Monday 27 March to Sunday 2 April was the NZ Secondary Schools Summer Tournament Week. Pāpāmoa College had four teams entered who all did our school proud!

Pāpāmoa College attended the deeply moving Anzac dawn service on Tuesday 25 April at the Pāpāmoa cenotaph.

Mana Waka is new to the College this year. All of our students and staff are grouped into four different waka. Students in each waka are from all year levels, Commons and classes.

Pāpāmoa College held its annual Swimming Sports on Friday 10 March, and it was a fantastic day filled with excitement and energy.

On Friday 17 March our Te Tuinga Whānau Class participated in the re-launching of the Tākitimu Waka Taua (Māori War Canoe).

Our Level One Outdoor Education students had an amazing time at camp from Wednesday 22- Friday 24 March.

Pāpāmoa College Staff had a unique opportunity to learn about the local Iwi, Ngā Pōtiki, on Monday 24 April.

On Saturday April 15, three of our students competed in the Skoda North Island Mountain Bike Championships, a prestigious event that attracts some of the best young cyclists from across the country.

This year some of our Year 7 & 8 Science and Technology whizzes have been competing in the Epro8, within-school and inter-school, challenges.

This year our School Production is The Addams Family- A New Musical Comedy. Shows will run from Wednesday 26 July until Saturday 29 July.

Friday 2 June is our Mid-Term Break, and Monday 5 June is the King's Birthday Public Holiday. This means that everyone will have a long weekend to look forward to, with an opportunity to relax and recharge before returning to school.

Below is the proposed plan for the PPTA strike action for Term 2.

The Te Toka Ahuru Poutama team have been busy engaging their ‘green fingers’ over the last couple of weeks!

On Saturday 25 March, the very first Pāpāmoa College Tramping Club set out for the trek up Wairere Falls in Te Aroha.

Last term, Pāpāmoa College hosted its first Mai Moana event, which was a part of the Mana Waka Competition. The event was a huge success, with students from all year levels participating in a range of exciting activities, including surfing, stand-up paddle boarding, surfcasting, and a competition to see who could do the best manu.

Year 9 and 10 students from Wairākei Commons ventured out on foot at the end of March to our local Wairākei Reserve to learn about harakeke.

This is our second year of running a Poutama Lifeskills course with our Te Toka Āhuru Learning Support students.

On Friday 10 March, our basketball programme had its first taste of competition for the season at the BOPSS 3x3 Basketball competition.

Truancy, wagging or skipping school is a serious issue. Your child is less likely to succeed at school and more likely to leave without the education and qualifications they need to do well in life.

Year 10 student Riley Jackson had his first hole-in-one at Te Puke golf course recently.

This year we have 51 students enrolled in our Futures Industry Programme for Three Terms.

The Mana Waka Mufti Day held on Thursday 23 March was in support of the Pāpāmoa Surf Life Saving Club.

We had five teams entered in the Te Puke o Te ika (Regional) Waka Ama Championships on Friday 3 March.

Our 1st Xl Girls Cricket team played Tauranga Girls College in glorious conditions on Monday 20 March at Gordon Spratt Reserve.

On Monday 27 March, the students and staff of a school participated in a Fire Evacuation Drill. The drill was conducted to ensure that everyone in the school was aware of the procedures to follow in the event of a fire emergency. The drill was a success, with all students being evacuated through the construction tunnel safely, and to the designated safe zone in under six minutes.