7 November 2025

Kia ora koutou

SUPPORTED LEARNING LEAVERS DINNER

Last night, our Supported Learning department said farewell to students Lily and Cayden and long serving teacher aide Kay Payne at the leavers dinner in Te Whare Ahurea.

It was a wonderful evening celebrating many achievements, with awards presented to the senior students and words shared about those leaving. It is always good to see so many whānau and friends on these occasions and I would also like to extend my thanks to the Supported Learning team for all their hard work in organising the evening.

We extend our very best wishes to Lily, Cayden and Kay for all that the future holds.

NCEA EXAMS

Exams continue next week for our senior students.  A reminder for students to: 

  • Arrive at your exam 30 minutes before it is due to start
  • Have your exam admission slip with you
  • If you are doing a digital exam, make sure that your device is fully charged and that you know the login details for your NZQA student account
  • If you have not yet collected your exam admission slip this is available from the front office. Please collect this as soon as possible.

COLLEGE CANTEEN

The College canteen will be open all day for students involved in exams. We will be open from 8:00am to 2:30pm during the exam weeks. This is a good place to meet up after exams if you want to sit away from the exam rooms.

Students with a credit on Kindo AND are NOT coming back next year are advised to use this credit as this cannot be paid back to a bank account. For students returning next year the credit will roll over. 

Some basic stationery items eg pens, pencils etc are available for sale for those ‘just in case’ moments. Plain water bottles are also available.

STAFF ONLY DAY MONDAY 10 NOVEMBER

A reminder that we have our Staff Only Day on  Monday 10 November.  There will be no classes for students on this day. The staff only day is one that has been allocated for use by the Ministry of Education, with a focus on planning for the new curriculum requirements that are in place from 2026. Our subject departments will use the day to start aligning their teaching resources with the new material. 

TEACHER AIDE VACANCIES

Please see the article below for information about teacher aide vacancies to commence in January 2026. Applications close on Wednesday 19 November. 

TALENT QUEST

The 37th annual Year 9 Talent Quest is happening on Friday the 28th of November. Door sale tickets are $5 and there will be refreshments for sale - cash and Eftpos available.

We would love to see you there! 

SAVE THE DATE! - JUNIOR PRIZEGIVINGS

Our Junior Prizegivings will be taking place on Monday 8 December in the community gym: 

  • 9:30am - Year 10 
  • 1:00pm - Year 9 

Further information will be provided closer to the time but please save the date! 

COLLEGE MAGAZINE

Don’t miss out on capturing this unforgettable school year! Our 2025 School Magazine is now available to preorder for $30 - packed with memories, photos, and stories from throughout the year. Orders can be made and paid for at the front office in Te Manawa. Preorders close 12 November.

THE GREATEST SHOWMAN 

If you haven’t had a chance yet to see the video of the Greatest Showman, you can view the official video in the news article below.

CAR WASH

Car Wash tomorrow out the front of the school from 9am to 1pm.  Only $7!  World Challenge students raising money to get them to Sri Lanka!

Ngā mihi nui 

 

Mark Robinson
Principal | Tumuaki

COMMUNITY NOTICES

Seaside Skates in Paraparaumu has generously given Alana Reardon free range to build a custom scooter to raffle off for her trip to World Scooter Champs in Japan. Tickets can be purchased online at the seaside skates website. Link below. $5 per ticket. The scooter has a value of over $1,000 and she says it's even better than the one she rides!

https://seasideskates.co.nz/products/raffle-ticket-alana-rides?_pos=2&_psq=raffle&_ss=e&_v=1.0

EL RANCHO JUNIOR LEADERS CAMP, 14th – 16th November.

If you're in Year 7, 8 or 9 at school, this camp is for you!

$80.00 covers all accommodation, activities and food for the weekend.

Book online: www.elrancho.co.nz.

Contact Us


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Mazengarb Road, Paraparaumu 5032,
New Zealand​​​​​​​

PHONE
04-902 5170

ABSENCES
04-902 5170 - ex 1
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