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 19
12th June 2017
Ma te pono Me te aroha – Through Faith and Love
2017 School Theme :
“Facta non Verba” – Deeds Not Words
Dear Parents/ Caregivers
Kia Ora, Malo e Lelei, Talofa, Mabuhay, Greetings
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
The Deans of Years 11, 12 and 13 are working closely with your children to achieve NCEA Levels 1, 2
and 3, University Entrance in Literacy and Numeracy. Please support them by checking that your child
has:
 A study timetable in place
 Attended all classes and extra tutorials
 Remains up to date with assignments and course requirements
Please take a moment to ask how many credits they have gained so far towards attaining their Level
grade. I know that you and your child will join with me in thanking our teaching staff for providing extra
dedicated teaching time to students at risk of not achieving.
ENROLMENT SCHEME
As mentioned in our Enrolment Scheme (which is available on our website) I wish to advise that we will
have 160 spaces available for Year 7 students in 2018. Spaces available in other Year levels will not be
known until the end of this year.
BAPTISMAL PROGRAMME AT JOHN PAUL COLLEGE Why Practice it?
The College is offering a baptismal programme for those already attending John Paul College and those
parents intending to enrol their child in John Paul College, which is a ‘Catholic faith-based’ school.
The programme will be conducted in the McKillop Chapel on the following dates and times:
 Thursday 29th June 3.30-5.30pm
 Thursday 6th July
3.30-5.30pm
 Thursday 27th July
3.30-5.30pm
Following the programme, parents will be invited to have their child baptised at St Mary’s Parish as a
group by Fr Eamon Kennedy.
Please contact Mrs Paulene Walsh (E: [email protected]) or Ms Jacinta Wood
(E: [email protected]) to register your interest or to answer any questions you may have.
God bless
Patrick Walsh
Principal
OPEN NIGHT
will be held on
Thursday 22nd June at 4.30pm (new start time)
commencing with tours of the campus
Application forms and information are available on
the college website www.jpc.school.nz.
The deadline for application is 30th June
PTA Meeting tonight at 7.30pm in the Boardroom
All parents are warmly welcome; “many hands make light work”
2017 CALENDAR OF EVENTS …..
June
12th
ICAS Writing – BD
14th
ICAS Spelling – BD
14th
Yr 11 Retreat – compulsory
th
16
PTA Quiz Night
22nd Attitude Presentations – NB
22nd Open Night – 5-7pm
23rd
Yr 13 Parish Mass compulsory
28th
Yr 12 Retreat compulsory
Teacher Only Day Friday 22nd September
NEW JPC BANK ACCOUNT – Old Westpac
account will be closed at the end of May
JPC is now banking with ASB Bank. Our new
bank account details are
ASB 12-3263-0013384-00
PLEASE RETURN
TROPHIES NOW
Please start returning the cups
& trophies received in 2016.
We require them for stocktaking
cleaning and engraving.
Please bring to the public reception
YEAR 11 RETREATS
Year 11 Retreats will take place this Wednesday and
Thursday in the MacKillop Hall from 8.45am - 2.45pm.
The REAL TALK team will be facilitating the Retreats and
this year the Wednesday is set aside for girls and Thursday
for the boys.
It is the expectation that when not at Retreat on their
respective days, the students will still attend school.
Attendance at the Retreats is compulsory as part of our curriculum.
The students will go directly to the MacKillop Hall on their Retreat day where daily notices will be given
and rolls checked. Students are to wear appropriate mufti
Any questions please do not hesitate to email me.
Mrs Bernadette Fredricksen
Campus Minister
E: [email protected]
Reminder:
Sports fees are now overdue,
please pay as soon as possible
Sports fees cover the external
registration of individual sport
codes and are not school
related
The Seamstress
Carolyn Constable
Phone: 347 1346
Cell: 027 602 4239
Dressmaking alterations
For JPC school uniforms
Pick up/ delivery service
HAVING A CLEAN OUT?
YOUR STUDENT GROWN OUT OF THEIR UNIFORM?
The JPC PTA are grateful for any 2nd hand uniforms to sell. Please deliver them to the public
reception.
