Dear Parents/ Caregivers Tēnā koutou katoa, ni hao, konnichiwa, good afternoon OUR TOWN PRODUCTION I wish to commend Mrs Gabrielle Thurston and her team on a magnificent season of 'Our Town’. It won high praise from those who attended. The reviews in the papers were also highly complementary: a flawless performance by the cast, outstanding costumes and a fantastic message for the audiences. PUNCTUALITY

Being punctual to school is not only in the best interests of your child’s learning, it is an important life discipline. Employers won’t accept lateness. Turning up late to official functions and social occasions is perceived as rude and a sign of being disorganised. Many of our students are late to school without a reasonable excuse which frustrates teachers and disadvantages your child’s progress. We would appreciate you talking to your child about the importance of punctuality and supporting staff who may need to speak to your children when they are not punctual. TRACKING FOR SUCCESS IN NCEA Reports of NCEA results of secondary schools in New Zealand, confirm that John Paul College is a very high performing school and in fact, achieves results at the same level of a decile 9 or 10 school. The N.Z Herald named JPC as the top performing decile 7 secondary school in New Zealand with respect to pass rates at NCEA Level 2. Part of our success story comes from the very close cooperation between parents and teachers. As we prepare students over the next ten weeks to complete their NCEA course, please ensure you continue to monitor your child’s progress and liaise with teachers. God bless Patrick Walsh

Principal

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 26 12th August 2019

“One Heart, One Commitment, One Life”

Spot Prizes - 50 Incentive Spot Prizes for students who sell complete books on or before 9th August 2019 (Donated by McDonalds Family Restaurant Rotorua) Congratulations to the following students who won one of the Incentive Spot Prizes

Your prize can be collected from the Accounts Office Maya Poingdestre Bridie Morrow Anika Davies Alexis de la Rocha Hayley Donnelly Nancy Farmer-Antonia Molly Blezard-James Ruby Campbell Teuila Schuster Kelsey Cocker Lucy Martin Datha Vishnukumar

Ella Haugh Jodie Julian Mathieu Coulombe Kayla Fox Nishali Patel Luchian Smith Quinn Kelly Alexus Crengle Ella Morrison Heath Dorman Matthew Douglas Eleni Milliken Caleb Campbell Madison Aitchison Alazay Mountney Nyla Fulo Amber Read Isabella Harding Hannah Kapa Kirat Arund Kumar Sophie Fraser Rachel Rolfe Zach Castillo Courtney King Gabriel Larkin Kyle August Ildar Efremov Shannon Findlay Trelise Howard Ryan Pederson Flynn Haines Millie Lucich Kennedy Meads Maia Anderson Brooke Thom Lucy Tokelove Lian Reinders Lucy Fleet

UNIFORM SHOP HOURS MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, FRIDAYS

8.00AM-2.00PM TERM TIME ONLY JPC 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://jpc.school.co.nz/uniform-shop 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. All queries please email uniform@jpc.school.nz.

EVENTS CALENDAR AUGUST 7th Year 9 Retreat compulsory 8/9th Yrs 12/13 Drama Production 9th Sports photos 12th NZ Hospitality Champs 14th Canterbury Course Planning 15th Whole School Mass 16/17th Chanel Shield 19&27 Y10 Careers/Option Choices Session 21st CBoP Amazing race Yrs 7/8 21-28 Prelim Exams 26th Teacher Only Day 28th Waikato Uni Course Planning 29th Otago Uni Course Planning 31-8/9 NZSS Winter Sports Week SEPTEMBER 2/3 Rockclimbing competition 3rd ICAS Digital Techology 5th ICAS Science 8-13th AIMS Games 10th ICAS Writing 11th Option Evening 12th CAT Algebra Yr 12 Parish Mass 14th Signum Fidei Anniversary Celebration 16-20th 1769 Week 17th ICAS English Victoria Uni Course Planning 19th ICAS Maths 25th Yr 7 Careers Dress Up Day Dancing With The Staff 6.30-10.00pm 26th Senior Reports Issued 27TH Teacher Only Day

JPC COLLECTING FOR THE SVDP FOOD BANK We continue to collect tinned foods, spreads, biscuits, crackers, drink sachets, breakfast cereals, toiletries, etc All food items donated earn 20 house points per item or 100 house points per 4 items.

