On Wednesday 29 January, our first day back at school, we held a powhiri to welcome new staff and students to St Paul's.

Last year was full of many highlights. As a school, we introduced a new age-specific Hauora or Wellbeing programme on Wednesdays. Using the symbolism of growing acorns (teenagers) into strong Oaks (men and women of good character), the vision of the Hauora programme is to grow resilient and thoughtful people of great character, who have an understanding of how this can be fostered and supported through wellbeing.

St Paul's senior students once again put in a fantastic effort during the end of year exam period. 2019 NCEA results are as follows...

St Paul's rowing has been busy over the summer break! Teacher in charge of rowing, Fiona Stapleton, highlights St Paul's rowing achievements so far this season as they prepare for Maadi Cup.

The St Paul's Rowing Club is hosting their annual fundraising quiz and auction evening on Friday 6 March from 6pm. Come along and support the 2020 rowing team to fundraise for new equipment.

Former St Paul's staff member, Peter Gilbert, was honoured at the Waikato Regional Sports Awards, held at Claudelands Event Centre on Thursday 30 January. Peter received Wintec Outstanding Contribution to Sport Award, a fantastic achievement!

The Queensland State Championships was the first event held in the summer, which saw Ben Littlejohn and Laura Littlejohn compete as part of the Waikato Regional Development team.

Harrison Bond (year 12) has kept busy over the holiday period, competing in a number of surf life-saving competitions around the country.

At the start of December, St Paul's hosted the Vettori Shield cricket competition, a national cricket invitational for years 9 and 10. The St Paul's Colts cricket team put in a great effort over the four-day competition. Read more here:

Write That Essay is a web-based writing programme created by Dr Ian Hunter, with modules for year 9 to 13 students. St Paul’s was the first to adopt the tool and it has proven to be a major factor in the increase of subject endorsements and scholarships gained by students using the programme.

To all of the amazing parents I have met over the past couple of years through the Parents Association and through other volunteering roles at St Paul’s such as the Coffee Cart, you are truly an inspirational group and always happy to put up your hand for the betterment of our St Paul's community. For this I thank you.

We welcome any parent or caregiver of our St Paul's students to come along and learn about the work of the Parents' Association.

Kia Ora Koutou! Happy New Year everyone and welcome to Term 1, 2020. It’s been a fantastic start to the term with an amazing powhiri for the many new staff members and students here at St Paul’s Collegiate School.

St Paul’s Collegian, Simon Franks returns to share how to effectively engage an audience by offering a two-part workshop coaching presentation skills for Year 12 and 13 students.