John Paul College, Rotorua
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John Paul College, Rotorua
John Paul College, Rotorua Whitworth Road, Rotorua. www.jpc.co.nz Ph: 07 3478 795 Fx: 07 3461 271 A WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FOR THE JOHN PAUL COLLEGE COMMUNITY th Term 4, Issue 38 17 November 2014 Ma te pono Me te aroha – Through Faith and Love 2014 School Theme : ‘Who Dares Wins’ Dear Parents/ Caregivers Kia Ora, Malo e Lelei, Talofa, Greetings WORK OUT DAY On behalf of the PTA and College, I extend my sincere thanks to you for last Friday’s Work Out Day. It provided much needed funds to equip the Technology Block to be opened next year. It also gave staff dedicated quality time to plan for 2015. It is important to note that the professional development for staff is built around the Work Out Day. SCHOOL CAMPS AND ACTIVITY WEEK As we begin Year 8 Camp and Year 10 Activity Week, I am grateful for the support of parents and acknowledge the dedication and commitment of teachers. I am very mindful of the cost of these experiences to parents but a survey conducted of parents three years ago, fully endorsed their continuation because of the obvious benefits to children. Staff do their best to keep costs to a minimum without compromising the quality of the experience. IMPORTANT EVENTS FOR THE LAST WEEK OF TERM Please note the following important events in your diary: Tuesday 2nd 1.00pm Year 7/8 Co-curricular Prizegiving Edmund Rice Centre Thursday 4th 10.30am End of Year Mass Edmund Rice Centre 4th 1.00pm Year 9/10 Co-curricular Prizegiving Edmund Rice Centre Friday 5th 10.00am Year 7-10 Prizegiving Edmund Rice Centre Parents/ Caregivers are of course welcome to attend all of these events LEAVERS FORMS If you know that your child will not be returning to JPC in 2015, please ensure a Leavers Form is collected, completed and returned to the office by 5th December. We have a waiting list and would appreciate the opportunity to offer places to these students. Patrick Walsh Principal PLEASE RETURN ALL SPORTS UNIFORMS asap FOR STOCKTAKE 1. ORIENTATION INFORMATION for 2015 enrolments 2015 Year 7 Nov 18th St Michael’s 12.00-2.30pm 18th Westbrook, Lynmore, Otonga & other primary schools 12.00-2.30pm 19th St Mary’s 12.00-2.30pm (orientation will still go ahead on this date) 2015 Years 8, 9 & 10 Orientation: January 28th 9.00-11.30a.m Year 8 Dean Year 9 Dean Year 10 Dean Miss Grahamslaw E: [email protected] Mr Kowalewski E: [email protected] Mr Hughes E: [email protected] SCHOOL WILL BE CLOSED FROM 12.20pm ON WEDNESDAY 19th NOVEMBER For staff to attend a PPTA Union Meeting as specified by the Employment Agreement Our apologies for any inconvenience caused. There will be limited supervision offered for bus students please notify the form teacher in writing prior to the day if supervision is required Term 1 TERM 1 TERM 2 TERM 3 TERM 4 2015 TERM DATES th Tuesday 27 January Teacher only day Wednesday 28th January Year 7s only 9.00am-2.00pm Thursday 29th January Full school attendance 8.30a.m – 3.05p.m 29th January – 2nd April 20th April – 3rd July 20th July – 25th September 12th October – to be confirmed Term 4 =Additions/Amendments November st 17-21 Year 8 Camps th 18 & 19 Year 7 Orientation st 24-1 Year 10 Activities th 26-28 Year 7 Beach Education NB December nd 2 Y 7&8 CoCurricular Prizegiving 1pm rd 3 Year 7 Big Day In HM Year 9 Activity Day NCEA Finishes th 4 Junior End of Year Mass 10.30am Yr 9&10 CoCurricular Prizegiving Leavers Dinner 7pm th 5 Junior Prizegiving 10a.m School finishes 12.05pm UNIFORM SHOP HOURS Monday to Thursday (Term Time Only) 8.00a.m – 4.00p.m CLOSED 11.30a.m-12.30p.m lunch Tues & Wed 9.00-11.00a.m LAST DAY FOR PURCHASING UNIFORMS FOR 2014 – Thursday 4th December REOPENING – 19th JANUARY 2015 8a.m Mrs C Constable - Uniform Shop Manager E: [email protected] PTA 2nd HAND UNIFORM SALE: TUESDAY JANUARY 20th