Newsletter

February 2016 2016 Term 1 Issue 1

In This Issue

Welcome to 2016

Orewa Jazz Festival

Dance Accomplishments

School Production 2016

Sport

Surf Life-Saving Results

Coastal Challenge 2016

Book Amnesty

Mathematics

Tutorial Schedule 2016

2016 Whangaparaoa

Rotary Soap Box Derby

Extra Buses and Pick-Up/Drop-Off

Zones

Upcoming Events

School Fees

ICT Help Desk

Community Notices

Quick Links

Link to Parent Portal

Link to College Calendar

Link to NZQA Website

Welcome to 2016

Summer

I remember hearing the lovely sound of the waves lapping onto the hot sand, I remember tasting the coldest ice-cream on the hottest day, I remember the amazing feel of the waves as I dived underwater in the nice cool sea, I remember the smell of a nearby barbecue sizzling the most delicious sausages, I remember seeing the shiny, shimmery ocean, As the sun shone down on me, As the day comes to a close, I remember feeling so relaxed and refreshed, I went home skipping.

by Evie Ralph 7EYL

Orewa Jazz Festival

We had the privilege of being asked to play at the Orewa Arts Fiesta recently. On a

beautiful sunny day, the Jazz Band entertained the crowds with all of the numbers that they learnt to play so well last year. We also had some special guests from

previous years lending us their talents for the day.

We are attending the Tauranga Jazz Festival in March this year for the first time and can’t wait.

For more photos click here

Contact Us

Telephone: 09 424 9177

Fax: 09 428 4794 e-mail :

Enquiries@wgpcollege. school.nz

Address:

15 Delshaw Ave Whangaparaoa

Auckland

New Zealand

Postal Address: PO Box 775

Whangaparaoa Auckland 0943

New Zealand

Dance Accomplishments Outstanding accomplishment for two Whangaparaoa College Dance

students: Emily Price (Year 10) and Amy Gibson (Year 12), both achieved exceptional

exam results in their respective Tap Dancing and Ballet exams recently. They are

pupils at Susie’s School of Dancing and Susie Williams, Principal at the dance school, has proudly shared with us that Emily and Amy attained the highest marks in the

country for their respective Grade 5 exams, both passing with High Distinction. Emily’s examiner acknowledged that Emily demonstrated the highest

standard and most impressive exam work of all the exams seen throughout NZ, of which there were literally hundreds, and

as a result, was awarded the IDTA NZ Scholarship for 2015.

Whangaparaoa College would like to congratulate you both

on your outstanding achievements.

School Production 2016

Save a date on 5, 6 or 7 April, for the Whangaparaoa College Production. The long-running soap opera The Bold and the Young and the Murdered is in its last days. A very funny Murder-Mystery, set in a TV Soap Opera studio, with many

entertaining characters. Rehearsals are in full swing and the cast and crew are working hard and having a lot

of fun with the script and the characters. Come along for some hilarity and fun for all.

Ticket sales will be advertised soon.

Sport We have had a number of college house sporting competitions take place recently.

Congratulations to the college champions below.

SWIMMING Both senior and junior swimming sports events were a hit this year, with a mix of more fun social events included.

The competitive events were still the main focus, with the overall winners as follows:

Yr 7 Girl – Kate Le Lievre Yr 7 Boy – Sam Phillips Yr 8 Girl – Thea Stout Yr 8 Boy – Jayden Baty

Jnr Girl – Katelyn Simpson Jnr Boy – Jack Kelly Int Girl – Emma Clarke Int Boy – Liam McMullen

Snr Girl – Caitlin Windress Snr Boy – Huw Thomas

ATHLETICS A great day filled with the usual competitive athletic events, as well as some of the

fun participation based tabloid events. The overall college champions from the day were: Jnr Girl – Lily Dunn Jnr Boy – James Godfrey

Int Girl – Emily Price Int Boy – Seamus Kelly

Snr Girl – Amber Ferreira Snr Boy – Korey Craig

WINTER SPORTS

Learners should now have registered online to play a sport this year. If you have not done so already please go online to the Registration Form and complete

ASAP. All sports have also begun training, so learners intending to play the sport should be attending these. Outline of trainings below, however, more up to date

information and timings will be in the Daily Notices, or come see us at the Sports Office.

Monday – Year 7/8 Basketball Tuesday – Football, Hockey, Rugby

Wednesday – Netball, Volleyball, Boys Basketball

Thursday – Rugby, Lacrosse Friday – Girl’s Basketball, Futsal

ACTIVATE This morning fitness class returns again in 2016. The session runs Tuesday and

Thursday mornings from 7.00 am and is open for all learners and staff at any fitness level. Prizes are up for grabs each term, these have been kindly sponsored.

So come join in the fun, and start your day by being active!!

Sponsored by Titoki Projects Ltd.

For more information about other place getters or general information about sport check out our WEBSITE or FACEBOOK or contact us on

sports@wgpcollege.school.nz or 09 4249219.

VOLUNTEERS

The sporting season is about to begin and help is needed to make this happen!

Any support from parents is greatly appreciated, with coaches, managers, drivers all

needed. Support and training is provided, we just need your enthusiasm!

