Te Kura Tuarua o Piopio

Piopio College

Newsletter COMING EVENTS

Panui 12 - 12 April 2018

13 April (Fri)

- Last day of Term One

30 April (Mon)

- First day of Term Two

2 May (Wed)

- ANZAC Day Assembly

- NCEA Info Evening

PIOPIO COLLEGE

18 Aria Road, Piopio 3912

07 877 8173 or

0800 240 173

www.piopio.school.nz

PRINCIPAL/TUMUAKI

Johan van Deventer

admin@piopio.school.nz

Monday — Thursday

10am to 2.30pm - Term only

library@piopio.school.nz

LIBRARY HOURS

Monday to Friday

10.25am to 10.40am

Monday and Friday

12.50pm to 1.05pm

Tuesday to Thursday

12.25pm to 12.40pm

FINANCE OFFICE HOURS

1st in the Aria Show, Novice 4th in the Ohura Show, Junior

Just missed the semi’s at the Golden Shears 1st in the Kumeu Show, Novice

2nd in the Waimarino Show, Novice 1st in the Royal Easter Show, Novice

1st in the Waitomo Show, Novice, and 4th in the Junior class

3rd in the NZ Shears, Novice, and won a brand new DF642

handpiece for the Cleanest Local Shearer over all grades!

“Well done Heath Barnsdall of Piopio - Best

Quality over all the grades! At the New

Zealand Shearing Championships, Te Kuiti.

Was great to have you on our course.”

-Elite Shearer Training

(Two day course completed last week)

Tēnā koutou te Whānau, o Te Kura Tuarua o Piopio,

We are in the middle of parent/student/teacher interviews and I am delighted to report

that our parent participation has increased from 28% in Term 4 2017 to 71% in Term 1

2018. An improvement of 43% on the previous year. Excellent!

As you know, we have trialled a different system of making formal bookings on the

School Interviews website, and have dedicated the entire day to these interviews.

I want to acknowledge that this way may not have suited everyone and that we are

always looking at improvement, so please give us your feedback either via email:

admin@piopio.school.nz, or leave us a message on 07 877 8173, and we will certainly

follow up to try and accommodate everyone's needs.

Suggestions such as: how we can inform employers of this important day to assist

parents who need time off; duration and timing of the day including start and finish

times, as well as content of interviews; can we do alternative interviews for parents

who cannot make it? Such as phone conferences, later visits after hours? These are

just a few thoughts from us and your input would be very welcome.

Also a huge congratulations to Heath Barnsdall for his outstanding achievements in

the shearing field. Heath has been awarded a Principals Excellence Award for

Achievement Outside of the School in shearing.

As mentioned in last weeks newsletter, on Wednesday 2nd May, the first Wednesday

of Term 2, we will be holding a special assembly to celebrate ANZAC Day. It starts at

11.35am and will be held in the school gymnasium. I warmly invite all local primary

schools, whānau and members of our community to come and join our celebration.

I hope everyone has a safe and well deserved rest over the school holidays, and will

be ready to come back to school refreshed and prepared for a busy and important

Term 2.

Ngā Mihi

Johan van Deventer - Principal/Tumuaki

Heath’s latest competition results as below:

Piopio College Athletics Championship Results

Sub Junior Girls: Sub Junior Boys:

1st - Jaimee Manhire 12 points 1st - Jack Wiseman 11 points

2nd - Lana Tucker 11 points 2nd - Jackson Pari 8 points

3rd - Atiria Barrowcliffe 9 points 3rd - Corban Denize 5 points

Junior Girls: Junior Boys:

1st - Jessie James 10 points 1st - Malachi Laird 11 points

2nd - Narnie Tainui 9 points 2nd - Chae Pennington-Noble 9 points

3rd - Abby Tucker 6 points 3rd - Lewis Griffin 3 points

Intermediate Girls: Intermediate Boys:

1st - Awhina Tainui 11 points 1st - Logan Singleton 10 points

2nd - Savahna Curtis 5 points 2nd - Callum Harrison 7 points

- 3rd - Hoani De Cleene 4 points

Senior Girls: Senior Boys:

1st equal - Rali Hayes-Purnell 10 points 1st - Sam Anderson 10 points

1st equal - Nikcarla Laird 10 points 2nd equal - Ryan Singleton 8 points

2nd - Stacey Mackenzie 7 points 2nd equal - Toby MacDonald 8 points

ATHLETICS DAY SUCCESS!

Here are the results from Athletics Day held on Wednesday 21st March. Congratulations and well done to everyone

who participated. Also a big thank you to all the volunteers who helped, and to all the parents that attended the day.

Please note (as previously stated) students needed to have placed in both a track event and a field event to qualify.

