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Messages from the PrincipalDear Parents

Senior Prize Giving 2016

On a superb evening at the Holy Trinity Cathedral we were called in with a Kaikaranga by Keighlee Burkhart and led in by Shaquila Pathan to a conch call executed brilliantly by Jessica Rolle. The Senior Choir sang Tiaho I roto and the evening was then opened with a spectacular rendition of the national anthem.

It was a beautiful evening of academic celebration, speeches and awards. Head Prefect Rebekah Adams delivered an outstanding speech outlining to the girls the strengths of a Diocesan education and how the future was theirs to own. Deputy Head Prefect Grace ‘Otai and Rebekah were presented the Hassall cups respectively to signify their contribution to school leadership. The Head Prefects for 2017 were then announced – the Deputy Head is Georgia Gibson, and the Head Prefect Luci Trethewey. These were clearly a great choice and we look forward to their leadership in 2017.

This year the number of university scholarships offered to Diocesan students has soared. The KPMG Business Advisory Year 13 Accounting prize and internship went to Holly Purkis. Alice Grave won a Lincoln University Sports Scholarship; Canterbury Special and Merit Scholarships went to Georgia Hughes and Bianca Parshotam respectively. Grace Greenwood, Lucy Haines, Hannah Njo and Madison Pronk all won Otago Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarships, and the Academic Excellence Scholarships went to Daniela Sowter and Isabella McPhee. The Otago Performance scholarships for sport, culture and music went to Eddy Grant and Ella Simanu. The Prestigious Vice Chancellor’s Scholarships were won by Maddie Berry, Eddy Grant, Hannah Njo and Ella Simanu. Victoria Excellence Scholarships were awarded to Anna Burns, Juliette Clarke, Imogen Hill, Debbie King, Grace MacCormick, Eva McRae, Courtney Spillane, Sofya Vickers, and Rachael White. Massey University Vice Chancellor’s High Achiever Scholarships in the Arts were awarded to Lauren Chow and Lili Easton. The AUT

IN THIS ISSUEMessages from the Principal

• Senior Prize Giving• Founders’ Day Assembly• Achievements

Information for Parents

• P&F Cocktail Evening• Junior High School Arts and Sports Awards• Diocesan Shop• Spring Clean Sale – 13 November• Year 13 Graduation Ball ticket sales• Ordering photos of Diocesan events• Last chance to order Dio Charms• Dio Arts Christmas Shop

Junior High and Senior Schools

• Leavers’ Dinner• Learning programme for St Christopher’s• Lemonade fundraiser• Year 7 Literary Lunch

Sport

• Hockey• Touch• Underwater hockey• Water polo

Music & Performing Arts

• Dio win at 2016 NZ Aria Competition• Final senior events in Dio calendar celebrate

successes• 2017 Dio/Dilworth production

Careers

• Year 13 Leavers

Parenting Courses

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2017 Head Prefect Luci Trethewey (left) and Deputy Head Prefect

Georgia Gibson (right).

Vice Chancellor’s Significant Student Scholarships went to Tanaya Kleeman, Charlotte Porter, Alyssa Pua and Talia Pua. And finally, the University of Auckland Top Achievers’ Scholarships were awarded to Claudia Bridger, Tracy Chen, Anneke Tomkins and Natalee Zhu. In most instances, schools are very fortunate to score just one of these prestigious scholarships so we are delighted with these outcomes for our girls. Congratulations!

It was also very special to this year have a recipient of the Sir George Elliot Tertiary Scholarship that is awarded across the country to selected applicants. It is worth $25,000 and this year was awarded to Isabella McPhee. As well, Annabelle Paterson has won a very prestigious award – she has been granted a four-year swimming and academic grant of $75,000 per year at Harvard University. This is an exceptional outcome and we are delighted for Annabelle. The pinnacle of academic awards for the evening were the Old Girls’ League Eliza Edwards Memorial Award as well as the Dux and Proxime Accessit Awards.

Awarded to a student leaving the school who throughout her schooling has contributed to many school activities, shown high personal standards and has exhibited the qualities inherent in the foundation of the School, this year’s Eliza Edwards prize winner was Anneke Tomkins.