Thank you in anticipation Mrs G Cook Teacher in Charge E: Gillian.cook@jpc.school.nz

PTA meeting THIS WEDNESDAY 14th August

730pm in the boardroom

CONTACT THE DEANS Y13 stephen.bloomfield@jpc.school.nz Y12 sherry.brewer@jpc.school.nz Y11 minka.webb@jpc.school.nz Y10 terry.hughes@jpc.school.nz Y9 simon.james@jpc.school.nz Y8 paul.johnson@jpc.school.nz Y7 brigit.nieuwboer@jpc.school.nz STUDENT RECEPTION

3478 795 xtn 8828 absentees@jpc.school.nz

NURSE 3478 795 xtn 8806 nurse@jpc.school.nz

“Children outgrown their summer uniforms?”

The PTA are welcoming donations of used uniforms in good condition for their next sale, for the changeover into summer uniform in

Term 4. Please bring your donations to the main

reception. Thank you

PTA 2nd HAND UNIFORM SALES DATES Thursdays September 20th & 27th

3.45-4.45pm

WHANAU HUI

Monday 9th September at 5.30pm

Friday August 30th Daffodils will be on sale to students during form

time, morning break and lunch time.

Daffodils = gold coin Stickers 50c

A major funding source for the Cancer Society

COST / PAYMENT - YEAR 8 CAMP–NOVEMBER 18th–20th

The camp will be held at Tui Ridge Park, situated at Hamurana and will run from Monday 189th to Wednesday 20th November

The Year 8 Camp offers a wide range of activities for all skill levels; such as both indoor and outdoor rock climbing, abseiling, water slide, high ropes course, a giant swing, archery, flying fox, mountain biking, orienteering and Burma trail to name a few. The all-inclusive cost for camp this year is $245.00 per student. This includes transport, accommodation, food and activities.

For ease of payment, parents are welcome to set up an automatic payment, to be completed before

Friday 27th September. Please note that when making payment of camp fees, it is important that you use “Yr 8 Camp” and “Insert Your Child's Name" in the reference fields so we can find your payment in the system.

You will receive further information from your child, along with some documentation for you to complete, in the near future. Thank you for your support of, what will no doubt be a memorable camp experience for your child. NB: PLEASE ENSURE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESSES ARE CORRECT ON THE SYSTEM TO ENSURE YOUR RECEIVE CAMP INFORMATION. PARENTS ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO DOWNLOAD THE FREE JPC APP FOR UPDATES

Paul Johnson – Year 8 Dean E: paul.johnson@jpc.school.nz

RAFFLE PRIZES 1ST Prize - $1500.00 Noel Leeming Voucher 2nd Prize - $500.00 Noel Leeming Voucher 3rd Prize - Gondola Cards – 2 Adults and 3 Children (Donated by SurveyOne Ltd Value $190)

4th Prize - Vehicle Service (Donated by Douglas Automotive Value $180)

5th Prize - $100.00 Pak n Save Voucher 6th Prize - $100.00 Pig and Whistle Voucher 7th Prize - Gift Basket (Donated by Pak n Save)

8th Prize - $50.00 Petrol Voucher 9th Prize - $50.00 McDonalds Family Restaurant Voucher 10th Prize - $50.00 Kmart Voucher 1x $50 for most books sold 1X $30 for 2nd most books sold 1X $20 for 3rd most books sold 1st 50 sold books returned will get a McDonalds voucher. Put sold books with money into accounts For more books go to accounts

Thank you for your support to raise funds for extra curricular activities

Atawhai Committee is selling badges and keychains in the shape of dopamine molecules to support mental health. Eftpos is available at the accounts office, or cash at the student counter.

Ashleigh Webb – Atawhai Committee

The JPC App has been upgraded to SchoolAppsNZ

An alert notification has been sent to all of our School App users. The notification will be as follows.

"Your School App requires some important updates. Please click here to read more."

