Kia ora, School. Please be seated.

I’d like to invite Wellbeing Prefect Freddy Hoggard to deliver today’s reading

Today’s reading comes from the book of 2nd book of Peter, Chapter 1: Verses 5-7

For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.

This is the word of the Lord (thanks be to God)

Thank you, Freddy.

Rectors Comments:  

Over the last week you may have seen some new boards going up in your classrooms promoting something we have called the Lindisfarne Way. Senior boys may have heard this term before. Staff will often refer to the right way of doing things as The Lindisfarne Way. Or when they see that people are not doing the right thing, they might say “That’s not good, that’s not the Lindisfarne Way.”

So what is the Lindisfarne Way - Motutapu Kāreti, Kia eke!? Well, it’s a strong and pretty direct statement describing how we will all behave and interact with each other every day during our time at Lindisfarne College. It applies to all students and staff and it stands as a reminder of what we sign up for when we enrol or take a job at Lindisfarne.

The Lindisfarne Way is not just something I thought up or that we downloaded from a web site. It actually came from all of us. We asked staff, students, old boys and parents about the behaviours we should expect from all members of our community, and these are the characteristics and behaviours we all came up with. We actually read the first draft to a class of Year 13s last year and they said ‘Yep that all sounds right. That’s the expectation at Lindisfarne.”

If we live our lives according to the Lindisfarne Way, then we will be achieving three things:

1. We’ll be living according to our Character flags and new college values.
2. We’ll be ensuring you all get the opportunity to realise the College’s vision for yourself and go on to become a good young man of character who will go on lead lives of significance and success.
3. And finally and perhaps most importantly, if we act according to the Lindisfarne way, we’ll make this school an awesome place to learn in, to live in, to work in and to visit.
4. The Lindisfarne Way has seven paragraphs and today I’ve asked seven boys form Years 7 to 13 to read out one of the paragraphs so that we get to hear the Lindisfarne Way today. At the end of last year I read it out to the staff for the first time. At the beginning of this year, Mr Howlett our Deputy Rector and old boy of the College read it out to the staff on the first day of the term.

I’ll now invite the boys up to read it out to you. Please listen carefully to the words and as you listen think about how you can live your life according to the Lindisfarne Way.

The boys I’ve chosen to read today are:

• Year 7: Shaan Arora
• Year 8: Max Riley-Harper
• Year 9: Charlie Hutchinson
• Year 10: Taurere Whiunui
• Year 11: Ben McGregor
• Year 12: Austin McDougall
• Year 13: Luke Wilkins

Thank you boys. It’s really important that we take the time to think about how the The Lindisfarne Way relates to our own lives. Just like when we attend chapel, we need to relate the theme of chapel back to our own lives. I’m going to very quickly tell you about three part of the The Lindisfarne Way that I try hard to live up to in my life here at the College:

1. Shaan read out “We are one big family who relies on each other.” I work hard to craft a family feel here at Lindisfarne. I want our staff and students to feel they are part of a whanau, not just a school, not just a place of work, and we do rely on each other. Today I relied on these boys to support me with my assembly speech. Charlie might rely on me to support him when he’s learning the bag pipes for the first time. Luke might rely on me to write him a reference. We all rely on each other and we must all support each other.
2. Max said “We get out what we put in. Contributing our time through service is non-negotiable.” I am here to serve each and every person in our community through my leadership role. I happily served you your lunch at our special full school blazer lunch on our first day of school. I love getting opportunities to help with women’s refuge safe house gardening and offering my service by getting wet sponges thrown at my face for half an hour at the gala is a worthwhile service opportunity that raised a few more dollars for the gala, which in turn provides more resources for you in school. I believe that Leadership involves so many different skills, and it’s a balancing act in terms of where you put your energy, but service is an important aspect of my approach. And I think that as a special character school we should all prioritise service.
3. And Austin told us that ”Standards are key. Pride in appearance shows a respect for oneself and the College.” I wear a suit and tie every day. I cut my hair according to the school rules because I want to set the standard that I expect you to uphold. You wont see me on my phone walking around the school at lunchtime or interval because it’s a standard we’ve set for you and I want to support you by also adhering to the standard – that’s not a staff rule. It’s a standard I’ve set for myself. You won’t hear me swear, or drop rubbish and if I have my shirt out, and it sometimes happens if I’m in a hurry and chasing about, I hope one of you politely points it out so that I can sort it out and maintain my standards of appearance.