The Proxime Accessit was awarded to Katie Henry who has achieved outstanding results throughout her years at Diocesan - she began at Diocesan in Year 1. The ultimate academic award – the Dux was a joint award to IB Diploma student Daniela Sowter and to NCEA student Talia Pua. Both students have almost perfect scores leading into the forthcoming examinations and both also started at Diocesan in Year 1.

We are delighted that so many girls who have progressed through all of their years at Diocesan have achieved such outstanding results. We wish the girls all the very best for their forthcoming examinations. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to their outstanding achievements.

Founders’ Day Assembly

On Tuesday 1 November we celebrated the annual Founders’ Day full school assembly. We were delighted to host the great granddaughter of one of the founders – Mrs Jane Williams. Her great grandfather was Sir Edwin Mitchelson who was mayor of Auckland at the turn of the twentieth century. He supported the development of this School at a time when educating young women for academic purposes was not popular. Jane shared many stories and photographs of what life was like at Diocesan. In early photos of the pool, girls sat on the roof to cheer each other on at the swimming sports. Health and safety was certainly viewed differently in those days! Our special thanks to Jane who has continued the Mitchelson involvement in the School. Jane is an Old Girl, she served on the Board of Governors, was instrumental in the formation of the Heritage Foundation in 2001 and is now a trustee on the Foundation, worked in the School as the Development Manager, and now has a granddaughter at Diocesan.

Achievements

Congratulations to Alice Mander, Joanna Li and Emma Uren who have attended Young Writers Programme workshops this year and have been chosen to have their works published for 2016 in Signals which is the literary journal of the Young Writers’ Programme.

Congratulations to Brooke Elliott-Forster-Clampitt who recently competed at the New Zealand 2016 Nationals Irish Dancing competition. Brooke competed against 30 people in her age group, and won the U-12 New Zealand title. 

Our Young Enterprise entrepreneurs Holly Purkis and Sarah Hiles-Smith have won the Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme, Auckland Central Region Award for Innovation in Sustainability 2016 for their business Plant and Grind. Their simple idea of upcycling used coffee grounds grew into the production of planter kits and lesson plans that primary school children can use in the classroom to learn and grow their own bean plants – ‘Kits to grow sustainable minds’. Well done girls.

Congratulations to our Show Jumping team who were placed third at the North Island Secondary Schools’ Show Jumping Championships held at St Peter’s Cambridge recently. This was a fantastic result for a very young team consisting of three Year 9s and one Year 11 rider.Estella Loughlin (Year 9) was placed the top individual scorer of the day and the rest of the team was made up of Olivia Chitty (Year 11), Bella Jones (Year 9) and Francesca Masfen (Year 9).

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Left to right: Eliza Edwards Award winner Anneke Tomkins; joint Duxes, Daniela Sowter and Talia Pua; Proxime Accessit

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Congratulations to Charlotte Porter who has been selected to represent New Zealand at the Harken Cup International Youth Match Racing Regatta being held in Sydney next month.

We are also pleased to announce that Ella Poole-Crowe and Nicola Prebble have been invited into the New Zealand U-19 Hockey programme.

Heather McRae Principal

Information for Parents

P&F Cocktail Evening

Junior High School Arts and Sports Awards

The Junior High School Arts and Sports Awards will be held on Tuesday 22 November from 2 – 3pm in the Dawn Jones Sports Centre.  This event will recognise the achievements of students in Years 7 – 10 who have excelled in the Arts and Sports during 2016.

Parents are welcome to attend this event so please put the date in your diaries.  Car parking will be available on the School field.  Students will be notified if they are receiving an award during the week prior to the event.

Diocesan Shop

There is a promotion of 25% off the PE fleece jacket until end of the Term 4.The Dio Shop will be open on Saturdays from 5 November until 10 December from 10am to 2pm.The Dio Shop Christmas close down will be from 12 December to 11 January.

Follow us online!Keep up to date with our latest news and successes on Facebook by clicking here.

Or, check out our blog to hear from students, staff and our Principal by clicking here.

RSVPFriday 11 November 2016

Please email with name(s) attending to: pfa@diocesan.school.nz and for enquiriesphone Libby Greenwood on 021 937 470

Parents & Friends Annual Cocktail Party

The Parents & Friends' Association

cordially invites you to the

Annual Cocktail Party

School Hall

Thursday 17 November 2016

6.30pm to 8.30pmDress Code : Smart/Business

This event is hosted by P&F to celebrate the year with the Dio community. As there is no charge, we do request you RSVP to help us manage the catering requirements.