If you were around the college grounds over the last weekend or at some point during the school day on Monday, you will have seen the massive truck and trailer unit with the Science Roadshow emblem parked beside the gym. It arrived Friday night, packed with over 60 hands-on exhibits, all needing to be

unloaded and set up in the gym first thing on Monday morning. A well-oiled machine, the four staff members had the whole lot set up in a little over an hour. This served as the ‘base’ for all the local primary schools who flooded into the gym, filling the first two eighty minute sessions with excited and enthusiastic students. Then came the third session for our Year Nine and Ten students. Each session started with a show highlighting aspects of temperature, including burning through a galvanised steel plate with the accompanying clouds of smoke. Then it was a free-for-all looking around any and all of the exhibits, hands on here, pushing buttons, rolling a cone shaped ball uphill, blowing paper into the air, checking out worms etc. Did you know female muscles are slightly pink and males are white fleshed?! Ever seen a skeleton ride a bike? Most of the exhibits got a pretty thorough testing out – but wait…. What do you mean, ‘did I read the instructions’???? As with any activity of this nature there are those whose help keep things on track. Twelve students volunteered as exhibit assistants, and were present at all three sessions, helping explain how their respective exhibits worked. Thanks to a great team – Hoani De Cleene, Asha Goddard, Callum Harrison, Catheryn Hood, Alicia Keightley, Rebekah Knox, Petra Mackenzie, Nikau Rickards, Samie Turu, Kelly Winikerei, Teia Blakeman and Shelby Carey. In less than an hour the whole set was demolished, repacked in the truck and gone, leaving no trace except in the stimulated (?) minds of the students and teachers who had attended. My view: value for money and the best year yet! Richard O’Dea

KI-O-RAHI REGIONALS

Ki-O-Rahi Regionals were held on Wednesday 28th March at Ngaruawahia. A total of 16 teams entered the competition and were put into sections of four. Piopio College was in Mahuta Section against Cambridge High School, Tokoroa 2 and Tai Wananga. In pool play we had two losses against Tokoroa 2 and Tai Wananga and a very good win against Cambridge High School, which was led by Lewis Taitoko who scored early points and really gee’d up the team. This meant we came third in pool play. We then played off against Matamata College and had a tight win there. This was our final game as only the winning teams in each section played a semi-final and final. A big thank you to Mandi Butler who offered to drive and supplied the team with lollies to keep energy levels up. All-in-all it was a great day out and the students represented Piopio College very well. Well done team!

Nikcarla Laird ‘runs the ball’

Deane Muraahi, Savahna Curtis, and

Paige Coffin-Bell ‘on defense’

Lorenz Kemp ‘showing his moves’

Harley Ngarotata ‘on attack’

Rali Hayes-Purnell and Zena-Marie

Mason ‘defend the Tupu’

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day4 Day 5

WINTER UNIFORM

Winter is on its way! With the school holidays starting next week, now is a good time to check what uniform you

have, and purchase what you need for the colder months ahead. You can purchase Piopio College Uniform items

from The Warehouse. We also have College Jackets and beanies available for purchase from the College. Please

contact our office for enquiries on 07 877 8173 or email admin@piopio.school.nz.

TIMETABLE

Below is our scheduled timetable days for Week 1, of Term 2.

NCEA MEETING NIGHT

Would you like to learn more about NCEA?

An evening is to be held at Piopio College on 2 May at 7:00pm in the

Hallam Learning Centre.

Key teachers involved in NCEA will be there to present and answer any

queries you might have about NCEA. There will also be tea/coffee and

snacks provided.

Parents/caregivers and students are all invited along to this evening.

For further information contact Angus Rogers

arogers12@piopio.school.nz or call the College on 07 877 8173.

Micro-greens for garnish -

‘Pea Fiji Feathers’

Grown by Catheryn Hood Y10 AgHort.

Donated to the Food Technology

Department.

THE GREAT KIWI COMPETITIONS

The University of Canterbury is offering your child the opportunity to

participate in the Great KIWI English, Mathematics and Science

competitions. These competitions take place annually and are

designed by New Zealand teachers for New Zealand students based

on the New Zealand curriculum. The competitions are administered

by the Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring (CEM) at the University of Canterbury. The competitions are open to

all Year 5–10 students in English, Mathematics and Science. Students can enter in one or more subjects. The

competition provides teachers, parents and students with an independent, comprehensive record of a student’s

performance in key school subjects. The supervised online tests will take place in the last 3 weeks of Term 2.

Certificates will be sent to all participating students and prizes will be awarded to top students.

Payment must be received by the College by Monday 21st

May. Each subject entered costs $8.50.

The International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) is an independent, skills-based assessment

programme which recognises and rewards student achievement. The programme has been running for more than

30 years. Every year 1 million student entries are accepted from over 6 300 schools in Australia and New Zealand

annually. Students from over 20 countries participate in ICAS each year.

Piopio College students have the opportunity to enter these external tests and sit them at the College. They are

best attempted by students who are academically able. The following tests are available:

It should be noted that these tests are sent to Australia to be marked and in previous years there has been

considerable delay in receiving firstly the results (via an online portal) and then another delay until the certificates

and official results sheet is sent. I have a few previous years’ test papers which the students can borrow to help

them prepare. Practise papers with answers can also be purchased online. Please send the appropriate fee(s) into

the College by the closing date listed if you wish your child to enter these competitions.

If you have any queries about either the Great Kiwi or ICAS competitions then please contact me.

