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| Literacy |
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| Australian English see detailed results |
| 224 students from BBI participated in 2009 and gained: |
| - 10 High Distinctions (top 1%) |
| - 39 Distinctions (top 10%) |
| - 71 Credits (top 25%) |
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| Speeches |
| Toby Elliott won the school speech competition in 2009 with a speech "The Kakapo". |
A group of students also prepared a speech in their native language. In the Mandarin speeches Irene Chen was placed first and Sarafina Zhou was second equal.
Irene went on to represent BBI at the Auckland competition and won 1st Place. |
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| Mathematics |
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| Mathex Competition see all previous years |
| 2008 |
Competed but were not placed. |
| 2007 |
Year 7 A team finished 1st. |
| 2006 |
Year 7 A team finished 1st. Year 7 B team finished 6th.
Year 8 A team finished 4th. |
| 2005 |
Year 7 team finished 4th. The B team finished 5th.
Year 8 A team finished 1st. The B team finished 5th. |
| 2004 |
Year 7 A team finished 1st.
Year 8 A team finished 1st, the B team finished 2nd. This was the third year in a row that BBI teams were placed first in both Year 7 and Year 8. |
| 2003 |
Year 7 A Team finished 1st.
Year 8 A team finished 1st, the B team finished 4th. This was the second year in a row that BBI teams were placed first in both Year 7 and Year 8. |
| 2002 |
Year 7 A team finished 1st, the B team took 4th place.
Year 8 A team finished 1st and the B team finished 6th. |
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| Singapore Mathematical Olympiad |
| 2006 |
BBI students took 6 of the 8 places in the team travelling Singapore for the Olympiad Competition.
Samantha Tan was placed in the top 20 in the Singapore competition. |
| 1996 |
The team entered achieved the highest score in New Zealand.
Kenneth Wu gained the second highest individual result and David Chua was 9th. |
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| Australian Mathematics Olympiad |
| Two teams from BBI received an award for Outstanding Maths Achievement. |
| One student achieved a perfect score and 31 achieved in the top 10%. |
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| Otago Problem Challenge |
| In this competition students answer five questions in 30 minutes on each of five problem sheets, which are done about a month apart. See www.maths.otago.ac.nz/pc/ for more information. |
| In 2008 five Year 8 students and three Year 7 students received prizes for achieving outstanding results. |
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| Australian Mathematics see detailed results |
| 265 students from BBI participated in 2009 and gained: |
| - 28 High Distinctions (top 1%) |
| - 43 Distinctions (top 10%) |
| - 79 Credits (top 25%) |
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| Science |
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| Science Fair |
BBI's 22nd annual Science Fair was held during Term 3 2009.
It was gratifying to see the high standard of presentation and the ingenious and innovative nature of the investigations undertaken by our students. Each exhibit obviously represented many hours of planning, research, dedication and perseverance by each student during the weeks prior to the Science Fair.
From the large number of exhibits, some were chosen to go through to the Manukau Institute of Technology Science Fair competition and competed against college students. The following students were placed: |
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| Georgia Hanley |
Stuck on You |
1st Place |
| Matthew Cudmore |
Worm Farm |
1st Place |
| Joshua Kim |
Wind Power |
Highly commended |
| Jack Varndell |
Stressed Out |
Highly commended |
| Olivia Griffiths |
Turn up the Heat |
Highly commended |
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| Australian Science see detailed results |
| 165 students from BBI participated in 2009 and gained: |
| - 13 High Distinctions (top 1%) |
| - 38 Distinctions (top 10%) |
| - 50 Credits (top 25%) |
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| Sport |
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| - First place in Eastern Zone Table Tennis |
| - First place and third place in Eastern Zone Chess Competition |
| - Third place in Eastern Zone Girl's Rugby |
| - Second place in Year 7 Girls Netball Interzone |
| - Second place in Year 7 Boys Softball |
| - Third place in Year 7 Girls Softball |
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| Arts |
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| SingUp |
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The B.B.I. Choir 'SingUp' was awarded a Gold Medal at the Kids Sing Choir competition at Auckland Town Hall on August 20th, 2008. They are an outstanding choir with talent and commitment. They were the only choir to be accompanied by student performers. Jenny Cao and Naa Eun played the Piano and Simon Bramley played the Guitar. |
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| Intermediate Schools Art Competition |
BBI was pleased to receive a number of ‘Excellence’ awards for students work displayed at The Edge for the Intermediate Schools Art Competition. Congratulations to the following students who received a rating of ‘Excellence’ by the judges.
