John Paul College, Rotorua Whitworth Road, Rotorua. www.jpc.school.nz Ph: 07 3478 795 Fx: 07 3461 271 A WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FOR THE JOHN PAUL COLLEGE COMMUNITY Term 2, Issue 16 24th May 2021 Ma te pono Me te aroha – Through Faith and Love 2021 School Theme : Kia kaha, Kia māia, Kia manawanui Be Strong, Be Brave, Be Steadfast Dear Parents/ Caregivers Kia Ora, Malo e Lelei, Talofa, Greetings Kia Kaha Kia maia, Kia manawanui! As the colder weather sets in it becomes difficult to maintain our La Sallian zeal for sports practices, preparation for mid- year exams or even getting to school on time! Please offer what support and encouragement you can to your children to get them through the next few weeks. Remember we have Homework Club every Monday and Wednesday from 3:20 pm to 5:00pm to support them. We also have deans and counsellors to talk matters through if they are stressed. WEDNESDAY MASS 8:10 AM This Mass is available not only to students but also parents and members of the Parish to attend. It is a great way to start the day and to feel part of the JPC whanau. Please encourage your children to attend. God bless Patrick Walsh Principal NO HOMEWORK CENTRE THIS WEDNESAY SCHOOL PHOTOS Years 7 – 10 photo shoot codes have been given out today Years 11 – 13 will be given out tomorrow Please ask your child for these. FREE DELIVERY period expires at midnight Sunday June 20th BALL COMMITTEE CAR WASH AND FLEA MARKET FUNDRAISER 19 June 2021, Saturday 10AM - 1PM at Mackillop Campus, John Paul College There will be a sausage sizzle available while you wait for your car to be washed, and you may also use this opportunity to look around the flea market. For the flea market we ask the school's students and staff to bring in and kindly donate unwanted books, clothes, accessories, bags, toys, housewares (glasses, plates, etc.) If these items could be brought to RSC2 it would be greatly appreciated. ENVIRONMENT TEAM REPORT Last year the Enviro Team started regenerating the school garden after it had been left neglected for the last couple of years. With the help of the incredible gardening volunteer, Mrs Evans, we have been able to regenerate this garden to be able to grow a lot of vegetables. Last Friday we harvested our first crop, which included butter beans, potatoes, silver beet, and parsley. As a community initiative we have started up, we are donating these to JPC families who find it hard to provide healthy food for their family. We were able to give this produce to two families as well as eggs and pumpkins that Mrs Evans bought in from her self-sufficient home. We have loved learning how to grow and nurture these amazing plants and can’t wait to see how our garden continues to flourish so we can help more families within our community. If you are interested in helping us take action, the enviro team are always looking for more enthusiastic people to help make our planet a better place to make sustainable and positive change. We do gardening every Friday behind C block so make sure you come along. IMMUNISATION FORMS A reminder to parents and caregivers to please fill in and return immunisation forms ASAP! UNIFORM SHOP (Accessed through the side door of the administration building) The Uniform Shop is open Mondays and Wednesdays 8am - 2pm). Uniforms can be ordered online EVENTS CALENDAR https://jpc.school.nz/uniform-shop/ check regularly for updates Amy Duckett - Uniform Shop Manager E: MAY [email protected] 25th ‘Loves Me Not’ Prog Yr 12 26th JPC Day 27th ‘Loves Me Not’ Prog Yr 13 JPC Day is this Wednesday 26th May and is a celebration 31ST-June 7th Shakespeare Nationals of the founding of our school. The theme this year is JUNE "Imagination" and so students can use their imagination to 1, 3, 4th Yr 10 Retreats compulsory create almost any wonderful, appropriate costume they wish. 7th Queen’s Birthday The day will start with a celebration of Mass and the 10th Yr 10 parish Mass investiture of our new prefects. This is followed by three fun 16th Yr 7 / 8 Vision testing activities of fun house, dance party and field games. 