Northcote College

Home game highlights for this week!

🚨 HOME GAMES THIS WEEK! 🚨

Term 2, Week 7 is packed with action and our teams need YOU on the sidelines! Put on your school colours and come down to support Northcote College Sports. Let’s protect the home turf! 🦅🏆

📍 1 Kauri Glen Road, Northcote
See you there! Bring the noise! 🗣️🔥

Hope to see you courtside on Friday night!

GAME OF THE WEEK!

The Northcote Premier Girls are taking the court this Friday for a massive matchup against Westlake Girls! 🏀🔥

We need the stands packed, the energy high, and the home crowd louder than ever. Come out and support the girls! 📢

📍 Northcote College Gym
🗓️ Friday, 5 June
⏰ 6:00 PM

See you there! 👆

¡Felicitaciones! A massive congratulations to our senior Spanish debaters!
Huge congratulations to our senior Spanish debating teams who put their language skills to the test at the National Spanish Debating Competition. They tackled some complex real-world topics, including “The school day should be shorter" and “People under 16 shouldn’t have access to social media" – all in fluent Spanish!

All of our teams did themselves incredibly proud, brought immense energy, and had a fantastic time.

A special shoutout to Zoe Pragnell, Charlotte Cassany, Zoe Nancekivell, and Natasha Weinstock, who took out 3rd place overall!

¡Felicitaciones chicas! ¡Que estrellas son!
Congratulations girls! You are stars!

𝗙𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆!
Our Year 13 Geography students headed out into the field last week to conduct hands-on research at Omaha Beach!

The students braved the elements to investigate spatial variation across the environment, closely analysing the relationships between dune height, vegetation species, density, wind patterns, and longshore drift.

They also investigated how human interventions—like sand-retaining groynes, dune planting, and predator-proof fencing to protect the local population of endangered NZ dotterels—help protect and shape the coastline.

Back in the classroom, students will now use their collected data to demonstrate their understanding of these complex geographic patterns, working toward an internal assessment. This practical fieldwork also provides invaluable real-world context for their external exam at the end of the year. Brilliant work, team!

MODEL UNITED NATIONS ASSEMBLY

Last weekend, our combined Year 12 and 13 teams very successfully participated in the MUNA – Model United Nations Assembly – conference held at Rosmini College. Team One, led by Allan Thomas, represented the country of Algeria while Team Two, led by Payasvi Sharma, represented Norway.

Both teams spoke to Remit 1: That this Assembly supports a mandatory quota system requiring all member states to accept a fair share of refugees based on economic capacity.

Team One also spoke to Remit 4: That this Assembly calls on the United Nations to strengthen and enforce international laws guaranteeing freedom of navigation in international waters, including increased monitoring and consequences for violations.

Team Two's second remit was #3. That this Assembly supports automatic United Nations sanctions on any nation found guilty of severe human rights violations.

The Assembly was a terrific success: Both our teams spoke with confidence and flair, and were a huge credit to the school.

𝗕𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲́𝘁𝗶𝘁!
Our Year 10 French class took a delicious field trip to Auckland restaurant Le Garde Manger to bring our food unit to life!

Students immersed themselves in French cuisine and culture, enjoying classics like crêpes, galettes, and traditional French onion soup.

The highlight? A few brave souls even tried 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘴 (snails)! 🐌

Most of the class stepped up to the plate (😊) to order entirely in French, putting their classroom skills to the test in the real world. Bravo, Year 10!

Our Spanish Language students recently put their Spanish knowledge to the test at an exciting inter-school quiz competition!

It was a fantastic experience that pushed our learners to use their Spanish in real-time. Moving beyond the classroom, they tackled complex rounds entirely in the target language. Also, we were especially proud to have the participation of two international students: Valentina and Isabel.

Beyond the scores, it was wonderful to see our students connecting with peers from other schools in such a high-energy environment.

¡Enhorabuena a todos! Congratulations everyone! You represented our school with brilliance and orgullo (pride).

𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗦 𝗧𝗢 𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗣𝗢𝗘𝗧𝗥𝗬 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠𝗦!
Our talented poets took the stage at the WORD The Front Line Regional Heat, and the results from Action Education are officially in.

We are incredibly proud to announce that both of our teams are moving on to the next stages of the competition! It’s poetry to our ears 😊

𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗔 – 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗶-𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀!
This incredible team has been invited to compete in the Semi-Finals Heats this August: 𝗟𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗮 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 (12HEW), 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗕𝘆𝗿𝗻𝗲 (12INS), 𝗠𝗶𝗸𝗮 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲 (11RAG), 𝗗𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝗪𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗼𝗻-𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗺 (10KNG)

𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿𝘀 – 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗛𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗼 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗵𝗶!
Our junior wordsmiths put on a stellar performance and have been invited to move onto the He Reo Rangatahi stage: 𝗜𝘀𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗹 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀 (9MCI), 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗮 𝗞𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗻 (9MCI), 𝗭𝗮𝗵𝗿𝗮 𝗛𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗻 𝗛𝗮𝗷𝗶 (10MRO), 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘆 𝗛𝗮 (9MEI)

WORD - The Front Line is an inter-high school spoken word poetry competition, bringing together teams of young people from across Auckland to share their stories in an explosion of youth expression. It is a poetry slam with the purpose of engaging and growing the potential of our future leaders. It is the only creative battlefield of its kind, equipping young people with poetry prowess and leadership principles for an opportunity to battle for themselves and the challenges that their generation faces.