the introduction of an additional worm farm. The Hungry Bin’s clever design also allows us to collect compacted worm castings and ‘worm juice’ which will be excellent fertilizer for our developing garden outside the Food Technology classroom. The producers of Hungry Bins have also given us the opportunity to sell Hungry Bins and re-tain 20% of the profit for each bin sold. This means that, if we are able to sell

5 bins at $295 each, we will be able to raise enough funds for another Hungry Bin for Bayfield High School. So, if you are interested in getting one of these wonderful composters for your home or work, please contact the school so that we can all benefit from your purchase.

Although we are excited about our cur-rent developments, there is also heaps more happening in the Enviro Group. We are planning another school-wide clean-up early next term, during which we hope to collect even more rubbish than last time. During the next school holidays one of our prefects, Shanna

Verhoef, has been selected to be one of 50 delegates from throughout New Zealand to attend the Sir Peter Blake Youth-Enviro Leaders’ Forum in Wel-lington, which is something that we are all excited about. We also have 3 of our members heading out to Quarantine Island for the Enviroschool’s Senior Hui, where we hope to make better contact with other high schools in Dunedin. As you can see, there has been a lot of activity with loads more to come. Keep your eye on our developing group.

Katrina Hansen

Community Focus - Recycling Initiatives

Katrina Hansen, Shanna Verhoef and the Worms


Gateway ProgramStudent Placements

We would like to heartily congratulate Sasha Bolstad on her apprenticeship at Wood Solutions.

Jacqui with Sasha Bolstad

At the beginning of 2013 Jacqui Col-bert, from 4 Trades, came to Bayfield and spoke to Year 13 Employment Skills students. She left students with her card and Sasha took up the opportu-nity to contact Jacqui. Within a short space of time an appointment had been made, with Jacqui and Sasha meeting the manager at Wood Solutions. Sasha spent every Thursday of Terms 2, 3 and 4 at Wood Solutions. She worked hard, learned lots and was delighted at the end of the year to be offered an appren-ticeship as a joinery craftsperson.

Well done, Sasha. Thank you, Jacqui. Your support was invaluable.

We would also like to thank firms, who are offering our students work experi-ence placements this year:

Marne Street Hospital Queen Rose Retirement Home Amalgamated Builders Naylor Love Mornington Veterinary Centre Countdown, Dunedin South Dive Otago McRobie Studios St Kilda Kindergarten Rainbow Preschool The Warehouse

If your business is in a position to offer work experience opportunities to our students, please contact Leeana Dun-can [email protected].

Year 9 Quarantine Island TripSocial Studies

Each Year 9 class has just completed a two day field trip on Otago Peninsula. The students were organised in family groupings of 4 to 6 students, then loaded onto a ship to migrate to Otago at the height of European migration to New Zealand. This was an activity to cover part of their Social Studies course and also helped to foster stronger social cooperation within each class.

Instead of just reading from books, students were encouraged to take on a role and imagine they were carrying out this journey with the rest of their family. In day one we visited Toitu, the Early Settlers Museum, where we investi-gated the reasons why families decided to migrate to New Zealand. We also investigated what was experienced by each family on the 80 – 90 day voyage to Port Chalmers. The experience of liv-ing in cramped conditions in “steerage” was re-created for the students by the staff at Toitu.

“The thing I enjoyed most was learning about the ship,” claimed Olivia Larkins. “It was interesting to see what it would have been like to have to wear clothes like the crinolines and corsets that we saw.”

In the afternoon, our parties of Year 9 students were declared to be in “quar-antine” due to an outbreak of typhoid fever. The entire party was transported by the ferry “Vivienne J” to Quarantine Island for the duration of the disease

outbreak. On the Island, students investigated the conditions they faced in the middle of Otago Harbour and the tragedies which families experienced as individual family members died and were buried on the Island.

Sam Keen thought that one of the best parts was sitting on the front of the boat on the way to Quarantine Island. The trip was not long enough for her, but she may well have felt differently after nearly 3 months on board.

On day two, the focus changed to an investigation of how settlers modified the environment of the Peninsula. We came off Quarantine Island and headed to the Albatross Colony at Taiaroa Head. The impact of human modifica-tion of the environment of the Peninsula was studied in reference to the Blue Penguin and the Royal Albatross.

Back at school, students are currently writing up their investigations in a series of first hand reports, where they imagine they had personally experienced the journey to and subsequent settlement in Dunedin as a migrant in the nineteenth century.

Matthew Hayton describes the trip as one of the best he has been on. Enjoying the wildlife, watching the seals playing around and seeing penguins on Pilot’s Beach were highlights for our students.


Bienvenue à Maud! We are very pleased to welcome Maud to Bayfield this year.

Maud comes from Montpellier, in the South of France. She learned English at school, studied English at University there and then spent a year in Cardiff, Wales, in her final year to perfect her language. Having got used to a Welsh accent, she is now in New Zealand getting used to our Kiwi one.

Why New Zealand, the Antipodes? She is keen to explore our country, one not just opposed to France geographi-cally, but with a very different culture, literature and way of life. She is making the most of her time here so far, by living with New Zealand flatmates, get-ting out and about to experience our magnificent scenery, landscapes and native birds, and coming to our French classes. She has already done some travelling in the North Island as well, on her way south to us.

Her interests include rock climbing, tramping and walking, film, music and sport.

We are one of her five schools, the only co-educational one, which seems natu-ral to her coming from France where most schools are mixte. She found our students a little shy at first, but soon a

little more relaxed, happy, smiling and happy to communi-cate, share opinions and give advice on our lifestyle and what to do in our city, Dunedin.

In the future she hopes to teach English, but probably not in France. She would prefer to teach English somewhere overseas, as she is now teaching French.

Studying at Bayfield is a totally differ-ent experience from studying in Shibe High School in Jiangsu, China, near Shanghai. Here in New Zealand, teach-ers never get grumpy because I can’t answer the question, but try to guide me to understand. Also, so many activi-ties and subjects are available which can help me develop my interests and plan my career.

I enjoy all the subjects that I’m taking: Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathemat-ics and ESOL. In my Science classes, there are more opportunities to do ex-periments, rather than just memorising all the knowledge in books, which give me more passion for study. Bayfield also provides me chances to take part in some Science activities, such as our recent trip to the University of Otago

to test the water quality in Dunedin’s harbour. This activity is not just for fun but also increases and enhances the possibilities for my future - studying Water or Marine Science at University here in Otago.

I have also joined Bayfield’s senior girls’ basketball team last year. It proved a good chance to communicate and cooperate with Kiwi students. I was also made to realise that international students are not treated differently at Bayfield; we are members of the Bay-field family.

Studying at Bayfield is the wisest choice I have made. Every minute at school is relaxing and enjoyable, and there’s not as much pressure as in China. I also get more chances to plan and think about my future.

Thank you, Bayfield, for giving me such a brilliant and unforgettable study expe-rience here.

Xue Chunyuan (Alex)

LanguagesMaud Le Dain – Assistante Française 2014

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Maud Le Dain with year 13 French students

Party yourself into shape with Zumba at Bayfield!

Come join the fun every Tuesday at 5.45pm and Sunday at 4pm in the Bayfield gymnasium. $5 a class.

Exercise the fun way, in a very relaxed, casual and friendly environment. Our instructors welcome any fitness levels.

Just bring some sports shoes, a water bottle and a smile.

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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