at McKILLOP CAMPUS 3.00-5.00pm 1. CAREERS OFFICE OPEN UNTIL 5th DECEMBER The Careers Office is still open for students and parents needing assistance with Careers Advice and Information. Ring 3478 795 xtn 8823 or email: [email protected] to make an appointment YEAR 7 & 8 CAREER EDUCATION Year 7 & 8 classes are having their final Career Education session over the next few weeks. Some Year 8 classes have already had their session; others will have theirs after Year 8 Camp week. Talk to your child about things they can do to prepare for the move to Year 9 and the start of their ‘secondary’ schooling. Year 7 classes will start their sessions in Week 7. The focus will be on understanding that there are connections between people’s abilities and interests and job areas they choose. Mrs Brewer TIC Year 7 -10 Career Education HOT OFF THE PRESS We had 2 placings for the Hettanz Fashion Awards. Claire Self, Year 10, came Third Place in the Emerging Creative Section of Evening Wear. Ruby Carter, Year 9, received a Highly Commended Award for her Casual Dress in the Technical Category. SPEECH COMPETITION Represent your school at the ANZ RSA Cyril Bassett VC Speech Competition for the change to be one of eight regional finalists who will travel to Gallipoli to attend the Anzac Day centenary commemorations as New Zealand Youth Ambassadors. The competition is open to Year 12 and13 students in 2015. All finalists and their schools will receive cash prizes. For more information and to register by 30 January 2015 Important Dates: th 10 November Entries open th 30 January th Entries close 13, 14, 15 February Regional Finals March 2015 National Final Wellington th DENTAL HEALTH FOR YEARS 9-13 Your child’s teeth are really important to look after and keep healthy. Next year, if your child will be Year 9, the Community Oral Health Service would like to give you the opportunity for your child to continue their free dental health care with the Community Oral Health Service OR a local dentist, who is contracted to offer the free dental service to adolescents. All Year 8 children will receive a form to take home and complete with an attached list of dentist and dental practices to choose from. Once you and your child have selected a dentist and returned the completed form, we will inform the dentist who will then follow on with their free dental care from Year 9 to Year 13. If you have further questions or are unsure, please contact Nicole Flann (Dental Health Educator and Adolescents Coordinator on 3497 955 ext 8031 GUITAR & BASS LESSONS Competitive prices!! Always wanted to learn? I will have you playing your favourite song in no time! CONTACT KATE REDFERN 021 123 5472 [email protected] Last minute summer berths available! Due to some last minute cancellations, we have some spare berths on our most popular voyages over the summer period (specifically voyages 682, 683 and 684). If you have any students that are interested in taking part, please encourage them to fill in an application form and come through our public stand-by list. We can discuss with them directly about the vacancies we have. All we need from you is their application forms. If you'd like more information, please contact our School Co-ordinator, Lorraine [email protected] or email the Spirit direct [email protected] John Paul College is one of only 176 New Zealand Secondary Schools offering Computer Science and Programming assessment opportunities to our senior students. We want to get our students coding. We want our students to be digital creators not just digital consumers. Don’t just download the latest app, help design it,” says Obama, inspirationally. “Don’t just play on your phone, program. No one’s born a computer scientist, but with a little hard work - and some maths and science - just about anyone can become one.” Last year, 15 million students tried an Hour of Code in one week. Join students