On Sunday 12 August, the ever-popular children’s TV show ‘What Now’ was broadcast live from Kristin in front of a very excited and energised live audience.
Together with the show’s awesome presenters and other local and national talent, Kristin provided a superb line up of talent to take part in the show: Year 3 student Melody Xue played her violin superbly and Year 3 teacher Mrs Alexandra Powell braved the infamous ‘What Now’ gunge dressed as Elsa from Frozen. The Kristin Marimba Band led by teacher Hayley Hunter and ‘The Water Sleeve Dancers’ (Angela Xu, Lucy Ye, Coco Zang, Norah Lin and Stella Zhang) entertained everyone with beautiful performances; while our mighty Year 5 netballers faced Albany Primary’s Year 5 basketballers in ‘Clash of the Codes’.
Kristin alumni Cam McTaggart (weightlifter), his sister Olivia McTaggart (polevaulter) and Erica Stanford (local MP) were also involved in various show segments and the morning was a huge success with loads of fun and laughter for a solid two hours.
To watch the ‘What Now’ episode filmed at Kristin visit: www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/what-now and select the ‘Sunday 12 Aug’ episode. Happy viewing!
Wherefore art thou Isabella?
Kristin Head Girl Isabella Howarth has been granted direct entry to the Shakespeare Globe Centre NZ (SGCNZ) National Shakespeare Schools Production in October.
This year, Kristin students from Year 8 to Year 13 took the opportunity to prepare and perform scenes from a wide variety of Shakespeare's works at the SGCNZ North Auckland Regional Festival of the University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival. This year attracted over 50 scenes from schools all over North Auckland.
At the prizegiving for the festival, we were all thrilled to learn that Isabella Howarth, who had performed as Queen Margaret in a scene from Richard III with Finlay Jackson (Richard) and Maddison Gaze (Lady Anne), had been chosen as the direct entrant to the SGCNZ National Shakespeare Schools Production in October. An honour to be individually singled out by Auckland director and judge Colin McColl as a key performer who shone on stage.
Only 24 students from across New Zealand are chosen for direct entry to the production, where they are joined by a further 22 students chosen from performers at the National Shakespeare Festival in June. As a direct entry student, Isabella was invited to attend the national festival where she was able to participate in the workshops with some of the national representatives, as well as attending the performances of the Festival.
She is now preparing to attend a week-long intensive course in the upcoming October holidays, which is to be held in Dunedin at the University of Otago Campus. She will be working in a programme of workshops and rehearsals, studying aspects of Shakespeare's work, working with leading directors, and culminating in a performance of The Taming of the Shrew directed by Kim Morgan.
This is a phenomenal achievement by Isabella, and is testament to the work that she, Finlay and Maddie put into making their scene memorable. Well done Bella!
- Janelle Pitout, Curriculum Leader of Teaching and Learning Drama
Kristin’s Netball Programme
Participation and Performance
Kristin students have been enjoying a stellar netball season this year with 234 students participating in 23 teams across the school. The Kristin Premier team have remained in the top Netball North Harbour grade for the second half of the season and are looking towards a record finishing position for a Kristin team.
Kate Denman, Head of Netball at Kristin, is dedicated to the continuous improvement of her Netball programme and organises a vast array of additional coaching support which the teams are reaping great benefit from.
Mystics’ Goal Attack, Jamie Hume, proved a huge hit with players of all ages when she completed a series of shooting coaching clinics with every Year level. Jamie’s sessions were informative, progressive and helped set a higher bar for all attacking players. In addition, over 100 Kristin netballers and their coaches took part in Kristin’s very worthwhile Coaching Development workshop at Netball North Harbour with ex Silver Ferns coach and netball legend, Yvonne Willering.
As part of the Kristin Netball programme’s holistic approach to supporting our players, each age group was also provided the opportunity to attend a Sports Psychology and Sports Nutrition session through Term 2. These well attended seminars gave Kristin players greater insight into their own value system as players and team mates; focusing on developing greater self-belief, countering negative self-talk and ensuring they have the tools to maintain a positive state of mental health throughout their sporting performance.
Kristin also hosted a Year 4 and 5 netball tournament at the end of June. Coatesville School, Albany Primary, Sherwood Primary and Long Bay Primary sent teams to play on Kristin’s courts in a friendly tournament focusing on coaching and development of players rather than winning. All players enjoyed the supportive environment that had been created and some game time on Kristin’s new covered court completed mid-May.
Kristin Netball Rep Players in 2018
Kristin had seven players representing North Harbour plus one player representing Kaipara Netball this year. Kristin Premier players Bella Howarth, Camryn Dyson and Amy O’Flynn all represented North Harbour in the U17A squad at Nationals, with Clara Simmons also being called up in the Harbour U17B during the tournament season having impressed at trials.
Ariane Keresoma was included in the U15A squad for North Harbour, performing fantastically well to win their group at Nationals. In addition, Emily Davies and Marissa Grey were Representatives in the U15B squad, playing for North Harbour in the regional tournaments. Maya Grundy played for Kaipara in the North Island Nationals where the team placed third in their group.
Kristin Netball Umpiring
Kristin currently has a record number of student netball umpires in our mentoring programme. Congratulations to Lauren Officer and Amy O’Flynn for attaining their Junior Badge following recent assessments, and a huge WELL DONE to Georgia Kimber. Georgia is soon to be assessed for her Zone Badge and has received high praise from umpiring officials both at Netball North Harbour and Auckland Netball Centre. She has also been invited to join the Netball North Harbour Umpire Development Pathway.
