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 3, Issue 23 24 th July 2017 Ma te pono Me te aroha – Through Faith and Love 2017 School Theme : “Facta non Verba” – Deeds Not Words 2017 CALENDAR OF EVENTS ….. TERM 3 July 26 th Senior Report Evening 27 th Australian Maths Comp 31 st PTA Raffle Books issued 31-2 nd /8 Yr 13 ABL Camp August 1 st ICAS English 3 rd Year 12 Parish Mass – compulsory 15 th ICAS Maths 18 th Year 7 Parish Mass - compulsory 18/19 th Chanel Shield – Aquinas 21 st Year 10 Careers Research for Options 24 th -1/9 th Snr Prelim Exams September 6 th Senior Option Evening 5-6.30pm 14 th CAT Algebra 18 th Year 8 HPV Vaccination 18-21 st ABL Camp 20 th Dancing With The Staff Teacher Only Day Friday 29 th September Dear Parents/ Caregivers Kia Ora, Malo e Lelei, Talofa, Mabuhay, Greetings Welcome Back To Term 3 I trust you had quality time with your children over the last two weeks. For seniors Term 3 is of critical importance as they complete the syllabus, assignments and prepare for mid-year exams. Please talk to your children about the following matters: Do they have a study timetable in place Have they cut back on paid part-time employment Do they know when all assignments are due Are they on task to achieve NCEA and at what level SCHOOL FEES Thank you to all parents who continue to pay school fees. They are essential for providing your children with the high quality education you have come to expect at John Paul College. ENROLMENTS FOR 2018 HAVE NOW CLOSED Enrolment interviews are now underway. Regrettably, we have far more applications than available spaces and all applications from this time will be placed on our waiting list. If you have a child intending to leave this year, please advise us as soon as possible, as understandably we will have some anxious parents and students on our waiting list. God bless Patrick Walsh Principal
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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 3, Issue 23 24th July 2017
Ma te pono Me te aroha – Through Faith and Love
2017 School Theme :
“Facta non Verba” – Deeds Not Words
2017 CALENDAR OF EVENTS ….. TERM 3 July 26th Senior Report Evening 27th Australian Maths Comp 31st PTA Raffle Books issued 31-2nd/8 Yr 13 ABL Camp August 1st ICAS English 3rd Year 12 Parish Mass – compulsory 15th ICAS Maths 18th Year 7 Parish Mass - compulsory 18/19th Chanel Shield – Aquinas 21st Year 10 Careers Research for Options 24th-1/9th Snr Prelim Exams September 6th Senior Option Evening 5-6.30pm 14th CAT Algebra 18th Year 8 HPV Vaccination 18-21st ABL Camp 20th Dancing With The Staff
Teacher Only Day Friday 29th September
Dear Parents/ Caregivers Kia Ora, Malo e Lelei, Talofa, Mabuhay, Greetings Welcome Back To Term 3 I trust you had quality time with your children over the last two weeks. For seniors Term 3 is of critical importance as they complete the syllabus, assignments and prepare for mid-year exams. Please talk to your children about the following matters:
Do they have a study timetable in place
Have they cut back on paid part-time employment
Do they know when all assignments are due
Are they on task to achieve NCEA and at what level SCHOOL FEES Thank you to all parents who continue to pay school fees. They are essential for providing your children with the high quality education you have come to expect at John Paul College. ENROLMENTS FOR 2018 HAVE NOW CLOSED Enrolment interviews are now underway. Regrettably, we have far more applications than available spaces and all applications from this time will be placed on our waiting list. If you have a child intending to leave this year, please advise us as soon as possible, as understandably we will have some anxious parents and students on our waiting list. God bless Patrick Walsh
YEARS 11-13 PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS Parents are reminded that Senior Parent Teacher Interviews for students in Years 11-13 will be held in the Edmund Rice Centre starting at 3.30 going through to 6.00pm on Wednesday 26th July. (this week) Most senior subject teachers will be available but interviews will be restricted to five minute time slots. Students are encouraged to come along with their parents to the interviews as well. Parents are asked to use the internet to book interviews using the following procedure:
Type in www.schoolinterviews.co.nz Type in school event code: danvp Follow steps 1, 2 3 to make a booking
Bookings can be made up to Wednesday 26th July. Please note that if you make a booking and are no longer able to attend please follow the Reschedule and/or Cancel a booking process as outlined on the School Interview website. Yours sincerely Peter Sinclair DP Curriculum
OUTSTANDING RESULTS FROM THE 2017 ROTORUA SPEECH AND DRAMA COMPETITIONS Congratulations to all John Paul College students who recently took part in the annual Rotorua Competitions. In the premier section, special congratulations to the 2017 Performer of the Year winners. Performer of the Year 1st Lucy Pepper - JPC 2nd Elsie Spiers - JPC 3rd Theresa McLean - JPC 4th Jessica Hawthorne - JPC As these top four students all reached a mark over 85% they all became automatic entrants attending the 2017 National Young Performer of the Year awards in Palmerston North to be held at the Regent Broadway Theatre, the Spiers Centre and the Globe Theatre on the 20 - 22 October 2017. Well done Lucy Pepper and well done JPC actors – Gabrielle Thurston HoD Drama
DAFFODIL DAY IS COMING
Friday August 25th Daffodils will be on sale to students during form
time, morning break and lunch time.
