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 3, Issue 24 6th August 2018 2018 School Theme : Ma te pono Me te aroha – Through Faith and Love Dear Parents/ Caregivers Kia Ora, Malo e Lelei, Talofa, Mabuhay, Greetings ACADEMIC AUDIT: YEARS 11-13 At present Deans, Faculty Heads and teachers are identifying students at risk of the following: 1. Insufficient credits to pass NCEA Levels 1, 2 and 3 2. Not achieving University Entrance 3. Insufficient literacy and numeracy credits 4. Not handing in assignments or seeking reassessment opportunities If you are contacted by school staff on any of the above, please give them your full cooperation and support. It is in your child’s best interests. SCHOOL FEES & ATTENDANCE DUES It is important to note that there are two distinct charges to parents whose children attend John Paul College. Attendance dues are charged by the Hamilton Diocese, largely for buildings, while the General Activity Contribution contributes to resources and running costs of the school. The Hamilton Diocese have spent well over $10million on buildings for JPC over the last decade, including the new technology block, costing $3.3million, which has been greatly appreciated by staff and students. We are also excited that the new Performing Arts Centre is progressing well to commence construction. God bless Patrick Walsh Principal La Sallian Quote: “Young people need good teachers, like visible angels” ~ St John Baptist De La Salle John Paul College was in the finals for The Prime Ministers Award for the second year in a row. This year we were in the final three schools for The Focus Award, showing Best Practice in providing inclusive education to all students. The school provides a strong wrap around service to help all students succeed. The Need will not define us but it is what we do about the Need that will define us. John Paul College in Rotorua under The leadership of Mrs Paulene Walsh and Mrs Erika Lock, RTLB, created the first Community of Learning register. This register shows the Needs of our school and the Faith Based COL which is made up of two secondary schools and five primary schools. The work at John Paul College and the creation of a COL register has been stated as trailblazing work. The Needs shown in the Register are providing the basis of the Professional Development that is being offered. The Rotorua Community is coming together to provide a financial contribution to PD. This enables all the community to attend this PD for only a gold coin. JPC is very grateful for this support. It takes a "Village to Educate a Child". Everyone needs to be on the same page together. All teachers, all students, whanau, and the community working together. John Paul College is proud to be a leader in this area. PAUSE FOR THOUGHT Walking with John Baptist de la Salle, in the footsteps of Jesus. Enabling staff, students and parents gain greater access to the inspiration of John Baptist De La Salle JPC PTA RAFFLE All books sold and returned to the office by 3.30 pm 10th August will go into a draw to win 1 of 50 FREE Big Mac vouchers kindly donated by Rob and Linley Parry McDonalds Rotorua. There are extra books at the office for those who would like to sell over and above their one book. There are additional prizes to be won. The top 3 who sell the most books Years 7 – 12 students can select a voucher from the following: Glassons, Hallensteins, K-Mart, Warehouse, EB Games, McDonalds. 1st $50.00 2nd $40.00 3rd $30.00. This year we are asking for Year 13 students to request a book from the office to sell. For those who do so and return sold will go into an additional prize draw of $50.00 cash. All books must be returned sold no later than 17th August. The Uniform Shop will be shut for stocktake on Friday 31st August EVENTS THIS TERM: August 9th Australian Maths Comp 10/11th Chanel Shield 17th BOP Science Fair 20-24th Career/Option Choices Sessions 23-31 Prelim Exams 23rd Aquinas Sports Exchange at JPC 24th Mathsmind 31st Daffodil Day September 1-9th Winter Tournament Week 5th Option Evening 5.30-6.30pm 9-14th Aims Games Week 24-28th JPC Mental Health Week 26th Dancing With The Staff Sam and Oliver are two Year 13 Business 28th Snr Reports Issued Studies students who have created JPC NB: this is not the complete list of events – please refer to separate information branded drink bottles and are selling them in the newsletter through the uniform shop. They are 700mL bottles, and made from stainless steel. There is a limited stock so get in quick. BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS CHINA TRIP 2019 MEETING There is a meeting for students and parents interested in the 2019 China trip, next Tuesday, 14 August, at 5.30pm in M4. There is a lot of information to give out