Piopio College Te Kura Tuarua o Piopio

Panui 18 — 14 June 2019 COMING EVENTS Newsletter Monday 17 June * Matariki Festival Week Friday 21 June Kia ora whanau, * KC Volleyball Tournament at Te Awamutu The students have been practicing hard in preparation for our Matariki Festival next Thursday 20th June. Whānau are welcome to participate Thursday 27 June in our celebration. * Whikoi mo Te Reo at Te Kuiti Friday 28 June * Whikoi mo Te Reo Sports Day Wednesday 3 July * Year 7 & 8 Aria Science Fair Friday 5 July * Term 2 Ends

PRINCIPAL/TUMUAKI Johan van Deventer 18 Aria Road, Piopio 3912 07 877 8173 or 0800 240 173 www.piopio.school.nz

FINANCE OFFICE HOURS 8.45am - 1.45pm

LIBRARY HOURS Please note that the planned Regional Strike next Tuesday 18th June has been cancelled and all students are expected to be in Tuesday to Friday (Term only) school. 10am to 2pm Ngā mihi nui, [email protected] Johan van Deventer

https://facebook.com/ Principal / Tumuaki groups/590941524589572 Teaching Position 1 FTTE Reference 2019-04 LTR (Maternity Leave) Physical Education, Health and Soft Materials Technology Beginning 19 August 2019, ending 3 July 2020. We have a long term relief vacancy for essentially a Physical Education teacher with a possibility of Sports Coor- dinator role – negotiable to the right candidate. Piopio College is a small school ranging from Year 7 – Year 13, Decile 4 in the heart of the King Country, situated in a beautiful park like environment. We are a Positive Behaviour 4 Learning (PB4L) school and seek staff who can strongly align to our values: Whanaungatanga (we are connected); Manaakitanga (we are respectful);Rangatiratanga (we are learners); and Kotahitanga (we are united). Please submit a covering letter, quoting reference number and a current CV to [email protected]

Applications close 3.00pm Friday 21 June 2019.

TEACHER OF ENGLISH AND LITERACY 2019-05

Full time, permanent, commencing ASAP or negotiable. We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced teacher of English. Please indicate your strengths and experience in other teaching subjects. Possible management units for person with proven experience and skills.

Piopio College is a small rural school ranging from Year 7 to Year 13, Decile 4 in the heart of the King Country, situated on a beautiful park like environment.

Possible housing is available, however, we will need a notice period of six weeks for existing tenants to vacate, if needed.

We are a Positive Behaviour 4 Learning (PB4L) school and seek staff who can strongly align to our values: Whānaungatanga (we are connected); Manaakitanga (we are respectful); Rangatiratanga (we are learners); and Kotahitanga (we are united).

Please submit a covering letter, quoting reference number and a current CV to [email protected]

Applications close 3.00pm on Friday 21 June 2019.

A huge THANK YOU to Piopio Mechanical for sup- plying this years Soccer Shirts for the Soccer Team. Here they are wearing their new shirts and looking great. The team is made up of players from Piopio, Aria and Waitomo.

ATTENDANCE AND PUNCTUALITY 100% attendance is very important. One characteristic of successful students is that they attend school regularly and punctually. If a student is going to be away, we ask that you contact the College 0800 240 173 / 07 877 8173 and leave a message on our answering service. We will need to know: *Who is going to be away *The reason why they are away (for MOE coding requirements). Piopio College is proud to partner with UNSW Global to offer its annual ICAS Assessments. We’re delighted to inform you that we will be partici- pating in ICAS again this year, to recognise and reward students’ aca- demic achievement. The assessment is now fully online and sitting dates will commence in Term 3. Learn more by visiting unsw.global/icas What it is: ICAS Assessments are online assessments, designed to recognise and reward academic excellence. The assessments are based on the curricula for the relevant year. Students are asked to demonstrate a deeper, integrated, and thorough level of learning. To ensure an engaging and beneficial experience for all students, new ICAS assessments are developed an- nually for each subject in every year level. ICAS subjects offered at the college this year are:

 ICAS Writing * ICAS English * ICAS Mathematics The cost is $15.00 per subject and is to be met by the student when entering. Please contact Louise Sheeran if you would like to register interest for your child. Sports draws & results

DRAWS

Junior Football - Saturday 15 June at Centennial Park PPC have a BYE Rugby- Saturday 15 June 10.30am at HBHS Field 2, Piopio/ Te Kuiti U15’s v HBHS U15’s B 11.00am at Fairfield College 1, Piopio/ Te Kuiti XV v Fairfield 1st XV 12.30pm at TK Rugby Park, U13 Piopio/ Waitete v McSkimming Shearing

Hockey- Tuesday 18 June 5.40pm at GHC 2 King Country Boys v Matamata College

Netball– Thursday 20 June Juniors: 4.15pm PPC Phoenix v CP Angels Seniors: 6.30pm PPC v Black v TWOM 4.15pm PPC Rebels v St Jo’s 6.30pm PPC A v HSOG 7.30pm PPC Red v P10 Wahine RESULTS

Junior Football– Saturday 8 June PPC lost to Otorohanga South 13

Rugby– Saturday 8th June U13 Piopio / Waitete (41) v Tongariro (7) Piopio/ Te Kuiti U15’s (15) v Matamata College U15’s (32) Piopio/ Te Kuiti 1st XV had a BYE

Hockey– Tuesday 11 June- King Country Boys (2) v Forest View Mixed (1) Wednesday 12 June– Piopio Broncos (5) v Kiokio Hat Tricks (0) Piopio Wranglers had a BYE

Netball– Thursday 13 June Juniors: PPC Phoenix (23) v Pukenui Red (15) Seniors: PPC Red (19) v TKHS Rough Cut Gemz (25) PPC Rebels (5) v Pukenui Gold (26) PPC Black (34) v Benneydale Red (39) PPC A (38) v Waitete Prem (38) LIBRARY NEWS

Thank you to Ian Small and Mike Johnson for the books they have donated to the Community Section in the library. So far this year I have put 241 new books on to the library shelves so why not pop in as I am sure we will have something just up your street to read. The library is open Tuesday– Friday, 10am-2pm term time. We now have the latest issue of the Scholastics Book Club leaflet in the library which you are welcome to view and order some books, or log on to their LOOP where you can view and order online. Remember every order earns FREE books and resources for the library and the school.

The Bad Guys Resistance by, Unstoppable by, The Queen’s This Hotel is Haunted by, Aaron Blabey Jennifer A Dan Freedman Resistance by, by, Geronimo hello Nielson Rebecca Ross Mouse

The Escape by, Blood and Bone The Law of Dreams The Panther by, The Wrong Side of h David Baldacci by, William Lashner by, Peter Behrens Nelson Demille Goodbye by, Michael hi Connelly

NEWSLETTER THANKS Thank you to the parents and community members who send in photos and stories for the newsletter, it is greatly appreciated. We value our community and the families who support Piopio College and are happy to promote student achievements in and out of school as well as community events and news. All stories and photos can be sent to [email protected]