21/22nd Y12 ABL Camp After lunch, we finish the day with a very special 28-Jul 2 Matariki celebrations concert and talent show organised by our Year 13 students. JULY Students must attend in full school uniform in the 5-7th Yr13 Business trip morning for their attendance at Mass. After that, they can 9th TEACHER ONLY DAY change into the costumes of their choice - remember to keep 26-30th Yr12 Retreats compulsory it decent and be wary of the weather conditions for the day. Let's hope it is a wonderful celebration of John Paul College. Mr Stephen Bloomfield Assistant Principal “STAY INFORMED” “Download free today!!” The JPC APP is available for you to download free of charge onto your phone or device from the: THE ACADEMIC YEAR AT A GLANCE ➢ ‘App Store’ on your Apple device June OR 8-11th Mid Year Exams ➢ ‘Play Store’ on your Android device 25th Jnr Reports issued ➢ Search ‘School Apps’ and download the 29th Jnr Parent Evening app July ➢ Add ‘John Paul College’ as a connected 8th Snr Reports issued school. th 28 Snr Parent Evening The JPC app contains a wide range of useful August information for you to stay informed. In addition to this, 9-30th ICAS Exams September it can be used as a communication tool with the College 9th CAT Algebra i.e report an absentee, read the newsletter, receive 15-23 Prelim Exams notifications/alerts etc 18th Option selections due NB: If previously downloaded, you may need to 23rd Option Evening update your version of the app to 2.4.0 which can be 25th Snr Reports issued done in the Play store on Android devices or the App October store on Apple devices. st 1 2022 Options Due In Thank you for keeping us all safe ROTORUA DISTRICT CADET UNIT Cadet Corps is a uniformed organisation for ages 13 to 18 years which provides military-based leadership, personal development and operational training including drill, first aid, land basednavigation, land-based Search and Rescue, survival skills and weapons safety training. Parade night for the RDCU is every Tuesday during school term from 6.15 pm to 9.00 pm at the Cadet Hall at 23 Geddes Road, Rotorua. If you are interested in joining you are welcome to come along to any Parade night. To find out more information visit www.cadetforces.mil.nz or contact the Unit Commander Major N D Breen, NZCF on 0272910102. c ongratulations To our achievers – well done! CLAYTARGET REPORT There was a cold start to the day in Taupo on Thursday. The boy’s team may have been missing Liam Adams, they couldn't match their score from the Thames competition. Our new shooters continue to impress though. Jake Atkinson and Craig Carter posting the highest scores in the boy’s squad. The girls team continued their winning streak. Rebecca Collins and Kate Julian (right) winning the girls team event and Rebecca Collins finishing first lady!! James Collins Squad Manager & Coach BASKETBALL REPORT The Rotorua local schools’ season is well underway, with grading rounds nearly complete. All 10 teams are having mix results but improving each game. Coaches are getting to know their players. Season runs until end of September. Ryan Eggers has been appointed as Captain of Basketball, assisting me to manage the season. Ryan is also coaching the Senior Girls Social team. JPC has a squad of 16 umpires that take turns each week doing referee duty. Senior Boys premium side travelled away to Whakatane last week, to compete against the top eight teams in the bays (Poverty and BOP). The team of eleven players were reduced to only six by departure time at 7am. The six had a tough ask ahead, against some of the best. The six boys hung in there to secure a finals berth against Mt Maunganui College, who had beaten Rotorua Boys High earlier in the day. This was game 4 being played at 5pm, so it was a going to be tough to knock over Mt Maunganui with fatigue being a big factor, with only I reserve player all day. JPC ended up with 2nd, all credit must go to the team of 6: Ryan Eggers, Ben Comber, Callen Christensen, Jakeb Holt, Nelson Howe, and Layton Waititi. Some of the boys had to also referee in between their games. Thank you to all the students who helped on JPC duty Thursday night which finish about 10pm. There is a change coming for duties, which I took the opportunity to discuss with Rotorua Basketball on Thursday night. More information to follow in coming days. Important dates: Friday 4th June - Year 7 & 8 Invitational Basketball tournament. Friday 6th August – BOP Junior Basketball Championships. Friday 13th August – BOP Senior Basketball Championships. (Division 1 and 2) Saturday 28th – Tuesday 31st August – NZ Junior Basketball Zone 2 Championships. Wednesday 1st – Saturday 5th September – NZ Senior Basketball Zone 2 Championships. Thank you to all the parents that come along on a cold winters night to support our teams. Big thank you to all the Coaches. Arthur Faulkner Manager of Basketball JPC 2021 CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS Some great results: Leah Field, Sam McFarlane, Hannah Gapes follow up their efforts from last year by winning the next level up.