Noscars
Exploding out of the gate like a tearaway bull, the Noscars began Term 4 in emphatic fashion. Almost cancelled, but finally postponed to Term 4, this year's Noscars sold out in a record setting one day and featured the shoutiest intro video, the usual sky-high standard of student films and an even-more-rabid-than-normal crowd jam packed into the Embassy theatre. Below are the recipients of the two premier awards (Best Film and Audience Choice), here is a playlist of all the films and here are a slew of photos from the night.
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Stuck by Chelsea Laing - Best Film Winner
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Last Goodbye by Stella Blomfield - Audience Choice Winner
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Senior Ball
Another event that, after two false starts thanks to Covid-19, finally saw the light of day in Term 4 was the annual Senior Ball. Te Papa once again played host to a fantastic night of merry-making as senior students enjoyed the social highlight of the year. Photos here.
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Celebration of Sports
Kicking off the end of year awards season was the Celebration of Sport event. Despite the havoc that Covid-19 caused with some sporting codes and fixtures, there was still plenty of achievement to celebrate. Photos of the trophy winners can be found here.
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Celebration of the Arts
Continuing our annual celebration evenings; next up was a chance to relive artistic highlights and recognise outstanding effort and achievement within the Arts. Below is a video combining a range of student visual artwork with original music compositions by Kamerak Leang, Rhia Curtis and William Petterson-Claridge. Photos of the major award winners here.
Original Music Compositions
Senior Music Technology students have got your summer playlist sorted with this eclectic assortment of bangers.
Academic Prizegiving
The school year culminates, for both the the senior and junior school, in the Academic Prizegiving evenings where we publicly acknowledge those who have achieved at the highest levels across the academic spectrum including scholarship recipients and those who have rendered outstanding service to the school. Congratulations to all recipients, but in particular to (pictured below in order) Brandon Ru - Dux, Ray Wu - Proxime Accessit, Kimberley Zhu - Top in Year 12 and Molly Zhou - Top in Year 11, Thomas Ru - Top in Year 10, Sophia Wong and Lisa Tu - Top in Year 9.
Photos of senior awards winners can be found here.
Photos of junior awards winners here.
Photos of senior awards winners can be found here.
Photos of junior awards winners here.
3 Day Discovery
Now in its 9th year, the 3 Day Discovery program furnished junior students with a fun, alternative 3 day program of learning at the end of the year. Horse riding, film making, traditional kai gathering techniques and many other hands-on learning experiences were offered by staff. A photo montage containing many of this year's activities can be seen below as well as videos from the Harry Potter and Capital-E 3DD options.
End of the Year for Juniors
After an action-packed Term 4 for the Year 9s and 10s with everything from end of year subject examinations to the fun of 3 Day Discovery, it was time to bid farewell to our junior students with their final formal assemblies. The below end of year wrap-up video provides a Junior students' perspective on the uniqueness that was 2020.