2018 ODT Class Act
![2018 Class Acts Liam Hewson and Finn Ward2](/assets/Uploads/2018-Class-Acts-Liam-Hewson-and-Finn-Ward2.jpg)
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