Residential Care
Residential life at the Senior Campus
The Boarding environment is an integral part of the school life for the students at Dilworth School. It is through the provision of a safe and friendly emotional, physical and social environment, that our students have the opportunity to develop to their full potential.
The Senior Campus has 5 boarding houses:
- Armagh (62): Year 10-12 students
- Donegal (64): Year 10-12 students
- Dungannon (62): Year 10-12 students
- Tyrone (63): for Year 10-12 students
- Wilton (62): for Year 13 students
Houses are able to maintain their individuality within the guidelines set down by the school management. Boarding House routines are an important stabilising structure providing security, continuity and consistency.
All students participate in sporting activities, both summer and winter. This involves regular practices and participation inter-secondary school competition. For most students this means that weekend leave begins after sport on Saturday morning and concludes when students return for chapel at 8:00pm on Sunday.
Recreational facilities are available in common room areas for students ‘free’ time. Computers are also available for research, study, assignments and communication.
The academic focus is reinforced through set study routines. Our objective is to develop good study habits that will follow through from junior to senior levels. Eventually we expect that the students will become independent learners and take charge of their own learning programmes, both during times set aside for study as well as outside these prescribed times.
Cultural opportunities are wide and varied. Music is especially strong with students provided with individual lessons in singing and on musical instruments if they wish.
We encourage parents to link in with house staff in order to monitor the care and well-being of their boys. This can be on an informal basis when collecting and dropping off students for weekend leave, or more formally by making appointments with house staff.
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Armagh House
Armagh is one of four Year 10 to 12 boarding houses at the Senior Campus.
It was built in the mid sixties and is named after a province in Northern Ireland where the founder James Dilworth came from.
The Armagh House staff team:
Mr Bill Reeder - Housemaster: has been in Armagh since returning from England in 2007. He is married with two adult children and two children under 5. He teaches Science and Mathematics.
Mr Callum McGibbon - Assistant Housemaster: was Head Boy in 2004, a Tutor at RSD in Ireland and was Tutor for three years in Tyrone before moving to his current role in 2010. He has just completed training as a Physical Education teacher and coaches the Dilworth 2nd XV rugby team.
Mr Luke Barnard - Assistant Housemaster: Luke is the school's Physiotherapist who also has his own private practice. He is married and has twin girls. Luke is heavily involved with the Dilworth 1st XV rugby team.
Tanya Stall - Matron: Tanya has two adult children and has held numerous positions before joining Armagh in 2007. She has a pet pedigree Lowchen dog Timmy the Pirate who is the House pet and very friendly. Matron looks after all the clothing and first aid needs in Armagh.
Phone contact:
Duty Housemaster - 09 523 1060 ext 895
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Donegal House
Donegal House is the first Dilworth boarding house at the top of the drive, beside the Health Centre. It was opened in 1969 and our sports colour is green, we represent the house by wearing this colour in all inter-house events.
There is a new look to Donegal House in 2013 with Mr Ally Patterson, Housemaster and Mrs Trish Rogers, Matron coming on board.
Mr Patterson originates from Northern Ireland and has been at Dilworth for over a decade, arriving here as a GAP student in 2000. He has had a close association with Tyrone House over the past decade, and also comes to us from Auckland Grammar School where he has been a Physical Education teacher for the past 5 years.
Mr Phil Glass has been an Assistant Housemaster in Donegal since 2001 after joining the campus as Head of Maths. Mr Glass, also from Northern Ireland, has a passion for racquet sports and is a proud Donegal man. Mr Brent Denny is the latest addition to the Donegal House staff, coming on board as an Assistant Housemaster. Having worked in boarding at the Junior Campus (Gibson House) for a number of years, Mr Denny will bring a wealth of experience to the position. Mr Denny is also a Chemistry Teacher at Auckland Grammar School.
Mrs Trish Rogers is the Donegal House matron. Mrs Rogers knows a lot about Dilworth and in particular Donegal, having had her son go through the school and boarding house only a few years ago. She will fit naturally into the Donegal way of life.