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Dio Spring Clean sale – Sunday 13 November

Supporting the Arts Centre

We urgently require toys, books, sporting goods, homewares, furniture and clothing.Please drop product to Parents & Friends Committee members at the top of the school driveway between 10am and 12 noon this Saturday.

Year 13 Graduation Ball 2016 ticket sales

The Diocesan Old Girls’ League is delighted to invite you and your daughter to the 2016 Graduation Ball. This is a special evening for you to celebrate your daughter’s time at Diocesan. 

RSVP by purchasing tickets on iTicket from 3 October 2016. Tickets are $160.00.   

Date: Friday 2 December 2016Venue: Guineas Room, Level 4, Ellerslie Convention Centre, Ellerslie Racecourse, Greenlane RoadTime: 6.30 – 12.00pm

Diocesan School Old Girls’ League Committee Ball contacts:Anna Wight 021 662949 and Emma Cleary 021 2174530oldgirls@diocesan.school.nz

Ordering photographs of Diocesan events

Photographs of school events taken by photographer Nicola Topping are available to view and/or purchase via her website www.realimage.co.nz.

Each event uploaded to the gallery stays online for a year. Nicola will still do a search for parents who require images of their daughters from expired events, but there will be a $20 search charge. If they have the file numbers there will not be any additional charge.

Last chance to order Dio charms

The P&F Dio charms – cross and heart earrings – may be ordered for another week.

Click here to view the charms information and the order form.

Message  from  Parents  and  Friends  of  DIO:  We  need  your  help!  

Donate  your  pre-­‐loved  clothes,  sports  goods,  books,  homewares,  furniture  and  toys  Come  along  to  the  Spring  Clean  Sale  on  November  13th to  support  the  DIO  Arts  Centre!  

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2016 Dio Charms

These wonderful items are being offered by Parents & Friends and are designed to reflect the character of Dio. New items this year are:

Heart earringsCross charm (set with zirconia stones)

John Worth, jeweller to well known New Zealand designers, has been

We are delighted to once again offer you the opportunity to purchase these specially designed pieces of jewellery. Limited numbers are available so order now.

recommissioned to create more beautiful pieces of Dio memorabilia. The jewellery will be available in early December. This quality jewellery is made of sterling silver* and presented in an elegant navy velvet draw-string pouch. Previous years charms are also available, please refer to the order form on the back for a full list of these.

A necklace or bracelet to put your charms on is also available. Only lapel badges and star earrings are permitted to be worn with the school uniform.* Gold available on request

This is a limited offer. Orders must be in by Friday 28 October 2016. Delivery will be first week of December.

Orders to Parents & Friends AssociationEmail your order form to: pfa@diocesan.school.nzor sealed orders can be delivered to School House Reception.Any queries to: Jacinta Chow, 021 384 818

Proudly printed by

CROSS CHARM HEART EARRINGS

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Dio Arts Christmas Shop

Please log on to www.diocesan.school.nz/dio-arts to place your order.

Payment due on order please. You can direct credit the amount to: Dio Arts 03-0195-0410316-00. Please reference your name and ‘Xmascake’. Alternatively you can contact: Stephanie van Leuven on 027 655 6608. Collection Dates: Thursday 24th November and Friday 2nd December from the Diocesan School Cafeteria. 8 - 9am, or 3 -5pm.

CHRISTMAS CAKES

9” Iced .............................. $707” Iced .............................. $454” Iced .............................. $208” Glazed Fruit &Nut (Ring Shape) .......... ... $50

COOKIES

10 Pack ............................ $206 Pack .............................. $12

GIFT BOX

Includes:

Bags of Christmas Cookies, White Chocolate Cookies, Biscotti, Rocky Road, 4” Christmas Cake ..........$50

OTHER TREATS

Chocolate Truffle Christmas Tarts (9 pack) ...................... . $16

Extra Virgin Olive OilBox Set (3 flavours)............ .. $40(Rosemary Infused, Lemon Infused & Extra Virgin Olive Oil)

The delicious Christmas goods are available in the following sizes:

IN SUPPORT OF THE FABULOUS NEW ARTS CENTRE.

