Her Excellency the Rt Hon Dame Patsy Reddy Governor General of New Zealand. Included in the building are facilities for Food Science to allow for its introduction to the curriculum. A fabrication lab with state of the art model and design equipment that brings us in alignment with leading NZ universities. The girls’ pastoral care facilities are also located in this block with their own tertiary style common room. The school also has IB World School status and maintains an IB curriculum from PYP to Diploma. The current IB Diploma co-ordinator is Mike McKnight and the MYP co-ordinator is Kate Bondett. Boarding The boarding house (titled Gibb House, after the founder of the school) has accommodation for approximately 130 students. The majority of these students are in Years 9–13 however allowance has been made occasionally for Year 7 and 8 students to board full-time. The current boarding director is Gary Henley-Smith, with assistant house masters Nick Sinnamon and Marc Capstick, and matrons Tania Steadman and Blossom Cameron. In addition, gap year tutors are lodged in the boarding house and assist with day-to-day operations. Connections with other schools Scots College 1st XV is currently playing in the Premier I rugby division. In 2014 the 1st XV won the NZ Secondary School Championship – a joint win with Hamilton Boys High School. In 2015 they represented New Zealand at the SANIX Rugby Youth Cup tournament in Japan where they placed third. Students competing for the 1st XV in traditional fixtures perform a special haka written by an old boy; this is distinct from the school haka. Scots College is the brother school to the slightly younger Queen Margaret College, which now sites itself in the original Scots College building. Often there are various socials and sporting matches against local schools, organised by College Sport Wellington. In addition, both sections of the school have inter-school fixtures with other secondary schools, notably Lindisfarne and primary schools such as Huntley School. Notable alumni Steven Adams – basketball player for Memphis Grizzlies Ashley Bloomfield – Doctor, Director-General of Health and "public face" of 2020 coronavirus pandemic in New Zealand Prof Geoffrey Duncan Chisholm – surgeon John Clarke – satirist Lord Grey of Naunton – last Governor of Northern Ireland Eugenio Pizzuto – footballer for Lille OSC Stu Riddle – footballer Euan Robertson – New Zealand distance runner Sarpreet Singh – footballer for Bayern Munich II Keegan