There are also 3 tutors who make up the Donegal staff, and are vital to the smooth and consistent running of the house. Two of these tutors are Old Boys, Mr Billy Walker (2006) and Mr Hayden Mills (2007), along with our GAP student from the UK, Mr Kieren Reeves.
Phone contact:
Duty Housemaster - 09 523 1060 ext 893
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Dungannon House
Dungannon House is one of the four Year 10-12 boarding houses on the Senior Campus, whose names all correlate with the school's sports houses.
Mr Iain Adamson is the Housemaster and has been a Housemaster for 25 years, 18 of them at Dilworth and in Dungannon. His personal major interests are Olympic Wrestling, Rugby League and reading fiction. He is a teacher of English at Senior Campus.
The Assistant Housemasters are Mr Brett Glover, a Science teacher, and part of the Dungannon team for 17 years. Madame Sonia Slade, French teacher, has been with the House for three years. Mr Glover is an avid cricketer and Madame Slade, a native French speaker, is an active athletics coach.
Our lively and cheerful Matron of six years is Mrs Judy Barrett.
Phone contact:
Duty Housemaster - 09 523 1060 ext 824
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Tyrone House
Tyrone was constructed in 1994 and officially opened in 1995. St John House as it was originally named was built to accommodate the increasing number of Dilworth students. The house underwent a name change to Tyrone House in 1997 when the four Boarding Houses synchronised their titles with the four 'Sports' Houses. Our sports colour is blue and we represent the house wearing this colour in all interhouse events.
Tyrone is the largest boarding house in the school. It has a view of the swimming pool and is accessible at the southern entrance of the school from Mt St John Ave. The house is able to accommodate 71 students, 4 tutors and it also has a separate matron flat.
The Tyrone House staff consists of: Housemaster, Mr Grant Truman. He is the Sports Manager at Dilworth, and he has been housemaster in Tyrone since 2010.
Mr Michael Fitchett joined the Tyrone team in 2013. He grew up in Nelson and played Basketball for the Tall Blacks. He currently works with the New Zealand Breakers along with being the Dilworth School Basketball Open A team coach. Mr Jacob De Berry is also an Assistant Housemaster and he is very familiar with Dilworth School after being a pupil here from 1999 and Head Boy in his final year in 2003. Jacob comes back to share his knowledge as he trains to be a Physical Education teacher at University.
Our matron is Margaret Rogal and she works tirelessly to help the house run efficiently. Margaret has been involved in boarding for many years and comes to Auckland originally form the Coromandel.
Phone contact:
Duty Housemaster - 09 523 1060 ext 894
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Wilton House
All boys, in their final year, come together into one house. Wilton House is the senior hostel that caters for the holistic needs of our Year 13 boys. We try to instil attributes such as resilience, indepdendence (as well as interdependence), teamwork and education for life.
This requires some changes from the routines of the other senior campus boarding house. Each boy has his own spacious room. There are additional facilities for recreation as well as the ability to make light snacks and do some of their own laundry. Boys are given more freedom but are also expected to take greater responsibility for their conduct and performance.
Wilton House was opened in 1997 and named after Old Boy (1946 to 1954), academic and former Headmaster (1979 to 1997), Dr. Murray T Wilton. The House is divided up into 3 lodges: Erin, Hobson and Watling (former names to our current top Houses [they are known as A, B and C lodge respectively]).
The current Wilton House staff are:
Housemaster - Mr August Williams; who teachers Physical Education here at Dilworth.
Associate Housemaster - Mr Rowan McCallum; a teacher at Auckland Normal Intermediate School.
Assistant Housemaster - Ms Trish Wyndam-Jones
Phone contacts:
Duty Housemaster - 09 522 3772
Erin Lodge - 09 523 1060 ext 872
Hobson Lodge - 09 523 1060 ext 870
Watling Lodge - 09 523 1060 ext 803
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