Academic Blues and Cambridge A* Scholars recognised.

To all of our Academic Blues and Cambridge A* Scholars who have been awarded their badges for their stellar academic effort in either Level 2 NCEA, Level 1 NCEA or the Cambridge IGCSE Year 10 Extension programme in 2021.

Today saw the second set of NCEA Level 1 Blues Award winners crossing the stage:

• Rico Askin-Pule
• Tyler Metua
• Zach Schwenke
• Jack Soal
• Max St John
• Keenan Tan
• Matthew Taylor
• Liam Thorne
• John Warman
• Mitchell Wheeler

They and their classmates who were celebrated last week received their Academic Blue for achieving NCEA Level with Excellence, with all 31 students amassing at least 50 Excellence Credits across their subjects in 2021. Massimo Pezzuto the top Year 11 Academic, and recipient of the L.J. Hocking Scholarship in 2021 amassed an exceptional 108 Excellence Credits across both NCEA Level 1 and 2. With a further six students all gaining at least 90 Excellence Credits: Blake Carter, Fletcher Hall, Sean McCabe, Reuben Potgieter, Nikhil Rawat and John Warman. 

A fantastic achievement from all of these young men and one they are hoping to attain across Level 2 during this year.

This assembly also saw our top Year 10 Academics who flourished in the Cambridge IGCSE Extension programme. These young men were awarded their Cambridge Scholars Badge for gaining an A* grade (the top grade available) in at least one of their four Cambridge Subjects – English, Global Perspectives (Social Studies), Mathematics and Science. 2021 was a standout year for these 13 students:

• Eric Bracey
• Conor Casey
• Connor Gray
• Cam Harris
• Sam Hickling
• Hugh Jack
• Connor Knights
• Ted Menzies
• Samuel Mitchell
• Luke Murray
• Juandre Rademeyer
• Harvey Rawlings
• Paddy Tyrrell

It was fantastic to see half of this extension class achieving this feat across these highly rigorous courses, including eight students doing it in multiple courses. 

Hugh Jack had an exceptional year achieving a clean sweep of A* across Science, Mathematics, Global Perspectives and English! A further four of these young men gained A* in 3 out of 4, with Connor Gray, Samuel Mitchell and Patty Tyrrell succeeding in Mathematics, Science and Global Perspectives and Luke Murray thriving in English, Global Perspectives and Science.

Congratulations again to all of the award winners celebrated over these Academic Blues and Cambridge Scholars Assemblies.