Daffodils = gold coin Stickers 50c
YEAR 13 PARISH MASS (Attendance compulsory) The Year 13 students have their Parish Mass this Friday 28 July at St Mary's Church. (Mass is compulsory). Students need to be at the St Mary's Church on Seddon Street by 8.35am for roll check. Following Mass students will return to school promptly for P2 classes. Mrs B Fredricksen Campus Minister E: [email protected]
RUGBY 2017 The last games were played at the start of the school holidays and the results unfortunately did not go JPC's way. The U14 WHHS/JPC combined team were beaten by Tauhara. The U15's played TBHS 2nd and the game was a closely fought affair that was called off before the final whistle due to an injury. Luckily the player that suffered the injury is due to come back and play shortly. The final score was 20 -17 to TBHS. The 2nd XV did not play as we did not have enough players. We are hoping that after the holidays we will be able to manage this better. The 1st XV travelled to Bethlehem for a match that if they won would put them in semi final contention. Bethlehem had obviously had a swarm of bees for breakfast as they come out buzzing and took the lead early. They then continued their passionate start to bump out to a 14 - 0 lead which had the JPC boys on the back foot. JPC replied with a try before half time to take the half time score to 14 - 7. The second half was a difficult affair with lots of intriguing decisions by the referee that left JPC on the back foot, however the managed to fight back and take the lead 19 - 17 with another two tries and a penalty. The game was tense going into the final minutes when Bethlehem were awarded a penalty close to half way but out in front. They managed to slot this to take the lead 20 - 19. Bethlehem were fading fast and whenever JPC got on the front foot the referee seemed to disagree. The last play of the game saw JPC running the ball from their goal line only to lose the ball in contact after making it to the half way. This was the final act of the game. Not the result we were looking for, however it leaves us sitting 3rd on the table with 2 tough games remaining. This week's encounter is against the table topping WHHS. The game should be a great contest. Come along and show your support. This weekend sees the following games U14 Tga Boys Stripes Vs JPC/Western Heights will now be played at 9:15 and NOT 10:30am U15 Mt Maunganui Vs John Paul College 10.30am @ Mt Maunganui 2nd XV REP/JPC Vs Bye 1st XV John Paul College Vs Western Heights Midday @ Rotorua Lakes High School REPRESENTATIVE We must congratulate the following boys for making the training squad for the BOPRU U16's: Haydn Benge, Nick Briggs, Patrick Gillam and Patrick Humphrey And the following boys for making the U18's BOPRU training squad: Cole Fahy, Damon Morgan, Hamish Dykstra, Ethan Graham, Connor Humphries, Byron Haigh and Alec Johnson These players attended 2 day camps during the holidays for selection the respective age group teams. We wish them all the best in their pursuit of representative honours. Haydn Benge has been selected for the BOPRU U16's - Great stuff Haydn! Congratulations from all the team and supporters! YEAR 7/8 SEVENS We require Year 7/8's for an upcoming 7's Tournament on Tuesday 15th August 2017 @ Westbrook Rugby Fields. See Mr Hounsell to put your names down for this tournament. BOP ROLLER MILLS Congratulations to Brooke Mitchell for making the BOP Roller Mills side. This is an age group side for years 7/8 and was picked from the recent Tai Mitchell Tournament where 10 BOP Teams take part.
Brooke will be playing in the upcoming Roller Mills Tournament against other national sides.
UNIFORM SHOP HOURS Monday to Friday - 8.00am to 2.00pm
ON-LINE UNIFORM SHOP John Paul College now has an on-line uniform shop. You can purchase the school uniform via our website, just click on the Uniform Shop button on the home page at http://jpcshop.co.nz/. Select your items, pay on line with your credit card and then print out the receipt to pick up the uniform from the school uniform shop. If you are unsure of the size, select the closest and this can be changed when the item is picked up. JPC HOODIES JPC has a new school sports and group hoodie available to purchase from the uniform shop. The cost is $55.00 each. These are the 'official' JPC hoodie worn to represent the school and are not part of the normal school uniform. They can be personalised with the team name on the sleeve and students surname only on the lower back. The coach/parents are responsible for this.
