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John Paul College, Rotorua Whitworth Road, Rotorua. www.jpc.school.nz Ph: 07 3478 795 Fx: 07 3461 271
A WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FOR THE JOHN PAUL COLLEGE COMMUNITY Term 4, Issue 33 16th October 2017
Ma te pono Me te aroha – Through Faith and Love
2017 School Theme :
“Facta non Verba” – Deeds Not Words
Dear Parents/ Caregivers Kia Ora, Malo e Lelei, Talofa, Mabuhay, Greetings WELCOME BACK TO TERM 4 I trust you have had an opportunity to enjoy your children’s company. NCEA EXTERNAL EXAMS ONLY 4 WEEKS AWAY If your child is in Years 11-13, they have only four weeks to prepare for their external exams. NCEA exams commence November 10th. I hope by now your children have established a study timetable which you are monitoring at home. It is essential they do the following:
Complete all outstanding work, including assignments
Create a study timetable and stick to it
Cut back on part-time work and their social life
Attend extra tutorials when offered by staff It is also important that you know when their exams are on. Please give them as much encouragement and support as you can. Once the exams are over, then they can relax!! STUDENTS AT RISK The Deans and Academic Counsellor are monitoring students at risk of failure. We will be bringing students back after senior prize giving to complete credits if at risk of not achieving NCEA. SCHOOL LEAVERS If your son or daughter intends to leave JPC at the end of the year, the school needs to know as soon as possible, as we have a waiting list. JPC COMMUNITY DAY: Friday 17th November (Teacher Only Day) Please note JPC Community Day will take place on Friday 17th November for students in Years 7-10. This is to support our hardworking PTA. It is also a Teacher Only Day. If you have a job available for a student, please contact the School Office.
God bless
Patrick Walsh
Principal
JPC WILL BE GOING SCHOOL WIDE WITH BYOD IN 2018. An email was sent to parents/caregivers on Friday explaining this. If your child already has an Ipad or tablet which they use at school, that is fine. Please don't feel you have to replace it. The teachers have found chromebooks or laptops are more appropriate devices for creating work on in the classroom. The Spark modem deal of 30gb for $10 per month is for families to have internet at home, my apologies for any confusion this caused. The students all have access to our school wifi while at school. Any questions please email me, [email protected]
PTA 2nd HAND UNIFORM SALES Thursday 23rd November 3.30-4.30
Wednesday 29th November 3.30-4.30 We have a shortage of junior and senior girl’s summer skirts. If your daughter has outgrown her skirt, we would very much appreciate it being donated for resale.
2017 CALENDAR OF EVENTS ….. TERM 4 October 20th Year 10 Market Day 24-27th Senior RST Assessment Week 26-27th Year 8 Aquatics 27th Year 9 Market Day CBOP Yr7/8 Tennis Champs 31st Yrs 7/8 Regeneration Retreat November 7th Snr Co-curricular Prizegiving 1.00-3.00pm 8th Snr End of Year Mass – 11.00 St Marys
Snr End of Year Prizegiving – 7.00-10pm 10th NCEA exams commence 13th Junior exams commence 16th Year 7/8 Athletics Leaver’s Dinner 20-22nd Year 8 Camp 20th-4th Life Education 24-29th Year 7 Beach Education – Omanu Beach 24th Year 9 Career Education Day 27th-1st Year 10 Activities Week December 1st NCEA and Scholarship exams finish 5th Yrs 7&8 Co curricular prizegiving1-3.00pm 6th End of year Mass 7th Yrs 9&10 Co curricular prizegiving1-3.00pm 8th Junior Prizegiving 10.00am-12pm Junior Reports Issued
COLLECTION COMMENCING FOR THE FOOD BANK IN TERM 4
In Term 4 we will recommence the collection of tinned food, dry goods, toiletries and cooking ingredients for the Food Bank. If families wish to support the food bank please send items to school with your children and I will ensure they are passed on. Thank you in anticipation Mrs G Cook E: [email protected]
2018 START DATES Tuesday 30th January Teacher Only Day Wednesday 31st January All new students Thursday 1st February Full school
attendance
LEAVERS DINNER - 16th November - 7.00 - 10.30 - Holiday Inn (Whakarewarewa) - Semi formal dress - All family invited - $55 per person - Last day for tickets 3rd November - Buffet meal (Chapmans restaurant) LEAVERS GEAR - $70 each - - 2 styles of print to choose from (large/ small) - Lots of garment style/ colours to choose from - Place order and try on sizes at the Uniform Shop last week of term 3. - Pay at accounts to secure your order prior to Thursday 19th October
RETURN OF SPORTS UNIFORMS Please urgently return all JPC Sports playing gear to Mr Faulkner, at ERC / Gym by Thursday 28th September 2017, for stocktaking. Place in box outside his office. Netball. Basketball. Hockey. Football. Rugby. Athletics. (the photos below are indicative only) Plus any other sports gear that you have borrowed over the term, ie bags, balls
Board of Trustees Election Declaration of Student Election Results
Votes: Liley Finn 73 Smallbone Sophie 194 Temm Olivia 56 Wang Fisher 231 Winter Skye 49
I hereby declare Fisher Wang duly elected: Signed Elizabeth Lock Returning Officer
Trinity London Diploma Results. Associate of Trinity College (ATCL) Elsie Spiers – Pass Theresa McLean - Pass with Distinction Eamon Walsh - Pass with Distinction Gus Dube- Pass with Distinction. Congratulations.