INDULGE YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS & COLLEAGUES OR HAVE YOUR CORPORATE GIFTS SUPPLIED BY

DIO ARTS THIS CHRISTMAS.

Christmas shop

*Box design may change

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CHRISTMAS CAKES

9” Iced .............................. $707” Iced .............................. $454” Iced .............................. $208” Glazed Fruit &Nut (Ring Shape) .......... ... $50

The delicious Christmas goods are available in the following sizes:

COOKIES

10 Pack ............................ $206 Pack .............................. $12

GIFT BOX

Includes:

Bags of Christmas Cookies, White Chocolate Cookies, Biscotti, Rocky Road, 4” Christmas Cake ..........$50

OTHER TREATS

Chocolate Truffle Christmas Tarts (9 pack) ...................... . $16

Extra Virgin Olive OilBox Set (3 flavours)............ .. $40(Rosemary Infused, Lemon Infused & Extra Virgin Olive Oil)

IN SUPPORT OF THE FABULOUS NEW ARTS CENTRE.

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Free parking on the field. Eftpos facilities available.

Located on the sports field, Clyde Street, Epsom. November 22nd 10am - 6pm.

*Box design may change

SPORTS FIELD

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Junior High and Senior Schools

Leavers’ Dinner

The Year 13s and teachers recently attended the Leavers’ Dinner and what a very special evening it was! Ella Simanu was our MC and, in her usual relaxed and capable manner, she brought the evening together beautifully.

Sarah McLaren spoke on behalf of the staff. She shared some of her life experiences and offered the girls her words of wisdom. Sarah Robinson made quite an exceptional speech on behalf of all the Year 13 students. She had us smiling, reflecting and shaking in our seats with laughter. Sarah really is a most adroit performer, destined for success on the stage!

Entertainment, provided by Rebekah Adams and Eddy Grant; Ashleigh Yu; Liz Vaka’uta, Ana Vaitohi and Pesi Langi-Tuaefe added to the enjoyment of the evening.

The evening was rounded off with the announcement of the prestigious Leavers’ Cup. The Year 13 students vote for this award and they are asked to select someone who, to them, has made the best contribution to the year group in her final year at school. This year’s winner was Emily Steven (13CW) and the runner up was Gwen Lin (13NE) Congratulations to both Emily and Gwen.

It was a wonderful evening, full of happy memories, laughter and even a few tears, which truly reflects the special bond that this group of girls has, and will continue to have, as they end their school years at Diocesan.

Learning programme for St Christopher’s

“Give a child a raincoat, protect him for a day. Teach him to make a raincoat, protect him for a lifetime.” Fijian Proverb

As part of an NCEA Scholarship Course, Sophia Hawkins (Year 13) designed a personalised teaching and learning programme for young Fijian children at St Christopher’s Home in Nakasi, Fiji. Sophia’s goal was to provide fabric, a pattern and step-by-step instructions in order for each child to learn to sew their very own shorts and rain jacket. Sophia worked tirelessly to navigate a number of obstacles throughout her project; the distance between New Zealand and Fiji, cost factors for postage, availability of resources, just to name a few. Sophia has been instrumental in acquiring donations of fabric to send to the children. The photos are testimony to Sophia’s wonderful vision and warm compassion for these children. They are learning skills for life. Ut Serviamus.

The Leavers’ Cup – Winner Emily Steven on the left and runner-up Gwen

Lin on the right.

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Lemonade fundraiser

A great example of philanthropy and starting early – two Year 7 students, Bella Ferguson and Clover Andrews, made lemonade and sold it at their stall to raise funds for the Diocesan Arts Centre. They set up outside Clover’s house when an ‘Open Home’ was taking place next door and raised $41.20. Their mothers offered to match it and then their grandparents did the same.

Clover and Bella came in to present the funds to Ms McRae and she matched their fundraising efforts with $50. So now the grand total of Bella and Clover’s lemonade fundraiser is $277.20! An amazing effort and a big thank you to you both – well done Bella and Clover!

Year 7 Literary Lunch Activity Day – Thursday 17 November

On Thursday 17 November, from periods 3-6, all Year 7 students will be involved in our annual Literary Lunch activity day. The theme this year is Roald Dahl stories.

