Weekly Wrap - 28 March 2024

Kia ora koutou

At the forefront for us all as a community this week is the sad passing of Marshall Thompson, our Head Groundskeeper. Marshall became a member of our property team at the start of 2015 when he joined the college as a maintenance officer. He turned his hand to anything and put his furniture restoration and upcycling skills to good use. With his quiet and gentle natured approach he started to work more on the grounds and fields maintenance side and that's when he grew his knowledge of, and passion for that part of his property role.

When the opportunity arose in 2021 Marshall was keen to take on the Head Groundskeeper position. He really wanted to take on the additional responsibility and he has done an outstanding job in this role. His dedication and attention to detail with the fields and wickets was noticed and appreciated, as was his willingness to go the extra mile with students in mind. He also did some great behind the scenes work to plan and cost the complex annual cycle of preparing and maintaining our fields and wickets - and his freehand designs for landscaping and planting about the college are a delight.

We are certainly going to miss Marshall around the place - a genuine, friendly, humble man. Our deepest sympathies go to Marshall’s family at this time.

Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival

Last weekend we proudly hosted the festival this year and we loved seeing all the excitement on the day and the camaraderie between the three schools involved.

Congratulations to Fletcher for winning the Tim Watson Cup for Outstanding Individual Performance for portraying the role of Adonis in 'Venus and Adonis'. 'Venus and Adonis' was also selected for Nationals and we wish all involved the best of luck for performing at the St James over King's Birthday weekend.

Junior (9 & 10) Parent/Teacher Interviews Thursday 4 April

Parent Teacher Interviews for Year 9 and 10 students will be held on Thursday 4 April with their subjects teachers. You ...

Ngā Rōpū Ako Community Action Week

Every year at Paraparaumu College Year 9 students have two Rōpū weeks. Rōpū week are weeks designed for students to work on projects. For our first Rōpū week students will be participating in social actions that help support the work of some of our community groups. We would like to know where the needs are the greatest within our community. If you could please support us by filling in this form here, we would be grateful.

Public Notice - Enrolment for 2025

The public notice regarding enrolment at Paraparaumu College in 2025 can be found on our website and I have I have included a link here.

The Board has determined the optimum number of places likely to be available for students entering Year 9 in 2025. Also indicated are the likely number of places available to students from outside the home zone.

The out of zone numbers are an estimate only and the actual number of places available will not be known until the pre-enrolment of all in zone students has been completed.

Estimated Year 9 in 2025: 300
Estimated out of zone places in Year 9 2025: 10

The 2025 Prospectus and application forms will be available shortly after King’s Birthday weekend.

A reminder that we use our School App and Facebook page for any urgent messages and to highlight student success and we would love you to follow us. You can find the links at the bottom of this newsletter along with a link to our Instagram page and Youtube.

Have an enjoyable Easter break.

Nāku noa, nā

Craig Steed