So there we go….The Lindisfarne Way - Motutapu Kāreti, Kia eke! Start to become familiar with it. Read it when you see it on the walls in your classrooms. And I’ll leave you with a little challenge. The first person who can learn the Lindisfarne Way and recite it to me in my office word for word, will win a prize. The prize involves lunchtime, MacDonalds and a 1969 Triumph Spitfire. If you want to know more, don’t ask me. Ask Fergus – he knows all about the Spitfire.

Thank you, boys.

Please join with me in singing the school song, Highways in the Heart.

School Song

Thank you, please be seated.

I’ll now invite our Assistant Rector for Teaching and Learning Mr Atkinson forward to read out some academic awards.

Kevin reads:

It’s my pleasure to acknowledge some more of our academic scholars who were away from school at our full academic assembly a few weeks ago.

Would the following students please come to the front of the stage (call up first three)

Level 1 NCEA 2023 Rectors Citation

Amrinder Singh

Level 2 NCEA 2023 Rectors Citations

Edward Harvey

Sam Young

Would the following students please come forward (call up last 5)

Level 1 Academic Tie – GPA of 70%+ for best 5 subjects

Jack Brownlie

Niko Drayton

Tom Haliburton 

Jacob Porter. Jacob also receives his Level 1 Centurion Award – for a 100% Grade point average in Level 1 History

Level 2 Colours – GPA of 70%+ in top 4 subjects

Ryan Palmer

Thank you Mr Atkinson.

I’ll now ask Cultural Prefect, Ryan Palmer, forward to update us on the latest Arts and Culture news.

Arts and Cultural Report

Good afternoon boys and staff.  My name is Ryan Palmer, one of your cultural prefects this year and I’m excited to be delivering your cultural report this week.

Gala
First off, well done to all the boys who performed in the gala on Sunday. The music provided certainly raised the mood of the event and left visitors with a better idea of what Lindisfarne is capable of in terms of the performing arts. Big thanks to Sam and his small team who were at school long before most of us, setting up the stage and all the sound equipment.

Kapa Haka
Kapa Haka rehearsals began this week. If you’re interested in taking part in Kapa Haka, feel free to have a chat to Mr Sidney or any of the boys and pop on down and get amongst it.

Preparation for our house haka competition began this week in house areas. A lot of you should already know the words and actions from last year, but for the new boys it’s important you crack down on learning these to give yourselves, and your house the best chance of winning and performing confidently. 

Drum Examination Results
Recently Tait Humphreys and George Kenny sat their Grade 6 drum kit examinations with Trinity College London. An exam like this is judged on how accurately you can play to the score and how musically you play. Both the boys passed their exams, and Tait missed distinction by only one mark. Congratulations to both of them on their success and dedication to their music. Could Tait and George please come forward to receive their certificates.

Musical Item
We are now going to have Max Han perform to us on cello together with his teacher Mrs McDougal. Max is a year 9 student who is playing at around grade 7 on the cello. Max is a key member of our symphonic band, Chapel band, and was a soloist at the Gala. Today he is going play two short pieces. The first is a march and this will be followed by The Entertainer written by Scott Joplin. Please give a warm welcome to Max and Mrs McDougal .

Cello Performance by Max Han.

Rector comments:

Thank you, Max and Mrs McDougal and thank you Ryan for your Cultural report.

I’ll now invite Sports Prefect Tom Cassidy forward to update us on the latest Sports news.

Sports Report

IN BASKETBALL
In January Marley Hekenui played for the NZ U15 A Māori Basketball Aotearoa Ngati Kahungunu ki Heretaunga in Rotorua.  His team received Gold Medals in the final vs Tūwharetoa. (Marley can you please come up to receive your medal)

IN ROWING
In January Jack Litherland competed in the North Island Rowing Champs in the mens Novice coxed eight.  This event was held at Lake Karapiro and placed 2nd.  Well done Jack. (Jack please come forward to receive your medal)

IN FUTSAL
The Lindisfarne White futsal team played in the division 2 finals at the end of last year against St John’s college, after winning their semi-final 4-2. The final was a thrilling game, hard fought on both sides. At full time we were drawn 4 all, leading to a penalty shoot-out to decide the winner of Division 2. The whites took out the title, as winners of Division 2 for 2023.

Members of the team were: Cameron Liddy, Marley Hekenui, Musashi Goodchild, August Popidich, Xavier Labat, Titus Dunnett, Christian Hollebone and Seth Bell. (Can those boys please come up to receive your medal)

IN WATER POLO
Our U14 boys team played in U14 Nationals Tournament.  They played five games over the tournament weekend and were disappointed to have just missed out on the bronze medal. They played in 2nd division and placed 4th overall which was in the top half and in the top four of the competition!