Shortly, in their English classes, students will be preparing a play based around one of Dahl’s books. Their English teachers will discuss the requirements fully in class time over the next few weeks. All students will also be dressing in costume for this event. Girls should dress up as a character from the play they will be presenting to others on the day. Emphasis will be on home-made costumes assembled by the student as opposed to bought or hired costumes. Please encourage your daughter to think creatively about how she can devise her costume.

On the day, students will attend usual timetabled classes for periods 1 and 2 as well as attend tutor time. After interval they will assemble and then take part in a range of activities: rehearse and present their plays, participate in a quiz, a literary treasure hunt, watch the final of the spelling bee, and enjoy a shared lunch.

Shared Lunch

Girls are requested to provide enough finger food to share amongst approximately five students. We ask that the girls bring nutritious food on a disposable plate as part of our shared lunch. If you have a container, please make sure you label it and remind your daughter to pick it up at the end of the day. It is good to discuss with your daughter what you would be happy to provide. We suggest sliced pizza, chicken nibbles, bacon and egg pie, quiche, pin wheel sandwiches or savoury slices of some sort. Please no chips or lollies! Five students from each English class will be asked to bring something sweet for dessert eg sliced cake, pies or tarts. Please make sure that any cooked food is well cooked as we will only be able to warm a small amount of food. Girls are to bring their own drink bottle and a snack for their morning tea. This information will be repeated in an upcoming Dio Beat.

This will be an exciting and memorable day for the students and we look forward to sharing the day with them.

We do require help with setting out lunch and with cleaning up afterwards. We need approximately two parent helpers per English class from 11.30am to 2pm. If you are available to help, please e-mail your daughter’s English teacher who will give you further details.

Sport

Hockey

Last week Nicola Prebble and Ella Poole-Crowe were selected into the New Zealand U-19 Junior Black Sticks programme. The girls will attend a selection/training camp at the start of December. Both these girls have been picked after outstanding performances throughout the year at the National U-18 Tournament and Federation Cup. Congratulations Nicola and Ella.

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For all information about practices, trials etc please click on this link to DioConnect or go to www.sporty.co.nz/diocesan the Dio Sport website.

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Touch

On Friday last week the Year 7and 8 Dio Touch team competed in the Central Zone Tournament. After only losing one game all day, they made it through the semi-finals, beating Remuera Intermediate 1-0 but then narrowly lost the final against Waikowhai 1-0 to finish second at the tournament. This was a tremendous effort from the girls and they played extremely well all day. A big thank you to Nick Blundell for all of his efforts with this group. The girls in this team were: Lily Bond, Phoebe Duncan, Sienna Gray, Charlotte Hulme, Amelia Irwin, Olivia Pearce, Mia Reid, Kate Shanley, Sophie Taylor, Allegra Wilson and Maddison Robb.

Underwater Hockey

Diocesan has enjoyed a very successful year in the pool – and the girls are still being recognised.  Montana Wilson, Olivia Coulter, Charlotte Borich, Emily Kronfeld and Edwina Grant have been selected in a squad of 20 girls for the Northern U-18 Women’s Underwater Hockey team who will compete at the U-18 Inter Zone Underwater Hockey tournament in December. Well done girls!

Water Polo

The Diocesan White Intermediate team continued with their fine form this year, topping off a great season by winning the North Island Championships. The tournament was played over the weekend where the White team finished unbeaten. They met with rivals Aquinas in the finals and won convincingly 5-1. Emma Gilleece was named as an outstanding player and Isabelle Jackson tournament Most Valuable Player. Diocesan was again the most represented school at this age group, fielding three full teams. Diocesan Blue finished in a credible fifth place (having only lost by a goal to St Cuthbert’s A in the quarter final). Diocesan Red showed great resilience and continuous improvement and finished ninth.

Diocesan White: Stella Boyte, Sophie Mead, Sophie Shorter-Robinson, Arabella White, Isabelle Jackson, Emma Gilleece, Lauren Batchelor, Hannah Bell, Lucia Partigliani, Emma Nisbet and Sophie Ireland.

