At St Paul's I Have Been Encouraged to Reach My Full Potential
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PROSPECTUS At St Paul’s I have been encouraged to reach my full potential. St Paul’s Collegiate School has a reputation for getting the best from its students and for consistently achieving some of New Zealand’s highest academic results. We make no apologies for setting high expectations. We want each and every one of A UNIQUE STRUCTURE our students to achieve personal bests in all areas of their school life. More than often, these expectations are set much higher than other secondary schools – and our students deliver. While our strongest focus is ensuring our students are achieving their potential in We prepare their academic studies, so too is our focus on developing good character in every young man students for and woman. Through our Character Education programme, ‘Over the Fence’ community service life beyond initiative, chapel programme and our promotion of an understanding of the importance of high school. emotional intelligence, we are striving to prepare St Paul’s students to be resilient, agile and contributing members of society. In a school with just under 750 students, boys are welcomed from Years 9-13, as day or boarding students. The senior years at St Paul’s offer co-ed learning while the junior school, Years 9 and 10, remain a single-sex boys’ school. Through teachers who are enthusiastic and passionate about teaching; a pastoral care system that recognises the highs, lows, strengths and weaknesses of each student; and peer support that forms a sense of belonging only a small educational environment can provide, we believe boys thrive at St Paul’s. 3 At St Paul’s we offer a of integrity and empathy unique structure of a through community and boys-only junior school and service initiatives. We foster co-educational senior school mateship and lifelong Our boys that allows boys to develop friendships through our into young men during their vertical house system and crucial developmental years boarding houses. enjoy an (Years 9-10), without the Our staff are enthusiastic, distraction of the opposite sex. committed and hardworking education We understand that boys and genuinely enjoy the develop and learn in different challenges associated with that extends ways to girls, so by offering working with teenage boys. this structure we can provide They are experts in teaching a learning environment that boys both inside and outside beyond the best accommodates what the classroom, and are boys need in those junior committed to transforming classroom. years. Our Tihoi programme them into fine young men provides a unique journey of upon graduation and into TEACHING WAYS THAT BOYS LEARN BEST BOYS THAT WAYS TEACHING self-discovery and one that positive highly functioning encourages boys to develop adults in later life. self reliance, independence But it’s not really about what and skills they can apply to I have to say … take a read of their everyday life. this booklet to hear what our While the school’s primary boys think about their own focus is academic, we development and time here encourage our boys to enjoy at St Paul’s. success through active involvement in sports and GRANT LANDER culture, as well as learn Headmaster to become young men 4 ACHIEVING ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE “St Paul’s has helped I received awards for my boarding staff for help me be the best I can be NCEA Level 1 and 2 results, if I need it. academically. which were presented to My teachers are great me at assembly. That was My parents and I chose this when I need help too. really cool – it was nice to school for this very reason There is rarely more than Academic be rewarded for my effort. and because academic 20 students in my class so success is celebrated, not As a boarder, I am really my teachers can spend success is shamed. glad we have supervised one-on-one time helping prep (homework) each me and they offer extra Here, I am not an outsider day because I don’t think tutorials before school, celebrated if I do well in class. I’m not I would be motivated to during lunchtime and labelled a ‘nerd’ or an ‘over do the work at home by after school where I can achiever’. Instead, my peers myself. At prep, I am able to seek more guidance on a here. encourage me and I am put aside any distractions, subject if I need it.” rewarded for my successes. focus on my work and ask 2019 BOYS’ RESULTS 2019 OVERALL RESULTS Qualification St Paul’s National Decile 8-10 NZ Scholarship (passes) 26 University Entrance 70% 40% 53% NZ Scholarship (outstanding) 2 NCEA Level 1 93% 64% 70% Cambridge (Year 11) 98% NCEA Level 2 94% 73% 80% Cambridge (Year 12) 88% NCEA Level 3 84% 60% 68% At St Paul’s, each student is given the opportunity to achieve their very best in the classroom. In the junior years, students are ‘streamed’ based on their academic strength. This ensures they are learning at a pace suited to their ability. All students receive the opportunity for one-on-one support from teachers and extra tuition before and after OLIVER SAUNDERS school. This personalised approach to education is a proven formula for success. St Paul’s Year 13, boarder students consistently achieve some of the best University Entrance, NCEA, Cambridge International and NZ Scholarship examination results in the country year-on-year and rank well above the national average. For a full list of senior subjects on offer at St Paul’s go to stpauls.school.nz/academic 7 “Being part of the junior One of the criteria for being part scholarship programme is brilliant. of the programme is you have to be able to manage your work It’s something which other students effectively. Being able to work well should aspire to be part of it in a team is also important. We and it sets you in good stead for were given independence to work scholarships in the senior years. unsupervised in our groups, that It sets you I was approached to be part of the meant we had to work together programme. It was a little scary at and keep each other on task to the start as I wasn’t sure what would complete the project. in good be involved, but it has definitely We have a dedicated teacher who been worth it. is our mentor and who has been stead for The programme is designed to supportive. She has made it clear extend us. Instead of thinking what we had to do and prepared scholarships logically all the time, it encourages us very well for the project work. JUNIOR ENRICHMENT PROGRAMME JUNIOR ENRICHMENT PROGRAMME us to think creatively and combine in the senior these two ways of thinking to produce better answers. “The programme offers a more personal, hands-on and holistic approach, than years. Most of the work was based around a other secondary extension and Tournament of Minds (TOM) project GATE programmes. It really – an external problem-solving pushes the students to step competition for teams of students. out of their comfort zone.” You are given a challenge and have to present it creatively to a panel of HEIDI LEWIS judges. We had a month to prepare Teacher in Charge, a script, build our own props and Junior enrichment programme GUSTAV JOOSTE make costumes. Year 10, day student St Paul’s junior enrichment programme is for Year 9 and 10 students who have shown exceptional academic promise. The programme looks to enhance certain key areas that are deemed essential for personal development and academic success in the senior school. Key areas include leadership, teamwork, research skills, problem-solving and creative thinking. The external competition is an opportunity to put into practice the skills the students develop in the programme. 8 GAINING INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE “My parents own a small Fieldays young inventor prize The work orchard, so growing up I for a product we developed in always spent time outdoors. class that removes old gate-latch staples from posts. We have Originally, I thought I would be a made beer and cheese and had is not farmer one day and when I came a go at beekeeping. The work is to St Paul’s I wanted to study not limited to the classroom. limited agriculture. The teachers are great too; they Then the Agribusiness really understand the industry programme was introduced and and have experience working to the I realised I was more drawn to in it. the business side of it and how classroom. it tied in well with Accounting My ultimate goal now is to – another subject which I was own a farm, but to get to that really starting to enjoy. stage I know I need to gain management and business What I like about the programme experience, possibly through is that it’s not limited to just ROBERT MORBEY farm consultancy work. Year 13, boarder a farm or an orchard, but the whole primary industry. It’s a lot I’m going to Massey University broader and more interesting to complete a Bachelor of with the different paths you can AgriCommerce – something that take. I might not have considered had I not taken Agribusiness at Through the course, I have been St Paul’s.” part of the group that won the At St Paul’s, students can study NCEA Level 2 and 3 Agribusiness. The course was pioneered by St Paul’s in collaboration with Dairy NZ, Beef + Lamb NZ and a number of key industry leaders. It is currently being rolled out progressively to schools throughout the country.