The Oscars come to Dominion

This month we had a video competition.  We asked our students to make a 2 minute video marketing Dominion to future students and to upload it to our Facebook page.  The video that received the most likes by 3.30pm on 29 May would win 2 free movies tickets.

Well, we were amazed at the entries we received.  All of the videos that entered were so professional, creative and represented Dominion perfectly, so we decided that we couldn't have just one winner.  We awarded 3 prizes in the end, for 3 very special videos:

Adipong (Arty) Suwannachairob (Thailand) - Most Popular Video - Arty's Video
Shingo Tokugawa (Japan) - Most Professional Film Making - Shingo's Video
Gwangho Yoon (Korea) - Best Interpretation of the Dominion Message - Gwangho's Video

You can watch all 3 of the videos on our YouTube channel, just follow the links above.

Here are the 3 lucky winners with their prizes.  Congratulations again guys and thank you so much for giving us these amazing videos!!

For more information about our school and our courses, please visit our website www.dominion.school.nz.

Competition Time!!!

At Dominion English Schools, we hold regular competitions and award our students with great prizes.  This month we had a "selfie" competition.  We asked our students to get out and about in Auckland and take some photos of themselves in front of some iconic Kiwi backgrounds, with a Dominion logo.  The winner would receive free tuition for one week!! The competition was run via our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/DominionEnglishSchool).  The winner was the photo with the most "likes". 

We had some great entries, but Carolina Henao from Colombia won in the end with over 160 "likes".  Congratulations Carolina, we hope you enjoy your prize!!! Thank you to everyone else who entered. 

The best bits from the competition (including Carolina receiving her prize) are below: 

For more photos of our students around New Zealand or to find our more about our school and our courses, please visit our website www.dominion.school.nz.

Summer in New Zealand!

Check out these fantastic summer photos! Most of these photos were taken by our current students as part of January's Summer in New Zealand photography competition.  One of our Thai students Natcha was the winner in the end.  Natcha received two free tickets to the Sky Tower in Auckland.  A special thank you to Sky Tower for the prize and congratulations to Natcha!

Christmas Card Competition

It's almost Christmas and it's time to start thinking about some Christmas cards.  Every year we design a unique Dominion Christmas card which we send out to all our partners and friends.  We thought we would do things a little differently this year and give the students the opportunity to design the card for us by having a competition.  We had lots of amazing entries, but of course, there can be only one winner!  The prize of two free movie tickets (plus the fame of having your design sent to many people all over the world) went to Benjamin Brandli from Switzerland.  Congratulations Benjamin, well done.  Your design is very different and we love how you managed to include Christmas and Auckland!! Please see Benjamin's design below:

Why we LOVE Auckland

We are very proud to be in a such an amazing city.  Auckland has so many things to see and do, and it's a great place to learn English and meet new people.  Last month we had a writing competition at school and we asked our students; "what do you love about Auckland?".  Here are some of the best bits:



The winner of the competition was Dina Reichenbach from Switzerland.  Here is Dina's writing in full and a picture of her with her prize.  Well done Dina!!

 



 

 

Dominion Raises Money for Kiwi Charity

This Friday (23^rd August) was Red Nose Day in New Zealand.  Every year on Red Nose Day, people wear red noses and do silly things to raise money for Cure Kids.  Cure Kids is an iconic kiwi charity dedicated to finding cures and new treatments for childhood illnesses such as cancer and heart defects.  This year we supported this outstanding charity by selling red noses around school, wearing red to school for the day and having a bring/buy cake sale.  We were overwhelmed with the support of our students in this event.  It was amazing to see students from all over the world bring in such beautiful cakes to sell for charity.   A lot of them enlisted the help of their homestay families to help them bake, which must have been a special experience in itself.  During graduation there was a prize for the best red outfit.  The students voted and the best dressed prize went to Amy (top right in the picture above) – congratulations Amy!  After prize giving, the students went to the cake sale to start buying cakes and raising even more money for Cure Kids.  In total, the day’s event raised $450 NZD.  We are so pleased with this outstanding result, and we’d like to thank all our students for being so motivated and involved. Well done everyone!  To see more pictures from this great event, please see our Facebook page – www.facebook.com/DominionEnglishSchool.
 

Photo competition - winners!

 

1st prize winner - Masa from Japan

2nd prize winner- Andreas from Switzerland

Thank you all who took part in the competition, it was great fun!

Dominion Photo Competition!

Dominion recently held an in-school Photo Competition. There were 2 winning photos that won First and Second Place and were announced in last Friday's Leaver's Ceremonies at both schools.

The winners are: 1st Place - Hyuk Lee of Auckland!, 2nd Place - Gladys Su of Christchurch!

Hyuk's photo will be used on the cover of our redesigned Student Handbook.

Hyuk won a weekend activities trip with Action Tours!

Gladys won an activities day trip with Eric!

Below are a few chosen pics that we think deserve a mention.

Tae Woo Kim - Thursday Night

Matti Wischmeyer - Across the Harbour

Yasuko - Flying Fox

Muk - Mountains

Congratulations Hyuk and Gladys!

Fortnightly Table Tennis Competition

Dominion Auckland holds a Singles Table Tennis Competition every other Thursday afternoon at 4 pm.

This fortnight's champion, Steven Tromp who hails from the Netherlands, walked away with 4 tickets to the FIFA Women's Under 17 Finals to be held at Auckland's North Harbour Stadium on Sunday, 16th November 08.

The final was a nailbiting battle between Steven and the previous reigning champion Kimi Nambu of Japan.

This awesome prize was donated to Dominion courtesy of Tourism Auckland!

Table Tennis has become a popular leisure activity with our Auckland students. At any given break time they can be seen sharpening their skills at the Ping Pong table in the newly extended Student Lounge.

Congratulations Steven!

For more information on the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup New Zealand 2008, please visit www.fifa.com/newzealand2008 .