8MB embrace our 2017 school focus: facta non verba/ deeds not words! 8MB embarked on a BIG charity project this year end of term 2. Encouraged by Mrs Grimm, their English teacher, the class decided to get involved in a Student Volunteer Army charity project based on Sam Hunt's model, instigated by Skoolkit.
When the class heard about the support that Ronald McDonald House, Wellington gave Mrs Grimm and her family back in 2013 when her twin grandsons were born at just 28 weeks they decided to support this wonderful community institution. Since the end of term 2 until the end of term 3, the students of 8MB have made and produced an array of wonderful support kits for both the children and parents staying at RMD Houses Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. The 3 big boxes of the students’ 13 weeks charity projects shipped off week 10 term3 included: 80 knitted wool beanies (size premature to 3 years) buntings and wall hangings, cot mobiles, children's story booklets, 4 knitted cot blankets, alphabet sets for making name tags on the incubators, origami games, puzzles and colouring in books for older children, inspirational posters. The Daily Post ran a story on this project including Mrs Hepi’s class project ‘Cleaning up the Utuhina Stream 28 September. This teacher is humbled by the amazing support given to our chosen project and salute her students for honouring our school focus.
NCEA LEVEL 3 EXCELLENCE ENDORSEMENTS Congratulations go to the following students who have not only achieved their NCEA Level 3 but from the work that they have completed this year have also had their NCEA Level 3 endorsed with EXCELLENCE Caitlin Koller, Elena Lee, Theresa McLean and Eamon Walsh It is also pleasing to know that there are a number of other students in Year 13 who are close to achieving this success as well. These students will in due course also be rewarded with a Level 3 Excellence endorsement badge Peter Sinclair D.P Curriculum
Tena koutou katoa, the next WHANAU SUPPORT HUI is in the whare Tuesday 24th October, 5.30pm to 7pm, with a shared kai afterwards. I am keen to discuss with whanau a "Maori achieving as Maori, Bi-Cultural plan", that I have been working with school management and Whaea Ceclia on, to compliment our current academic achievement plan for Maori. Hope to see you there, Na Eugene Berryman-Kamp - Chairperson.
YEAR 11 MAORI STUDENTS WANANGA This Wananga will be held in the Whare from 9am-3pm on Wednesday 18th October and will be facilitated by Rawiri Tapiata from Tukaha Consultancy Ltd. Topics will cover and explore Maori identity, goal setting, whakapapa and strategies for success. Presenters: Marcus Akuhata-Brown, Alayana Davis, Raniera Rewiri, Te Mauri Kingi and Raaawiri
Tapiata
Kia ora from the Counsellors Welcome back to term 4, a very busy term, especially for our senior students as they prepare for their final NCEA assessments and external exams. For many, the end of year brings with it academic worries and pressures as well as the uncertainty of change ahead for those moving on from school. Very timely then, that there is a current focus on Mental Health Awareness (even though the international week for this was in the 2nd week of the holidays!) At JPC we strongly support mental health awareness and have a few activities planned to run for a week from this Wednesday 18th October: Writing competitions, a Mindfulness session led by Mrs Jane Trask, Bee keeping activities and our annual inter-house haka competition. These activities will be launched through a student led presentation at this week’s assembly. The NZ Mental Health Foundation has created a list of 5 ways to well-being that are highly effective and very “doable “ for us all in maintaining good mental health. Here they are: While MHA week comes just once a year, these are all things we can do daily to keep us mentally robust and feeling positive and well. Let’s all encourage our young people to embrace these 5 steps to well-being. And of course… let’s lead by example! Parents please remember we are always happy to hear from you if you have any concerns for your young person. Na mihi nui kia koe, Nancy Macmillan Ph: 347-8795 Extn 8854 [email protected] Neil Carter Ph: 347-8795 Extn 8808 [email protected]
CLAY TARGET SHOOTING ENDS FOR THE SEASON JPC clay target shooting team went to north islands in Hamilton on the 30th of September the team shot their way to 3rd out of 60 other team with a score of 278/300 well done Dylan Austin, Daniel Tillemans, Luke Veltman, Cian Hinton and Dillon Tillemans Dylan Austin got HOA in the postal shoot with a 351 targets shot HOA in single rise HOA in the kilwell single rise and 2nd in point score. Andrew Collins made the bop regional team BOP can 4th. There were a lot of personal bests shot this day with Dylan receiving his 300 and 200 long run badges. Daniel received his 75 badge Andrew Collins received his 25 and 50 badges Cian received his 50 badge and Luke received his 25 long run badge well done boys. Thanks and appreciation to Mr Grant Rowles for coaching the boys, to Mrs Sue Rowles for all the administrative organisation and to all parents who helped and supported the team this year.
