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Papanews Community Edition
Friday 14th June 2019
Newsletter Date
Principal’s Perspective
Kia Ora,
This year is going incredibly fast. We are moving into winter, and next week, on Friday 21st June sees the winter
solstice, the shortest day of the year.
Our senior students are well into the academic year, and a number of them have started new semester courses
recently, and we hope that transition has gone smoothly. Our senior students only have approximately eighty school
days remaining until the end of their academic year, when they leave for their NCEA exams.
Over the past few weeks, staff have been busily writing and preparing Junior academic reports. These reports will
provide important feedback, progress, and next steps for your child’s learning. The Junior report evening will be held
on Thursday 4th July. This night provides a formal opportunity for parents/caregivers of junior students to speak to
subject teachers about their child’s progress. We look forward to seeing you there.
Next week our school presents ‘Beauty and the Beast Jnr’ on
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday evenings starting at 7.00pm,
with a matinee on Saturday at 2.00pm. Tickets are on sale at
the student office, and door sales will be available at each
performance.
On Wednesday morning we said farewell to three long standing
Board of Trustees members: Jerome Williamson (13 years),
Sandy Brinsdon (11 years), and Deborah Callaghan (6 years), a
morning tea was held which provided an opportunity to thank
and acknowledge them on behalf of our staff, students, and
community for their time, energy, and commitment they have
shown to support the school. We wish them all the best with
their future endeavours.
PPTA INDUSTRIAL ACTION
On Thursday the Michael Stevenson, the PPTA General Secretary advised that the rolling regional strikes planned
for the week beginning Monday 17 June have been called off.
Currently our Principal, Jeff Smith is in Wellington attending a meeting of the Secondary Principals’ Association of
New Zealand (SPANZ), as he was recently elected onto this committee. We congratulate him on this appointment.
Thank you for your ongoing support of Papanui High School.
Mike Vannoort
Associate Principal
PPTA - INDUSTRIAL ACTION
The Canterbury regional strike on Thursday 20th June has
been called off. Students in all year levels are expected to attend
school on Thursday 20th June.
Year 10 Term 2 has been an exceptionally busy term for our Year 10 cohort. It was wonderful to see so many of you coming in for Conference Day and supporting your children in setting and achieving academic goals for the year. In Week 3 we saw our students supporting Pink Shirt Day, promoting a very positive anti-bullying message of ‘Speak up, Stand together, and Stop bullying’. The school was truly a sea of pink. Endometriosis New Zealand also visited our school and spoke to the Year 10 girls around this health issue, educating them on the symptoms and realities of suffering from this condition. With 1 in 10 women in New Zealand having Endometriosis, it is certainly an important message to promote. Over twenty Year 10 students volunteered once again to show a large number of prospective pupils and their parents around the school for our Open Night. They were such great ambassadors for the school, promoting all that we have on offer, and answering any questions the public had. Without their help this event would not have run as smoothly. With winter also comes our annual Cross Country. This year the school ran things a little differently with a Wellness Walk, Fun Run, and a more competitive run being trialled for the first time. Congratulations to Kyle Beckwith and Keira McNaughton for taking out the competitive run event for Year 10. Last week four of our Year 10 French students attend a two hour cooking competition at Cashmere High School. This event was organised by the Alliance Francaise of Christchurch. Although the girls did not win, they made the school very proud with their organisation, cooking, and baking skills. Arbour Day was celebrated at Papanui High School by one of our Outdoor Education classes helping with weeding and planting at Papanui Bush. They braved the freezing temperatures to support our local environment and community. Lynette Starr Year 10 Dean
2019 School Production - Beauty and the Beast Jnr Tickets are now on sale for this year's production of Beauty and the Beast Jnr. Tickets are available for purchase from the Student Office between 7.30am and 4.00pm Monday to Friday. Seating is allocated, so early purchasing is advised. This is shaping up to be a wonderful production and is suitable for all ages. Don't miss out!! Adults $20 pp. Concession $10 pp (concessions include Gold Card, children and students with ID) Opening night Wednesday 19th June 7.00pm, door sales from 6.30pm, access to seating from 6.45pm Thursday 20th 7.00pm, door sales from 6.30pm, access to seating from 6.45pm Friday 21st 7.00pm, door sales from 6.30pm, access to seating from 6.45pm Saturday 22nd, Matinee performance 2.00pm, door sales from 1.30, access to seating from 1.45pm
School Policies
Our school policies can be found at https://papanui.schooldocs.co.nz
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Sport News
Student Achievements
Global Cheer Games
In late May, Holly Taitt travelled to Hawaii to represent New Zealand at
the Global Cheer Games. Her team did extremely well, placing third to
receive bronze up against top American gyms.
