SELL Programme 2009

TAMAKI COLLEGE
YEAR 12 BUSINESS PROGRAMME

For three days in August, 80 Year 12 students swapped the class room setting to participate in the SELL Programme, run by the Young Enterprise Trust. A business programme which tested leadership abilities, patience and team work.
SELL stands for Student Enterprise Learning Link hosted by Ewan Mcleod and Sue Jury. All year 12 students involved were split into 10 groups of 8. These were our final groups for the next three days.
Each group was made to come up with a product, how it would be marketed, the financial point behind it and how it would be made. Teams were lead by their CEO and after the first day all students had their products and team set. The different inventions and products that were thought up were extremely creative! Ideas ranging from an alarm clock pillow, a portable hairstyling comb to a portable microwave! The fun had begun along with three days of pure hard work.
Day 2
On the second day of SELL, the real hard work began, you could even say, the competition had begun! Each team member was allocated a role, either as a Strategic Planner, Financial Advisor, Marketing Planner or a Production Advisor. All roles were given a task to complete that was vital in the completion of the company project. And it was here on in, that the ball started rolling. For an entire day, the CEOs were pushed to use as much of their leadership potential as they could. Getting yourself on track is one thing, but when you have to lead 7 other students who you may not even be used to working with, that’s a whole different story! Each and every role was demanding and tested each and every one of us mentally. We were made to think BUSINESS!
Day 3
The final day was do or die! It was judgement day... Teams were given two hours to decorate their located areas and set up boards with information on their product. All the hard work was settled down to this one day. We were all given time to breathe and then judging begun. Teams were given ten minutes to present their product to the judges, explaining every fine detail possible. The sense of competition created an awesome atmosphere and brought a lot of the teams closer together. The judges tallied their votes and at the end of the day found the product “OFF HEELS”, which are removable high heels as the winning product.
Overall the SELL programme was an amazing experience. It emphasised the importance of team work showing how every one has to do their bit in order to complete the project. CEOs were pushed to their limits to show leadership skills and to lead the team. We all learnt the importance of patience and working together to get things done. We were able to be hands on and experience all these things through SELL. It was an amazing learning experience.
We would like to say a huge thank you to Sue and Ewan for granting us with this amazing opportunity! And to all the staff who helped out.

Christine Savele
Year 12

Here are some photographs showing the action over the 3 days...



Here are the videos of the adverts that we had to make in 20 minutes...

Maths Week 2009

The Maths Department has us all thinking here at Tamaki College this week. There was activities and challenges all week to keep us on our toes!!
Check out all the action on the Maths page...

Health Expo have a great day !!!

On Monday the 3rd of August, Tamaki College hosted a group of health representatives during its first ever, Health Expo. Along with group displays on diabetes and environment issues run by Tamaki College students, there were people from the Asthma Society, Family Planning, HELP (Sexual Abuse survivors), Smokefree and Odyssey House. The Heart Foundation provided interesting displays on fat and sugar levels in commonly eaten foods and alcohol issues were covered by Al-Anon and Community Drug & Alcohol Services. Information on mental health was provided by the Kari Centre.

Throughout the day, students were able to get information from all of the organisations and increase their knowledge around keeping a healthy body and mind. The day was very successful and our nurses Tania and Chris did a great job in organising the expo.

PE Department join in the fun on Maori Language Week...

Come and check out the PE page to see what they got up to on Maori Language Week...

Science takes off!!!

Wow...have you seen what the Year 10 classes have been up to at Tamaki College ?
Who needs all this fuss about the moon landings when we have our very own rocket launches here !!
Check out the Science page for all the great details and photographs...

The Newsletter just gets better and better...

Our Tamaki College Newsletter team have done it again. There is another fantastic edition for you to read. Click on this link to take you to the Newsletter page.

Maori Language Week...

Can TCTV entice the teachers here at Tamaki College to join in Maori Language Week and speak a bit of Moari?
Will it be Mission Impossible ???

Check Joel and Liam's video to find out...

Peni meets a Superstar!!!!

Our students here at Tamaki College get to do all sorts of exiting things.
TCTV got to hear about one of these things and interviewed Peni to find out all about it.
Interview by Joel, camera work by Finau.

What a Great Assembly!!!!

Powhiri...

We had a fantastic assembly here at Tamaki College.
It started with a small Powhiri for our exchange student from Canada. Sarah Rosenblat has come from Branksome Hall, in Toronto, Canada. She is staying at Emma's house for 4 weeks on her part of the exchange programme.
The Kapa haka group put on a great Powhiri for Sarah as she came into her first assmebly....






If you want to hear more about this fabulous exchange, then keep tuned into TCTV as the Year 13 Team will be interviewing Sarah very soon.

Girls Rugby League Champions...

During this assembly, the school had the opportunity to honour our girls rugby league team.
They are winners of the Auckland Rugby League LVD Shield for 2009.
If you want to check out more details, then take a look at the Sport page...




History Trip...

We also had a fantastic presentation from the History Department about their trip to Northland. Check out the Social Studies page for more details of that....

Kapa Haka Put on a Fine Performance...

Our Kapa Haka group has done it again. Te Poho O Tamaki performed to a sold out house in order to raise funds for a trip. Check out the photos, video and a great write up from Alamanda on the Maori Department page...

ICT Print Media publish their fantastic work.....

Check out the great design work posted on the ICT Print Media page....

New Team on the News Letter...

There is a new team working on the news letter this year. Go check out their first publication on the News Letter page...

Junior Social 2009

The juniors had their yearly social in the auditorium. It was a busy night that was organised and run by the prefects and house captains. Everyone had a good time and TCTV were there to get all of the action....

Presented by Joel.
Camera work by Finau.
Edited by Joel and Finau too!!!!

Media Studies start the year with a Bang !!

Come and check out the Self Portraits of our Media Studies students here at Tamaki College. Click this link or check out the department pages down the side bar...

Great Cricket News...

Check out the Tamaki College Sports page to see the great news about our cricket team...