Thank you in anticipation
UNIFORM SHOP HOURS
Monday to Friday - 8.00am to
2.00pm
YEAR 7 CAREERS DRESS-UP DAY
Well done to all the students who put in the
thought and effort to wear a costume depicting
what they would like to be in the future. There
were some amazing costumes and it added a bit
of colour and fun to the afternoon. Even at these
early stages, it is good to start thinking about who
you are and what sorts of jobs appeal to you.
Hopefully it will become a regular event, bigger
and better, in future years. Thank you, Year 7’s
for being part of the inaugural Careers Dress-Up
Day!
Ms S Brewer
Teacher in Charge Junior Careers Education
ON-LINE UNIFORM SHOP
John Paul College now has an on-line uniform
shop. You can purchase the school uniform
via our website, just click on the Uniform Shop
button
on
the
home
page
at http://jpcshop.co.nz/. Select your items, pay
on line with your credit card and then print out
the receipt to pick up the uniform from the
school uniform shop.
If you are unsure of the size, select the closest
and this can be changed when the item is
picked up.
JPC HOODIES
JPC has a new school sports and group
hoodie available to purchase from the uniform
shop. The cost is $55.00 each. These are the
'official' JPC hoodie worn to represent the
school and are not part of the normal school
uniform. They can be personalised with the
team name on the sleeve and students
surname only on
the
lower
back. The
coach/parents are responsible for this.
ORDER YOUR SCHOOL BLAZER
We will be placing an order for the senior
school blazers next week. If a student would
like one, a $100 deposit will be required at the
time of ordering and $100 upon collection.
Please place orders at the Uniform Shop
Contact Haylie, the Uniform Shop Manager
for more details on 347 8795 extn.8856
or [email protected]
TERM 3 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
July
24th
PTA Raffle Books issued
26th
Senior Report Evening
27th
Australian Maths Comp
31-2nd/8 Yr 13 ABL Camp
August
1st
ICAS English
3rd
Year 12 Parish Mass – compulsory
15th
ICAS Maths
18th
Year 7 Parish Mass - compulsory
18/19th Chanel Shield – Aquinas
21st
Year 10 Careers Research for Options
24th-1/9th Snr Prelim Exams
September
6th
Senior Option Evening 5-6.30pm
14th
CAT Algebra
18th
Year 8 HPV Vaccination
st
18-21 ABL Camp
27th
Dancing With The Staff
RUGBY 2017
Last weekend saw the first round of games for the U15's and 1st XV, while the combined teams did not
feature due to a bye for the JPC/WHHS U14's and RBHS V defaulting and pulling out of the 1st XV 3rd
Division competition.
The U15's are playing in the U15 Premiership which will be a step up from the grading games they have
been playing. They played Trident at Lakes High School and the step up was proof that they need to put
in more effort in the coming weeks. Not finishing on the right side of the ledger but better for the
experience.
Similarly the 1st XV made the step up to 1st Division and were up against it playing the 2016 champions
TWOM. JPC team was down a few boys due to injury and sickness however it was the squad that
needed to find their feet and prove that we were in the right division. The side line was sounding more
like a waiting room at the doctors with all the coughing and spluttering. An enthralling game was
expected and JPC competed well in the first half. They were trailing by 14 - 13 until the last seconds of
the 1st half when sloppy pay cost them a try right on half time. Down 21 - 13 they never gave up.
Replacements were needed as they had given it all on the field. TWOM got out to a better lead at 28 - 13
and were never pipped. JPC never gave up and they finished with scoring a late try for the final score of
35 - 18. We were never too far out of the game but we learnt that mistakes are costly in this division.
Onto next week and getting a full squad to pick from. Thanks to all those that travelled and supported the
team.
