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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
School/NCEA Fees Page 2
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 {[email protected]) 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 [email protected].
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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Paraparaumu 5254
Phone: 04 902 5170 Fax: 04 902 5171
E-mail: [email protected]
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potential.”
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Memberships for a limited time only, so be sure to
order now! Memberships can be purchased through
our website. Click here or contact:
Paraparaumu College Sports
Department
Penny Reed
Phone: 04 902 5170
Email: [email protected]
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