On opening this alert you will see a message that explains the update along with a link to begin the update. On clicking the link it will take you to the App Store / Google Play Store to download the SchoolAppsNZ app. On downloading, the app will open up and display JPC's App home screen as per normal with all of their Alert group selections, absentee information etc saved. You are now upgraded to SchoolAppsNZ. If you have any questions about this, please email maree.stewart@jpc.school.nz

congratulations To our achievers – well done!

2019 Rotary International Secondary School Speech Contest Year 12 Orla Walsh won the 2019 Rotary International Secondary Speech Contest on Monday, 05 August at a combined Rotary Clubs of Rotorua dinner hosted by the foundation club in Rotorua the Rotorua Rotary Club established in 1927. The hosted event is a key feature of Rotary International’s activities in the city each year. Orla’s five minute speech focussed on Artificial Intelligence. Hearty congratulations to Orla who adds to a long list of JPC students who have won this prestigious public speaking event. Well done JPC – Gabrielle Thurston HoD Drama Congratulations to ex JPC student, Sam Osborne, who recently won the Xterra Pan Am Mexico off-road triathlon men’s event. It's the 12th career XTERRA World Tour win for Sam and his fifth this season out of six races, "I couldn’t be happier," said Osborne, who increased his lead in the Tour standings with the win. "I had a half decent swim, but everyone is a good swimmer here, so I needed to ride as hard as possible." The event was the 8th of 10 stops on the XTERRA Pan American Tour, and an important gold race that helped shape the leaderboard heading into the final two stops at XTERRA Dominican Republic before the finale in Utah on September 7.

Abridged from the Daily Post & Internet

What a weekend of rugby, the return of the Mitre 10 Cup, the All Blacks faltering to the Wallabies and JPC 1st XV making the final for the BOPSS 1st Division Competition for successive years. Last year they went on to win the competition and this weekend they will travel to Rugby Park in Whakatane to play Trident for the title. It is there for the taking again and they will be up for the challenge!

The U14’s were up against RBHS to firm up there place in the finals of the Championship Division. Down on players they had to rejig their roster which meant a few boys played in unfamiliar positions. They played well and hung in for most of the game however RBHS finished well, beating JPC 32 -17. They will have a semi-final this weekend against opponents TBC. With the return of a two key players the semi-final is there for the taking and the boys are looking forward to the challenge.

The 1st XV played Tauhara in their semi-final and like the previous two games this season were separated by 1 point. The JPC boys were hammered in the opening 15 minutes with Tauhara throwing everything at the JPC team. JPC held strong and managed to turn the tables, opening with a well taken try in the corner to Kyle August. The game was being played at a frenetic pace and both teams were looking for opportunities. JPC gained the next points, scoring another try to take a 10 nil lead into half time. Both halftime talks were frank and to the point, this was going to be the last 35 minutes of the 2019 season for one team. Tauhara came out fizzing again and were back to their old tricks of throwing everything at JPC. Again JPC held strong and scored another try to go out to 15 – nil lead. Tauhara then managed to score a converted try and get their tails up. Tauhara had a player red carded after a scuffle under their posts. This gave Tauhara more incentive and they managed to make JPC nervous with scoring another two tries. JPC had converted a couple of penalties and were 21 – 12 up with 3 minutes to play. Some resolute defence by JPC could not hold out the Tauhara team with them scoring another try in the last play of the game. JPC taking the 21 – 19 result to book their place in the final next weekend.

JPC Rugby would like to thank the JPC community and the Board of Trustees for their support this season.

Saturday 17th August Trident vs JPC 1st XV at Rugby Park, Whakatane @ 1.30pm - 1st Division Final JPC U14’s TBC - U14’s Championship Semi-final Richard Haigh 027 7773445

JPC

2019

Kia ora Girls, This is a reminder that in the next school holidays we are running a sub-union sevens development programme. The programme includes a training during week 1 and game day in Week 2. You will be put into sub union teams (Eastern, Central and Western BOP) according to which training you attend If you’re interested in having fun, learning and playing quality sevens please sign up by following the link below: http://www.boprugby.co.nz/high-performance/representative-rugby/female-bay-of-plenty-u16--u18-subunion-7s/

Kendra Reynolds

Womens Development Manager Bay of Plenty Rugby Union P: 07 574 2037 M: 021 193 2722

W: www.boprugby.co.nz

2019 STUDY PASS PACKS Students have the option of ordering the 2019 NCEA study packs for $22 or 2019 NCEA Fold Out Notes for $14 through John Paul College. Please complete this order form by Wednesday the 14th of August, 3pm and return with payment to Mrs Boyce in the Accounts Office.

