Principal—Gregor Fountain

College Fair—What a Success!

School Fees 2

Important Student Information

2

Course Information 2

Health Consultation 2

Year 9 Gifted and Talented Programme

3

Student Successes 3/4

Entertainment Book 5

Community Notices 5

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Message from the Principal

PC Newsletter

Term 2, Issue 3—July 2014

A huge thank you to

everyone who helped out

with the organisation of

our College Fair and also

to the community who

attended on the day. We

estimate about 3000-4000

people attended on what turned out to be the perfect

day, weatherwise!

Proceeds from the Fair meant we

were able to donate hundreds of

cans to the Kapiti Foodbank as well

as being able to hand over a

cheque for $800. $4000 was raised

for Kapiti Youth Support (KYS) with

additional money being raised by

College groups for various activi-

ties.

It was a highly successful and fun day for all. Without our sponsors and

volunteers this would not have been possible.

Watch this space for details of our next College Fair earmarked for

2016!

Tena koutou katoa

I am constantly amazed at the achievements

of Paraparaumu College’s students. Our

latest national champions are the brand new

Paraparaumu College team of Cheerleaders

who won the national secondary schools title

at the “Cheer Brandz Rock n Cheer Nationals”

in Auckland at the end of last term. As well

as winning the secondary schools’ title the

Paraparaumu College team was selected as

the Grand Champions of the entire competi-

tion.

It is hard to keep track of all of the successes

of our students, but I am aware of individuals

from this school who have represented New

Zealand in 2014 in BMX racing, wrestling,

mountain-biking, tennis, karate, vaulting, AFL

and inline hockey. Many of our winter sports

teams will also be competing in the finals of

their regional competitions over the next few

weeks. We wish them well.

In the extra-curricular arts programme, re-hearsals are underway for this term’s musical showcase and planning has begun for a ma-jor drama production, to be held at the end of this term.

Involvement in school activities outside of the class-

room helps students to feel connected to the school.

It also enables them to meet and work with students,

teachers and parents from throughout the College

community towards a shared goal. Involvement in

these types of activities often has a positive impact

on academic achievement as students transfer the

confidence, independence and ability to relate to

others developed through the extra-curricular pro-

gramme into their classroom work and interactions.

Despite this the major focus in Term Three, especially

for our Year 11-13 students, is on completing NCEA

internal assessments and preparing for the external

examinations in Term Four. It is crucial that students

prioritise their academic work now to ensure that

they achieve the best possible results at the end of

the year. From the conversations I have had, I know

most students are carefully monitoring their achieve-

ment towards their goals.

I wish everyone in the Paraparaumu College commu-

nity a successful term.

Gregor

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student who has not paid the NCEA fee to the college by then, will need to pay directly to NZQA. Please contact Mrs Newall, Finance Manager 049025170 Extn:843 if you have any questions. Payment to the College by Automatic payment or Direct Credit If you are paying by regular automatic payment or by direct credit to the College bank account, please ensure you identify your pay-ment with your student’s name and where possible their student ID Number. School Fees Thank you to those families who have paid their subject related costs and/or the donation. Statements showing an update on your student’s financial position at the College have been sent out recently.

IMPORTANT Student Information

Tertiary Information

Applications for Tertiary Study

Students intending to continue their

study at any tertiary establishment

(University, Polytechnic or private

provider) should ensure that they are

aware of closing dates for their par-

ticular course. Anyone requiring

assistance should contact Mrs

Browne.

University Prospectuses are sent to

the College as they become available.

In some cases the University forwards

them directly to students. Students

should ensure they attend the course

planning sessions at the College for

their chosen University. Enrolment is

on-line.

Halls of Residence Applications

Applications for Halls of Residence at the

various Universities usually become

available on-line (or sometimes in hard-

copy) from 1st AUGUST. These

applications have to be at Universities by

the middle of September but students are

advised to get their application done on-

line as soon as possible. Students are

responsible for submitting the other part of

the application and the College’s Confiden-

tial Reference forms are submitted by Mrs

Knap, Office Manager, separately. The

completion of these references by the

College is extremely time consuming so

we ask that the Common Confidential

Reference Form be downloaded and given

to the College Office by Monday 4th

August at the LATEST.

Students may apply for a Hall of Residence

at more than one University and should

apply even if there is some doubt whether

they require a place or not.

End of Year Testimonials

Students have already applied for testimo-

nials on-line. If you have any queries,

please see Mrs Browne.

Course Option Booklets

Course Option Booklets for all year levels

will be available on the College website

and PC4ME Site week commencing 28th

July. Hardcopies will be available for stu-

dents without internet access from the

College Office.

