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A WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FOR THE JOHN PAUL COLLEGE COMMUNITY Term 4, Issue 34 23rd 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 2017 SENIOR STUDENT LEADERS I am delighted to advise that the following students have been chosen as Senior Leaders for 2018. They are very talented and will be great ambassadors for JPC. Head Boy Cullen Smith Deputy Head Boy Te Ohongaake Swanson Hall Head Girl Julia Florence Deputy Head Girl Madeleine Aislabie MURAL OF SMILING JESUS The artwork (mural) on the Denis Browne Technology block was commissioned by me and created by artist, Warren Houston. Its purpose is two-fold, firstly, to remind students that we are a ‘Christ’ centred school in all that we do. Secondly, as Pope Francis reminds us our ‘faith’ should be full of joy and hope. SENIOR RUGBY COACH WINS AWARD On behalf of the Board of Trustees and the school community, I wish to extend my sincere congratulations to Mr Steve Orr, the Coach of the JPC 1st XV, who was awarded the Coach Of The Year for Secondary School Rugby. A well-deserved reward for his dedication and passion to JPC rugby. YEARS 11-13 STUDENTS BEING N.C.E.A EXAM READY Teachers are in the process of ensuring your children are ready for NCEA exams. Please take an interest when they have exams and how much time they devote to preparing for them. All the educational research clearly shows that children do much better if they have parents who take an active interest in their learning. JOHN PAUL COLLEGE COMMUNITY DAY - FRIDAY 17th NOVEMBER 2017 The P.T.A. of John Paul College requested that Years 7-10 have a Community Day on Friday 17th November. This is a teacher only day. The essential features of the day include:- Students choose a work experience for the day which could include home, neighbors or local

businesses Students work for the day 9.00am – 3.00pm The students contribute a minimum of $20.00 to the P.T.A. If your child cannot find a job or you wish them to come to school you may send them in and they

will be supervised It is not intended that the students simply have a ‘day off’ and you donate $20.00. Students

should learn to develop a strong work ethic and earn the money I hope that you will see the day as a positive initiative and support it. A letter and permission slip will be distributed.

God bless

Patrick Walsh

Principal

VACANCY – ICT MANAGER John Paul College is seeking someone with strong IT skills to manage the schools network and IT infrastructure.

This role is a permanent full-time role, 40 hours pw Monday to Friday. A detailed job description is available on our website: www.jpc.school.nz – Our School – Staff Vacancies. Applications including a covering letter and CV are to be emailed to Maree.Stewart@jpc.school.nz

Applications close 4pm Friday 3rd November 2017

WHANAU SUPPORT HUI

Tuesday 24th October, 5.30pm to 7pm, followed with a shared kai

Discussion: "Maori achieving as Maori, Bi-Cultural plan", that I have been working with school management and Whaea Cecelia on, to compliment our current academic

achievement plan for Maori. Hope to see you there, Na Eugene Berryman-Kamp

John Paul College is pleased to continue the Duke of Edinburgh's Hillary Award at the college in 2018.

The awards are open to students from ages 14-25 (students can start at 13 if they are turning 14 during the award time frame). There are three levels Bronze. Silver and Gold (please see attachment for time requirements) and four sections to each award, apart from Gold where there are five (residential project).

· AWARD SECTIONS · SERVICE · ADVENTUROUS JOURNEY · SKILLS · PHYSICAL RECREATION · RESIDENTIAL (GOLD ONLY)

Time requirements for the awards

The registration cost per student is $100 this includes a registration fee of $86.50 and an admin / equipment fee of $13.50. Please e-mail Mr Chapman, E.O.T.C Coordinator, for details:mark.chapman@jpc.school.nz ALL registrations are online now in the NEW online online record book (which can be accessed on your phones) Please go to www.onlinerecordbook.org

1. Go to Register / award participant 2. Select country - NZ - Then Award Unit - John Paul College 3. Click YES to do you know your award leader and type in my email - mark.chapman@jpc.school.nz 4. Choose your level BRONZE / SILVER / GOLD you will have to start at bronze unless you are doing

a direct pathway 5. Complete e-mail details ( we recommend you use your parent's e-mail as you may have left school

and still be doing the award but your school e-mail will not be valid) 6. Complete Personal Details and submit.