Study Pack ($22)

Fold Out Notes ($14) TEACHER

NCEA level 1 Mathematics

NCEA level 1 Science

NCEA level 2 Chemistry

NCEA level 2 Mathematics

NCEA level 2 Physics

NCEA level 3 Calculus

NCEA level 3 Chemistry

NCEA level 3 Physics

NCEA level 3 Statistics

TOTAL

STUDENT NAME: _______________________________________________ Lara Cordonni Conny Ludäsher Mathematics Faculty Science Faculty

The CHRISTMAS SHOEBOX APPEAL will commence this term

If you wish to contribute to this year’s appeal, start collecting your contributions now and make a give a smile to a child this Christmas

THE ROTARY NATIONAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FORUM The Rotary National Science & Technology Forum is designed to encourage top performers in Year 12 at school to study and ultimately enter careers in Science, Mathematics and Technology or related fields. This programme is aimed at outstanding students from across New Zealand. Students will visit the different campuses around Auckland and attend lectures, labs and field trips that cover a range of subjects. Days will be filled with the Academic Programme and in the evening, students will be visiting science/hi-tech organisations, hearing from experts, spending some time with their peers and having a great deal of fun. Applications are now being sought by Rotary Clubs from high achieving Year 12 Science, Mathematics and Technology students for The Rotary National Science & Technology Forum to be held in Auckland from 11 – 25 January 2020. Eligible students:

Must be Year 12 students who intend to return to school in Year 13 in the year of the Forum; Must possess very good academic records with standards achieved at excellence level in Science, Mathematics and Technology subjects; Should be intending to complete tertiary studies in the Sciences, Mathematics and/or Technology fields; Should possess strong communication skills and good, all round general knowledge; Should participate in a range of extra-curricular and cultural activities; Must hold NZ permanent residency or be citizens.

Please see Ms Ludascher for a student brochure and application form.

CAREERS STAFF Sheryl Hewitson Careers Advisor E: sheryl.hewitson@jpc.school.nz Jan Thompson Careers Assistant E: jan.thompson@jpc.school.nz Rachael Hindrup Gateway Coordinator E: rachael.hindrup@jpc.school.nz

KEY DATES Open Days August 23 - Massey University Open Day - at Wellington campus August 23 - Victoria University - on campus August 24 - Massey University Open Day - at Albany campus August 31 - Auckland University Courses and Careers Day - on campus August 31 - AUT Live 2019 at City Campus, Auckland

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ UNIVERSITY COURSE PLANNING August 14th - Canterbury University Course Planning from 9am August 28th - Waikato University Course Planning from 9am August 29th - Otago University Course Planning from 11am September 17th - Victoria University Course Planning from 9am September 24th - Massey University Course Planning from 9am

Year 13 students can register for Course Planning now in Careers.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Students and parents are advised to read our Careers page regularly here in the newsletter, and students to make sure they have joined up on the Facebook Career groups. On the JPC school web page is a Careers & Gateway section which is continually updated, and a source of good information and further links.

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STUDYLINK

Studylink helps students make informed choices about their student finance, how to apply for it and manage it online.

Follow this link for help with what you need to do when you are starting study: https://www.studylink.govt.nz/starting-study/

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MONEYHUB TIPS MoneyHub has put together a checklist of 50 money empowering tips to help you stretch the student dollar for the time you'll spend at university of any tertiary study. Many of them are easy, quick wins that will make a difference to everyday student life https://www.moneyhub.co.nz/student-money-tips.html

Student Job Interview Guide and Tips MoneyHub, a consumer finance website, has published a guide to job interview success, helping you to attend a job interview and have the confidence to shine! All job types are covered, and a list of template answers will help you put together your own replies. Getting a part-time or summer job is a lot easier with this guide, exclusive to MoneyHub. To access the guide, visit the MoneyHub Student Job Interview Tips page.