Course Information Evening

A course information evening is being held

on Thursday 7th August in two sessions

(4.30—5.45 pm and 6.30—8.00 pm). This

information evening is designed to help

your son/daughter make the right choices

for their courses of study. Staff, Deans and

Careers Advisors will be available to an-

swer any questions you may have regard-

ing prerequisites and pathways within

their subjects. We will also have local

tertiary institutions in attendance.

NCEA FEES FOR 2014 Invoices for NCEA fees have been issued to all students in Years 11-13 and were due for payment to the College Office at the end of June. Reminders have been emailed or posted. Parents and care-givers can you please give payment of these your urgent attention. Applications for Financial Assistance for NCEA are still being accept-ed but the forms need to be in our hands by 31st August. No appli-cations can be accepted after that date. The form for application is on our website or can be collected from the College office. Please check out www.pcol.school.nz for more information. Entries, together with the fees received will be sent to NZQA (New Zealand Qualifications Authority) shortly after 1 September. Any

School Exams

Senior exams will take place from

Thursday 21st August through to

Friday 29th August. Click here for

the timetable. It is also available on

the College website under Calen-

dar/Senior Exam Timetable.

Health Consultation At Paraparaumu College we are reviewing our Health Education programme to ensure that it meets the needs of our school community. As part of this consultation I would like to invite you to our Health Education evening on Wednes-day 13th August, from 7 - 8.30 pm in the College pavilion. This evening will feature some selected Paraparaumu College Health promotion groups and a number of contributing service providers eg Kapiti Youth Support (KYS) and Kapiti Coast Physiotherapy (KCP). To enable us to do this we need your help. Please complete the questionnaire here and return it to the College by Wednesday 30th July. Completed questionnaires can be emailed to Brenda McKenzie, mailed back to the College, handed to form teachers or dropped in at the office.

The evening will also showcase what the Health Department at Paraparaumu College offers (class programmes, counselling services, peer support, peer mediation, safe school programme etc) and the services that KYS and KCP provide. There will be staff from the College and KYS in attendance to answer questions. Please email Brenda McKenzie {mcb@pc.school.nz) by 30th July or ring the College and leave a message at the office if you are likely to attend.

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Year 9 Gifted and Talented Programme 2014 With the intention of personalising learning here at Paraparaumu College we are undertaking a process to identify Year 9 students with

special skills and abilities. For identification purposes the definition “gifted and talented” for us applies to a wide range of students

with many different abilities and qualities.

The breadth of these qualities and abilities is reflected in the following six broad areas of giftedness and talent:

Intellectual/Academic

Creativity

Expression

Social/Leadership

Culture-specific

Expression

Our initial identification process will involve teacher nomination, however, if you would like more information around this initiative or

would like to discuss nominating your child to be involved in the programme, please do not hesitate to contact Aaron Mead at the Col-

lege at mea@pcol.school.nz.

Once we have identified our students we will explore ways of assisting these students to realise their full potential.

Please click here for further explanation of the 6 areas of giftedness and talent or you can find it on our website under Students/Gifted

and Talented Programme 2014.

Student Success

NZIC Chemistry Quiz Paraparaumu College Year 12 students Josh Lamb and Callum Morgan, with Year 13 students Camellia Young and Rebekah Raynor, took part in the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry Secondary Schools’ Wel-lington Chemistry and Titration competition held at Victoria University. Paraparaumu College won the competition. Thirty other teams took part. The prize, donated by the Faculty of Science, Victoria University was a $100 Whitcoulls voucher to be used for purchasing Chemistry textbooks.

Sheilah Winn Shakespeare in Schools Competition

Paraparaumu College has had another successful year at the Sheilah Winn Regional Shakespeare in Schools competition. The College took an enthusiastic and talented group to Otaki College for the regionals and came away with two well deserved awards for their efforts. A group of 10 students performed a combined witches scene set in a modern school yard and as a result of their performance Josh Lamb, who played MacBeth, received the Moby Dickens Bookshop award for Best Delivery of Text. Renee Black, Paraparaumu College’s Head Girl, directed a 5 minute scene, also from MacBeth, where Lady MacBeth has been driven to the point of insanity by her actions. For her stunning portrayal of Lady Macbeth Flora Dryburgh won the award which gives her auto-matic entry to the National Shakespeare in Schools Production week. This is the group which is made up of direct entry winners and those from the National competition held at Queen’s Birthday weekend. In September the national group ends up being around 45 and half of these are selected to go to the Globe Theatre in London.