This was the first time many of the players had played at National level & the competition / experience of the opposing teams was fierce. For their first rodeo this was truly spectacular. This placing was well fought & well deserved. The team (U16) will break into the big three in 2024 so watch this space!

IN TENNIS
Harry Reed (U16), Campbell Ellingham (U14), Hunter Reed (U14), Cooper Ellingham (U14) represented Hawke’s Bay in a quadrangler tennis tournament in Palmerston North in the middle of February. Tennis Eastern won which is a great result.  Well done to these 4 students.

IN TOUCH RUGBY
Last Thursday our Senior A touch team beat Napier boys 7 – 1 and our junior A team beat Outkast 7 – 2.

ST PAUL’S SPORTS EXCHANGE
Tennis: Lindisfarne dominated the Tennis exchange, triumphing over St Paul’s, 10 matches to 2. Consistency was the key as Lindisfarne’s team outshone their opponents. The singles were thrilling to watch as the matches went the distance, both winning in third set super tiebreakers

Golf: The Lindisfarne gold team showed exceptional skills, securing a 5-3 win over St Paul’s. After an even teams component, Lindisfarne clinched a victory by winning 3 of the 4 single matches.

1st XI Cricket: The Lindisfarne 1st XI Cricket team secured an excellent 61 run victory over St Pauls on Lyndhurst Oval. Will Foster’s 72 runs provided the highlight of the three-day game.

Oscar Macdonald the star in the final innings with 4-24 led Lindisfarne to their first victory over St Paul’s since 2012.

Colts Cricket: The Colts cricket team displayed their prowess with stunning victories in their two games. On day one St Pauls scored 53/10 and Lindisfarne replied with a solid 54/10. On day two Lindisfarne posted 128/10 and had St Pauls in trouble at 55/5. Lindisfarne winning by 17 runs using the Duckworth Lewis System.

RATHKEALE SPORTS EXCHANGE
In the tennis exchange, Lindisfarne dominated Rathkeale, winning 22 matches to 2. With the juniors securing a perfect 12 out of 12 victories. Monty Cullwick’s remarkable comeback from triple match points to win 12-10 in the third set super tiebreaker was a highlight:

1st XI Cricket: The 1st XI continued their winning streak, securing their second outright win in two weeks after two exchanges.  Again, Will Foster led the way with a solid 75 runs in the first innings.  This led to a comprehensive innings and 64 run victory over Rathkeale.

2nd XI Cricket: The 2nd XI cricket team enjoyed a dominant victory over their Rathkeale counterparts.

Colts Cricket: The Colts cricket team also emerged victorious, posting a formidable 284/7 and winning by a 187 runs

SCOT’S SPORTS EXCHANGE
Tennis: Unfortunately, there was no play for the Tennis squad due to the poor weather

Golf: The golf managed to complete 9 holes on Tuesday. Scots College and Lindisfarne shared the honours with teams finishing on two wins a piece.

1st XI Cricket: Day 1 was a very even day of cricket finished with Scots 196-8 at close of play. Wickets were shared around the Lindisfarne bowlers, but Riley Lennox had the best figures of 2-21 of his 13 overs.

Day 2 was unfortunately rained out, but the game continued to day 3. In order to try and make a game of it, Scots declared first thing and Lindisfarne were put into bat. The day came to an end not shortly after as Lindisfarne finished 187-9. The match ended in a draw and Lindisfarne retained the trophy.

Although no result occurred, the retaining of the Scots trophy, meant that for the first time since 2008, Lindisfarne cricket are the holders of all 3 traditional fixture trophies. 

Can Gordy Chatfield, the 1^st XI captain, please come forward to receive the trophies for winning two exchanges and for defending the James Francis Silver Salver in the Scot’s Exhange.

IN CRICKET
The Colts Red team have enjoyed a positive start to their campaign, winning three from three. Key standouts so far include; Oliver Cranswick’s 82 runs vs Hastings Boys Colts, Cooper Witheford’s 72 not out vs Napier Blue and the reliable opening bowling partnership of Will Foster and Marley Hekenui

In the 1st XI Riley Lennox vs Havelock North Cricket Club got 106no, off 80 balls, 12 fours and 3 sixes and Finn Reid 5-45.

In the 2nd XI Patrick Ross scored 105 against Hasting Boys’ High School.

Can Riley and Patrick please come up to receive the 100 bat and Finn for the 5 wicket ball trophy.

2024 Swimming Sports Results

(medals handed out by Mr Hakeney)

Rector comments:
Thank you, Tom.

Congratulation to all those boys who were recognised today and I wish you all the best for your weekend.

Chapel Prefect Ronan Brier will now close our assembly in prayer so could I aks you all to please sit up straight.

Article added: Monday 11 March 2024