2018 ODT Class Act

2018 Class Acts Liam Hewson and Finn Ward2

Liam Hewson and Finn Ward were the King's High School recipients of the 2018 ODT Class Act Award.  Below is a list of their outstanding achievements. Congratulations to them both.

 

Liam Hewson

 2014 - Year 9

  • ICAS Science and English Competitions
  • Australian Mathematics Competition

 2015 - Year 10

  • Gained an A, A*, A* and a B in his Cambridge IGCSE Examinations
  • Competed at the Science Quiz at Otago Girls
  • ICAS Science and English
  • Gained a school Excellence badge
  • Top Scholar in Science and Art
  • Gained Rector’s Excellence award for Year 10

 2016 - Year 11

  • Gained a Zoology prize at Science fair
  • ICAS Science
  • Competed at the Otago University Senior Science Quiz
  • Attended Hands on Science at Otago University
  • First in English for Year 11
  • Accelerate prize for top in Year 12 Biology and Chemistry
  • Gained NCEA Level 1 with Excellence
  • All courses except one endorsed with Excellence

 2017 Year 12

  • ICAS competition
  • Member of the Student council
  • NZ International Biology Olympiad (NZIBO) camp selection and Tutorial programme
  • Asia Science camp in Malaysia
  • Completing Gold Level Duke of Edinburgh Award
  • Gained Forest and Bird Conservation Award and University of Otago Zoology Award at Science fair.
  • Tutored students in Scholarship Biology
  • Silver CREST project on Manuka Phytochemicals
  • Completed a Massey University paper on Plants in Agriculture
  • King’s High School Academic Silvers for NZIBO, ASC
  • 1st equal in Year 13 Biology as a Year 12
  • Accelerant award for Year 12 in Year 13 Biology and Chemistry
  • English Department subject prize
  • Sat Scholarship English, Biology and Chemistry

 2018 - Year 13

  • Selected for London International Youth Science Forum in 2018
  • Scholarship Biology
  • NZIBO Silver certificate and training camp
  • 2018 Prefect
  • School Council Member
  • Part of the King’s High school Scholarship club limited to 10

 

Finn Ward 

2015 Year 10

  • Otago Hockey U15 Boys Premier Tournament Team- Selected as captain.  Placed 8th out of 16 teams
  • Johnson Cup, South Island Secondary Schools Hockey Tournament representing King’s High School, Placed 3rd.

 2016 Year 11

  • Dunedin Secondary School Hockey Competition
  • Southern Hockey U18 Regional Men’s Tournament team - placed 5th
  • Hockey New Zealand Secondary Schools Rankin Cup
  • King’s High School 1st XI. Placed 7th out of the 32 teams.  First appearance at Rankin for 20 years
  • Hockey New Zealand U13 Hatch Cup National Tournament Umpiring
  • Otago Hockey U15B Boys Team Coach
  • King’s High School Hockey Blues - Most improved King’s player
  • King’s High School 1st XI Cricket team
  • King’s High School 1st XI Cricket team vs Willow Cricket Club

 2017 Year 12

  • Dunedin Secondary School Hockey Competition - King’s High School finished 1st
  • High Performance Sport New Zealand - selected for training programme
  • Selected for the Southern Hockey U18 Men’s team
  • Hockey New Zealand U18 Training Squad member
  • Hockey New Zealand Secondary Schools Rankin Cup. Second year playing Rankin Cup. King’s High School Placed 10th out of 32 teams. 
  • Hockey New Zealand Seniors Tournament
  • Selected in the Otago Hockey Seniors tournament team.  Selected as Teams Tournament Player
  • Dunedin Hockey Competition
  • Selected in the Taieri Tuatara’s Premier Men’s team.  Awarded trophy
  • King’s High School Hockey Blues - selected as the teams most improved King’s player
  • King’s High School Cross Country Blues
  • Cross Country Nationals
  • King’s High School 1st XI Cricket team
  • Hockey New Zealand 5 day training camp

 2018 Year 13

  • King’s High School Prefect
  • King’s High House Prefect
  • King’s High School 1st XI Cricket team
  • King’s High School Cricket Blues
  • Otago Secondary School Cross Country - Member of King’s High School Senior team
  • Dunedin Hockey Competition - selected in the Taieri Tuatara’s Premier Men’s team
  • Club Hockey Coaching
  • Dunedin Secondary School Hockey Competition - King’s High School Hockey selected as Captain of the 1st IX
  • Selected for the Southern U18 Men’s team - selected as Captain
  • Hockey New Zealand Specialist Goal Scoring and Goal Keeping Camp in Hawks Bay - one of six players nationally selected for this camp
  • 2018/2019 High Performance Sport New Zealand Pathway to Podium program 1 of 10 players selected nationally for this program