RUGBY 2017 The season is over for the 2017 year however planning for 2018 is up and running. Training is in the summer phase and we urge all of those that are contemplating playing rugby next year, whatever the age, to come along. This will make your season more enjoyable as you will be fitter and stronger. The focus is on your core fitness which has helped our 1st XV in the last couple of seasons get results. Contact players Byron Haigh or Daniel Frost-Jones to see when and where the trainings are. The 1st XV will be travelling to Beppu, Japan in February 2018 and they are included in the summer trainings. There will be a Fundraising night on the Saturday 18th November, please keep this date free. Brooke Mitchell played in the BOP Roller Mills side which competed in a week long tournament. The BOP team made the final which is a great achievement. They were beaten by a late try. Congrats to Brooke and his team for doing so well. Coach of the 1st XV (and many of the other teams) Steve Orr has been nominated and made the finalists for Secondary Coach of the Year. This will be announced Wednesday night at a ceremony in Tauranga. Best of luck Steve! “STARS IN THEIR EYES” FUNDRAISER
Saturday November 18th Stars in their Eyes - Lip Sync night
In conjunction with the 1st XV fundraising for Japan. We are looking for acts from the senior students to be included.
Contact Karen Haigh [email protected] to put your nomination in.
7S TRAINING TIMES Girls U15 and U19 teams Monday Wednesday - Westbrook 3.30-4.30pm
Boys U14, U15, U19 Thursday - Westbrook 3.30-5pm
Girls Coaches: Tim Hounsell & Daniel Joe Boys Coaches: Steve Orr (U15 + U19) Tim Hounsell & Paul Cathersides (U14)
YEAR 13 ACTOR JUSTYCE MOALA HEADS TO ENGLAND!
It has been announced in Wellington by the Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand that Year 13 actor Justyce Moala has been selected to join twenty-three students from secondary schools from throughout New Zealand to join the prestigious Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand Team that will tour England and perform at the iconic Globe Theatre in London in 2018. The selection process began earlier this year when over 8000 students participated in thirty festivals throughout the country from this number and a stringent elimination process the final team of twenty-three students was selected. An amazing achievement for Justyce Moala. Many New Zealand schools are yet to have a student selected for the national team, John Paul College has over the years had eleven students selected which is considered a record. Well done Justyce Moala and well done JPC. Gabrielle Thurston HoD Drama
THE JOHN PAUL COLLEGE SCHOOL
COMMUNITY ARE CELEBRATING THE INDIAN
FESTIVAL OF DIWALI.
We would like to take this opportunity to extend an
invitation for you to join us in the festivities.
Venue: John Paul College Edmund Rice Center
Date: Friday 27th October 2015
Time: 6.00pm
Entry: $2 donation going to Camp Quality
Waikato/Bay of Plenty
There will be a show by members of John Paul
College with dances and speeches followed by a
light supper of Indian foods and sweets.
We would be honored if you would be able to
come and make our night even more special.
There will be a limited number of traditional Indian clothes available to be dressed in on the night as well as the opportunity to have henna designs.
MATHEMATICS NEWS University of Otago Junior Mathematics Competition Earlier this year, some of our finest mathematicians in year 9 and 10 participated in the very tough University of Otago Junior Mathematics Competition. Congratulations to Ranithu Rodrigo and Ishan Nath who were placed in the top 100 in the country. Bay of Plenty Mathsmind competition On the 18th of August our finest year 9 and 10 mathematicians participated in the annual Bay of Plenty Mathsmind competition in Tauranga. Our year 10 team won the competition in a field of 40 schools. The combined efforts of year 9 and 10 resulted in John Paul College being awarded the Henry Dixon Cup of top school under 1000.