Games for the 17th June 2017
1st XV
John Paul College
2nd XV
REP/JPC
U15
John Paul College
U14
JPC/WH
Vs Trident Lakes High
Vs Rotorua Boys U15A
Vs Otumoetai
Vs Tauranga Boys Stripes
Reporoa
Lakes High
WHHS
Midday
(** KO 12:15)
10.30am TBC
10.30am
INFORMATION FROM THE CAREERS DEPARTMENT
VICTORIA UNIVERSITY
Rotorua Information Evening
Wednesday 21st June, 6.00pm – 8.00pm
Novotel Rotorua Lakeside, Tutanekai St, Rotorua
At the Information Evening, there will be an
Early Bird Session specific for Māori whānau, 5.30pm – 6.00pm.
This space will provide an opportunity for your tauira that are
interested in studies at Victoria University of Wellington, to come along with their whānau to
ask pātai (questions) that can help reassure them on their transition into tertiary. These
questions could surround areas such as advice around scholarships, seek support in tertiary,
and learn of the culture of Māori at Victoria.
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR GIRLS IN YEARS 9 – 11 TO EXPERIENCE A DAY IN THE WORKING
LIFE OF A TECHPROFESSIONAL – 16TH JUNE
The day proceedings are as follows:
-Arrive on Mokoia campus.
-Tech inspirational guest speaker
-Students separated into pairs and assigned relevant mentor.
-Workplace tour
-Observing at meetings
-Special Lunch with business mentor
-Follow-up study advice from tertiary mentors
For more information, please refer contacts to the following website
http://www.nztech.org.nz/shadowtech/
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D8
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Coaches have a big role to play when it comes to supporting attitudes towards umpires or referees, they
know that it’s a tough job making the calls on the field and trying to get them right.
I’ve come to appreciate that sometimes the referee doesn’t have the same line of sight, as some spectators
or coaches.
A lot of people stop umpiring after incidents of physical or verbal abuse. Players and parents witness this
and decide NO, don’t ask me to take up the whistle and umpire or referee.
You actually do have fun umpiring or referring.
Especially if you have your own one liners.
Ie. Player: “Are you serious?”
Ref: “Yes, I am actually, 10 minutes”
I was refereeing at a tournament recently and a coach
was handing out treats, one of the players came over and
gave me her treat and said thank you ref.
PLEASE THANK THE REFEREE / UMPIRE
AFTER EACH GAME.
INNOVATION SUMMIT / KENNEDY SPACE CENTRE TRIP
In the Term 1 school holidays, Kesia Kurian (ex John Paul College Student) and I went to compete in the
International ‘Conrad Spirit of Innovation Challenge.’
This is a multi-phase science innovation and entrepreneurial
competition that brings together students from around the
world to develop viable solutions to benefit our world in one
of four areas:
1) Aerospace & Aviation
2) Cyber Technology & Security
3) Energy & Environment
4) Health & Nutrition.
We entered the ‘Energy & Environment’ category and
presented our product which was a NKP compound
biofertilizer – an alternative to traditional synthetic fertilizers used in the agriculture industry today. This
year the Innovation Summit was held at NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
During the Summit we got to meet students from around the
world (Australia, India, Canada, Thailand, USA, Japan and
Pakistan) and hear about their innovative ideas – ideas
ranging from space boots to recycled Styrofoam. We also
got to meet and listen to a range of guest speakers which
included Victor Glover who was part of the U.S. navy and is
currently a NASA astronaut, Liam Hawkins – a user
experience designer who works at London’s Silicon
Roundabout, and Jennifer Schlegel – director for innovation
at the Florida Institute of Technology. These were only a few
of the many guest speakers that there at the summit.
During our time at the Space Centre we also got to
go in a rocket launch and various other space
simulators, go to the Hall of Heroes and Legends
and the Astronaut Hall of Fame, get a tour of the
Kennedy Space Centre and look at the Atlantis Space
Shuttle and the rocket garden. Furthermore during
our time there the Kennedy Space Centre was
also preparing for the launch of a spacecraft in
partnership with SpaceX. This was a truly
memorable experience, any students interested in this challenge should consider developing their ideas
at the John Paul College & Bay of Plenty Science fair in August this year in preparation for the Conrad
Challenge which commences at the end of the year. See their website for details.
Students from ages 13 to 18, interested in the competition, should enter the JPC/BOP Science Fair to
develop their ideas.
Shulan Qui
Year 13
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