Tuesday 27 July 2010: Today's assembly acknowledged the achievements of sports and language students, with the school jazz band "strutting their stuff" under the direction of Mr Eddie Petersen, Director of Music.  Five students received awards from the New Zealand Association of Language Teachers for their performance in last year's NCEA examinations: John Bailey, Robert Whitefield, and Declan O'Connor for achieving four Excellence grades; and Gionpaolo Espiritu for achieving five Excellence grades. Two First XI football players, Mitchell Blair and Shaun Melrose, received their caps, having played four Traditional games for the  school.

 

Wednesday 21 July 2010: Results from today's annual exchange with St Patrick's College Town:

• 1st XI Football - Won 3-0
• Colts Football - Won 11-0
• 1st XV Rugby - Lost 3-19
• Under-15 Rugby - Won 25-22
• 1st XI Hockey - Lost 1-4
• 2nd XI Hockey - Won 4-2
• Road Race - Lost on countback
• Senior Basketball - Lost 30-104
• Badminton - Lost 0-6

Friday 2 July 2010: Stream's Chapel was an appropriate setting for today's House Singing Competition where each House sang Kyrie Eleison (Greek for "Lord have mercy") and a hymn of their own choosing. As guest judge, local tenor Howard Mcguire commented on aspects of each House's performance such as the clarity of language and the phrasing of each song: he particularly praised the accompanists of Patrick and Trinity Houses. Judging was close with Trinity House winning by the narrowest of margins on 20 points (out of 21), followed by Patrick (19), Marist (18.5) and Chanel (15). A fantastic way to finish the school term.

Wednesday 23 June 2010: The annual Gateway Conference, held in the Stream's Conference Centre, attracted 100 delegates, administrators and teachers from Gateway schools in the Lower North Island. Among the speakers were local employers, tertiary providers, representatives from NZQA and TEC. The conference was launched with an entertaining and informative key note address from BERL Chief Economist, Dr Ganesh Nana, setting the economic scene for the day's discussions and workshops.

Gateway is a programme that supports senior secondary students (Year 11 to Year 13+) undertaking structured workplace learning across a range of industries and businesses around New Zealand, while continuing to study at school. It has : a formalised learning arrangement set in the workplace; clear understandings about the knowledge and skills to be attained by learners; and clear understandings about the assessment method used (workplace learning).

Wednesday 30 June 2010: In an outstanding day, both First XI Football and First XV Rugby teams had solid wins over their counterparts from New Plymouth Boys' High School. Kicking off at 1pm, the First XI Football team were ahead 4-0 within twenty minutes including a nicely taken goal by Sam Dean and a penalty by Hamish Watson. Boys' strengthened their defence and came back strongly in the second half, scoring early to trail 4-1. Another well-taken goal by James Sheppard saw the score finish 5-1 to Stream. The 1.30 pm kickoff was preceded by a haka by the whole school, massed behind the First XV. Stream started strongly with a penalty by Aviata Silago and a try to Phillip Salevao within 15 minutes. Missed penalties by Boys', mixed with scrappy play from both sides saw the score still 8-0 at half-time. A fired up Stream came out after half-time with strong forward play and sharp backline passing to add tries by: Hayden Schrijvers from a James Perkinson chip; Ope Peleseuma out wide; Ope through the centre; and James Perkinson touching down after taking the ball in the air from a cross-field kick. A magnificent 35-0 win.

Thursday 24 & Friday 25 June 2010: What is Social Justice? This was the focus question for Year 10 students as part of this year's Retreat. In a programme developed by Challenge 2000, students took part in a range of activities that challenged their perceptions of poverty and justice. Discussions involved such questions as "Does poverty exist in Lower Hutt?". A thought-provoking day for all.

 

Wednesday 23 June 2010: In today's Traditional, Stream hosted Hato Paora (St Paul's) from Fielding in two matches: Under-15 Rugby and Stream's 2nd XV vs Hato Paora's 1st XV. The Under-15 game kicked off at 12 with Stream competing strongly, scoring two early tries before staunch defence by Hato Paora pushed Stream back into its own half. Two tries late in the first half saw Stream lead 26-0 at half-time. Strong play, saw Stream stretch its lead to 36-0 before a late surge from Hato Paora, with a penalty and try, finished the game at 36-8. Hato Paora made a strog start against the 2nd XV leading by a penalty in the first few minutes. A strong run from Oliva Sialau in his own half finished with a try to give the lead back to Stream. A 70 metre runaway try to Phillip Salevao just before half-time stretched the lead to 17-13 at half-time. Early tries in the second half had Stream at 27-13 before a poor tackle left Stream with 14 players for the last ten minutes. With their tails up, Hato Paora scored two tries to level the game at 27-all. Thirty seconds to go and a penalty in front of the posts allowed Hato Paora to take the lead and win 27-30.

Tuesday 22 June 2010: At today's school assembly, members of Vibe spoke about the services they offer. Vibe is a community-based organisation operating youth services in Lower Hutt and Upper Hutt. They have clinics run by doctors and nurses that students can attend for free with late nights in Lower Hutt (Thursday until 8pm) and Upper Hutt (Tuesday until 8pm).  A special course Vibe runs is "Boys Camp", an eight-week programme that includes a one-week camp during the school holidays , that focusses on "what it means to be a man". You can find out more at www.vibe.org.nz or ring the team on 566 0525 (Lower Hutt) or 528 6261 (Upper Hutt).