Have you competed in a sports competition lately? Send your story and
results (with pictures if possible) to Kirsten in the Sports Office –
hlk@papanui.school.nz
This is a great way to showcase what our students are doing outside of
school in sport with our community.
School Sports News
UC MUD RUN CHANGE OF DATE / TIME
The UC Education Secondary Schools Mud Run has had to change its
date and is now being held on Sunday 30th June from 8am – 11:30am
(rather than the afternoon).
The event is being held at a new location – The Christchurch Adventure
Park, with teams consisting up to 4 High School students. Teams can be
of 2 or 6 students but only teams on 4 will be eligible for prizes. The event costs $25 per student.
For those that are now interested to be involved due to the change in day/ time registrations are open again until
Tuesday 18th June at the Sports Office. Students will be given the Sport Canterbury bank account to make
payment directly to them.
Sport Results:
Football
Boys’ 1st XI – were defeated by Christ’s College
Girls’ 1st XI – were defeated by Villa
Basketball
Saturday Teams:
U20 Boys – were defeated by Shirley Boys
U17 Boys – beat STAC 76-50
U15 Boys – were defeated by Christchurch Boys
Sunday Teams:
U18 Girls – beat Halswell 97-33
U15 Girls – beat Nth Canterbury 65-63
Tuesday Teams:
Thomson Trophy Boys – beat Hornby 82 -77
Whelan Trophy Girls – beat Hornby 68 – 50
Friday Teams:
Senior Boys – were just defeated by Shirley Boys in a close game
Intermediate Girls – were defeated by Lincoln
Junior Girls – beat Rangiora New Life
In House Comp points table:
Team Played W L Bonus Points
Teachers 3 3 3 18
KimiOra 3 1 2 1 7
U17 A 3 1 2 4 9
U17 B 3 1 1 1 6
Senior A 3 3 3 18
Girls 3 2 1 10
Senior B 3 1 2 5
Senior C 3 1 2 3 8
Senior D 3 1 1 3 8
U15 A 3 3 4 4
Old Boys 3 2 1 1 11
Papa Social Ballers 3 1 2 5
Hockey
Boys – drew with Rangiora
Girls - beat Avonside 7-0
Netball
Saturday Team – beat Merlins 36-9
Senior Wednesday Team – were defeated by Catholic Cathedral
Yr 9 Wednesday Team – were defeated by Cashmere
Yr 10 Wednesday Team – were defeated by St Andrew’s College
Rugby
Girls Team – were defeated by Marian
Important Dates/ Notices
Senior Netball Tournament Trial Registrations close Friday 14th June – via email to hlk@papanui.school.nz
stating student name and positions, or by visiting the Sports Office.
NZ Secondary Schools’ Cross Country Championships Saturday 15th June – Timaru.
Canterbury Secondary Schools’ Gymnastics/ Trampoline Championships Tuesday 18 th June
Registrations for the Mud Run Close Tuesday 18th June – event on Sunday 30th June.
Kirsten Hill
Head of Sport
hlk@papanui.school.nz
The Week Ahead
June
Monday 17 Auto 22F
NZ chefs comp: ARA
PTA
Tuesday 18 Auto 22F
Wednesday 19 Jnr - 2 weekly engagement reports
Auto 22F
Beauty and the Beast Jnr Production - 7.00pm
Thursday 20 Boar of Trustees meet
Beauty and the Beast Jnr Production – 7.00pm
Friday 21 Internationals’ campus tour – ARA
Beauty and the Beast Jnr Production – 7.00pm
Saturday 22 Beauty and the Beast Jnr Production – matinee 2.00pm
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