Please contact our Coaching Leader in the CSI (Coach Support Project) Michelle Walker (Coaching Leader) – email: michellewa@wgpcollege.school.nz or phone:

021 1365037

We are committed to supporting our college coaches through the CSI Project, with our first event for the year being the Volunteer Induction evening. This is for all

Coaches & Managers to attend and will take place on Tuesday 15 March, beginning at 7.00 pm at the College.

Surf Life-Saving Results Orewa Surf Life Saving Club would like to congratulate Liam McMullen for competing and winning medals at the Northern Region Senior Surf Life Saving Championships held at Omaha Beach on 20 and 21 February. He placed First in both Under 16 Men’s Tube Rescue and also Under 16 Men’s Beach Relay.

Coastal Challenge 2016

A group of 5 learners, Jesse O’Leary, Sam Risbrook, Caitlin Windress, Baylee

Shepherd and Corey Leith, took on the Coastal Challenge last weekend participating as a relay team. They ran in the Full Monty 33 km run from Arkles Bay to Devonport

around the coastline. They came 11th in the overall and 7th in their division in a time of 3:44:44 - an amazing result.

Mr Thomas also took on the Coastal Challenge but as an individual competitor, he was delighted to finish, albeit well behind the learners!

For more photos, click here

Book Amnesty

Please return those English texts that you have lying around in the bottom of your wardrobe and under your bed! We will be forever grateful.

Christine Wells

English Head of Learning

Mathematics Tutorial Schedule 2016 For the link to our current schedule, click here

2016 Whangaparaoa Rotary Soap Box Derby We have had many years of being

involved with the Soap Box Derby and

have had great success, which we would like to see continue. However,

due to other commitments we have no teacher in charge.

So, we are asking for parents/volunteers to run our college soapbox derby this year.

We do have a group of 5 very committed learners interested and a possible 5

more. Unfortunately, if we are unable to get parent support to run the team it will most likely not go ahead this year. If you are interested in running the team (which

could be run from your home), please email delwynar@wgpcollege.school.nz

The date for the Derby is Saturday 19 March and if the team gets into the final Sunday 20 March, the following day. For details on the Derby and Family Fun

Day call Terry Clarkson on 021 918 980 or email terry@clarksons.co.nz

Thank you for your consideration in helping to continue our participation in this

Community/National event. James Thomas

Extra Buses and Pick-Up/Drop-Off Zones Auckland Transport (AT) have agreed to our request for another Route 20 bus. This

new bus started on Monday 22 February. As a result we are required to make some changes to the bus stop as well as the pick-up arrangements.

Bus Stops (see map, following page): Route 20 buses will pick up from the upper Bus Stop. The others will continue to use

the lower Bus Stop.

Pick up (see map, following page): We are fortunate to have a huge carpark up the College driveway, where there is

plenty of room for safe dropping off and picking up of your children. Parents will no longer be able to pick up their children from the areas below the

upper Bus Stop.

These changes are requirements we need to comply with, in order to have AT’s

support for adequate buses.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

James Thomas Principal

Upcoming Events

February 29-March 2 Year 7 Attitude Workshops March 2 North Harbour Athletics Year 9-13

Year 8 Parent/Child Evening 7.00 pm March 4 Year 11 English – Pop Up Globe

Level 1-3 Music – Town Hall March 8 Level 3 OUED - Puhoi

Tag Zone Day March 9 Year 12/13 Art Trip – Auckland Art Gallery

March 9-10 Level 1 SCIE – Tiritiri Matangi

March 11-12 12 Hour Music Marathon March 14-23 Lumino Dentist onsite

March 16 Year 7/8 Boy’s Cricket Zone Day March 16-18 Level 2 OUED - Piha

March 17 Year 7/8 Swimming Zone Day Progress Reports Available Online

For more information from our school calendar please see Quick Links

School Fees

Please remember, that as we no longer send out printed accounts for school fees, you can access your accounts by logging in to the Parent Portal.

ICT Help Desk If you are having trouble logging into our Parent Portal please click here

Community Notices WANT TO LEARN DRUMS AT WHANGAPARAOA COLLEGE?

Drums are a fun activity and it’s great to be in a band. Spaces available now. Drums provided at school. Tuition fees

$20.00 per solo lesson or $17.00 for 2 students per lesson.

NCEA credits offered. All learning materials provided.

Gary Brooker - Director/Tutor – Progressive Percussion Ph 09 427 4436 Mob: 027 6500428

WANT TO LEARN PIANO AT WHANGAPARAOA COLLEGE? Piano with Alex

Spaces available now. Piano provided at school. Tuition fees $25.00 per solo 30

minute lesson. NCEA credits offered.

All learning materials provided.

Alex Ward - Tutor Ph Mob: 0211444198

Email: pianowithAlex@gmail.com

Year 10 Only Graphing Calculators for Sale

The college has a limited supply of Casio fx-9750GII Graphing Calculators.

These are the NCEA approved calculators for Level 1-3

Assessments. If your child is taking Year 11 Maths or Year 11 Statistics, this is

the calculator required for the next three years. We only have 70 calculators available at the 2015 price and there are approximately

200 learners who will require this calculator in 2016. Calculators can be purchased from Learner Accounts.

$90.00 (rrp: $132.95)