about the trip, and confirmation of numbers and deposits are due next month so it is important to attend please. Mrs M Webb E: [email protected] Business School AUSTRALIAN MATHEMATICS COMPETITION A reminder that the 2018 Australia Mathematics Competition will be held on Thursday the 9th of August, in C13 starting at the beginning of form time at 8:30. Make sure that you arrive promptly. Ms Cordonni – Mathematics Faculty E: [email protected] WHANAU GROUP HUI Track your child’s progress this year TONIGHT 5.30-7.00pm KAMAR PORTAL In the Whare (accessed through www.jpc.co.nz) Tena koutou katoa, Please make contact with Mrs Rowles, We will have a shared kai afterwards and we have a full agenda including reviewing how the Matariki [email protected] events ran, an update on the pou being installed at for details to access your child’s portal the school, an update on the bi cultural plan, a memorial for Chrissie Papuni, where the Maori portraits done by students might go and UNIFORM SHOP HOURS consideration of a possible cultural trip to Hawaii in MONDAY TO FRIDAY 2019. 8.00AM-2.00PM TERM TIME ONLY Look forward to seeing you there na Eugene JPC ON-LINE UNIFORM SHOP Chairperson, Whanau Support Group You can purchase the school uniform via our website, just click on the Uniform Shop button on the home page “Children outgrowing their uniforms?” at http://jpc.school.co.nz/uniform-shop The PTA are welcoming donations of used If you are unsure of the size, select the closest uniforms in good condition for their next sale. and this can be changed when the item is picked Please bring your donations to the main up. reception. Thank you All queries please email [email protected] PTA 2nd HAND UNIFORM SALES DATES Thursdays Help Henry Booker achieve his dream of September 20th & 27th competing in the 3.45-4.45pm World Youth Indoor Rock Climbing Championships in Moscow, Russia 7th – 19th August 2018 ROTORUA SCRABBLE CLUB GIVE A LITTLE PAGE After school scrabble for fun https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/help-henry-booker- Rotorua Library achieve-his-dream-of-competing Tuesdays 3.45 – 5.30pm Funds will be used to pay for return air fares, All enquiries to accommodation and costs of entering events. Thank you in advance. Ruth Godwin 027 349 6061 All welcome st Friday August 31 Daffodils will be on sale to students during form time, morning break and lunch time. Daffodils = gold coin Stickers 50c GIRLS4TECH EDUCATION PROGRAMME Mastercard hosted its signature ‘Girls4Tech’ education programme on Friday 27 July for the year 8 girls. The programme aims to encourage young girls to pursue STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) subjects at school and in later education. The Mastercard Girls4Tech team set up three interactive stations in the school hall – Cryptology, Algorithm and All Things Digital where they taught the girls fun and engaging activities such as learning fraud detection techniques; discovering how digital convergence, Near Field Communications (NFC) and even biometrics can simplify life and showing how algorithms are everywhere and can help us solve all sorts of problems. There was also a special guest appearance from Fletcher Tabuteau, Deputy Leader of New Zealand First, who presented the 91 girls with certificates. The Rotorua Daily Post also attended the event and interviewed our very own year 8 students Angika Gunarathna and Maddie Hsee for its NZ Herald story, which was also published in the Rotorua Daily Post. Here is a link to all of the images: https://www.andrewwarnerphotography.com/Website-assets/Client-Galleries/Girls4Tech/n-zPsBQK/ Sonia Elliott Manager, Merchant Relationships Mastercard THE ROTARY NATIONAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FORUM Applications are being sought from high achieving Year 12 Science, Mathematics and Technology students for The Rotary National Science & Technology Forum to be held in Auckland 12 – 26 January 2019. Over the years, the forum has provided many students with an initial taste of university life and introduced them to the wide range of Science and Technology studies available at university level. Most of the past students have gone on to excel in undergraduate and post-graduate studies as well as in their careers. The focus of the forum is on providing a strong, well balanced academic programme, mixed with a range of sporting and leisure activities, work-place visits and the opportunity to develop friendships with peers who have similar interests and abilities. With the assistance of our sponsors, we are able to accept the costs of bringing students to Auckland, to feed and accommodate them in comfort and provide most of what is necessary for their instruction, leisure and entertainment for two weeks.