Camp Dates 2018 Bronze Silver Cost

20/21/22/23 April Rotorua Lakes

2 days - Practice Journey 1 training day

3 Day - Practice Journey 1 Day Training

$100 per person

5/6/7 July Kaimai Forrest

2 Days Qualifying Journey 6/7 July

3 Day Qualifying Journey 5/6/7 July

$75 per person

The overall cost to complete the award is $275 this includes all camps and training day. JPC is able to provide gear as well from our outdoor gear shed so just personal clothing / footwear and food is needed.

2017 CALENDAR OF EVENTS ….. TERM 4 October 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: Gillian.cook@jpc.school.nz

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

JPC WILL BE GOING SCHOOL WIDE WITH BYOD IN 2018. 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, maree.stewart@jpc.school.nz

MATHEMATICS NEWS ICAS Mathematics On the 15th of August, the annual ICAS Mathematics Competition was held. This year John Paul College gained 4 High Distinctions and 17 Distinctions. Carter Proudley and Ranithu Rodrigo were awarded a High Distinction in the year 7 paper. Ishan Nath and Ranithu Rodrigo were awarded a High Distinction in the year 10 paper. The following students gained Distinction: Andrew Vincent (year 7), Daniel Butterworth, Veronica Chen, Jenna Hastings, Jin Soo Jung, Ranithu Rodrigo, Danyon Wang and Ivan Zaw (year 8), Sequoia Dobson, Charlotte Hall, Mia Page, Ranithu Rodrigo and McKenzie Swinburne (year 9) Riley Boyce, Jasmine Hall and Adam Wong-toi (year 10); Ranithu Rodrigo (year 11) Otago Problem Challenge During Term 2 and 3, all of our Year 7 and 8 students competed in the Otago Problem Challenge. Students participated in 5 rounds of problem solving. Congratulations to the students who received certificates of Excellence and Merit – 16 students received Excellence certificates and 39 students received Merit certificates. The top problem solvers who gained Excellence certificates were: Year 7: Ryan Hastings, Ranithu Rodrigo and Max Peterson Year 8: Jake Harvey-Brown, Ciara Griffiths, Allie Clarke, Skye Du Plessis, Danyon Wang, Ronan McKenzie, Ichiishi Seiya, Anova Santosh, Jacob Snyman, Veronica Chen, Madison King, Leo Schweizer, Soo Jung Jin. Ms Cordonni – Mathematics Faculty

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.

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 2017

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.

BE SUNSMART THIS SPRING

Even on a cloudy day, UV radiation is all around you. Light cloud in a blue sky can make sunburn even

worse, as the UV radiation reflects off the clouds. Please encourage your children to be SunSmart ……….

Slip Slop Slap Wrap

FRIENDS AND FAMILY DEALS AT NOEL LEEMING Offer is available Monday 30th October – Sunday 12th November

Make the most of this offer for your BYOD for 2018

‘DRINKING WATER SAFETY’ Please encourage your child to have their own water bottle at school, to drink often and stay hydrated as the weather

warms up. Please also educate them on not sharing their water bottles to avoid illness etc.

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. Steve Orr was awarded the distinction of being Secondary Schools Coach of the Year last week at the BOPRU Awards. This award reflects the effort and time that he puts knot Rugby at JPC. Congratulations Steve!

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.

1st Prize $200, 2nd Prize $100, 3rd Prize $50 Contact Karen Haigh thehaighs@xtra.co.nz to

put your nomination in.

NATIONAL YOUNG PERFORMER OF THE YEAR

Congratulations to John Paul College Year 13 actors Jessica Hawthorne, Lucy Pepper, Elsie Spiers and Eamon Walsh for their outstanding performances at the 2017 national finals of the PACANZ (Performing Arts Competitions Association of New Zealand) National Young Performer of the Year held over Labour Weekend at The Globe Theatre and historic Regent Theatre in Palmerston North.