Music and Performing Arts

Dio win at 2016 NZ Aria Competition

This weekend Year 12 student Libby Johnston has taken the big prize at the 2016 New Zealand Aria Competition. She was awarded first place, winner of the New Zealand Aria Trophy (16-18 category).This is an amazing achievement for our Dio star, and she gained the highest marks across three classes and genres, which is extremely difficult.1st place - Own Selection 1st place - Folk/Traditional1st place - Light Entertainment 3rd place - Sacred Song

Libby has excelled at musical theatre and drama since arriving at Dio in Year 10 and this year has been no exception. She took the lead role in Guys and Dolls earlier in the year and had a Showdown nomination for the Best Female in a Leading Role.

She was the only pre-college student from New Zealand, one of only a select handful of international students, and the first New Zealander to be accepted into the music theatre programme at Carnegie Mellon in the United States. She starred in the lead role in a short film for the All- American High School Film Festival which was screened at the AMC cinemas in Times Square. And this year she gained the highest mark in the country for her Grade 6 singing exam. So an incredibly successful year for our very talented singer, dancer and actor – congratulations Libby!

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For all arts related information and notices, click on this link to the arts website

Libby Johnston

Hannah Flacks

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At the same competition we also saw our very talented Year 9 singer Hannah Flacks, win second prize in the U-21 category for Performance of a New Zealand work. For one so young this is quite an amazing achievement. Hannah has also had a great year with wins at Opera Idol, and the lead role in our production of Annie.

Final senior events in Dio calendar celebrate successes

Two big events in the last few weeks have celebrated the many and varied successes of our talented girls. Our Arts Awards Dinner on Thursday 20 October acknowledged work beyond the academic curriculum, and it was quite staggering to see the high levels these girls achieve in their spare time. And then a week later, Senior Prize Giving, a very impressive event in the school calendar which was a wonderful celebration for the recipients of awards and the musicians providing the music for the evening. And once again, this academic prize giving bore witness to the very high percentage of musicians receiving top academic awards.

Hugely supported by each other, many musicians stepped out of the orchestra and choir, with multiple awards being won by Year 11 Flora Fan, Year 12 Lydia Watson and Year 13s Claudia Bridger, Tracy Chen and Daniela Sowter. An outstanding feat of the evening was musician, violinist and singer Daniela Sowter being presented as Dux, following in the footsteps of Christine Li last year and many previous top scholars. Many of our top Year 13 musicians then went onto receive prestigious university scholarships.

The evening was filled with music, the choir performing an upbeat spiritual followed by Bree McBain, Claudia Bridger and Tracy Chen performing as the jazzy Peterson wind trio.

Congratulations to the following girls who received music scholarships for 2017:• Heidi Bernard - Ethel Sandford Bursary • Alexandra Francis, Libby Johnston, Alice Mander– Friends of Music Scholarship for Year 12• Olivia Beckett, Kitty Milner – Friends of Music Scholarship for Contemporary Music• Sofie Yeung, Belinda Xiong – Friends of Music Scholarship for Year 11.

2017 Dio/Dilworth Production

We are delighted to announce next year’s senior production, the all-time Broadway favourite Into the Woods by Stephen Sondiem, recently made popular with the film version starring Meryl Streep and Johnny Depp. This is a perfect choice for our talented Dio singers as there are some seven female lead roles. We also are thrilled to announce that we will be taking this show to a real theatre, performing at the Raye Freedman Centre in early May 2017. This is a wonderful opportunity for students to work in a real theatre, and of course a taster of what we have in store here on our campus – our own 1000 seater auditorium and theatre.

We have also secured the fabulous talents of Jeremy Birchall and Josh Clarke as Director and Music Director for this great show so we greatly look forward to another bonanza from our combined talents of Dio and Dilworth. Auditions will be held on 5 and 6 December.

Careers

Year 13 Leavers 2016

The transition from secondary to tertiary education can often be a very stressful time for students. Some students may need assistance if they find they are not accepted into their preferred degree option or there may be unexpected changes to plans that require additional help.

Liz Morris, Career Development Services Director will be unavailable during Term 4 and over the school holidays due to ongoing medical treatment. However, Grace Birdsall will be checking emails regularly over the summer, especially when the external exam results become available, so students can still expect support after they leave Diocesan at the beginning of next year. Mrs Birdsall can be reached on gbirdsall@diocesan.school.nz

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Parenting Courses

The Parenting Place Courses

Please click here for information about all upcoming courses at The Parenting Place.

