10 students failed to qualify for university (cf 9 in 2000, 3 in 99, 5 in 98)

19 students gained marks of 400+ (cf 24 in 2000, 19 in 99, 17 in 98)

Top mark 448 (cf 462 in 2000, 451 in 99, 461 in 98)

378 students sat in 5 or 6 subjects. 94.2% got more than either 180 in 4 or 225 in 5 (cf 96 in 2000, 93 in 99, 92% in 98. The top mark was 542 (compared with 551 in 2000, 542 in 99, 547 in 98.)

22 students gained over 500 in 6 subjects (cf 29 in 2000, 19 in 99, 19 in 98)

These are very fine results and pupils, parents and staff can justly feel very proud of them.

We extend a very warm welcome to staff new to Macleans:

Mr Berry PE, Mr Booker Biology, Ms Booker Mathematics, Ms Braun French Assistant, Mrs Coventry, History/Social Studies, Mr Haigh Languages, Mr Hargreaves Economics/ Accounting, Mr Henty Chemistry, Ms Houston English/ESL/Economics, Mrs Howman HOD Careers, Mr Huddleston Woodwork, Mrs Jennings HOD Drama, Mr Lafferty Technology, Dr Lal Physics, Mr Liew Art, Mr MacKenzie History, Mr McBride PE/Mathematics, Mrs McCaughey-Mitchell English, Ms Miller Social Sciences, Mrs Moodley ESL/English, Ms Read Classics/Social Studies, Ms Restieaux English, Ms Rhymer Mathematics, Ms Robbie, Hillary House Leader, English.

We would like to extend our congratulations to Mr Olver who is leaving us at the end of term to take up the position of HOD Science at Papatoetoe High School.

One of the major priorities this year is to ensure that our Year 11 students are given every opportunity to succeed as they embark on the first year of the New Zealand Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) Level I.

• We await with interest the NZQA information on NCEA Level II, which has to be readied for implementation in 2003 for our Year 12 students.

• In the meantime we have continued our investigations into the A level qualifications and International Baccalaureate and the SMT will be reporting those findings at this month’s Board of Trustees meeting.

• The new initiative involving a number of our senior students embarking on qualification pathways through two days study per week at Manukau Institute of Technology and three days study at school has started and we are pleased with the response to this by our students and the great co-operation by MIT.

• A number of students also facing difficulties with literacy and numeracy are being helped by the creation of classes for these purposes and extra tuition with specialist tutors.

The roll surge that we have experienced in particular since the start of school has been monitored very closely by the MOE and we are confident that the construction of extra classrooms will be started soon.

• Two new classrooms (MOE)

• Health and Wellness Centre (Macleans College PTA)

• Science office/resource centre - Stage II of senior science laboratory and resource centre modernisation (MOE and Macleans College)

• New (second) gymnasium under the auspices of a Community Recreation concept

*The Guaranteed Minimum Formula for Staffing, ie what the MOE thought our roll would be.

As a comparison:

Unfortunately this function had to be cancelled, but we thank those people who purchased tickets to attend and those who also so generously donated towards the projects. We hope to have a social occasion/information evening in the near future regarding the projects, and planning for them continues. Thank you to the PTA who provided support for the planned 1 March function. It is appreciated.

This was very well attended and parents and family had an opportunity to view the school and its facilities and talk to whanau house leaders and staff.

This evening will be held on Thursday 21 March between 4.00 pm and 6.30 pm. It is an evening to give parents an early indication of how their son/daughter is settling in at the beginning of their secondary school education. Parents are encouraged to take the opportunity to see both Form Teacher and House Leader, who are the only teachers available on the night.

A booking sheet will be sent home with interim reports on Tuesday 19 March for appointment times.

These grants were awarded for the 2001 and 2002 years to Scott Powell, Jessica Cowie, Caroline Oakley, Michael Gerrard, Grant Wright, Mark Laurenson and Simon Collins.

This was very well patronised with 30 swimmers from each house participating. The event was very well organised by Ms Koren Pickard and Mrs Tracey Cusdin-Wilson.

The preliminaries were held at school, and the meetings involved all students in an array of events as they gained house points in attempting to qualify for the finals on Thursday 14 February.

The Championship meeting was held at Lloyd Elsmore athletic track and was very successful. Thanks in particular for all the meetings go to Mr Fotherby, Mr O’Dea, and a number of staff including our property and grounds staff.

The team had a very successful trip to Melbourne, and played a number of schools involved in the one-day tournament. They were runners-up. In the Gillette Cup knockout game played against Rangitoto Macleans College came out winners, but lost the second round game to Kings. Recently the team secured its first win in the Premier Grade of the ASS competition when they defeated the Westlake Boys 1st XI.

We recently welcomed back Joy McArthur from Germany and Jenny Roest from Italy.

Congratulations go to our very successful 1st XI Boys Cricket team wicket keeper Derek De Boorder on his selection in the NZ U-17 Cricket Team. Derek gained his selection during a tournament where he represented the Auckland U-17 team.

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The Howick and Eastern Bus Company services our school bus routes. They have adjusted their timetable to cater for our earlier start. All in-zone students should, if they wish, be able to catch a bus to arrive at school on time. The bus company has also done its best for out-of-zone students, however, bus routes and times may not automatically suit students living out of zone.

More information on this programme designed to assist teenagers to reach their potential is available by phoning 476 3458, or by contacting Mrs Richardson, Guidance Counsellor.

Manukau City Council Parking Enforcement has advised us that due to the continuing rise in illegal and dangerous parking at schools, they will be doing regular school enforcement patrols. They ask us to let our parents know the following:

We would ask parents please to drop students off a little distance away from the school entrance, where it is safe to stop. Stopping on the broken yellow lines, on corners and roundabouts to drop off students is illegal, and can be dangerous to students and other road users, and these are the types of offences that will be targeted.

We would also ask parents NOT to drive into the school carparks located at the Priestley Drive roundabout and at the main entrance to the school as this causes danger to students entering the school on foot. Your co-operation would be very much appreciated.