Year 7: Emily Sun, Sian Seely, Charisse Kuo, James Park, Janna Tay
Year 8: A Inn Doo, Lepani Tuifagalele, Michael Park, Christina Lin, Cindy Li. |
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| Battle of the Bands |
| Rock Band AB Negative won the Southern heat of Intermediate Schools Battle of the Bands competition and performed with great success in the finals at the Bruce Mason Centre. They also won best band image, best lead guitar, best bass player and best drummer. |
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| Australasian Competitions |
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| We are very pleased and also very proud of our on going high results in the Australasian exams. Students are invited to sit these exams. They are encouraged but ultimately it is their choice. |
| Since first entering into these competitions in 1992 we have had one or more students top in one or more of these exams every single year. This is an outstanding achievement and says much about the high standards we are able to maintain year after year. |
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| Results with BBI having the top student in the country are as follows: |
| 1992 |
Top in Mathematics, top in Science |
| 1993 |
Top in Mathematics (2) |
| 1994 |
Top in Mathematics |
| 1995 |
Top in Mathematics (2), top in English |
| 1996 |
Top in Science |
| 1997 |
Top in Mathematics (2) |
| 1998 |
Top in Mathematics, top in Science |
| 1999 |
Top in Science, top in Computing |
| 2000 |
Top in Mathematics, top in Computing |
| 2001 |
Top in English, top in Computing (3) |
| 2002 |
Top in Mathematics |
| 2003 |
Top in Mathematics, top in Computing |
| 2004 |
Top in Science |
| 2005 |
Top in Mathematics, top in Computing |
| 2006 |
Top in Mathematics, top in Science |
| 2007 |
Top in Mathematics (2), top in Computing (2) |
| 2008 |
Top in Computing |
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| School Awards 2008 |
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| Year 7 Major Awards |
| Diane Cooper Memorial Achievement Cup |
Henry Jiang |
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Joseph Meltzer |
| nominated |
Aditya Arora |
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| Whaia te Tikitiki Awards |
Daisy Hood-Edwards |
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Adam Crouch |
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Michael Jessup |
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Natasha Moore |
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Jessica Stewart |
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Matthew Cudmore |
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| Macleans Improvement Cup |
Matthew Cudmore |
| nominated |
Sullivan Harnett |
| nominated |
Zara Ellis |
| nominated |
Kelvin Bridgford |
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| Sportswoman of the Year |
Makere Pohe |
| nominated |
Zhavinae Samuel |
| nominated |
Maddy Morete |
| nominated |
Charlotte van Uden |
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| Sportsman of the Year |
Kieran Paterson |
| nominated |
Max Jones |
| nominated |
Leo Roper |
| nominated |
Cameron Gleed |
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| Special Award in Computer Skills |
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| Year 8 Major Awards |
| Principal's Award |
Shay Taylor |
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| Huang Achievement Cup |
Keniel Yao |
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Jasmine Tang |
| nominated |
Amber Chang |
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| Rotary Cup for Service to the School |
James Kennedy |
| nominated |
Daksh Juneja |
| nominated |
Lianne Mellin |
| nominated |
Aimee Wilson |
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| Whaia te Tikitiki Awards |
Janna Tay |
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Bradley Arona-Waqanivavalagi |
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Keniel Yao |
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Shona Macleod |
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Kristie Toms |
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Sarah Hughson |
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| Speech Cup |
Tobias Elliot |
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| Macleans Improvement Cup |
Aimee Wilson |
| nominated |
Japneet Kaur |
| nominated |
Ali Al-Fakhri |
| nominated |
Anna Barnhill |
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| Ian Fox Leadership Award |
Daksh Juneja |
| nominated |
Codie Clotworthy |
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| Sportswoman of the Year |
Dayna Manak |
| nominated |
Rachel Cooper |
| nominated |
Sarah Hughson |
| nominated |
Casey Webster |
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| Sportsman of the Year |
Alex Adams |
| nominated |
Bradley Arona-Waqanivavalagi |
| nominated |
Ben de Ruiter |
| nominated |
Callum Dimond |
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| House Cup |
Kowhai |
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| Special Award for Music Performance |
Stephanie Yao |
| Special Award for Music Performance |
Rachel Xie |
| Medal Top in NZ in Australasian Computer Skills |
Kelyn Ferguson |
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