Swimming

Huge congratulations to Kase Glintmeyer, Alex Sandford, Milan Glintmeyer, Zoe Pedersen, Oscar Pedersen, and Arthur Schmoker for their amazing performance at the NZSS Swimming Championships this weekend!

Despite having only 6 competitors, our school proudly secured 4th place out of 123 schools across New Zealand, many of which had 20 to 40 competitors!

Our talented swimmers brought home an incredible 34 medals!

International Welcome

Our International department have hit the ground running with a busy start to Term 3. On Monday, 22 July we welcomed our new cohort of International learners who have travelled from all over the world to study here at Whangaparāoa College.
Then on Thursday, 25 July we welcomed a group of 25 learners from Senshu Matsudo School who have travelled from Japan to immerse themselves into Kiwi culture and all Whangaparāoa College has to offer.

International learners Pōwhiri

Senshu Matsudo School

Google & Microsoft Visit

Our Future Innovators Club which has a purpose revolving around fostering innovation, particularly in entrepreneurship, artificial intelligence (AI), and creative design were offered a trip to Google HQ and Microsoft in Auckland on Tuesday, 30 July, along with some learners who had missed out on the Space School opportunity due to the recent Actura liquidation. 
We would like to say a massive thank you to Steve Smith at Google, and to Dan Walker at Microsoft for hosting us!

Google

Microsoft

Options Night

On Tuesday, 6 August we will be holding our annual Options Night for our Year 7 - Year 12 learners and whānau.

• Teachers and Heads of Learning areas will be present to answer questions related to their subjects and linked careers.️ Learners and their whānau can drop in at any point during this time and visit the various rooms for advice with option selection.
• There will also be information regarding career pathways, Gateway courses (work experience) and NCEA available.
  
• Prefects will be present at Main Admin with maps of the school to assist whānau in finding their way around the school.
  

A full list of all our courses and requirements for each year level can bee viewed here: Course Information

Uniform

Based on the survey results and the insightful comments we received, we are excited to announce that
Whangaparāoa College will be introducing a refreshed school uniform at the start of the 2025 school year. This decision was made to enhance comfort, inclusivity, practicality, and overall satisfaction with our school
uniform as well as making the uniform as cost effective as possible for whānau.

More information about this Uniform refresh has been emailed out to all parents and caregivers this afternoon.

Attendance

The government target is for 80 percent of learners to have attendance of 90% and higher.

Currently at Whangaparāoa College

• 38% of learners have attendance below 90%
• 24% of learners are late to class
• Friday is the least attended day
• 445 learners have attendance between 80-90%. At 80% learners are missing one whole day of school per week!
• 123 learners have attendance between 70-80%
• 130 learners have chronic absence (below 70%)

To meet the target, Whangaparāoa College needs to improve the attendance of 324 learners. However, we want to do better than that, and support the vast majority of our learners to have attendance of 90% and higher.

To achieve this target we require support from parents/ caregivers

• Check their childs attendance on the portal regularly
  
• Notify absences - [email protected]
  
• If you child is unwell please provide a reason. We will ask for medical certificates if unwellness is impacting attendance below 90%
• Ensure your child is awake and ready for school on time
  
• Liaise with the school if your child has concerns related to learning, options, social, health, mental health/ anxiety