Contact Haylie, the Uniform Shop Manager for more details on 347 8795 extn.8856 or [email protected]
INCREDIBLE RESULTS FROM THE SWIM ROTORUA swimmers who attend John Paul College: Over the weekend of 21-23 July Swim Rotorua Swimming Club made their annual trip to compete at the Taranaki Regional Championships. Ten of the team were from John Paul College and between them they returned with 57 medals in their respective age groups – 11-12yrs, 13-14yrs and 15 & over. Emma Balmer (11yrs)– finalist 50 fly – many personal best times. Joshua Balmer – (13 yrs)won 9 GOLD medals so won the Regional title in all his events – 100 and 200 Individual Medley, 50, 100, 200, 400 Freestyle, 200 breaststroke, 100 and 200 Backstroke. David Boles – (17 yrs) won 4 GOLD medals- 400 IM, 400 and 1500 free, 200 Back, 2 SILVER – 200 fly and 100 back, and 2 BRONZE – 200 free and 200 Breaststroke. Alexandra Cameron (12 yrs) won 1 GOLD – 100 fly, 3 SILVER 200 free, 200 IM, 50 Fly and 1 BRONZE 100 free. Bianca Donelley –(14 yrs) 5 GOLD medals – 100IM, 50, 100 and 200 free, and 50 back and won 1 SILVER in the 100m relay. Jasmine Hagan – (12 yrs) 7 GOLD medals – 50, 100 and 200 back, 50, 100 and 200 free and 200 IM, 2 SILVER in 100 IM and 400 Free. Molly Sinclair – (14yrs) 2 SILVER – 50, 100 fly, 2 BRONZE 100 free and 200 fly and was a finalist in 6 other events. Lina Stahlhut – (12yrs) GOLD 50 fly, 2 BRONZE 200 IM and 400 free and a finalist in 5 other events. Milla Theobald –(14yrs) 2 GOLD – 50 and 100 fly, 2 SILVER 800 free and 200 fly and 2 BRONZE 1500 free and 400 IM. Kapua Warbrick – (13yrs) 2 GOLD 50 and 200 breast, 3 SILVER 200 and 400 IM, 100 Breaststroke and 2 BRONZE 50 fly and 100 IM. Swim Rotorua are exceptionally proud of all these athletes and their fantastic achievements. It is great to see such breadth and depth in the team. As reported by Claire Baylis - Swim Rotorua
NEWS FROM THE MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT Australian Mathematics Competition The Australian Mathematics Competition will be held on Thursday the 27th of July. All students who entered the competition should have received a shared link to past practice questions and answers. Please encourage your child to go through the booklet and do the practice questions. ICAS MATHEMATICS COMPETITION The ICAS Mathematics Competition will be held on Tuesday the 15th of August. Further details will be available in the notices. This competition is compulsory for all enrichment classes and optional for other students. Students in Year 7 and 8 are NOT allowed to use a calculator. All other year levels are allowed to use a calculator. All students who entered the competition should have received a shared link to past practice questions and answers. Please encourage your child to go through the booklet and do the practice questions. Lara Cordonni – Mathematics Department E: [email protected]
NZQA & SCHOLARSHIP FEES
The table below outlines candidate fees for NZQA and Scholarship qualifications.
Fees for domestic (non-international) students:
NCEA entry $76.70 per candidate
Each NZ Scholarship subject $30.00 per subject
Fees for International Fee Paying Students:
NCEA entry $383.30 per candidate
Each NZ Scholarship subject $102.20 per subject
Financial Assistance (domestic students only) can be provided if one of the following conditions is met:
be receiving a Work and Income or StudyLink benefit or have a Community Services card
have joint family income that qualifies for Community Services card
have two or more children entered as candidates with fees more than $200.
Financial application forms and information regarding financial assistance are available from the school
([email protected]) or on the NZQA website www.nzqa.govt.nz/financialassistance
Financial Assistance forms need to be completed and into the school by:
Friday 25th August
Invoices have/will be sent out by the school and all fees need to be paid to the school no later than:
Friday 25th August.
Peter Sinclair
DP Curriculum
JPC SCIENCE FAIR Parents wishing to come & see the John Paul College Science Fair projects can do so on Wednesday 2nd August from 5.30 - 7.00pmin the McKillop hall.
FROM THE CAREERS DEPARTMENT Sheryl Hewitson - Careers Advisor E: [email protected] Jan Thompson – Careers Assistant E: [email protected]
New Massey University Undergraduate Scholarships 2018 - Closing 20th August 2018 Please see link below and details beneath: http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/admission/scholarships-bursaries-awards/high-achiever/high-achiever_home.cfm The details are: · 9 x Vice Chancellor’s Excellence Scholarships
o 3 years o $7,000 per year o Available to full time or pro-rated for part-time
· 30 x Vice Chancellor’s High Achievers with Distinction Scholarships o 2 years o $5,000 in first year and $2,500 in second year o Available to full time or pro-rated for part-time
§ 10 to Maori students (arts or academics); § 5 to Pasifika students (arts or academics); § 5 to students studying arts (any cultural background); § and 10 to students studying arts or academics (any cultural background).
· 60 x Vice Chancellor’s High Achievers Scholarships o 1 year o $3,000 o Available to full time or pro-rated for part-time
NB: Unsuccessful applicants for the VC Excellence Scholarship will be automatically considered for the High Achiever Scholarship
· 25 x Sports Academy Scholarships o 1 year o $5,000 o Available to full time or pro-rated for part-time
http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/admission/scholarships-bursaries-awards/high-achiever/high-achiever_home.cfm The closing date is the 20th August 2017 for the above scholarships. Additionally, the following scholarships will also close on the 20th August 2017: · Up to 4 x Massey Accommodation Scholarships
· Up to 40 x Massey Business School Future Leaders Scholarships · Up to 8 x Albany Vice Chancellors Innovation and Academic Excellence Scholarship