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Generosity NZ is a renowned digital search facility for funding information. givME is

their search tool schools use to connect individuals to thousands of scholarships and awards opportunities. We are subscribed to givME for our students to use. Students can click on this link https://search.generosity.org.nz/users/register/sign_up?code=122-1549 to sign up and access the scholarship database.

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New Zealand Broadcasting School The year marches on and suddenly there are just 7 weeks to go before the 30 Sept application deadline for the Bachelor of Broadcasting Communications degree next year. Last year 94% of our degree grads secured full-time employment. To see what our students are up to, visit www.nzbs.com There is also a link there to “Apply Now” which takes you to our Website at Ara www.nzbs.ac.nz

SCHOLARSHIPS LINCOLN UNIVERSITY Scholarships are now open - for next year's study. Visit http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/Lincoln-Home/Apply/Scholarships/ for more information

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ WAIKATO UNIVERSITY The regulations and the application form can be found through the link below. It is important that all potential applicants read through, and understand, the regulations of the scholarship prior to commencing the application process https://www.waikato.ac.nz/scholarships/application-advice Please search using the filter on the right of the page (select 'School Leaver' & 'Undergraduate'). Please take note that the Sir Edmund Hillary is now requiring students to submit a 3 minute video in their application. https://www.waikato.ac.nz/scholarships/search#!/?page=1 The University of Waikato now has a new scholarship for High Performance Athletes. The University of Waikato Professional Athletes Dual-Career Scholarship is for NZ citizens and permanent residents who will be contracted as a paid professional/semi-professional sports person to a NZ-based sports franchise/organisation for the full season/competition in 2020 and who will be enrolling in an undergraduate degree at UoW. Applications close on 31st August. Please note that this scholarship cannot be held in conjunction with the Sir Edmund Hillary Scholarship Programme. More information, including the regulations can be found through the following link; https://www.waikato.ac.nz/scholarships/s/university-of-waikato-professional-athletes-dual-career-scholarship

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ KEYSTONE STUDY AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS are available to school leavers that meet our eligibility criteria who are entering their first year of tertiary study in 2020. The Keystone scholarships are the most premium scholarships offered to students taking up studies that will bring them into the property and construction sector. The programme includes $5,000 a year for up to three years, mentoring, work opportunities and guidance along their journey. Scholarships close on the 15th August 2019. For more information on eligibility please visit the Keystone Website.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS FOR YEAR 13 STUDENTS MoneyHub, a consumer finance website, has published a guide to hundreds of scholarships for any student planning to start university in 2020. The comprehensive list includes scholarships offered by every university as well as those specifically available to local students. A list of privately-funded, Maori, Pacific and International university scholarships completes the list. Applications close throughout the year, with tens of millions of dollars available. MoneyHub has also published a list of tips for scholarship success. For more details and to find suitable scholarships, visit the MoneyHub Scholarship page

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ PIHMS CAREER WEEK OCTOBER 2019 Next career week is 8 – 11 October 2019 (2nd week of October school holidays) · PIHMS career week provides any student with the opportunity to experience PIHMS, our culture, lifestyle, education, training to see if this is where your future lies · Get first-hand hand tips and information about the hospitality and tourism industry and find out how PIHMS works · $199 per person – everything is included – Accommodation, all meals & beverages and scheduled activities · All students attending need to be motivated about considering PIHMS as an option for tertiary study · Places are limited as we only have a limited number of rooms available for accommodation – So apply asap to avoid missing out http://www.pihms.ac.nz/career-week.html

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CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY Applications to live in UC Hall of Residences in 2020 are now open. Please encourage any interested students to complete their application as soon as possible and by 27 September. The following information outlines the application process and gives a quick overview of our accommodation options. The application for accommodation is completed online and comprises of two steps:

Step 1 Online application form. Students needs to complete this by 12 noon on 27 September.

Step 2 Common Confidential Reference Form. Students will complete and submit their details so that a form can be sent directly to their school for completion. This needs to be completed by 15 September. Students are required to select their 1st and 2nd preference so please encourage them to think carefully about their options. Useful info can be found on the Accommodation website(check out the 360 panoramas, videos, and comparison charts) or in our 2020 Accommodation Guide.

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