The winning year 10 team was represented by Adam Wong-Toi, Emily Park, Ishan Nath and Janna Rutor. Alliyah Baluyot, Hozanna lopez, Orla Walsh and Vendansh Singh made up the other year 10 team. The year 9 teams were represented by Chad Scott, Charlotte Hall, Haylea MacCormick, Hannah Muir, Mackenzie Swinburne, Matthew Veitch, Mia Page and Sequoia Dobson.
A special thank you to their coaches Mr James and Mrs Pingol for giving up many lunchtimes to prepare the teams.
Australian Mathematics Competition On the 28th of July, 15 of our finest mathematicians sat the Australian Mathematics Competition. Ishan Nath (year 10) was in the 100th percentile in his year group and will be given a Prize Award for his efforts. Nine students were awarded Distinction: Veronica Chen, Danyon Wang, Cohen Stewart, Will Field and Ronan McKenzie (year 7), Adam Wongtoi, Brittany Pettit and Andrew Collins (year 9) and Jacques Terblanche (year 11). Ms Cordonni – HOF Mathematics
HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION Year 8 Aquatics at the Aquatics Centre Wed 26th and Thursday 27th October. All Year 8 classes scheduled over the two days. Mrs Harris TIC Year 7 and 8 Athletics, Thursday 16th November at JPC . Qualifying for the competition is currently taking place during students PE classes HOCKEY Congratulations to our students who were part of the U15 Boys and Hatch Cup Under 13 Boys Bay of Plenty representative teams. Finalists in both grades against North Harbour. The teams were placed second. Congratulations to Mr Neil Watson the coach of the Hatch Cup team. Other results were from the Bay of Plenty Girls Collier Trophy hockey team, who finished 7th equal in Tauranga last week and the Under 15 Girls in North Harbour who were placed 15th. Both teams had JPC students. Reminder there are still a number of student’s fees that require payment asap. Uniforms. Yes, a number still outstanding. Please return to Ms Northey in a plastic bag with the name attached or written on the bag and deliver to Ms Northey. Ms B Northey HOF Health & P.E E: [email protected]
FROM THE CAREERS DEPARTMENT YOUNG WOMEN STUDY AWARD 2017 To Whom It May Concern The Zonta Club of Rotorua is offering a study award to a senior female student from a local high school enrolling in a tertiary based qualification in 2017. The recipient of this award will: • have limited access to financial assistance • show potential to succeed in their chosen field of study • be active in school and community • be a diligent achiever • have received no other scholarships or awards Bring this award to any student who you consider a good fit for this award. The successful applicant receives a one-off payment of $1,500. They will be expected to come to a club dinner to receive the award. Closing date for applications: 30th November 2017. All applications must be completed correctly to be considered. Send applications as a PDF to [email protected]. Yours sincerely Teresa McMenamin and Allison Zanelli Rotorua Zonta Club Service Committee YOUNG WOMEN IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS AWARD 2017 The Zonta Club of Rotorua is offering a Young Women in Public Affairs award to a female student aged between 16-19 on the 1st April 2018. Please bring this award to the attention of any student whom you think would be a suitable applicant. The successful candidate will have: • an active commitment to volunteerism • experience in local government, student government or workplace leadership (paid or unpaid) • volunteer leadership achievements • knowledge of Zonta International • commitment to empowering women worldwide The successful candidate will receive $500. Their application will be forwarded to be considered at the District level and, if successful, at the International level. Both of these awards offer further monetary recognition. Information and photographs of the recipient may be supplied to the local media. The recipient of the award would be required to attend the club awards ceremony. __________________________________________________________ The application can be found on the Zonta International website: www.zonta.org/ . All applicants must complete the official application form and the word count must be adhered to. All applications must be sent as a PDF to [email protected] Yours sincerely Teresa McMenamin and Allison Zanelli Rotorua Zonta Club Service Committee
Sheryl Hewitson - Careers Advisor E: [email protected] Jan Thompson – Careers Assistant E: [email protected]
Flexi-Moves: Yoga for Health Beginner Yoga: Monday 5.30pm to 6.45pm
Accommodates those who are not very flexible, or new to yoga.
General Yoga: Tuesday & Thursday 5.30pm to 6.45pm
For those who are competent in the basic techniques. Restorative Yoga: Wednesday 5.30pm to 6.45pm
Suits people with medical conditions and /or stressed.
Bookings Essential due to room size
Jean Hunter, member I.Y.T.A. (NZ) Inc.
Mobile: 0274 500 646. Email:[email protected]
TTThhheee SSSeeeaaammmssstttrrreeessssss Carolyn Constable Phone: 347 1346 Cell: 027 602 4239
Dressmaking alterations For JPC school uniforms Pick up/ delivery service
Mary Ann Paterson 027 55 111 49
For all your quilt top stitching needs