The Pak ‘n Save Kapiti Sportsperson of the Year Awards 2014

Congratulations to former student, Jacinta Beckley, on receiving the Undercover Secrets Lingerie Emerging Sportswoman of the Year

award at the Kapiti Sports Awards in May.

Basketball and Netball

Dana-Jayne Mills-Albert is having a busy holidays! The first week was spent as a member of the U17 Porirua Basketball team that has

been at the Basketball National competition in North Harbour . In the second week she stayed at North Harbour as part of the Kapiti

Netball U17 team competing in the U17 national tournament. We look forward to hearing how she has got on!

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Karting Jared Parker has had a busy time over April and May of this year. Competing in

the last round of the WPKA series, in early April, Jared finished 3rd for the day,

3rd in the Grand Prix and 3rd overall for the whole series.

At Easter, Jared was racing in the New Zealand Kartsport Nationals in Blenheim.

Unfortunately gear failure meant he started at the back for the final but man-

aged to fight his way through the pack to finish 10th overall.

In the Club Championships held at the end of May, Jared was successful, win-

ning 3 races and gaining 2 second placings. These results gave him the title of

2014 Club Champion for Junior Yamaha.

Cheerleading The Paraparaumu College Cheerleading team (Paraparaumu Seagulls) have come home victo-

rious from the “Cheer Brandz Rock n Cheer Nationals” held at the North Shore Events Centre

at the end of June.

The team competed against four other secondary schools in the premier event, winning Gold

and earning the title of National Champions!

Cross Country New Zealand Secondary Schools Cross Country was held during June in Palmerston North with some

very pleasing results from our competitors:

Senior Male Individual—Stefan Przychodzko—17th out of 185

Year 9 Male—Sean Eaton—22nd out of 162

Junior Female—Kayla Shipp—34th out of 91

Year 9 Female—Brooke Eddie—21st out of 121

Year 9 Female—Rebecca Yorker—46th out of 121

Orienteering Congratulations to Stefan Przychodzko who is the College Sport Wellington overall Senior Boys Orienteering

Champion for 2014.

Taekwondo Success for Zoe Lyall at the New Zealand Taekwondo Championships winning Silver in the Red Belt 15-17

year age group.

Success also for Calum Woodill and Stefan Przychodzko in the Central Districts Regional Tournament:

Calum

Black Belt Junior Sparring—Gold

Black Belt Junior Power—Gold

Black Belt Junior Speciality—Gold

Black Belt Junior Patterns—Silver

Stefan

Green Coloured Belt Intermediate Sparring—Silver

Green Coloured Belt intermediate Patters—Bronze

PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION

Ball Gown Fashion Parade 2014

Would you like to spend a night with the stars, watch them on the catwalk showing all their glitz and

glamour? Let us entertain you with some great college musicians and ply you with a delicious supper.

There will be spot prizes and competitions on the Great Gatsby themed night. The Parents' Association

welcome you to the major event of the year - not to be missed - so hurry and get your tickets before they

sell out.

Monday 11th of August at 7pm in the College Auditorium. Tickets $10 each, on sale at College reception

or at the door on the night

Bring your family and friends of all ages.

Next Meetings

We have some great new ideas and forward plans from the Parents’ Association team so far this year. Our purpose is always to sup-

port as many students as possible with their endeavours during their college years, ensuring that many more of our students receive

prizes at the end of the year in recognition of their hard work, creating a link between whanau and staff and promoting our great

College and it's many achievements to the wider community.

We have started a new strategy to work with other groups in the College: the Whanau Group, Sports Committee and students

aiming to raise funds for their own College linked adventures. We also have a sub-committee working together on advertising and

marketing.

Please feel free to join us any time you wish at our following meetings for refreshments, chat or to see what we are all about.

Meetings commence at 7 pm in the Student Centre at the College on:

Thursday 24th July

Thursday 21st August

Thursday 18th September

Thursday 23rd October

Thursday 20th November

COMMUNITY NOTICES

Do you know any new Kiwis who need some English help?

Tell them about English Language Partners.

They offer:

One to one help anywhere in Kapiti (1-2 hours a week

Classes in Paraparaumu for 1.5-2 hours a week

Help adults with using and understanding English

Help at all levels (beginners to advanced)

Help new arrivals and also those who have lived in new for years

FREE for most people

To contact English Language Partners phone 0800 NEW KIWI or 0800 639 5494

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our website. Click here or contact:

Paraparaumu College Sports

Department

Penny Reed

Phone: 04 902 5170

Email: sport@pcol.school.nz

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