Houses
From Batten and Hillary to Rutherford and Sheppard, our House system is very popular with children and teachers! When children first enrol, they join one of four houses. The houses are named after famous New Zealanders that we believe demonstrated aspects of our school’s Vision and Values. (Siblings are placed in the same house.)
Teachers and Year 5 - 6 students select 16 Year 6 students as House Captains and Vice Captains each year. These students learn and develop leadership skills, organise house activities each term and are expected to be good role models for other children. The House leaders attend the National Young Leaders Conference each year as part of their leadership development. Teachers give house points to children who demonstrate aspects of our Vision and Values, and these are accumulated with the winning house announced at assembly each week.
The flag of the winning house is flown on the school flag pole for the following week. At the end of each term the winning house is announced, and at the end of the year a house shield is presented to the overall winning house.
House Captains
Batten: Keddy Gong and Ketia Hema
Hillary: Julian Smith and Sue Nguyen
Rutherford: Safwan Ahmed and Isabella Johnson
Sheppard: Callum Juthan and Samira Iskhakova
Vice Captains
Batten - Ji Woo Kim and Elly Wen
Hillary - Emily Zhou
Rutherford - Lucas Deng and Scott Tyrer
Sheppard - Logan Newth and Chenumi Danwatta Liyanage