Page 4 - Southwell School Year Book 2021

PRIZE GIVING ADDRESS - HEADMASTER
Welcome to the 110th Southwell School Prize Giving.
It is great to be here as we celebrate 2021 at Southwell. It’s been an extraordinary year. I am proud of the way you have managed yourself individually and collectively, whether on site in our classes and teams, or off site with remote learning.
Some really positive learning outcomes from your year are:
• Your ability to be adaptable;
• Giving 100% effort and acting with
enthusiasm;
• Your resilience and positive role
modelling are appreciated;
• Showing goodwill and care by helping
others who may have been challenged or struggled at time.
Thank you to our key groups behind the scenes - our Fellows, Trust Board, Foundation, Old Boys' and Girls' Association and parents - for their considered navigation, judgements and support.
Mr Gary Mollard, our Trust Board Chairperson, thank you for your positive thinking, calm considered leadership approach and support.
Thank you to the Senior Leadership Team - Mr Mills, Mrs Bindon, Mr Walch, Mrs Walters and Mrs Reddish. We have spent considerable time together, navigating the Covid-19 waves in 2021 and I appreciate your skills and passion for Southwell.
Mrs Speedy, thank you for being you and your commitment to Southwell and what we do here.
Thank you Chaplain for your constant presence and guidance across our whole school.
Thank you to our staff for your spirit and positive approach through 2021. Your adaptability with Covid-19 as individuals and collectively is hugely appreciated. You are talented and committed.
Thank you to our support and administration staff for your constant work ethic across your specialised areas.
Thank you to the following staff for their dedication and service, who share their final day, today with us:
• Mrs Gloria Archer
• Mr Paul Norman
• Mr Stewart and Mrs Keryn Cameron
• Mrs Laura Stewart
• Miss Bev McMaster
• Matua Arama Pou
• Mrs Rachel Krielen
• Miss Phoebe I’Anson, Mr Reuben Bell
and Mr Zachary Matherson, our Gap Tutors - thank you for all you have done in the Boarding House and around school and best wishes for 2022 and beyond.
Mrs Gloria Archer totally deserved her ISNZ Honours Award for Service to support and Administration after 37 years in key administration positions.
Her manner and work is first class. Her attention to detail, her professionalism, her ability to be solutions focused and her adaptability has been appreciated by the five Headmasters with whom Gloria has worked closely (Southwell has had only eight Headmasters in it’s 110 year history).
This award is given in recognition of Gloria’s outstanding commitment to education and Southwell School.
Thank you to our parents. Your support of remote learning and on site learning is often the glue that makes the special difference.
Boarders, boarding staff and boarding families, thank you for 2021. You are individually great children and adults, and collectively an awesome group of people
Thank you Year 8 for leading in all ways and striving to be your best selves. Our younger students have loved their interaction with you. All the best in 2022 and beyond.
Some notable student achievements this year include:
• 121 Achievement Ties.
• 34 Achievement Bars. (An achievement
bar is awarded after the accumulation of 25 points across the categories of academic, service, cultural & sport.)
• 37 Achievement Badges. (An Achievement badge is available to all Year 4-6 students. Students must collect a minimum of ten points across three of the categories of academic, cultural, service and sport.)
• Three students achieved 50+ points.
Over the following pages, you will see specific students who have been awarded prizes related to the academic, cultural, sport, spiritual, social and service moments in Southwell. Success is giving your best daily and the images in this magazine reflect successes that occurs on a daily basis at Southwell.
2021 has been a great all round year of learning at Southwell.
Per Aspera Ad Astrum. Jason Speedy
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It's been an extraordinary year.