The Parenting Place, 300 Great South Road, Auckland Ph 524 0025 info@theparentingplace.com / Email reception@theparentingplace.com

Triple P Parenting

Click here to read about Triple P’s upcoming parenting programmes.

The Triple P - Positive Parenting Programme is one of the world’s most effective parenting programmes because it’s one of the few that’s been scientifically shown to work.Triple P gives you simple tips and routines that can make big differences to your family. You’ll be amazed how even a few small changes in what you say and do can work wonders.

Phone: + 64 9 579 1794 Email: info.nz@triplep.net.nz

The Incredible Years Programme

Incredible Years is a 14-18 session programme for parents of children aged 3 - 8, which helps parents turn behaviour around and create an enjoyable and harmonious family life.Parents come together each week and develop approaches to use at home with problem behaviours. The programme is delivered by Ministry of Education, Special Education staff and by 51 non-government organisations (NGOs) contracted to deliver the programme in partnership with the Ministry. Eleven of the NGOs are Whānau Ora providers. Many are also providing a range of social services to families funded through the ministries of Health or Social Development or other agencies.

Click here for more information

TOUGHLOVE NZ

TOUGHLOVE NZ is a unique national organisation which focuses on parents of teenagers and provides on-going support for as long as required. It operates a national network of support groups which meet once a week. Thousands of parents in New Zealand have benefited from the TOUGHLOVE programme.

Raising Children in New Zealand

Raising children by growing great parents

Website: www.raisingchildren.org.nzEmail: info@raisingchildren.org.nz

Raising Children is a New Zealand parenting resource with over 100 short video clips indexed in seven different ages/stages from newborn to end of primary school. Guided by experts, with the experiences of fellow parents woven in, it covers everyday subjects like eating, sleeping, education, child development, health and wellbeing and parenting advice.

Download the free apps for Apple and Android, browse the video library at www.raisingchildren.org.nz or buy the DVDs – currently free to first time parents on the initial visit, and the three-year-old check from the Plunket nurse/ Well Child Tamariki Ora provider.

Contact Raising Children at info@raisingchildren.org.nz

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TERM 1

Term 1 Begins Tuesday 2 February

Term 1 Ends Friday 15 April

TERM 2

Term 2 Begins Monday 2 May

Term 2 Ends Friday 1 July

TERM 3

Term 3 Begins Monday 25 July

Term 3 Ends Friday 23 September

TERM 4

Term 4 Begins Monday 10 October

Term 4 Ends Wednesday 7 December

TERM 1

Term 1 Begins Tuesday 31 January

Term 1 Ends Thursday 13 April

TERM 2

Term 2 Begins Monday 1 May

Term 2 Ends Friday 7 July

TERM 3

Term 3 Begins Monday 31 July

Term 3 Ends Friday 29 September

TERM 4

Term 4 Begins Monday 16 October

Term 4 Ends Wednesday 13 December (TBC)

2016 Term Dates

2017 Term Dates

2016 Key School Dates

2016 TERM 4November

6 November Founders’ Chapel Service / 9.30-10.30am

7 November Year 8 Leadership Camps (end 9 Nov)

9 November NCEA exams begin (end 2 Dec)

13 November P&F Spring Garage Sale / Underground carpark / 8am-12noon

17 November P&F Cocktail Party / 6.30- 8.30pm

18 November Year 9 Leadership Day

22 November Junior High Sports and Arts Awards Assembly / SPC / 2-3.30pm

23 November Year 10 Leadership (ends 24 Nov)

27 November Leavers’ Chapel Service / 5-6.30pm

29 November Junior School Carol Service / Holy Trinity Cathedral / 6-7pm

December

1 December Senior School Carol Service / Holy Trinity Cathedral / 7.30-9.30pm

2 December Final School Assembly / SPC / 12-1pm Term 4 ends Years 11-13 Graduation Ball / 7-11.30pm

6 December Junior High Prize Giving / SPC / 10am-12noon Term 4 ends Years 7-10

7 December Junior School Prize Giving / SPC / 9-10am Term 4 ends FC-Year 6

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