all over the world for an Hour of Code during Computer Science Education Week, December 8-14. We’re aiming for 100 million students worldwide to do an Hour of Code by the end of 2014! WHAT IS THE HOUR OF CODE? A one-hour activity. Students of all ages can choose from a variety of self-guided tutorials, from kindergarten up. Tutorials work on any modern browser, tablet, smartphone, or even with no computer at all. Code.org’s own tutorial features Angry Birds, Plants vs. Zombies and video lectures from Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates. Our students have been using a diverse set of online coding programmes in class: http://code.org/learn http://studio.code.org/hoc/1 https://groklearning.com/learn/hoc-mud/intro/0/ REPORT FROM JPC YOUNG VINNIES USED GREETING CARDS Young Vinnies still need any used or new Christmas cards, plus regular greeting cards, decorations, stickers and ribbons etc. Students are encouraged to join the Young Vinnies in C9 at lunchtime on Thursday to create cards for prisons, retirement villages and hospitals. SVDP FOOD BANK Young Vinnies are now collecting packets of instant pudding, jellies and Christmas foods for SVDP to include in Christmas food parcels. OUTSTANDING LIBRARY BOOKS Would the seniors please return all library books before THIS FRIDAY for stocktake. YEAR 13 Student Emily Honey-Ferguson Devon Potter Ruiteng Liu Alex Macmillan Fintan Walsh Jesse Crawford Monique Duchesne YEAR 12 Student Ciaran Lett Rebecca Lynch Florian Monne Georja Kidd Jack Tombleson Zarius Easthope-Stevens Hingaia Hahipene Lily Short YEAR 11 Student Corey Ainsworth Felicity Cook Book/s Chinese Cinderella Extinction & Artemis Fowl The First Circle + The Quiet American Encounters + NZ Birth Certificates Life of PI Fatal Success: A History of NZ Compan They Came to New Zealand The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones Issue date Feb 2013 Sept 2014 May 2014 July 2014 July 2014 July 2014 July 2014 Mar 2014 Book/s The Originals My Sister’s Keeper The Lost World + The God Delusion Lord of the Flies Persuader Standing Tall The Tempest Doomsday + The Lovely Bones Issue date June 2014 July 2014 April 2014 March 2014 April 2014 May 2014 July 2014 Feb & April 2014 Book/s Skulduggery Pleasant Parvana’s Promise + A State of Siege Issue date July 2014 August 2014 Lill Emery Tutor/ Driving Instructor Learner Driver Licence: 3 Day Course: 1,2,3 December 2014 Learn and Practice the Licence Theory Test Go online and prepare for the real thing. Day 3: visit AA To sit your Test—$96.10 (Literacy & Numeracy Support Provided) Lill Emery—Tutor / Driving Instructor Course Costs: $60 Course payments can be made at the Youth Centre to book your place on the next course. Essential Documents—2 Forms of ID Required on the Day 1 Original Birth Certificate or Original Passport & proof of address—ie a letter posted to your name and address on it. Location: Rotorua Youth Centre 6 Te Ngae Road, Rotorua Inquiries: 027 411 4104 Lill or 07-343 1012 (Drivers for Restricted & Full Licence Contact Lill Direct) NCEA TUTORIALS MATHEMATICS Students are advised to go to the student counter to find out the venue Level 2 Date Tuesday 18/11 Time 7-8.30pm Topic ALL Level Merit/Excellence Teacher Ms Cordonni Level 3 Statistics Date Tuesday 18/11 Wednesday 19/11 Time 1-2:30pm 9-11:00am Topic Statistical Report ALL Teacher Mrs Pingol Ms Cordonni CHRISTMAS SHOPPING AT macpac?? SHOP AT MACPAC AND SAVE 30% MENTION THAT YOU SUPPORT THE JPC MAP PROGRAMME and 10% will be donated to the JPC Outdoor Programme Thank you in anticipation for your support in this very worthy programme Lynmore School Christmas Fair Friday November 28th 3.30pm to 7.00pm. Cash Ticket Booths Bouncy Castles, Zorb, Pony Rides, Food, Entertainment, Arts and Crafts, Santa’s Grotto, Cake Stall1. and much more. Would the JUNIORS please return ALL LIBRARY BOOKS BY FRIDAY 14th NOVEMBER