Caroline Foss

Subject Available to Fee Closing date Test date

Science Years 7-13 $ 12 Mon 30 April Tue 29 May

Spelling Years 7-8 $ 14 Mon 14 May Wed 13 June

Writing Years 7-13 $ 22 Mon 14 May Thurs 14 June

English Years 7-13 $ 12 Mon 18 June Tues 31 July

Mathematics Years 7-13 $ 12 Mon 18 June Tues 14 August

NEWSLETTER AVAILABLE ONLINE

The Piopio College newsletter is published each Thursday. If you have not been receiving it regularly, please

contact the school. It is also available on our website www.piopio.school.nz and a limited amount of copies are

also available at the Four Square (on the corner) in Piopio. You can also choose to receive it by email. Please

email library@piopio.school.nz if you’d like to be added to the email list.

PIOPIO CIVIC MEMORIAL SERVICE 25TH APRIL 2018

The organisers of this year’s Piopio ANZAC Day Parade and Service would like to invite all local Service

Organisations and members of the public to join the Returned Servicemen of the Piopio District for the 2018

ANZAC Day Memorial Service. The program is:

10.45am Assemble at St John Building, Moa Street, Piopio

11.00am March from St John Building to Cenotaph at Piopio War Memorial Hall followed by the ANZAC

Service and Wreath Laying

Tea and Coffee will be available to attendees following the Service

All are welcome to participate in both the Parade and Service. Members of the public are also invited to bring

wreaths to lay at the Cenotaph as part of the proceedings.

Piopio ANZAC Day Service enquiries to Jenny (Ph 877 8033)

Waitomo Golf Club Presents:

Women and Girls ‘Have-a-go Golf Day’

For ages 8 and above. Sunday 22nd April from 10.30am. Golf gear provided. Bring a hat, water bottle and snacks. Wear sports shoes. Contact: Dede Downs, Sport Waikato Waitomo District Co-ordinator on 0274853692 or email waitomo@sportwaikato.org.nz

LEARNERS DRIVER LICENSE RESOURCE

Piopio College have been given the opportunity to utilise an online learning resource through Let's Get Legal

NZ. This is Online training that will leave you confident and ready to sit your learners, all at a discounted price of

$10 per student. Students can complete this in their VP/Study period or at home. If you are interested see Mrs

Harris at the office for a permission slip and more information.

UNIVERSITY INFORMATION EVENING The University of Canterbury | Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha (UC) invites students from our school and their families to attend its Waikato Information Evening on Wednesday 23 May. The evening is a great opportunity for senior secondary students and their parents to learn more about the range of qualifications UC offers, to hear from leading academics and get key questions answered about: · Scholarships · Accommodation · Student Support · Degree and course information Anyone considering university study in 2019 or 2020 is welcome at this free event, so register online to find out everything you need to know about life and study at UC. Register at: www.canterbury.ac.nz/events/tours-and-events/info-evenings/. The UC Information Evening starts at 6pm on 23 May at Claudelands Event Centre (corner of Brooklyn Road and Heaphy Terrace), Hamilton. For further information please contact Mrs Rauputu or Mrs Harris on 07 877 8173.

BUILDINGS FOR REMOVAL/ DEMOLITION

Piopio College seek expressions of interest for the removal or demolition of two Prefab buildings and the

Caretakers house. Could make a fantastic hunting shack, bach or storage room. Can be uplifted and transported off

site, or demolished and materials salvaged. Our preference is they be removed during the school holidays. Please

submit your expression in writing by Monday 16 April, outlining your interest. For more information contact Ian

Small via the College Office on 07-8778173, or email: admin@piopio.school.nz.

ATTENDANCE

At Piopio College we value attendance. By law you are required to let your school know if your child is absent or late. Please remind your child/ren to sign in at the office before they go to class if they are arriving late. We have a number of ways you can notify us of absences. Please phone the school on 07 877 8173, email eharris@piopio.school.nz, or log your absences via the Skool Loop app.

OSHbox HEALTH AND SAFETY –

KEEPING IT SIMPLE FREE FORUM

Angie Williams, Director of OSHbox Health and Safety, has

been helping assist sports associations, clubs, schools and

small to medium businesses since 2015, to understand how

the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 and its regulations

apply in the sporting environment, and how to relate it to the

management of risks, participants, contractors, employees

and volunteers.

Previous workshop attendees have provided the following

feedback;

“Angie was clear and easy to understand, thought provoking

and delivered at an appropriate level for community, clubs

and schools”.

Enquiries and registrations of interest to:

Dede Downs | Waitomo District Coordinator –

027 485 3692 | waitomo@sportwaikato.org.nz

PIOPIO DENTAL - IS YOUR CHILD DUE FOR THEIR YEARLY DENTAL CHECK UP?

School Holidays are coming up! Is your child Year 9 and above but under the age of 18?

Piopio Dental received a grant from Wriggles to further improve the quality of preventative care we will provide for

your child. Piopio Dental provides dental care for all of the family, free dental care for children under 18yrs, ACC

and WINZ treatments (T&C apply).

Care for all primary and intermediate children is still provided by the School Dental Therapist. Please give us a call

to make a booking or feel free to pop in. Located at: 2 Kawana Street, Piopio, Phone 07 877 8864.