Eamon Walsh made it through to the semi-finals (6 performers). On the night, Eamon received the People’s Choice Award and Most Potential Award. Well done to all JPC actors with special thanks to the parents and caregivers who travelled to Palmerston North to join me in supporting our very talented actors – Gabrielle Thurston HoD Drama

YEAR 7 BEACH EDUCATION The following classes will be scheduled for the day Beach Education experience at Omanu Beach, Mt Maunganui. Friday 24th November 7CV and 7WA Tuesday 28th November 7JS and 7SK and Wednesday 29th November 7CG and 7 WJ I must apologise, on the consent form it has the incorrect dates for the three days. They should read Friday 24th / Tuesday 28th / Wednesday 29th November. Any queries, please contact Ms Northey via her school email barb.northey@lpc.school.nz

WANANGA AT JPC All year 11 students had the opportunity to attend a Wananga facilitated by Rawiri Tapiata of Tukaha Global Consultancy. Students were able to explore the Concept of Who Are You As Maori? and to participate in goal setting. The guest speakers were Marcus Akuhata Brown, Te Mauri Kingi Alayana Davis, Raniera Weiiri.

RUGBY 7s: Rugby 7s is approaching fast and all teams (not U19 boys) have a practice hit out tomorrow (25/10/17) at RBHS @ 4pm vs various local teams as a taster for the upcoming BOP tournament. The BOP rugby tournament is on Friday 3rd November (U14 boys, U15 boys, U15 girls) and Saturday 4th November (U19 boys and U19 girls). We will require PARENT transport! Please let me know ASAP if you can help with transport for various teams. Tim Hounsell Teacher in Charge E: tim.hounsell@jpc.school.nz

SWIMMING NEWS Three John Paul College students competed at New Zealand Short Course Swimming Championship recently as part of the Swim Rotorua Team:

Bianca Donelley (15yrs) won a silver medal in her age group for 100 backstroke, and bronze medals in 100 freestyle an 100IM. She also made the open age finals in 7 events.

David Boles (17yrs) placed 10th in the 17-18yr age group for 1500 freestyle. David made the open age ‘D’ finals in 400IM and 200 backstroke.

Kapua Warbrick (14yrs) competed in six events with her best performance in the 200m breaststroke where she placed 10thand 100IM where was 11th.

Eleven John Paul College students competed over the weekend at the Central North Island Swimming Championships. Twenty-six swimming clubs brought teams, from Palmerston North to Auckland. These students were an integral part of the Swim Rotorua Team which for the first time ever won the trophy for the top club. In the 11& under age group Emma Balmer (11yrs) placed 3rd in 100 breaststroke; In the 12-13 yr age group:

Joshua Balmer (13yrs) won 100, 200 and 400IM, 400 free, 100 back, and came 2nd in 50, 100 and 200 free;

Alex Cameron (12yrs) placed 4th in 50 free and came in the top ten in 7 other events. Jasmine Hagan (12yrs) placed 3rd in 50 free, 50 back and 200 IM and 4th in 100 back and 200 and

400 free. Lina Stahlhut (12yrs) was a finalist in all 4 of her races, posting best times and placing 6th in 100

back and 50 fly. Nikita Pola (12yrs) raced 7 events and was part of the 13 & under relay team that placed 2nd.

In the 14-15 yr age group: Bianca Donelley (15yrs) placed 1st in 50 free, 2nd in 50 back and 3rd in 100 back. Molly Sinclair (14yrs) placed 2nd in 100IM and 200 fly (in her debut in the race), and 5th in 50 and

100 fly. Milla Theobald (14yrs) won the 50 fly and 200 fly, placed 2nd in 100 fly, 800 free and 3rd in 200 free. Kapua Warbrick (14yrs) came 2nd in 100 and 200 breaststroke and was 4th in 100 IM. David Boles (17yrs) won the 200 backstroke, placed 2nd in 100 back and 3rd in 100 and 200 free.

NZ WAKA AMA long distance National Champions Makayla Timoti and Marewa Hudson won Gold in the Junior woman w6 national championships during the school holidays with their team mates from Hei Matau Paddlers. This is the 3rd consecutive year Makayla has won gold in this event, with Marewa's fist year competing at this level.

Makayla also won a Silver Medal in the Junior Woman's w1 10km NZ National Championship.

Well done to both girls..

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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

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