STOCKTAKE COMMENCES MONDAY 17th. Outstanding books will be invoiced. YEAR 7 STUDENT Eden Hall George Parry Kaleb Banks Kirra-Eve Te Rupe-Burke Nicole Williams Sio Leo Sophie Gallon YEAR 8 Alexis Ma-afu Christian Te Whare Cody Hunter Esha Dahya Jade Davies Madison Brown Mickaela Franklin Mika Moala Olivia Couchman Thando Mabhena YEAR 9 Bonnie Simmonds Eric Perez Katie Haslam Katie Haslam Luisa Egger Luisa Vulu Makerita Leo Mark Chiang Pranil Theakkarkara Ruby Carter YEAR 10 Troy Cobb Thomas Firth Momoko Fujita Mitchell Julian Joshua Umbers Courtney Marjoribanks Daniel Towers Sophia Blatchford Julianna Peters Hamish Watt Megan Auge Sosefina Logo Melenaite Moala Gus Dube Lexis Ferguson-Maxwell Ryan Hayes Mairead Lewthwaite Kristin Mellar Makesi Tupai Pio Lee Whyute BOOK/S The Diamond Girls The Recruit The Recruit The Witches Riding the Storm + Geek Girl The Chronicles of War Love Lessons + Double Act ISSUE DATE February October September May September April August Divergent Inkdeath History of the World The Witches Chain Letter Lola Rose Helga’s Diary + The Princess Plot Maximum Ride The Snow Pony Deltora Quest September February March September September March 2013 August September July February 2013 Harry Potter Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tales of a Fourth Grade Girls Under Pressure The Enchantress + Tunnels Night World The Necromancer City of Bones Dust of Dreams Dance with Dragons + Scorch Trials + Maze Runner May June May 2012 May 2012 March April 2013 February May August September Iron Hand Stormbreaker Danny the Chamion of the World Ice Race Gone Crescendo Small Steps Yoga School Drop Out Losing It, Metro Winds People’s Republic Lies Awhina’s People So Much Closer After Tigers on the Beach Brother Band PLUS Rangers Apprentice Knife of Never Letting Go Boy in Striped Pyjamas Skeleton Key Deltora Quest April April August April April September June September March March October October August April April November September May November April PLUGZ 4 LUGZ Grade 5 custom made hearing protection MADE ON THE SPOT Comfortable* Reusable* Reliable* Waterproof Work, Play, Sleep and Swim In your very own Grade 5 earplugs Grant Rowles, Rotorua A/hrs (07) 348 0908 / or 027 275 6848 www.earmold.com.au for more info “Hear today, gone tomorrow without adequate hearing protection” an offer from macpac ACC PHYSIOTHERAPY TREATMENT at NO CHARGE to the client. SHOP AT MACPAC AND SAVE 30% NO GP Referral required, just come to us directly. MENTION THAT YOU SUPPORT THE JPC Open Late – Tuesdays and Thursdays MAP PROGRAMME For an appointment: and 10% will be donated to the Ph: QE Health (07) 349 5254 JPC Outdoor Programme Thank you in anticipation for your support in Cnr Fenton & Whakaue Streets this very worthy programme NO ACC SURCHARGE ON XRAYS • CT • MRI • Screening and Vascular Ultrasound • General Musculoskeletal • Intervention Procedures and Echocardiography • All Maternity Ultrasounds • Ultrasound Guided Biopsies ACC/Private and • Ultrasounds Insurance Funded • (Immigration CXRs) We are also pleased to be the first to offer 4D scanning in the Rotorua area. Bringing patient care and imaging technology together X-rays – No appointment necessary. For all other services call us to make an appointment. Central Health 1181, Crnr Amohia & Haupapa Streets Ph 07 343 7468 www.mokoiaradiology.co.nz Is your teen confused about the future? Using various psychometric tools, , Matrix Resources compile a detailed report based on the outcomes of these assessments to aid in both Career choice, Subject selection and an ideal approach to study. Ideal for year 10 onwards. Cost $250.00 + GST. To find out more contact Kate Hudson (Bus Psych, AAMINZ), Organisational Development Consultant [email protected] www.matrixresources.co.nz REACH 850 EMAIL ADDRESSES ON OUR DATABASE Contact [email protected] in the first instance, then an invoice will be issued by the JPC